Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Joined by Sharon Polsky, Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And what it could mean for interprovincial politics and business.  With guest Trevor Tombe, Assistant Professor of Economics from the University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, and author of the book "Confessions of an Alien Hunter" about whether Russian scientists might have detected an actual alien signal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Lydia Miljan, senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and associate professor of political science at the University of Windsor. And Kelly Carmichael, Executive Director of Fair Vote Canada.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Blair King, A practicing environmental scientist who works outside of Vancouver and Blogs on issues surrounding the use of scientific data in environmental decision making Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by Brian Ramsey, Executive Director of the CFL Players' Association.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Regular caller Mac on what she thinks about Calgary Police marching in the pride parade.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with NDP MLA Rod Loyola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Featuring: David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief Sun Media Jen Gerson, National Post Stephen Gordon, Economics Prof at Laval University, blogger and columnist   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the investigation into his leaked cell data.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Featuring guest: Erich Hartmann from the Mowat Centre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guests include: Bill Robinson, AGLC President and CEO. Paula Simons, Columnist for the Edmonton Journal, and David Hartwick, VP of Northern Hills Community Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Kenney joins us to talk about his truck tour across Alberta and other current events.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Olympians are showing up with bug purple spots on their bodies because of "cupping" but does it even do anything? Kate Lunau, Canada Editor for Motherboard with Vice News.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two guests join us to chat brewery taxes and subsidies: First: Derek Fildebrandt, Wildrose Shadow Finance Minister Second: Terry Rock, Executive Director of the Alberta Small Brewers Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we tracked down investigative postmedia journalist Bob Mackin to speak about birth tourism in BC this week, we found him in Rio. So we chatted about both.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Taube, Troy Media syndicated columnist and Washington Times contributor, was a speechwriter for former prime minister Stephen Harper joins us to chat about the DNC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by former PC MLA and founder of viewpoints Alberta Donna Kennedy-Glans to discuss the what, and why of PPA's. Why PPAs exist, what the point of creating them was, whether the PCs were out of line to have done so, whether they really have been a raw deal for consumers, and whether the NDP should have known about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You may have noticed Safeway is much different under Sobey's ownership- and you may not like it. Discussing how the transition has gone poorly Hollie Shaw joins us from the Financial post. You can read her whole piece here: http://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/how-sobeys-screwed-up-safeway-in-a-messy-takeover-that-left-empty-shelves-massive-losses-and-drove-customers-away Learn...

It seemed like a silly bandwagon jumping thrill ride at the time- but last year's craze of the ice bucket challenge for ALS actually helped fund a gene discovery associatied with the disease. Our guest is Dr. John Landers, Professor of neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School who discovered the gene.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today police officer James Forcillo was sentenced on charges for the murder of Sammy Yatim to 6 years. Anthoney Furey, columnist and editorial write for Sun papers joined Rob today to discuss the proceedings and the case.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Edmonton chef Paul Shufelt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duncan Kinney from Progress Alberta defending the government's decision to go to court with power companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Albertan Oilsands advocacy group is facing some criticism this week after sharing a poster depicting two women kissing in an attempt to highlight the human rights issues in other oil producing nations such as Saudi Arabia. Oilsands advocate, and a designer of the poster Robbie Picard joined Rob today to explain his intentions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices