# Karen Unland

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Barbarian

Barbarian is a very good movie and we talk about it. Okay, now on to the important stuff. For the last six years, I Have Some Notes has been privileged to be part of the Alberta Podcast Network, the brain-baby of founder Karen Unland. Karen's love for local art built a platform for so many of us t…

Highlights from a trip to Upper Bound

Taproot reporters Shayne Giles and Ashley Lavallee-Koenig join Karen Unland to recap what they heard at Upper Bound, Edmonton's annual AI week, and share their thoughts on how artificial intelligence is changing their world. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Alberta Machine Intelligen…

The podcast that’s banned on Facebook

Taproot co-founders Karen Unland and Mack Male break down the impact of the Online News Act, being blocked on Facebook, and how the company is planning to grow. Plus, we geek out over the use of programming tools for editorial work. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Taproot We're block…

Talkin’ ‘Bout Communication

Senator Simons speaks with Dr. Emily Laidlaw, Karen Unland, and Jen Gerson about current and future communications issues.  Dr. Emily Laidlaw is Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Calgary. Jen Gerson is a co-founder of The Line and a com…

Episode 9 – Big Hearts, Open Minds

On this month’s episode, we sit down with Jon Hall to remember his wife, Gail Hall, and her dedication to uplifting Edmonton’s community. Jas Pandher reveals everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Sikh Turban with the Turban Eh! event for Canada 150. We speak with Karen Unland about the la…

Executive Wins Podcast Introduction with CEO Gordon Sheppard from Executive Wins

Welcome to episode 1 of the Executive Wins Podcast! In this introduction you’ll find out why senior leaders who listen will be able to grow themselves and their businesses. That’s because podcast host Gordon Sheppard explains the format of the show which is to interview highly accomplished executiv…

Winning With Wellness Check-Ins: How To Attract And Retain Top Talent with Co-Founder Karen Unland From Taproot Publishing

As a leader, do you really care about how your staff is feeing at the beginning of the day? If so, how do you show that you care? In this episode you’re going to learn how to improve attraction and retention of top talent by doing a wellness check-in at the beginning of every meeting. That’s becaus…

How Taproot is approaching the election

Taproot co-founder Karen Unland returns to the show to talk about how we are approaching the 2025 municipal election and the impact we hope to have. We've also got clips from an interview with Coun. Michael Janz about infill. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Karen Unland Karen on Link…

Strike Scuttlebutt // Carney & Trump // Election Insiders

The US government shutdown continues into its second week, as Canada and the U.S. continue to work toward a trade deal (we hope). We've got you covered with Wyatt Sharpe reporting live from the White House (2:30) in our feature interview presented by Mercedes-Benz Edmonton West.   MBEW: https://ww…

Building a sustainable local news engine in Edmonton

Today on the podcast Karen Unland, co founder of Taproot Publishing, shares how Taproot evolved from occasional stories into a newsletter driven media engine with sponsorships, memberships, and B2B briefing products. She also discusses how AI tools support their workflow, how they built a large sca…