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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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C-10 and free speech; teens and vaccines; national security implications of COVID-19; rapid testing; incredible cephalopods 28.04.2021 1:01:30

Today's guests: Dr. Emily Laidlaw, Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Dr. Jim Kellner, pediatrician and subspecialist in pediatric infectious diseases. Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services for the Calgary Zone Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International...

"Empire of Pain" - The Sacklers, Oxycontin, and the opioid epidemic 27.04.2021 16:42

We spoke with award-winning author and journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about his new book "Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frustration as city of Calgary blocks rebuild of burnt restaurant 24.04.2021 22:05

(UPDATE ON THIS STORY HERE) Today's guests: John Shim, son of DQ franchisees Jukyung and Heesin Shim Licia Corbella, columnist - Calgary Herald Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CFL's plans for a season; Banff's pandemic response; where Canada's COVID cases came from; wireless policy 23.04.2021 43:08

Today's guests: Mark Stephen, play-by-play voice of the Calgary Stampeders on 770 CHQR Karen Sorenson, Mayor of Banff Angela McLaughlin, UBC Doctoral Student Dr. Leonard Waverman, Co-chair of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Telecommunications Policy Working Group / dean of the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danielle Kubes: The case against universal childcare 22.04.2021 9:12

Danielle Kubes Millenal personal finance expert guests on "Afternoons" with Rob Breakenridge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal budget; AstraZeneca eligibility; vaccine shoppers; Ontario's political turmoil 20.04.2021 52:41

Today's guests: Ken Coates, Munk Senior Fellow at MLI, the Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Diseases physician and scientist, based out of the Toronto General Hospital Jen Gerson, Journalist, writer, Co-founder of The Line Matt Gurney, Columnist - National Post Learn...

Campus free speech; Canada-China-Taiwan; How to make this "The Last Lockdown" 20.04.2021 37:34

Today's guests: Lindsay Shepherd, Author - "Diversity and Exclusion: Confronting the Campus Free Speech Crisis" Josh Rogin, Washington Post Columnist (covering foreign policy and national security) Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Work on Calgary event centre paused 15.04.2021 21:56

Guests: Mayoral candidate and Ward 11 Coun. Jeromy Farkas, mayoral candidate and Ward 3 Coun. Jyoti Gondek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding rare blood clots; vaccines & immunity; Canada #1; Federal $$ for Air Canada; Alberta's conservative infighting 15.04.2021 1:17:27

Today's guests: Dr Theodore Warkentin, clinical and laboratory hematologist and transfusion medicine director at Hamilton General Hospital / Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, and the Department of Medicine, at McMaster University Dr. Eleanor Fish, Professor of Immunology - University of Toronto Dr. Lynora Saxinger, ssociate Professor in the Department of Medicine an...

Vaccines weaken the case for lockdowns; Radical resolutions at NDP convention; Premier Kenney's political woes 12.04.2021 40:34

Today's guests: Dr. Matt Strauss, critical care physician, assistant professor of medicine at Queen’s University Terry Glavin, author/journalist/columnist Lorne Gunter, Columnist - Edmonton Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Revisiting Northern Gateway?; Green transition impact on jobs; Alberta's rising covid numbers; "Buy American" & protectionism 06.04.2021 44:35

Today's guests: David Knight Legg - chairman of the ESG Working Group of the Province of Alberta and CEO of Invest Alberta Corporation Francis Fong - managing director and senior economist with TD Economics Dr. Joe Vipond, Calgary ER doctor Scott Lincicome - Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the CATO Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaping & smoking: reverse gateway?; AstraZeneca vaccine update; hot housing market; the case for stimulus 01.04.2021 52:10

Today's guests: Prof. Ian Irvine, Professor of Economics at Concordia University / Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute Dr. Craig Jenne, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology Immunology and Infectious Diseases at The University of Calgary Robert Kavcic, Director and Senior Economist - BMO Capital Markets Craig Alexander, Chief Economist and Executive Advisor - Deloitte Canada...

Alberta curriculum changes; Alberta doctors reject government's offer; Childcare & economic recovery 01.04.2021 49:43

Today's guests: Dr. Carla Peck, Professor, Faculty of Education - Elementary Education, University of Alberta Dr. Nhung Tran-Davies, physician, author, mathematics advocate Dr. Lorian Hardcastle, associate professor in the faculty of law and Cumming School of Medicine - University of Calgary Ken Boessenkool, Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute / J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice at the M...

Supreme Court's carbon tax ruling; Black holes breakthrough; Police reform; Conservative climate infighting; Budget priorities 26.03.2021 58:33

Today's guests: Dwight Newman, Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law - University of Saskatchewan / Munk Senior Fellow (Constitutional law) with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Avery Broderick, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Waterloo and an Associate Faculty Member at the Perimeter Ins...

AstraZeneca confusion; Canada sanctions Chinese officials; More oil-by-rail?; the future of movie theatres 24.03.2021 43:50

Today's guests: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician / Clinician Investigator with Toronto General Hospital Research Institute Marcus Kolga, Senior Fellow at The Macdonald Laurier Institute / Director of DisinfoWatch.org Rory Johnston, managing director and market economist at Price Street Inc Victor Stiff, Senior Critic -That Shelf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Put consumers first; WE Charity testimony; Canada-China and the two Michaels 23.03.2021 48:22

Today's guests; Andrew Coyne - Globe & Mail columnist Jesse Brown, Publisher/Host, CANADALAND and Short Cuts Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow - Institute of Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Senior fellow and director of the Indo-Pacific program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montana's attorney general on the 21-state lawsuit to block Keystone cancellation 19.03.2021 9:38

We spoke with Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vaccines: AstraZeneca update; anniversary of first vaccine clinical trial 19.03.2021 25:02

Today's guests: Derek Lowe: Medical chemist / drug discovery researcher / author of the In The Pipeline blog Tara Haelle: science journalist, public speaker, and author of Vaccination Investigation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Barnes, "Bright Green Lies" 19.03.2021 12:15

We spoke with environmentalist and filmmaker Julia Barnes about her new documentary "Bright Green Lies" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaleb Dahlgren - "Crossroads" 18.03.2021 16:02

We spoke with former Humboldt Broncos assistant captain and bus crash survivor Kaleb Dahlgren about his new book "Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fukushima anniversary; proposal to raise Alberta highway speed limits; the problem with minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool 12.03.2021 40:08

Today's guests: Doug Saunders, columnist - The Globe & Mail Searle Turton - UCP MLA Spruce Grove - Stony Plain Phillip Cross, Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Concern raised over 16-week vaccine dose interval 11.03.2021 15:37

We spoke with Dr. Eleanor Fish, Professor, Department of Immunology - University of Toronto / Canada Research Chair in Women's Health & Immunobiology / Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Calgarians need to know about the "Guidebook for Great Communities" 11.03.2021 14:29

We spoke with Andre Chabot, former city councillor and current city council candidate for Ward 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bolstering vaccine development; Removing the monarchy (no easy task); Heritage Minister vs. Facebook 10.03.2021 38:41

Today's guests: Brad Sorenson, Founder & CEO - Providence Therapeutics Philippe Lagasse, Associate professor and William and Jeanie Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Michael Geist, law professor - University of Ottawa / Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avi Loeb, "Extraterrestrial"; Line 5 facing shutdown; Canada ranks low in "COVID Misery Index" 09.03.2021 43:15

Today's guests: Abraham (Avi) Loeb, Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University, chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative, and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation / Author - "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth" Dennis McConaghy, former executive - TC Energy / Author - "Break...