At Night With Dan Riendeau

A former oil and gas employee turns entrepreneur to help clean up what the industry leaves behind Guest: Juli Rohl, Founder of Alberta Regeneration Project www.regenerateab.ca

Kids and TV: How do shows like Paw Patrol become so catchy? How much should parents buy into the screen time and the American Academy of Pediatrics releases their latest guidelines on screen time. Guest:Kelly Schwartz, Child Psychologist and Professor in Applied Child Psychology at the U of C

  Canada’s youth unemployment rate is 13% nearly double the national average.  This week the Prime Minister attended a conference intended to address the issue and was heckled by protestors who later turned their back on him. Vass Bednar, Associate Director Prosperity Institute, Chair of Federal Youth Panel

The World Wildlife Fund this week revealed that animal populations worldwide have declined 58% since 1970.  David Miller, CEO WWF CANADA

About 30% of the population fails to turnout to vote in Federal elections.  My next guest has some suggestions on how to fix that and other aspcts of our democracy. Bill Tieleman, political columnist for 24 Hours Vancouver and The Tyee online. Also a former NDP strategist                                 

A bombshell was dropped into in the American Presidential contest on Friday.  The FBI today announced that they were once again investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email sever when she was Secretary of State. Greg Anderson, Political Science professor University of Alberta

Three years ago Sobey’s bought the Safeway grocery chain which dominated in Western Canada.  Now 24-months later that acquisition is increasingly looking like a big mistake. Jeff Jones, reporter and columnist with the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business   

In their new book long time Guitar World magazine editor Brad Tolinski and music journalist Alan Di Perna tell the story of the last 100-years of American music through twelve electric guitars.   Alan di Perna                                                                                                              Brad Tolinski, authors of Play It Loud, AN EPIC HISTORY OF THE STYLE, SOUND, AND REVOLUTION OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR

On a cold night in the mid-19th century a group of bedraggled, ashen men wandered into an Inuit fishing camp – the first time they had ever seen a non-Inuit.  Tristin Hopper, Writer for National Post 

The United Nations have adopted a landmark resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.  All the nuclear armed countries of the world including the United States and Russia voted against the motion. Kambiz Foroohar, Senior Writer at Bloomberg News covering the UN      

Oasis was one of the definitive bands of the 90's.  A new documentary titled Oasis:Supersonic tracks the rise and fall of this most dysfunctional of musical acts.  

In the 1930’s a family of poor itinerant workers in Indianapolis called the Ismael’s were held up as proof positive for the need to sterilize the poor and infirm in order to cleanse to gene pool. Megan Day, Writer for Timeline  

The Kurds are one of the key fighting forces in Iraq currently laying siege to the ISIS controlled city of Mosul but just across the border in Syria the Kurds have carved out a piece of territory and are also taking the fight to the Islamic State. Si Sheppard, Professor of Political science, Long Island University Brooklyn          

One of the more peculiar aspects of this most peculiar of election seasons is the fact that the Republican nominee has received little to no support from big Wall Street donors – a first in American political history.  The reason for that has much to do with the demise of the smoky boardroom and the business elites who once populated them. Jerry Davis , Professor of Management University of Michigan  

Big Foot   Earlier this month a video purporting to show Bigfoot was captured on a nature cam in rural Michigan.  The evidence was scant at best but despite the almost total lack of proof the legend of Bigfoot continues to loom large in the pubic imagination.  Edward Simon, PhD candidate and writer for Aeon  

In his new book Todd Mayfield, the son of Soul music legend Curtis Mayfield, tells the story of his father’s rise from a Chicago housing project to one the most important American musicians of the 20th century. Todd Mayfield, Author of Travelling Soul, The life of Curtis Mayfield

Today the Federal Liberals agreed to bring refugees from the beleaguered Yazidi religious minority in Northern Iraq and Syria to Canada after months of pressure from the Conservatives. Michelle Rempel, Conservative MP, Official Opposition Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   

The trove of emails from the Democratic National Committee and from Clinton campaign manager John Podesta released by Wikileaks have yet to hurt her chances of becoming President but have riled the left wing of her own party. Ken Vogel, reporter for Politico       

The Viceland series Cyberwar returns for its second season tomorrow with an investigation of the markets selling exploits to widely used software systems. . Ben Makuch, host of Cyberwar 

  The polls continue to suggest that Hillary Clinton is cruising to an election victory November 8th.  The Trump campaign, meanwhile, appears to be accepting that they have work to do – sort of. Nolan McCaskill, reporter for Politico