Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

What is the endgame for fugitive BC murder suspects? Guest: Jooyoung Lee – Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto   Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer decides to keep federal election date where it is Guest: Michael Mostyn, CEO – B’nai Brith Canada   Opioid crisis forces a rethink on how the system helps patients deal with pain Guest: Lori Montgomery – Medical Leader, AHS Calgary Pain Program; clinical associate professor, Depts. Family Medicine and Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, U of Calgary   How Canadians view religion and religious symbols Guest: Jack Jedwab – president & CEO, Association for Canadian Studies   The downside of the e-scooter craze Guest: Amy Martyn – freelance writer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Council approves 60 million in budget cuts Guest: Jeromy Farkas - Councillor, Ward 11   Calgary’s arena deal: How we got here Guest: Jason Markusoff, Alberta correspondent - Maclean’s magazine   Calgary Folk Fest to allow cannabis consumption zone Guest: Sara Leishman - Executive Director, Calgary Folk Music Festival   Does Canada’s election date – which currently conflicts with a Jewish holiday - need to be changed? Guest: Shimon Koffler Fogel - President and CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does the economic evidence tell us about the impact of subsidizing pro sports arenas and stadiums? Guest: Brad Humphreys, economics professor - West Virginia University, specializing in the economics of sports   The costly dilemma of 24 Sussex Drive: spend millions to repair it or tear down a historic home Guest: Chris Selley – National Post columnist   More cases are collapsing as Alberta’s prosecutor shortage drags on Guest: Matthew Block, Secretary - Alberta Crown Attorneys Association   Alberta Matters: Photo Radar Guest: Ward Vanlaar, VP research - Traffic Injury Research Foundation   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chance Bensmiller, chuckwagon driver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why it's a mistake for Canada to ban paid plasma donations Guest: Peter Jaworski - Assistant Teaching Professor (Ethics) - Georgetown University and co-founder - DonationEthics.com   A fight for retail freedom in Manitoba Guest: Ramsey Zeid, manager of Winnipeg grocery store Food Fare   A rehabilitated black bear was shot and killed less than a two weeks after being release Guest: Clio Smeeton, president of the Cochrane Ecological institute   Another big day for hot dog eating legend Joey Chestnut – we take a closer look at the world of competitive eating Guest: Richard Shea, co-founder / president - Major League Eating Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Peter Jaworski - Assistant Teaching Professor (Ethics) - Georgetown University and co-founder - DonationEthics.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Ramsey Zeid, manager of Winnipeg grocery store Food Fare - they're fighting a provincial law which mandates that certain retailers must remain closed on holidays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing concern about foreign meddling in Canada’s upcoming election Guest: Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Relations - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University)   A pragmatic environmentalist’s case for LNG Guest: Blair King - BC-based Environmental Scientist with an interest in energy policy   As Calgary prepares to roll out an e-scooter sharing program, other cities are having second thoughts Guest: Jeremy Elrod, Nashville city council member   Boeing to pay out $100-million to families of those killed in two crashes of its 737 Max 8 planes Guest: Marc Moller - Partner in the law firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, New York / aviation litigation expert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Why Young Men” – what leads young men down a dangerous and violent path and how to stop it Guest: Jamil Jivani, author - "Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity" Visiting professor - Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law SchoolFounder - Citizen Empowerment Project   Ticketmaster faces $4.5-million in penalties after Competition Bureau investigation Guest: Josephine Palumbo - Deputy Commissioner for the Competition Bureau’s Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China has banned all Canadian meat imports. Should Canada be fighting back? Guest: Matt Gurney – National Post columnist   List of banned terrorist organizations now includes two neo-Nazi groups Guest: Leah West - former counsel with the Dept. of Justice, National Security Litigation & Advisory Group; soon-to-be part of the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University faculty as a lecturer of National Security and Intelligence   No charges to be laid against Lethbridge police officer who repeatedly ran over injured deer Guest: Ari Goldkind – criminal defence lawyer and legal commentator   The case for diet soda: an in-depth look at the science around artificial sweeteners Guest: Tamar Haspel – food and science journalist / Washington Post “Unearthed” columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IOC decision on 2026 Winter Olympics shows that it’s business-as-usual Guest: Christopher Dempsey - Founder and former co-chair - No Boston Olympics / Co-Author - "No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the Torch" Following controversy, Canadian military plans to rededicate Afghan War memorial Guest: David Pugliese - Ottawa Citizen reporter,  covering the Canadian military   Why “taxing the rich” rarely works out the way it’s supposed to Guest: Finn Poschmann - Resident Scholar at the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senate passes C-69 and C-48 – Alberta Senator Paula Simons on why she voted as she did Guest: Paula Simons – Independent Senator, Alberta   Elections Canada NOT paying influencers…anymore Guest: Amanda Connolly – Global News politics reporter   E-cigarettes: balancing the harm reduction benefits with the concern about underage use Guest: David Sweanor – Adjunct professor, faculty of law – University of Ottawa; Advisory Board Chair – Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethics (U of O)   Is technology ruining sport? – New technology called the video assistant referee, or VAR, has been used at the Women’s World Cup…and not everyone is a fan Guest: Andrew Potter – author, journalist, columnist; associate professor – McGill Institute for the Study of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Moshe Lander – Economist, Concordia University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guilty on all counts for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere Guest: Rick Ross - Cult Expert; Executive Director of Cult Education Institute; author, “Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out”    “One Giant Leap” – 50 years after the moon landing, a reflecting on the legacy of Apollo 11 Guest, Charles Fishman – author of “One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew us to the Moon”   Finding Aliens (and their planets) – Is there life out there? Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak – Senior Astronomer, Institute Fellow, SETI Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The environmentalist’s case for TMX Guest: Ed Whittingham - environmental policy expert, former Pembina Institute executive director   “350 Days” – A revealing look at the realities of the professional wrestling business Guest: Fulvio Cecere, producer/director – “350 Days”   Cannabis tax revenues – are Canadian governments collecting as much as they expected? Guest: Michael Armstrong, associate professor – Goodman School of Business, Brock University   Cannabis border issues – why an even decades-old arrest can get you banned from the U.S. Guest: Len Saunders, Immigration lawyer based in Washington State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New poll on whether Canadians agree with the MMIWG inquiry report on whether Canada guilty of “genocide” / Quebec’s Bill 21 and the implications for religious freedom Guest: Jack Jedwab – president and CEO, Association for Canadian Studies   How to Break the Pipeline Logjam Guest: Joseph Quesnel – Program Manager, MacDonald-Laurier Institute   We now know how much Calgary spent in exploring an Olympic bid Guest: Erin Waite – NoCalgaryOlympics Communications lead   Hong Kong Protests – Why millions of Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets Guest: Sarah Cook – senior research analyst at Freedom House and director of the China Media Bulletin; author of The Battle for China’s Spirit on religious freedom under Xi Jinping   New U of C study suggests teen sexting is associated with delinquency, sexual behaviors & mental health issues Guest: Camille Mori – masters student in the University of Calgary’s Determinants of Child Development Lab, and lead author on the study Learn more about your ad ch

Unlimited data plans now available… but are there strings attached? Guest: Shruti Shekar, reporter – MobileSyrup.com   House of Commons kills, and then resurrects and accepts, a motion on ending veteran homelessness Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National – Ottawa correspondent Guest: Ray McInnis, Royal Canadian Legion   The dangers of “stalkerware” Guest: Christopher Parsons, senior research associate – Citizen Lab (University of Toronto)   New study finds low levels of THC are not associated with an increased crash risk Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, associate professor – UBC dept. of emergency medicine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudeau government to reject most of the Senate’s proposed C-69 amendments Guest: Martha Hall Finlay, president & CEO – Canada West Foundation   Child marriage in Canada – still very much a reality Guest: Alissa Koski, Assistant Professor - Department of Epidemiology, McGill University   Ottawa wants to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021 – but how will that work? Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada - Restaurants Canada   The risks and unintended consequences of a cyberattack strategy Guest: Ken Barker, professor of computer science – University of Calgary   More than 50 years after the band was founded, Calgary’s The Stampeders still going strong Guest: Rich Dodson, singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, vocalist, founding member – The Stampeders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary business owners rally as city council tackles the property tax mess Guest: Kelly Doody, founder & owners – The Social School   The Liberals want to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021 Guest: Tristin Hopper, Edmonton-based National Post contributor   “A Stranded Nation” – a new documentary on the Canadian oil and gas sector Guest: Heidi McKillop, Director and Producer of A Stranded Nation   C.D. Howe Institute on the cost and feasibility of universal pharmacare Guest: Rosalie Wyonch, policy analyst, C.D. Howe Institute   Why a dog’s stress might be mirroring its owner’s stress Guest: Dr. Stanley Coren, dog behavior expert / Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two key Senate decisions regarding Bills C-48 and C-69 Guest: Alberta Senator Paula Simons   Calgary small business making their voices heard (Rally outside city hall at 7:30 a.m. Monday) Guest: Jill Belland, co-founder Barre Belle Studios   Has cannabis legalization succumbed to “corporate greed and monopolization”? Guest: Patrick Parsons, Media Director of the Calgary Cannabis Club   Three years since the legalization of medical assistance in dying –an event in Calgary to mark the occasion and to discuss the challenges that remain Guest: Shanaaz Gokool, CEO Dying with Dignity Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices