Conversations That Matter

By Stuart McNish, Veteran Canadian Newsman

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Beyond the Headlines, an in-depth, one on one conversation on the issues shaping our future.

Episode Date
Ep - 608 - Quiet Food Insecurity Guest: Dr Sylvain Charlebois
May 13, 2026
Ep 607 - British Columbia’s Golden Moment in Mining Guest: Michael Goehring
May 13, 2026
Ep 606 - DRIPA and its legal consequences Guest: Robin Junger
May 13, 2026
Ep 605 - Track and Trace Guest: Louis Dron, Redwood A.I.
May 13, 2026
Ep 604 - Artificial Intelligence: Optimistic or Fear? Guest: Marc Low, Ignition at KPMG
May 13, 2026
Ep 603 - More Permits, Less Talk Guest: Todd Stone, Association for Mineral Exploration BC
May 13, 2026
Ep 602 - British Columbia Conservative Leadership Candidate Guest: Kerry-Lynne Findlay
May 13, 2026
Ep 601 - ICBC: A Unique Insurance Provider Guest: Jason McDaniel, CEO of ICBC
May 13, 2026
Ep 600 - Conservative Party of BC Leadership Guest: Caroline Elliott
May 12, 2026
Ep - 599 - A.I. Solutions in Chemical Testing Guest: Louis Dron, Redwood AI
May 12, 2026
Ep 598 - Conservative Party of BC Leadership Guest: Iain Black
May 12, 2026
Ep 597 - Believing in Possibility Joe Roberts, Executive Director of the Push For Change Foundation
May 12, 2026
Ep 596 - Conservative Party of BC Leadership Candidate Peter Milobar
May 12, 2026
Ep 595 - Drunk: How we Sipped, Danced and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization Guest: Dr. Edward Slingland
May 12, 2026
Ep 594 - Why do some children get sick? Guest: Dr. Stuart Turvey, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
May 12, 2026
Ep 593 - Conservative Party of BC: Running for Leadership Guest: Yuri Fulmer
May 12, 2026
Ep 592 - Canadian Dental Plan: Is it Working? Guest: Dr. Bruce Ward, President of the Canadian Dental Association
May 11, 2026
Ep 591 - Save British Columbia’s Restaurants Guest: Ian Tostenson
May 11, 2026
Ep 590 -  The Social Media Warning Paradox Guest: Iman Goodarzi
May 10, 2026
Ep 589 -  Taking Care of Men Guest: Kenton Boston, Canadian Men’s Health Foundation
May 10, 2026
Ep 588 -  What to Do When You Grow Up Guest: Diana MacKay
May 10, 2026
Ep 586 - Trees, Genomics, and Climate Guest: Dr. Sally Aitken, University of British Columbia and AdapTree project
Mar 29, 2026
Ep 585 - The Cowichan Case and Your Property Rights Guest: Radha Curpen & Robin Junger
Mar 29, 2026
Ep 584 - Ocean Wise Guest: Lasse Gustavsson
Mar 29, 2026
Ep 583 - Re-engineering the human body for space travel Guest: Christopher E. Mason
Mar 29, 2026
Ep 582 -  Building for Growth Guest: Susannah Pierce
Mar 29, 2026
Ep 581 - Invest or Save? Guest: Pam McDonald & Colin Whelan
Mar 29, 2026
Ep 580 - Unmanageable Permitting Processes Guest: Todd Yuen
Nov 02, 2025
Ep 579 - Labour Negotiations & Job Action Guest: Kevin Howlett
Nov 02, 2025
Ep 578 - Canada - UK Trade Guest: Thomas Codrington
Nov 02, 2025
Protecting Democracy Guest: Lech Walesa
Oct 08, 2025
How to be a Dude in the 21st Century Guest: Alex Cordero
Oct 08, 2025
Doing Business in British Columbia? Yes, but… Guest: Brad Liski
Sep 27, 2025
France and Canada Lean In on Trade Guest: Nicolas Baudouin
Sep 27, 2025
The 3% GDP Challenge Guest: Bridgette Anderson
Sep 27, 2025
British Columbia Forestry on its Knees Guest: Kim Haakstad
Sep 27, 2025
The Sensible Environmentalist Guest: Mark Jaccard
Sep 27, 2025
Skills and Trades in an A.I. World Guest: Ajay Patel
Sep 27, 2025
Fentanyl: No One is Immune Guest: Kevin deBruyckere
Sep 27, 2025
C-5: Build, Baby, Build! Guest: Radha Curpen
Sep 27, 2025
Repurposing the Site C Work Camp Guest: Mukhtar Latif
Sep 27, 2025
Tech Entrepreneurship in British Columbia Guest: Shawn Johnston
Sep 27, 2025
The Odds of You Being You Guest: Ali Binazir
Sep 27, 2025
Mark Carney so far Guest: Don Stickney
Sep 27, 2025
Why Happiness Matters Guest: John Helliwell
Sep 27, 2025
Indigenous Tourism’s Many Benefits Guest: Chyanne Trenholm
Sep 27, 2025
Indigenous Rights in One Minute Guest: Bruce McIvor
Sep 27, 2025
Brian’s Fight for Canadian Healthcare Guest: Dr Brian Day
Sep 27, 2025
Sylvain Charlebois - Food Insecurity in Canada
Sep 18, 2025
Michael Geller - Canada’s Real Estate Crisis Continues
Sep 18, 2025
Jane Talbot - State of Downtown Vancouver
Sep 18, 2025
Krystal Wittevrongel - Decluttering Regulations in Canada
Sep 18, 2025
Ryan Berlin - Real Estate Reality
Sep 18, 2025
Diraj Goel - Canada’s Anti-Success Mindset
Sep 18, 2025
Andy Day - Conserve 30 percent of BC by 2030
Sep 17, 2025
David Williams Untapping Canada’s Potential
Sep 17, 2025
Dan Woynillowicz - Tilting at Windmills
Sep 17, 2025
Pamela McDonald - “We’re all F**ked”
Sep 17, 2025
Kareem Allam - Elections Matter
Sep 17, 2025
Michael Goehring - The Minerals We Need: They’re Critical
Sep 17, 2025
Glyn Lewis - Demolition Crisis
Sep 17, 2025
Thomas O’Shaughnessy - Targeting Colorectal Cancer
Sep 17, 2025
Lenore Newman - Can British Columbia be an agricultural superpower?
Sep 17, 2025
Vina Nadjibulla - Indo-Pacific region: Our economic saviour?
Sep 17, 2025
Beau Jarvis & Kerri Jackson - Rental Development: Risky Business
Sep 17, 2025
Jacquie Griffiths - Selling Vancouver
Sep 17, 2025
Dr Linda Rapson - Mindful Cancer Care
Sep 17, 2025
Ep 517 - A crisis of indecision in Canada Guest: Gavin Dew
Oct 13, 2024
Ep - 516 - Weaving Two Worlds Guests: Christy Smith - Michael McPhie
Oct 13, 2024
Ep 515 - Electronic Recycling Done Right Mohammad Doostmohammadi
Sep 11, 2024
Ep 514 - Real Estate Lessons from Singapore Guest: Ernst Lang
Sep 11, 2024
Ep 513 - British Columbia’s Lacklustre Prosperity Guest: David Williams
Sep 11, 2024
Ep 512 - To the Edge of Death and Back Guest: Paul Dragan
Sep 11, 2024
Ep 511 - Drug Free Kids Guest: Chantal Vallerand
Jul 08, 2024
Ep 510 - Post-Pandemic Leadership Guest: Ron Bremner
Jul 08, 2024
Ep 509 - Meet the BC Conservative Leader Guest: John Rustad
Jul 08, 2024
Ep 508 - Generously Giving Guest: Megan Owen-Evans
Jul 08, 2024
Ep 507 - A Bleak Market for EVs Guest: Adam Pankratz
Jun 12, 2024
Ep 506 - Will AI produce a state of Deep Utopia? Guest: Nick Bostrom
Jun 12, 2024
Ep 505 - Has the Floatel Sunk? Guest: Christine Kennedy
Jun 12, 2024
Ep 504 - Vancouver: Beautiful, yes – but! Guest: Bridgitte Anderson
May 17, 2024
Ep 503 - Canada’s Sagging Productivity Guest: Jock Finlayson
May 17, 2024
Ep 502 - Is Peace Possible in Gaza? Gidi Grinstein
May 17, 2024
Ep 498 - How Canada Saved Me Guest - Sasha Luchkov
Apr 09, 2024
Ep 497 - Climate Action: The Net Zero Economy Guest - John Stackhouse
Apr 09, 2024
Ep 496 - Ballooning Public Service Guest - Renaud Brossard
Apr 09, 2024
Ep 495 - Child Sex Trafficking Guest - Cathy Peters
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 494 - Canada and China: What Happened? Guest - Dr Paul Evans
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 493 - A Call to Purpose Guest - Mike Rowlands
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 492 - The Fountain of Youth Guest - Angela Brooks-Wilson
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 491 - The Claims of Life Guest - Diana Chapman Walsh
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 49o - Addressing the Infrastructure Deficit Guest - Mark Liedemann
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 489 - The Path to Urban Net Zero Guest - Jeanette Jackson
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 488 - A Ministry of Entrepreneurialism Guest: Naseem Javed
Jan 27, 2024
Ep 487 - The Greatest Gift of All Guest: Paul Sitnam
Jan 27, 2024
Ep 486 - Can First Nations Save Canada’s Economy? Guest: Chris Sankey
Jan 27, 2024
Ep 485 - The interconnectedness of all things Guest: Wade Davis
Jan 07, 2024
Ep 484 - How to Stop Stereotyping Seniors  Guest:  Rudy Buttignol
Jan 06, 2024
Ep 483 - Youthful Cities: Attracting and retaining a young population Guest:  Robert Barnard
Jan 06, 2024
Ep 482 - Save Our Streets Guest:  Jess Ketchum
Jan 06, 2024