Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge
2,895 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin host, Rob Breakenridge, as he offers his unique perspective on the most talked-about stories of the day every weekday afternoon.
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Episodes
Brittlestar: "Welcome to the Stupidpocalypse"; B'nai Brith Canada on Parliament's Nazi invite; "The Capitalist Manifesto"; Calgary retailer takes on Wal-Mart
September 26, 2023 21:28 - 51 minutesToday's guests: Stewart Reynolds (AKA "Brittlestar"), author - "Welcome to the Stupidpocalypse - Survival tips for the Dumbageddon" Michael Mostyn, CEO - B’Nai Brith Canada Johan Norberg, Senior Fellow - Cato Institute / Author - "The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World" Connor Curran, Co-founder - Local Laundry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Costs and benefits of an Alberta Pension Plan; "The Lebanese Burger Mafia: - the origins of Burger Baron
September 21, 2023 21:20 - 40 minutesToday's guests: Nate Horner, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary / Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy Omar Mouallem, writer / producer / director - "The Lebanese Burger Mafia" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Intelligence questions around India allegation; Why was Avro Arrow cancelled?; New centrist party; "Ain't Too Proud" Broadway musical
September 20, 2023 21:40 - 54 minutesToday's guests: Neil Bisson, Director - Global Intelligence Knowledge Network / former Intelligence Officer at Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Alan Barnes/former member of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, and currently a senior fellow of the Centre for Security, Intelligence and Defence Studies at Carleton University - Dominic Cardy, Interim Leader - Canadian Future / Independent New Brunswick MLA E. Clayton Cornelious, Veteran Broad...
Grocery prices; Inflation rising again; What CSIS knew about foreign interference by India; Getting immigration right
September 19, 2023 21:12 - 50 minutesToday's guests: Sylvain Charlebois, Director Agri-Food Analytics Lab - Dalhousie University Sam Cooper, investigative journalist Douglas Porter, Chief Economist - BMO Livio Di Matteo, Professor of Economics at Lakehead University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New claims about JFK assassination; Understanding e-coli infections; PM threatens grocers with tax measures; What to do with ISIS women
September 15, 2023 21:12 - 53 minutesToday's guests: Gerald Posner, investigative journalist / author - "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK” Dr. Stephen Freedman, ER physician at Alberta Children's Hospital and professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary Gary Sands, senior vice-president with the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers Stewart Bell - National Online Journalist & Investigative Reporter with Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
"Cover Your Ears" - a history of music censorship; Solving the housing crisis; MPs may hear from Suncor CEO
September 13, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutesToday's guests: Sean Patrick Shaul, Alberta-born filmmaker / Director - “Cover Your Ears” Steve Lafleur, independent public policy analyst Charlie Angus, NDP MP Timmins-James Bay / NDP critic for natural resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Number Go Up" - Crypto's dramatic rise & fall; Why Liberal poll numbers are cratering; Google faces anti-trust lawsuit; Will A.I. steal all our jobs?
September 12, 2023 21:21 - 53 minutesToday's guests: Zeke Faux, investigative reporter for Bloomberg / author - "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall" Matt Gurney, columnist & co-founder - The Line Rebecca Haw Allensworth, law professor at Vanderbilt Law School (focusing on antitrust law) Philip Cross, Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Chong on foreign interference inquiry; Impact of school closures; Finding compromise on gender school policy
September 08, 2023 21:24 - 39 minutesToday's guests Michael Chong, Conservative MP - Wellington-Halton Hills / Official Opposition Shadown Foreign Minister Paige MacPherson, associate director of education policy at the Fraser Institute Adam Zivo, writer / Reporter- National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michelle Rempel-Garner on housing crisis; Inquiry called into foreign interference; Ottawa's internet regulations; Trial underway for convoy leaders
September 07, 2023 21:29 - 55 minutesToday's guests: Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary Nose Hill Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, University of Ottawa and Board Member of the China Strategic Risks Institute Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / former vice-chair of the CRTC Michael Kempa, Criminology professor at the University of Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bill Vigars, "Terry and Me"; Dennis Molinaro on October Crisis spying revelations
August 31, 2023 16:22 - 35 minutesToday's guests: Bill Vigars, Author - “Terry & Me: The Inside Story of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope” Dennis Molinaro, Professor of legal studies at Ontario Tech University / Former national security analyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Road to Surrender"; Guilbeault visits China; Denmark considers ban on burning holy books; Replacing 24 Sussex Drive
August 29, 2023 21:21 - 57 minutesToday's guests: Evan Thomas, former correspondent for Time and Washington bureau chief for Newsweek / Author of “Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II” Charles Burton is associate professor of political science at Brock University at St. Catharine’s, Ont., senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad, and former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing Hemant Mehta, Editor at http://FriendlyAtheist...
