Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Media Bailout Guest: Andrew Potter, Author, journalist / Former editor - Ottawa Citizen RCMP Fires Disabled Officers Guest: Jane Gerster, Global News features reporter Bartenders Liable Guest: Ari Goldkind, Lawyer Guy Gavriel Kay International best-selling author, Latest book - A Brightness Long Ago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Vegan Food a Right? Guest: Camille Labchuk, Executive Director, Animal Justice Transit Pay Pilot Guest: Aurelio Perri, Global News Fort Calgary Beer Guest: Adriano Di Marino, Commander in Cheif, Elite brewing & Cidery Emergency Preparedness Guest: Jack Rozdilsky, Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, School of Administrative Studies, York University Learn more abo...

Adriano Di Marino with Elite Brewery & Eatery joins Rob to discuss the legal battle his group is facing with the City of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hockey Calgary Decision Guest: Danielle Melnuk – Spokesperson Steel Tariffs Guest: Dan Ciuriak, Fellow-in-Residence with the C.D. Howe Institute, Senior Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Director and Principal, Ciuriak Consulting Inc. Spoilers Guest: Andy Prest, North Shore news sports editor and lifestyle columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Bill C-48 Voted Down Guest: Senator Paula Simons Mobile Phone Competition Guest: Laura Sonley, Senior Competition Law Officer Replacing Phoenix Pay System Guest: Marianne Hladun, PSAC Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairie Region Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doctors' Rights vs. Patients' Rights Guest: Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Director, Equality Program - Canadian Civil Liberties Association AI in the Real World Guest: Joanna Bryson, Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath Calgary Plastics Ban Guest: Druh Farrell, Councilor Ward 7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump's China Tariffs Guest: Dan Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel - Center for Trade Policy Studies (Cato Institute) Amber Alert Complaints Guest: Karen Chymy, Director of Operations, Canadian Centre for Child Protection Kids in Hot Cars Guest: Amber Rollins, Director - KidsandCars.org Peter MacKay on Mark Norman Case Guest: Peter MacKay, Former Conservative Cabinet Minster Learn more about y...

Canada Chamber Election Demands Guest: Phil Taylor, Senior Director of Public Affairs - Canadian Chamber of Commerce Weinstein Lawyer/Professor's Job Saved Guest: Robby Soave, Associate Editor at Reason.comAuthor of "Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump" Kenney Punts Carbon Levy Guest: Andrew Leach, Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Canadians and Fake News Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice President, Ipsos Talent Importing to Canada Guest: Irfhan Rawji, CEO MobSquad Contraceptives for Kids Guest: Dr. Giosi Di Meglio, Adolescent health specialist in Montreal and the author of the Canadian Paediatric Society’s position statement on universal access to no-cost contraception for youth in Canada. Canadians are Gas Guzzlers Guest: Blake Sh...

Liberals Dodge Norman Bullet Guest: Matt Gurney, National Post Columnist, Charites Security Funding Issues Guest: Stewart Bell, Investigative Journalist - Global News Should Facebook be Broken Up? Guest: Jennifer Huddleston, Research Fellow, Mercatus Centre, George Mason University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Mack Lamoureux, senior reporter with Vice Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The newly exonerated Vice-Admiral Mark Norman says he was alarmed by the persistent belief among senior government officials that he was guilty, and that their false assumptions took a significant financial and emotional toll on him and on his family. Guest: Brian Platt, National Post Parliament Hill Reporter Sending warships through the area as a demonstration of its right and ability to transit...

Taken together, the 70 proposed amendments to C-69, obtained by the National Post, would represent a deep and structural reconfiguration of a bill that has been met with scorn by the oil and gas sector. Guests: Senator Doug Black and Senator Paula Simons The Blue Ribbon Panel on Alberta’s Finances has been directed to do a deep dive into Alberta’s finances and economy. The focus will be on identif...

This month's edition of National Geographic magazine has an article about the Alberta Oilsands, published April 11th. Guest: Deborah Jaremko, Oilsands editor with the Daily Oil Bulletin and editor of jwnenergy.com The UCP government will require Alberta post-secondary institutions to adopt controversial free speech policies based on U.S. principles that allow speakers, no matter how “unwelcome, di...

Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has ruled in a split decision that a federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional. Guest: Martin Olszynski, Associate Professor at University of Calgary's Faculty of Law Terrorism wording - don't water it down! Guest: Phil Gurski, President & CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Woman challenges mandatory roadside testing Guest: Jennifer Teryn, Attorney repre...

Canada West Foundation out with another report into Bill C-69 and the concerns for the energy industry. Guest: Marla Orenstein, Director of Natural Resources Centre with the Canada West Foundation The commissioner of the National Hockey League hit back Wednesday at the notion of banning any kind of head contact in hockey, telling a parliamentary panel that such a rule would be impossible to enforc...

Taps are turning…or are they? – Jason Kenney has officially proclaimed the Notley legislation to Turn off the Taps. What does this mean? Is this even legal? Eric Adams – Professor, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law joins the show. New gov’t, new economy – how to balance the AB budget – a new report published by the School of Public Policy, "Balancing Alberta's Budget by 2022 is Only Part of Al...

Wild Rose Brewery, a cornerstone of Alberta's craft beer business, could soon be snapped up by Sleeman Breweries, the third-largest brewing company in Canada. Both brewers confirmed to CBC. Don Tse - Beer Writer and Consultant joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you could make your online avatar as attractive as you wanted, would you? It turns out that for most, some minor tweaks will do, according to a new study. Eleni Stroulia, professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This new book promises to be the start of a revolution in the way we think about food. Ruth Reichl – author of “Save Me the Plums”; best-selling author of “Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise”; former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The controversial appointee by the Notley gov’t, Ed Whittingham (AB Energy Advisor) has resigned-saying he cannot support the direction the Kenney governmt is going. Cody Battershill – founder of Canada Action, a pro-oilsands advocacy group joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BCs premier thinks AB oil companies are gouging BC Drivers & that AB should put in more refineries. Which would be great-if we had a way to get them the gas. Blair King – BC-based Environmental Scientist (with an interest in energy policy) joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new column attempts to explain why the fake meat phenom. IS such a phenom. (Rob is not buying in BTW). Sylvain Charlebois - Senior Director, Agrifood Analytics Lab; Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two students have been studying the benefits of micro-dosing LSD and mushrooms; trying to see whether psychedelics could be beneficial to mental health. Thomas Anderson - PhD Student, Cognitive Neuroscience, Dept of Psychology, U of T; Research Director, Center for Psychedelic Studies and Rotem Petranker - Associate Director, Center for Psychedelic Studies, U of T; PhD Student, Clinical Psychology...

Despite being told to clean up their act, Facebook is NOT respecting privacy rules-according to a new report by the BC and federal privacy commissioners. Michael McEvoy – Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices