Full Show: The history of words and slang, Who was Robert Oppenheimer & Province orders Surrey to ditch RCMP
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Show Notes
Seg 1: How did slang transform throughout history? Our guest is a linguist who studies the underlying linguistic forces and how they interact with social forces in language.
Guest: Dr. Valerie Fridland, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nevada and Author of Like, Literally, Dude
Seg 2: View From Victoria: SPS is a go in Surrey
From the Port Strike to the Surrey police decision, We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.
Seg 3: Criminologist Scott Bonn accurately predicted 12 years ago that the Gilgo Beach serial killer was likely an educated, professional white male with a family living on the South Shore of Long Island.
Guest: Dr. Scott Bonn, Criminal Behaviour Expert and Author of Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World’s Most Savage Murderers
Seg 4: Who was Robert J Oppenheimer, and why should we care?
Guest: Darius Von Guttner, Researcher, Writer, and Historian at the University of Melbourne
Seg 5: How will the BC Port Strike end?
Guest: Fiona Famulak, President and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce
Seg 6: The province has ordered the City of Surrey to proceed with its transition to the Surrey Police Service despite the new council's plan to revert to the RCMP.
Guest: Mike Farnworth, BC’s Minister of Public Safety
Seg 7: What’s the difference between the RCMP and the SPS? Doug McCallum, former mayor of Surrey, campaigned in 2018 on a promise to replace the RCMP with the Surrey Police Service as the city's police force.
Guest: Doug McCallum, Former Mayor of Surrey
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