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Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

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Join host, Rob Breakenridge, as he offers his unique perspective on the most talked-about stories of the day every weekday afternoon.

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Carbon tax poll followup- calls and texts 23.02.2017 10:42

Rob takes calls and reads some texts to get opinions on the Carbon Tax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carbon tax poll 23.02.2017 11:13

How do Albertans really feel about the Carbon Tax now that it is out and rolling? Quito Maggi, President and CEO of Mainstreet Research on what their recent poll has found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poll finds Albertans oppose carbon tax, support coal phase-out 23.02.2017 11:13

Quito Maggi, president and CEO of Mainstreet Research, discusses the results of a new poll that suggests more than half of Albertans oppose the carbon tax but support the NDP's plan for a coal phase-out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NASA announcement of 7 earth sized planets 22.02.2017 12:06

NASA announced today the discovery of 7 earth sized planets only 40 light years away from us. Joining Rob to add some context to this discovery: Dr. Nathalie Ouellette, research associate at Queen's University in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safe injection site locations announced in Edmonton 22.02.2017 21:35

The locations for 4 safe injection sites in Edmonton have been announced today. Dr. Elaine Hyshka, Dr. Elaine Hyshka Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at the U of A joins Rob to chat about what it means going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Religious discrimination and holocaust denial posters at the U of C 22.02.2017 6:15

Holocaust denial posters at the U of C, Imams seemingly praying for the death of jews, and M103. Michael Mostyn, CEO of B'Nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jailhouse beating of Douglas Garland 22.02.2017 10:24

Douglas Garland, convicted in the first degree murders of Alvin and Kathy Likness and their Grandson Nathan O'Brien has been beaten only days into his sentence. Global news crime reporter Nancy Hixt joins Rob to chat about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Caulfield tackles a few "V's" Vaccinations and Vitamin D 21.02.2017 11:15

What's the real deal with Vitamin D? Is it a miracle cure or are it's effects being exaggerated? And what can regional vaccination numbers tell us- how is the new Australian policy for vaccination going? Tim Caulfield is the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, Trudeau Fellow and Professor in the Faculty of Law and School of Public Health and the Research Director of the Health Law Inst...

M-103 and Islamophobia 21.02.2017 14:16

Salma Siddiqui, president of the Coalition of Progressive Canadian Muslim Organizations, chats with Rob Breakenridge about M-103, a motion that calls on MPs to study and find solutions to Islamophobia and systemic racism in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why declaring Montreal a sanctuary city could be a costly error 21.02.2017 15:35

With Professor Matthew P Harrington, law professor at the University of Montreal. You can read his column here http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-declaring-montreal-a-sanctuary-city-is-an-expensive-mistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being critical of extremist Islam is not Islamophobia 21.02.2017 13:25

Salma Siddiqui, President of the Coalition of Progressive Canadian Muslim Organizations says that being critical of radical Islam is not the same of Islamophobia. You can read her thoughts here: http://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/im-muslim-criticism-political-islam-cant-conflated-islamophobia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is The First Letter of Your Name Ruining Your Life? 15.02.2017 9:07

Economists from the University of Colorado have discovered that the first letter of your last name might be holding you back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should We Ban Trophy Hunting? 14.02.2017 17:57

A new organization in Calgary is hoping to ban trophy both in and outside of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Playboy magazine brings back naked women 14.02.2017 13:08

Playboy magazine reverses position, brings back photographs of naked women after year-long ban. Samir Husni, director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi, joins the show to share his insight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

M-103 explained 14.02.2017 11:38

Conservative Party Leadership hopeful Michael Chong, talks to Rob about M-103. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giving up alcohol for a year 10.02.2017 12:47

James Fell, columnist for the Chicago Tribune and contributor to AskMen and Men's Health, chats with Rob Breakenridge about his decision to give up drinking for a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preston Manning 03.02.2017 10:53

Preston Manning says this isn't the first time the right has tried to unite, he outlines an effort in 1966. You can read his piece here: http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/manning-this-isnt-the-first-time-albertans-have-grappled-with-uniting-the-right Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fat shaming really doesn't help for weight loss says study. 03.02.2017 8:55

A study out of Penn State University has shown that the pressures of "fat shaming" can cause people to gain weight. With Researcher Dr. Rebecca Pearl, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry from Penn's Centre for Weight and Eating Disorders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AUPE and Wildrose's call for a wage freeze 03.02.2017 13:17

AUPE President Guy Smith says, Wage freeze? no thanks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta's non existent air quality problem 02.02.2017 10:46

In 2015 an air quality test painted Red Deer with an alarming brush, pointing to dangerous levels of particulate matter in the air. But Warren Kindzierski, Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the U of A says he's had a look at it again, the findings aren't quite right. His column here: http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/albertas-ndp-politicians-are-determined-to-fix-an...

Its the oil price stupid 02.02.2017 16:06

Trevor Tombe, assistant prof of Economics at the U of C and Research Fellow at the School of Public policy has penned a piece outlining what defines the rebound of Alberta's industry. His piece here http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/its-the-oil-price-stupid/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bad Science Talk 02.02.2017 14:40

Michael Kruse from Bad Science Watch is going to be in town this weekend giving a talk at the Centre for Inquiry Calgary. What does he think of the current policies and government's relationship to sound science? More about the event here http://www.cficanada.ca/author/cfi-calgary/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trumps policies, illegal immigration, relationship with Mexico, and NAFTA 02.02.2017 11:51

What if Trump's policies inadvertently cause more illegal immigration? Israel Ortega is a senior writer at Opportunity Lives, you can read his piece on the subject here: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-trumps-protectionism-will-cause-more-illegal-immigration/article/2613522 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heart and Stroke Foundation cautions against ads geared to children 01.02.2017 8:48

In their annual report on health the Heart and Stroke Foundation has cautioned against food and drink ads aimed at kids and called for restrictions. Kate Chidester, VP of Health and Research for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radicalization- with a former neo-nazi 01.02.2017 11:09

How does radicalization happen? And what is the true state of the extreme right in Quebec and Canada? Rob is joined by former neo-nazi skinhead Maxime Fiset. Fiset now studies radicalization and political science at the Universite Laval and consults with the Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence in Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices