This is Saskatchewan

Apr 18 2025 63 ep. 17 mins 26
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Your connection to the stories Saskatchewan is talking about. Episodes drop Wednesdays and Fridays. 

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Political Panel: Are newborns in Regina's NICU really being sent to North Dakota?

Apr 18 2025 11 mins  
Is it fact or fiction? This week our political panel Murray Mandryk and Jeremy Simes examine the conflicting claims between the Sask. govt., NDP, and the nurses union.

Why smut books are having a moment

Apr 16 2025 15 mins  
No longer a dirty little secret, romance readers are flocking to dedicated book boutiques and publicly embracing their literary kinks. Smut connoisseur Farideh (who read 380 racy novels last year) and romance authors Jennifer L. Armentrout and Victoria Koops talk about the craft and the desire for happy endings. 

Political Panel: Sask. MLA under fire for “stupid redneck comment” about NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

Apr 10 2025 11 mins  
The Saskatchewan Party MLA for Humboldt-Watrous faced criticism and calls for the removal from government after calling federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a “terrorist.” Our political panel Murray Mandryk and Jeremy Simes put those comments and the fallout into context and discusses the visit of Singh and Liberal Leader Mark Carney to Saskatoon this week.

Why are measles making a comeback in Saskatchewan?

Apr 08 2025 15 mins  
Back in 1998, we thought the threat of measles was behind us. But now, the extremely contagious disease is popping up again. Why? Saskatoon pediatrician Dr. Ayisha Kurji says we need better herd immunity. Translation: more people need to be vaccinated.

Political Panel: “Duck and Cover” Sask avoids latest round of Trump tariffs

Apr 03 2025 13 mins  
Premier Scott Moe was overseas pledging to improve trade relationships with the EU and UK amid a trade war with the U.S. Meanwhile, political leaders here discuss their tariff concerns at the Saskatchewan legislature. Murray Mandryk and Jeremy Simes look at what is actually helping to avoid the tariff crunch.

Does it seem like everyone has ADHD right now?

Apr 02 2025 23 mins  
We talk to a Saskatoon psychiatrist about how prevalent ADHD is in Saskatchewan and why people need to go beyond TikTok reels to get a diagnosis.

Political Panel: Sask. first carbon tax free province. Why now?

Mar 27 2025 11 mins  
One week after the budget and a few days into a federal election campaign, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made a new commitment. Moe pledged to eliminate its provincial industrial carbon tax. Mirroring a campaign promise from the Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. Our political panel looks into the timing of Moe's pledge.

The Saskatchewan roots of Elon Musk's conspiracist grandpa

Mar 26 2025 26 mins  
Tech-utopian, conspiracist and apartheid fan, Elon Musk’s grandpa was shaped by politics in Saskatchewan. The CBC’s Geoff Leo offers us a fascinating look at Joshua Haldeman and Musk’s Canadian roots.

Political Panel: New session has Sask Party seeing red

Mar 20 2025 13 mins  
A new spring session of the legislature kicked off with the opposition NDP wrapping themselves in the Canadian flag and accusing Premier Scott Moe of not outright condemning the actions of Donald Trump. Murray Mandryk calls the brand new balanced budget an “instant classic work of fiction” for not accounting for tariffs.

Teen girl set on fire speaks out for the first time

Mar 19 2025 25 mins  
She was attacked by a peer on her second day of grade 10, and while that day changed her life, she doesn't want it to be her story. After months of threatening texts and police reports, a Saskatoon teen is recovering after being set on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate. She and her parents share their story and the questions they still want answered.