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Shaye Ganam

A place to talk. To come together. To be heard. Shaye Ganam is taking the conversation province-wide on 880 CHED in Edmonton and QR Calgary - 770 AM, creating a collective town square to rehash the old and imagine the new for every part of this province. Tune in Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon to join the conversation. Follow Shaye Ganam on Twitter to keep up with your host wherever he goes.

A 2026 Tech Look-ahead

10 mins; January 02, 2026

Snow, ER Death, Alberta Health Care

57 mins; December 30, 2025

Holidays got you burnt out? Carve out moments of solitude, say experts

17 mins; December 29, 2025

Promised since 2023, when will Canada's new air passenger rights be cleared for takeoff?

10 mins; December 29, 2025

The Social Fray Part 2- Understanding Crime and Social Disorder in Alberta

20 mins; December 29, 2025

The Social Fray Part 1 - Understanding Crime and Social Disorder in Alberta

20 mins; December 29, 2025

Progressive Tory, Christmas traditions, Coal

59 mins; December 19, 2025

Eric Saumure is a CPA and principal at Zenbooks and founder of OpenSME. He writes about modern financial policy and small business issues in Canada

7 mins; December 19, 2025

Kathy Belton, director at the University of Alberta’s Injury Prevention Centre

8 mins; December 19, 2025

Dr. Arvind Gupta is a prorfessor and academic director of professional programs in the department of computer science at the University of Toronto

7 mins; December 19, 2025

Alicia Planincic is the director of policy and economics at the Business Council of Alberta

9 mins; December 19, 2025

Conservative Leadership, Tourism, Winter Weddings

61 hours 43 mins; December 18, 2025

Nadège de Chambrier is Co-founder and CTO of VunaNexus

10 mins; December 18, 2025

Darren Reeder, president and CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Alberta

9 mins; December 18, 2025

Tasha Kheiriddin is a writer, commentator, speaker and strategic advisor

8 mins; December 18, 2025

Youth Addiction, Supervised Consumption, Price of Fuel

73 hours 53 mins; December 17, 2025

Kevin Donovan, Chief Investigative Reporter, Toronto Star

14 mins; December 17, 2025

Sam Jenkins is the managing partner of Punchcard Systems and has more than 25 years of experience working with public and private-sector leaders to design and deploy AI

10 mins; December 17, 2025

Dan McTeague, president, Canadians for Affordable Energy and former Liberal MP

13 mins; December 17, 2025

Dr. Monty Ghosh, Internist and Addiction Specialist who works at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, and the Foothills and Rockyview Hospitals in Calgary

11 mins; December 17, 2025

Dr. Dean Vause, Executive Director, Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre

10 mins; December 17, 2025

Guest Host Angela Kokott: Fruit Cake, Leadership, Carbon Capture

70 hours 52 mins; December 16, 2025

Michael J. Armstrong, operations research, Brock University

11 mins; December 16, 2025

Wesley Wark is a national security expert with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

8 mins; December 16, 2025

Karen Proud is president and adjudicator in the office of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduc

8 mins; December 16, 2025

Philippe J. Fournier is editor-in-chief at 338 Canada and is a contributing writer for The Walrus

11 mins; December 16, 2025

Falice Chin is The Hub's Alberta Bureau Chief

9 mins; December 16, 2025

Rob Reiner, Major Projects, Mass Shooting

77 hours 49 mins; December 15, 2025

Vivek Astvansh is an associate professor of quantitative marketing and analytics at McGill University

8 mins; December 15, 2025

Justina C. Ray is President and Senior Scientist of Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and is an adjunct professor at the institute of forestry and conservation and department of ecology and evolution, University of Toronto

7 mins; December 15, 2025

Dan Jones, retired EPS member (spent time with the gang’s unit and homicide team), chair of justice studies, NorQuest College

20 mins; December 15, 2025

Campbell Clark is the chief political writer at The Globe and Mail

9 mins; December 15, 2025

Beef Prices, Naheed Nenshi, Danielle Smith

53 mins; December 12, 2025

Mike Smyth, Shaye Ganam, Lauren McNabb and Alex Pierson

40 mins; December 12, 2025

Premier Danielle Smith

13 mins; December 12, 2025

Provincial NDP leader Naheed Nenshi

12 mins; December 12, 2025

Kevin Grier, a livestock market analyst based in Guelph

6 mins; December 12, 2025

Olympics, Recalls, 2025 in Music

62 hours 46 mins; December 11, 2025

Eric Alper is a publicist and music commentator

12 mins; December 11, 2025

Barry Eidlin is an associate professor of sociology at McGill University

12 mins; December 11, 2025

Melissa Caouette, principal at MC Consulting and Founder of Pocket Lobbyist & Steven McLelan is the VP of Western Canada at Enterprise Canada. He previously served as the director of research for the UCP government caucus and as a researcher for the B.C. Liberal caucus under Christy Clark

18 mins; December 11, 2025

Adam Legge, President of the Business Council of Alberta

14 mins; December 11, 2025

Pipelines, F-35s, Corb Lund

66 hours 20 mins; December 09, 2025

L. Daniel Wilson is an associate professor of law and an associate dean at the University of Calgary's faculty of law

11 mins; December 09, 2025

Hon. Tony Clement was an MP from 2006-2019, serving in cabinet as health minister, industry minister and Treasury Board president. He is a contributor to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

