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People are sabotaging their financial lives- They interfere with their own finances without even knowing it. Angela chats with Kelley Keehn, award-winning author of nine books, personal finance educator and consumer advocate for the Financial Planning Standards Council (FPSC).

Jerilyn Dressler, from the Calgary Distress Centre, joined me to chat about the conversation doors being opened by 13 Reasons Why. Is this show helping address mental illnesses?

Do you have any more suggestions for how to get rid of the magpies in my backyard?  

Angela chats with Dr. Peter Elson about why donations to charity should be tax free. What do you think? 

Carol Caton explains to Angela how funding to house mentally ill and homeless is a financial gain.... not drain! While it may appear that paying for supportive housing is a drain on the federal budget, research has shown that ending homelessness for the severely mentally ill actually saves tax payers dollars.  Carol Caton is a professor of Sociomedical Sciences (in Psychiatry) at CUMC College of P...

According to some experts in the field over-treating cancer may be doing more harm than good. Listen to Angela Kokott's interview with Dr. Gilbert Welch, an expert in overdiagnosis, about how we over-diagnose and over-treat cancer. 

Angela chat with Hugo Bonjean, Spirit Hills Winery owner and operator, about his small family run Southern Alberta honey winery and its hope for success in Japans market.

The 2016 Census revealed that for the first time in Canadian history there are more seniors than children in the country. Calgary Today's Angela Kokott speaks to two experts about how an aging population affects our economy and our housing market. 

Oilpatch CEOs fear their costs will rise when the federal government passes legislation to legalize recreational marijuana. Angela chats with Ed Secondiak, President ECS Safety Services, about how he thinks employers should approach drug testing. 

Mayor Nenshi joins Angela live on location at Ernest Manning High School to answer questions from students and calls/ texts from listeners. 

Did you know... Cutting saturated fat does not reduce heart disease risk? Angela chats with Michael Farkouh, chair of multinational clinical trials at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital, about some details. 

Angela Kokott, Jarrod Wheeldon and Katie Thompson go way back to the 80s by trying out the infamous thigh-masters made famous by Suzanne Somers. Watch Facebook Live video on the News Talk 770 page to see the crew use them in action! 

Bill Biensch, City of Calgary Roads Maintenance Manager, chats with Angela about residential street cleaning. Why do we need it? How much does it cost? 

Angela Kokott interviews Jill Croteau and Nate Luit about episode three of their podcast 'Off Script', "The Rosebud Project" is about a production that exposes some touchy subjects that don't typically get discussed in rural communities.

Love is in the air, but in Lethbridge, there is too much in the open air. Lethbridge Police have been receiving complaints about couples engaging in sexual acts out in the open by Fort Whoop-Up. Angela Kokott speaks to Staff Sgt. Art Tamminga about the complaints. 

Angela Kokott speaks to Calgarian Dave Pederson about his experience in Paris in the midst of the terror attack at the Champs-Élysées. ( Photo Courtesy: THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/ AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Longtime listener and caller, Blaine, says its important to "cherish what you have" after sharing his story with Angela Kokott on Calgary Today. He was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and tells Angela how he's dealing with that change.  

Angela Kokott chats with Wendy Wood, a professor of psychology at USC, Dornsife and expert on habit research about how we can 'think' ourselves healthy.

Anglea Kokott chats about the future of Alberta's energy on today's show. She talks with both Chad Park, Chief Innovation Officer of The Natural Step and Director of the Energy Futures Lab and Apoorv Sinha, CEO, Founder of Carbon Upcycling Technologies.  Innovating Alberta's Energy Future takes place tomorrow at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. This event will bring together innovators to discuss the...

It's not only women who have body image struggles, men struggle with societal pressure too. Angela speaks with Dr Allana Polo, Naturopath, Owner of Pollo Health in British Columbia about how men can deal with these body struggles. 

How to Do Your Taxes the Right Way with tax expert Gerry Vittoratos, lead trainer at Thomson Reuters and tax specialist at UFile.

After a video surfaced of a passenger being dragged off a United Airlines flight, Calgary Today's Angela Kokott asks Karl Moore, Associate professor Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University and Airline Analyst, why airlines overbook in the first place. And what's the right protocol for booting passengers off a flight. 

Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst with the Canadian Cancer Society, on the senate consultation into vaping rules and packaging for tobacco in Canada.

According to a study out of the University of Victoria, a high proportion of young adults who consume pot are driving or getting in cars with high drivers. Bonnie Leadbeater, a psychology professor at the University of Victoria, and lead author of the study talks about the impairment young drivers face under the influence.