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Why did India launch missiles at Pakistan? Guest: Michael Kugelman, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Victoria: The Premier speaks out and walks back Guest: Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to make the perfect Cacio e pepe, according to science Guest: Dr. Ivan Di Terlizzi, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems and Lead Author of the Study Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should BC hospitals implement weapon detection systems? Guest: Adriane Gear, President of the BC Nurses’ Union Calls grow for an inquest into the deaths of 3 Indigenous women Guest: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Why do people have different tastes in music? Guest: Dr. Jane Kuehne, Associate Professor of Music Education at Auburn University Wh...

How will BC Ferries’ new policies impact Islanders? Guest: Leonard Krog, Mayor of Nanaimo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calls grow for an inquest into the deaths of 3 Indigenous women Guest: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should BC hospitals implement weapon detection systems? Guest: Adriane Gear, President of the BC Nurses’ Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What can we expect from Carney’s meeting with Trump? Guest: Dr. John Kirton, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do so many people struggle with procrastination? Guest: Fuschia Sirois, Psychologist at the University of Durham UK and author of Procrastination: What It Is, Why It's a Problem, and What You Can Do About It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

View From Vitoria: Calls and proposals for Energy in BC Guest: Vaughn Palmer, The Vancouver Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do people have different tastes in music? Guest: Dr. Jane Kuehne, Associate Professor of Music Education at Auburn University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will new legislation speed up hospital and school projects? How should Canada tackle its rising crime rates? How do whale songs obey the rules of basic human language? Why Canadian researchers are drilling for 20,000 year old ice. Why do so many Canadians Believe Misinformation affected our election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma has introduced the Infrastructure Projects Act, which aims to accelerate approvals for key infrastructure projects like schools and hospitals. The legislation would allow for a streamlined environmental assessment process for provincially significant projects, while maintaining high environmental standards. Guest: Bowinn Ma - Minister of Infrastructure Learn...

Do you think people understand the justice system? What does Crown Counsel do? “Everything" apparently. We’re discussing how when every other ministry such as Health, MCFD, fails, problems show up at Crown Counsel's door. Guest: Jennifer Johnston - Vice President of the BC Crown Counsel Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To address Canada’s rising violent crime—up 50% over the past decade—Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal Liberals are urged to adopt a public health approach to violence prevention. This includes appointing a dedicated federal minister and deputy minister focused solely on preventing violent crime. Guest: Jeffrey Bradley - Ph. D. Candidate in Legal Studies at Carleton University Learn more...

A team of Canadian and Danish scientists are drilling deep into the Müller Ice Cap on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic to extract an ice core containing up to 20,000 years of climate history. This ambitious project, led by glaciologist Dorthe Dahl-Jensen and supported by a $10-million Canadian research chair, aims to uncover data about past climate conditions, including volcanic eruption...

Guest: Steve Mossop - Executive Vice President, Leger Western Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whales and humans might be worlds apart, but when it comes to how we structure our sounds, we’re surprisingly alike. In a new study, psychologist Inbal Arnon and her team found that humpback whale songs follow a core rule of human language known as Zipf’s law—a statistical pattern that predicts how often we use certain words. Guest: Professor Inbal Arnon - Linguist and Developmental Psycholinguist...

How to make the perfect pour-over coffee, according to physics! Physicist Arnold Mathijssen studied how fluid dynamics can optimize pour-over coffee. The history of Expo 86! Expo 86 was a defining moment for Vancouver, drawing 22 million visitors and transforming the city’s global image. What does it take to win the Championship Seagull Screeching Contest? After suffering a personal loss, Danish w...

After suffering a personal loss, Danish woman Anna Brynald embraced joy and absurdity by entering — and winning — the 2025 European Championship Gull Screeching contest in Belgium. Dressed in feathers and yellow lipstick, she squawked her way to gold among 60 participants from 14 countries, who mimicked gulls in sound and performance. Guest: Anna Bryland - Winner of the 2025 European Championship...

What can we expect from the Case of the Prosecution? Guest: Jennifer Johnston - Vice President of the BC Crown Counsel Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expo 86 was a defining moment for Vancouver, drawing 22 million visitors and transforming the city’s global image. Guest: Craig Baird - Host of the Podcast “Canada History Ehx” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to focus on the soil and less on the plants Soil stores carbon, and the trees and plants in our gardens take this carbon from the air and through their roots, they store carbon in the ground.  Healthy soil full of micro- organisms keeps the carbon in the ground.   Cornell university reference - 1 lb of synthetic fertilizer releases 4-5 lbs of CO2  Go electric with all of your garden tools.  ...

Physicist Arnold Mathijssen studied how fluid dynamics can optimize pour-over coffee. Their research, published in Physics of Fluids, found that pouring hot water from a higher height, slowly and steadily, improves coffee extraction, enhancing flavor without needing more beans. This kitchen-based science reflects broader physical phenomena and is part of Mathijssen’s ongoing passion for “kitchen p...

What are mental health teams, and how do they operate? Guest: Jonny Morris, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association of BC What two parties losing official party status will mean for Canadian politics? Guest: Hamish Telford, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley How the Filipino culinary community is helping Lapu Lapu victims Guest: Maj Yee, Owner of...