Full Show: Avoiding your spring allergies, All about Totality! & SFU spying on a union

Seg 1: Can you avoid hay fever symptoms? Scientists in the UK say they have found a better way of measuring pollen in the air to help allergy sufferers Guest: Dr. Elaine Fuertes, Research Fellow at Imperial College London Seg 2: Greatest TV show endings of all time. Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” show has come to an end after 12 seasons and a lot of people are talking about the final episode and how it ended. We will take a dive into other TV shows with controversial endings. Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi Seg 3: View From Victoria: The NDP block calls for independent review The NDP have used their majority government to block a call for the independent review of kickback allegations regarding the Clean BC program after Accusations that a company was asked to contribute 20% of any grant as a “success fee” to an accounting firm Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Seg 4: Meet an Eclipse Fanatic With the Total Eclipse on the way today, we check in with an Eclipse fan who has seen 20 eclipses in her lifetime! Guest: Letica Ferrar, Eclipse Fanatic and host of podcast “totality talks” Seg 5: Future of Work Series: The new workplace robots Have you heard of Cobots? They are like robots, but more advanced. What sets them apart and makes them unique? 630 CHED Producer Layla Khdir will explore how cobots are changing the trads. Guest: Layla Khdir, Producer for 630 CHED Seg 6: Should there be an investigation into alleged government grant kickbacks? BC United, BC Green, and BC Conservative have united to demand an investigation by the auditor general into allegations of a "kickback scheme" involving MNP, an accounting firm responsible for managing government grants for clean technology projects. Guest: Peter Milobar, BC United Finance Critic Seg 7: Why did SFU secretly spy on protesting staff? In September 2023, around 40 members of the Teaching Support Staff Union protested on the campus of Simon Fraser University in Surrey. Unbeknownst to them, they were covertly recorded and photographed by private investigators hired by SFU. Guest: Zak Vescera, Reporter for the Investigative Journalism Foundation Seg 8: Can you view the solar eclipse in BC? The Department of Physics and Astronomy at UBC is hosting a public viewing party for the solar eclipse. The eclipse begins this morning at 10:40 AM and peaks at 11:40 AM.  Guest: Dr. Aaron Boley, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices