Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Today's guests: Ken Boessenkool - Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool Policy Advisors Bryan Passifiume – National Politics reporter with the Toronto Sun – National Post Federico Rossano is an Associate Professor in the department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego Scott Stinson - Writer based in Toronto and author of the Unobstructed Views newsletter Donald Savoie -...

Today's guest is Ted Barris - author & military historian. His latest book is "Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Hour" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta Minister of Education Sonya Sharpe, City Councillor - Ward 1  Tim Cook, Author and historian - His latest book is "The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The documentary "The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal" has its Alberta premiere Wednesday night at the Calgary International Film Festival before debuting on Amazon Prime this Friday. Rob speaks with Jake Gold,, band manager for The Tragically Hip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Roxana Spicer - Filmmaker & investigative journalist / Author - "The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the KGB, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: John Ibbitson, Writer-at-Large - Globe and Mail Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary Nose Hill Dave Snow, Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of Guelph and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Michael Wescott, Executive Director - Allies for a Strong Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun, Professor of Political Science,and International Relations - University of Toronto / Associate - Davis Center, Harvard University Alan Cross, Music writer/broadcaster/historian / Host of the Ongoing History of New Music on the Corus Radio Network Carol Off -Author - "At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age of Rage" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Today's guests: Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary / Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy - School of Public Policy Dr. Jonathan Stea -Clinical Psychologist & Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary / Author: "Mind the Science: Saving your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry" John Ivison, Political Journalist - National Post / Author - “Trudeau: The Educ...

Today's guests: Steve Ambler, Professor Emeritus at the University of Quebec at Montreal & David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy at the CD Howe Institute. Sabrina Grover - Vice-President - LRT on the Green Foundation Devin Dreeshen, Alberta Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Catharine Kavanagh, Western Stakeholder Director – Cardus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Today's guests: Dr. Monty Ghosh - Doctor of Internal Medicine & Addiction Medicine / Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine & Psychiatry - University of Calgary Marcus Kolga - Founder & Director - Disinfo Watch DisinfoWatch / Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute & CDA Institute Dr. Kieran Murphy - Author - "The Essence of Invention: Medicine and the Joy of Creativity" Le...

Today's guests: John Robson – Senior Fellow with the Aristotle Foundation. Adjunct Professor at Augustine College in Ottawa, historian, author, columnist, and documentary filmmaker Aidan Hollis – Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and President of Incentives for Global Health Troy Riddell – Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Guelph Keith Bald...

Today's guests: Stewart Bell – National investigative reporter for Global News  Richard Robertson - Director Research and Advocacy for B'nai Brith Canada Anna Stokke - Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Winnipeg  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Brian Kingston – President & CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association Daniel Schwanen – Senior Vice-President at the CD Howe Institute Dr. Paul Parks – President of the Alberta Medical Association Alan Cross – Host of the Ongoing History of New Music on the Corus Radio Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with actress and improv comedienne Lindsay Mullan, who is back in Calgary for a one-night-only improv comedy show this Friday at the Loose Moose Theatre Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Richard Robertson- Director Research and Advocacy with B'nai Brith Canada Pascal Chan - Senior Director, Transportation, Infrastructure & Construction with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce  Ian Lee, PhD - Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University Nadeem Esmail - Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

Today's guests: Kris Sims – Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Keyli Loeppky – Director of Alberta and Interprovincial Affairs for the CFIB Michael Davenport – Economist with Oxford Economics Canada Colin Craig - President of SecondStreet dot Org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests:  Ken Hodges – Former Professional Forester Anthony Housefather – Liberal MP for the Riding of Mount Royal, Quebec – Special Advisor to the PM on Jewish Community Issues and Anti-Semitism Dr. Mike Moffatt – Economist / Founding Director for the PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute Dr. Jason Kindrachuk – Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair at the University of Manit...

Today's guests: Ian Garner – Assistant Professor of Totalitarian Studies at the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw, Poland Steve Allan – Member of the Rethink the Green Line group Jen Beverly – Associate Professor of Wildland Fire at the University of Alberta Jack Lucas – Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Kent Fellows – Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Calgary / Associate Program Director of the Canadian Northern Corridor research program at The School of Public Policy / Fellow-in-Residence at the CD Howe Institute Richard Marceau – Vice President of External Affairs and General Counsel for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Today's guests: Omer Aziz – Former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Trudeau, Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, Author of "Brown Boy: A Memoir" Scott Stinson – Toronto-based Writer and author of the Unobstructed Views newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Roy Brander – former Calgary Senior Infrastructure Engineer Ariella Kimmel – Canadian who traveled to Vienna for the Taylor Swift Concert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests Michael Montanaro – Representative for EcoAi Water Solutions Canada Inc, distributor of SmartAcqua AI technology solution in Canada Brett Ireland – Chair of Tourism Industry Association of Alberta and Co-Founder of Jasper Brewing Co. and Maligne Distilling (which was meant to open July 24th) Bill Black – President and COO of the Calgary Construction Association Sara Parker – Analyst...

Today's guests: Negar Mojtahedi – Canadian Iranian Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker Dr. Lindsay Tedds – Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary Josue Ramirez – Former Founder and President of the Canada-Venezuela Democracy Forum, Former Venezuelan Diplomat and Minister of Agriculture in Miranda State, Venezuela Jessica Waite - Author, "The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards"...

Today's guests: Ritesh Kotak, Cybersecurity and tech analyst Laura Harth, Campaign Director Safeguard Defenders Charles Burton, Senior Fellow - Sinopsis / former diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Beijing Barry Hertz, Film Editor - Globe and Mail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Mike Holden, Chief Economist Business Council of Alberta Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics - University of Guelph / Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Larry Campbell, Former Vancouver Mayor / Former BC Chief Coroner / Former Senator Danny Gallagher, Author, writer and Montreal Expos historian / Author of the book “Genius” (Biography of Rick Mauran) Learn more about your ad choic...