12 mins; December 09, 2025

Alison Cretney is managing director at Energy Futures Lab

10 mins; December 09, 2025

Peter Jones is a professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa

11 mins; December 09, 2025

John Lennon, Veterans, Defence Spending

63 hours 6 mins; December 08, 2025

Daniel Wigdor is a computer scientist at the University of Toronto

10 mins; December 08, 2025

Joe Pavelka is a professor of ecotourism and outdoor leadership at Mount Royal University

8 mins; December 08, 2025

Talia Bell is Chief Programs and People Officer at YW Calgary

7 mins; December 08, 2025

Eugene Lang is the interim director of policy study at Queen's University

9 mins; December 08, 2025

RCMP Body Cams, Recall Petitions, Appointment Viewing

56 mins; December 05, 2025

Crosstalk Dec. 5, 2025

40 mins; December 05, 2025

Dr. Christopher J. Schneider is a full professor of sociology at Brandon University

10 mins; December 05, 2025

Keldon Bester is the executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project and a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He has worked as a special advisor for the Competition Bureau

8 mins; December 05, 2025

Amber Dowling is a TV critic and entertainment reporter based in Toronto

9 mins; December 05, 2025

MOU, Trades, Animal Shelters

69 hours 30 mins; December 04, 2025

Amanda Annetts is the intake coordinator with SCARS

10 mins; December 04, 2025

Jake Fuss is the director of fiscal studies at Fraser Institute

6 mins; December 04, 2025

Falice Chin is The Hub's Alberta Bureau Chief

8 mins; December 04, 2025

Dr. Rob Huebert is a full professor who specializes in defence policy at the University of Calgary

14 mins; December 04, 2025

Naseem Bashir is the executive chair of Originus Ltd.

11 mins; December 04, 2025

Gun buyback program, nuclear energy, healthcare reform, & political defectors

48 mins; December 03, 2025

Shawn Whatley is a physician, past president of the Ontario Medical Association, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and author of When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing

11 mins; December 03, 2025

Scott Henuset is the CEO and President of Energy Alberta

13 mins; December 03, 2025

Wes Winkel is the president of the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association

10 mins; December 03, 2025

Guest Host Angela Kokott - Health Care, Fire Risks, US Shoppers

54 mins; December 02, 2025

Dr. Katherine Cobb-Pitsick is an assistant professor of child neurology at the University of Pittsburgh

11 mins; December 02, 2025

Samuel Dahan, an associate professor at Queen’s University Faculty of Law

8 mins; December 02, 2025

Samuel Roscoe is a professor of business education at the University of British Columbia

10 mins; December 02, 2025

Ken McMullen, president, Canadian Association of Fire Chief, and the fire chief in Red Deer

9 mins; December 02, 2025

UCP AGM, Gun Buy Back, Guilbeault Resigns

76 hours 15 mins; December 01, 2025

Tim Powers, chairman, Summa Strategies and managing director for Abacus Data

7 mins; December 01, 2025

Dan Jones, retired EPS member (spent time with the gang’s unit and homicide team), chair of justice studies, NorQuest College

21 mins; December 01, 2025

Steven McLelan is the VP of Western Canada at Enterprise Canada. He previously served as the director of research for the UCP government caucus and as a researcher for the B.C. Liberal caucus under Christy Clark

7 mins; December 01, 2025

Steven Tufts, an associate professor at York University in Toronto

8 mins; December 01, 2025

Cross Talk 11-28-25

40 mins; November 28, 2025

MOU, Pipeline, David Eby

65 hours 56 mins; November 28, 2025

Will Indigenous groups file legal challenges against a new pipeline?

8 mins; November 28, 2025

The economics of a new pipeline

10 mins; November 28, 2025

Alberta and Ottawa ink new deal, pipeline on the way?

11 mins; November 28, 2025

Bill 11, Grizzly Bears , Pipeline Deal

64 hours 25 mins; November 27, 2025

Alberta minister reportedly putting together first AI generated legislation

10 mins; November 27, 2025

Discussing Bill 11 with the health minister

11 mins; November 27, 2025

Why the surge in grizzly bear attacks?

10 mins; November 27, 2025

Will renewable revenue keep growing in rural Alberta?

7 mins; November 27, 2025

Will the Canada-Alberta pipeline deal lead to more emissions?

9 mins; November 27, 2025

Pipelines, Auto Insurance, Bill 11

75 hours 15 mins; November 26, 2025

'Capital Conversations' with Melissa Caouette and Colin Aitchison

19 mins; November 26, 2025

Examining the growth of public sector employment since 2015

9 mins; November 26, 2025

Care-first auto insurance offers promise of lower rates

10 mins; November 26, 2025

How is B.C. feeling with all this pipeline talk?

13 mins; November 26, 2025

Recalls, Bill 11, Comet

72 hours 2 mins; November 25, 2025

A Comet sparks alien theories

6 mins; November 25, 2025

The dreaded polar vortex may be making an appearance very soon

7 mins; November 25, 2025

The new bill unveiled by the UCP features a dual health-care system.

13 mins; November 25, 2025

Preston Lim is an assistant professor at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and was previously a policy advisor to former MP Erin O'Toole

8 mins; November 25, 2025

Peterson Law, Pipeline, Housing

72 hours 53 mins; November 24, 2025

Backward beliefs about housing shaping the debate on rezoning

11 mins; November 24, 2025

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