Tommy Schnurmacher is a media legend in Montreal. For decades he covered the society scene, wrote a gossip column and did political commentary for The Gazette. He then became one of this city’s most charismatic radio talk show hosts, first on the old CIQC AM 600 Radio and then on CJAD. He retired (or as he likes to call it “rewired”) in November 2017 and has kept very busy co-hosting a podcast called Sprits and Spirituality, wrote a memoir about his late mom titled Makeup Tips from Auschwitz: How Vanity Saved my Mother’s Life . It is available on Amazon. These days he is embarking upon a North American Zoom speaking tour. I miss hearing his daily commentaries on the radio, so it was fun to have him on this podcast and get his views on the current political scene.