This is Calgary

All that twang had to come from somewhere! Local ethnomusicologist Mike Tod offers us a history lesson, and Southern Alberta's own country star MacKenzie Porter joins us from Nashville to talk about today's country sound.

It's cycling season in Calgary (if you're not one of the hardcore winter riders putting us all to shame) and the e-bikes are out. We talk about what you can — and what you can't — do on an e-bike, with someone who really loves them.

Yeah, it's pothole season. And this year, it FEELS like there are more cracks and crevices than usual. It's not just a feeling! We have facts! The city's chief pothole filler tells us how many there are, and how you can get the one that wrecked your alignment fixed.

The Eau Claire Market is soon to be demolished, so it's time to look back at what went right, what went wrong and what's next for the downtown project that never really worked. Failure or not, Calgarians felt strongly about the now-dead mall and the magic it promised, so we talk to a literal magician about what it was like to perform there, and a former city councillor about what i

We've got a special episode coming up on potholes in Calgary - so we need you to email [email protected] with the potholes you hate the most. Email us a voice memo with your name, where your pothole is, what's terrible about it - and heck, let us know what you named it (if you name your potholes). It could air on a future episode!

Big, brittle, sticky and fluffy. Calgary is a city of poplar trees, but they aren't always popular with the public. Master arborist Gerard Fournier tells us how we got so many of these trees. And you can blame Ottawa!

We're going through a rebrand here in Calgary - we're now the "Blue Sky City!" Do you love it? Do you hate it? Do you have any idea what it means? Brand expert Alyssa Berry joins us on why a lukewarm reception might be perfect.

City council is about to decide if it wants to make it simpler to knock down a bungalow and build a row house. This could help ease the affordability crunch, and could lead to neighbourhoods that don't look like they were intended to. With emotion on all sides, we hear from a community opposed, and why the city says it's time to get cozy with this blanket.

You know that snazzy parkade near the downtown library? It's part of a maturing tech sector in what's traditionally an oil and gas town. We hear from Platform Calgary, and a medical software company, on how to make it in tech.

WWE's biggest event of the year is this weekend, WrestleMania! From Bret Hart to Stampede Wrestling, Calgary has a defining role in the history of pro wrestling. Sharpshooters, anyone? Local superstar Kat Von Heez and one of the owners of CanAm Wrestling, Otto Gentile, join us on the mic to see how the local shows are surging in the midst of it all.