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
Crowded field in UCP leadership race; Case against a windfall tax; Declining populations in Alberta towns
June 10, 2022 16:14 - 36 minutesToday's guests: Rick Bell, columnist - Calgary Sun Ted Morton, former Alberta finance minister / executive fellow at the School of Public Policy / professor emeritus - University of Calgary Kevin McQuillan, professor - Department of Sociology, University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why was Emergencies Act invoked?; The mess at Canadian airports; Social media & disinformation; Risk of recession; Comedian Jebb Fink
June 09, 2022 16:08 - 1 hourToday's guests: Duncan Dee, Former Chief Operating Officer - Air Canada Jean-Christophe (JC) Boucher, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and the department of political science at the University of Calgary Stephen Brown, Senior Canada Economist - Capital Economics Jebb Fink, Comedian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leela Aheer joins UCP leadership race; Gas prices surge; Saving Juno Beach Centre; The case against banning smoking/vaping in parks
June 07, 2022 21:20 - 47 minutesToday's guests: Leela Aheer, UCP MLA - Chestermere-Strathmore / UCP leadership candidate Rory Johnston, Founder - Commodity Context Newsletter Peter Mansbridge, award-winning journalist and author Rebecca Haines-Saah, associate professor in community health sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws; Canada's gun debate; Flair Airlines can keep operating; Calgary's new harassment bylaw
June 01, 2022 21:12 - 46 minutesToday's guests: James McLeod, Technology reporter Noah Schwartz, assistant professor of political science at Concordia University / author of the forthcoming book, “On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling, and the NRA” Karl Moore, Associate Professor - Desautels Faculty of Management (McGill University) Ryan Pleckaitis, chief bylaw officer with Calgary Community Standards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Ice War Diplomat" - Behind the scenes of the 1972 Summit Series
May 31, 2022 21:40 - 22 minutesWe spoke with former Canadian diplomat Gary J. Smith about his new book, "Ice War Diplomat: Hockey Meets Cold War Politics at the 1972 Summit Series" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"The Year of the Graves"; The politics of gun control; The life & legacy of Ronnie Hawkins
May 30, 2022 21:24 - 50 minutesToday's guests: Terry Glavin, author and journalist Matt Gurney, Columnist / Co-Founder - The Line Alan Cross, music writer / broadcaster / historian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brett Kissel; Mary Lynn Rajskub ("Fame-ish"); Supreme Court on parole eligibility for murderers; Quebec's Bill 96
May 27, 2022 21:18 - 49 minutesToday's guests: Brett Kissel, County music artic Mary Lynn Rajskub, actor/comedian / author: "Fame-ish: My Life at the Edge of Stardom" Lisa Kerr, Assistant Professor of Law - Queen's University Julius Grey, constitutional/human rights lawyer / senior partner - Grey Casgrain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Kenney can help unify the UCP; Canada needs a new national security policy; Monkeypox conspiracy theories; Comedian Trent McLellan
May 25, 2022 21:20 - 50 minutesMichael Solberg, Partner - New West Public Affairs Thomas Juneau, associate professor, public and international affairs - University of Ottawa Justin Ling, Author / freelance journalist Trent McLellan, Comedian / cast member - This Hour Has 22 Minutes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kenney resigns
May 19, 2022 21:16 - 25 minutesToday's guests: Rick Bell, Columnist - Calgary Sun Ken Boessenkool, J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice, Max Bell School of Public Policy - McGill University / Research Fellow - CD Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inflation still running hot; "Son of Elsewhere"; US energy policy; Royal visit
May 19, 2022 16:33 - 58 minutesToday's guests: Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Author - "Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces" James Coleman, Professor - SMU Dedman School of Law Nathan Tidridge, vice-president of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David Milgaard's life & legacy; Buffalo shooter & online extremism; Abortion politics in Canada; Alberta's housing market
May 16, 2022 21:37 - 47 minutesToday's guests: Ron Dalton, Co-President - Innocence Canada Jared Holt, Resident Fellow - Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Lab, researching domestic extremism and the internet Kelly Gordon, Assistant Professor, Political Science - McGill University Brad Mitchell, CEO - Alberta Real Estate Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ice Wars: AJ Galante & Chris Therien
May 13, 2022 21:08 - 20 minutesWe spoke with AJ Galante (president & founder of Ice Wars / former president and general manager of the Danbury Trashers) and Chris Therien (former NHL defenceman & broadcaster / announcer - Ice Wars) about the Ice Wars event coming up May 21 at the River Cree Resort and Casino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Capturing an image of a black hole; Supreme Court rules on "extreme intoxication"; Quebec's Bill 96 infringes on minority language rights
May 13, 2022 21:02 - 39 minutesToday's guests: Avery Broderick, Associate Professor - Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo / Research Associate - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Steven Penney, Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta Allison Hanes, Columnist - Montreal Gazette Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
C-69 court ruling; Regulating social media & online hate; New firearms regulations; Alberta's ambulance shortages
May 11, 2022 21:24 - 45 minutesToday's guests: David Wright, assistant professor, Faculty of Law - University of Calgary Taylor Owen, Director of the Centre for Media Technology and Democracy at McGill University / co-chair of the Canadian Commission on Democracy Expression Rod Giltaca, CEO & Executive Director - Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Mike Parker, President - Health Sciences Association of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trudeau in Ukraine; Bank of Canada's independence; Rogers-Shaw deal hits a snag; Privacy implications of Bill S-7
May 09, 2022 21:20 - 47 minutesToday's guests: Marcus Kolga, Founder of DisinfoWatch.org and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad Steve Ambler, Professor of Economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and the David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute Andrew Willis, Business Columnist - Globe & Mail Paula Simons - Independent Alberta Senator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New regulations for crowdfunding websites; Abortion & the courts; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
May 04, 2022 21:08 - 41 minutesToday's guests: Jessica Davis, President - Insight Threat Intelligence Kerri Froc, Associate professor of law - University of New Brunswick Alan Cross, Music writer / broadcaster / historian / host of the podcast " The Ongoing History of New Music" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada and National Security; Twitter and free speech; Understanding Bank of Canada's role; In search of "hobbits"
May 02, 2022 21:19 - 57 minutesToday's guests: Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University / Author - "Stand on Guard: Reassessing Threats to Canada's National Security" Kaveh Shahrooz, lawyer and human rights activist, and a Senior Fellow with Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad Stephen Gordon, economics professor at Laval University Gregory Forth, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology - University of Alberta / Autho...
Canada's Ambassador to the U.N.; The fight over secret documents in fired Winnipeg scientists case; Will Canadians get answers from Emergencies Act public inquiry?
April 28, 2022 21:16 - 42 minutesToday's guests: Bob Rae, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Chong, Conservative Foreign Affairs Critic Matt Gurney, Columnist - National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The New Climate Bargain: How Canada can manage energy and climate security
April 28, 2022 15:16 - 10 minutesWe spoke to Colin Guldimann, an economist with RBC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryerson University officially has a new name; Regulating social media platforms; RCMP considered charges against Trudeau; Raymond remains dry
April 26, 2022 21:23 - 31 minutesToday's guests: Patrice Dutil, professor of politics and public administration at Ryerson University and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Max Fawcett, Canada's National Observer's lead columnist James Bezan, Conservative ethics critic Kurtis Pratt, Town of Raymond’s chief administrative officer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ottawa's internet regulation plans face blowback; Public inquiry into use of Emergencies Act; Antisemitism on the rise in Canada
April 25, 2022 21:23 - 31 minutesToday's guests: Michael Geist, Law Professor & Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa Michael Nesbitt, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law - University of Calgary / Fellow, Centre for Military, Security & Strategic Studies / Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive Officer - B’nai Brith Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canadians sanctioned by Putin; What do to with 24 Sussex Dr.?; Saving the environment vs. saving on gas
April 22, 2022 21:19 - 32 minutesToday's guests: Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow - Macdonald-Laurier Institute Russell Mills, former Chair - National Capital Commission Gregory Jack, vice president, public affairs (Canada) - Ipsos Public Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Friendly Local Game Store" - The story of Calgary's own The Sentry Box
April 22, 2022 21:05 - 15 minutesWe spoke with Garry Snow, Director / Producer - "Friendly Local Game Store" as well as Gordon Johansen, owner of the Sentry Box Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Veterans group gives up Afghan rescue efforts; Inflation and the economy; Centre Ice Conservatives; Monarchy poll; Barriers for older workers
April 22, 2022 17:03 - 59 minutesToday's guests: Oliver Thorne, Executive Director, VTN Canada Dr. Jack Mintz, President's Fellow - School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Rick Peterson, former Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate / founder - Centre Ice Conservatives Dave Korzinski, Research Director - Angus Reid InstItute Jason Clemens, Executive Vice President - Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
METI's message for aliens; Charter at 40; How Canadians feel about religious freedom; Alberta's Chief Firearms Officer
April 19, 2022 21:27 - 53 minutesToday's guests: Dr. Douglas Vakoch, President - METI International Brian Bird, Assistant Professor - Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC Ray Pennings, Executive Vice-President - Cardus Teri Bryant, Alberta chief firearms officer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Removing a constitutional relic; What's driving inflation?
