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Real Talk Ryan JespersenBuckle Up: Carney to Call Election for April 28This could be the closest federal election in decades. After a decade of Justin Trudeau, Canadians will choose Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre to lead the country through Donald Trump's second term. Multiple sources say Carney will call an election within days (Sunday?) for April 28. We've got you covered on Real Talk with conversation across the political spectrum through what promises to be a competitive campaign.
3:15 | Former Conservative MP James Cumming talks wins and losses, including dropping his own nomination to Sayid Ahmed in Edmonton-Centre just weeks ago.
46:40 | Jespo and Johnny debrief, and check out t...2025-03-201h 10Real Talk Ryan Jespersen"Guns First" - Grizzly Management in AlbertaWe cover a LOT of ground in this episode of Real Talk, starting with Alberta allowing hunters to target "problem" Grizzly Bears. If the federal election and trade wars are all you can think about, skip ahead to 54:00 for updates on all the top headlines.
3:30 | Author and journalist Trina Moyles takes us into the justification behind (and protest around) Alberta's new Grizzly Bear management strategy.
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47:00 | If y...2025-03-191h 53
Yukon, North of OrdinarySmoke! Life at the fire towerSpotting wildfires is serious business. Former "lookout" Trina Moyles visited the Dawson City fire tower and tells us about its veteran smoke-spotter, Markus Lenzin. Drawing from her own seven seasons stationed at a remote tower in northern Alberta, Trina shares the solitude, awe, and challenges of the role of a lookout in detecting and reporting wildfires in the Yukon and beyond.Trina Moyles is the author of Lookout—Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest. She wrote about Markus and the Dawson Fire tower in the winter issue of Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine....2025-01-1536 min
Northern LatitudesNorthern Latitudes: Trina Moyles - LookoutIn this episode of Northern Latitudes, host Bill Ault engages in a compelling conversation with Trina Moyles, an award-winning author, journalist, and creative producer whose work delves into rural communities and their connections to land, wildlife, food security, and climate change. Trina shares insights from her experiences as a wildfire lookout in Canada’s boreal forests and discusses her acclaimed book, “Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest”.About Trina Moyles: Trina Moyles is a Yukon-based author and journalist whose work explores the intricate relationships between rural communities and their environments. Her writing has be...2024-12-0931 minReal Talk Ryan Jespersen$60M ArriveCAN App Debacle: Hon. Anita AnandHow do the Feds plan to invest their way out of a housing crisis? What proof do we have the $10/day childcare program is paying off? What does the future of pharmacare look like in provinces saying "No thanks" to the proposed plan? And how can Canadians trust the government's procurement process after that $60M ArriveCAN app debacle? We check in with Hon. Anita Anand (34:10) in this episode of Real Talk.
7:30 | But first...Ryan and Johnny talk get Real about their track record with dentist and doctor visits, Real Talker Sean says boo birds at the Flames g...2024-04-041h 31Real Talk Ryan JespersenMLA David Shepherd Endorses Nenshi // Alberta is BurningExperts are predicting one of the worst wildfire seasons in Canadian history in 2024. We find out why (and what we can do about it) in this episode. But first, it's another scoop for Real Talk as NDP MLA David Shepherd tells us why he's endorsing "outsider" Naheed Nenshi as the next leader of the Alberta NDP, and sheds light on the personal health challenges that halted Shepherd's own plans to seek the NDP's top job.
2:35 | The MLA for Edmonton-Centre makes his announcement in the Real Talk studio.
41:20 | The responses to Ryan's tweet about Calgary Mayor Jy...2024-04-031h 42
The Lookout PodcastThe Lookout Podcast Ep. 49 Featuring Author & Lookout Trina MoylesHost Luke Barrett is joined by the Great Trina Moyles via phone interview. We discussed Lookout life in Canada, fire family, mental health, adventure, living with Bears and much more!2024-03-251h 12
Hakai Magazine Audio EditionBats of the Midnight Sunby Trina Moyles • Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska’s little brown bats are a unique population. Can their niche lives help them avoid white-nose syndrome?
The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
2024-03-1220 min
DétoursLes deux conservatismesDes feux de forêt font rage en Alberta alors qu’une élection provinciale est en cours. Emilie discute de l’état du conservatisme en Alberta, mais aussi la nouvelle génération d’intellectuels conservateurs au Québec avec Frédéric Boily, auteur et professeur de sciences politiques au Campus Saint-Jean de l’Université de l’Alberta.While forest fires rage in Alberta, a provincial election campaign is underway. Emilie discusses the state of conservatism in Alberta, as well as the new generation of conservative intellectuals in Quebec with Frederic Boily, author and Professor of Political Scienc...2023-05-2042 min
CANADALAND(Détours) Les deux conservatismesDes feux de forêt font rage en Alberta alors qu’une élection provinciale est en cours. Emilie discute de l’état du conservatisme en Alberta, mais aussi la nouvelle génération d’intellectuels conservateurs au Québec avec Frédéric Boily, auteur et professeur de sciences politiques au Campus Saint-Jean de l’Université de l’Alberta.While forest fires rage in Alberta, a provincial election campaign is underway. Emilie discusses the state of conservatism in Alberta, as well as the new generation of conservative intellectuals in Quebec with Frederic Boily, author and Professor of Political Scienc...2023-05-2042 min
Red Fern Book Review by Amy TylerLookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal ForestSend us a textWildfire Lookout Trina Moyles joins the podcast to talk about her memoir Lookout: Love, Solitude and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest. She joins direct from her remote lookout tower in Northern Alberta. Lookout is a book about isolation, the environment, wildlife and love. The book has been compared the book to Wild by Cheryl Strayed.Trina and Amy are interrupted by the weather report and Trina explains how sometimes you can feel more connected when you are alone.Lookout is just out in...2022-10-0741 min
AnthroDish94: Lookout - Food Strategies in a Fire Tower with Trina MoylesToday’s episode marks a big first for me! This is the first time I’ve been able to have a guest return for a second episode, which I’m so thrilled about. This week, Trina Moyles is back! If you’re a longtime listener, you may remember her from AnthroDish’s first season, where she spoke about the global experiences of women farmers from her beautiful Women Who Dig debut book. This week, we’re having a conversation around her all new book, Lookout: Love Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest through Penguin Publishing...2021-12-0754 min
Crow Reads PodcastTrina MoylesIn September’s episode of Crow Reads, Rayanne Haines talks with Trina Moyles, author, writer, and wildfire lookout about her latest book. Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest, is a memoir about Moyles four summers working alone at a remote lookout tower in Canada’s northern boreal forest, offering an eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire. During the conversation, the two talk about Moyles new book, the freedom one finds in isolation, living and working as an artist in rural settings, how social justice sits in her work and how bears play...2021-09-2856 min
Caffeine and High HopesTRINA MOYLES: Writing a Memoir, Lookout & Fire Tower SeasonIn this episode, Dani sits down with previous guest, Trina Moyles to talk about her latest book, Lookout, the process and emotions that came along with it, how she feels about the upcoming fire season and what the fire tower means to her. They dive into what's new in Trina's world, how the book has changed her view on writing and the direction she plans to go in.
Follow Trina on Instagram at @womenwhodig and follow the link in her bio to get your hands on her memoir or visit Amazon to get it delivered in more rural areas.
Happy Li...2021-04-2854 min
Better MeEP 46 Life in a Fire Tower- Looking out and looking in (with guest Trina Moyles)Trina Moyles will be heading up to a fire tower in Northern Alberta in a few weeks for her sixth season as a smoke spotter. She joined me to talk about her new book Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest, plus mental health, climate change, and the role dogs and creativity play in helping us through life.2021-04-0536 min
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Author: Trina Moyles
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Release date: March 30, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
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A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric...2021-03-3010h 50Escape To A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Riveting.Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest by Trina MoylesPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495130to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest
Author: Trina Moyles
Narrator: Trina Moyles
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Release date: March 30, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange...2021-03-3010h 50
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Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest
Author: Trina Moyles
Narrator: Trina Moyles
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Release date: March 30, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Women
Publisher's Summary:
A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric...2021-03-3010h 50
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Author: Trina Moyles
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Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest
Author: Trina Moyles
Narrator: Trina Moyles
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 50 minutes
Release date: March 30, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange...2021-03-3010h 50
Listen to New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureLookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest by Trina MoylesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/495130 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest Author: Trina Moyles Narrator: Trina Moyles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 50 minutes Release date: March 30, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout...2021-03-3010 minAnthroDish86: Seed Keeping and Land Sovereignty with Tiffany Traverse of 4th Sister FarmToday’s interview is really special for me to share with you all, because my guest is someone I’ve formed a really wonderful friendship with through the podcast community – I’m fairly certain we connected through one of my former guests, Trina Moyles – and being able to sit with her today after years of both of us growing our work and cheering each other on means a lot. So! Now that I’ve set the stage, I will introduce our fabulous guest for today… Tiffany Traverse! Tiffany’s self described as a Secwépemc and Swiss-Italian Seed Keeper, chic...2020-12-0837 minCaffeine and High HopesTRINA MOYLES: Writing, Solitude & Creative IdentityThis week Dani welcomes local author, writer & boreal potter, Trina Moyles, who shares her story about writing her first book, how it came to life, owning and accepting her creative identity and fully embracing her work. They talk about the struggles that come with following an uncommon path, the inspiration behind her latest project/memoir and how she's fully stepping into a new direction with confidence. It was an absolute pleasure having her on. Enjoy!
You can find Trina on Instagram at @womenwhodig, her pottery page is @fireweedceramics and her website is www.trinamoyles.com2020-02-1950 min
AnthroDish10: Trina Moyles on Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to Feed the World This week I had the great fortune to discuss feminism and farming with Trina Moyles! Trina is an award winning freelance writer, journalist, and author with a passion for telling stories about social justice and environmental issues. Her first book, Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to Feed the World (University of Regina Press) was released in early March 2018. The book is receiving critical praise from authors, scholars, and publications, including Raj Patel (author of Stuffed and Starved) who calls the book "haunting, powerful, and important". Her journalism and narrative non-fiction work have been...2018-08-2858 min
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On this episode, we revisit an older segment on Alice Walker and Womanism. Then we hear from Trina Moyles, Albertan author of “Women Who Dig: Farming, Feminism, and the Fight to Feed the World,” about early women farmers and feminism in farming.
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The Harper DecadeHarper’s Anti-Politics Machine: Canada’s Mining Industry and International Development AssistanceTrina Moyles shares a personal account of her development experience in Central America, and reports on the harmful environmental and ethical consequences of Canada's international extractive industry.2015-09-0311 minThe Harper DecadeHarper’s Anti-Politics Machine: Canada’s Mining Industry and International Development Assistance
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Trina Moyles is a Canadian writer and freelance journalist. Her writing focuses on social and environmental issues in rural communities in East Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past 3 years she's been working on a book called “Women Who Dig”, about the lives of women farmers from seven countries in the Americas, East Africa and Asia. Visit her website - www.trinamoyles.com.
In May 2006 – four months after Stephen Harper was sworn into office as the 22nd Prime Minister of Canada – I was a 21-year old post-secondary student traveling to easter...2015-09-0311 min