Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

‘I just want to go back’: Canadian ISIS fighter captured in northern Syria speaks out.  Our Stewart Bell has the story, and joins Rob to share the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob speaks with Canada Action co-founder and spokesperson Cody Battershill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that the USMCA is a done deal, what comes next?  Rob speaks with Hugh Stephens, Executive Fellow with The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What the hell happened after UFC 229 the other night? Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal breaks down the melee after the fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob speaks with author Fred Litwin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samir Kayande, RS Energy Group Director, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ward 6 Coun. Jeff Davison joins Rob to discuss the city's Event Centre Committee findings and the possible renewal of discussions with Calgary Sports & Entertainment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Kaye, VP of Operations for 420 Clinic and 420 Premium Market, joins Rob to discuss being one of two licensed recreational cannabis retailers to open in Calgary on October 17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal gov't has approved covering the costs for expensive drug Spinraza for patients with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy, but patients with type 2 and type 3 are still having to foot the bill for their treatment. And the bill is steep.  Kira Leavitt-Palmer's son Evan is type 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former long-time Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons joins Rob to look back at her career in journalism and to look ahead to the challenges of being a new senator from Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Scott Sheppard, astronomer and staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Anindya Sen with the C.D. Howe institute joins Rob to look at existing stock levels of cannabis for legal sale and consumption starting Oct. 17 and why the country could be facing a shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary Councillor Jeromy Farkas joins Rob to discuss the lack of clarity in the finances for a proposed 2026 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Beryl Wajsman, editor-in-Chief of The Suburban Newspaper Group and founder & president of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Keenan, professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary, joins Rob to discuss the latest Facebook breach affecting 50 million users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Laurin, director of research at C.D. Howe Institute, joins Rob to discuss his study of the 2016 federal tax hike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Lafleur, senior policy analyst with the Fraser Institute, joins Rob to look at who the minimum wage earners really are in Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with veteran pollster John Wright, CEO of DART Insight and Communication.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with National Post columnist Chris Selley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roberto Noce, condo and real estate lawyer with Miller Thomson, joins Rob after apartment and condo rental company Boardwalk announced a ban on marijuana use and cultivation in their properties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices