Best Rob Russo Podcasts (2025)

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Two more conversations about the election results with Rob Russo, and Lori Turnbull 18:26

2d ago18:26

18:26

Jeff speaks with Rob Russo from The Economist, and Lori Turnbull from Dalhousie University.

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Gen. Berger on Leadership in a Turbulent Era 24:16

5h ago24:16

24:16

In today's world, turbulence isn't temporary — it's the new normal. In this episode, Gen. (ret.) David Berger, former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, shares why adaptability, resilience, and grit are not just desirable but essential traits for leaders in an uncertain and unpredictable age. Successful leaders must embrace disruption rather than…

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It's All Good, episode 1: nothing but good news stories from Mainstreet in Nova Scotia 51:35

19h ago51:35

51:35

If bad news makes you feel bad, check out these conversations Jeff Douglas had with Alex Guye about the return of the house hippo, Colin Meagher in an Export Report about a new product line at a fifty year old company in Lockeport, comedian DJ Demers who's coming to Halifax for the All Access Comedy show May 11th, and Michelle Sylliboy who is trans…

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Resilience in Construction and Finding Calm with Jennifer Janssen 1:35:42

1d ago1:35:42

1:35:42

Send us a text We are BACK on The Construction Life—this time for a powerful conversation with the incredible Jennifer Janssen. From the Netherlands to Canada, Jennifer’s journey is all about resilience, clarity, and staying grounded in a high-pressure world. We dive into: 🖤 Navigating four losses in four days—and the support that helped her heal 🧘…

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Another look at the migrant experience in the U.S. under the Trump administration 17:49

1d ago17:49

17:49

Kate Swanson is the Canada Research Chair in International Peace, Security and Children and a professor at Dalhousie. She shares her thoughts and expertise Jeff Douglas about what migrants in the U.S. are facing when it comes to deportation and whether the U.S. should still be considered a safe third country.…

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The Mainstreet Spinbusters on the federal election results 33:47

2d ago33:47

33:47

Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin and Barbara Emodi talk with host Jeff Douglas.

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Nova Scotian-designed micro homes could play a role in alleviating the housing crisis 13:38

3d ago13:38

13:38

Troy Muise, founder and CEO of Microline Homes, talks with Jeff Douglas.

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A psychiatrist talks about the stigma surrounding schizophrenia 11:39

4d ago11:39

11:39

Psychiatrist Jason Morrison talks with Alex Guye about schizophrenia, what we know about it, the way cannabis impacts it, how common and misunderstood it is and what society can do to dismantle the stigma surrounding the condition.

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Nate Holley (Vile Mind. Huntington Music Collective. Prestige Tattoo & Piercing) 1:13:00

3d ago1:13:00

1:13:00

Nate Holly is my guest on this episode of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace. A short, twenty-second video that came across my feed caught my attention. It turns out the clip was of their first ever show a couple of months ago. I needed to know the story behind this band and the heavily tattooed man singing with a buck knife on his hip. So, I reached out. …

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Theatre production, Casey & Diana, comes to Neptune Theatre 10:50

6d ago10:50

10:50

Award winning playwright, Nick Green, created the theatre production Casey & Diana. It is now hitting the stage at Neptune Theatre. Alex Guye sat down with Nick to hear all about the visit and handshake that inspired him to adapt this true story for the stage.

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East Preston to hold first ever Autism Acceptance Fair 9:40

6d ago9:40

9:40

Nyesha Sparks has made it her mission to foster greater understanding, connection, and acceptance of autism in her community of East Preston. She tells Jeff Douglas about the Autism Acceptance Fair she organized.

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The North American House Hippo has returned 12:11

7d ago12:11

12:11

The fictional hippo is once again the centre of a campaign to increase the media literacy and digital resiliency of Canadians. Alex Guye dropped in to tell Jeff Douglas about the new ad created by Media Smarts, Canada's Centre for Digital Media Literacy.

