{"podcast":{"title":"Real Talk Ryan Jespersen","slug":"real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550","podcast_index_feed_id":1332550,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/ryanjespersen/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ryanjespersen.com/","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10179062/Real-Talk-Cover-Art-Square1400x1400.jpg","author":"Relay","episode_count":1494,"summary":"A daily discussion about news, politics, and pop culture, hosted by Ryan Jespersen from Edmonton, Alberta. Real Talk streams live, weekday mornings at 8:30am MT at ＜a href=https://ryanjespersen.com/＞ ryanjespersen.com＜/a＞.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T08:20:01.093113+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550"},"episode":{"title":"Arlene Dickinson on Alberta Separation","slug":"arlene-dickinson-on-alberta-separation","published_at":"2026-05-20T17:23:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550/arlene-dickinson-on-alberta-separation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550","url":"https://ryanjespersen.podbean.com/e/20260520-rtrj/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ui7h6z7kvaji5dwn/20260520_RTRJ_-_Podcast_VIDEO_final9uce6.mp3","summary":"Arlene Dickinson is one of Canada's best-known entrepreneurs and investors, widely recognized from her 15-year run on Dragon's Den. Born in South Africa and raised in Calgary, Dickinson isn't shy about defending the country she loves. She brings her trademark candour on Alberta separation, Premier Danielle Smith, and U.S. President Donald Trump in our feature interview (3:45) presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. THIS EPISODE IS PRESENTED BY HANSEN DISTILLERY. LOOK FOR HANSEN'S BRAND NEW \"DISTILLED BY HER\" GIN, WITH A PORTION OF PROCEEDS BENEFITING WIN HOUSE. VISIT https://hansendistillery.com/. MBEW: https://www.mercedes-benz-edmontonwest.ca/ 33:30 | SAVE on INTERNET, ELECTRICITY, and NATURAL GAS: https://parkpower.ca/realtalk/ 43:00 | Real Talker Rachelle reports from Marmot Basin, we've got a scoop on the world's first electric ice explorer, and Jespo shares his favourite rainy day Jasper activities in a Spring edition of #MyJasper Memories presented by our friends at Tourism Jasper. BOOK YOUR JASPER ADVENTURE: https://www.jasper.travel/ 50:00 | Jespo and Johnny debrief after the Dickinson interview. Real Talkers Ave and MC share personal thoughts on the voter list data breach and electoral boundary changes. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: talk@ryanjespersen.com 1:26:30 | May 29 is a Day of Action in Alberta. Have you seen the latest episode of Worker Agenda? CHECK IT OUT: https://rtrj.info/0526WA4 1:34:00 | We've got exciting news about the Real Talk Golf Classic! REGISTER YOUR FOURSOME for JUNE 18 at THE RANCH: https://www.ryanjespersen.com/real-talk-golf-classic REAL TALK'S LIVE STREAM IS PRESENTED BY CALIFORNIA CLOSETS. BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION: https://californiaclosets.ca/ SIGN UP for YEGplus, CANADA'S FIRST AIRPORT REWARDS PROGRAM: https://yegplus.com/realtalk…","meta_description":"Arlene Dickinson is one of Canada's best-known entrepreneurs and investors, widely recognized from her 15-year run on Dragon's Den. Born in South Africa a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5833,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550/episodes/arlene-dickinson-on-alberta-separation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550/arlene-dickinson-on-alberta-separation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}