"Beijing Rules"; Online News Act remains a mess; The case against banning plastic food packaging
August 28, 2023 21:17 - 42 minutesToday's guests: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, China reporter for Axios / author of the new book, "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World" Michael Geist, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law David Clement, North American affairs manager - Consumer Choice Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transgender athlete sets female powerlifting record; Wildfires and conspiracy theories; Why Alberta electricity is so expensive right now
August 18, 2023 21:11 - 40 minutesToday's guests: April Hutchinson, Canadian competitive powerlifter Mike Rothschild, a journalist and author based in Los Angeles who writes about conspiracy theories and fringe beliefs. His book, 'Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories' is out next month Blake Shaffer, assistant professor of economics at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rob Goodman, "Not Here"; AI literacy in Canada; How inflation impacts taxes
August 16, 2023 21:31 - 42 minutesToday's guests: Rob Goodman, Author - “Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself” Elissa Strome, executive director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy for CIFAR Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research - CD Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada's housing crisis; The perils of politicizing gun policy; Judges & political donations
August 14, 2023 21:13 - 37 minutesToday's guests: Dr. Mike Moffatt, director of the PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute Noah S. Schwartz is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley / Author: “On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling & the NRA” Kate Schneider, U.K-based reporter with the Investigative Journalism Foundation / editor-in-chief at the Oxford Political Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reaction & analysis of Clean Electricity Regulations; Co-op compostable bag ban; TMX First Nations' ownership
August 10, 2023 21:21 - 54 minutesToday's guests, Andrew Leach, professor of energy and economics - University of Alberta Rebecca Schulz, Alberta Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Michelle Rempel-Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary-Nose Hill Stephen Mason, managing director - Project Reconciliation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trudeau's political future: Why Trump's latest indictment matters so much; Polarization in Canada; Meta starts blocking Canadian news
August 02, 2023 21:06 - 1 hourToday's guests: Alise Mills, strategic communications advisor and consultant Tom Nichols, Staff writer - The Atlantic Justin Ling, freelance investigative journalistr Matt Hadfield, campaigns director - OpenMedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Who was Robert Oppenheimer?; Federal cabinet shuffle; Fluoride debate re-opened?; Economic impact of immigration; Housing prices
July 27, 2023 21:29 - 1 hourToday's guests: Charles Thorpe, author of 'Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect' / associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego Andrew Coyne, columnist - Globe & Mail Andre Chabot, city councillor - Ward 10 Beata Caranci, chief economist - TD Economics Robert Falconer, SSHRC Doctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics / researcher with the University of Calgary School of Public Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
The death of Richard Billkszto; Montreal mob war; How CBC undermines private media; Calgary clinic's "membership fees"; Phasing out fossil fuel "subsidies"
July 25, 2023 22:45 - 1 hourTodays' guests: Jonathan Kay, Quillette editor and podcast host Adrian Humphreys, Author, Journalist, Reporter at the National Post Peter Menzies is a National Newspaper Award-winning journalist, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, past editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald and former vice-chair of the CRTC Dr. Fiona Clement, a professor who specializes in health policy in the department of community health sciences at the University of Calgary Richard Masson, executive fellow a...
