The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

The City of Hamilton, in partnership with Bird Canada, will has launched their new electric scooter (e-scooter) pilot program! Scott can’t keep his feet on the ground, so we continue looking up to the skies with astronomy professor Paul Delaney about what it takes to be a Canadian astronaut. Global News has spent weeks speaking to those who have escaped China for Canada, who say the CCP’s influence extends beyond its country’s borders. Some are protesters who are vocal about China’s mistreatment of minority groups; others are not involved in activism and do not know why they’ve been targeted, other than for fleeing China. Global’s Jeff Semple fills Scott in on the details. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Peter Topalovic, Project and Program Manager for Sustainable Mobility with the City Of Hamilton.

Paul Delaney. Professor of Astronomy, York University.

Jeff Semple, senior broadcast digital journalist and senior correspondent with Global National News based in Toronto.

Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail.

Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

Sean Simpson, VP of IPSOS Public Affairs.

Thane Rosenbaum, Thane Rosenbaum, Distinguished University Professor, Touro College; Director of the Forum on Life, Culture and Society (NYU); Legal Analyst with CBS News Radio; Novelist and Essayist.

Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host –Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Tom McKay

News Anchor –David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Big news on this Monday that should make us all proud: Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be headed into deep space as part of the Artemis II mission. We get more information from the Canadian Space Agency. Scott speaks with Edward Tabarah, head of the Canadian Astronaut Corps. Scott also speaks with politics professor Wayne Petrozzi about Elections Ontario wanting to ban opinion polls in the leadup to elections due to how much influence they can have over results. A reporter from the Candian Chamber of Commerce urges the Federal government to build infrastructure that will make the extraction and exportation of LNG feasible. Dan McTeague joins us, as always, to spread the knowledge of his gas wizardry. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Erik Tomas, The Raceline Radio Network Toronto.

Wayne Petrozzi, Professor Emeritus of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for AffordableEnergy, Former Liberal MP.

Edward Tabarah: Head, Canadian Astronaut Corps.

Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of Trusting the News in a Digital Age.

Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms, Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Daniel Perry, Consultant, Summa Strategies.

Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host –Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Tom McKay

News Anchor –David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

It was an intense Friday and Scott was there to get us all through! The Vatican has rejected the Doctrine of Discovery, which played a major role in colonial thinking for centuries. Scott speaks with Cody Groat, asst. professor of history and indigenous studies at Western U, about what this means to the community. Scott has spoken to Kelly Murphy before about her experience with Multiple System Atrophy. She returns to the show. There is finally a winner in week 45 of the Catch the Ace draw at the Hagersville, Ont., Lions Club! The jackpot reached $1.8m and the buildup has all come down. Rob Phillips, with Hagersville Rocks, joins. Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is taking leave of federal politics. And on the other side of the coin, current opposition leader Pierre Poilievre joins Scott It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Cody Groat, Assistant Professor of History and Indigenous Studies at Western University; Kanyen'kehaka (Mohawk) and a band member of Six Nations of the Grand River.

Kelly and Jacqueline Murphy

Rob Phillips, President of the Hagersville Chamber of Commerce and Chair of Hagersville Rocks

Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University.

Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, MP for Carleton, Ontario.

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

Brian J. Karem, Political Analyst for CNN, White House Reporter, Columnist for Salon.com and The Washington Diplomat, and host of ‘Just Ask the Question’ Podcast, Author of the book Free The Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It.

Michael Kempa, Associate professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Criminology; focused on the politics of security, public safety & policing; University of Ottawa.

Scott Radley, Host of the Scott Radley Show and Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

With patio season almost here, there is good news for Hamilton eateries: a motion passed at a recent general issues committee meeting, local restaurants looking to have on-street patios this year will see some of their costs waived by the city. Ted McMeekin, Hamilton’s Ward 15 councilor who tabled the motion, joins Scott for details. The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery," the theories backed by 15th-century "papal bulls" that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property law today. How did that go? Dr. Ken Coates, indigenous history expert, has more for us. Now we are learning that the cost of Prime Minister Trudeau’s hotel stay for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral was so high because of the RCMP, apparently. Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has his input on that. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Ted McMeekin, Councillor, Ward 15, City of Hamilton.

Ken Coates, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. 

Gabor Lukacs, President, Air Passenger Rights advocacy group.

Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayer Federation Federal Director.

Andrew Enns, Executive Vice-President, Central Canada, for Leger.

Nelson Wiseman, Professor with the Dept. of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Dave Masson, Director of Enterprise Security, Darktrace Canada. 

Megan King, Digital Broadcast Journalist with Global News, Halifax area.

Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

The new federal budget dropped yesterday, and now that the dust has settled what do we get from this, and what are the other parties thinking? Scott has you covered for that today with Dr. Ian Lee and Professor Steven Pomeroy. Locally, two new falcon eggs have been spotted in the nest of the birds that make downtown Hamilton’s Sheraton Hotel their home. Christa Jackson, Falcon Watch Coordinator, gives Scott an update. Is Canada ready for a borderless, global workforce? Our guest, Sunil Johal, examines that very question in a new piece for the Conversation. Goldman Sachs is predicting that advances in Artificial intelligence could lead to 300 million workers losing their jobs to the machines in the near future. Carmi Levy gives his input. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Christa Jackson, Falcon Watch Coordinator.

Steven Pomeroy, Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University.

Ambarish Chandra, Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, U of T.

Jasper Kujavsky, coordinates the Precinct group, and director of the arena renovation project. 

Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

Shania Bhopa, PhD candidate in Mac’s Global Health program.

Sunil Johal, Vice President, Public Policy, CSA Group.

Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst & Journalist.

Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show and Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson:

Federal budget day and Scott is as excited as can be! Over the course of the afternoon we were drip fed info and had a good hearty reaction with former Liberal MP Dan McTeague, and macroeconomics PhD Dr. Eric Kam. Along the way Scott chats with Elissa Freeman about the city of Regina’s marketing direction. The city that rhymes with fun, as they say. The Young and the Restless is approaching its 50th year on the air, television critic Bill Brioux shares some thoughts on that. In the wake of more and more tragedies, Scott asks whether we have become desensitized to horrific violence to psychology professor Steve Joordens. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Gregory Jack, vice president, public affairs (Canada), Ipsos Public Affairs.

Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for AffordableEnergy, Former Liberal MP.

Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert.

Bill Brioux, television critic and author.

Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto.

Phil Carpenter, Photojournalist with Global News.

Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University.

Laura Madokoro, historian and Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton University

Scott Radley, host of the Scott Radley show and columnist with the Hamilton Spectator.

Host – Scott Thompson

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchor – David Woodard, Jennifer McQueen

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