
Get into some local listening - we celebrate Manitobans and lean into challenging conversations. Join homegrown host Marcy Markusa for a new episode every Friday that centres around one story from our province. Whether you hail from the oil patch in Virden or the wheat fields of the Red River Valley, if you fly home to Island Lake or you make music in Winnipeg - This is Manitoba is a podcast for y... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 144 | Founded | 2 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Listeners | Category | News | |||

As federal funding for AI flows to organizations in Manitoba, we'll hear from Evan Solomon, the federal minister for artificial intelligence, about the national strategy and job security. We also talk with a Manitoba professor who says people who hav... more
Manitoba's chief provincial public health officer declared a public health emergency over HIV rates in May. As CBC producer Lenard Monkman tells us, Indigenous people are disproportionately affected by the spike in cases. He looked into why and solut... more
Many Manitobans are realizing they’re uninsured or underinsured after heavy rains this month caused widespread flooding. We talk to an expert who says Canada is facing a 'crisis' around affordable flood insurance.
Open drug use and dealing have become daily realities in Winnipeg's downtown and West End. Winnipeg Police Service inspectors Jen McKinnon and Josh Ewatski tell host Marcy Markusa how police are approaching drug law enforcement.
Marion Penner wants to die, but after applying for MAID, she was denied earlier this year. Now, confined to a hospital bed in Vita, Man., the 94-year-old has stopped taking crucial medications. She said a number of doctors refused to help her pursue ... more
As Winnipeg grows, there are more cars on streets designed for less traffic. The city has identified a strip of St. Mary’s Road as needing improvement and is looking for fresh ideas on how to lessen congestion there, without doing a major overhaul. W... more
Winnipeg’s social problems are spilling onto the schoolyard.
On the podcast today, politicians, advocates and educators are raising concerns about heightened public drug use near some Winnipeg schools.
Is a police crackdown the answer or will that ... more
Heckling, name calling and even hateful comments are being hurled across the aisle at the Manitoba Legislature, according to Speaker Tom Lindsey. He’s cracking down, but Premier Wab Kinew is not happy with how he’s going about it. He and a former Hou... more
People also subscribe to these shows.









Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Listeners per Episode | |
|---|---|
| Gender Skew | |
| Location | |
| Interests | |
| Professions | |
| Age Range | |
| Household Income | |
| Social Media Reach |
Local-focused conversations explore how Manitoba communities navigate transportation, housing, safety, and governance. Across recent episodes, the show surfaces the practicalities of urban planning, traffic changes, policing, open drug use, homelessness, and flood protection, often through the lived experiences of business owners, school leaders, councillors, Indigenous leadership, and policy makers. Notable throughlines include the push-pull between ambitious public projects and funding or jurisdictional hurdles, the role of coordinated services in addressing complex social issues, and a willingness to weigh short-term fixes against long-term systemic solutions. The format tends to combine on-the-ground voices with expert or political pers... more
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for This is Manitoba. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to This is Manitoba and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for three million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for This is Manitoba, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for This is Manitoba, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
To see how many followers or subscribers This is Manitoba has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
These podcasts share a similar audience with This is Manitoba:
1. Front Burner
2. The House
3. Two Blocks from the White House
4. The Current
5. At Issue
This is Manitoba launched 2 years ago and published 144 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for This is Manitoba from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of This is Manitoba. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.
Recent guests on This is Manitoba include:
1. Kimia Ansari
2. Evan Solomon
3. Lenard Monkman
4. Jason Thistlethwaite
5. Jen McKinnon
6. Josh Ewatski
7. Wab Kanu
8. Marion Penner
To view more recent guests and their details, simply upgrade your Rephonic account. You'll also get access to a typical guest profile to help you decide if the show is worth pitching.