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Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
Civically speaking is a podcast that focuses on all things civic - focusing in on Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and wider political, geopolitical, and related issues facing us in a 21st-century word. Host, Lenore Swystun, a Registered Professional Planner, Sociologist, and Facilitator together with Communications Specialist and former Journalist, Christina Cherneskey, invites guests and guest panels to discuss all things current and topical. Civically Speaking episodes are self-produced and…
Episodes
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.05.20 Civically Speaking On-going Saskatoon items and a look out on federal and international items
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Hope everyone had a fantastic long weekend. On the docket for today's show - we get into some news from over the weekend…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.05.13 Civically Speaking. Federal Cabinet Announcements, Weather it will ever Rain, river flows, Broadway Bridge and More
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, This week on Civically Speaking, we dive into the big federal cabinet announcement and what this could mean for us here in…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.04.29 Civically Speaking - The Day After - Oh what a Federal Election...
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, What a whirlwind of a Federal Election. Historic truly. Liberals get in for a fourth term. New Prime Minister who has never…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.04.22 Civically Speaking Why 114 Seminary Cres Matters (PT 1); Faith, Democracy and More (PT 2)
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in, Listeners, Happy Spring, Election Time, Easter Time, All kinds of celebration time, and also Grieving... Part 1: "Why…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.04.15 Civically Speaking - An Interview with Saskatoon's Mayor Cynthia Block
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks always for tuning into Civically Speaking. In this new episode, recorded last Friday, we sit down virtually with…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.04.07 Civically Speaking - Agrologists at the Civic Table - Dr. Tom Wolf and Gordon Androsoff
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in, Dear Listeners, Today we have Dr. Tom Wolf, Agrologist, co-founder of Agrimetrix Research & Training, a leader in…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.04.01 Civically Speaking PT 1 Federal Election Update PT 2 Civic News Update Saskatoon
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Flying solo this week. In Part One, I give an update as we head into Week 2 of our federal election coverage with an overview…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.03.25 Civically Speaking Federal Election...Here we go....
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. Christina Cherneskey and I begin with the latest re the Federal Election in Part 1 and then bring in…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.03.18 Civically Speaking Local Leaders Sara Wheelwright and Monica Kreuger
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks so much for continuing to listen to this show. Shows rooted in community radio stations like CFCR matter where local…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.03.04 Civically Speaking -Tariffs to Civic Waste and Savings
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. 2 parts. First part - Tariffs go into effect in North America. Second part, we talk waste, savings…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.02.26 Civically Speaking Global Local
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Please have a listen to this week's episode. We dive into some key milestone moments - Russia's invasion of Ukraine - 3…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.02.18 Civically Speaking - From Cheese to Council: Ward 1 Councillor Catherine McDonald's Journey
Send us Fan Mail Catherine McDonald, newly elected Ward 1 Councillor in Saskatoon, joins us with a compelling narrative of her transition from trades…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.02.11 Civically Speaking pt2 Canadiano not Americano
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks so much for tuning in. So much appreciate your listening ears. This week's episode, we touch base on the latest re our…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.02.11 Civically Speaking pt 1 Canadiano not Americano
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks so much for tuning in. So much appreciate your listening ears. This week's episode, we touch base on the latest re our…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.02.05 Civically Speaking Tariff or Not
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Gord Androsoff joins me and we dive into the latest news re To Tarrif or Not, the latest from Trump land. And now, we and…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.01.28 Civically Speaking - One Month In...2025
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks so much for tuning in. Much appreciation. Christina and I jump into what's going on politico-wise at the nation state…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.01.21 Civically Speaking Welcome to TrumpLand
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. Much appreciation always. Key focus of this episode is how the world changes as Donald Trump becomes the…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.01.14 Civically Speaking - Popcorning 2025 News stories
Send us Fan Mail Howdy Dear Listeners, This month is flying by - and it is starting out me thinks like a lion - fires of all sorts - from the most devasting in…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2025.01.07. Civically Speaking. Let's talk about the Whether in Canada.
Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year Listeners, Here we go today, talking about one of our favourite pastimes - the whether. And today, we had quite the whether…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.12.24 Civically Speaking - On the Eve...