April 19, 2022 16:27 - 29 minutesToday's guests: Paula Simons, Independent Senator - Alberta Steve Globerman, Resident Scholar - Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Is About Energy and Natural Resources
April 14, 2022 16:07 - 18 minutesWe spoke with David Knight Legg, Founding CEO & Board Senior Advisor - Invest Alberta / Former Chairman of the ESG Working Group of the Province of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Unprecedented"; Housing supply & labour shortages; Energy Security; Food sector consolidation
April 13, 2022 16:30 - 49 minutesToday's guests: Steve Mayer and Andrew Willis, "Unprecedented: Canada's Top CEOs on Leadership During Covid-19" Kevin Lee, CEO of the Canadian Home Builders Association Ron Wallace, Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a board member of the Canada West Foundation Anthony Winson, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at the University of Guelph, author of "The Industrial Diet" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Uncovering the truth about the Nova Scotia massacre; Productivity & growth ignored in federal budget; Canada's most reputable corporate brands
April 08, 2022 21:13 - 45 minutesToday's guests: Paul Palango, veteran investigative journalist / author: "22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres, Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia" Andrew Coyne, columnist - The Globe & Mail David Scholz, Executive Vice President - Leger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do Canadians feel about honouring historic figures?
April 06, 2022 21:09 - 16 minutesWe spoke with Patrice Dutil, professor of politics and public administration at Ryerson University and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alberta's oil and gas industry rebounds but faces a new issue; a labour shortage
April 05, 2022 22:46 - 13 minutesWe spoke with Mark Scholz, the president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, about the oil and gas industry's labour shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Russia's faltering propaganda machine; How Albertans see the future; The case for standardized testing
March 30, 2022 16:41 - 34 minutesToday's guests: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University / Author - "Stand on Guard: Reassessing Threats to Canada's National Security" Scott Crockatt, VP, (Communications & External Relations) - Business Council of Alberta Michael Zwaagstra, public high-school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
New fighter jets; The Oscars Slap; Canada clinches World Cup berth
March 28, 2022 22:22 - 40 minutesToday's guests: Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (specializing in defence policy and defence procurement) Barry Hertz, Film Editor - Globe & Mail Scott Stinson, National Sports Columnist - Postmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Liberal-NDP agreement; Traffic court changes scrapped; New format for UCP leadership review
March 23, 2022 21:12 - 36 minutesToday's guests: Lori Turnbull, director and an associate professor at the School of Public Administration at Dalhousie University Charlie Pester, a former police officer who operates POINTTS Calgary Zane Novak, Take Back Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Avoiding Putin's provocations; CP Rail labour dispute; UCP infighting; Arctic sovereignty; Energy security
March 21, 2022 23:00 - 1 hourToday's guests: Tom Nichols, Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College/ contributing writer at The Atlantic / author - "Our Own Worst Enemy" Dennis Darby, president - Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Duane Bratt, Professor of Political Science - Mount Royal University Rob Huebert, Political Science Professor -University of Calgary Jeff Kucharski, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and an adjunct professor at Royal Roads University Learn more abo...
Can Kenney survive UCP infighting?; Oil price roller coaster; How concerned should we be about BA.2?
March 17, 2022 20:52 - 36 minutesToday's guests: Lorne Gunter, columnist - Edmonton Sun Rory Johnston, Founder- Commodity Context Dr. Lynora Saxinger, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Will China support Russia?; Why Putin's invasion has faltered; Budget preview; Northern Corridor concept
March 16, 2022 20:58 - 41 minutesToday's guests: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a former diplomat at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing Anton Oleinik, Professor of Sociology - Memorial University of Newfoundland Robert Asselin, senior vice president of policy at the Business Council of Canada Dwight Newman, Professor of Law, University of Saskatchewan / Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Beltline residents frustrated with protests; Ukrainian-Canadians attacked; More dismal poll numbers for Kenney
March 14, 2022 23:59 - 39 minutesToday's guests: Peter Oliver, president of the Beltline Neighbourhoods Association Orysia Boychuk, President of Ukrainian Canadian Congress (Alberta) Mario Canseco, President - Research Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Targeting Russian oligarchs; Canada needs serious leadership; Making sense of Alberta’s fuel tax holiday
March 11, 2022 22:21 - 39 minutesToday's guests: Marcus Kolga, Founder of DisinfoWatch.org and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad Andrew Coyne, Columnist - Globe & Mail Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor of Economics - University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
U.S. ban on Russian oil 'an earthquake' that could shake up future of global energy supply
March 10, 2022 12:44 - 11 minutesTristan Goodman the President of the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada shares his throughts on the recent upheval in the energy markets brought on by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The crossroads that Ukraine represents; Canada and the changing global energy picture; "Your Province, Your Premier"
March 09, 2022 23:39 - 35 minutesToday's guests: Molly McKew, Lead writer at GreatPower.us / Writer/lecturer on Russian influence & information warfare Tristan Goodman, President - Explorers and Producers Association of Canada John Vos, Regional Program Director (Calgary & Edmonton) - Corus Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Canada and the energy supply crunch; Ag commodity prices; Alberta's under-representation in Parliament; Financial pressure on home owners & renters
March 09, 2022 18:01 - 40 minutesToday's guests: Cody Battershill, Founder- Canada Action Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab - Dalhousie University Bill Bewick, Executive Director - Fairness Alberta Shachi Kurl, President - Angus Reid Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why Ukraine matters - and why Putin needs to lose
March 01, 2022 22:17 - 16 minutesWe spoke with Molly McKew, lead writer at GreatPower.us and writer & lecturer on Russian influence and information warfare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Chrystia Freeland became a central figure in the West's response to Russia
February 28, 2022 23:17 - 13 minutesWe spoke with freelance journalist Justin Ling about his latest piece Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michelle Rempel-Garner pushes back on WEF conspiracy theories
February 28, 2022 19:05 - 15 minutesWe spoke with Calgary Nose Hill Conservative MP Michelle Rempel-Garner about the situation in Ukraine and also about her piece pushing back on what she sees as growing conspiracy theories around the World Economic Forum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Russia invades Ukraine; Stephen Poloz on "The Next Age of Uncertainty"
February 25, 2022 00:11 - 34 minutesToday's guests: James Brooke, Visiting Fellow - Foundation for Defense of Democracies Ganna Zakharova, Ukraine Youth Association in Alberta / Ukrainian Canadian Congress Stephen Poloz, former Bank of Canada governor / author - “The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Responding to Putin's aggression; Why Emergencies Act powers need to be revoked; PepsiCo vs. Loblaws
February 22, 2022 22:42 - 35 minutesToday's guests: Marcus Kolga, Founder of DisinfoWatch.org and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad Dwight Newman, Professor of Law, University of Saskatchewan / Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law Sylvain Charlebois, Professor of Food Distribution and Policy / Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab - Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Cleese to bring ‘An Evening of Exceptional Silliness’ to Alberta this spring
February 22, 2022 22:09 - 13 minutesWe spoke with the legendary John Cleese about his remarkable career and his upcoming tour - "An Evening of Exceptional SIlliness" comes to Calgary on May 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CCF to challenge government in court over use of Emergencies Act
February 17, 2022 23:52 - 9 minutesWe spoke with Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why it may have been necessary to invoke the Emergencies A ct
February 17, 2022 01:35 - 15 minutesWe spoke with Globe & Mail columnist Andrew Coyne about his latest piece Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices