Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
Episodes
350 episodes
2026.07.01 Civically Speaking - Canada Day
Dear Listeners...Happy Canada Day.This episode of Civically Speaking is a reflective Canada Day teaching piece of sorts. Pondering Canada not as one simple story, but as many stories layered together.In Part One, begin befo...
PT 1 and 2 Civically Speaking - Local Affairs in SK and Farther Afield
Hello Dear Listeners,My apologies for the delayed upload this week. I'm still in the midst of transferring files, programs, and what seems like an endless collection of digital gremlins from one laptop to another. Technology certainly ha...
2026.06.16 Civically Speaking - 50 years Saskatoon's Heritage Society and News Updates from around the Province's communities
Dear Listeners,Thanks for for tuning in. In Episode 1 - I share a bit about the history of the organization that talks about the history of Saskatoon. We celebrate the Saskatoon Heritage Society's 50th anniversary. In part 2,...
PT 1 and PT 2 Civic Updates Province and More
Dear Listeners,In this episode, apologies, published a week late due to an unknown technical glitch, I take a trip around the province and beyond with recent stories.Community radio and community podcasts where real life intervene...
2026.05.26 Civically Speaking - World Urban Forum (WUF13) Learnings from Baku, Azerbaijan
Dear Listeners,This week on Civically Speaking, I return from the World Urban Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan with reflections, observations, and questions that travelled home with me.I had the opportunity to attend and present at one o...
2026.05.12 Civically Speaking PT 2 The Case of our 4 Largest Cities in Sask
Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning into Civically Speaking. Be sure to support community radio and stations like cfcr.ca.In Part 2, I dig deeper into Prince Albert and Moose Jaw before zooming out into broader conversations ...
2026.05.12 Civically Speaking PT 1 The case of our 4 Largest Cities in Sask
Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning into Civically Speaking. Be sure to support community radio and stations like cfcr.ca.In Part 1 of this episode, I dive deep into the changing urban realities of Saskatoon and Regina through ...
2026.04.28 Civically Speaking Sustainable Development Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in and supporting community radio. Grab your 2026 2027 membership for cfcr.ca and get in on some good deals.Regrets from Christina, and so I geek out. This episode leans in on a favourite top...
2026.04.24 Civically Speaking Complex and Complicated Intermunicipal Frameworks ..2 cases as example
Dear Listeners…This week’s Civically Speaking stays close to home… and to some of the most important shifts happening right around us. Regrets from Christina. I geeked out with this episode and spent time discussing the evol...
2026.04.14 Civically Speaking - A majority may spell relief...Canada Fed by-elections + more
Dear Listeners,In this episode Christina and I unpack a bit of the relief that may be rippling through all federal political parties via post federal by-election results. The At Issue Panel on CBC had similar musings last night.&nb...
2026.03.31 Civically Speaking - A Glocal Conversation with Dr. T Wolf and G Androsoff
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in to podcasts like this and community radio stations like CFCR where shows like this first air in CFCR lands.With returning panel members, Dr. Tom Wolf and Gordon Androsoff, we begin today’s conve...
2026.03.24 Civically Speaking - Transportation and Transit
Dear Listeners,It is a day of news around all things transportation and transit.We begin with a sad story involving an Air Canada plane that made contact with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport.We then come closer to home wi...
2026.03.17 Civically Speaking Sask Provincial Pre-Budget and more
Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in.This week, we spent time looking ahead to what we might expect in the upcoming provincial budget. Budgets are ultimately about priorities, and we talked about the pressures shaping this ye...
2026.03.10 Civically Speaking - A smattering of international and local items
Dear Listeners,Thank you for tuning in. Much appreciation.In today's episode, Christina and I begin with a check in on classic prairie March weather and then head into a chat about the current status of the USA, Israel,...
2026.03.03 Civically Speaking Near and Far
Hello Listeners,It has been a tough couple of weeks. Losing a brother is never easy. Losing an extra special brother like Gordon is unbearable. He made my partner and I better people. Truly. Gone way too soon. In his sp...
2026.02.10 Civically Speaking - Federal Discussion re Conservatives, NDP, Liberals, Elections and More with James Yachyshen
Dear Friends and Colleagues,This week I sit down with James Yachyshen to unpack a pivotal moment in Canadian federal politics. We discuss the Conservative Leadership Review and Convention, the upcoming NDP leadership r...
2026.02.03 Civically Speaking Food, Agriculture, Trade and Research Cuts with Dr. Tom Wolf and Gordon Androsoff
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in.In this episode of Civically Speaking, we spend time unpacking food security… not as a single issue, but as a system shaped by trade, climate pressures, land, science, and governance.
2026.01.27 Civically Speaking PT 1. Local. Separate or Apart?
Dear Listeners,Part 1 and Part 2 are broken up this week. In this first part, Christina and I touch on local newsworthy items. SREDA, Discovery Saskatoon, and more touched on. PT 2 we go global. Be sure to s...
2027.01.27 Civically Speaking PT 2 Federal, Global then Local. What we see. What we hear.
Dear Listeners, In PT 2, we focus on the global scene and affects felt locally. Cognitive dissonance ripples through our world. What we see and what we hear. Tune in. Support shows like this and community rad...
2026.01.20 Civically Speaking - The World....Whudtheff and What a Response...
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in. Much appreciation for your support of shows like this that air on Community Radio and also in podcast form.The first half of this episode focuses on a changing world order and why it matt...
2026.01.13 Civically Speaking - In the News Today
Dear Listeners,Thanks, as always, for tuning in to Civically Speaking. This episode was uploaded Wednesday morning, with apologies for the delay.Christina and I begin with a few ponderings about the weather. It feels much more lik...
2026.01.06 Civically Speaking It's a New Year 2026
Dear Listeners,Happy New Year! May 2026 bring you and this show and others that air on community radio and are spread through podcast platforms beyond do their very best to stay informed and have us exercising our civic musc...
2025.12.23 Civically Speaking - Federal Politics - A Year in Review with guest, Rupan Sambasivam
Dear Listeners,As we head into the holiday season, this week on Civically Speaking, I’m joined by Rupan Sambasivam, a recent political science graduate and aspiring media voice, for a year-end reflection on the major political m...
2025.12.16 Civically Speaking - This Week's News and Technology Trends in our Civic Arenas
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning into Civically Speaking. This two-part episode of Civically Speaking brings together what’s happening right now and what it means for civic life moving forward.In Part 1, we walk through t...
2025.12.09 Civically Speaking. It's Cold Outside.
Deae Listeners,This week on Civically Speaking, we begin with a check-in on the weather...because ....winter has truly arrived. We talk about just how cold it’s getting across Saskatchewan, what that means for daily life, tra...