Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

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Join host, Rob Breakenridge, as he offers his unique perspective on the most talked-about stories of the day every weekday afternoon.... more

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Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge episodes:

August 29, 2019 Predicting mortality, technology & election interference, the e-scooter abandonment problem, prosecuting hate speech
A blood test could reveal your risk of dying in the next 10 years – would you take it? Who else might want you to take it?
Guest: Timothy Caulfield Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy, Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, Research Director, Health Law Institute (University of Alberta)
Host: A User's Guide to Cheating Death, Netflix
Author: "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?"

AI, Bots and Deep Fakes : Technology to shape Fight against Foreign Political Interference
Guest: Alex Wilner - Assistant Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University and a Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

The appeal of e-scooters and the growing problem of abandonment & clutter
Guest: Sarah Catz - Research Associate, Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine

Prosecuting hate: The Case of "Your Ward News"
Guest: Noah Shack - Vice President, GTA - Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)
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48min
August 28, 2019 Infiltrating "The Base", Disconnected from democracy, alcohol & calories, "Friendless"
Infiltrating “The Base” and exposing an alleged neo-Nazi in the Canadian Forces
Guest: Ryan Thorpe, reporter – Winnipeg Free Press

State of Democracy & Appeal of Populism
Guest: Shauna Sylvester - Executive Director of Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of SFU Public Square

Mandating nutritional information labels for alcoholic beverages
Guest: Adam Sherk, Postdoctoral fellow - Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (University of Victoria)

Breaking up with your Facebook friends - via phone
Guest: James Avramenko - Writer / host - Friendless podcast

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55min
August 28, 2019 Infiltrating "The Base", Disconnected from democracy, alcohol & calories, "Friendless"
Infiltrating “The Base” and exposing an alleged neo-Nazi in the Canadian Forces
Guest: Ryan Thorpe, reporter – Winnipeg Free Press

State of Democracy & Appeal of Populism
Guest: Shauna Sylvester - Executive Director of Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of SFU Public Square

Mandating nutritional information labels for alcoholic beverages
Guest: Adam Sherk, Postdoctoral fellow - Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (University of Victoria)

Breaking up with your Facebook friends - via phone
Guest: James Avramenko - Writer / host - Friendless podcast
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54min
August 27, 2019 Retrial ordered for Via Rail plotters, Alberta's fiscal update, harm reduction saves lives, Alberta beer industry
Retrial ordered for the two men convicted in 2013 Via Rail terror plot
Guest: Leah West – Lecturer, National Security & Intelligence at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University

Alberta Fiscal Update – How much of a mess are we dealing with?
Guest: Dr. Jack Mintz – President’s Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

New evidence shows that supervised consumption sites are saving lives
Guest: Celeste Hayward – Executive Director, Alberta Community Council on HIV

The state of affairs in Alberta’s beer industry
Guest: Mike McNeil – Executive Director, Alberta Small Brewers Association

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48min
August 27, 2019 Retrial ordered for Via Rail plotters, Alberta's fiscal update, harm reduction saves lives, Alberta beer industry
Retrial ordered for the two men convicted in 2013 Via Rail terror plot
Guest: Leah West – Lecturer, National Security & Intelligence at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University

Alberta Fiscal Update – How much of a mess are we dealing with?
Guest: Dr. Jack Mintz – President’s Fellow at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary

New evidence shows that supervised consumption sites are saving lives
Guest: Celeste Hayward – Executive Director, Alberta Community Council on HIV

The state of affairs in Alberta’s beer industry
Guest: Mike McNeil – Executive Director, Alberta Small Brewers Association
...more
47min
August 26, 2019 Liberals attack Scheer over same-sex marriage, the need for international cooperation to prosecute ISIS members, how to deal with an aggressive racoon
Why the Liberals’ latest attack on the Conservative leader smacks of arrogance and hypocrisy
Guest: Chris Selley – Columnist, National Post

Why accused ISIS war criminals shouldn’t just be one country’s problem – the case for international tribunals
Guest: Kyle Matthews – Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights at Concordia University

The case of the dead raccoon – and the social media backlash
Guest: Tristin Hopper – Victoria-based journalist / formerly with National Post

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38min
August 26, 2019 Liberals attack Scheer over same-sex marriage, the need for international cooperation to prosecute ISIS members, how to deal with an aggressive racoon
Why the Liberals’ latest attack on the Conservative leader smacks of arrogance and hypocrisy
Guest: Chris Selley – Columnist, National Post

Why accused ISIS war criminals shouldn’t just be one country’s problem – the case for international tribunals
Guest: Kyle Matthews – Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights at Concordia University

The case of the dead raccoon – and the social media backlash
Guest: Tristin Hopper – Victoria-based journalist / formerly with National Post
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38min
August 22, 2019 Unifor president opposing federal Conservatives
Guest: Unifor president Jerry Dias

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14min
August 22, 2019 Unifor president opposing federal Conservatives
Guest: Unifor president Jerry Dias
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13min
August 20, 2019 "MAID isn't the easy way out"
Guest: caller Cynthia, whose husband is seeking the MAID process

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12min

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