The Forgotten Corner

The Forgotten Corner is a weekly podcast recorded in Medicine Hat, the 65,000-citizen hub of southeast Alberta, where people often wonder, “When will everyone just do what we want to do?” Scott Schmidt, Jeremy Appel and Mo Cranker have a combined journalistic experience of more than 20 years, much of that spent covering news and politics in Medicine Hat.

Latest podcasts

  1. Book Club: Welcome to the Forgotten Corner Book Club

    Thursday, September 2nd 2021

    Welcome to The Forgotten Corner Book Club! In a nutshell, we are going to ever so slowly read books and talk about a new section once each month until that book is read. Use our promo code to get 20% our first book, “Canada in the World: Secular Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination,” by Tyler A. Shipley (@le_shipster).


    The book is described as “an accessible and empirically rich introduction to Canada’s engagements in the world since Confederation, this book charts a unique path by locating Canada’s colonial foundations at the heart of the analysis.”


    What’s best about our club is anyone can join and, even if you don’t participate, our discussions along the way will be well worth a listen! In this episode we outline details of the book club and how to participate in discussions. In one month’s time we will discuss the first 100 pages, so it should be a breeze to keep up!


    Use the hashtag #forgottenbookclub to discuss the book on Twitter with us! 

    Visit http://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/ and use the promo code: FCP20 to get 20% off Shipley’s book. Offer is valid until Sept. 30, 2021.

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  2. Episode 47: Decolonizing, with Migizi-Wasaa-Ewaabit (David Restoule)

    Thursday, August 26th 2021

    The Forgotten Corner is honoured to welcome Migizi-Wasaa-Ewaabit (David Restoule) to the show this week. David (his “income tax” name), and Anishinaabe Ojibiwe from the Dokis First Nation in Ontario, is the Indigenous student support services specialist at Medicine Hat College.

    David grew up colonized, living through a “normal Catholic” life before beginning to discover his heritage and true self about 15 years ago.

    Now a Knowledge Keeper, Sundancer and a proud grandfather, David’s efforts to decolonize allow him to break to the cycle of indoctrinated whitewashing with his own family and beyond.

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  3. Just Us 18: The 'labour shortage' is a myth

    Thursday, August 19th 2021

    Dr. Roberta Lexier joins the show once again to chat about the 'labour shortage' we keep hearing about, and why it's a farce.

    Follow Roberta on Twitter @rlexier.

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  4. Episode 46: Out of the blue, with Kim Siever (Part 2)

    Thursday, August 12th 2021

    Kim Siever is back on the Forgotten Corner to catch up with the guys.

    Listen to Part 1 of our chat here.

    Check out Kim's daily news stories.

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  5. Episode 46: Defeat is not an option, with Dr. Joe Vipond

    Thursday, August 5th 2021

    Dr. Joe Vipond returns to The Forgotten Corner — on short notice and while en route to Edmonton for a noon-hour rally — to discuss the internationally criticized Alberta government plan to not only remove all public health orders of any kind, and while cases rise at never-before-seen rates, but to also cease proper testing and contract tracing by Aug. 16.

    Listen to his first and second episodes — Part OnePart Two.

    The longtime Calgary ER doc has been on the frontlines of the fight against COVID, as well as the fight against our own government and public health officials, since the pandemic arrived oh so long ago.

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