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The Mainstreet Spinbusters talk about some of the ridings they're watching in Nova Scotia 26:21

7d ago26:21

26:21

An expanded version of Jeff's conversation with Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin, and Barbara Emodi.

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The inaugural Canadian International Peace Conference is taking place this Friday and Saturday in Halifax 13:09

8d ago13:09

13:09

Fatu Kaba is an entrepreneur, award winning peace activist and she is the founder and president of the HEARTS Global Network. Natasha Fernandes is an organizer and moderator for the peace conference. She is also a Business Consultant at the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre. They tell Jeff Douglas about the conference and Fatu began by telli…

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The 19th annual Black Educators Association provincial spelling bee is coming up 7:11

8d ago7:11

7:11

Host Jeff Douglas talks with some of the people involved.

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Another trend from the 1990s is back, and it involves attaching gems to your teeth 17:58

8d ago17:58

17:58

Our intern, Jennifer Waugh, drops into Studio A with the story

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World's biggest invertebrate is no softie -- colossal squid, and evidence of scraps with sperm whales 9:00

9d ago9:00

9:00

Jeff talks with our oceans guy, Boris Worm.

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Here's what some federal party candidates are thinking about the oceans, and related industries 13:11

9d ago13:11

13:11

In every federal election since 2011, our oceans guy Boris Worm has asked candidates from all the federal parties what their policies would mean for the oceans.

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Export Report: Christian Barry on twenty-five years of 2B Theatre 15:19

9d ago15:19

15:19

Christian Barry talks with host Jeff Douglas about how 2B Theatre took its productions from Nova Scotia to the world.

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Symposium on uncovering the hidden histories of Black communities in Atlantic Canada taking place next week 14:52

15d ago14:52

14:52

Claudine Bonner is an associate professor and the Canada Research Chair in African Diaspora Migration at Mount Allison University. Isaac Saney is an associate professor and the coordinator of the Black and African Diaspora Studies program at Dalhousie. They tell Jeff Douglas why this symposium is important and why they hope it can happen annually.…

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Dorian McNamara of Halifax has won the 2025 CBC Short Story Prize 6:30

15d ago6:30

6:30

CBC's Rose Murphy caught up with short story prize winner, Dorian McNamara, in Tokyo.

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The Mi'kmawitasik: Mi'kmaw Made trademark has officially launched 15:21

15d ago15:21

15:21

Shannon Monk the cultural tourism manager for Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (KMK) and Heather Stevens, a maker with the Mi'kmawitasik trademark and the manager at the Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre, tell Alex Guye all about it.

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Anthony Russo Jr. (A Breed Apart NYHC) 1:40:42

14d ago1:40:42

1:40:42

Available now everywhere here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceI have no idea why he hasn't been on the show several years ago, at least a couple of times. This was way overdue. My guest is my boy Anthony Russo, Jr. He is the singer for New York Hardcore band, A Breed Apart. We go on and on about hardcore, how social media ruined a lot of s…

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The Future of Sweden's Military with Chief of Defense Michael Claesson 18:35

15d ago18:35

18:35

Gen. Michael Claesson, Chief of Defense of the Swedish Armed Forces, joined Ryan during a visit to Washington to share how NATO has changed Sweden's armed forces as well as the details of their modernization, consolidation, and expansion efforts — on land, at sea, and in the air. They also discuss the challenges of mobilization in future wars defin…

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Building a Balanced Business with Rob Cinapri: How Personal Growth Fuels Professional Success 1:41:10

16d ago1:41:10

1:41:10

Send us a text In this episode of the People First Podcast, Jonathan Cinelli sits down with Rob Cinapri for an eye-opening conversation about the true foundation of lasting success — personal growth. Rob shares his real-world insights on why balancing personal well-being and business growth is the key to thriving in both life and leadership. From m…

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Narrative Research poll shows Liberals far ahead in Atlantic Canada 10:07

16d ago10:07

10:07

Jeff speaks with Margaret Brigley, CEO and a partner at Narrative Research, a market research firm located in Halifax.

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Asa McKercher on Donald Trump's relationship with the judicial branch of the US government 19:09

16d ago19:09

19:09

Jeff Douglas speaks with Asa McKercher, the Hudson Research Chair in Canada-US Relations, and an associate prof in Public Policy & Governance at St. Francis Xavier University.

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The Mi'kmaq Artist Emergence Program is coming back for its second year 10:08

17d ago10:08

10:08

The Mi'kmaq Artist Emergence Program was created to bring together emerging Indigenous artists for a week of music training, cultural teachings and mental wellness counselling. You can learn more about it and how to apply by visiting the instagram page mikmaqaep. Christina Googoo is a participant of last year's program. She tells Mainstreet's Alex …

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If you're on the phone with them, you're probably having one of the worst days of your life 15:23

18d ago15:23

15:23

Katie MacLean and Chauntel Lewis are medical communications officers, at the EHS Medical Communications Centre in Nova Scotia. Once a 911 operator takes some basic info from you, the next voice you hear might be Katie or Chauntel. They'll tell Jeff Douglas what it takes to do this job, and why they love it.…

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Not the Last Net Assessment 27:40

20d ago27:40

27:40

In this joint episode with the Net Assessment crew, recorded last week on "Liberation Day," Ryan joins Chris, Zack, and Melanie to talk about what's happening in the world as well as the future of Net Assessment, which is moving on to its forever home with the Stimson Center. If you would like to support Net Assessment, please consider donating to …

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Hundreds of thousands of migrants in the U.S. from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to lose legal status on April 24th 17:35

21d ago17:35

17:35

Many of these people were brought to the US through Biden-era parole systems. Robert Huish is an associate professor in the department of International Development Studies. He speaks with Jeff Douglas about why, and how the current Trump administration is ending this legal status, as well as the administration's utilization of the Alien Enemies Act…

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The Mainstreet Spinbusters at the mid-point of the federal election campaign 35:50

22d ago35:50

35:50

Jeff talks with Barbara Emodi, Chris Lydon, and Michelle Coffin.

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The harmful impact of a private online groups highly degrading sexual comments 10:02

23d ago10:02

10:02

Tia Googoo is a 27-year-old Millbrook band member. She went public with screenshots of a private group chat that she took a couple of weeks ago. The Facebook chat included highly degrading sexual comments about women in the community and references to enjoying non-consensual sex. Two councillors who were in the group chat, Garrett Gloade and Pius K…

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Is there an enthusiasm gap between Conservative supporters, and people planning to vote Liberal or NDP? 22:56

24d ago22:56

22:56

After what must be Pierre Poilievre's biggest rally yet, south of Edmonton yesterday, Jeff asks Shachi Kurl at the Angus Reid Institute whether she sees signs of an enthusiasm gap in her data. (Also includes an excerpt from the latest CBC West Of Centre podcast.)

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Should you sleep with your mouth taped shut? Quick answer: no. Absolutely not. 7:35

24d ago7:35

7:35

The CBC's Meig Campbell finds out why.

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"What is the point of all this?" wonders Dal U economist James McNeil about Trump tariffs 19:04

25d ago19:04

19:04

Host Jeff Douglas speaks with James McNeil after some big market losses at the end of last week.

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The Return of Rob Castoria (Maniac Rise. Metal Storm. Ex: Merauder) 1:31:28

27d ago1:31:28

1:31:28

Rob Castoria returns to The Brooklyn Blast Furnace in order to get a couple, two, three things off his chest. Everywhere here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceSupport:Generation Records 210 Thompson Street West Village, NYC Intro: Phil LoCastro & Joseph A. Cassar Intro Visuals: Marc Kutik Edits: Nick Light…

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Let's talk about the the wonderful world of the zipper merge! 8:05

28d ago8:05

8:05

Host Jeff Douglas talks with traffic expert Peter Lougheed, about the zipper merge and whether it would make the lives of Nova Scotians easier.

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The language violent extremist movements use and how fascism looks in 2025 17:50

28d ago17:50

17:50

Alex Khasnabish is chair of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. He studies social movements, radical politics, and social & political theory. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Alex about what fascism looks like in 2025 and some of the language violent extremist movements use.…

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Shaun Majumder on patriotism: "We don't need to go out there screaming... that we have ketchup chips" 11:13

29d ago11:13

11:13

Shaun Majumder talks with host Jeff Douglas about his permanent move from Los Angeles to Nova Scotia, how he's been thinking about what it means to be Canadian, and why he's going to be at another Elbows Up rally (happening in Dartmouth on Sunday).

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How people get drawn into extremist groups and some of the work being done in Canada to support people who leave 14:02

29d ago14:02

14:02

Ideologically motivated, violent extremist groups, use different kinds of hate to recruit followers and inspire violence. A report dated May 2024 released under the access to information law by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says Extremist groups are also tapping into current events to build support. Alex Guye reached Brad Gallow…

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Federal election coverage: Conservative plans to tackle the housing crisis 13:53

1M ago13:53

13:53

Jeff speaks with Conservative candidate Rick Perkins.

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Why don't big social media platforms use their algorithms to filter out scams and fraudsters? 19:46

1M ago19:46

19:46

David Shipley says it's because the platforms make money off the ads, and never suffer the consequences -- which can be devastating to the individuals who get taken in. David is the CEO of Beauceron Security. He speaks with host Jeff Douglas.

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Federal election coverage: NDP plans to tackle the housing crisis 15:18

1M ago15:18

15:18

Jeff speaks with NDP candidate Lisa Roberts.

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Federal election coverage: Liberal plans to tackle the housing crisis 13:27

1M ago13:27

13:27

Jeff speaks with Liberal candidate Sean Fraser.

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Mark Thousands (Ritualized. Leeway NYC. Comin' Correct. The Casting Out. Hard Response) 2:13:19

1M ago2:13:19

2:13:19

Available now on all platforms here:https://linktr.ee/thebrooklynblastfurnaceMy guest is a man I've known now for close to a decade. I'm surprised he hasn't been on earlier. He's played in Leeway NYC/The Eddie Leeway Show, Hard Response, The Casting Out, Comin' Correct and besides being a solo artist and collaborating with Keith Caputo, he has a ne…

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Mainstreet Export Report: Doug Milburn, Co-founder of Protocase and 45Drives 16:02

1M ago16:02

16:02

Protocase has been a growing concern in Sydney, Nova Scotia, for years. Alex Mason called Doug Milburn a few hours before the company held an open house for its new U.S.-based production and assembly operations in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Students and apprentices show off their skills in competitions at NSCC campuses this spring 16:14

1M ago16:14

16:14

Jeff talks with several people involved in skills competitions happening on Nova Scotia Community College Campuses, including Bryden Surette who's competing in precision machining, and Alannah Bushnik who's studying to be an Electronic Engineering Technologist at the Sydney Waterfront Campus.

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A Stroll Through the Indo-Pacific, the Most Important Region in the World 43:02

1M ago43:02

43:02

In this episode, we get into what's driving the Indo-Pacific's security dynamics, from China's threats to Taiwan to AUKUS and the Quad to stability (or lack thereof) on the Korean Peninsula to bases in the Philippines. We also touch on how prepared the United States may be to deliver military power in the Indo-Pacific based on forthcoming resourcin…

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When Help is Harm: Dalhousie associate professor explains study into the harms of looksmaxxing 20:50

1M ago20:50

20:50

A warning, this conversation contains details of self harm and suicide. We ask that you take care while listening. If you or someone you know is struggling, the provincial mental health crisis line can be reached at 1-888-429-8167 or by dialing 911. The Suicide crisis helpline can be reached by calling or texting: 9-8-8. A recent study in the Socio…

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