Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Derek Fildebrandt, Wildrose MLA for Brooks-Strathmore, is hosting a town hall in Strathmore Wednesday evening to discuss uniting the right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorraine Somerfeld from Driving.ca joins Rob to chat about how the horn may have become a bully tool on the road. Read her piece here: http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/a-car-horn-should-be-used-sparingly-not-as-a-bullys-bullhorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the mountains patrons in barbershops and other businesses can now sip booze while they wait provided the business has a liquor license. What about in Alberta? Michelle Hynes-Dawson AGLC Director, Marketing and Communications joins Rob.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David French, writer and fellow for the National Review Institute takes us through the facts around the immigration and travel orders issued by President Donal Trump this week. You can read his piece here: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444370/donald-trump-refugee-executive-order-no-muslim-ban-separating-fact-hysteria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob and Rachel Browne from Vice News look back at how the Quebec shooting was reported yesterday, how information and misinformation spread in the wake of the tragedy.  Her piece here: https://news.vice.com/story/anatomy-of-a-terror-story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Balay was given a $465 ticket for having a crack in his driver's license. He joins Rob to tell the tale.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does this ban mean, what does it really accomplish and how will this pan out? With Reason.com editor Matt Welch.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC may be moving towards raising their legal smoking age to 21. What difference will that make? With Canadian Cancer Society Advocacy Lead  Jenny Byford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Kenney joins Rob to share his thoughts on Jean's move to unite the right and Stephen Khan dropping out of the race.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With one of the minds behind the machine, Tuomas Sandholm, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is being billed as a "tour de force" for science, human stem cells have been implanted in a chimera embryo. The idea is to eventually help grow human organs for transplantation. But it is raising some ethical eyebrows.  Bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan joins Rob from New York University.  More here http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/scientists+create+human+chimera+embryos+grow+human+cells+98thi...

Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress joins Rob Breakenridge to chat about why renegotiating NAFTA could be an 'opportunity' for Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by former PC leadership candidate and MLA Thoma Lukaszuk to discuss uniting the right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A study has found that job applicants with foreign sounding names are less likely to get job interviews despite having the same qualifications as those with western sounding names. Study author Jeffrey Reitz from the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Renter's Action Movement is pushing for controls on rent increases in Calgary. Member and organizer Peter Driftmaer joins Rob on air to chat about the group.  You can find more about the group here https://www.facebook.com/Renters-Action-Movement-Calgary-1746596302247213/?fref=ts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Public Policy Forum has released a report on the state of media in Canada including the influence of fake news and how to combat it.  Rob is joined by PPF President Edward Greenspon.  You can see the report at https://shatteredmirror.ca/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Tyler Moore has passed awat at the age of 80. Joining Rob to chat about her life and legacy, Steve Boettcher; Producer of Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration. A PBS special film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new film called "Gold" is based on the Calgary based Bre-x scandal. Sunny Freeman from the Financial Post joins Rob to chat about the truth behind the tale.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto Police are investigating an incident where officers threatened to seize a man's phone for filming a tasering. Privacy Lawyer David Fraser (Blog.privacylawyer.ca) joins Rob Breakenridge to chat about the legalities of filming the police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dean and Professor of the University of Guelph Agricultural College joins Rob to chat about apples that don't turn brown and other genetically modified food.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob reviews some of the past comments made by politicians in reference to the Keystone XL and then takes callers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary council has decided to go ahead with renaming Langevin Bridge to Reconciliation Bridge. Only one councillor voted against the motion, joining Rob Breakenridge on air to explain why, Councillor Jim Stevenson.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest: Randy Faust Rob chats with Randy Faust who used math to prove at least one photo radar camera in Calgary is broken! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlene Dickinson joins guest host Andrew Lawton on air to share her reservations about Kevin O'leary as a candidate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative Leadership Candidate Kevin O'Leary joins guest host Andrew Lawton on air to chat about his entrance to the race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices