The Gravity Well with Jenny Yeremiy

This episode previously aired in February of 2024, Colin Smith of Land Lovers Network joined Alex MacGillivray (my former co-host) and I. Colin and I connected through anti–clear‑cut logging advocacy with the Calgary Climate Hub in Southern Alberta. Colin introduces himself as a lifelong Southern Albertan with a background as an electrician, small business owner, and caregiver, now extending his c...

This conversation centers on plug-in or “balcony” solar systems and how to make them safe, legal, and accessible in Canada, particularly Alberta. Chris Cashen, CEO and co‑founder of Volta Home , explains that his Vancouver-based startup is building what they describe as the first compliant plug‑in solar solution for North America, having spent about a year on the project and recently completing la...

The conversation begins with two updates from me before Brad Lafortune of Public Interest Alberta announces a new campaign called “ Together—NO! ” aiming to oppose Premier Smith’s treasonous October 19, 2026 Alberta referendum which— beyond the illegal separation question—includes nine questions on immigration and constitutional issues handpicked, leading, and designed to secure “yes” votes aligne...

The conversation is with Jay White, a professional biologist in Alberta, who recounts his long involvement with the Alberta Water Council and its origins in the early 2000s under the province’s Water for Life strategy. He explains how the Council was conceived as part of a “nested” governance model: the Alberta Water Council at the provincial policy level, watershed planning and advisory councils...

This episode opens with the me sharing this as my fifth episode with Wesam Cooley and turning quickly to a discussion on the current war in West Asia, a continuation of long‑running Western imperialism in the region. We describe a major turning point on February 28, arguing that Iran is “rising” as a real world power and has reframed the regional “problem” as resistance to Western imperialism and...

The episode of The Gravity Well podcast features Jessica Chung from the Council of Canadians, focusing on AI data centres, their environmental and social impacts, and emerging cross‑Canada resistance movements. Jessica introduces herself as a water and climate campaigner, formerly a Line 5 pipeline organizer with Sierra Club Canada, living in Guelph with her family. She shares a story about activi...

I threw a microphone on my spouse Chris last week—you may recognize him from Season 1, Episode 5 or the Leadership Training series in Season 2. Our conversation explores common Alberta narratives about other Canadian regions and the federal government, and then connects these narratives to environmental policy, resource extraction, and changing provincial values. Albertans often view Quebec as a “...

This episode focuses on water, cumulative impacts, and long‑term consequences of AI data centres, rather than just short‑term economic promises. Olds resident, concerned citizen turned leader of a local resistance around water sovereignty and now AI data centers, Janey Olson, joins me to explain. From my perspective—as a geophysicist and oil and gas environmental liability expert—what’s happening...

CBC Reporter, Eagle Andersen called me to hear my thoughts about the updated information provided by Kevin’s “O’Leary Digital” team in advance of their open house slated from tomorrow, June 4 from 4-7 pm at Grovedale Community Hall in Grande Prairie . I criticize the new newsletter about a proposed data centre project for omitting key information about what powers the facility, assuming it will re...

Thanks to Raul of Charlie Angus / The Resistance ’s Meidas Canada, I am thrilled to share the presentation that University of Calgary Public Health Professor, Lindsay McLaren, and I gave at the Public Interest Alberta (PIA) Common Purpose, Collective Action 2026 conference in Edmonton last month. The presentation outlines our backgrounds, a better vision, our experience, an action, and how to join...

I sat down with Matilda, a grade 10 student at William Aberhart High School, today, on Menstrual Hygiene Awareness Day. She shares her project to install free feminine hygiene product dispensers in the girls’ bathrooms so that no student is ever left without supplies when they need them. And explains that her motivation comes from a personal experience of getting her period at school, finding no p...

The episode of The Gravity Well podcast features fellow Alberta activist Chelsea Barnowich (also known as “Chelsea Loves the Moon”), focusing on organizing against separatism in Alberta and broader threats to democracy and public institutions. We begin by outlining an Alberta-wide day of action in Calgary, including a noon event at MLA Mickey Amery’s office, a memorial walk, a march from City Hall...

“Faith Leaders Across Alberta Oppose” features four leaders of the Alberta faith community with diverse Christian backgrounds who describe their spiritual journeys, articulate commitments to pluralism, and explain why more than 200 faith leaders signed a public letter opposing a recent Alberta government–backed Christian gathering that sought to shape policy through a narrow, right‑wing religious...

The episode is features Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL), about Alberta’s first province‑wide Day of Action scheduled for Friday, May 29, framed as a broad, democratic protest against the current provincial government’s direction and a starting point for a longer‑term movement. Gil describes the AFL as Alberta’s oldest and largest worker advocacy group, an associati...

The episode of the Gravity Well podcast, with Professor Duane Bratt of the Mount Royal University, focuses on two major themes: gerrymandering in Alberta and a massive voter data breach tied to separatist movements and foreign interference. On gerrymandering, Bratt notes there are no major updates: an MLA committee has been named, but its advisory body and final maps are still pending. He expects...

An update on the long-coming illegal and unconstitutional war against Iran and the broader Gulf Region, or West Asia. Wesam Cooley and I discuss the need for Canadians, Iranians, and Native Americans to come together—The Love Boat, let’s call it—to fight the corrupt and evil political “Epstein Class” of people, as outlined in our March conversation and again in my Sunday, May 3, 2026 conversation...

Mikayla Resists returns to The Gravity Well to update us on what she’s been up to since our last conversation on February 4: of the Reclaiming Alberta Report. Mikayla sat in on at least two separatist town halls and one virtual meeting regarding the separatist movement. Topics covered: * The Alberta Prosperity Project to the Centurion Project hand off. * The latest meeting where David Parker descr...

In this episode, Kennedy Halvorson of the Alberta Wilderness Association returns to the studio (last appeared in The Future of Water in Southern Alberta ) to co-host coal expert, Cornelis Kolijn with me. This conversation aims to break through coal misinformation causing calamity in the Province of Alberta, and beyond. Cornelis graduated from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands....

Markham is a Canadian journalist and CEO of Energi. Media , one of Canada’s leading independent news organizations. Thoughtful Energy Journalism currently averages over 6 million views/reads per month, and is celebrating its 18th year. Markham also has a sizable and growing US audience. I was introduced to Markham during the run up to the 2023 election. He was my first energy specific interview. T...

This episode of The Gravity Well features a discussion about the LaRose v. Her Majesty the Queen (now His Majesty the King) climate change lawsuit on Earth Day. The conversation includes Sadie Vipond, a plaintiff in the case, and Andrew Gage, a staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law. Sadie Vipond is a university student studying environmental science with a specialization in ecology and co...

This episode is a discussion between host Jenny Yeremiy and Professor Duane Bratt from Mount Royal University about Alberta’s Electoral Boundaries Commission process, their one-of-its-kind report, and recent government intervention which looks a lot like gerrymandering. TAKE ACTION: Email Your MLA, the Premier, and the Justice Minister, cc’ing every elected official in Alberta. Scroll down for an...

When Public Education is under attack, What Do You Do? Stand Up, Fight Back! To unpack the Government of Alberta’s latest assault on Public Education and what to do about it. I am joined by: Heather Quinn, the President of the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) for Edmonton Public Local 37; Jay Prockter, an Edmonton Public School Teacher and district representative for Edmonton and Fort McMurray...

This episode examines Alberta’s draft South Athabasca sub-regional land use plan and its implications for woodland caribou, water, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and long-term regional sustainability. Program director Tara Russell of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Northern Alberta explains that sub-regional plans were originally conceived to manage competing industrial and rec...

This episode features disability advocate Zachary Weeks, who was born with cerebral palsy in Edmonton and has long worked as a spokesperson on accessibility and social justice issues, consulting on major public developments and challenging ableism and discrimination. Zachary describes his unexpected path into advocacy, shifting from training as a funeral director to volunteering with a nonprofit a...

Seb Kennedy , an energy journalist turned market analyst, has transitioned from covering renewables to focusing on natural gas and LNG, launching Energy Flux to provide insights into these markets. This discussion highlights the volatility in the LNG market, exacerbated by geopolitical events such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the US attacks on Iran leading to the closure of the Strait of Ho...