

Shaun Newman Podcast
Shaun Newman
Western Canada.
No topic is off limits.
Endlessly Curious.
No topic is off limits.
Endlessly Curious.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 51min
#1023 - Martin Pelletier
Martin Pelletier, CFA, is a seasoned Calgary-based portfolio manager and financial strategist with over 20 years of experience in institutional equity research and investment management. He is a Senior Portfolio Manager at TriVest Wealth Counsel (part of Wellington-Altus Private Counsel), where he co-manages the firm’s risk-managed balanced fund and oversees customized portfolios for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Co-founder of the boutique firm TriVest Wealth Counsel, he also serves as an outsourced chief investment officer, writes a regular column for the Financial Post, and frequently comments on macroeconomics, markets, and wealth management in the media.Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 11min
#1022 - Daniel Turp
Daniel Turp is a Canadian legal scholar and prominent Quebec sovereigntist. He is an emeritus and associate professor at the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Law, where he has taught advanced constitutional law and public international law since 1982. A former Bloc Québécois MP for Beauharnois—Salaberry (1997–2000) and Parti Québécois MNA (2003–2008), Turp is a leading advocate for Quebec independence, arguing its legal basis under Canadian and international law. He also serves as president of the Québec Association of Constitutional Law and the Research Institute on the Self-Determination of Peoples and National Independence (IRAI).Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 11min
#1021 - Bret Weinstein
Bret Weinstein is an American evolutionary biologist, podcaster, author, and former professor. He earned his PhD in Biology from the University of Michigan, focusing on evolutionary trade-offs such as senescence, cancer, species diversity, and the adaptive roles of morality and religion. He taught at The Evergreen State College from 2002 to 2017, where he gained national attention in 2017 for opposing a campus racial equity initiative, leading to protests, his resignation, and a settlement with the college. Now a prominent public intellectual often linked to the Intellectual Dark Web, he co-hosts the DarkHorse Podcast with his wife Heather Heying, applying evolutionary thinking to science, culture, politics, and current events.Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 16min
#1020 - James Lindsay
James Lindsay, author, mathematician, and cultural critic who helped expose biases in academe, discusses social media’s signal-to-noise collapse. He examines how influential figures’ deaths are weaponized, coordinated efforts fracturing conservatism, distorted clips and paltering, and why assessing credibility requires long-term perspective.

Mar 20, 2026 • 3h 11min
Mashup 200
Vance Crowe, podcaster and speaker on communication, reflects on AI, purpose, and health news. Lise Merle, Saskatchewan commentator, offers regional political and cultural takes. Jamie Sinclair, Saskatchewan contributor, joins the election banter. Chris Sims, political analyst, breaks down media, polling and strategy. Uncle Hack, stand-up comedian, recounts canceled shows, protests and touring life. They riff on headlines, campaign reach, touring woes, and weird news.

Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 9min
#1019 - John Graff
John Graff, a Saskatchewan farmer, nutritionist and founder of the Living Streams Institute, discusses self-sufficiency and community resilience. He covers off-grid energy, food security and parallel-economy initiatives. He also shares accounts of CFIA actions, municipal strategies to reclaim local control, and practical programs to support depopulated farmers and build grassroots leadership.

Mar 18, 2026 • 1h 18min
#1018 - Greg Treat
Gregory Treat is an American attorney specializing in estate planning, wills, trusts, probate, business law, and related family legacy matters through his firm Gregory Treat, PLLC. He is also the founder of Avalon Circle Consulting, where he operates as a strategic consultant helping families build generational wealth, structure intellectual property, and implement covenantal business and trust strategies for long-term legacy protection.You can find Greg Treat here:avaloncircle.comSilver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 7min
#1017 - Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson
Father Emmanuel Lemelson is an American-born Greek Orthodox priest, hedge fund manager, investor, and social commentator. Ordained in 2011 in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, he has served in various parishes while leading Lemelson Capital Management as Chief Investment Officer, where he applies a value-based, Christian-informed approach to investing. He hosts The Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson Podcast, critiquing corruption in Wall Street, Washington, the pharmaceutical industry, Christian Zionism, technocracy, and geopolitical issues through an Orthodox lens. You can find Fr. Emmanuel here:https://youtube.com/@Lemelson https://twitter.com/Lemelson https://instagram.com/lemelson/ Silver Gold Bull Links:Website: https://silvergoldbull.ca/Email: SNP@silvergoldbull.comText Grahame: (587) 441-9100Bow Valley Credit UnionBitcoin: www.bowvalleycu.com/en/personal/investing-wealth/bitcoin-gatewayEmail: welcome@BowValleycu.com Get your voice heard: Text Shaun 587-217-8500

Mar 16, 2026 • 53min
#1016 - Alex Voss
Alex Voss, CFO of Tipolis and finance pro building autonomous, privately governed cities. He discusses for‑profit governance via resident contracts. He explains why host‑nation consent matters and which countries are receptive. He describes services like courts and healthcare, outlines size and financial models, and compares the vision to places like Singapore and Las Vegas.

Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 11min
Mashup 199
Kris Sims, policy and media commentator offering sharp takes on civil liberties and fiscal matters. Quick Dick McDick, comedian known for irreverent storytelling and on-the-road color. They tackle Bill C-9 censorship concerns, lawful access and national security vagueness, MPs crossing the floor, oil prices and provincial budgets, northern defence spending, a consulate shooting probe, comedy cancellations, and quirky viral curiosities.


