Show Segments

8:30 – We’re live from the 2020 Crop Production Show! To tell us about the highlights and everything exciting happening at this year’s show, John is joined by Lori Cates, show producer and manager of agriculture for Prairieland Park.

LIVE: Lori Cates, Crop Production Show organizer and manager of agriculture for Prairieland Park.

9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session

9:30 – Live from the Crop Production Show. Agriculture Minister David Marit stops by. The provincial government and announced funding for crop-related research projects this morning, and Marit joins John with the details.

LIVE: David Marit, provincial Agriculture Minister.

10:00 – If you’ve been on YouTube recently, chances are you’ve seen videos from Quick Dick McDick, a Saskatchewan farmer whose funny videos have been going viral across Canada. McDick, who doesn’t like revealing his real name, says he started the online persona to make his friends laugh through SnapChat, and his fame has grown ever since. McDick joins Gormley now to talk about his recent videos lampooning topics like the carbon tax, vegan diets, and Saskatchewan coffee rows.

LIVE: Quick Dick McDick, YouTube star and Saskatchewan farmer.

11:00 – We’ve heard a lot about the civilian applications of artificial intelligence, but the military applications are equally fascinating and frightening. Science fiction movies like “The Terminator” tell us of a bleak future where AI becomes “too smart” and turns on humans using our own weapons against us. Dr. Robert Marks, director of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Discovery Institute and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University, takes a less fearful view of militarized AI, arguing that AI is neither good nor bad and those writing, coding, and using the AI systems are responsible for the morality and ethics of its use. In his new book “The Case for Killer Robots,” Marks argues that lethal AI is necessary and should be developed by modern militaries, especially America. Marks joins Gormley now to discuss the benefits and potential risks of arming artificial intelligence.

LIVE: Dr. Robert Marks, author of “The Case for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal AI.”

12:00 – Live from the 2020 Crop Production Show. Adele Stewart, executive director with Do More AG stops by. Stewart has spent over 20 years in the health wellness sector, with experience in short and long term disability, bodily injury, insurance, finance, and mental health.  She says the biggest thing she has learned over all these years in this industry is that all of the preceding list, always affects an individual’s mental health to some degree.  For the past four years her career has been focused on mental health in the workplace and our communities.  She says as part of the Do More Ag team she is happy to be assisting in making a bigger impact on mental health in agriculture.

LIVE: Adelle Stewart, executive director of The Do More Agriculture Foundation.