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Jeff speaks with NDP candidate Lisa Roberts.

Jeff speaks with Liberal candidate Sean Fraser.

Jeff talks with several people involved in skills competitions happening on Nova Scotia Community College Campuses, including Bryden Surette who's competing in precision machining, and Alannah Bushnik who's studying to be an Electronic Engineering Technologist at the Sydney Waterfront Campus.

Protocase has been a growing concern in Sydney, Nova Scotia, for years. Alex Mason called Doug Milburn a few hours before the company held an open house for its new U.S.-based production and assembly operations in Wilmington, North Carolina.

A warning, this conversation contains details of self harm and suicide. We ask that you take care while listening. If you or someone you know is struggling, the provincial mental health crisis line can be reached at 1-888-429-8167 or by dialing 911. The Suicide crisis helpline can be reached by calling or texting: 9-8-8.

A recent study in the Sociology of Health & Illness journal looks at the toxic side of looksmaxxing. It's called, When Help is Harm: Health, Lookism and Self Improvement in the Manosphere and the research was led by Dalhousie University associate professor Mike Halpin. He spoke with Alex Guye about this.

Jeff Douglas talks with Jamie Surrette in the company's factory in Springhill, Nova Scotia.

After Trump's National Security advisor, Mike Waltz, included Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a chat group discussing the classified, imminent bombing of Houthi rebels in Yemen, we had Matt Hefler on to talk about how contents of that chat would land with US allies.

Within the chat, senior members of the Trump administration speculated on asking allies for remuneration for security actions taken by US military assets.

Matt Hefler's research focuses on the role of intelligence, subversion, and the activities of secret services within international diplomacy.

He's currently an Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication at the Stockholm school of Economics..

JP Deveau has been Jeff's guide to Economics 101. He's dropped into Studio A to give crash courses on productivity, inflation, and the threat of Trump tariffs. Now, Jeff visits JP to hear the story of how Acadian Seaplants evolved from a company that was reliant on the US for 95% of its business, to now being active in eighty countries.

Jeff Douglas plays audio from his visit to Patrick Crabbe, Director of Mass Timber at Bird Construction, and Founder and President of the Nova Scotia startup, The Mass Timber Company

Musician Cassie MacDonald describes an interaction with police she and her sister Maggie had while on tour in the United States. What would you say if an officer asked you: "Which is better -- Canada or America?". Cassie tells guest host Alex Guye all about it.