Podcast appearances and mentions of rick bell

Free For All Friday - Hour 1. Host Amanda Galbraith breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: · Casey Babb, Senior Fellow with the MacDonald Laurier Institute and Advisor to Secure Canada breaks down the latest on the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. · CTV News chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos joins Amanda for a lookahead to Donald Trump’s inauguration. · Rick Bell, Columnist at Post Media gives his opinion on the federal government’s “team Canada” response to possible incoming tariffs from the U.S. Free For All Friday - Hour 2. Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Kim Wright, Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies and Chris Day, President, Winston Wilmont. PANEL TOPICS: Topic 1: Ottawa to unveil initial retaliation plan Monday if Trump uses Inauguration Day to proceed with tariff threats Topic 2: Who’s in and who’s out of the Liberal leadership race? Topic 3: Team Canada mates no more: How tariff threat put Ford and Smith on divergent tracks - Is the current team Canada approach working? Topic 4: 119-year-old Brazilian woman stakes claim as world's oldest person - Would you want to live to 120? Topic 5: Is it morally wrong if people still have their Christmas decorations or Christmas tree’s still up? When can you stop saying “Happy New Year”?

Alberta appears finished with “cash cow” photo radar. The province announced a big cut in “fishing holes”. And the UCP government was fishing for support for a Sovereignty Act motion against the federal emissions cap. The NDP did not bite. West of Centre guests this week are Carrie Tait, Rick Bell and Lori Williams.

"There is no evil in sorcery, only in the hearts of men. My request is that you remember this." - MerlinUnited States military veteran, fleet management services expert, advisor, and founder of The Merlin Group Rick Bell is joining the program today and a guy with this kind of experience doesn't come along everyday, so make sure you're listening closely!  Rick and Jay unpack how Rick's experiences in the military and in the Middle East helped shape his mindset and attitude in his business endeavors, how sales pipelines need to be worked on regardless of what day it is, and the need for discipline when it comes to all the means of communication available in today's business world.  There's a lot of information coming through today and we can't think of a better person to get it out there than Rick Bell.

Recorded 5-15-2024 on OMEGAMAN

The 'Great Eclipse' of 2024 has come and gone, or has it? Are you feeling changes in the spiritual atmosphere around you like so many other spiritual warriors are? In this episode, exorcist Rick Bell shares a series of strange events that followed in his life directly after the eclipse.

Fringe legend, Doctor Joye Pugh joins Rick Bell to talk about her thesis on the Apple in the Garden of Eden.  This is part two of an awesome two - part series.

Famous Doctor of the Fringe Community joins Rick Bell to talk abou the truth about the Apple in the Garden of Eden - Part one.  Be sure to come back for part two!

Hundreds are dying from drug overdoses in Alberta. This week, the UCP government announced it will rebrand mental health and addiction services as Recovery Alberta, in line with its preferred approach to the crisis. And the podcast will also tackle Calgary's mayoralty recall petition. West of Centre guest host Jason Markusoff is joined by journalists Alanna Smith of the Globe and Mail, Rick Bell of the Calgary Sun and Keith Gerein of the Edmonton Journal.

Recorded 4-2-2024 on OMEGAMAN www.heavenlywarriors.com  

The ledgendary Doctor of the Fringe Community, Doctor Joye Pugh, talks with ex police officer and now exorcist, Rick Bell. They talk about how to Evict Demons from your life. Don't miss this session!

The Big Shiny Takes Institute has returned to read a real stinker of a column by Rick Bell. Rick, a traditional dumb guy with a column, seems a little upset about how mean people are being to Calgary Chief of Police Mark Neufeld. We dig into this column (a glorified vanity piece about how the police are good, homeless people are super-criminals and everyone needs to shut up)  with friend of the Institute, Drug Data Decoded's Euan Thomson. Plugs and Recs  Kenneyism - Jeremy Appel UnriggedDrug Data DecodedIf you enjoyed this episode make sure to leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, and give us a follow on Twitter and Instagram. For more Big Shiny Takes, sign up to our bonus feed here.