Send us Fan Mail Happiest of the Holiday Season, This was a quickly done holiday episode with James Yachyshen. We meander our way through some reflections…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.12.17 Civically Speaking Freeland and Civic lands
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear listeners, This week we talk federal politics and other highlights national and local. No more Freeland in Federal Liberal Cabinet…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.12.10 Civically Speaking - Geopolitics - from friendship based to transactional based
Send us Fan Mail Dear Civically Speaking Listeners, You are in for a treat. Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post Columnist, Geo-political analyst, lawyer, authour…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.12.03 Civically Speaking - We head south - USA Election and Politics - Differing Views
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. Today we head south with guests Patricia Roe and James Yachyshen. Christina Cherneskey sends her…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024 11.26 Civically Speaking Saskatchewan Government Throne Speech, cabinet ministers, shadow cabinet ministers, key issues
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in Dear Listeners, We are truly heading rapidly towards the end of the year and governments are getting back into policy…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.11.19 Civically Speaking - Civic Election Saskatoon Post Mortem
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in, Dear Listeners, OKAY, the election cycle is complete....at least for now...as we head into 2025 noting that a Federal…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.11.12 Civically Speaking On the Eve of Saskatoon's Civic Election
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Exciting - we are coming to the end of the Fall 2024 Election Cycle. The Civic Election is right around the corner. November…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.11.04 Civically Speaking - Run Up to Saskatoon Municipal Election Nov 13 with Phil Tank and Charles Hamilton
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Indeed, tis' Election Season. In just a little over a week, November 13, we'll know who Saskatoon's new City Council…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024-10-29 Civically Speaking - Behind the Ballot - Quick Interviews with candidates from Wards 6 and 7
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. In this episode are the last batch of quick interviews I did with Ward 6 and Ward 7 candidates…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.29 Civically Speaking - Behind the Ballot - Quick Interviews with Ward 2 and Ward 1 Candidates
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. In this episode are quick interviews I did with Ward 2 and Ward 1 candidates respectively who were…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.29 Civically Speaking - Behind the Ballot - Quick Interviews with Saskatoon Ward 8 Council Candidates
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, In between our regular programming I have been going out - looking 'behind the ballot.' For example, find two episodes where I…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.29 Civically Speaking Post Saskatchewan Election Results (99% of the vote is in, but...)
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. What a Fall Season we are having in the civic arena. A Provincial Election just happened…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.28 Civically Speaking - Behind the Ballot with Volunteers from the Atchison and Tarasoff Campaigns
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. Much appreciated. In this special Behind the Ballot episode I talk with volunteers from the Atchison and…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.21 Orphans, Mushy Middle, October Surprises, Bozo Eruptions, Signs of the Time... with Special Guest, Janet Brown of Opinion Research and a special Panel
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Joining this week's show is Janet Brown, a Pollster and Political Commentator from Alberta with Opinion Research. Janet…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.15 Civically Speaking - Behind the Ballot - Campaign Management
Send us Fan Mail Dear Civically Speaking Listeners, We go behind the ballot during this episode with some field research into the campaign offices of mayoral…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.08 Part 1 Updated Saskatchewan Provincial Poll Results with Lang McGilp, Insightrix Research. Patricia Roe joins as guest panelist.
Send us Fan Mail Howdy Dear Listeners, This episode is coming in two parts. In the first part Lang McGilp from Insightrix Research takes us through the latest…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.10.08 Part 2 Updated Saskatchewan Provincial Poll Results with Lang McGilp, Insightrix Research. Patricia Roe joins as guest panelist.
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2024.10.01 Civically Speaking Saskatchewan Provincial Election officially begins
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Apologies for the late release this week. We have mayoral candidate interviews running in back to back shows on CFCR's…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.09.23 Civically Speaking - Conversations with Saskatoon Mayoral Candidates Cynthia Block (pt 1) and Gordon Wyant (pt 2)
Send us Fan Mail Hello Listeners, It's our annual FM-Phasis campaign - so important - so we can continue to offer you great shows like this - especially ones…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.09.24 (2024.10.01) Civically Speaking Conversations with Saskatoon Mayoral Candidates Don Atchison (Pt 3) and Cary Tarasoff (Pt 4)
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, It's a pleasure and an honour to host this show. This particular episode will air on Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024, on CFCR.ca…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
Civics Panel with Dale Richardson, James Yachyshen and Patricia Roe
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, It is our annual FM-Phasis fundraising campaign - Radio on Repeat. Please donate right here.... Donate | CFCR 90.5FM |…
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2024.09.03 Civically Speaking Latest Politics and Start of YXE Council Candidate List
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, You are in for a treat. This may be the final episode of this podcast Season 9. And, together with this, comes, guests Gord…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.09.03 Civically Speaking Debriefing the Saskatoon Mayoral Forum and Provincial Politics with James Yachyshen
Send us Fan Mail Hello Folks, Oooh my goodness, Fall season, and it is starting out FAST...too fast...including uploading today's episode. Thanks ST for…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.08.27 Civically Speaking And now there are four (mayoral candidates) and provincial poll #2
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thank you so much for tuning in. Much appreciation. Dale Richardson and Gordon Androsoff join me as co-hosts. Regrets from…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.08.20 Civically Speaking New Saskatoon Senator, Another Mayoral Candidate, and more..
