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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As the world changes- how do you discuss pornog...
With Maggie Jones, Contributing Writer to New York Times Magazine,  her piece here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/magazine/teenagers-learning-online-porn-literacy-sex-education.html
13 min
1652
City council pensions Calgary vs. Edmonton
With Colin Craig, Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
9 min
1653
minimum wage, unemployment, changes in the job ...
9 min
1654
Don Macintyre's charges- publication ban lifted
With Global Edmonton's Fletcher Kent.
11 min
1655
If delaying is John Horgan's tactic, things mig...
With The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer
14 min
1656
Theatre Calgary removes genders on bathrooms be...
With Amelia Newbert, Production and Operations Manager, Theatre Calgary
8 min
1657
The science of stress and how it can pass betwe...
The University of Calgary has been researching how stress can be contagious. With Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine Jaideep Bains. 
7 min
1658
How Robin William's death influenced others
David S Fink studied how the suicides of celebrities may have influenced others to take their lives. He works in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University. 
8 min
1659
A chat with Sinbad
Sinbad performs at The Laugh Shop Feb 8-10.  More here: http://www.thelaughshopcalgary.com/
11 min
1660
Maclean's magazine and the gender price difference
With Maclean's Magazine Editor in Chief Alison Uncles.
9 min
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Should the feds run a promo campaign to inform ...
With Liberal MP for Edmonton Centre Randy Boissonnault.
10 min
1662
Important news: There is a car in space now, wh...
With Sean O'kane, reporter for The Verge,
10 min
1663
Please don't bring small businesses into this t...
Chef Paul Shufelt, owner of Workshop Eatery, is pro-pipeline, but is tired of his business taking hits from the AB NDP. 
11 min
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Michelle Rempel questions Trudeau's leadership ...
Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel.
18 min
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The way Trudeau panders to people is... wierd
Rob looks back at some of the comments our Prime Minister has made in the past few weeks... 
21 min
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How could we possibly wage war against BC? not ...
The National Post's Tristin Hopper has been looking into how Alberta could lash out at BC without injuring itself, and really couldn't find a satisfying course.  His piece here: http://calgaryherald.com/news/canada/could-alberta-bring-b-c-to-its-knees-by-shutting-off-the-oil/wcm/0138bba7-1ed3-4d49-96ea-b1c0a5992f28  
13 min
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Amount of tickets issued for snow route ban hig...
With the Calgary Parking Authority's Enforcement Co-ordinator Kevin Bulmer. 
10 min
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Derek Fildebrandt speaks to leaving UCP caucus-...
Derek Fildebrandt speaks to his recent legal troubles and the meeting with Jason Kenney and the UCP where he was told there was no place for him to run with the UCP next time. 
15 min
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Thinking forward to the packaging and labelling...
With President of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Laurent Marcoux
9 min
1670
Is there an argument for a variable speed limit...
Karan Arora last year studied how variable speed limits could reduce traffic and imporve safety on Deerfoot Trail as a Master's student at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. Now he is a transportation planner in Vancouver. 
17 min
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Due process in sexual harrassment allegations- ...
With Jonathan Kay, columnist, author and pundit.
16 min
1672
Carbon Monoxide, the silent killer
With Carol Henke, Public Information Officer with the Calgary Fire Department. 
11 min
1673
When treatment for your child is $750,000 a yea...
Kira Leavitt Palmer is a Calgary mom whose son Evan is suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, there is treatment available for his condition. But it is extremely expensive. 
10 min
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no appetite for idling cars bylaw- but what are...
With Inspector Joe Brar, Investigative Operations Section Calgary Police Services. 
12 min
1675
How gymnastics and other sports breed abuse
With Alheli Picazo, athlete and freelancer. Her piece here.
17 min