Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Brendon Ogmundson - Chief economist of the BC Real Estate Association, joined Adam to discuss the BCREA housing forecast predicting residential sales to rise this year by 16.9%.

The final decision in the US presidential election is still unknown – but how would either of the candidates impact US/Canada relations? Adam spoke with Max Cameron, Professor, Department of Political Science, UBC, about Canada and US relations.

Gavin McGarrigle, western regional director, Unifor, joined Adam to discuss the many promises made on the economic recovery for the province by the NDP during the election.

Oregon has voted to decriminalize small possession amounts for drugs. Scott Bernstein, Director of Policy, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, joined Adam to talk about this move by Oregon and if this would be an appropriate measure to take in BC.

In this hour, SafeCareBC wants the province to expand testing for care homes where someone has tested positive. Jen Lyle, CEO, SafeCareBC, joined Adam to talk about what they would like to be done. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In this hour, Ryan Rhodes, exercise psychologist and director of the Behavioural Medicine Lab at the University of Victoria, joined the program to chat about how people can stay active this winter bearing in mind COVID safety protocols. Later, four people died in an attack in Vienna this week. Ken Christie, Head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding Program at Royal Roads University, spoke with...

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses the City of Victoria potentially giving tax payer funded bus passes to homeless individuals camping in Victoria parks.

In this hour, an Asian giant hornet has been found in Abbotsford. Gail Wallin, executive director, Invasive Species Council of BC, joined Adam to talk about the discovery of this invasive hornet. Adam closes out the show by taking calls from listeners.  

An Asian giant hornet has been found in Abbotsford. Gail Wallin, executive director, Invasive Species Council of BC, joined Adam to talk about the discovery of this invasive hornet.

Ryan Rhodes, exercise psychologist and director of the Behavioural Medicine Lab at the University of Victoria, joined the program to chat about how people can stay active this winter bearing in mind COVID safety protocols.

Four people died in an attack in Vienna this week. Ken Christie, Head of the Human Security and Peacebuilding Program at Royal Roads University, spoke with Adam about what is known about this attack.

SafeCareBC wants the province to expand testing for care homes where someone has tested positive. Jen Lyle, CEO, SafeCareBC, joined Adam to talk about what they would like to be done.

In this hour, a new UBC study shows that teens who participate in extracurricular activities have less screen time – and better mental health. Eva Oberle, assistant professor with the Human Early Learning Partnership in the UBC school of population and public health and lead author of study, spoke with Adam about how screen time impacts mental health. Later, over the weekend there were 1,120...

In this hour, we hear from Isobel Mackenzie, British Columbia's seniors advocate, for the release of the survey report Staying Apart to Stay Safe about the impact of long-term care and assisted-living visit restrictions. Later, Masks used to be a quick way for a store owner to ID a robber, but now with everyone wearing them has it made it more difficult to identify? Rob Gordon, Professor of Crimin...

In this hour, The pandemic has increased the struggles in many aspects of life – food insecurity being one of them. Jennifer Black, associate professor of Food, Nutrition and Health at UBC and member of the Public Health and Urban Nutrition Research Group, spoke with Adam about how the pandemic has widened food insecurity in Canada. Adam also takes calls from listeners.

In the first hour of today’s show, Adam discusses Victoria potentially giving out free bus passes to homeless individuals in the region.

A new UBC study shows that teens who participate in extracurricular activities have less screen time – and better mental health. Eva Oberle, assistant professor with the Human Early Learning Partnership in the UBC school of population and public health and lead author of study, spoke with Adam about how screen time impacts mental health.

Masks used to be a quick way for a store owner to ID a robber, but now with everyone wearing them has it made it more difficult to identify? Rob Gordon, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, spoke with Adam about this adverse effect of mask wearing.

The pandemic has increased the struggles in many aspects of life – food insecurity being one of them. Jennifer Black, associate professor of Food, Nutrition and Health at UBC and member of the Public Health and Urban Nutrition Research Group, spoke with Adam about how the pandemic has widened food insecurity in Canada.

Over the weekend there were 1,120 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province – 830 of which were in Fraser Health. What does BC need to do to get this pandemic back under control? Peter Berman, Professor and Director, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia and Adjunct Professor in Global Health at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, joined the pro...

Adam talks with Professor Tania Bubela, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and co-author of the Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 report about the misrepresentation of Covid-19 data and why its a problem. 

In this hour Adam talks with Professor Tania Bubela, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and co-author of the Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19 report about the misrepresentation of Covid-19 data and why its a problem. Adam also takes calls from listeners. 

In this hour, Manitoba’s cases of COVID-19 are soaring, causing them to go back into lockdown. Is BC headed along the same path, or can we still turn our curve around? Daniel Coombs, a UBC mathematics professor who has been working with the provincial government in developing its COVID-19 projections, spoke with Adam about judging our COVID curve. Adam closes out the show by taking calls fro...

In this hour, The US election is tomorrow. Paul Quirk, Professor, Department of Political Science, joined Adam to discuss what will happen tomorrow. Later, Adam takes calls from listeners.

Manitoba’s cases of COVID-19 are soaring, causing them to go back into lockdown. Is BC headed along the same path, or can we still turn our curve around? Daniel Coombs, a UBC mathematics professor who has been working with the provincial government in developing its COVID-19 projections, spoke with Adam about judging our COVID curve.