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The Progress ReportCalgary's new police dragnetEuan Thomson from drugdatadecoded.ca joins us on the pod once again, this time to tell us about his investigation into the Calgary police's use of facial recognition technology. Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala ‘MAGA performer’ booked to perform at the Legislature is a far-right associate of Artur Pawlowski and the Proud Boys Calgary police "image recognition" software identifies individuals in photos & videos posted onlineThe Progress Report podcast is listener-funded and runs no ads—please consider becoming a patron at www.theprogressreport.ca/patrons
2025-08-1755 min
The Progress ReportDrug poisoning polycrisis & U of C crackdown, feat. Euan ThomsonThrough projects including the national business coalition Each+Every and his publication Drug Data Decoded (www.drugdatadecoded.ca), Euan Thomson has put his heart and soul into combatting the ongoing drug poisoning crisis, and he joins us on this episode of the Progress Report to bring everyone up to date with the crisis's current status.But Euan of late has also been an ally to the Palestinian solidarity movement and it's in that capacity that he took a beating from police during last year's violent crackdown on demonstrators at the University of Calgary. In this episode Euan...
2025-04-141h 13
The Breakdown With Nate PikeEpisode 6.04 - Euan Thomson & Drug Data Decoded!With Edmonton cracking down on homeless encampments and teaming up with the province to create a processing centre, as well as the UCP ignoring the overwhelming evidence that supports harm reduction, we sat down with Euan Thomson from DrugDataDecoded.ca to try to make sense of these issues as well as address safe supply, supervised consumption sites and Danielle Smith's upcoming forced treatment!
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2025-03-031h 08
Why This Beer?Crafting Quality and Advocating Change: Dr. Euan Thomson of Raft LabsGuest: Dr. Euan Thomson, Founder and CEO of Raft LabsTopics Discussed:Euan's journey in craft beer, including his time at Phillips Brewing and harvesting a lactobacillus culture.Founding Raft Labs during the COVID-19 pandemic and their pivot to producing hand sanitizer.Horror stories of contamination points in craft breweries and how to avoid them.Optimizing beer quality beyond simply preventing contamination.A deep dive into Yellow Dog Brewing’s Squirrel Chaser and Amigos Crisp Lager.Euan’s work in harm reduction and drug policy advocacy with Each+Every and Drug Data Decoded.Key Takeaways:...
2025-01-161h 14
Art WankEpisode 204 - Max and Gabby Germanos, Art Collectors and founders of 333 ProjectsSend a textThank you to Max and Gabby Germanos, art collectors and founders of 333 Art Projects, for welcoming us into your home to view your incredible collection and share insights about art collecting. From their first purchase to navigating the journey of collecting as a couple and curating a collection suited to a family, Max and Gabby offered a fascinating perspective. They discussed the thought process behind choosing which artworks to acquire, how collecting has shaped their family dynamic, and their deep commitment to certain artists—owning over 50 paintings by Maclean Edwards, for instance. ...
2024-11-1955 min
Athletics Weekly PodcastDay 10 - A unforgiving marathon and an impromptu sing songOn the penultimate day of athletics action in Paris Euan and Jason dissect the going-ons of the last 24hrs including a grueling men's marathon which took place this morning. The women's heptathlon had an action packed final event - the 800m with Kararina Johnson Thomson securing a much sought after silver. The men's 400m hurdles final also took place as did the women's 400m and 10000m finals as well as the 4x100m relay finals which featured some drama. Euan and Jason were also delighted to hear shot put champion Yemisi Ogunleye regal the audience with song in the...
2024-08-1016 min
EyeluminariesLive from Octane OTF 2024In this episode, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, and Jim Mazzo are live from the Octane OTF with Euan Thomson, PhD, Barry Kuppermann, MD, Jeffry Weinhuff, Ehsan Sadri, MD, FACS, and a special announcement from Rich Small. Welcome to the Eyeluminaries podcast :05 Review of episode 24 1:38 Intro of Euan Thomson, PhD 2:10 What kind of companies did you like working for the most? 3:14 Can you comment on why adoption of digital solutions is slow and what we can do about it? 4:15 Geographically speaking, what is the area that is doing the best to incorporate new practices in medicine? 6:04 Can you...
2024-06-2849 min
Hard Knox Talks: Your Addiction PodcastDrug Data Decoded Author Euan Thomson talks to us about drug policy in Canada.Send a textEuan is dedicated to providing an alternative look into what's happening in Canada around substance use and how our leaders are forming in implimenting policy to mitigate the harms resulting from our toxic drug supplyCheck out Euan's news letter, Drug Data Decoded.✅ Tap here to buy us a coffee!✅ Need HKT Merch? Tap Here! ✅ Pine Lodge Recovery ✅ Nar-Anon ✅Bunny Hugs and Mental Health Support the showCheck out the speakeasy podcast Follow Daniel Unmanageable on Facebook Follow Project Spa...
2024-05-2856 min
Real Talk Ryan JespersenDoes Alberta Need a National Pharmacare Plan?Nobody will be surprised to learn Alberta and Ottawa are at odds again. This time, it's over the funding and management of Pharmacare. Alberta was the first province to publicly decline the federal government's proposal for a national program...but is that actually a good move for everyday Albertans?
4:15 | Dr. Rupider Toor explains why she thinks Alberta should sign on to the national Pharmacare plan.
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26:25 | Take Back Alberta founder David Parker says he's seen the light. He say...
2024-03-061h 11Real Talk Ryan JespersenInvestigating Alberta's Approach to the Opioid CrisisWhat's wrong with rehab? After all, isn't getting people "clean" an obvious solution to Canada's opioid crisis? As the Alberta government heavily invests in drug treatment facilities (at the expense of Supervised Consumption Sites), we take a look at what's working and what's not in addressing a health crisis claiming 21 lives every day across the country.
3:25 | Euan Thomson and Anthony Furey discuss Euan's feature in the March issue of Alberta Views and debate different approaches to the opioid crisis across Canada.
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2024-03-051h 30
The Chief of StaffMarc Ristol: Chief of Staff at Thomson Reuters FoundationFor our fourth episode in the series, The Chief of Staff Association’s Euan Godbold is joined by Marc Ristol, Chief of Staff at the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The charitable arm of the Thompson Reuters news agency, Marc guides the leadership team as they work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights around the world.Host: Euan GodboldGuest: Marc Ristol, Chief of Staff at The Thomson Reuters Foundation
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2023-10-0321 min
Native CalgarianDr. Euan ThomsonReturning guest Dr. Euan Thomson comes back to discuss the drug crisis situation and unpack his piece on Clearing the Plains 2.0 co authored with Terrill Tailfeathers and Will Cardinal. Read the piece: https://www.drugdatadecoded.ca/p/clearing-the-plains-20-alberta-drug and follow on Twitter @elsthomson @_EachAndEvery @AAWEAR @Terrilltf @treatysix
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2023-05-241h 00The Breakdown With Nate PikeEpisode 5.03 - Euan Thomson and the UCP Public Safety Task force(s)Danielle Smith and the UCP have announced to task forces to address social issues, but there are a lot of people who are raising some very serious concerns around the motivations and methods of these task forces.
One of those people is Euan Thomson, founder of the harm reduction group Each & Every. We sat down with Euan to hear what his concerns are in regards to these task forces and why he’s concerned that instead of harm reduction, they might well just be causing more harm…
As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to pro...
2023-05-0656 min
The Tyee: Audio EditionWhy I’m Fighting the Deadly Alberta Drug ModelA PhD in biology taught me to sniff out pseudoscience, and it is rife in abstinence-only treatment.” Euan Thomson, lead of a national coalition seeking more inclusive community responses to the toxic drug crisis, on the for-profit “recovery” business.” #ToxicDrugCrisis #ABpoli
Studies the government has relied on show survivor bias, showcasing only people who survive treatment while looking past the many thousands of participants who die. And they relentlessly ignore the positive results of evidence-based practices like supervised consumption sites.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/03/Why-Fighting-Deadly-Alberta-Drug-Model/
2023-03-0300 min
The Real Sport Science PodcastEpisode 022: Ft. Euan Thomson ~ Should NCAA players get paid and our sunrise hike up Mount SnowdonWelcome back! WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS! On this weeks episode [through some technical difficulties and Matts mic not working =(] we debrief our crazy 12 hour trip to get up mount snowdon. We let you know about our exciting partnership with CNP and website updates! Then we dive into our debate whether NCAA players should get paid. We hope you enjoy it! Let us know if you like it and make sure to share it if you do! LISTEN. LIKE. SHARE.
2023-02-1426 min
Green Sunrise PodcastReal talk with Nicola Taylor Dark Side of the Music Industry Episode 86Nicola Taylor joins Green Sunrise Podcast hosts Paul and Ian for a chat about her music and also why she is passionate about mental health,
Nicola has had lots of experience in her own life to enable her to help others and is eager to share the skills she's learned. Third eye talk, vibrations, intuitions and God within thee or me laugh out loud, you decide. Some of the small parts of today's chat and a real introduction to who Nicola Taylor is. Thanks again for being our first chat of 2023 and also I'm looking forward to seeing what will hap...
2023-01-181h 38The Breakdown With Nate PikeEuan Thomson and the UCP Public Safety Task force(s)Danielle Smith and the UCP have announced to task forces to address social issues, but there are a lot of people who are raising some very serious concerns around the motivations and methods of these task forces.
One of those people is Euan Thomson, founder of the harm reduction group Each & Every. We sat down with Euan to hear what his concerns are in regards to these task forces and why he’s concerned that instead of harm reduction, they might well just be causing more harm…
As always, if you appreciate the kind of content that we’re trying to prod...
2023-01-0656 min
Native CalgarianDr. Euan ThomsonHappy to have Dr. Euan Thomson on the show to talk about harm reduction and Alberta's drug policiesEuan Thomson On Twitter: https://twitter.com/elsthomson/status/1572592066315816964?s=46&t=A2tAAg2wBIgBlw_P7fEpYg Executive Director of @_EachAndEvery • Board @aawear_ • Founder @RaftBrewLabs • PhD Microbiology @UAlberta • He/himMohkinstsis / Calgary
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2022-09-261h 04
The SpeakeasyDEAN'S DISCUSSION | EPISODE 3: SCOTLAND'S ECONOMY (AUDIO PODCAST)The third episode discusses the Scottish economy, examining top issues and potential solutionsAs always, I seek to have nuanced, adult conversations with fascinating people. In that vein, this episode attempts to dig into the various issues facing our economy, without the partisan political heat. The topics include issues of inflation, cost of living crisis, productivity, educational inequalities and skills shortages. It also touches on local government funding, regulation reform and constitutional solutions to devolutionary structures relating to finance, spending and borrowing.All guests participate assuming honest intent on each other’s part. And seeks to ha...
2022-08-031h 01
The SpeakeasyDEAN'S DISCUSSIONS | EPISODE 2: SCOTTISH LOCAL ELECTIONSThe second episode discusses the Scottish local elections, examining top issues and potential outcomes.As always, I seek to have nuanced, adult conversations with fascinating people. In that vein, this episode attempts to dig into the various issues facing local government, without the partisan political heat. The topics include issues of sustainable funding for councils as they grapple with a legacy of cuts imposed from central government in Holyrood. It also explores local issues ranging from bin collections, recycling, fly-tipping and dealing with poverty and addiction.All guests participate assuming honest intent on each other’s pa...
2022-04-121h 02
'Mon The WorkersMake Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions with Eve LivingstonWelcome back! On this episode of 'Mon the Workers, we’re speaking to Eve Livingston about her new book, “Make Bosses Pay”. Together we discuss the need for “deep organising”, what trade unions need to be doing in order to recruit and retain young people and what Sharon Graham’s election says about trade unions today.You can order Eve’s book here: Make Bosses Pay (plutobooks.com)Hosted by Euan McLaren and Rachel Thomson, and edited by Karina Liptrot.Follow us on social media at @ScottishTUC
2021-09-2137 min
'Mon The WorkersThe Four Day Week with Autonomy & PCSIn our first official episode of 'Mon The Workers, we are joined by Will Stronge from Autonomy and Ruby Gibson from PCS to discuss the plausibility of a four day week in Scotland.Find out how a shorter working week could benefit those on both full and part time work, hear success stories, and explore how a four day week could address key mental health concerns and improve workers' wellbeing.Hosted by Euan McLaren and Rachel Thomson, and edited by Karina Liptrot.
2021-09-0853 min
The Brü LabEpisode 023 | Maillard Reactions And The Role Of Magnesium w/ Dr. Euan ThomsonCade welcomes Dr. Euan Thompson of Raft Brew Labs to the Brü Lab to discuss the Maillard reaction in brewing and how the concentration of magnesium ions may accelerate color and flavor development. The Brü Lab is brought to you by Imperial Yeast who provide brewers with the most viable and fresh yeast on the market. Learn more about what Imperial Yeast has to offer at ImperialYeast.com today. | Read More | Magnesium-Accelerated Maillard Reactions Drive Differences in Adjunct and All-Malt Brewing No-Boil New England IPA xBmt
2021-07-281h 07
All The Best: Craft BanterEpisode 4 - Vessel Packaging and Raft Brew LabsBlair chats with Evan Singer and Joe Perry from Vessel Packaging and Euan Thomson from Raft Brew Labs about canning lines, sanitization and ensuring the quality behind the label.
