Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
Episodes
362 episodes
Civically Speaking PT 1 and PT 2 With Sara Wheelwright talking downtown YXE and more
Hello Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in. Airing this week, recorded a few days ago, I interview Sara Wheelwright, outgoing Chair of Downtown Saskatoon. Sara is a repeat guest and in this episode we weigh in on a few items r...
2026.09.22 Civically Speaking Happy Fall Equinox with a dose of Construction and More!
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in on this the Fall Equinox - gulp!We talk a little construction, a little arena and a referendum, a little health care and more. And, we talk about our annual fundraising campaigning -...
FM-Phasis PT 1 and PT 2 From Federal Investments to a Local Deed to Putting up Fences
Dear Listeners,It's our annual Community Radio FM-Phasis Fundraising season. And so, go to YOUR GUIDE TO FM-PHASIS 2026!!! | CFCR 90.5FM | Saskatoon Community Radio. And, donate...
2026.09.08 Civically Speaking PT 1 and PT 2 Post Long Weekend
Dear Listeners,Oh rain, rain, go away … gentle harvest winds and warm sunshine are what we need right about now on the Saskatchewan plains.This week on Civically Speaking, we begin with tariff talk and what it may mean for Ca...
PT 1 and PT 2 By-elections, Taxes, and Dolly
Hello Dear listeners,By-elections, taxes and Dolly Parton. Toss in a pickup truck and somebody leaving somebody, and we’ve got ourselves a country song. Thinking Dolly would be laughing over this.This week Christina and I start wi...
PT 1 and PT 2 Being Good Neighbours
Dear Listeners,What does it really mean to be a good neighbour in a changing city?In this episode, Christina and I move through a series of seemingly different civic issues that ultimately come back to the same question: how do we...
PT 1 and PT 2 Affairs of the Day - From Artificial Rocks to Data Centres and Entertainment Districts
Dear Listeners,Sorry about the late upload for this show. We were talking about mid summer items and did some weighing in on Public Art, Data Centres, the Saskatoon Downtown Entertainment District and more.Have a liste...
PT 1 and PT 2 Civically Speaking with Tom Wolf and Gordon Androsoff - Today's Agriculture scene
Dear Listeners,Thanks for tuning in. In this episode, we welcome back Dr. Tom Wolf and Gordon Androsoff for a timely conversation about the 2026 agricultural season in Saskatchewan and the wider forces shaping it.Toget...
2026.07.21 From the Vault Our Global Geopolitical Climate - from relations to transactions
Hello Dear Listeners,Christina and I are taking a break this week. Thought it might be interesting to listen to Dr. Kordan's discussion from December 2024. What remains and what has changed geopolitically?Have a listen.<...
2026.07.13 Civically Speaking - Local news, a little hint, and familial connections
Dear listeners, Thanks for tuning in.On today’s Civically Speaking, we bring you another round of news... mostly local... beginning with the weather, then moving through some updates - a bridge, residential parking, ...
2026.07.07 Civically Speaking - Weather and whether...
Hello Dear Listeners,Back this week, Christina Cherneskey. We catch up on summer (it seems to finally have arrived) and begin our talk, as most prairie folk do...about the weather and then turn to water and water safety....and then we sp...
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...