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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Liberals set to reveal details of their "assaul...
We spoke with Matt Gurney, columnist/editor with the National Post
18 min
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Should Ottawa provide a financial lifeline to t...
We spoke with Postmedia national sports columnist Scott Stinson.
15 min
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Confronting antisemitism in Canada
We spoke with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B'nai Brith Canada
11 min
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Why governments need to be cautious when it com...
We spoke with Paul Boothe, Former Professor and Director of the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management at the Ivey Business School, Western University / Former Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Industry (2007-2010)  
11 min
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The important of Canada's Parliament finding wa...
We spoke with Michael Morden, research director at the Samara Centre for Democracy 
13 min
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How "human challenge" trials for vaccines can s...
We spoke with Josh Morrison, co-founder of 1DaySooner (1daysooner.org) 
15 min
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Oil prices dip into negative territory
We spoke with Rory Johnston, Managing Director and Market Economist at Price Street
10 min
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How Alberta became a leader in COVID-19 testing
We spoke with Dr. Graham Tipples, Medical-Scientific Director, Public Health, Alberta Public Laboratories / Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology - University of Alberta
12 min
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Promising new trial drug for COVID-19
We spoke with Dr. Josef Penninger, Canada 150 Chair in Functional Genetics and the Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of British Columbia
11 min
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The race for a COVID-19 vaccine; contact tracin...
Today's guests: Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Emerging Viruses at the University of Manitoba. Daniel Leung, Founder & CEO - LivNao Technologies  Charles Burton, Senior Fellow - Macdonald-Laurier Institute / Associate Professor at Brock University Bill Marsh, Photographer
47 min
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Encouraging signs regarding Alberta's COVID-19 ...
We spoke with Dr. James Kellner, Head of the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine / Infectious-diseases specialist 
14 min
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Health Canada approves new rapid COVID-19 test
We spoke with Dr. Paul Lem, founder and CEO of Spartan Bioscience 
11 min
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Bleak unemployment forecast for Alberta; allowi...
Today's guests:  Trevor Tombe, Associate professor, Economics - University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy Alexandre Laurin, Director of Research - C.D. Howe Institute Tim McMillian, President & CEO - Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Nathan Mison, Chair of the Alberta Cannabis Council, co-chair of the National Cannabis Task Force with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, VP of Government & Stakeholders Relations - Fire & Flower
46 min
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Alberta students help with COVID-19 contact tra...
Lauren Bilinsky, a resident physician with Alberta Health Services joins Rob Breakenridge to discuss how students in Alberta are helping health-care workers trace COVID-19 infections.
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COVID-19: How food prices are being affected; C...
Today's guests: - Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University - Terry Glavin, author/journalist/columnist - Dr. Bayan Missaghi, Infectious disease specialist and clinical assistant professor at the Cumming School of Medicine - Dr. Lauren Bilinsky, Public Health and Preventive Medicine with Family Medicine, University of Calgary
42 min
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How all of this isolation and distancing is aff...
We spoke with Steve Joordens, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto Scarborough 
11 min
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Canada to suffer record job losses in March & A...
We spoke with Conference Board of Canada Chief Economist Pedro Antunes
9 min
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The challenges in developing - and explaining -...
We spoke with Tyler Williamson, associate professor of biostatistics in the U of C’s Community Health Sciences department
15 min
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Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health In...
We spoke with Emil Verner, assistance professor of finance at MIT Sloan School of Management
12 min
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COVID-19: Why governments need to be more up fr...
We spoke with Matt Gurney, columnist and editor with the National Post
18 min
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What economic recovery can look like and the st...
We spoke with Dr. Jack MIntz, President's Fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy
15 min
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How Staying Home Can Be an Excuse To Give Kids ...
We spoke with Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow, (a nonprofit promoting childhood independence and resilience) and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement
13 min
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COVID-19: How good data can help shape an effec...
We spoke with Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Disease Specialist and Clinician Investigator, with the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and the University of Toronto
14 min
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COVID-19: Confronting issues around medical eth...
We spoke with Arthur Caplan, Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City
9 min
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The pros and cons of widespread mask-wearing to...
We spoke with environmental scientist Blair King
14 min