Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Today's guests: Tristin Hopper, National Post Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director - Canadian Constitution Foundation Mick West, Author, debunker / Author - "Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect" Grant MacDonald, Chief Operating Officer - Sport Tourism Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today'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" Kristina Barnes, Manager - Communications and Media Relations at The Calgary Stampede Dr. Nathan Stall, Geriatrician at Sinai Health in Toronto / Assistant scientific director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table Mark Scholz, CEO - Canadian Association of Energy Contractors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Jason Schilling, president - Alberta Teachers' Association Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta Minister of Advanced Education Richard C. Owens, Senior fellow - Macdonald-Laurier Institute / adjunct professor of law at the University of Toronto Jason Colavito, Author & researcher /  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Alan Cross, music writer/broadcaster/historian / Host - The Ongoing History of New Music podcast Mark Arnold, Toronto-based lawyer, certified specialist in civil litigation (represented four families of those killed aboard Flight 752) Andy Ellis, Ellis Global Risk Assessment / former CSIS assistant director of operations Matt Gurney, National Post columnist Jill Clayton, Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Emmett Macfarlane, Associate Chair, Graduate Studies / Associate Professor - Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo Emily Laidlaw, Associate Professor -  Faculty of Law / Canada Research Chair - Cybersecurity Law, University of Calgary Ted Morton, Fellow at the School of Public Policy / Former Alberta finance minister Robert Gagné, Director of the Centre for Productivity and Prosperity – Walter J. Somers Foundation at HEC Montréal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Peter McCaffrey, President - Alberta Institute Brian Dijkema, Vice President of External Affairs at Cardus Diane J Brisebois, President / CEO - Retail Council of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. David N. Fisman, Professor in the Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Imran Ahmed, CEO - Centre for Countering Digital Hate Christian Leuprecht, Munk Senior Fellow in Security and Defence at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ken Bossenkool, J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice, Max Bell School of Public Policy - McGill University / Research Fellow - CD Howe Institute Jules Boykoff, Professor and Department Chair - Pacific University in Oregon, Department of Politics and Government Dr. Joanne Liu, McGill University’s School of Population and Global Healthfocusing on pandemic and health emergencies / Canadian representative on the WHO's Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Sophie Helpard, Director of Government Relations - Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Lorne Gunter, columnist - Edmonton Sun Blake Shaffer, Assistant Professor - Department of Economics, University of Calgary Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, Director- Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab Abby Deshman, Director of the CCLA's Criminal Justice Program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Brad Sorenson, CEO - Providence Therapeutics Dennis Mcconaghy, Former Executive Vice-President at TransCanada Corporation. -Author and Energy commentator ( doce.ca ) Eric Nuttall, Partner, Senior Portfolio Manager- Ninepoint  LP Dr. Harry Rakowski, Clinician Investigator, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) Dr. Zain Chagla, Assistant Professor of Medicine at McMaster University / Doctor specializing in internal medicine, tropical medicine, and infectious diseases   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Michael Geist, Law Professor & Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa Jonathan McDowell, Astronomer - Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics. Ashleigh Tuite, epidemiologist and mathematical modeller with the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health Janaya Matheson, Alberta Vaccine Hunters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Calgary-based author Marcello Di Cintio about his latest book "Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Rachel Notley, NDP Leader / Official Opposition Leader/ former premier Dr. Jim Kellner, pediatrician and subspecialist in pediatric infectious diseases. Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services for the Calgary Zone Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute / former CRTC vice-chair Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary, Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Diseases physician and scientist, based out of the Toronto General Hospital / Dept, of Medicine - University of Toronto Jason Schilling, President - Alberta Teachers Association Joe Comartin, Consul General of Canada in Detroit Michael Petrou, editor-in-chief at Open Canada / adjunct professor of history at Carleton University Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow, Institute of Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa, Advisory Board Member, Canada China ForumCanadian International Council (NCR) Board Edward Burlew, defence attorney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Michael Geist, Professor of Law / Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law - University of Ottawa Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Jenny Kwan, NDP shadow minister for Citizenship & Immigration, MP - Vancoiuver-East Tristin Hopper, columnist - National Post Catherine Fogarty, Author - "Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary"   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Dr. Jim Kellner, pediatrician and subspecialist in pediatric infectious diseases. Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services for the Calgary Zone Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International Affairs (National Security and Intelligence) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University / co-editor - "Stress Tested: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Canadian National Security." Ken Kobly, President and CEO of the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Dr Jennifer Mather, Professor at the University of Lethbridge (Expertise -Behaviour of cephalopod molluscs) / Scientific adviser - "My Octopus Teacher" (winner of Academy Award for Best Documentary)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with award-winning author and journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about his new book "Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(UPDATE ON THIS STORY HERE) Today's guests: John Shim, son of DQ franchisees Jukyung and Heesin Shim Licia Corbella, columnist - Calgary Herald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Mark Stephen, play-by-play voice of the Calgary Stampeders on 770 CHQR Karen Sorenson, Mayor of Banff Angela McLaughlin, UBC Doctoral Student  Dr. Leonard Waverman, Co-chair of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Telecommunications Policy Working Group / dean of the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danielle Kubes Millenal personal finance expert guests on "Afternoons" with Rob Breakenridge  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices