Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Today's guests: Andrew Coyne, Columnist - Globe & Mail Philippe Lagasse, Associate Professor and Barton Chair, Carleton University Jeremy Luke, president and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport Cody Kennedy, Tim Rutherford, and Kevin Martin, Co-Directors & Star - “The Last Video Store” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ric McIver – Minister of Municipal Affairs for Alberta Dr. Jared Wesley – Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta Sam Cooper – Award-winning Investigative Journalist and Founder of The Bureau Andrew Sennyah – Provincial Affairs Director for Alberta with the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Steve Ambler, Professor of Economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal, serves as David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute Dr. Jane Philpott, Former Federal Minister of Health / Author - "Health for All: A Doctor's Prescription for a Healthier Canada" Wes Winkel, President - Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA) Alan Cross, Music Historian, writer, and broadcaster / host - "The Ongoing History of New Music" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Richard Marceau, Vice President of External Affairs & General Counsel for the Centre for Israel & Jewish Affairs Jim Mitchell, Former Senior Official in the Privy Council Office / Current Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa Dr. Monty Ghosh, Addictions Specialist and Researcher – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Trevor Tombe, Professor in the Department of Economics and Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy – University of Calgary Dr. Ian Irvine, Professor of Economics at Concordia University Duane Reid-Carlson, President- EDC Associates Ltd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Guy Felicella, Recovery and Harm-Reduction expert David Macdonald, Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Dr. Paul Tiede, Centre for Astrophysics and a Harvard & Smithsonian postdoctoral fellow, and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Astrophysicist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Leigh Brooks, British Filmmaker / Director of Love To Hate: Nickleback - the Nickleback Documentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: David Clement, North American Affairs Manager – Consumer Choice Centre Dale Beugin, Executive Vice President – Canadian Climate Institute Chris Barrington-Leigh, Associate Professor in the Department of Equity, Ethics, & Policy and the Bieler School of Environment – McGill University Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Personal Finance Expert and Host of For What It’s Worth on the Corus Radio Network (Saturdays 10-11AM and Sundays 3-4PM on QR Calgary) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ashley Waxman Bakshi, Canadian-Israeli content creator & television host / On October 7th, her cousin Agam Berger was kidnapped by Hamas Kristopher Kinsinger, National Director of the Runnymede Society Ian Urbina, Director of The Outlaw Ocean Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Adam Silver, CEO- Calgary Jewish Federation Justin Ling, Freelance Journalist - www.bugeyedandshameless.com  Richard Masson, Executive Fellow- U of C's School of Public Policy Kevin McQuillan, Research Fellow- U of C's School of Public Policy Andrew Evans, PhD. Candidate at Columbia University and contributor to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Joe Roberts, TITLE: Managing Director, Defense & Foreign Affairs - Winston Wilmont Public Affairs / Chair - Meretz Canada Martin Olszynski, resource law professor- University of Calgary / former federal regulatory lawyer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Rob Harvilla, author of "60 Songs That Explain the 90s" / Host of the podcast of the same name / Senior staff writer at The Ringer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aurel Braun, professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto and Harvard University, joins Angela Kokott to discuss the realities that are going to inevitably hit and catch-up with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dianne Whelan is a filmmaker, whose series 500 Days in the Wild is premiering on Paramount+... that shows her amazing over 20,000km trek across the Trans Canada Trail. She joins Angela Kokott on Afternoons to share her story and journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Jack Jedwab, President of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute Scott Stinson, Toronto-based writer and author of the Unobstructed Views newsletter ( https://scottstinson.substack.com/ ) Jake Fuss, Director of Fiscal Studies at the Fraser Institute Dr. Simon Sherry, Professor in the department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University and registered and practicing clinical psychologist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Kokonis is the President & Managing Director of AirTrav Inc... and he joins Angela Kokott on Afternoons on QR Calgary to talk about the state of the industry in Canada as we lose some low-cost carriers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Israeli legal scholar and international women's rights advocate, who was instrumental in pushing for the U.N. investigation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with singer-songwriter Corb Lund about his new album "El Viejo," as well as his tour and his ongoing work to protect Alberta's Eastern Slopes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: John Ibbitson, Writer at Large – The Globe & Mail Trevor Tombe, Professor in the Department of Economics and Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy – University of Calgary Andrew Leach, Energy and Environmental Economist / Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests:  Rosalie Wyonch, Senior Policy Analyst and Lead of the Health Policy Research Program at the CD Howe Institute Josh Dehaas – Counsel, Canadian Constitution Foundation Evan Wilson – Vice President of Policy for Western Canada & National Affairs – Canadian Renewable Energy Association Paul McLauchlin - President of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta / Reeve - Ponoka County Raymond Blake – Professor of History & Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies – Faculty of Arts – University of Regina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Emily Laidlaw, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at University of Calgary / Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law Emmanuelle Faubert, Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute Raneet Kahlon, Spokesperson for SAAVE (Stop Addicting Adolescents to Vaping and E-cigarettes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Jason Simonds, Sports Card Specialist & Consignment Director - Heritage Auctions Alexandra Posadzki, Author - "Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle for Control Canada’s Telecom Empire" Chris Gallaway, Executive Director - Friends of Medicare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Paul Hughes, Calgarian who founded H.U.G.S. (Helping Ukraine Grassroots Support) Karl Moore, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Jen Gunter -OB-GYN / Best-selling author / her latest book is “Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation” Dr. Michael Geist, law professor, Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-Commerce Law - University of Ottawa Adam Zivo – Columnist with the National Post\ Jeremy Kronick - Associate Vice President and Director of the Centre on Financial and Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're joined today by filmmaker Odessa Rae, producer of 2023 Oscar Best Documentary winner “Navalny” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Benjamin Tal – Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist of CIBC World Markets Inc. Dr. Emily Laidlaw – Canada Research Chair in Cyber Security Law / Professor at the Faculty of Law – University of Calgary Josh Koenig – Assistant Professor in the Division of Clinical Allergy and Immunology – Department of Medicine – at McMaster University David Haskell – Researcher and Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University and Senior Research Fellow at the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy Jake Fuss – Director of Fiscal Studies at the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Landon Johnston, Calgary business owner Tony Bonen - Director of Economic Research with the Conference Board of Canada Adam Zivo - National Post columnist and Director of the Centre for Responsible Drug Policy Linda Blade - Former President - Athletics Alberta / former Canadian track and field champion and has spent 25 years as a sport-performance professional coach in Edmonton Paul McLauchlin - Reeve of Ponoka County and president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta and named to the drought advisory committee for Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Deron Bilous - Senior Vice President with Council Public Affairs / Former NDP Cabinet Minister & MLA  Orit Sulitzeano - Executive Director - Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel Sharon Howland - Leader of Program Management, Waste & Recycling Services with the City of Calgary Livio Di Matteo - Professor of Economics at Lakehead University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Prof. Irwin Cotler - International Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Canada's first Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism Christian Leuprecht - Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University. Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Journal. His latest book is Security. Cooperation. Governance. Trevor Tombe - Professor of Economics, and Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy Krystal Churcher - Chair of the Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs, Educational Consultant, and Private Operator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Richard Masson - Chair of the World Petroleum Council of Canada and member of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary David Sweanor – Adjunct Professor of Law at University of Ottawa Randall Bartlett – Senior Director of Canadian Economics at Desjardins  Yana Gorokhovskaia – Freedom in the World report Co-Author and Freedom House’s Research Director for Strategy & Design Jason Dean – Associate Researcher at the Montreal Economics Institute and Associate Professor of Economics at King’s University College at Western University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Taylor Williamson, Stand-up comedian / Finished 2nd place on season 8 of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT / Named me one of their 5 favorite acts of all time in the 10-year AGT Anniversary Special / Appearing this weekend at the Laugh Shop Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests:  Andrew Grantham, Executive Director and Senior Economist for Economics and Capital Markets with CIBC Matthew Light, Associate Professor of Criminology and European Studies at the University of Toronto  Gerald Freyer, Film Archivist at Film Rescue International in Indian Head, Saskatchewan  Phil Langill, Director of the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at UofC  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Perrin Beatty - President and CEO Canadian Chamber of Commerce Charles Burton - Senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / Former diplomat in Canada’s embassy in Beijing Stewart Bell -National Online Journalist, Investigative Global News  Charles DeLand - Associate Director of Research and leads the C.D. Howe Institute's energy policy program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: David Macdonald – Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and author of report: Canada’s New Gilded Age: CEO Pay in 2022 Tony Stillo – Director of Canada Economics at Oxford Economics  Dr. Jurgen Rehm – Senior Scientist in the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Ryley McClelland – PhD. Candidate in virology at the University of Alberta  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Aurel Braun TITLE: Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Toronto Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and Political Science - University of Toronto Steve Lafleur, Policy analyst & columnist Jack Jedwab, President / CEO - Association of Canadian Studies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Michael Geist – Law Professor at the University of Ottawa, and Canada Research Chair in Internet & E-Commerce Law Rod Giltaca – CEO & Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights  Lynn McDonald – Former MP, Professor Emerita from the University of Guelph, and member of the Royal Historical Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Colonel Richard Kemp, retired British Army officer Andrew Griffith, fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Environics Institute Gurpreet Lail, CEO of Enserva John Gradek, Former Air Canada executive and currently a Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinator, Supply Networks - McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shimon Fogel, President and CEO - Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs  Blake Shaffer, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary Jeremy M. Kronick, Associate Vice President and Director of the Centre on Financial and Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute James Orlando – Director & senior economist at TD Economics Ignacio Cofone, Canada Research Chair in AI Law and Data Governance at McGill University / Author - "The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Powerin the Information Economy" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stephen Buffalo, President & CEO of the Indian Resource Council of Canada and Senior Fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute  Lisa Raitt, Former MP, Cabinet Minister and Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada Dr. Paul Parks, president- Alberta Medical Association Jack Jedwab, president of the Association for Canadian Studies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill sought to exempt propane and natural gas from carbon pricing for on-farm activities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ariella Kimmel, VP, Strategic Communications and Development for Winston Wilmont. Former senior staffer in Alberta government and a volunteer within the Jewish community  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theo Argitis, managing director at Compass Rose Group  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Mike Martens, president, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, Alberta Anna Stokke, Professor - Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Winnipeg Christopher Waddell, professor emeritus at Carleton University's school of journalism and coauthor of the 2020 book, "The End of the CBC?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests Harrie Vredenburg, Writer of documentary ("Without Leaving Anyone Behind") / Faculty Professor of Strategy & Sustainability, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Eric Alper, publicist (was Myles Goodwyn’s publicist), music journalist, and author Dr. Tara Kiran, report author. Fidani Chair in Improvement and Innovation at the University of Toronto and Vice-Chair of Quality and Innovation at the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Practices family medicine at the St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team.  Brian Turner, a veteran of the automotive repair world / Motoring Monday expert on QR Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Cody Battershill, founder and CEO of Canada Action Dr. Michael Geist. Law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and is a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society Raj Dhaliwal, Ward 5 Calgary city councillor Mary Rowe, Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) president Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Paul Parks, president Alberta Medical Association, addresses nurse practitioner announcement  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Werner Antweiller, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia where he holds the Chair in International Trade Policy Karl Brauer, iSeeCars executive analyst Sean Simpson, Senior V.P. with Ipsos John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Andrew Leach, professor of economics and law, University of Alberta / Author - "Between Doom & Denial" Rick Bell, Calgary Sun columnist   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Dotan Rousso, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) course leader in Philosophy. Former Legal Advisor at the Israeli Parliament and Criminal Prosecutor in Israel. Craig Alexander, former chief economist at Deloitte Canada, the Conference Board of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank. Now, the president of Alexander Economic Views.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toda's guests: Scott McGregor, former military and RCMP intelligence official Ina Mitchell, B.C.-based journalist and filmmaker The pair are co-authors of the new book “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party started a Hybrid War in America's Backyard” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Renze Nauta who leads Cardus research on work and economic issues Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Michel Jacques Gagné -Author of the Aristotle Foundation’s new fact sheet, “Conspiracies: When are they likely true—or false?”, author of a book debunking JFK assassination conspiracy theories, and a lecturer in the Humanities department of Champlain College Saint-Lambert in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President of Research at the non-partisan Foundation for Defense of Democracy Jonathan Berkshire Miller - Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Affairs, National Defence and National Security, Macdonald Laurier  David Curtis -Director - “The Ballad of Caveman Bill” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Richard Marceau, Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Stephen Bown, Author - "Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada" Carlo Fanelli, Associate Professor, Work & Labour Studies – York University  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Garry Clement, Author - “Under Cover: Inside the Shady World of Organized Crime and the RCMP” Rory Johnston, Commodity Analyst – Commodity Context Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst - Canadian Cancer Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests Carrie Silverberg, CUPE member from Vaughan, Ont., one of the complainants in human rights case against the union Dr. Tom Noseworthy - Professor emeritus - Dept. of Medicine, University of Calgary. Blake Shaffer - Assistant professor of economics at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: RH Thomson, veteran Canadian actor / author "By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families”  Michael Hood, retired Lieutenant-General and the former Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force / Co-author - “Pathway to the Stars: 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force”  Richard Marceau, vice-president and general counsel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) Tyler Gandam, president, /Alberta Municipalities / Mayor of Wetaskiwin   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Marceau, vice-president and general counsel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), a former member of Parliament and a member of the Quebec and Ontario bars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aharon Brodutch, Canadian-Israeli living in Toronto - his sister-in-law, Hagit, 40, and her children, Ofri, 10, Yuval, 8, and Uriah, 4, were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 Raheel Raza, President; Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow / Board member of The Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism Paul Wells, author / political journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Colonel Richard Kemp, retired British Army officer who served from 1977 to 2006, and formerly commanded British forces in Afghanistan Dr. Christopher Labos, Author - “Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat” Sharon Polsky, President - Privacy and Access Council of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with Aristotle Foundation senior fellow Matthew Lau about his new study on whether Canada is systemically racist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy Dave Cournoyer, Alberta political writer and podcaster - daveberta.ca Timothy Danson, Lawyer for families of Paul Bernardo’s victims Matthew Lau, Senior Fellow - Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy Rod Giltaca, CEO and Executive Director - Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Pszczolkowski, tire program manager at Consumer Reports chats with Rob Breakenridge on "Afternoons" about the pros and cons of winter tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudo Lemmens -Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy Faculty of Law, University of Toronto speaks with Rob Breakenridge on "Afternoons" about the latest numbers in terms of medically assistant dying in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Trudo Lemmens, Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Neil Longley, Director of Business at Nevada State University / Author - A Whole New Game: Economics, Politics, and the Transformation of the Business of Hockey in Canada Waubgeshig Rice, Best-selling author / his latest novel is "Moon of the Turning Leaves" Ryan Pszczolkowski, tire program manager at Consumer Reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stewart Bell, National Online Journalist & Investigative Reporter with Global News Andrew Leach, Energy & environmental economist - University of Alberta / Author- Between Doom and Denial Tony Bonen, director of economic research at the Conference Board of Canada Marc Johnson, Biology professor, University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Joe Roberts, JSpaceCanada- Canada’s pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy movement. He is also chair of Meretz Canada Stu Cowan, Sports columnist - Postmedia / Dr. Walter DeKeseredy, Director of the Research Center on Violence and Professor of Sociology - West Virginia University / Co-authors- “Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, & Violence Against Women” Ken McGoogan, Arctic historian / Author - "Searching For Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with Robert McCallum, director of "Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe" - the film screened last month at the Calgary International Film Festival, and premieres on Amazon Prime on October 10th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ken Dryden, Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, Former federal member of parliament and cabinet minister, Author - "The Class: A Memoir of a Place, a Time, and Us" Dr. W. Brent Seales, Alumni Professor of Computer Science / Director of the Digital Restoration Initiative - University of Kentucky. Principle Investigator - Vesuvius Challenge Laura Gee, an associate professor of economics at Tufts University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dave Snow, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph Josef Filipowicz, senior fellow- Fraser Institute Adam Sweet, Clean Prosperity’s Western Canada Director Emma Donoghue, Best-selling author of numerous books, including “Room” and most recently “Learned by Heart” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun - Professor of Political Science and international relations at the University of Toronto and an associate at the Davis Center, Harvard University Susan Casey -Author - “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean” Shaun Fluker - Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, School of Public Policy at University of Calgary Kim Moody – is the founder of Moodys Tax/ Moodys Private Client, a former chair of the Canadian Tax Foundation, former chair of the Society of Estate Practitioners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Clifford D. May, Founder & President - Foundation for Defense of Democracies John Ibbitson, Globe & Mail Writer-at-large / Author - "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada. Michael Von Massow, associate professor of food economics- University of Guelph Andrew Botterill, National leader of Oil and Gas for Deloitte Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Benjamin Perrin, Professor - Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC) / Author - "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" Brady Leavold, founder of Puck Support Kathleen Springer and Jeffrey Pigati, research geologists at the US Geological Survey and co-authors of the a Science paper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Timothy Denton, Former National Commissioner of the CRTC (2009-2013) / current Chairman of the Internet Society, Canada Chapter. Peter Cowley, Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Cathy Scott, Crime writer and investigative journalist / Columnist - Psychology Today / Author: “The Killing of Tupac Shakur” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with beloved Canadian comedian, actor, and now author Brent Butt about his new novel "Huge" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Peter Menzies, Former vice-chair of the CRTC / National Newspaper Award-winning journalist / Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Christopher Moody, Journalist / Lecturer in Journalism & Electronic Media/Broadcasting - Appalachian State University Dr. Avi Loeb, Author - "Interstellar: Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars" / Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science / Director, Institute for Theory & Computation - Harvard University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: James Pethokoukis, Senior Fellow - American Enterprise Institute / Author - "The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised" Scott Newark, Former crown prosecutor / Former Security Policy Advisor to the governments of Ontario and Canada Kim Titchener, President - Bear Safety & More Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Rebecca Schulz, Alberta Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Blake Shaffer, Associate Professor - Department of Economics & School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary (focusing on electricity markets, climate policy and energy transitions) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stewart Reynolds (AKA "Brittlestar"), author - "Welcome to the Stupidpocalypse - Survival tips for the Dumbageddon" Michael Mostyn, CEO - B’Nai Brith Canada Johan Norberg, Senior Fellow - Cato Institute / Author - "The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World" Connor Curran, Co-founder - Local Laundry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Nate Horner, President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary / Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy Omar Mouallem, writer / producer / director - "The Lebanese Burger Mafia" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Neil Bisson, Director - Global Intelligence Knowledge Network / former Intelligence Officer at Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Alan Barnes/former member of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, and currently a senior fellow of the Centre for Security, Intelligence and Defence Studies at Carleton University - Dominic Cardy, Interim Leader - Canadian Future / Independent New Brunswick MLA E. Clayton Cornelious, Veteran Broadway actor/(Tony-nominated) producer/investor / plays Paul Williams in “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Sylvain Charlebois, Director Agri-Food Analytics Lab - Dalhousie University Sam Cooper, investigative journalist Douglas Porter, Chief Economist - BMO Livio Di Matteo, Professor of Economics at Lakehead University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Gerald Posner, investigative journalist / author - "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK” Dr. Stephen Freedman, ER physician at Alberta Children's Hospital and professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary Gary Sands, senior vice-president with the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers Stewart Bell - National Online Journalist & Investigative Reporter with Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Sean Patrick Shaul, Alberta-born filmmaker / Director - “Cover Your Ears” Steve Lafleur, independent public policy analyst  Charlie Angus, NDP MP Timmins-James Bay / NDP critic for natural resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Zeke Faux, investigative reporter for Bloomberg / author - "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall" Matt Gurney, columnist & co-founder - The Line Rebecca Haw Allensworth, law professor at Vanderbilt Law School (focusing on antitrust law) Philip Cross, Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests Michael Chong, Conservative MP - Wellington-Halton Hills / Official Opposition Shadown Foreign Minister Paige MacPherson, associate director of education policy at the Fraser Institute Adam Zivo, writer / Reporter- National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary Nose Hill Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, University of Ottawa and Board Member of the China Strategic Risks Institute Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / former vice-chair of the CRTC Michael Kempa, Criminology professor at the University of Ottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Bill Vigars, Author - “Terry & Me: The Inside Story of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope” Dennis Molinaro, Professor of legal studies at Ontario Tech University / Former national security analyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Evan Thomas, former correspondent for Time and Washington bureau chief for Newsweek / Author of “Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II”  Charles Burton is associate professor of political science at Brock University at St. Catharine’s, Ont., senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad, and former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing  Hemant Mehta, Editor at http://FriendlyAtheist.com. Writer. YouTuber. Podcaster  Michael Wernick, Former Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada from 2016 to 2019; Jarislowsky Chair of Public Sector Management at the University of Ottawa. He is a part of the think-tank Canada 2020 Advisory Board  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, China reporter for Axios / author of the new book, "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World" Michael Geist, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law David Clement, North American affairs manager - Consumer Choice Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: April Hutchinson, Canadian competitive powerlifter Mike Rothschild, a journalist and author based in Los Angeles who writes about conspiracy theories and fringe beliefs. His book, 'Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories' is out next month Blake Shaffer, assistant professor of economics at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Rob Goodman, Author - “Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself” Elissa Strome, executive director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy for CIFAR Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research - CD Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Mike Moffatt, director of the PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute Noah S. Schwartz is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley / Author: “On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling & the NRA” Kate Schneider, U.K-based reporter with the Investigative Journalism Foundation / editor-in-chief at the Oxford Political Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests, Andrew Leach, professor of energy and economics - University of Alberta Rebecca Schulz, Alberta Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Michelle Rempel-Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary-Nose Hill Stephen Mason, managing director - Project Reconciliation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Alise Mills, strategic communications advisor and consultant Tom Nichols, Staff writer - The Atlantic Justin Ling, freelance investigative journalistr Matt Hadfield, campaigns director - OpenMedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Charles Thorpe, author of 'Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect' / associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego Andrew Coyne, columnist - Globe & Mail Andre Chabot, city councillor - Ward 10 Beata Caranci, chief economist - TD Economics Robert Falconer, SSHRC Doctoral Fellow at the London School of Economics / researcher with the University of Calgary School of Public Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todays' guests: Jonathan Kay, Quillette editor and podcast host Adrian Humphreys, Author, Journalist, Reporter at the National Post Peter Menzies is a National Newspaper Award-winning journalist, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, past editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald and former vice-chair of the CRTC Dr. Fiona Clement, a professor who specializes in health policy in the department of community health sciences at the University of Calgary Richard Masson, executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy and chair of the World Petroleum Council in Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Joel Kotkin is an author and columnist. He is the Roger Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, California and Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute. He is Senior Advisor to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. He is Executive Editor of the website NewGeography.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices