After suffering a personal loss, Danish woman Anna Brynald embraced joy and absurdity by entering — and winning — the 2025 European Championship Gull Screeching contest in Belgium.

Dressed in feathers and yellow lipstick, she squawked her way to gold among 60 participants from 14 countries, who mimicked gulls in sound and performance.

Guest: Anna Bryland - Winner of the 2025 European Championship Gull Screeching Contest

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What can we expect from the Case of the Prosecution?

Guest: Jennifer Johnston - Vice President of the BC Crown Counsel Association

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Expo 86 was a defining moment for Vancouver, drawing 22 million visitors and transforming the city’s global image.

Guest: Craig Baird - Host of the Podcast “Canada History Ehx”

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Time to focus on the soil and less on the plants

Soil stores carbon, and the trees and plants in our gardens take this carbon from the air and through their roots, they store carbon in the ground.  Healthy soil full of micro- organisms keeps the carbon in the ground.  

Cornell university reference - 1 lb of synthetic fertilizer releases 4-5 lbs of CO2 

Go electric with all of your garden tools.  

A gas powered lawn mower releases the same emissions as driving 800 km

Check your indoor battery tools to see if they also have outdoor garden tools

New technology in this area makes the batteries recyclable

Add bird feeders in the summer.  

Our local native songbirds are in decline due to Loss of habitat and food sources

Summer feeding has shown to increase local nesting and allows parent birds to more easily care for young

Bring back the flowers

Guest: Carson Arthur - Celebrity Landscaping and Gardening Expert

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Physicist Arnold Mathijssen studied how fluid dynamics can optimize pour-over coffee.

Their research, published in Physics of Fluids, found that pouring hot water from a higher height, slowly and steadily, improves coffee extraction, enhancing flavor without needing more beans.

This kitchen-based science reflects broader physical phenomena and is part of Mathijssen’s ongoing passion for “kitchen physics,” which he began exploring during the pandemic and continues to study through a growing body of research.

Guest: Dr. Arnold Mathijssen - Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania

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What are mental health teams, and how do they operate?

Guest: Jonny Morris, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association of BC

What two parties losing official party status will mean for Canadian politics?

Guest: Hamish Telford, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley

Guest: Maj Yee, Owner of Goldilocks Bake Shop

Guest: Dr. Christof Koch, Meritorious Investigator at the Allen Institute

The new reason why people aren’t getting married

Guest: Benny Goldman, professor of economics and public policy, cornell University

Should BC mandate involuntary mental health care?

Guest: Dr. Julian Somers, Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University

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How the Filipino culinary community is helping Lapu Lapu victims

Guest: Maj Yee, Owner of Goldilocks Bake Shop

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What are mental health teams, and how do they operate?

Guest: Jonny Morris, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association of BC

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The new reason why people aren’t getting married

Guest: Benny Goldman, professor of economics and public policy, Cornell University

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Should BC mandate involuntary mental health care?

Guest: Dr. Julian Somers, Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University

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