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2021-07-2254 min
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading PodcastZeiss Meditec’s Euan Thomson Says Data at Scale Will Enable New Insights in HealthcareEuan Thomson, CEO of Zeiss Meditec, Inc., is passionate about using large-scale collaborations and large-scale sharing of data, with machine learning, to extract insights he says “will really move the needle on healthcare.”In this episode of the OIS Podcast, Thomson and our host Ranya Habash, MD, discuss how the Covid pandemic accelerated the use of telemedicine and remote collaboration, and the trends that may continue going forward. Thomson says artificial intelligence is very logical for use in ophthalmology, due to the number of images used, but also because there is “less of a barrier to entr...
2021-06-1630 min
Master Brewers PodcastEpisode 213: Magnesium-accelerated Maillard reactionsWe take a deep dive into the impact Mg can have on the Maillard reactions occurring in the brewhouse and during malting.Special Guests: Euan Thomson and Hannah Charnock.Sponsored By:MoreBeer: Brew Ninja: Fermentis: Precision Fermentation: Gusmer: BSG: Proximity Malt: Hopsteiner: Links:Magnesium-accelerated Maillard reactions drive differences in adjunct and all-malt brewing — 2020 World Brewing Congress Presentation2021 Master Brewers Conference — Oct 28-30 | Hilton ClevelandAbstract Submissions Now Open! — 2021 Master Brewers ConferenceTechnical Quarterly Author Guidelines — Submit Your Own TQ Article!Upcoming Events - Master Brewers CalendarJoin Master Brewers — Use promo code BEER2021 to save 20% on duesA M...
2021-06-0737 min
Chief RadioUnderdogs 2nd FebKerry Thomson is going live the Underdogz Unsigned Show. Chief Radio is owned and run by musicians, and supporting unsigned artists was one of the main reasons for starting Chief Radio. We would love our Chiefers support and come on and give the unsigned artists an hour of your time The artists on the show are: Serious Child & Andy Ruddy, New Town, Alba, Euan McLaughlin, Marcus Mac, Kirsteen Harvey, Sarah Class, Audio Town, Kate Reid, Oka Vanga, Mairi McGillivray and Hanley and the Baird
2021-02-061h 00
Chief RadioUnderdogs 19/01/2021Kerry Thomson is going live the Underdogz Unsigned Show.
Chief Radio is owned and run by musicians, and supporting unsigned artists was one of the main reasons for starting Chief Radio. We would love our Chiefers support and come on and give the unsigned artists an hour of your time
The artists on the show are: Forest Looper, Jordan Murray, Hadda Be, Ewan McLennan, The Wild Places, Gray, Alba, Three Day Monk, Red Hearted Vibrations, Starry Skies, Euan McLaughlin, Alan Davison, Befeats, Distant Voices,
2021-01-201h 00
CREATE - The PodcastEpisode 2 - Euan Thomson - CEO, RAFT Beer LabsFor today’s episode of the Let’s Meet For a Beer Podcast, I sat down with Euan Thomson - Founder and CEO of RAFT Beer Labs in Calgary, Alberta. Basically, Euan is a science nerd that makes sure beer doesn’t taste funky!Euan grew up in Nova Scotia and moved to Calgary as a young boy with dreams of becoming a paleontologist. As Euan grew older, his love for science remained, but his passion for dinosaurs was replaced with craft beer as he experienced the delightful flavors of The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company, Big Rock Brewery...
2021-01-0550 min
Calgary Business PodcastRaft Beer Labs | Founder, Euan Thomson (Episode 221) | 17 December 2020Euan and his two colleagues, Christine Dawson and Peter Rynsburger, have the best job in the world! Not only do they get to sample hundreds of craft beers from across Alberta and neighbouring provinces, they also get to provide feedback to their customers that can help them improve the quality and possibly safety of future samples!
In the event that listeners also happen to be Microbiology students, the growing popularity of micro and craft distillers of beer and alcohol, coffee and tea houses and specialty drinks like kombucha, will likely increase the need for more scientists like E...
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Talking with PaintersEp 64: Luke SciberrasIf you’ve ever met Luke Sciberras you’ll know he’s larger than life. Full of joie de vivre and good humour, he attacks life with gusto from his fabulous garden to his renowned cooking skills so it’s no surprise that this life force is also manifested through his art.
He’s known chiefly for his landscape paintings which are created with layers of glorious colour and a variety of marks. His drawings and plein air works have an immediacy which take us into his experience – whether it’s a boab tree a bird or a portrait. Hi...
2019-02-241h 11