The Scott Thompson Show Podcast\

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau may have finally found a suitable antagonist for his narrative: those protesters who have been tailgating his campaign!  Can he make their jeers and booing work in his favour?

Guest: Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert

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The U.S. is set to pull out of Afghanistan tomorrow. Meanwhile there is news of another attack striking a neighbourhood near the Kabul airport, a drone strike killing an ISIS bomber, and word that many people in Afghan feel betrayed by the withdrawal.

Guest: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Security program, and former analyst at CSIS

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Do you feel safe going to the polls to vote? Not everyone does. New polling from Ipsos shows that some Canadians are getting a bit hot under the collar about the pandemic election.

Guest: Sean Simpson, VP of Ipsos

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Iconic screen and voice actor Ed Asner died at the age of 91. Bill and Scott discuss his long career and share some obscure stories of the man who

Guest: Bill Brioux, television critic and author

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Host - Scott Thompson
Content/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast!

As of today, The Local is located at the former site of This Ain't Hollywood! Scott spoke with Jay, the owner of the skate shop, to find out what he is bringing to 343 James Street North, as well as what is planned for the future.

Guest: Jay Dworsky, owner of The Local, 343 James Street North in Hamilton, Ontario https://thelocalskateshop.ca/

Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/

Host - Scott Thompson
Content/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast!

Word is that the Ontario government will be announcing a vaccine passport system. What will the political repercussions for Doug Ford's government changing its stance? Could this be a win in the long run, or will there be too much backlash?

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

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COVID-19 cases are reaching the heights of last winter's numbers, as Ontario sees three days in a row with over 700 cases. Most of these have been in the unvaccinated, partially vaccinated and those of unknown vaccinated status. However, some are breakthrough cases. How concerned should we be by these cases, and where will they cause trouble?

Guest: Dr. Barry Pakes, Public Health and Preventive Medicine Physician, and a Professor with Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto

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Host - Scott Thompson
Content/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

The past few weeks have afforded us a number of distractions from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic... but even with vaccines in arms, reopened provinces and preparations for a return to in-class school taking place, we are already in Canada's Fourth Wave and it is being driven by the Delta Variant.

Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto 

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The Taliban has returned to power in Afghanistan, Canada says it has flown it final evacuation flight out of Kabul airport, the U.S. is sticking to its deadline of being out of the country by August 31, and ISIS-K is reportedly responsible for yesterday's attack outside of the Kabul airport.

Guest: Stephen M. Saideman, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton Universtiy; Director, Canadian Defence and Security Network, Co-Host of the Battle Rhythm Podcast

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You might have expected indigenous relations to be a dominant part of the election campaign but that has not seemed to be the case, so far. Meanwhile, many people have begun to reassess what they took for granted about Canada and its history, finally listening to what members of indigenous communities have been telling us for decades.

Guest: Dr. Liam Midzain-Gobin, Assistant Professor, Political Science with Brock University, whose research focuses on the production and continual remaking of settler coloniality, and Indigenous governance practices

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New Ipsos polling, conducted exclusively for Global News, shows NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is the most likable of the federal party leaders as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s popularity sinks during this election campaign.

Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice President of Ipsos

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Where is Dr. Teresa Tam? The Federal COVID-19 briefing has been paused during the election. Was that a good call? Scott gets input on this and the past week of the campaign, from Tim Powers!

Guest: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data

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Host - Scott Thompson
Content/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine