Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Last week we chatted about a study that shows mortality rates for treated and untreated cancers seem the same and we chatted about whether or not PSA screening leads to reduced mortality, you can hear that segment here: https://omny.fm/shows/afternoons-with-rob-breakenridge/prostate-cancer-treatments We got a call from the Prostate Cancer Centre asking if they could have a urologist join Rob on air to chat about how we deal with this information. Dr Bryan Donnelly, Urologist with the Calgary Health Region, Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Calgary and the Co-founder and Chairman of the Prostate Centre in Calgary.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author of Peckerwood in the Hood: Misadventures of a Kansas City Cop, D.W. Rawlings joins Rob in studio to chat about American policing and the way he has made it humourous in his book.  More here:  http://www.dwrawlings.com/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLAs Leela Sharon Aheer and Prasad Panda penned an op-ed published today about the NDP use of social license when it comes to the carbon tax in AB. MLA Aheer joins Rob to chat about it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inspired by a reddit threat Rob chats with Calgary Police Staff Sergeant Paul Ceci about jaywalking laws in Calgary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lawton guest hosts today.  Joined this segment by Wildrose health critic Drew Barnes to chat about hospital parking fees.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lawton in for Rob again today.  Joined by Allan Lichtman, Political Historian at American University in DC. He has correctly predicted the result of every presidential election since 1984. He says Trump is going to win this time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest after a second shooting and another night of riots in Charlotte, North Carolina Guest:  Jaweed Kaleem, Race and Justice Reporter for the LA Times covering the story in Charlotte, North Carolina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lawton is in for Rob today. He is joined by Postmedia's Kelly Mcparland to chat about the most recent liberal spending question- $200,000 for two staffers to move residences?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lawton in for Rob Breakenridge. Last October bus ads were pulled down in Edmonton that showed pictures of girls honour killed by their families and read "is your family threatening you? Is there a fatwa on your head? We can help: go to FightforFreedom.us"  The Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms is arguing for the free expression rights of this group. Joined by president John Carpay.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lawton takes the mic for Rob Breakenridge today. As the sex trade moves increasingly online are police sting operations effective in curbing prostitition? Joined by Loretta J Stalans Ph.D. Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Loyola University in Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Lawton fills in for Rob Breakenridge today. The Canadian government is looking to follow the lead of Australia with plain packaging for cigarettes, Andrew is joined by Caroline Evans from JTI-Macdonald Corp who says plain packaging doesn't work.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Freemen of the Land are in the news again. Sociologist Stephen Kent joins Rob to chat about the group and "paper terrorism." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Macdonald-Laurier institute has released it's Justice Report Card- and things don't look great for the legal system in Canada.    Rob is joined by Benjamin Perrin, Senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A study out of the the UK shows that the decision to seek treatment does not affect mortality rates of prostate cancer. Rob is joined by Dr James Dickinson, professor of family medicine and community health sciences at the U of C who conducted a study earlier this year showing PSA screening is not as effective as we thought. You can see the whole study from the UK here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220#t=article%20 You can see the U of C study here:https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2016-03-02/study-finds-psa-testing-does-not-change-prostate-cancer-mortality-rates   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is a good variety of professions represented on the Olympic consideration committee, but strangely enough no economist. Trevor Tombe, economics prof from the U of C joins Rob to chat about what the Olympics could mean, economically speaking.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You will no longer receive a reminder in the mail to renew your vehicle registration, this has some people seeing red over tickets they have received, Rob is joined by MLA of Calgary Varsity and Minister for the status of women and Service Alberta, Stephanie Mclean   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Ian Adams, senior fellow at R Street, a non profit non partisan public policy research organization in the states.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pastor Brian Coldwell has indicated to Education Minister David Eggen that the Spruce Grove Baptist Education Society will not comply with the GSA legislation.  With Global News reporter Kendra Slugoski   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veteran courts reporter Christie Blatchford chats with Rob about her new book and what cases have shaped her opinions of Canadian justice through the years,  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some strange business in the ethics committee at the legislature today as the chair temporarily recused herself in order to allow work to get done.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices