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Guest host David Peck is joined by Anthony Shim, director of the film Riceboy Sleeps, the winner of the prestigious Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival & will be playing at the Vancouver International Film Festival between September 30th to October 3rd.

Anthony tells David why he felt it was so important to tell the story of a first generation immigrant to Canada, how he personally connects with the story and what he has planned for down the line.

As the holiday season quickly approaches in Canada for many different faiths and beliefs, Guest host David Peck brings on John Gradek, the Faculty lecturer in the school of continuing studies who specializes in supply chain and Operations management at McGill University. John and David talk about the current state of the global supply chain, how it could affect shelves this coming holiday season and some sound advice for Canadian consumers.

After multiple explosions were detected in a natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea, analysts and observers are suggesting that "deliberate actions" were the cause, and it was no accident. Guest host David Peck brings on Shuvaloy Majumdar, the foreign policy director & Munk Sr. Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute & the former director of policy to Canada's Foreign Minister to help talk about the already tense situation, and they also touch on the increasing worries from Taiwanese expert of a looming Chinese invasion.

After a detailed report was presented in Parliament last week, it has come to light that roughly $191 million was given out to executives in the federal public sector and other federal bureaucrats for their performances in 2021-2022. Guest host David Peck brings on Rubina Ahmed-Haq, a fellow guest host for 640 Toronto and a personal finance expert to break down how the bonus structure works, if they were deserved, and why employee's might expect a large increase to their salary in the near future.

Guest host David Peck is joined by Libby Hoffman, the co-founder, funder and program partner with Fambul Tok and author of the book "The Answers Are There: Building Peace From the Inside Out".

Libby and David discuss the life changing experience that motivated her to write the book, and what the rest of the world could learn from her experience to help preserve and save cultures.

Iran is experiencing extreme civil and political unrest and the government is shutting off the internet for the people. Elon Musk announced that he is planning to activate his Starlink satellite system so the people can remain connected, but will it work? Guest host David Peck brings on Adam Oldfield, the Toronto 640 Tech Expert and current candidate for Ward 4 in Hamilton to talk about the satellite internet system, how it works, and if it will help the people of Iran.

After film legend Louise Fletcher passed away, people started to revisit her iconic role as Nurse Ratched in the classic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. So Guest host David Peck decided to speak with Dr. Roger McIntyre,a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto & the Head of Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology unit with the University Health Network. David and Roger discuss the still standing cultural impact of the movie, and how Roger as a practicing psychiatrist finds the film.

Guest host Rubina Ahmed-Haq is joined by Andre Proulx, a freelance wine journalist and founder of 80x Wine Co. Rubina and Andre talk about what its like on his vineyard, how his harvest will be, and what it's like to tour wine country during the fall.

Guest host Rubina Ahmed-Haq is joined by Aurel Braun, a professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto & an Associate of the Davis Centre at Harvard University. Aurel and Rubina discuss the difficult position Canada has responding to threats from Putin, and calls from humanitarian groups to open conversations with the Taliban,

Guest host Rubina Ahmed-Haq is joined by Sue Taylor, the executive director of Interval House in Hamilton about women's shelters across this country facing extreme times. Sue tells Rubina how this problem has only been exacerbated since the start of the Pandemic, and what needs to be done before we will see this get any better.