We spoke with Peter Jaworski - Assistant Teaching Professor (Ethics) - Georgetown University and co-founder - DonationEthics.com

We spoke with Ramsey Zeid, manager of Winnipeg grocery store Food Fare - they're fighting a provincial law which mandates that certain retailers must remain closed on holidays

Growing concern about foreign meddling in Canada’s upcoming election Guest: Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Relations - Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Carleton University)   A pragmatic environmentalist’s case for LNG Guest: Blair King - BC-based Environmental Scientist with an interest in energy policy   As Calgary prepares to roll out an e-scooter sharing program, other cities are having second thoughts Guest: Jeremy Elrod, Nashville city council member   Boeing to pay out $100-million to families of those killed in two crashes of its 737 Max 8 planes Guest: Marc Moller - Partner in the law firm of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP, New York / aviation litigation expert

“Why Young Men” – what leads young men down a dangerous and violent path and how to stop it Guest: Jamil Jivani, author - "Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity" Visiting professor - Toronto’s Osgoode Hall Law School Founder - Citizen Empowerment Project   Ticketmaster faces $4.5-million in penalties after Competition Bureau investigation Guest: Josephine Palumbo - Deputy Commissioner for the Competition Bureau’s Deceptive Marketing Practices Directorate

China has banned all Canadian meat imports. Should Canada be fighting back? Guest: Matt Gurney – National Post columnist   List of banned terrorist organizations now includes two neo-Nazi groups Guest: Leah West - former counsel with the Dept. of Justice, National Security Litigation & Advisory Group; soon-to-be part of the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University faculty as a lecturer of National Security and Intelligence   No charges to be laid against Lethbridge police officer who repeatedly ran over injured deer Guest: Ari Goldkind – criminal defence lawyer and legal commentator   The case for diet soda: an in-depth look at the science around artificial sweeteners Guest: Tamar Haspel – food and science journalist / Washington Post “Unearthed” columnist

IOC decision on 2026 Winter Olympics shows that it’s business-as-usual Guest: Christopher Dempsey - Founder and former co-chair - No Boston Olympics / Co-Author - "No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the Torch" Following controversy, Canadian military plans to rededicate Afghan War memorial Guest: David Pugliese - Ottawa Citizen reporter,  covering the Canadian military   Why “taxing the rich” rarely works out the way it’s supposed to Guest: Finn Poschmann - Resident Scholar at the Fraser Institute

Senate passes C-69 and C-48 – Alberta Senator Paula Simons on why she voted as she did Guest: Paula Simons – Independent Senator, Alberta   Elections Canada NOT paying influencers…anymore Guest: Amanda Connolly – Global News politics reporter   E-cigarettes: balancing the harm reduction benefits with the concern about underage use Guest: David Sweanor – Adjunct professor, faculty of law – University of Ottawa; Advisory Board Chair – Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethics (U of O)   Is technology ruining sport? – New technology called the video assistant referee, or VAR, has been used at the Women’s World Cup…and not everyone is a fan Guest: Andrew Potter – author, journalist, columnist; associate professor – McGill Institute for the Study of Canada

Guest: Moshe Lander – Economist, Concordia University

Guilty on all counts for NXIVM leader Keith Raniere Guest: Rick Ross - Cult Expert; Executive Director of Cult Education Institute; author, “Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out”    “One Giant Leap” – 50 years after the moon landing, a reflecting on the legacy of Apollo 11 Guest, Charles Fishman – author of “One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew us to the Moon”   Finding Aliens (and their planets) – Is there life out there? Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak – Senior Astronomer, Institute Fellow, SETI Institute

The environmentalist’s case for TMX Guest: Ed Whittingham - environmental policy expert, former Pembina Institute executive director   “350 Days” – A revealing look at the realities of the professional wrestling business Guest: Fulvio Cecere, producer/director – “350 Days”   Cannabis tax revenues – are Canadian governments collecting as much as they expected? Guest: Michael Armstrong, associate professor – Goodman School of Business, Brock University   Cannabis border issues – why an even decades-old arrest can get you banned from the U.S. Guest: Len Saunders, Immigration lawyer based in Washington State

New poll on whether Canadians agree with the MMIWG inquiry report on whether Canada guilty of “genocide” / Quebec’s Bill 21 and the implications for religious freedom Guest: Jack Jedwab – president and CEO, Association for Canadian Studies   How to Break the Pipeline Logjam Guest: Joseph Quesnel – Program Manager, MacDonald-Laurier Institute   We now know how much Calgary spent in exploring an Olympic bid Guest: Erin Waite – NoCalgaryOlympics Communications lead   Hong Kong Protests – Why millions of Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets Guest: Sarah Cook – senior research analyst at Freedom House and director of the China Media Bulletin; author of The Battle for China’s Spirit on religious freedom under Xi Jinping   New U of C study suggests teen sexting is associated with delinquency, sexual behaviors & mental health issues Guest: Camille Mori – masters student in the University of Calgary’s Determinants of Child Development Lab, and lead author on the study

Unlimited data plans now available… but are there strings attached? Guest: Shruti Shekar, reporter – MobileSyrup.com   House of Commons kills, and then resurrects and accepts, a motion on ending veteran homelessness Guest: Abigail Bimman, Global National – Ottawa correspondent Guest: Ray McInnis, Royal Canadian Legion   The dangers of “stalkerware” Guest: Christopher Parsons, senior research associate – Citizen Lab (University of Toronto)   New study finds low levels of THC are not associated with an increased crash risk Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, associate professor – UBC dept. of emergency medicine

Trudeau government to reject most of the Senate’s proposed C-69 amendments Guest: Martha Hall Finlay, president & CEO – Canada West Foundation   Child marriage in Canada – still very much a reality Guest: Alissa Koski, Assistant Professor - Department of Epidemiology, McGill University   Ottawa wants to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021 – but how will that work? Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada - Restaurants Canada   The risks and unintended consequences of a cyberattack strategy Guest: Ken Barker, professor of computer science – University of Calgary   More than 50 years after the band was founded, Calgary’s The Stampeders still going strong Guest: Rich Dodson, singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, vocalist, founding member – The Stampeders

Calgary business owners rally as city council tackles the property tax mess Guest: Kelly Doody, founder & owners – The Social School   The Liberals want to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021 Guest: Tristin Hopper, Edmonton-based National Post contributor   “A Stranded Nation” – a new documentary on the Canadian oil and gas sector Guest: Heidi McKillop, Director and Producer of A Stranded Nation   C.D. Howe Institute on the cost and feasibility of universal pharmacare Guest: Rosalie Wyonch, policy analyst, C.D. Howe Institute   Why a dog’s stress might be mirroring its owner’s stress Guest: Dr. Stanley Coren, dog behavior expert / Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Two key Senate decisions regarding Bills C-48 and C-69 Guest: Alberta Senator Paula Simons   Calgary small business making their voices heard (Rally outside city hall at 7:30 a.m. Monday) Guest: Jill Belland, co-founder Barre Belle Studios   Has cannabis legalization succumbed to “corporate greed and monopolization”? Guest: Patrick Parsons, Media Director of the Calgary Cannabis Club   Three years since the legalization of medical assistance in dying –an event in Calgary to mark the occasion and to discuss the challenges that remain Guest: Shanaaz Gokool, CEO Dying with Dignity Canada

Marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day – and the role that Canadian troops played Guest: Ted Barris - author, journalist, broadcaster, historian   ‘Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up’ Guest: Dave Meslin, author – “Teardown”   The connection between road design and road safety Guest: Greg Hart, Co-Founder – Vision Zero YYC   Loose Moose Theatre – “PERSONAL GROWTH” Guests: Lindsay Mullan, Renee Amber, Alexa MacKell - Stars of “Personal Growth”

The RCMP apparently looking into whether war crimes laws can be used to prosecute Canadians who have fought for ISIS Guest: Phil Gurski, President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting   How supervised consumption sites have an important role to play in combating the opioid crisis Guest: Dr. Hakique Virani, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Alberta Department of Medicine; Medical Director, Metro City Medical Clinic   30th anniversary of the massacre of protesters in Tiananmen Square Guest: Terry Glavin, Author, journalist, columnist. Senior Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.   How do Canadians feel about confederation? Guest: Andrew Parkin, Executive Director - Environics Institute for Survey Research

Calgary’s property tax debate Guests: Jeromy Farkas, Ward 11 city councilor                 Bev Dahlby, Distinguished Fellow and Research Director - School of Public Policy (U of C)   MMIWG fallout Guest: Chris Selley, Columnist - National Post   Twenty years ago this month, Napster changed the music industry forever Guest: Alan Cross, Broadcaster / Music writer & historian

CAPP’s federal energy platform Guest: Tim McMillan, President and CEO, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers   Inglewood businesses get walloped Guest: Kelly Doody, Founder/Owner - Social School   Wildfires in Alberta Guest: Mike Flannigan, Professor of Wildland Fire, University of Alberta   Medical misinformation Guest: Timothy Caulfield, University of Alberta / Host: “A User's Guide to Cheating Death” (Netflix) / Author: "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?"

We spoke with Kelly Doody, founder and owner of Social School in Inglewood

We spoke with Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy and  Research Director at the Health Law Institute (University of Alberta). He's also host of the Netflix show “A User's Guide to Cheating Death” and author of the book "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?"

We spoke with comedian, game show host, podcaster, commentator, and presidential candidate Ben Gleib. He's appearing at the Laugh Shop here in Calgary this weekend https://www.laughshopcalgary.com/event/ben-gleib/

We spoke with former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman and Vicki Heyman about their new book "The Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada-U.S. Relationship in Times of Uncertainty"

Dwight Newman, law professor at the University of Saskatchewan, joins Rob to discuss the B.C. court of appeal decision on shipping bitumen in the province.

Owen Hart Revisited Guest: John Pollock, Reporter & Podcaster Economic Protectionism Guest: Vincent Geloso, Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute Electric Cars and Economy Guest: Blake Shaffer, Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy Idaho Stops Guest: Joseph P. Schwieterman, Director, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University in Chicago.