Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast 

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Lyme Disease has become so prevalent in our environment now, some practitioners and health units no longer test ticks and move straight to treatment. How big of a concern is that, and are there greater concerns with Lyme Disease than just the tick?

Guest: Sue Faber, Registered Nurse, Co-Founder of Lyme Hope, www.lymehope.ca

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Ottawa says that it’s open to proposals for a BC refinery amid rising gas prices.

Guest: Dan McTeague. Former Liberal MP And Senior Petroleum Analyst, gaspricewizard.com

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A provincial watchdog is going to look into the police response to the violence at Pride. The city's  police board is also mulling a separate review.

Guest: Fred Eisenberger. Mayor for the City of Hamilton

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast 

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York Regional Police have taken down major players in an Italian crime family with Project Sindicato. What do we know?

Guest: James Dubro, well known, longtime crime writer and researcher, long time specialist in organized crime (since 1974)

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At a rally last night, Trump got the crowd chanting “Send her Back”, referring to Ilhan Omar. Omar in response quoted a Maya Angelou poem. How divisive is politics getting in the US?

Guest: Ryan Hurl, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. (Expertise: American political development and thought, Constitutional Law)

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Everyone seems to be using the FaceApp on Facebook, to use filters to age your face. However, there’s concerns over privacy with the app.

Guest: Carmi Levy. Tech Analyst.

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

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According to an IPSOS poll, a majority of Canadians want change on Parliament Hill. 37% of respondents say they would vote conservative.

Guest: Sean Simpson, Vice President, of IPSOS.

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Last night, the U.S. House voted to condemn the tweets by the US President, and some GOP members supported it.

Guest: Jason Mollica, Professorial Lecturer, School of Communication, American University

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Drug kingpin El Chapo has been sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison. Scott is joined by Malcolm Beith, Author of “The Last Narco” a book about the hunt for Chapo Guzman

Guest: Malcolm Beith, author and freelance journalist.

Hamilton’s Fringe Festival kicks off tonight, bringing a wide variety of theatrical entertainment to Hamilton from the 17th to the 28th! CHML’s very own Will Erskine wrote and directed an all-ages play that will be held at Theatre Aquarius. Will joins Scott to chat about being part of the Fringe Festival and the show, ’The Butler: A Superhero Detective Story’.

Guest: William P. Erskine, playwright and director; technical producer with 900 CHML Global news Radio

Find out more here: http://hamiltonfringe.ca/shows/the-butler/

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast

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Is there strategy behind Trump’s horrible tweets on Sunday? Some speculate that there may be strategy at play here. Is that just a rationalization by Trump’s base?

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Producer and Correspondent with Global News based in Washington DC.

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North Korea has said that they’re rethinking the promises that they had made to the U.S. president, particularly in regards to the moratorium on nuclear and missile tests.

Guest: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science, Carleton University

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When the Avro Arrow was cancelled, NASA scooped up unemployed engineers. It was early in NASA’s existence and “the Canadians” were sizable. Mike Armstrong talks to Scott about his documentary on Canada’s roll in the Moon Landing.

Guest: Mike Armstrong, Global National Quebec Correspondent, Global News