Synopsis
Join Rob Breakenridge weekday afternoons from 12:30pm - 3:00pm.
Episodes
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Trump lost - now what?
09/11/2020 Duration: 12minWe spoke with Rick Wilson, former Republican strategist, co-founder of The Lincoln Project, and two-time NY Times bestselling author ("Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump--and Democrats from Themselves" / "Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever") Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Promising news on the coronavirus vaccine front
09/11/2020 Duration: 12minWe spoke with Dr. Isaac Bogoch - Infectious Diseases physician and scientist, based out of the Toronto General Hospital Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Coronavirus mutation concerns in Denmark / How Manitoba became Canada's COVID hotspot
06/11/2020 Duration: 15minWe spoke with: Dr. Jason Kindrachuk - Assistant Professor – Viral Pathogenesis, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba - Canada Research Chair – Molecular pathogenesis of emerging & re-emerging viruses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Reallocating a portion of the police budget / Woolley 'not apologizing' for comments
05/11/2020 Duration: 16minWe spoke with Ward 8 city councillor Evan Woolley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A tale of two COVID apps; vaccine hesitancy; responsible partying; the case for exonerating Louis Riel
04/11/2020 Duration: 51minToday's guests: Ziad Fazel, Calgary-based engineer Maya Goldenberg, Professor - Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph (specializes in the issue of vaccine hesitancy) Lauren Holmes, Founder - PartyResponsibly.ca Keith Henry, President - British Columbia Métis Federation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rising Alberta COVID-19 cases; Keith Raniere sentenced; vaccine tracker; Tech sector calls for "prosperity plan"
29/10/2020 Duration: 50minToday's guests: Rachel Notley, Opposition leader / Alberta NDP leader Rick Ross, Cult expert / Executive Director of Cult Education Institute / Author "Cults Inside Out" Dr. Nicole Basta, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology - McGill University Ben Bergen, Executive director - Council of Canadian Innovators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Showdown over Conservative motion; airline refunds; residential parking fees; "Behind the Enigma"
22/10/2020 Duration: 45minToday's guests: David Akin, Global News Chief Political Correspondent Gabor Lukacs, Founder & President - Air Passenger Rights Shane Keating, Ward 12 City Councillor John Ferris, University of Calgary history professor / Author: "Behind the Enigma : The Authorized History of GCHQ: Britain's Secret Cyber-Intelligence Agency" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Controversial curriculum proposals; rising COVID-19 cases; addressing prolonged joblessness
21/10/2020 Duration: 34minToday's guests: Dr. Carla Peck - Professor, Social Studies Education / University of Alberta - Elementary Education Dr. Craig Jenne - Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine (University of Calgary) Dr. Tammy Schirle - Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and professor of economics at Wilfrid Laurier University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why a herd immunity strategy is so dangerous
19/10/2020 Duration: 14minWe spoke with Dr. David Fisman, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Toronto and also one of the signatories of the John Snow Memorandum: https://www.johnsnowmemo.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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More than 35 years later, police say they have solved the murder of Christine Jessop
16/10/2020 Duration: 17minWe spoke with Kirk Makin, former crime reporter with the Globe and Mail and currently Co-President of Innocence Canada Kirk is the author of the book "Redrum the Innocent" which looks at the investigation of the Christine Jessop murder and what led to the wrongful conviction of Guy Paul Morin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The October Crisis - 50 years later
08/10/2020 Duration: 14minWe spoke with Damien-Claude Bélanger, Associate professor of History at the University of Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Remembering Eddie Van Halen
08/10/2020 Duration: 12minWe spoke with music writer, historian, podcaster, and broadcaster Alan Cross Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The AFL wants a boycott of pro-UCP businesses
07/10/2020 Duration: 17minWe spoke with Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Rapid testing & airline travel; Canada's pandemic intelligence failure; sentencing for high-profile NXIVM member
02/10/2020 Duration: 41minToday's guests: Dr. Frederic Dimanche, Director - Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Ryerson University Greg Fyffe, Former Executive Director of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat in the Privy Council Office (2000-2008) and the current President of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies Rick Ross, Cult specialist & deprogrammer / founder and executive director The Cult Education Institute / author: "Cults Inside Out" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The bizarre case of the alleged ISIS hoaxer
30/09/2020 Duration: 12minWe spoke with Leah West, lecturer at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Harnarayan Singh: "One Game at a Time"
29/09/2020 Duration: 18minWe spoke with Harnarayan Singh, host & play-by-play voice for Hockey Night Punjabi and author of the new book "One Game at a Time: My Journey from Small-Town Alberta to Hockey's Biggest Stage" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Trump's tax returns reveal about him
29/09/2020 Duration: 11minWe spoke with Tim Miller, writer-at-large for The Bulwark / political director with Republican Voters Against Trump Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The prime minister's bizarre, unnecessary address to the nation
25/09/2020 Duration: 13minWe spoke with National Post columnist and editor Matt Gurney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Alan Cross on what makes a great album - and whether albums have a future
23/09/2020 Duration: 14minWe spoke with music writer/broadcaster/historian Alan Cross about Rolling Stone magazine's new Top 500 Albums of All Time list and whether artists are now moving away from the album as a means of releasing new music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices