Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

A new report out shines a spotlight on just how much food Canadians waste. Martin Gooch is the author of the report and joins Rob to discuss his findings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Burnaby-South by-election is turning out to be a trainwreck of a campaign for the Liberals.  We get the latest on the Karen Wang saga from Global's Richard Zussman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Marie Kondo phenomenon is sweeping up people looking to tidy up. But, as people start to declutter – should they be mindful of where they're looking to dump their unwanted items?  Kate Bahen is the managing director of Charity Intelligence and shares with us some thoughts on where those unwanted items sometimes end up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you have a problem with the Gillette ad, maybe you should look at the man in the mirror?  We talk about the reaction to the commercial with Robby Soave, associate editor at Reason.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dig deeper into the possibility of First Nations putting in a bid for Trans Mountain. Rob speaks with Chief Michael LeBourdais, chief of the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band and chair of the TULO Centre for Indigenous Economics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New research shows the anti-science crowd aren’t as smart as they think they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where area Canada-China relations at, and where might they go in the days to come? We talk with Charles Burton, a senior consultant on Chinese affairs to agencies of the Government of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drumheller-Stettler MLA Rick Strankman joins Rob to explain why he is leaving the United Conservative Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob talks with one of the co-owners of Revival Brewcade about a strange quirk with AGLC they're having to deal with because they're currently not brewing their own craft beer on site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob starts the program with some thoughts after news of the grave medical condition of our friend and colleague, Peter Watts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob talks with Blair King, an Environmental Scientist w/an interest in energy policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New TV hardware might cost you less because some manufacturers are taking information about what you are watching and selling that data.  Would you rather pay more for a TV and retain your privacy?  Rob talks with Tom Keenan, a professor at the University of Calgary, Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and author of the best-selling book Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the C...

Rob talks with Kyle Matthews, Executive Director for The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathleen Martens is covering the Gidimt’en checkpoint story for APTN News and joins Rob to share the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TIFF has curated a special collection of films from the year 1999 - which some argue is one of the more recent years in history that seemed to amass a library of great cinema.  Brad Dean, senior manager for the TIFF Cinematheque, joins Rob to talk about why movies from that year are so memorable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the right way to put a deer in distress out of its misery?  Rob speaks with Dr. Nigel Caulkett, a professor with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary and an expert in the safe capture of wildlife, anaesthesia and euthanization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The number of people dying in clothing donation bins seems to be strange. Can anything be done?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It may sound unbelievable, but Canada’s revised laws on impaired driving could see police demand breath samples from people in bars, restaurants, or even at home. And if you say no, you could be arrested, face a criminal record, ordered to pay a fine, and subjected to a driving suspension.  Rob talks with Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

As the feds are working on reworking Canada's Food Guide, there are concerns from some quarters about what might be in it... and not in it.  But is the whole exercise flawed to begin with?  Rob speaks with Dr. Andrew Samis, a surgeon and critical care specialist with an interest in human diet and stroke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should be recall legislation be on the books in Alberta?  The CTF thinks so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How are organizers of Canada's yellow vest movement reacting and responding to threats made on their Facebook page against the Prime Minister?  Global News reporter Stewart Bell has been following this story and joins Rob with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should you swear around your kids?  Rob talks to Benjamin K. Bergen, Professor, Director of the Department of Cognitive Science and Associate Dean, Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The truck driver responsible for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash pleaded guilty in a Saskatchewan courtroom today.  Sarah Mills, news director with 980 CJME radio, joins Rob to talk about what the plea means and what is next for everyone involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with April Wine frontman Myles Goodwyn about the remarkable story of being reunited with his beloved 1962 Gibson Melody Maker - a guitar believed to have been destroyed in a crash more than 40 years ago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zayell Johnston decided to walk across Canada last year. And so he did.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices