Seg 1: Debate is a set of tools to bring to disagreements, and disagreements themselves are part of the broader project of coexistence and navigating differences. Is it good for people to argue?

Guest: Bo Seo, Two-Time World Champion Debater, Former Coach of the Australian National Debating Team, and Author of Good Arguments

Seg 2: Pies have a long history dating back to medieval England, where they were called "pyes" and were predominantly filled with meat such as beef, lamb, wild duck, magpie pigeon, and seasoned with pepper, currants, or dates.

Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi

Seg 3: View From Victoria: 

More Museum controversies this week as RBCM reopens Old Town, 18 months after it was closed and targeted for demolition in a disastrous makeover plan. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.

Seg 4: Three years ago, Oregonians approved Ballot Measure 110, which decriminalized possessing small amounts of all drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. As a result Oregon experienced a sharp rise in overdose deaths and a high percentage of adults with a substance-use disorder.

Guest: Jim Hinch, Contributor for The Atlantic Magazine on Drug Policy and Social Issues

Seg 5: Is Time Blindness a real thing?

Guest: CKNW Contributor Scott Shantz with Dr. Michael Manos, Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health at the Cleveland Clinic

Seg 6: What do we know about the former RCMP officer charged with foreign interference?

Guest: Michel Juneau-Katsuya, Former Chief of Asia-Pacific at CSIS and Author of “Nest of Spies”

Seg 7: Monday Morning Quarterbacks:

Vernon Adams knee injury doesn’t appear to be serious which is good news for him and the Lions.

Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions

Seg 8: A new report suggests high food prices are attributed not only to rising costs but also to inadequate incomes, including disability, social assistance, and old age security payments.

Guest: Dr. Rick Barichello, Professor of Food and Resource Economics at the University of British Columbia

Seg 9: Canada's Crawford Lake has been chosen to mark the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch, symbolizing humans' significant impact on Earth.

Guest: Dr. Soren Brothers, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto

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