Rick Bell's life began with his mother giving him up at birth and refusing to ever meet him, causing life-long feelings of rejection that he medicated by overachieving in everything he did. A powerful supernatural encounter with Jesus forever changes his life and calling. Highlights Rick shares in this episode: A dramatic encounter with Jesus while he is on the job How his life changed from atheist to being filled with the Holy Spirit Revelation of the spirit of rejection at work in his life from birth and the effect Learning to fight in the spirit realm and being called to the ministry of deliverance A word and warning from God (2015) about a time that is coming where warfare will be like nothing we have yet seen How we often open the doors for demonic spirits to get access and a brief word on how we can stop this to find healing and freedom   “Rockin” Rick Bell has been a public speaker, author, and performer for over three decades. He earned his nickname, ‘Rock,' as a professional Kickboxer and decorated Police Officer in his twenties. That nickname became ‘Rockin' Rick' when his natural talent for music led him to a long career as an award-winning vocalist, guitarist, and entertainer.   Rick's book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/ecG5a9I   Rick's website: https://rickbellwriting.com/   Rick's spiritual warfare podcast:  https://heavenlywarriors.com/

"Prepare Now. For the Fight of your Life is Coming" / Rick Bell / Omegaman Episode 10674 Recorded 1-16-2024 on OMEGAMAN Rick Bell  www.heavenlywarriors.com Book available at his website or online here: https://www.amazon.com/Boxing-Blindfolded-Demons-Amazing-Christian-ebook/dp/B0C7M1TM7Y  

In this interview, Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, former newspaper executive and past vice chair of the CRTC, discusses the state of the media in Canada. Menzies talks about how the industry is at a point where it needs to adapt or die, how it got to this point, who is to blame, the federal government online legislation, the CBC, and the growth of alternative news publications. Below is a column Menzies wrote for The Hub. By Peter Menzies, November 22, 2023 Twenty years ago, it should have been obvious to all that the jig was up for newspapers and journalism was going to need a new ride. Print had a good run—almost 600 years—but the invention by Tim Berners-Lee of the World Wide Web meant the era of massive presses and the power they bestowed on their owners was coming to an end. The only question, once Craigslist and Kijiji began boring holes in classified advertising, the economic foundation of newspapers, was whether there would even be time to save the furniture. Since the turn of the century, there have only been two alternatives for legacy news organizations: adapt or die. While there has been some evidence of success in terms of the former, public policy support has ignored new ideas in favour of propping up the ones everyone knows won't make it. The results have ranged from inconsequential to catastrophic. In Canada, as author and academic Marc Edge has detailed in his most recent book, The Postmedia Effect, the possibilities for newspapers to adapt have been severely limited by the nation's largest and dominant chain's business and ownership structures. Thousands of jobs have been cut to ensure high-interest debt payments can be made to its U.S. hedge fund owners. Easy to blame management, one supposes, but hedge funds gotta hedge and the primary fault for the mess that is Canada's news industry belongs squarely at the door of the nation's public policymakers. Sadly, outdated foreign ownership regulations restricted the supply of qualified buyers for media organizations, which depressed the cost of acquiring newspapers to a level that facilitated their acquisition en masse by Southam, then Hollinger, then Canwest, then Postmedia. With every step, competition was suppressed through increasingly consolidated ownership only to find the nation's largest newspaper chain owned by Americans. You can't make that up. Piling on, the Competition Bureau in 2015 inexplicably approved Postmedia's acquisition of Quebecor (Sun) Media's newspapers based on the “lack of close rivalry” between newspapers such as the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Sun and “the incentive for the merged entity to retain readership and maintain editorial quality in order to continue to attract advertisers.” All said with a straight face. Anyone who had actually worked in the business—I put in shifts at both the Calgary Sun and the Calgary Herald in their halcyon days—would know that this is sheer nonsense justified only by the extreme narrowness of the analysis the Bureau undertook. Today, the only distinguishable difference in content between the Herald and the Sun is that Don Braid writes a column for the Herald, and Rick Bell writes one for the Sun—a pretense of competition that appears to have allowed both to extend their careers well beyond those of thousands of their colleagues. “No solutions can be found until the issue of the CBC is dealt with.” Thirty years ago, Bell and Braid shared more than 250 newsroom colleagues covering events in a city of fewer than 800,000 people. Today, reflective of their business's demise, a couple of dozen survivors cling to the Herald/Sun lifeboat in a city approaching 1.5 million. Their presses and even their buildings have been sold to feed the hedge fund. Implementation of policies designed to sustain business models that produce results such as these in the hope of “saving journalism” is self-evidently unwise. We live at a time when innovation and entrepreneurship—virtues that are fuelled by competition and suppressed by consolidation—are desperately needed. While those are clearly lacking in the newspaper industry (laudable exceptions apply at the Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, and a plethora of digital startups) it's just as unlikely journalism can find salvation in the arms of Canada's heavily regulated broadcasting industry. For it, with exceptions acknowledged, the provision of news has always been primarily a regulatory obligation and not a core business proposition. Broadcasters are in the business of entertaining people with music, drama, chat, and related programming and have long acknowledged there is little or no money in them for news. All too often, it's just regulatory rent. For those who may believe, though, the ponderous regulatory processes in place at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) make the entrepreneurship and innovation needed to adapt in an era of massive technological change almost impossible. But all that is now as may be. Rear view mirrors may help protect from encroaching harms but they are not at all useful in terms of actually going places. And journalism clearly needs a new car and new drivers if it is to thrive as a public good. Any doubt that societies require trustworthy and shared sources of information to maintain a peaceful social compact should have been erased by the events of the past few weeks. It is clear from the protests and virulent antisemitism that erupted in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel that large numbers of Canadians are forming their opinions based not on differing interpretations of the facts but on very incompatible understandings of current reality. In these circumstances, and in this instance at least, the common ground necessary to establish a healthy public square of ideas simply doesn't exist. Without such a venue, societies collapse into warring tribes. But before we can even begin to explore the complexity of THAT problem, there needs to be a sustainable path forward for fair, balanced, and accurate news gathering and delivery. The federal government's best efforts to make that happen have been disastrous. The Online News Act has done more harm than good, with news providers losing access to audiences through Facebook and Instagram while an even more disastrous Google news boycott hovers menacingly over the industry. The five-year-old journalism labour tax credit hasn't stopped newsrooms from continuing to shrink. And while the Local Journalism Initiative has created temporary employment opportunities in news “deserts”, it didn't stop the Alaska Highway News, as just one example, from folding last month. Worse, there is increasing evidence to suggest that the more the public becomes aware of direct government funding to journalism organizations, the less likely it is to trust those organizations and label reporters as toadies with labels such as “#JustinJournos.” Should the government change, they would no doubt be #Pierre'sPravda. None of this ends well. What Canada desperately needs instead is a multi-pronged, coordinated national strategy based on current economic and market realities that will allow journalism to flourish again. A few months ago, Konrad von Finckenstein and I tried to get the ideas rolling with our policy paper for the Macdonald Laurier Institute, “And Now, The News”. Its two flashiest recommendations called for the establishment of a truly independent journalism sustainability fund supported by contributions from web giants such as Meta, Google, and others and, vitally, the de-commercialization of the CBC. The CBC, already government-funded, would not be eligible to draw from this fund, which we proposed should be supported by reasonable levies on tech companies and would only be available to companies whose primary business is the production of news. I have some sympathy for those who would argue that such a fund would best be used to support entrepreneurship as opposed to simply propping up what commentator Jen Gerson has labelled “zombie” newspapers that refuse to either adapt or die. But our proposal would nevertheless eschew such distinctions and make the fund accessible to all industry-verified news organizations solely on a per capita/journalist basis. News providers would still be free to make deals with social media to build readership and make other commercial deals with digital platforms as both parties see fit. But that, on its own, doesn't solve the problem. In fact, no solutions can be found until the issue of the CBC is dealt with. It is one thing to have a public broadcaster. But today's CBC is not that. It has evolved into a publicly funded commercial broadcaster and online content provider. Even its radio content, while broadcast free of advertising over the air, is repurposed to build online audiences and revenue in direct competition with news startups and legacy media attempting to transition into vibrant digital platforms. No industry can survive, let alone prosper, when the government subsidizes one commercial entity—in this case with $1.2 billion annually—to the detriment of all others. There certainly can be an important role for a national, truly public news provider. But CBC must be de-commercialized everywhere it operates, its mandate sharply re-focused, and its content made available at no charge through a Creative Commons license to other domestic news organizations. The removal of the CBC's ability to sell advertising would immediately free up $400 million in revenue for which news organizations could compete. As an added benefit, Canada would get a re-focused public broadcaster, and free access to its news content would allow all journalism providers to benefit from, instead of being punished by, government funding of the CBC. Our other proposals include making subscriptions to news organizations 100 percent tax deductible—a move that would subsidize the consumption of credible news with a market-based incentive for those providing it. We also proposed that: All expenditures by Eligible News Businesses that involve investment in digital transformation technology are eligible to be claimed in their first year as capital cost allowances. Phasing out of the current labour tax credit over a period of five years, declining in value by 20 percent annually in order to wean news organizations from it gradually while they adapt to a more permanent policy framework. Phasing out of the Local Journalism Initiative over a period of five years, declining in value by $4 million per year and with adjustments that would make it available only to news organizations serving market areas of less than 100,000 people and limited to easily defined core coverage beats such as public safety, courts, school boards, and municipal councils. Phasing out of the Canada Periodical Fund, which is no longer relevant in the digital age, over the course of three years. Ensure that the CRTC is engaged in the development of national news policies so that it considers the entire scope of the news industry when contemplating conditions of license for broadcasters. To those, I would add maximizing the value of tax credits for contributions to news organizations structured as not-for-profit businesses. Neither I nor my policy paper co-author, who these days is occupied as interim federal ethics commissioner, pretended to have all the solutions. As we wrote when our paper was published, building a national news industry policy is a tricky business. What we believed was that the pattern of ad hoc subsidies, willful ignorance of the impact of a commercial CBC, fear of failure, and the ill-conceived Online News Act were nothing but trouble and that a thoughtful, multi-pronged national news industry policy was called for. It still is. When it's done—when all the ideas are out there and the best of them are implemented—news organizations will still only survive through the quality of their work. Not all companies will, or should, survive and, frankly, some need to get on with their dying and get out of the way of those building a future for journalism. Fretting over and attempting to preserve the past and its icons is emotionally tempting. But it will not give news organizations the fighting chance they need to transition from unstable business models to those capable of sustaining quality journalism in the years ahead. We are at the end of the end of an era. It's time to embrace a new genesis. Peter Menzies is a Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a former newspaper executive, and past vice chair of the CRTC. Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story. #business #CanadasNumberOnePodcastforEntrepreneurs   #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #Media #news #Newspapers #smallbusiness

The back and forth between Alberta and Ottawa over energy has ratcheted up a notch. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has invoked her controversial sovereignty act over the federal government's proposed clean energy regulations, claiming meeting 2035 targets is just not possible. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins the show to discuss what Smith hopes the sovereignty act will accomplish, how the federal government responded, and what could happen next. Background reading: Bell: Smith plays Alberta sovereignty card, sets up battle with Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Alberta go alone, and split from the Canada Pension Plan, even if it means taking half the total funds for the whole of the CPP with it? That's the question being asked in Alberta right now as the UCP government looks to consult Albertans in advance of a potential referendum on the issue. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins the show to discuss why the province is considering it's own pension plan, what the cost would be, and why some are skeptical of the figures in the province's own report Background reading: Alberta deserves more than half CPP assets if it exits program: report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded LIVE 5-30-2023 on OMEGAMAN 

The results are in: Danielle Smith and the UCP will form Alberta's next government. What can Albertans expect? What message does the election outcome send to the rest of Canada? What does the future look like for Rachel Notley and the NDP?  2:20 | And what does the NDP sweeping Edmonton mean for Alberta's capital city? Councillor Sarah Hamilton joins Ryan in studio.  15:30 | Will Danielle Smith's populist approach to campaigning continue into her first full term as premier? Calgary Sun scribe Rick Bell tells us what he's hearing.  42:50 | Was this the NDP's last decent shot at winning an election in Alberta? Does the party need a rebrand? We check in with Athabasca University political science professor Dr. Mark Crawford.  WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

