TWO NOBODYS

Ed Whittingham, former Executive Director of the Pembina Institute and a prime target for former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney discusses Alberta's energy transition. Ed dives into the key challenges facing Alberta in any sort of energy transition, especially with challenging new rules facing Alberta's renewables industry. Tune in to learn more about the future of energy in Alberta!

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Ed is a public policy professional focused on climate change, clean energy and industrial decarbonization. He is also the co-host of Canada's most popular climate-themed podcast, Energy vs Climate. Ed is the former executive director of the Pembina Institute, a past director of the Alberta Energy Regulator, and a past member of the World Economic Forum's Future of Oil and Gas council. His op-eds have been published in newspapers and magazines across Canada and internationally.

In this fascinating interview, Stewart Beck, former High Commissioner of Canada to India, discusses the current state of Canada India relations between these two nations and shares insights on how to rebuild and enhance diplomatic ties.

With recent tensions between Canada and India, it's important to understand the history and complexities of their relationship. From trade to cultural exchange, Stewart Beck provides valuable perspectives on how to strengthen collaboration and cooperation between these two countries. Don't miss this insightful discussion on Canada-India diplomacy.

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Stewart Beck is a seasoned diplomat, trade commissioner, and policy expert with over four decades of experience in promoting Canada's interests in Asia and the United States. He retired from his diplomatic career as Canada's High Commissioner to India and for seven years thereafter he was the President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He currently sits on a number of not-for-profit boards and is a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Nomination Committee.

Is Democracy Dying? Is Democracy Dying in India in particular? In this Two Nobodys Podcast episode, Dr. Maya Tudor from the University of Oxford discusses the current state of democracy in India and what factors are contributing to its decline including the rise of Hindu nationalism, shrinking freedom of press, and the inabilities of India's democratic institutions (e.g. India's Supreme Court) to criticize the government.

Younger generations are caring less about democracy, why is this the case? Is democracy at stake in the 2024 US election? What's performed better autocratic or democratic governments?

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https://www.mayatudor.com/

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Dr. Maya Tudor is an Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Dr. Tudor researches the origins of effective and democratic states with a regional focus on South Asia.

She is the author of two books, The Promise of Power: The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan (2013) and Varieties of Nationalism (with Harris Mylonas, 2023 ). She writes for the media on a regular basis, including in Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, New Statesman, The Hindu, India Express, and The Scotsman.

In this podcast, we sit down with Cpt. Gary Russell to learn about the insider secrets of aviation safety management. From the recent Alaska Airlines blowout to the current 2024 pilot shortage and the use of diversity hiring. We also cover important topics like the controversial 737 MAX and the rigorous training that's required to be a commercial pilot. Stay informed and improve your aviation knowledge with this insightful conversation.

Twitter: @garybrussell

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Captain Gary Russell is a Boeing 737 pilot based in Vancouver, and is a former union executive for the Air Canada Pilots Association. Prior to his appointment as the Association’s Chairman, he served two terms as a national board member and has been actively involved in the Association over the past decade, including as a local pilot representative, magazine editor, trustee and Chair of the External Affairs Committee.

Like many pilots in Canada, Captain Russell began his flying career as a flight instructor and later a pilot in Northern Canada and overseas before being hired by Air Canada in 2007.

As Chairman, Captain Russell presided over board meetings and acted as the pilots' principal representative to Air Canada on employment matters, including negotiation and administration of their collective agreement and was the official spokesperson for ACPA.

The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA) currently represents approximately 4,200 commercial pilots, with 600 previously furloughed during the COVID crisis all of whom have now returned to active status. These highly skilled professional pilots fly passengers and cargo across Canada and around the world on Air Canada and Air Canada rouge.

Gary resides on a farm in Comox, BC with his wife, Chantal, and son, Ben.

Dr. Coen van der Kroon, author of “The Golden Fountain” and Program Director of the Ayurveda Academy in the Netherlands shares his approach to using urine as a therapy both topically and drinking pee.

We start off by focusing on Ayurveda and how there’s been this refocus in India to incorporate this ancient healing practice. You will get understand how an Ayurvedic consultation works, Ayurvedic treatments, and the challenges of it being accepted by Western medicine.

We then turn our focus to urine therapy and Coen shares his thoughts on where urine is and isn’t practical, what urine taste says about your health, along with his cautions that drinking your own pee isn’t a life hack.

#drinkingurine #urinetherapy #drinkingpee #pee #urine #ayurveda #ayurvedic medicine

DISCLAIMER:

The information herein is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified licensed physician or other health care provider.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro and Coen’s travels to India

03:39 Is India losing its connection to traditional medicines?

06:15 Evidence based Ayurveda

08:25 Bringing Ayurveda to the Netherlands

13:50 India government’s support for Ayurveda

15:05 Common Ayurvedic treatments

16:45 Initial Ayurvedic consultation

20:25 Traditional Ayurvedic surgery

23:00 Nutrigenomics Ayurgenomics

26:15 Typical Ayurvedic patients

28:25 Renewed interest in India in Ayurveda

32:00 Ayurvedic response to COVID-19

35:00 Rise in zoonotic viruses

38:00 Coen’s reaction to Ayurvedic is not scientific

40:00 Coen’s introduction into urine therapy

50:00 Looping effect and self-healing

52:10 Urine as a waste product

56:30 Why can’t you eat fecal matter?

57:25 What your urine says about your health and diet

59:00 Change your diet before drinking urine

01:01:10 Is drinking urine a life hack?

01:03:50 Using urine for acute and chronic issues?

01:06:15 Does Coen currently use urine therapy?

01:08:30 Ideal urine (midstream, morning)

01:11:30 Athletic benefits from urine

01:13:35 Is drinking urine hard on your kidneys?

01:14:30 Coen’s takeaways

01:15:00 Five for dinner

01:24:10 What do you know for sure?

01:25:25 Wrap-up

Are you someone who is having trouble managing through the personal, emotional, and social aspects of a chronic illness? Joelle Prevost, a registered Counsellor from British Columbia, Canada discusses strategies and her new workbook of how to deal with these factors. We also discuss how families and friends of those surrounding someone with a chronic illness can support their loved ones.

Workbook: https://a.co/d/1kjOC5H

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Joelle Prevost holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology, is a registered clinical counselor (British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors), has a teaching degree, and has her own personal experience with chronic illness as she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2011. In private practice, Prevost works with individuals experiencing communication challenges, anxiety, trauma, and, of course, chronic illness. In her spare time, she writes music, makes cold-process soap, plays pool, and enjoys hanging out with her cat and dog in her native British Columbia, Canada.

For more information, visit www.JLPrevost.com.

Chapters:

00:00-Intro

02:16-Managing Personal, Emotional and Social Aspects of Chronic Illness

09:45-Setting boundaries - Joelle’s 3rd book

14:45-Setting boundaries at work versus personal life

18:00-3 aspects of chronic illness

24:50-Relationship challenges and chronic illness

30:15-Being forced to deal with personal, emotional, and social aspects

32:00-Having a balanced attitude

34:00-Joelle’s YouTube channel

35:00-What is chronic illness?

37:40-People who don’t have chronic illness want it to have a finish line

41:32-Coaching family members on how to support those with chronic illness

44:18-Supporting children with chronic illness

47:35-Don’t you want to get better?

51:10-Loneliness and chronic illness

57:08-Social media comments to create connection

01:00:20-Adult bullying

01:06:15-How to talk to an adult bully?

01:08:20-Joelle’s curiosities

01:10:20-Are there things about people that get you frustrated?

01:12:45-Online counselling

01:18:40-Inside Out 2

01:19:30-Wrap-up

World renowned spine expert Dr. Stuart McGill shares his observations on what makes world class athletes 'world class'. From how he got into working with the elites, to developing skills at a world class level like strength, speed, and elasticity.

Whether you're a strength coach, personal trainer, an elite level athlete, or just curious about these group of high performing humans, there's something in this episode for you!

Prakash Diar talks about systemic racism, what's going on in Canada, racism facing Indigenous Peoples in Canada, diversity and inclusion training, his time during South Africa's apartheid, and the South African case against Israel in the International Court of Justice.

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Prakash Diar was born in South Africa to 3rd generation indentured labourers of Indian descent. He is the first in his family to attend university and the first lawyer in his community, having to serve in all areas of the law, especially in human rights given the unjust and evil system of apartheid.

He was arrested at court and detained in solitary confinement for a month (without charge). His life was thereafter threatened by the state. Canadians helped him and his family come to Canada 34 years ago.

In Canada, Prakash has won major human rights cases including a systemic racial discrimination case for racial minorities. He then worked on the Indian Residential Schools class action, settlement and its implementation. He has trained over 2,000 DOJ lawyers and paralegals on Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. He designed, developed and leads the training for federal public prosecutors on systemic discrimination and the over-representation of Indigenous (and Black) peoples in the criminal legal system. Prakash is a published author, an Anti-Discrimination and an EDI consultant.

What is Canada’s housing crisis? How did we get here? How do we solve this problem? Does Pierre Poilievre have a common sense plan?

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Dr. Alexandra Flynn is an Associate Professor at Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia where she teaches and researches in the areas of law and cities. Her work focuses on the constitutional role of cities and urban governance, and she has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, reports, and media articles in leading publications. She is currently leading CMHC and SSHRC-funded projects focused on Canada’s housing crisis: theHousing Assessment Resource Toolsproject, which redefines and helps to measure housing need; and theBalanced Supply of Housing Node, which brings together academic and non-profit community organizations to research responsive land use practices and the financialization of housing. She is also working on several projects related to precariously housed people in Canadian cities, including the governance of personal property of precariously housed people, and human rights and tent encampments.

Wyatt Tessari L'Allié, Executive Director and Founder of Artificial Intelligence Safety & Governance in Canada chats about how to make AI safe. Wyatt discusses how national and global conversations are needed to ensure AI doesn’t evolve into something that will result in significant and existential impacts to humanity. Wyatt discusses the various players, big tech, governments, and citizens and their roles in how to make AI safe.

AIGS White Paper: https://aigs.ca/white-paper.pdf

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Wyatt Tessari L'Allié is the founder and executive director of AI Governance & Safety Canada, a leading civil society voice on the governance of advanced AI. A former engineer, filmmaker and climate advocate, he has spent the last 8 years researching and writing about the risks and opportunities of AI, and is the author of the book "A Path Forward This Century".