The Jim Richards Show

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Richard Crouse is in for Jim, and on The Rundown we have Stephen Murdoch and Jon Liedtke. 

We start with The Draft – This week’s topic is Best Sports TV Shows and we invite TV critics Bill Brioux and Rob Salem to pick their teams! It’s Wright or Wrong, John tells us about living in the St. Pauls riding for over 40 years and his thoughts on last night’s by-election! And we bring you the weird stories from around the world on Slow News Day with producer Tony!

Trudeau responds after surprise Conservative by-election win in Liberal stronghold, Tim Powers is the chairman of Summa Strategies and he joins us to tell us what this means for each party. Steve Ryan, is Retired Detective Sergeant with Toronto Police and CP24's crime analyst to discuss a Carjacking task force making 124 arrests, as police say nearly half of suspects were out on bail at the time. Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to mic muting, podiums among rules for upcoming CNN debate – we preview what to expect with our Whitehouse Correspondent, Joe Walsh - Host of "White Flag with Joe Walsh." Former Republican Candidate for President. Former Congressman. When should kids start learning about career planning? Dr. Lorraine Godden, teacher, educational researcher and co-author of a report called: ‘Exploring Possibilities! Journeying Through Career-Related Learning in Grades 4–6: A Teaching Toolkit’

Richard Crouse is in for Jim. He starts the show with a recap of the day’s big stories.
On the Rundown panel Mark Mendelson and Kalvin Reid discuss influencers, carjacking and more.

It’s That Week Popped with Rudy Blair and Jen Kirsch and they discuss the week’s biggest pop culture stories. Voters head to polls for Toronto by-election, all eyes on whether Liberals hold seat – Tasha Kheiriddin, political analyst joins the show and tells us why this by-election is so important. Jim is off but we are still discussing MenTell Health – Richard Crouse is joined by Michael Kaufman, an advisor, activist, and keynote speaker. Michael has developed innovative approaches to engage men and boys in promoting gender equality and positively transforming men's lives.

Matt Cauz joins the show to give us a preview of Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between Edmonton and Florida. He also discusses discount “store label” wines coming to grocery stores, and wineries are a little worried!
Later, Parents struggle to stop tracking their kids on their devices even as they enter college. Carmi Levy joins the show to discuss this… and the AI bubble which might be bursting. Greg Layson of Automotive News Canada, discusses why Canada will start 30-day consultation to impose surtax on Chinese EVs. And can Canada’s book stores be saved? Retail Analyst Bruce Winder tells us what bookstores need to do to stay alive.

Richard Crouse is in for Jim Richards this week!
We have a by-election we are watching… but first, the Rundown with Laura Babcock and Andrew Caddell!

We talk to Christian Leuprecht a national security expert about the Russia, North Korea Treaty. Tech expert Carmi Levy talks about NVidia’s rise to the world’s most valuable company. When was your name popular? We take your calls and tell you about your name! Slow News Day – Happy National Selfie Day!

We talk to the former chair of the TTC, who has advised transit agencies around the world about what the TTC needs to do to modernize in the new age. Should Canada fund news subscribers? Mark Towhey has thoughts. Would you become a live in housekeeper couple for 220K/yr? Thoughts on Canada’s Navy visiting the Cuba.