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. So appreciated. We love doing this show. On this week's show - we give a big shout out to Tracy…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.08.13 Civically Speaking - Harvest Starts and Latest Civic Musings
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. Really appreciate this forum and the opportunity to share information in an informal and…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
Civically Speaking - Saskatchewan Provincial Politics. The latest Provincial Poll Results with Marketing Research Director, Lang McGilp
Send us Fan Mail Hello Listeners, We are delighted and honoured to have Lang McGilp of Insightrix. In part 1 we get to know a bit about Lang and his work and…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.07.23 Civically Speaking - Bye Bye Biden and so much more..
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Dale Richardson, of Earnscliffe Strategies, and, creator of The SKoop Political Briefing, joins Christina and I, for…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.07.16 Civically Speaking - From South of the Border to What's Up in Saskatchewan Politics wise
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Indeed the political world continues to twist and turn. Joining us to deconstruct the most recent political happenings here…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.07.09 Civically Speaking - In the Heat of the Summer
Send us Fan Mail Summer Wishes Listeners, And, the heat is on, summer temp wise for sure; political wise in Saskatoon, uhm...maybe not so much visible ... save…
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2024.07.02 Civically Speaking. ACCELERATING...
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Sorry for the delay. Too much going on. Indeed we had a full week last week re all things civic. Most interesting. A public…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024-06-25 Civically Speaking - Hail Pride Walk Politics Saskatoon
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, We start off with a storm - okay - more like- the typical thing Saskatchewan folks talk about - the weather. And, hail…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.06.18 Civically Speaking - What a Weekes...And more in Civic Land
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning, Listeners... We deconstruct a few of the most recent civic parcels in the current news stream. Gordon Androsoff with CHEP…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024-06-11 Civically Speaking - What's for Launch? A Double Whammy of Mayoral Candidates Saskatoon
Send us Fan Mail What's For Launch? Listeners, you ask... Two current sitting politicians announce on the same day. One comes from within the current Council…
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2024.06.04 The latest civic news - crickets ...mostly....
Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we provide an update on the recent development re the new downtown library. And then we head into a few more musings…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.05.28 Civically Speaking Politics, Provincially, with Phil Tank, Digital Opinion Editor Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in, We get into 'it' with Phil Tank, that is, we get into the latest dynamics resulting from the close of the Saskatchewan…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.05.21 Civically Speaking Podcast V What Up in the Legislative Assembly last week
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Last week - was really one of those weeks. Historic from an outside looking in kind of way. Christina and I go into a…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.05.14 Civically Speaking. Safety, numbers and blame...election modernization YXE
Send us Fan Mail Thanks for tuning in, Dear Listeners, We go to the boards...okay a poor hockey analogy...go Canadian teams (why must they compete to be…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.05.07 Civically Speaking Rainy May Starts - Chiefs, Candidates, Buses YXE
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, Thanks for tuning in. We talk the latest initiative to increase safety on Saskatoon's buses; we muse about the latest…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.04.30 Civically Speaking - Almost May!
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Almost May! Time is flying. We share the latest we know re Saskatoon's municipal election. It isn't much except to share…
- Civically Speaking Podcast with Host, Lenore Swystun and Co-Host, Christina Cherneskey
2024.04.23 Civically Speaking - Libraries and Third Spaces
Send us Fan Mail Hello Dear Listeners, Thanks again for tuning in. In this episode Christina and I dive into a recent announcement by the City of Saskatoon's…