Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Jason Kingsley, President and Executive Producer of Calgary Pride joins Rob to explain Pride's decision to not allow CPS members to march if they are in uniform.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by AI expert and researcher Joanna Bryson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative journalist for Global News Stewart Bell joins Rob to chat about this story: A former Mississauga mayoral candidate whose online posts targeting Muslims have prompted complaints was arrested Monday for “hate-motivated crime..... more here   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by the Vancouver Sun's Daphne Bramham to chat about the polygamy verdicts for Bloackmore and Oler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Johnson, blogger at www.21stcenturysahm.com has had a facebook post go viral for speaking out against parents passing harsh judgements against eachother online.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sanjay Jeram, PhD, senior lecturer of political science at Simon Fraser University says we should be encouraging debate and discussion about immigration policy in Canada rather than shying away from it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob connects with Graham Thomson, political Affairs columnist with Postmedia to chat about the first caucus meeting- and then he takes calls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert M Sapolsky, author, biologist, nuroscientist, neurosurgeon and researcher at Stanford says there is no such thing as "free will" according to the science we know.  His book here: https://www.amazon.com/Behave-Biology-Humans-Best-Worst/dp/1594205078/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Graham Wadsworth, senior manager of inspections for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) explains the policy changes that have given restaurants greater control of their patios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BBQ on the Bow society is running a competition over the weekend at the Stampede Grounds. It is their first time heading down and formally joining the Stampede Festivities.  Ken Black, President of the BBQ on the Bow Society and Board Member Terry Brow come on down- and bring some samples! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if Amelia Earhart didn't die in a plane crash? A new photo has people thinking she may have survived and had her photo taken on Juliet Atoll.  Rob is joined by Brian Dunning, Science Write/ Host and producer of Skeptoid Podcast who feels this theory is unlikely.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer chats about his first Stampede in Calgary- And the decision to pay Omar Khadr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could the music you are listening to, the colour of your plate, or even how the item is listed on the menu affect how it tastes? Charles Spence, Experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford, Joins Rob. His primary research is about how the senses and brain interpret the subtle cues of food. Author of the book Gastrophysics More on the book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Gastrophysics-Science-Eating-Charles-Spence/dp/0735223467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499376938&sr=8-1&keywords=gastrophysics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Howard Anglin, Director of the CCF, previously served as Senior Advisor of Legal affairs and Policy to PM Harper, is asking questions about why Canadians are paying Khadr for mistreatment. His piece here: http://nationalpost.com/opinion/howard-anglin-trudeau-is-making-omar-khadr-rich-and-he-still-hasnt-told-us-why/wcm/fad82c8c-2a8a-4bb3-a0eb-d0ed5475d784 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by Camille Brillon, Seismic Analyst with Natural Resources Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob connects with Wayne Sossin PhD, of the Sossin Lab at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University, who is researching how memories could be scrubbed from the brain to treat things like PTSD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 men from the Canadian Armed Forces are in hot water with the Minister of Defence disrupted an indigenous ceremony on Canada day in Halifax. Who are the Proud Boys? Justin Ling with VICE News has been following this story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by Toronto Star National Security Reporter Michelle Shepard who wrote a book called Guantanamo's Child. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With President and CEO Tim McMillan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The practice of solitary confinement in Canada is being constitionally challenged by the BC Civil Liberties Association and the John Howard Society of Canada. Rob is joined by the Executive Director of the BBCLA Josh Paterson.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices