Bill Kelly Show

GUEST: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The next election, whenever it occurs, is shaping up to be a change moment. The incumbent government is almost eight years old, Justin Trudeau has been the Leader of the Liberals for more than a decade, and the sense of voter fatigue is palpable. People across income brackets are worried about their financial futures. Many feel that the country is not moving in the right direction – or, in other words, they are not convinced that the Liberals have the right economic plan, nor are they sure that the government cares enough about the affordability crisis. And while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remains a polarizing figure, his party is still polling well ahead of the other parties.

GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Professor at the Faculty of Management with Dalhousie University

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Insiders say Doug Ford threw himself into two losing byelection campaigns. Are those losses a sign of things to come?

GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer

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Topics Include:

·        Judge orders hearing on Trump’s motion

·        Trump calling Biden names

·        No silver lining in slavery

·        And more….

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global 

GUEST: Adam Oldfield

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson:

The number of Ontarians concerned about auto theft has increased, according to CAA Insurance.

The survey found 47 per cent of respondents are concerned about auto theft. Of that number, 57 per cent of individuals in the Toronto and Greater Toronto Area are concerned.

ALSO: Police Investigate after 3 luxury vehicles stolen from dealership

GUEST: Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, Manager of Media Relations with Ontario Provincial Police

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Premier Doug Ford may be sailing along this summer, but storm clouds are forming for his Progressive Conservatives, a new Abacus Data poll suggests.

GUEST: David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data

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Topics Include:

·        Randy Meisner passes

·        Bill Wyman confirmed on Rolling Stones’ next album

·        Mick Jaggers 80th

·        And more…

GUEST: Lou Molinaro, Instructor at Durham College and the Harris Institute for Music

The Bill Kelly Podcast:

how much is AI's performance and learning influenced by its core developer?

GUEST: Carmi Levy, Technology analyst & journalist

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With the rampant spread of fake news and conspiracy theories, Canadian students would benefit from extra lessons in BS detection.

GUEST: Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health. Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta

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Large global suppliers are driving costs higher for Loblaw Companies Ltd., the firm said as it released earnings for the second quarter that showed profits up despite lower gross margins.

One of the company's largest vendors submitted price increases totalling 50 per cent, or a quarter-billion dollars, said Dufresne. He added that prices for meat, fruit and vegetables rose in the mid-single-digits while centre-of-store prices were up in the double-digits.

GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

The Bill Kelly Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson:

Over the past weekend alone, eight emergency rooms in Ontario were forced to temporarily close or reduce services because they don’t have the staff to run them.

The closures have become so commonplace that this government had to issue a protocol for hospitals to follow when they are forced to close.

It’s shameful and it’s inexcusable. The government shouldn’t need a protocol to patch the holes in a crumbling healthcare system.

What our hospitals – and our healthcare workers – need is a government that sees the value in public healthcare.

GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph

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NDP MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) met with parents to talk solutions that could help children who are aging (or have already aged) out of the pediatric care system.

GUEST: Steffanie Bjorgan is Executive Director and Founder of Red Roof Retreat

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In the coming weeks and months, the phrase “Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon”—the rebranding of the old, loaded term “UFO”—is going to enter the popular lexicon as Congress begins a series of unprecedented public hearings on the topic.

GUEST: Chris Rutkowski, Ufologist and Science Writer

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson:

“This is no way to live,” said Andrew Robbins, a Hamilton man who cannot make ends meet on disability payments, and would rather die. Hamilton Centre MPP Sarah Jama says she is getting more and more calls from people with disabilities living in poverty who are asking for medical assistance in dying.

GUEST: Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University

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Regardless of where the dust settles on Canada’s tumultuous battle with Big Tech, the nation’s news industry won’t find stability until its playing field is levelled.

That means ending the CBC’s ability to sell advertising in all of its forms and turning it into a pure play public broadcaster and online news organization.

GUEST: Peter Menzies is a National Newspaper Award-winning journalist, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, past editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald and former vice-chair of the CRTC

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Twitter has officially rebranded to "X" after owner Elon Musk changed its iconic bird logo Monday, marking the latest major shift since his takeover of the social media platform.

The website Twitter.com remained live and branding on the app version of the platform did not appear to change as of early Monday.

Twitter’s world-renowned bird logo was transformed into an X, however.

GUEST: Joanne McNeish, Associate Professor of Marketing with Toronto Metropolitan University 

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson:

How can workers protect themselves from losing their jobs to AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

GUEST: Dr. Nita Chhinzer, Associate Professor of Leadership & Organizational Management with the University of Guelph

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Magic Mushrooms have been touted as a benefit for those with mood disorders and some want them sold in shops like Cannabis. However, those with mood disorders are often already on Rx medications for things like anxiety, depression or sleep problems. Where are we on studies about the efficacy of Psilocybin? Are there any studies about interactions with Rx?

GUEST: Mitchell Osak, CEO of Quanta Consulting Inc

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Health Canada is recommending a 7th booster for Covid this fall. Where are we on the spread of the latest variant? What is the latest variant? Related topic: Australia is in its flu season now and it seems to be hitting children particularly hard..What about our flu season to come.

GUEST: Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Tenured Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University and Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity with the DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research