Shaye Ganam

A place to talk. To come together. To be heard. Shaye Ganam is taking the conversation province-wide on 880 CHED in Edmonton and QR Calgary - 770 AM, creating a collective town square to rehash the old and imagine the new for every part of this province. Tune in Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to noon to join the conversation. Follow Shaye Ganam on Twitter to keep up with your host wherever he goes.

News
1
Watermain break, Warm Weather, Electricity Grid
55 min
2
Crosstalk January 9, 2026
Cross Talk w/ Shaye Ganam, Mike Smyth, Lauren McNabb and Alex Pierson
39 min
3
Who's to blame for the watermain break?
David Barrett is a research manager at the University of Calgary and the United Nations University Hub at UCalgary, as well as the board chair of Sustainable Calgary
9 min
4
An explainer on Alberta's electricity system gr...
Drew Anderson is the Prairies reporter for The Narwhal
8 min
5
AISH, ICE Shooting, Water-Use
80 min
6
Canada's water-use restrictions are a symptom o...
Jen Gerson is a freelance writer and co-founder of The Line
13 min
7
One-size-fits-all approach for federal infrastr...
Dylan Bressey is president of Alberta Municipalities and a Grande Prairie city councillor
5 min
8
Alberta's new disability benefits plan unfair o...
Colton Stevenson is a volunteer member of Justice & Equity Alberta and work as a Staff Lawyer with the Edmonton Community Legal Centre in the areas of social benefits and poverty law and was one of the authors of the op-ed
8 min
9
U.S. Military, CanCon, Iran
58 min
10
STARS Lottery
Dr. John Froh is president and CEO at STARS and Jacquie Drew is a STARS Very Important Patient (VIP)
8 min
11
What's happening in Iran?
Dr. Michael Bonner is a political consultant with Atlas Strategic Advisors and former director of policy within the Ontario government. He is a senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation for public policy, a historian of ancient Iran and is the author of In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present
8 min
12
Capital Conversations with Colin Aitchison and ...
Colin Aitchison, director, Western Canada with Enterprise Canada and formerly a staff member with the Kenney and Smith governments & Shannon Greer is a senior consultant with New West Public Affairs
19 min
13
We need to prepare for the possibility that the...
Adam Gordon, visiting fellow at the Cascade Institute
8 min
14
Can Canadian culture survive the age of AI slop?
Vass Bednar is the managing director of the Canadian SHIELD Institute
11 min
15
Boomers, Water Main Break, Pets
59 min
16
The latest on the water main break in Calgary
Jeromy Farkas is the Mayor of Calgary
9 min
17
Would you clone your pet?
Brian Hare is founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center at Duke University and co-author of Puppy Kindergarten: The New Science of Raising a Great Dog
7 min
18
It's time to bring the boomers back into the Co...
Royce Koop is a professor of political science at the University of Manitoba
11 min
19
New Time, Venezuela, Reading Tests
73 min
20
A predawn op in Latin America? The US has been ...
Alan McPherson is a professor of history at Temple University
8 min
21
The situation in Venezuela and its impact on th...
Heather Exner-Pirot is the director of energy, natural resources and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
9 min
22
Water Main Break, Job Applications, 2026 Tech
57 min
23
How ChatGPT can help OR hinder your Job Applica...
8 min
24
A 2026 Tech Look-ahead
9 min
25
Snow, ER Death, Alberta Health Care
56 min