Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

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

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Brian Jean talks about uniting conservatives
Brian Jean join Roger and Rob today to chat about forgetting the past and moving forward- what Conservatives and the Wildrose can agree on. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
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Gene Editing & Alberta's Climate Goals
Rob has been following the story of the CRISPR summit for a while now. We discuss this revolutionary genetics technology with Richard Gold from McGill University. Andrew Leach joined us to talk about Alberta's climate change goals and the policy they've implemented. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
44 min
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Traffic cameras are bad & School Boards cancell...
Roger and Rob discuss a new study that says traffic cameras are revenue generators, but do little for road safety. The Calgary Catholic School District has cancelled all trips outside Canada over safety concerns. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
40 min
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Playboy meets Feminism and Guaranteed Income
Playboy Magazine will have Pamela Anderson as their final centerfold. Has Playboy helped or hindered feminism? Finland is floating the idea of a guaranteed minimum income for its citizens. Our callers were warm to the idea. Texters, not so much. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
38 min
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A Calgary Indy Race & Nefertiti's Tomb
Roger & Rob discuss the idea of an Indy Car race coming to Calgary. They also discuss the potential discovery of the tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
35 min
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Alberta Ministers' conflicting messages on Bill...
On today's highlight podcast, you'll hear conflicting messages about the controversial Bill 6 from both the agriculture minister and the minster of jobs and labour. Then we took some calls about a guy who got a distracted driving ticket while waiting for food at Tim Horton's. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
40 min
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Lori Sigurdson: Bill 6
Minister of labour and jobs joined the roroshow today to answer a few questions about Bill 6.
10 min
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More on Bill 6 and The CFL Season that was
Alberta farmers have a lot of problems with Bill 6. We talk to another farmer about her concerns. The CFL season has wrapped. We talk to Scott Stinson of the National Post about what the CFL has to do to recapture some glory. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
39 min
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What happens if you donate your body to science...
If you register with the provincial system to donate your body to science and medical research at license renewal- your wishes may not be carried out. And other things you are curious about when it comes to body donations. Producer Andrea Montgomery joins the roroshow
18 min
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Trudeau's perplexing ISIS mission & Poker Star ...
Roger and Rob played back some tape of Prime Minister Trudeau's interview on BBC. They take issue with some of his positions. (At this point, Roger lays out his feelings about some of the audience responses.) Poker Hall-of-Famer Daniel Negreanu talks poker and his new documentary about him. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30 You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
37 min
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David Suzuki equates business to slavery and th...
Roger and Rob found some interesting audio of David Suzuki comparing the oil and gas sector to slavery in the southern states of the 19th century. Ross Richardson discusses his book "Still Missing" about a potential suspect in the decades old D.B. Cooper mystery. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30 You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
39 min
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The Tragic Death of Manmeet Bhullar & Burlesque...
We spoke with Jim Prentice on the passing of his dear friend, Alberta MLA Manmeet Bhullar. It was a very heartfelt discussion. Following that, we took a look at the relaxing of an Alberta law that paves the way for Burlesque shows to be more revealing. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30 You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
29 min
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Prentice - Bhullar
Former Premier Jim Prentice remembers Calgary-Greenway MLA Manmeet Bhullar
10 min
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Remembering Manmeet Bhullar with Jim Prentice
Today former Premier Jim Prentice joined Roger and Rob to share some stories of his friend PC MLA Manmeet Bhullar who was killed in a car accident on the QE2. #roroshow
12 min
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Michelle Rempel and people who call our show ab...
We were pleased to welcome Michelle Rempel to the show today to talk about the Liberal Refugee plan, which we'll know more about next Tuesday. We also took some phone calls about the Canadian resettlement plan and the concerns many Canadians have. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
36 min
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The Alberta (Beer) Advantage and Beware the Fak...
As we continue to discuss the new Alberta beer taxes, we took some time to talk to Graham at Tool Shed Brewery. He says that Alberta has finally done the right thing. We also spoke to a doctor who is concerned that people are being sucked in by vaccine alternatives, which basically do nothing. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
45 min
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Refugees, an Immigrant, and Boys who play with ...
The conversation about refugee screening continues with some very serious questions about safety on the minds of many Canadians. Don called in to discuss. Denny shared his story about moving to Canada after fleeing his home. Then we talked about boys who play with dolls and why it's not a big deal. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
37 min
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Radicalized Terrorists and Undetectable HIV
Highlights from Nov. 17th with Roger and Rob on News Talk 770: We continued talking about some of the issues facing Canada as we move toward resettling 25,000 refugees. Mubin Shaikh talks about how he was radicalized and eventually de-radicalized. Charlie Sheen disclosed that he has undetectable HIV. We talked to a 17-year-old girl who was born HIV positive and can tell us what "undetectable" means. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
38 min
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Paris Attack discussion with Daveed Gartenstein...
Highlights from Nov. 16th with Roger and Rob on News Talk 770: Friday saw one of the deadliest attacks ISIS has carried out on foreign soil when attackers killed 129 in Paris. Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
30 min
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ISIS and murderabilia
Highlights from Nov. 13th with Roger and Rob on Newstalk 770: ISIS turns their sights on Russia and Paul Bernardo gets to publish a book! Listen Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30. You can also check out the roroshow podcast at roroshow.com
41 min
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Sniper Jody Mitic
On Remembrance Day, Roger and Rob spoke to Canadian Forces Sniper and author of "Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper" Jody Mitic. His story is flat out amazing. Enjoy. You can also listen to the roroshow podcast every week on iTunes.
16 min
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NDP flip-flops on spending during elections
The provincial government has promised in the past to end government announcements during an election. The party was heavily critical when former PC education minister approved new classrooms for a school in his riding during a byelection. Now a new bill that would have ended pork-barrel spending during an election has been scuttled by Rachel Notley’s government.
14 min
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Anti- Pride bus driver Jesse Rau
Bus Driver Jesse Rau talks to Roger and Rob
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Mary Call
Mary gave Roger a call this morning... She's not getting on the rainbow bus!
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Susan the Mulcair Birther
Susan called into Kingkade & Breakenridge to let us know she prefers a Canadian-born Prime Minister
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