In advance of a spring election, Alberta's United Conservative government unveiled its latest budget, the first under Premier Danielle Smith. It's a blueprint for big spending, but is it a recipe for an election win? Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins the show to discuss how the government hopes this fares them well on voting day, whether it leaves any room for the NDP to pick up votes, and whether it has helped the government solidify support among the public. Background reading: Danielle Smith's budget boss draws election line in the sand Bell: Will the real Danielle Smith please stand up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2:20 | The doctor is in the house! Does physician Shazma Mithani think the UCP's $68B budget has what it takes to heal healthcare? The ER doc and social media educator diagnoses what's leading to unprecedented burnout among health professionals, and explains why she's adamantly against private or "third way" options to ease surgical wait times.  FOLLOW DR. MITHANI ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/shazmamithani FOLLOW DR. MITHANI ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/drshazmamithani/ CHECK OUT HER COLUMN IN THE STAR: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/01/27/doctors-face-significant-rates-of-burnout-if-our-system-is-not-fixed-soon.html 28:40 | We get it: numbers can be boring. Not everybody gets excited about Budget Day. We promised you Alberta's Best Budget Breakdown, and our panel delivers! Rick Bell, Kristin Raworth, and Michael Solberg bring "real life" perspectives to Alberta's $68B budget, and set the stage for the upcoming provincial election.  1:11:40 | Ladies: the annual PJ Party is coming back to the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, and you and your girls are invited! March also brings the return of Devour! The Canadian Rockies Food Film Festival. We highlight both of these must-attend events in this week's #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper.  BOOK YOUR JASPER GETAWAY: https://www.jasper.travel/events/  1:14:00 | Congratulations Jamie, winner of our Real Talk Email of the Month! Jamie's note "To Drink or Not To Drink..." prompted several on-air discussions, an interview with "Down and Back" author Justin Bourne, and a TON of emails and tweets from Real Talkers. Jamie wins an official Real Talk studio mug for getting us all thinking!  EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com  WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

Ep. 21 “Birds of a Feather” Ashes to Ash True Crime “The Kendrick Johnson Investigation” Ash and her new investigator Debbie come across some information that has never been talked about from the media before on this case. Kendrick Johnson was found deceased in a Gym Mat in Valdosta, Georgia at Lowndes County High School. This incident occurred January 10th of 2013. KJ was only 17 years old. Four years after KJ's death Ryan Anthony Domek-Hernandez came forward with a statement claiming that he knew Branden Bell and that Branden had told him that Brian Bell his younger brother, Ryan Hall, and himself had killed Kendrick Johnson. Ryan Anthony goes on in his statement to implicate Freshmen Taylor Eakin and Rick Bell, Branden and Brian's father, the first medical examiner and the FBI in a cover-up of mass proportions regarding the death of KJ. Is Ryan Anthony Domek Hernandez's statement true? If it is not, what pieces are false? Or is the entire statement false. Ash easily myth buster's Ryan Anthony's statement by showing evidence to the factual or nonfactual nature of the statement. Were the Johnson's responsible for Ryan Anthony's statement and did they coach him on what to say? Ash also continues to prepare for the mat test as the subjects performing the experiment begin to arrive. Link to song we could not have in the episode: Jacquees “B.E.D.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul1H_... Subscribe and see episodes early, please go to www.AshesToAshTV.com. Ashes to Ash TV website built by Second Melody www.SecondMelody.com. If you have a tip, please email us at AshLand57@gmail.com or message Ash here. The title song “Bones” was produced by “8 Graves.” If you know of illegal activity involving this case, please reach out to your local law enforcement. The Film Finding Kendrick Johnson by Jason Pollock who claims to be an abolitionist, is a total work of fabrication on the parts that involved the Kendrick Johnson case and the Bell family. Jackie Johnson and Kenneth/Mike her husband own 50% of the film Finding Kendrick Johnson, making is a biased production with zero care for honorable journalism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ash640/support

