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Do you shy away from any mention of politics and religion?  Politics and religion can be divisive and passionate topics.  They don’t have to be.  Keep the internet trolls and keyboard warriors at bay!  Learn some techniques that may help you have a meaningful discussion about these very important topics. Get out of your echo chamber,  put aside your self imposed media isolation, and deal with other human beings as human beings.   You can, and should, talk politics and religion, and we explore the best way to do just​ that in another great episode of “Hot Takes with Gino”.   Enjoy this, and every, episode of “Hot Takes with Gino” by subscribing using the links on crewroundtable.com!

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Welcome to the Summer Vacation episode of the Crew Round Table.

In this episode, the Skelton Crew discuss plans for summer 2017 as we take a summer hiatus. Don't fret, The Crew will be back in the fall rested and recharged with fresh new content.

Even though the Crew podcast will be on histus, the feed will continue to deliver content all summer long. Don't forget, about our sister shows HOT TAKES WITH GINO and JR TALKS TO PEOPLE.

Have a great summer!

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Most people these days have a Facebook account.  Some are still active and some have since parted ways with the social media giant.

Ah Facebook, the granddaddy of social media that we all love to hate and hate to love. So many people get annoyed with the postings and behaviours of others.

Recently the “Skeleton Crew” sat down to air their grievances about what annoyed them about Facebook.

And grieve they did.  From oversharing, to food pictures to birthday wishes for people no one knows about.  Unfriendings that no one heeds to “Let me Google That For You”.

So many Facebook irritants, you’ll be hard pressed to not find at least one that’s pissed you off.

Come along for this rollercoaster ride of rants.  If we’ve missed any, please tweet at us @crewroundtable or email us [email protected] .

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All this and more in another fantastic episode of “Crew Roundtable”!

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Solar panels are the crown jewel of clean energy, turning free sunlight into electricity with minimal wear and tear. But are they worth it? The best solar panels money can buy have a maximum efficiency of 34%, but those that are available to the general public have much lower efficiencies.

Couple that with a huge initial investment and a recently halved purchase rate for the electricity they generate and prospective solar panel customers are left wondering if it is worth the investment and hassle to have them installed.

In this episode of the Crew Round Table, the “Skeleton CREW” discusses the short history of residential solar panels in Ontario, and what the impact of the lower purchase rate for electricity generated will be.

All this and more in another fantastic episode of “Crew Roundtable”!

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Welcome to episode 9 of the Crew Round Table. Are you Ready for the Legalization of Marijuana in Canada? In 2017 the Federal governemnt of Canada will legalize marijuana. This is a huge policy shift with far reaching ramifications for everyone in Cannada. For those in the Greater Toronto Area, dispensaries are popping up on every street corner. We take a step back to discuss is marijuana medicine? Should the government control it's growth, sale, and distribution? What does the current science say about the medicinal properties of marijuana? How can people in Ontario profit from the coming legalization? Are there likely unintended consequences to this change in policy? This is the discussion the Federal Government SHOULD have had before tripping over themselves to legalize the Devil's lettuce! Subscribe and share the latest episode of your new favorite podcast, CrewRoundTable.com !Tweet #AskTheCrew

WARNING: Five straight white guys discussing a topic couched in Race and Homosexuality in 2017 – Can we possibly check our white privilege long enough to be unbiased? Listen and find out! Black Lives Matter Toronto, [or BLMTO], had a sit in with roughly two dozen people in 2016, blocking the Toronto Pride parade route. This demonstration was over uniformed police involvement in the parade. The parade was brought to a standstill, until the Chair of the Pride organization signed a pledge to exclude Toronto police from the parade, and Toronto police withdrew. In 2017 a motion was passed at the Toronto Pride organization’s Annual General Meeting which bans official Toronto police involvement in ALL future parades. BLMTO claims this as a huge victory for marginalized communities. In this show we examine who is “Black Lives Matter”, and what is the relation to BLMTO? Was BLMTO right to disrupt the parade in 2016, and force the uneasy examination of how police have related to the non-white non-straight members of our society? What exactly is Pride Toronto, and from where does it get funding? Who voted to carry the motion that Toronto Police are forever excluded from participating in one of the largest Pride parades in the world? And who called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a white supremacist terrorist? All this and more in another fantastic episode of “Crew Roundtable”! Please SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE using the links below: Subscribe in ItunesLike our page on FacebookFollow on Twitter We love doing the show for you, we hope you love listening, and we appreciate you sharing with your friends - THANKS! Tweet #AskTheCrew

The Ontario Government has instituted a new sexual education curriculum in Ontario schools. These changes apply to both the public and Catholic boards funded by the government. How do these two systems teach the same curriculum with seemingly opposing views on many hot button topics? Join us as we explore; the need for a new curriculum, how it will be delivered to students, the main points of contention in the new curriculum, and what options parents have working within the new curriculum to help educate their children. You won’t hear a discussion like this anywhere else! Subscribe and share the latest episode of your new favorite podcast, CrewRoundTable.com!Tweet #AskTheCrew

Looking for Love in the GTA. Crewroundtable.com is pleased to present another listener suggested topic, online dating in Toronto! Join us as we explore how to set up a profile, where to go on a first date, proper bill paying etiquette, and tips to make your profile stand out in a sea of faces. What is the best way to meet people? Does online dating still carry a "stigma"? How many people use online dating? Is it better for some types of relationships than others? All this and more in another fantastic episode of CrewRoundTable.com! Subscribe using the links in the right hand column and share, share, share! Thanks! Guests on the show include TWO friends of the show; Christina (the topic suggester using #AskTheCrew on Twitter), and Colleen.Tweet #AskTheCrew

Is there anything inherently bad about celebrity politicians? The USA has plenty of celebrity politicians, but in Canada… not so much. Kevin O’Leary is looking to change that by becoming the leader of the Federal Conservative Party of Canada. Is he just a slightly more genteel version of Donald Trump for Canada? Celebrity politicians seem to seem to flourish in times of hardship. From time to time the voting public craves a tough-talking celebrity “outsider” who will come in to clean up government. In this show we examine the idea that being an “outsider” is beneficial to celebrity politicians. We ask if governance is a specialized discipline like plumbing or masonry? Does one have to put in time at lower levels, become part of the machine, and build political favours to get anything done in government? What do celebrity politicians do well, can they help generate interest beyond single issue causes, and will Canada follow America’s lead by electing a reality TV millionaire to the highest office in the land? All this and more in another fantastic episode of “Crew Roundtable”! Please SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE using the links below: Like our page on Facebook Follow on Twitter Subscribe in Itunes We love doing the show for you, we hope you love listening, and we appreciate you sharing with your friends - THANKS!Tweet #AskTheCrew

There are about 6000 people waiting for organ transplants in Canada, according to Canadian Blood Services. 250-300 people died in recent years while waiting for organs.  In Ontario, we have close to 2000 people on waiting lists for organs.  Some have taken to private campaigns to find suitable donors outside the official list of those waiting for transplants. In this show we examine the moral and ethical obligations of donating organs, being a “living donor”, respecting family wishes after death, recent high profile organ donation campaigns, and the “cute factor” inherent to all public calls for action.  Do you know how to become an organ donor in Ontario?  Are you aware of people campaigning for their own organs to “jump the queue”? Should the state make it MANDATORY to harvest your organs upon death? All this and more in another fantastic episode of “Crew Roundtable”! Please SUBSCRIBE AND SHARE using the links below: Like our page on Facebook Follow on Twitter Subscribe in iTunes We love doing the show for you, we hope you love listening, and we appreciate you sharing with your friends - THANKS! Tweet #AskTheCrew