Are You Future Ready?

Ten years after the southern Alberta floods, what have we learned from one of the costliest natural disasters in Canadian history? How did the disaster impact individuals, families, and the way we build (or rebuild) communities? 

Speaking of building relationships and communities, are we too reliant on technology? Are we asking the tough questions or riding blissfully down a road to ruin? This episode of Real Talk looks to the past, then the future, from a few different angles. 

3:00 | Paris Marx is a tech critic. The host of the Tech Can't Save Us podcast and author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About Transportation explains what WILL save us, and what we need to be saved from. We cover a lot of ground re: natural disasters, Apple's Vision Pro headset, autonomous vehicles, community planning, and Bitcoin. 

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39:00 | It's National Indigenous Peoples Day, and Real Talk audience member Sharon Morin's family is celebrating a huge honour. Ryan and Johnny shine a spotlight on the newest stamp from Canada Post. 

42:30 | This year, Jasper National Park is honoured to partner with Simpcw, People of the River, as hosts of the National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration. Find details in this week's edition of #MyJasper Memories presented by our friends at Tourism Jasper. 

DETAILS: https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/autochtones-indigenous/JNPA-2023-NIPD

44:30 | Disaster researchers Dr. Caroline McDonald-Harker and (Hurricane Katrina survivor) Dr. Tim Haney take us into their extensive research on the 2013 southern Alberta floods. What follows is an important conversation about recognizing signs of PTSD, holding planners and developers accountable over where we build new homes, and the future of fire and flood insurance. 

1:18:00 | This lost submarine story is blowing our minds. Ryan and Johnny cover the details we know as the search continues. 

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