Ep. 20 “Misleading” Ashes to Ash True Crime “The Kendrick Johnson Investigation” Ash really starts to delve into what may have happened to Kendrick Johnson in this investigative true crime series. Ash attempts to answer the question of what transpired at Lowndes County High School on January 10th, 2013 in Valdosta Georgia. Ash gets in touch with Ryan Anthony Domek Hernandez or as he calls himself on Facebook Mali. Domek Hernandez came out with a written statement in August of 2017 that implicated Brian Bell, Branden Bell, Ryan Hall, Rick Bell, and dozens of other individuals in the death of Kendrick Johnson. Does Domek Hernandez still stand by his statement?? Ash also continues to go through the information she received from the Freedom of Information Act that she filled out. She had received a CD ROM, thumb drive, and a hard drive from Lowndes County. She starts to figure out how to best process the information and showcase it to the public. The replica of the gym mat the KJ was discovered in, also arrives, after months of attempting to get an exact replica. She starts experimenting with the mat to find out if it is possible that Kendrick Johnson descended into the mat after his shoe has been discovered at the bottom. Join Ash and her team as they question difficult cases to see if they can discover the truth. Subscribe and see episodes early, please go to www.AshesToAshTV.com. Ashes to Ash TV website built by Second Melody www.SecondMelody.com. If you have a tip, please email us at AshLand57@gmail.com or message Ash here. The title song “Bones” was produced by “8 Graves.” If you know of illegal activity involving this case, please reach out to your local law enforcement. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ash640/support

2022 is coming to a close, after one of the craziest political years on the prairies in recent memory. Host Kathleen Petty is joined by Kelly Cryderman from the Globe and Mail, Rick Bell with the Calgary Sun, and CBC's Alberta provincial affairs reporter Janet French to recap the big moments from this year and look at what 2023 could bring.

After months of build-up, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith finally unveiled the legislation that was key to her leadership win. The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act may have had a softer name than initially proposed, but it was met with controversy over how it would operate. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins the show to discuss what's in the new bill, why some aspects of it have forced the Smith government to walk it back, and how it could be applied to federal law. Background reading: Vindicated! Smith under fire, UCP retools sovereignty act Bell: Danielle Smith misses her Ralph Klein moment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:58 | When you least expect it, a heart attack can change (or end) your life. Just 43 years old, Vancouver radio personality Drex is lucky to be alive after suffering a heart attack a couple weeks ago. Ryan opens the show with a few musings, which leads to an unexpected (and amazing) conversation with... 10:37 | Calgary Sun scribbler Rick Bell. He's been covering politics for decades. He's also coming up on the 25th anniversary of his sobriety. We didn't plan on talking about booze and DUIs with the Page Five columnist, but this isn't the type of show that steers away from impromptu Real Talk. Don't miss Rick's story of recovery, then some (hilarious) observations about the state of politics in Alberta. 45:35 | Drex could be dead. On November 18, something started feeling "off". An hour or so later, he was in emergency surgery, having a stent implanted in his heart. The popular radio host and social commentator tells us his survival story, then goes on to explain how he manages Twitter trolls and online haters targeting his vax status and sexuality.  1:12:30 | Congratulations to our newest Real Talk Email of the Month winner! Ryan reveals who wins the Real Talk studio mug for the month of November.  EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com  WEBSITE: https://ryanjespersen.com/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/RealTalkRJ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/RealTalkRJ/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@realtalkrj PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

Today's guests: Rick Bell, Calgary Sun Columnist Tony Bernardo, Executive Director - Canadian Shooting Sports Association Stephanie Carvin, associate professor at Carleton University / former national security analyst  Mark A. Scholz, CAOEC President & CEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danielle Smith's tenure as Alberta premier has been dogged by controversy in its first few weeks. She has had to walk back controversies around comments on vaccines and Russia's invasion of Ukraine even as she tries to set a new course for the United Conservative government in advance of a spring election. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins the show to discuss Smith's early controversies, what factions in the party she's appealing to, and how that may shape the coming election campaign. Background reading: Danielle Smith — 'I'm not for turning' Danielle Smith, UCP the day after and the Wildrose is back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Rick Bell, Calgary Sun columnist Matt Gurney, Columnist / Co-founder - The Line Campbell Clark, Chief Political Writer - The Globe and Mail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CBC's Elise von Scheel and the Calgary Sun's Rick Bell join us in studio to take your calls and emails as the UCP leadership race heads into its final days.

There are two weeks left in the race to replace Premier Jason Kenney. The United Conservative Party will pick its new leader on October 6 and that person will become Alberta's next premier. Where do things stand in these final days and what happens next? Host Kathleen Petty is joined by Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell, Carrie Tait from the Globe and Mail, and conservative strategist and lawyer Karamveer Lalh.

In this episode, I interview the incredible saxophonist and arranger Rick Bell. Bell has been active on the Atlanta jazz scene for decades and is a true renaissance man. While working as a musician, he also worked as an artist and film animator for the CDC in Atlanta. A native of Alabama - and an inductee in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame - Bell and his wife (also a talented musician) moved to Atlanta to pursue careers and raise a family after meeting at Auburn University, where they performed with the Auburn Knights Orchestra. In our wide-ranging conversation, Bell describes his early years as a musician, trips to New York City, settling in Atlanta, developing his melodic and muscular approach to tenor saxophone, and opportunities to perform with musicians like Milt Jackson, Zoot Sims, and Clark Terry as a member of the house band at EJ's in the late 70s and early 80s. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did producing this episode. Thanks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atljazznotes/message

We ask Greg Fergus, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, how much longer Canadians will be dealing with COVID measures at airports. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell and The Globe and Mail's Kelly Cryderman on Alberta's UCP leadership race. Paul Hunter has the latest from DC as U.S. House members vote to enshrine marriage equality into law, and the Power Panel weighs in.

The Atlanta Jazz Notes Podcast is back with a new episode this week, featuring an interview with saxophonist Rick Bell. The full episode will be released later this week. In the mean time, please enjoy this preview. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atljazznotes/message

The field of candidates seeking to lead the United Conservative Party is quickly expanding — Minister of Transportation Rajan Sawhney is said to be in and rumours swirl around Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner jumping in, too. Host Kathleen Petty digs into what comes next along with Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell, Erika Barootes from Enterprise Canada and the former president of the UCP and Michael Solberg, a partner with New West Public Affairs and a former Harper Conservative staffer.

Today's guests: Rick Bell, columnist - Calgary Sun Ted Morton, former Alberta finance minister / executive fellow at the School of Public Policy / professor emeritus - University of Calgary Kevin McQuillan, professor - Department of Sociology, University of Calgary See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alberta's governing United Conservative Party is looking for a new leader after Jason Kenney announced he would be stepping down. Kenney made the announcement after receiving a bare majority of support in a scheduled leadership review. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why Kenney fared so poorly with members of a party he built, what's next for the UCP, and how this shapes the remaining year before the next election. Background reading: Bell: What the hell? Kenney is sticking around until God knows when Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Rick Bell, Columnist - Calgary Sun Ken Boessenkool, J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice, Max Bell School of Public Policy - McGill University / Research Fellow - CD Howe Institute  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, we bring you two stories about little guys trying to do big big things. First, self-proclaimed animal grinch producer Becca Bressler introduces us to perhaps the one creature that has warmed her heart: a cricket. And more specifically, a male cricket. This is a tale about a tiny Romeo insect trying to find a mate, and the ingenious lengths he'll go to have his beckoning heard. And second, producer Annie McEwen journeys through perhaps the zaniest game of football that has ever been played. When a ragtag group of players take on the top team, will it be an underdog tale for the ages or an absolute disaster? Special thanks to Stephen Spann and Joshua Baxter at the Doris and Harry Vice University Library at Cumberland University as well as Alison Reynolds at Georgia Tech Library. Thanks also to Rick Bell, and to Scott Larson who wrote a book all about this game called Cumberland: The True Story of the Highest Scoring Football Game in History. And finally, thanks so much to our tape syncer Ambriehl Crutchfield for her help with this episode.  If you're still interested in learning more about this epic football game, be sure to check out this brilliant and hilarious video by sportswriter Jon Bois.   Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today.     Radiolab is on YouTube! Catch up with new episodes and hear classics from our archive. Plus, find other cool things we did in the past — like miniseries, music videos, short films and animations, behind-the-scenes features, Radiolab live shows, and more. Take a look, explore and subscribe!

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A leadership debate and a leadership review. Premier Jason Kenney came up at a conservative conference that was also hosting the first debate for Conservative Party leadership candidates – a debate full of attacks and acrimony. Host Kathleen Petty is joined by Alex Boyd from the Toronto Star, Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell and Corey Hogan from The Strategists to discuss how the events in the national party and Kenney's provincial party reflect on the conservative movement.

