the University of Alberta Alumni Association
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The Line is a podcast from the University of Alberta Alumni Association developed in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Listen in as UAlberta community members share their first-hand experiences on the front lines of current events.SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-line/id1504960888Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I456thiwm54gpka3suw3nu7iohiSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4fNmgFtG5K5PkWYawSO9CjStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wtj-podcast/the-line-stories-from-the-front-lines
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026
The Line turns pandemic disruptions in Alberta into practical, human-scale listening about food access, health care, and community protection.
The Line is a Leisure pick with a public service angle. Built from interviews with University of Alberta alumni and community members, it looks back at the COVID-19 period through the systems people suddenly had to think about every day: dental aerosols, PPE supply, antiviral…
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A measured look at how antivirals and vaccines shape the fight against COVID-19.
Dr. Lorne Tyrell's interview traces COVID-19 through a broader argument for antivirals and vaccines, moving from hepatitis B progress to the search for treatments that can change the course of disease.
A steady look at how misinformation and vaccine hesitancy intensified during COVID.
The Line opens with a cell tower fire and uses it to trace how conspiracy theories, social media, and COVID uncertainty can feed each other. The University of Alberta misinformation expert gives the episode its clearest shape, laying out why misinformation moved so easily…
A grounded look at kinship, community protection, and pandemic-era responsibility.
Shana Dion's conversation on The Line keeps its focus on kinship and responsibility as much as on public health. It starts with the uneven reality of care in many First Nations communities in Alberta, then moves to Kehewin's early choice to close the community and protect elders…
A plainspoken look at food access, panic buying, and the logistics of dignity.
This episode follows a pandemic era question that begins in grocery aisles and settles into the quieter mechanics of food access. Morgan traces Fresh Roots from a mobile grocery model to direct delivery and emergency service, and the March panic buying scene gives the story its…
A careful look at reopening dentistry when routine care meets COVID-era risk.
The piece treats Alberta's relaunch as a practical public-health problem: what changes when optometrists, therapists, physiotherapists, and some dental appointments return before the risk feels settled? Dr.
Ira Glass frames weekly theme-driven segments spanning family secrets to Portland's protest conflict.
Jonathan Goldstein tracks down people from someone's past to engineer real reconciliation.
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University of Alberta misinformation researcher Tim Caulfield joins host Matt Ray to discuss the 'infodemic' — the flood of COVID-19 misinformation that the WHO says is as dangerous as the virus itself.
University of Alberta Assistant Dean Shana Dion, from Kehewin Cree Nation, discusses how Indigenous communities and students are navigating the COVID-19 pandemic amid pre-existing inequities.
University of Alberta alumna Morgan Allen, Edmonton City Lead for non-profit Fresh Roots, describes how her organization pivoted during COVID-19 to deliver food directly to vulnerable residents unable to leave their homes.
University of Alberta orthodontist Dr.