The Andrew Carter Podcast

Dr. Catherine Ferrier Assistant Professor and Family Physician Division of Geriatric Medicine McGill University Health Centre, Trudie’s Takeaways with CJAD Newscaster Trudie Mason, Prof. Nichole Scheerer Assistant Professor of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University, Entertainment with John Moore, Political Analyst Tom Mulcair, Emergency Room Physician Dr. Mitch Shulman, Rachel M. Deslauriers Gatineau City Councillor for Mitigomijokan, Chris Bumbray from JoBlo.com

Dr. Mitch Shulman can be heard every weekday morning at 7:50 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.

Tom Mulcair can be heard every weekday morning at 7:40 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.

We all have sounds that drive us crazy — maybe someone chewing loudly beside you, slurping their coffee, constantly clicking a pen, or even just breathing a little too loudly. But for people with misophonia, these aren't simply annoying sounds. They can trigger an immediate and incredibly intense reaction — anger, disgust, panic, anxiety, even a fight-or-flight response. Professor Nichole Scheerer, a cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor of psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, spoke with Ken Connors.

Medical assistance in dying, or MAID, is back in the national spotlight after the federal government announced plans to indefinitely exclude people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness, while also proposing to allow advance requests for MAID for people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. In Quebec, advance requests have been permitted under a provincial framework since 2024, but the issue remains ethically and legally contentious. In a recent Montreal Gazette opinion piece, Dr. Catherine Ferrier, a physician who has spent more than 40 years caring for people with dementia, argues that signing a request years before losing decision-making capacity cannot guarantee that a person will still want to die when that time comes. Dr. Ferrier spoke with Ken Connors.

Rich Padulo Founder Treat Accessibly, Trudie’s Takeaways with CJAD Newscaster Trudie Mason, Joy Kramer cancer advocate, Entertainment with John Moore, Political Analyst Tom Mulcair, Emergency Room Physician Dr. Mitch Shulman, Ron Wallace World-record pumpkin grower, Chatter That Matters host Tony Chapman

Ron Wallace is a Rhode Island grower, and his incredible 3,156-pound pumpkin set a new Guinness World Record this month, surpassing the previous record by nearly 300 pounds. And this isn’t his first time making pumpkin-growing history. So how do you grow something that enormous, and what does it take to get there? Ron Wallace spoke to Andrew Carter.

Dr. Mitch Shulman can be heard every weekday morning at 7:50 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.

Tom Mulcair can be heard every weekday morning at 7:40 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.

Joy Kramer is a Laval mother of five who has been navigating a difficult battle with colon cancer, including major surgery and months of treatment. Throughout it all, she’s turned to poetry and music to express what she’s going through, sharing her experience online and building a community of tens of thousands of people who follow her cancer journey. She spoke to Andrew Carter.