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Episode 9289 - Rick Bell Recorded 4-26-2022

The fight within Alberta's United Conservative Party over Jason Kenney's leadership took another twist when the planned in-person vote in April was turfed in favour of mail-in ballots. This has created further controversy, with some of Kenney's own MLAs suggesting he step down, triggering a leadership race. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why Kenney is facing a leadership review now, why the switch to mail-in voting has caused so much controversy, and what's at stake for Kenney if he fails to get a resounding majority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rockin' Rick Bell is a Central Texas music legend whose background will fascinate you almost as much as his mastery of guitar. We'll take you back to his days as a kick-boxer and then we'll talk about Rick's musical influences and guitar heroes. If you love Rick and Roll, hot guitar licks, and great on-the-road stories, don't miss this episode!

Power & Politics for Friday, March 25th: Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos talks about the federal government's plan to give $2-billion to the provinces and territories in order to help clear up healthcare backlogs caused by the pandemic. Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King reacts to that, and talks about the resumption of table potato exports to the continental United States with some conditions. Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell and Toronto Star national reporter Alex Boyd weigh in on Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's fight to retain leadership of the United Conservative Party. Plus the five stories you need to know about, the Power Panel discusses the day's news, and we open the P&P mailbag to answer viewers' questions.

Alberta is projecting something not seen in years: A balanced budget, with plans for surpluses. Finance Minister Travis Toews says oil prices play a huge role in that rebound, but what do the outsized contributions of oil and gas mean for future economic stability? Host Kathleen Petty is joined by University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe, the Globe and Mail's energy reporter Emma Graney and political columnist Rick Bell from the Calgary Sun to dissect Budget 2022.

I sit down w/ Cincinnati Watch Company's Rick Bell at Brink Brewing Company in College Hill, OH. Rick Bell is one of the owners of Cincinnati Watch Company in Cincinnati, OH. Listen to how a passion for timepieces & a deep love for his city & community, in general, lead Rick to co-creating the first watch company to assemble watches in Cincinnati since 1958! We are also joined by Brink founder, Andrew McCleese, to talk about some of the beer we drank during the podcast.  Podcast Production: John Bl@ze Theme Music: "Farmers Name" by Highly Likely Sponsor Music: "Bankrupt" by Cory Christopher Beats 

Episode 12 - The Pavement Group Podcast with Special Guest Rick Bell - Vice President at Merchants Fleet   In this episode, we sit down with Rick Bell and talk about the evolution of electric vehicles and specifically electric trucks. Electric trucks will be in high demand in the coming years and the innovation that is attached to the increase in the presence of electric vehicles on the road is INCREDIBLE.   Tune in to this episode to hear some of the details of how the EV revolution is taking the fleet industry by storm and some of the UNBELIEVABLE innovations that will be coming to our infrastructure to support these vehicles in the near future!   This is one you don't want to miss!

This episode includes an audio tour of Clarendale at Indian Lake in Hendersonville www.ClarendaleAtIndianLake.com contact Sherry Anderson Rick Bell is running for the Mayor of Lebanon. For more about him, www.RickBellforMayor.com THIS IS A PAID POLITICAL ANNOUNCMENT FROM THE RICK BELL FOR MAYOR CAMPAIGN, ADRIAN KELLEY TREASURER The 5 R's of working at home is helpful for those who have been faced with developing difficulties in the 'new normal' that has no end in sight. And Ana Cristina Cash shares her new collection, SHINE produced by John Carter Cash. For her socials and to get the music from the album, www.AnaCristinaCash.com The music used in this podcast is licensed by Epidemic Sound. Ana Cristina Cash's music is used by permission for promotional purposes only.

Disclaimer: This is a paid political announcement paid for by the Rick Bell for Mayor Campaign, Adrian Kelley Treasurer. Rick Bell, Lebanon's town historian and Professor of History at Cumberland University has joined his knowledge of history and love for his hometown of Lebanon for a mayoral run in 2020. Early voting starts July 17, 2020 until Aug 1. The official election date is Aug 6, 2020. www.RickBellforMayor.com Underwriter for this podcast is Rick Bell For Mayor, Adrian Kelley Treasurer