Let’s get into the curiosities and constants that make Calgary a wonderful and sometimes frustrating place to call home. One story and conversation at a time. Hosted by Jenny Howe. Every Wednesday.
It’s many things to many people. A rodeo, a midway or maybe even a headache... but would you call it a music festival? On this week’s episode we tease out the identity of the Calgary Stampede, and its outsized impact on music in this city.
This city loves to queue up for hype. Take the recent opening of a popular American doughnut chain as an example. Get in line, because we’re getting to the bottom of this phenomenon.
World leaders are in our backyard for a few days this month trying to solve big global problems. But what about the bears? We've got you covered for this year’s G7 summit.
The summer forecast is HOT, the air conditioning frenzy has begun and one tenant advocacy group wants landlords on the hook for keeping their homes from becoming a sauna.
It's almost closing time at the Danish Canadian Club. To help the club stay alive, its members are joining the Austrians in early June. We hear why they're making the change, and how Roots Collective is keeping people grounded in their cultures.
For the first time, the Calgary Marathon is spread out over two days because running is now wildly popular here. Join Jenny Howe as she tests out her shin splints and gets into the buzz behind the boom.
Karla Marx is a fixture on the local drag and comedy scene and a character created by Victoria Bucholtz. She joins host Jenny Howe to talk about her new comedy album Fruity and why she'll defend Alberta until her bedazzled heels come off.
We talk to a professional house flipper about the art of the flip and get a forecast from a local real estate agent about if our hot market for flipping might be cooling.
Where will Calgary plant nearly a million trees? We put that question to the city’s top tree guy, and also ask if communities with historically fewer trees will get finally get spruced up.
It’s federal election season and if we look at past voting trends in Alberta we see a lot of blue. The CBC’s Rob Brown breaks down how our province became known as a conservative stronghold, and political scientist Lisa Young zooms in on Calgary ahead of Monday’s vote.
Newcomers in Calgary count on free language classes provided by the federal government to give them language tools to make the city home. But often they're stuck waiting months for a chance to learn. And with immigration targets being lowered, the funding taps for these classes are turning off.
Talk about 50 shades of grey! Sixteenth Avenue is a major gateway road in this city, but it leaves a little something to be desired aesthetically. We'll explore why this roadway looks the way it does, its unique history and if there's any hope for a better, more colourful future.
Starting on April 9th, Jenny Howe is the new host of This is Calgary. She can't hop in front of the mic though without a few words of wisdom from outgoing host Anis Heydari. New host, same obsession with the things we love about Calgary and the things we just don't understand (yet).
Saddle up and head on down to Cowboys - the park! In downtown Calgary, Millennium Park is no longer. It's now Cowboys Park, and not everyone is happy about it. Ride along with us as we find out how this all went down.
This city's curling scene has a lot of 2SLGBTQ players these days. There's an entire league dedicated to the community that rocks the North Hill Curling Club every Saturday - and the city will soon host what might be the largest gay curling bonspiel in the world. We catch Apollo Curling on the sheets this week.
Downtown Calgary used to be nothing but the hustle and bustle of thousands of office workers. But not so much. Between the work-from-home movement and oil crashes, commercial towers emptied out in this city - and now they're being turned into condos. So what's it like to live in a converted office? We talk to some residents and a developer about life on the inside of an office conversion.
Yeah, we know everyone is talking about it. Tariffs. It's not just about the big players though. We talk to Calgary underwear company Devon + Lang and trade expert Carlo Dade about what the changing relationship with our neighbours means for business in this city and province, and why the Canada-U.S. relationship isn't about friendship.
The seat known around the world will be gone and Calgary's skyline will forever be changed sometime around 2027, after the Saddledome is demolished. Our city keeps growing up - literally. So is Calgary outgrowing its traditional postcard views, as we move past icons like the Calgary Tower and the soon-to-be-departed Saddledome? We talk with architect David Down about how our literal view of Calgary has changed, and will change.
After one term, Councillors Courtney Walcott, Jasmine Mian and Evan Spencer have announced they won't run again in the upcoming municipal election. From feeling gross to maxing out a pain tolerance, hear about their experiences and why they're out.
In late January, former city councillor Joe Magliocca was found guilty of fraud. It all comes back to expense claims around meals and drinks from his time in office. Stick with us as we hear about his trial, and learn more about Magliocca's sometimes colourful time on council.
New home developments are often opposed by people who say "Not In My Backyard" — and Calgarians are sometimes labelled as NIMBY when they want to avoid more dense housing near their existing properties. We hear from a Calgarian frustrated by a new project he thinks doesn't match his neighbourhood, and a developer who talks about how to avoid residents saying "no" to anything near their backyards.
Our friends to the East have this habit. They tend to say Calgary weird. We don't like it, but we want to know why they do it. Luckily, our sister podcast in Saskatchewan looked into it!
The federal Conservatives have openly bragged about how young people are getting more involved with their party than one might guess, based on stereotypes and clichés about teenagers and voters without much grey hair. Hear straight from two young Calgarians why they got involved in federal politics, and what the next federal election means to conservatives under 25 in this city.
Calgary has been experiencing a rate of population growth not seen since the 1980s. We talk with three newcomers to Calgary — from elsewhere in Canada, Kenya and Ukraine — to hear what surprised them about the big move.
Music venues in Calgary face a lot of challenges when it comes to keeping live music alive in this city. Places like Mikey's or the Blues Can have even had to relocate at times - sometimes repeatedly. We ask what the challenges are when you want to host music in this city - and explain why some say Taylor Swift is the problem, it's her.
With stars savouring Calgary's many menus, we need to talk about our restaurant scene that's tastier by the day. A Concorde Group boss as well as restaurant critic Elizabeth Carson serve up hot takes with Anis.
Late every fall, city councillors and the mayor huddle up and spend all your tax dollars. From last minute pleas to save pools to which councillor goes to Blowers and Grafton, we break down the budget debate and why you should care.
The City has plans to improve some of the main streets all across Calgary. But just like a home reno, construction often takes longer - and is a worse experience - than you ever expect. So what is even happening when it comes to these main drags? We head to ground zero of Marda Loop's revamp to hear from the people who live there, the businesses that work there, and the City itself.
Can't you feel it? Or has the spirit aged out of Calgary, more than 36 years after the Olympic Winter Games hit the city? The bricks that line downtown's Olympic Plaza are the latest physical symbol of Calgary's Olympic legacy that may be going away - so we ask if the city still has a place on the podium.
Calgary's quirkiest neighbourhood is known for its independent shops, funky characters and unique vibes. But times are changin' in the city, and Inglewood faces its own pressures from chain restaurants and condo developers. Two Inglewood champions join us to go over the tug of war in town.
