Hamilton Today with Scott Thompson

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Scott Radley is in for Scott Thompson on the podcast today, and the Ticats kick off the season tonight! Scott is joined by the new Pigskin Pete to talk about the hype for this season, and getting ready to face the Roughriders!

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Guest: Geoff Connor, the new Pigskin Pete.

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Scott is joined by Bruce Winder to talk about food packaging practices and why we as consumers think we are getting a deal for a larger size, when we get less of the product.

Guest: Bruce Winder, Retail Expert, Speaker, Consultant, Professor and Entrepreneur.

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The New York Times international edition has decided to cease running political cartoons. They say it “brings the overseas newspaper into line with the domestic paper”. Scott discusses this decision with Graeme MacKay.

Guest: Graeme MacKay, editorial cartoonist for The Hamilton Spectator

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Scott Radley is in for Scott Thompson today. Check out his interview with Mike Ganter, of the Toronto Sun, and find out what it has been like to cover the finals, and more.

Guest: Mike Ganter, of Toronto Sun

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If Andrew Scheer is chosen as the next Prime Minister, will he continue “Trudeau’s Apology Tour”?  William Watson is the author of a piece about this in the National Post. He joins Scott Thompson to discuss.

Guest: William Watson, Former chair of the Department of Economics at McGill University, and twice-a-week columnist for the FP Comment section of the National Post

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The two Canadians who were kidnapped in Ghana have been rescued. But how? And what do we know?

Guest: Phil Gurski, President and CEO, Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting

The protests in Hong Kong over the extradition bill continue. What is China's endgame, what does all this mean for the future of Hong Kong?

Guest: Vincent Wong, LL.M., Human Rights Fellow at Columbia Law School

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There was an abundance of dueling political ads during Game 5 last night – sponsored by third parties, of course. No matter who attack ads target, the question that is asked during every election season is ‘do these ads work? Or are they a waste of money?’ Meanwhile, debate still continues around the use of the word “genocide” in the report on missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and two spirited people.  Is it a matter of the term being used in too academic a sense, or are people just hesitant to see it that way? Or is it something else?

Guest: Elissa Freeman. Public Relations Consultant, Huffington Post, Canada.com and PR Daily

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Polling shows that the majority of Canadians have been fooled by Fake News, and people are losing trust in the internet. The need for media literacy is bigger than ever.

Guest: Jennifer Ellen Good, Associate Professor Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University

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Emily O’Brien went to prison with a mission: to change her life. When she left, she started Cons & Kernels, a popcorn company that uses high quality health-conscious ingredients and makes unique flavours inspired by the ones we made inside prison. It also gives her an opportunity to take away the stigma of ex-convicts. She joins Scott to share her story of popcorn and prison, and her appearance on Dragons’ Den.

Guest: Emily O’Brien, founder of Cons & Kernels