Senate passes C-69 and C-48 – Alberta Senator Paula Simons on why she voted as she did

Guest: Paula Simons – Independent Senator, Alberta

Elections Canada NOT paying influencers…anymore

Guest: Amanda Connolly – Global News politics reporter

E-cigarettes: balancing the harm reduction benefits with the concern about underage use

Guest: David Sweanor – Adjunct professor, faculty of law – University of Ottawa; Advisory Board Chair – Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethics (U of O)

Is technology ruining sport? – New technology called the video assistant referee, or VAR, has been used at the Women’s World Cup…and not everyone is a fan

Guest: Andrew Potter – author, journalist, columnist; associate professor – McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

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Guest: Moshe Lander – Economist, Concordia University

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Guilty on all counts for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere

Guest: Rick Ross - Cult Expert; Executive Director of Cult Education Institute; author, “Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out”

 “One Giant Leap” – 50 years after the moon landing, a reflecting on the legacy of Apollo 11

Guest, Charles Fishman – author of “One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew us to the Moon”

Finding Aliens (and their planets) – Is there life out there?

Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak – Senior Astronomer, Institute Fellow, SETI Institute

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The environmentalist’s case for TMX

Guest: Ed Whittingham - environmental policy expert, former Pembina Institute executive director

“350 Days” – A revealing look at the realities of the professional wrestling business

Guest: Fulvio Cecere, producer/director – “350 Days”

Cannabis tax revenues – are Canadian governments collecting as much as they expected?

Guest: Michael Armstrong, associate professor – Goodman School of Business, Brock University

Cannabis border issues – why an even decades-old arrest can get you banned from the U.S.

Guest: Len Saunders, Immigration lawyer based in Washington State

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New poll on whether Canadians agree with the MMIWG inquiry report on whether Canada guilty of “genocide” / Quebec’s Bill 21 and the implications for religious freedom

Guest: Jack Jedwab – president and CEO, Association for Canadian Studies

How to Break the Pipeline Logjam

Guest: Joseph Quesnel – Program Manager, MacDonald-Laurier Institute

We now know how much Calgary spent in exploring an Olympic bid

Guest: Erin Waite – NoCalgaryOlympics Communications lead

Hong Kong Protests – Why millions of Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets

Guest: Sarah Cook – senior research analyst at Freedom House and director of the China Media Bulletin; author of The Battle for China’s Spirit on religious freedom under Xi Jinping

New U of C study suggests teen sexting is associated with delinquency, sexual behaviors & mental health issues

Guest: Camille Mori – masters student in the University of Calgary’s Determinants of Child Development Lab, and lead author on the study

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