Electric Vehicle Mandates are an Assault on the Middle Class
July 20, 2023 19:15 - 16 minutesToday's guest: Joel Kotkin is an author and columnist. He is the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, California and Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute. He is Senior Advisor to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. He is Executive Editor of the website NewGeography.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alberta and its' 2030 Commonwealth games bid
July 20, 2023 12:30 - 10 minutesSports Economist Moshe Lander from Concordia University shares his thoughts on Alberta's possible bid for the 2030 Commonwealth games after Australia pulled out of hosting the 2026 competition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cluster munitions for Ukraine, a necessary evil - Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Michel Maisonneuve
July 18, 2023 18:47 - 13 minutesGuest: Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Michel Maisonneuve spent 35 years in the Canadian Army and 10 more as Academic Director of RMC Saint-Jean. He served as the last Chief of Staff of NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Atlantic and the first Chief of Staff of NATO’s Supreme Allied Command Transformation in Norfolk, Va. He was named the 30th annual laureate of the Vimy Award in 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Freedom to Win" - Ethan Scheiner
July 14, 2023 21:03 - 19 minutesToday's guest: Ethan Scheiner, Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis / Author - "Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People—And Olympic Gold" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It”
July 13, 2023 21:04 - 16 minutesToday's guest Dr. Daniel Simons, Professor of psychology at the University of Illinois where he heads the Visual Cognition Laboratory / Co-author - “Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Heritage Minister on C-18 standoff; Another rate hike from Bank of Canada; Alberta's orphan wells crisis; Demise of the dinosaurs
July 12, 2023 21:10 - 54 minutesToday's guests: Pablo Rodriguez, Canada's Heritage Minister William Robson, CEO - CD Howe - Institute / Chair of CD Howe Institute Monetary Policy Council Markham Hislop, Energy journalist / Publisher - Energi Media Phillip Currie, paleontologist - University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Canada needs to leave the AIIB; NATO summit gets underway; Canadians' thoughts on Online News Act; North American beer market
July 10, 2023 21:08 - 52 minutesToday's guests: Bob Pickard, Public relations leader and communications counsel / Former Global Communications Director - Asian Infrastructre Investment Bank Timothy Sayle, associate professor of history - University of Toronto Dave Korzinski, Research Director - Angus Reid Institute Gus Carlson, U.S. based columnist for the Globe and Mail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre; Why NDP supports C-18; The case for urban sprawl; Religiosity among newcomers to Canada
July 07, 2023 21:46 - 1 hourToday's guests: Pierre Poilievre, Conservative Leader / Leader - His Majesty's Loyal Opposition Peter Julian, NDP MP / NDP Heritage Critic Joel Kotkin, author - "The Coming of Neo Feudalism — A Warning to the Global Middle Class" / presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University / executive director - Urban Reform Institute Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett, Faith communities program director - Cardus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meta launches "Threads"; BC port strike continues; Growing Canada's LNG industry; Addressing Arctic sovereignty & security
July 06, 2023 21:15 - 54 minutesToday's guests: Daniel Tsai, technology law professor at the University of Toronto. He is a lawyer, management consultant, educator, columnist, and the author of two books: Law, Technology and Culture and the Business of Social Media and Entertainment Trevor Heaver, is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia where he also served as past Director of the Centre for Transportation Studies. He is a founding member and a past-President of the International Association of Maritime ...
Alberta tornado; Aspartame concerns; BC port strike; Finding a C-18 compromise
July 04, 2023 21:08 - 47 minutesToday's guests: Dr. Connell Miller, "Wind Impacts Researcher" for the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology / co-host of the Body of Evidence podcast Andrew Wynn-Williams, Divisional Vice President, - Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Konrad von Fickenstein, former CRTC chair / Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spike in Alberta opioid deaths; Federal plastic ban ensnares Co-op's compostable bags; Inflation rate drops; Competition Bureau report on grocery competition
June 27, 2023 21:21 - 1 hourToday's guests: Benjamin Perrin, Law professor - UBC / Author - "Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis" / Author - "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" (coming Oct. 2023) Ken Keelor, CEO - Calgary Co-op Jerry Gao, president & founder - LEAF environmental products Stephen Brown, Deputy Chief North America Economist - Capital Economics Sylvain Charlebois, Director Agri-Food Analytics Lab - Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Submersible safety concerns; Why Canada needs paid plasma; How to contain rising health costs; Canadian rockers 54-40
June 22, 2023 21:08 - 55 minutesToday's guests: Will Kohnen, President & CEO at HYDROSPACE Group / Chair of the Marine Technology Society's submarine group Peter Jaworski, Associate Teaching Professor of Strategy, Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Virginia’s School of Law David Jones, a policy analyst and economist at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto Brad Merritt, bassist /...
The 1867 Project; Birth tourism in Canada; Canada's Energy Future
June 21, 2023 21:04 - 39 minutesToday's guests: Mark Milke, President, The Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy / Editor - The 1867 Project Dr. Jon Barrett, Professor / Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - McMaster University Marla Orenstein, Director - Canada West Foundation's Natural Resources Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Michael Myers" James Jude Courtney; The Mystery of Octopuses; The many problems with Bill C-21
June 15, 2023 21:17 - 43 minutesToday's guests: James Jude Courtney, actor & filmmaker / portrayed Michael Myers in "Halloween" (2018), "Halloween Kills" (2021), and "Halloween Ends" (2022) (Appearing this weekend at the 11th annual Calgary Horror Con) David Scheel, behavioral ecologist & professor of marine biology - Alaska Pacific University / Author: "MANY THINGS UNDER A ROCK: The Mysteries of Octopuses" Noah Schwartz, assistant political science professor at the University of the Fraser Valley / Author: "On Target: Gun ...
Public safety minister's office was informed of Bernardo transfer; Did Bank of Canada overreact?; Las Vegas celebrates a Stanley Cup
June 14, 2023 21:21 - 47 minutesToday's guests: Scott Newark, Former Security Policy Advisor to the governments of Ontario and Canada / former Alberta crown prosecutor Aneel Samra, Economist and Strategist - Rosenberg Research Ken Boehlke, founder / writer - SinBin.vegas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Johnston resigns; Plight of China's Uyghurs; Calgary's rental market; Cellphones in the classroom
June 13, 2023 21:14 - 50 minutesToday's guests: Andrew Coyne, Columnist for the Globe and Mail Mehmet Tohti, executive director - Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project Gerry Baxter, executive director - Calgary Residential Rental Association Sachin Maharaj, an assistant professor of educational leadership, policy and program evaluation at the University of Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Singer/songwriter Ian Thomas; Are wildfires getting worse?; Unpacking and debunking UFO claims
June 09, 2023 21:06 - 46 minutesToday's guests: Ian Thomas, singer & songwriter / member - Lunch at Allen's Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics - University of Guelph (specializing in climate, environmental, and energy policy) Mick West, writer / researcher / investigator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inflation & interest rates; Iron Sheik's passing; Securing Ukrainian victory; A new national news policy
June 08, 2023 21:27 - 55 minutesToday's guests: Ian Lee, Professor - Sprott School of Business, Carleton University Alfred Konuwa, Pro Wrestling columnist / Contributor - Forbes Colin Robertson, Vice President and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / past editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald / former vice-chair of the CRTC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bernardo transfer; David Johnston's testimony; PGA-LIV merger; Canada's debt; Alberta's political divisions
June 06, 2023 21:24 - 1 hourToday's guests: Shane Martinez, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer and adjunct professor of prison law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration and a Professor of Political Science at Dalhousie University Scott Stinson, National Sports Columnist - Postmedia William Robson, CEO of C.D. Howe Institute and chair of the Institute's Monetary Policy Council Jared Wesley, political science professor- University of Alberta / l...
Danny Masterson & Scientology; Call to ban gambling ads, Mitigating the risk of AI, Concern over Bill C-18
June 02, 2023 21:12 - 55 minutesToday's guests: Tony Ortega, investigative journalist/author / Author - The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper Karl Subban, Father of 3 NHL players/ educator/ Spokesperson - BanAdsForGambling.ca Jeff Clune, Associate Professor of Computer Science University of British Columbia / Canada CIFAR (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) AI Chair / Faculty Member - The Vector Institute / Senior Research Advisor, DeepMind Sue Gardner, former Wik...
AB & SK unified front; What next for the NDP?; Big boost to the oilsands; Cost of federal oil & gas emissions cap
June 01, 2023 21:25 - 50 minutesToday's guests: Brad Wall, former Saskatchewan premier (from 2007 to 2018) / Special Advisor for Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Max Fawcett, columnist - National Observer Andrew Willis, Business columnist for the Report on Business at The Globe and Mail Kenneth Green, Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Election analysis, China interference; Unsolved Pearson gold heist; Keeping former GGs away from controversy; Fixing 24 Sussex Dr.; 100-million Canadians by 2100
May 30, 2023 21:33 - 1 hourToday's guests: Lorne Gunter, senior political columnist - Edmonton Sun Brian Lee Crowley, Managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Scott Andrew Selby, co-author - "Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History" - Philippe Lagassé, Associate professor and Barton Chair at Carleton University David Flemming, chair - Heritage Ottawa's advocacy committee Lisa Lalande, Chief Executive Officer - Century Initiative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Calgary's Canada Day fireworks debacle; Final few days of the Alberta election campaign
May 26, 2023 21:10 - 1 hourToday's guests: Dan McLean, Ward 13 city councillor Adam Legge, president of the Business Council of Alberta Leah Ward, Vice Present at Wellington Advocacy and former Director of Communications to Rachel Notley and the NDP Caucus Peter Csillag, Director of Public Affairs at Wellington Advocacy and former UCP advisor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Analysis of the David Johnston report; Calgary's decision to cancel Canada Day fireworks
May 24, 2023 21:10 - 52 minutesToday's guests: Andrew Coyne, Columnist - The Globe & Mail Matt Gurney, Columnist / Co-Founder - The Line Michelle Rempel-Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary Nose Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bail reform; Chinese interference in Canada; Russia's fascist youth
May 16, 2023 21:11 - 43 minutesToday's guests: Scott Newark, Former Security Policy Advisor to the governments of Ontario and Canada / Former crown prosecutor Michel Juneau-Katsuya, Former chief of the Asia-Pacific Unit- Canadian Security Intelligence Service Ian Garner, historian and Russia analyst / Author: "Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia’s Fascist Youth" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lawrence Krauss, "The Edge of Knowledge"; Controversial passport re-design; CTF's Teddy Awards; Sara Petersen, "Momfluenced"
May 12, 2023 21:12 - 48 minutesToday's guests: Lawrence M. Krauss, Best-selling author, theoretical physicist, author - "The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos” Jen Gerson, Co-founder - The Line / contributing columnist - The Globe and Mail. Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director - Canadian Taxpayers Federation Sara Petersen, author - "Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada & AUKUS; Impact of hockey fighting; Foreign interference; UCP campaign message
May 11, 2023 21:10 - 45 minutesToday's guests: Vincent Rigby, Former national security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau / Visiting professor - Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University / Senior Advisor (Americas program) - Center for Strategic and International Studies Dr. Charles Popkin, orthopedic sports medicine specialist with the Center for Shoulder, Elbow and Sports Medicine at Columbia University Sean Speer, Editor-at-large - The Hub Rahim Mohamed, Calgary-based political columni...
Alberta election campaign; Songwriting & copyright; MAID in Canadian prisons; Global press freedom
May 05, 2023 21:06 - 53 minutesToday's guests: Melissa Caouette, Political strategist / public policy analyst / Principal - MC Consulting / Founder - Pocket Lobbyist Kurt Dahl, Partner / Entertainment Lawyer - Coal Harbour Law, Drummer for the band One Bad Son Jessica Shaw, associate professor of social work - University of Calgary Clayton Weimers, Director of Reporters Without Boarders' US Bureau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alberta's top election issues; Internet regulation in Canada; "Agent of Change"; BCHL severs ties with Hockey Canada
May 04, 2023 21:06 - 50 minutesToday's guests: Kyle Braid, senior vice-president of public affairs at Ipsos Justin Ling, Freelance investigative journalist Huda Mukbil, author "Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism" Chris Hebb, CEO - B.C.H.L. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Arena deal; Public safety; Defence spending; Russian information warfare; Canadian history
April 27, 2023 21:18 - 1 hourToday's guests: Jeromy Farkas, Former Calgary City Councillor / Mayoral candidate Dr. Kelly Sundberg, Criminologist / Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University Michel Maisonneuve, Lt.-Gen. (retd.) / spent 35 years in the CAF Marcus Kolga, Founder - DisinfoWatch.org / Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad Gordon Walker, Founding member - Canadian Institute for Historical...
Who is to blame for Canadian Military apathy and neglect
April 27, 2023 12:21 - 12 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices