G-Money says Jagmeet Singh stole a page right outta the WWE playbook. RMC has a message for the "American right wing wannabes" in Ottawa. First Class Teacher calls Premier Danielle Smith to the carpet. Jackson's furious about vandalism on September 11 at a firefighter memorial. It's The Flamethrower presented by the DQs of Northwest Edmonton and Sherwood Park!

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Not everybody nerds out on politics as much as we do. This episode is for those folks (and the nerds like us). We talk "real life" angles on the US presidential election, Jagmeet Singh confronting a heckler, Justin Trudeau's Liberal leadership journey, and the chopping waters around the B.C. election.

2:30 | Beyond A Ballot hosts Amanda Alvaro and Rachael Segal talk to us hours before launching Season Two of their popular podcast.

"A POLITICAL CLUB FOR NON-POLITICAL WOMEN": https://www.beyondaballot.com/

38:10 | Johnny Infamous takes us through his skincare routine. This is not a joke. What's your skincare routine?

48:00 | It's hard to imagine what Fort Saskatchewan Mayor Gail Katchur was thinking, reminiscing (on camera) about drowning and gassing kittens on the farm. The popular mayor has since apologized (obviously). Ryan and Johnny talk it out.

1:06:00 | G-Money says Jagmeet Singh stole a page from the WWE playbook. RMC has a message for the "American right wing wannabes" in Ottawa. First Class Teacher calls Premier Danielle Smith to the carpet. Jackson's furious about vandalism on September 11 at a firefighter memorial. It's The Flamethrower presented by the DQs of Northwest Edmonton and Sherwood Park!

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Why do we allow politicians to drive wedges between us? Why do we listen when they try to convince us cities are the enemy of rural communities, and vice versa? It's a divisive-yet-effective political strategy in countries like Canada and the USA. Is this the new normal?

2:20 | Dr. Kathy Cramer is an internationally-renowned expert on the urban-rural political divide. The University of Wisconsin-Madison poli sci prof explains what Alberta and the United States have in common.

CHECK OUT KATHY'S BOOK: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo22879533.html

U of A EVENTS: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/political-science/katherine-cramer.html

MIT CENTRE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION: https://www.ccc.mit.edu/

DR. JARED WESLEY on REAL TALK (Jan 24, 2024): https://rtrj.info/012424Wesley

47:50 | Jespo and Johnny debrief.

52:40 | Congratulations to our pal (Senator) Charles Adler!

59:20 | Real Talker Calvin lays out the pros and cons of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's $8.6B commitment to building new schools.

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