Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

We live in a paranoid time- and a would be good samaritan in Florida has the bruises to prove it after he tried to return a 2 year old to her parents- only to have dad beat him up.  Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Free-Range Kids movement joins Rob to chat about our paranoia of our kids.  The story is here: http://globalnews.ca/news/3558935/good-samaritan-mistaken-for-child-predator/?utm_source=%40GlobalEdmonton&utm_medium=Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derek Filderbrandt joins Rob in studio today to chat about "United Liberty" and rolling back the "nanny state" in Alberta.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the mob mentality of censure on twitter is affecting discourse.  With Jonathan Kay, National Post.  His Piece here: http://nationalpost.com/news/world/jonathan-kay-on-the-tyranny-of-twitter-how-mob-censure-is-changing-the-intellectual-landscape/wcm/c94cb9be-3eef-4982-9e65-7f4e934c2afb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ontario Provicial Government is looking to find a way to ban and prevent scalper bots from spoiling ticket sales for real fans. Josh O'Kane joins Rob from the Globe and Mail, His piece here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ontario-to-make-ticket-buying-bots-illegal-cap-markups-in-scalping-crackdown/article35460982/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So no cops were allowed to march in Toronto Pride, but Justin Trudeau and Kathleen Whynne did.  Sue-Ann Lewvy, investigative journalist at the Toronto Sun joins Rob to share her thoughts on the matter.  More here: http://www.torontosun.com/2017/06/25/cop-ban-sours-good-pride-party   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should the government step in with a bail out for fledgling newspapers in Canada?Jesse Brown, media critic, Canadaland. More on his thoughts here: http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/great-newspaper-bailout/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate sent an unprecedented message to the House of Commons stating that the Red Chamber has every right to amend the government’s budget bills. Kelly Mcparland, National Post contributor, joins the show to share some insight.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Defence in Derek Saretzky triple-murder trial will not present any evidence. Nancy Hixt from Global News joins the show to provide an update.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A study in the States has found that people of all income levels tend to eat fast food at the same rate. Jay Zagorsky is an economist and research scientist atThe Ohio State University.   More here: https://theconversation.com/do-poor-people-eat-more-junk-food-than-wealthier-americans-79154 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Jean Harvey, Director, Canadian Population Health Initiative. More here: http://globalnews.ca/news/3547212/77000-canadians-hospitalized-because-of-alcohol-in-2016/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats about criticizing politicians and takes a call from a listener who thinks President Trump faces too much criticism.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The election of a speaker. With Vancouver Sun Columnist Vaughn Palmer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mia Bloom, Professor of Communication at Georgia State University.  Her piece here: http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/islamic-state-has-weaponized-children/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CBE Trustee Trina Hurdman joins Rob to chat about the CBE decision on bussing changes for certain schools and the falling of math scores in AB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Washington Post Columnist Christian Caryl has been following the story of American student Otto Warmbier who died after being returned by the North Korean government this week.  His piece here https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/06/19/let-us-mourn-otto-warmbier-the-north-koreans-treated-him-like-one-of-their-own/?utm_term=.b8fe9a46c2e3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon has been charged with involuntary manslaughter over the Flint water crisis. What's next? Rob is joined by Detroit Free Press Award Winning Columnist Rochelle Riley.  Her latest piece on the crisis here: http://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/rochelle-riley/2017/06/15/riley-should-snyder-next-face-charges-flint-water-crisis/397649001/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A man who just this year had over 130 animals seized from his breeding operation for lack of care is applying to expand his facilities.  Rob connects with Roland Lines from the Alberta SPCA.  More here: http://globalnews.ca/news/3542435/man-charged-after-200-animals-seized-applies-to-start-dog-breeding-facility-in-alberta/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derek Fildebrandt isn't planning on running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party (which still doesn't technically exist,) but he is definitely considering it. He joins Rob to chat about this, along with the issues the conservatives of Alberta need to address to move forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Jane Doucet joins Rob on air to chat about her new book, Pregnant Pause which explores the notion of a "baby clock" and how women cope with the want to have babies if their realities aren't in line with it hapenning.  More here: https://www.amazon.com/Pregnant-Pause-Jane-Doucet/dp/0995914109 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Analyst and author Mark Milke was recently at Dachau concentration camp, and did not like seeing the way many tourists were photgraphing themselves frivolously on site.  Rob hears his opinion and then takes calls.  Mark Milke's piece here: http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/the-casual-indifference-of-dachaus-selfie-taking-holocaust-tourists/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices