BC Today from CBC Radio British Columbia
Summary: BC Today is where British Columbians connect on issues facing their lives and their community. Every week day at noon PT and 1pm MT, BC Today host Michelle Eliot delves into the top story for the province in a vibrant, interactive hour of conversation, in which listeners are invited to have their say on the open line and on social media.
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Podcasts:
Lucia Lorenzi, a postdoctoral student studying sexual violence at McMaster University, Max Cameron, a coordinator of UBC's Summer Institute for Future Legislators, and Hugh Pelmore, CEO of ARETE Safety and Protection, on sexual misconduct allegations in politics. Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, a registered psychologist, on whether adolescence should end at age 19 or 24.
Chester Wisniewski, the principal research scientist with Sophos, on data breaches. Ken Wong, an associate professor at Queen's University's Smith School of Business, Jane Dyson, executive director of Disability Alliance BC, and Mike Palecek, national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, on the future of Canada Post.
John Cassidy, a seismologist at Natural Resources Canada, Johanna Wagstaffe, a seismologist at CBC News, and Kent Johansen, an engineer at the University of British Columbia's Earthquake Engineering Research Facility, on the 7.9 magnitude earthquake near Alaska, B.C.'s tsunami warning and the emergency response.
Tom Gunton, director of the resource and environmental planning program at Simon Fraser University and Dustin Rivers, spokesperson for Squamish Nation, on NEB hearings for Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Elizabeth Cline, author of "Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion", on fashion waste.
Andrew Wister, director of Simon Fraser University's Gerontology Research Centre, and Fran Ferguson, a registered clinical counsellor in Campbell River, on whether we should have a Minister of Loneliness. Michael Adams, author of Could it happen here? Canada in the Age of Trump and Brexit.
Andrew Trites, director of the marine mammal research unit at the University of British Columbia and a research associate at the Vancouver Aquarium, on cetaceans no longer being housed at Vancouver Aquarium. Master gardener Brian Minter on winter pruning.
Adriana Molina, marketing manager at Credit Canada Debt Solutions, on personal finances in light of the Bank of Canada setting the key lending rate at 1.25 per cent. Sasha Emmons, editor-in-chief of Today's Parent magazine, and Onowa McIvor, associate professor of Indigenous education at the University of Victoria, on how we name people.
Ian Tostenson, CEO of the British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association, and David Fairey, co-chair of the B.C. Employment Standards Coalition, on the restaurant labour shortage in B.C. Ian Gill, author of No News is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse and What Comes Next, on the ongoing challenges faced by local media organizations.
Charles Burton, former diplomat to Beijing, on Hawaiian missile scare and North Korea Summit; Sarah Hamid-Balma from Canadian Mental Health Association on blue Monday.
Christopher Schneider, an associate professor at Brandon University, and Rina Liddle, who runs Liddle Works Indie Media, on Facebook's feed changes. Max Cameron, director of UBC's Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, on electoral reform.
Ed Willes, sports columnist for the Province newspaper, and Todd Harkins, general manager for the Prince George Cougars, on Canada's men's hockey team. Peter Reiner, a professor at UBC's National Core for Neuroethics, on cellphone addiction.
Kevin Grier, a food market analyst, Bruce Cran, president of the Consumers' Association of Canada, and Sam Trosow, a Western University law and media professor, on bread price-fixing. Greg David, editor of TV, eh?, on what people are binge-watching.
Josh Gordon, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University's School of Public Policy. Mariana Brussoni, an associate professor at the University of B.C.'s School of Population and Public Health, and Carol Sartor, a HASTE school facilitator.
Lucia Lorenzi, a postdoctoral fellow studying sexual violence at McMaster University, on calls for Oprah Winfrey to run for U.S. president in 2020. Ted Cheskey, Nature Canada's senior conservation management specialist, on winter birds.
B.C. Federation of Labour's Irene Lanzinger and B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association's Ian Tostenson on temporary foreign workers. CBC's Matthew Braga and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in B.C.'s Brad Weldon on home tech.