{"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":"Bridge Over Troubled Border","slug":"bridge-over-troubled-border","published_at":"2026-07-27T16:38:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550/bridge-over-troubled-border","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550","url":"https://ryanjespersen.podbean.com/e/bridge-over-troubled-border/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/avrn4qrgvkgkytxu/20260727_RTRJ_-_Podcast_VIDEO_final9c92j.mp3","summary":"Did Canada strike a smart deal with the U.S. over the Gordie Howe International Bridge, or give away too much? Supriya Dwivedi joins Jespo (3:00) to unpack the conflicting claims from Donald Trump and Mark Carney, and what the dispute reveals about the future of Canada-U.S. relations, in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West. THIS EPISODE IS PRESENTED BY HANSEN DISTILLERY. ROOTED IN PRAIRIE GRIT AND A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT, HANSEN IS KNOWN FOR AUTHENTIC, SMALL-BATCH WHISKY AND OTHER SPIRITS CRAFTED WITH LOCAL ALBERTA INGREDIENTS. LEARN MORE: https://hansendistillery.com/ MBEW: https://www.mercedes-benz-edmontonwest.ca/ 29:00 | We recap the White House Correspondents' Dinner, including POTUS poking fun at Kaitlan Collins. Supriya gives us her takeaway from the First Ministers' Meetings in PEI (46:30), including Premier Doug Ford's comments about \"dismantling the U.S.\" TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: talk@ryanjespersen.com 1:07:00 | Were you hit by that wild storm over the weekend? Real Talkers tell us about losing trees and fences in our Live Chat powered by Park Power. SAVE on INTERNET, ELECTRICITY, and NATURAL GAS: https://parkpower.ca/ REAL TALK'S LIVE STREAM IS PRESENTED BY CALIFORNIA CLOSETS. BOOK YOUR FREE CONSULTATION: https://californiaclosets.ca/ REAL TALK HIGHLIGHTS ARE PRESENTED BY KUBY ENERGY AND CANADIAN GREEN TECH. If you're looking for solar, visit https://kuby.ca/solar and Costco. SIGN UP for YEGplus, CANADA'S FIRST AIRPORT REWARDS PROGRAM: https://yegplus.com/realtalk SAVE 10% on ONLINE MEN'S CLOTHING PURCHASES at THE HELM with promo code REALTALK: https://thehelmclothing.com/ FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK, X, INSTAGRAM, and LINKEDIN: @realtalkrj & @ryanjespersen JOIN US ON FACEBOOK: @ryanjespersen REAL TALK MERCH: https://ryanjespersen.com/merch…","meta_description":"Did Canada strike a smart deal with the U.S. over the Gordie Howe International Bridge, or give away too much? Supriya Dwivedi joins Jespo (3:00) to unpac…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4790,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-talk-ryan-jespersen-1332550/episodes/bridge-over-troubled-border/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/bridge-over-troubled-border.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}