Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

What is this "infrastructure bank" thing making headlines and what impact will it have, and why is it going to be in Toronto? Andrew Coyne from postmedia joins Rob to offer his explanation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook says they are hiring some 3,000 more moderators to police what makes it to timelines. Who are these moderators? What do they see?  With Film-maker and Director Ciaran Cassidy who made a short doc about what social media moderators looks like and how they are trained.  https://fieldofvision.org/the-moderators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenny Crowhurst has a dizzying story to tell about dealing with seemingly homeless drug addicts occupying a truck in her alley, and how police are seemingly helpless to do anything about it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oil is about to be disrupted, hard. With Best-selling author of the book Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation" Tony Seba. https://www.rethinkx.com/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Oxford joins Rob to chat about her new book  When you find out the world is against you and other funny memories about awful moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just because we could doesn't mean we should, or does it? Should Robots for sex be banned? With Dr. Kate Devlin, Computing Department University of London Read her piece here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of facilities in Tenessee run by the church of Scientology have been closed after some patients have been held there against their will. With editor of the Underground Bunker and Author of the "Unbreakable Miss Lovely" Tony Ortega.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Kenney calls into Rob's show to share some thoughts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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With Councillor Jim Stevenson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some gin is being recalled for being too alcoholic.... and this is a problem how? With National Post Reporter Jake Edminston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An activist gained notoriety by being charged with mischief for giving a pig water on it's way to the slaughterhouse- she has been found not guilty.  Camille Labchuk, BA, JD Executive Director Animal Justice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Councillors Druh Farrell and Brian Pincott have done a study to see how the council votes on secondary suites, find no rhyme, no reason.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time Delta airlines holds the conch as a perfect example of zero respect for paying customers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Jack Marshall President and Founder of ProEthics, he is an ethics trainer, speaker, and consultant, he used to teach legal ethics and has practiced criminal law in Massachusetts.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caller Steve says the provincial government isn't doing enough to prevent another disaster like Fort McMurray, and Swan Hill could be next.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MLA Tany Yao on the year of recovery in Fort McMurray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob invites Alexis Foster, Executive Director of Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce check in on the recovery of the city's economy since the fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With National Post's Tristin Hopper.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could the police come to your house and test you for drinking- after you are finished driving and have spent time at home, and charge you with impaired driving? With Calgary Defense Lawyer Dale Fedorchuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Senate Ethics Committee is recommending Senator Don Meredith be expelled. Rob chats about the issues and takes some calls   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author of the new book "Hard Road" Peter Edwards joins Rob to share the story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Saskatchewan gov't has invoked a notwithstanding clause to resist attempts to remove non-catholics from catholic schools. Global News Provincial Affairs Reporter David Baxter explains.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Conservative MP for Calgary Nose Hill Michelle Rempel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Dempsey, co-author of "No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing On the Torch," joins Rob to chat about details released todayconcerning a potential bid for Calgary to host the Olympic games.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices