The Jim Richards Show

On the Draft, Eric Alper and Bill King tell us about songs that featured artists you didn’t know appeared on. The Relationship Mailbag – we ask relationship expert Jen Kirsch to discuss some of the scenarios you sent to our mailbag. John Wright or Wrong – we talk hockey!

Douglas Kwan, is the Director of Advocacy and Legal Services at Advocacy Centre For Tenants Ontario discusses why apartments should have air conditioning legislated as the heat dome heats things up in Canada. Is the dating app dead? We take your calls. Is it time Canada scraps the term ‘Visible Minority’ or ‘Racialized People’ – we discuss with Denise Balkissoon. Food Banks Canada Report Highlights Hidden Poverty – Susan Wright is the founder of Summer Lunch Plus.

Jim has issues and tells you what they are before we get into the Rundown panel, with Caryma Sa’d and Mark Mendelson. Co-host of the Edmonton Sports Talk Podcast, Matthew Ywanik. 

We start this hour with “That Week Popped”, Jen Kirsch and Rudy Blair discuss some of the big pop culture stories of the day. Later, it’s MenTell Health. We listen to some social media memes about how to be a better you, and Jim discusses.

Jim talks about some of the naughtiest travel habits. Later, slow news day with Noah includes a story about a viral video of a man who is seemingly bagging groceries at a self-checkout without scanning or paying. Find out what was really happening!

Christian Leuprecht is a national security expert with the Royal Military College and joins us to discuss the latest on Russia/Ukraine war. Jim discusses a list of “most attractive” occupations (if salary didn’t matter) Kerry Bowman - Medical Ethicist and a professor of Bioethics at University Toronto, and he gives us thoughts on the Family of woman who was denied MAID at B.C. hospital filing a charter challenge. Airline Industry Expert John Tory Jr., discusses why Canadians are paying more for airfares.

Jim rants about his issues before we head into the Rundown Panel; Laura Babcock and Andrew Caddell discuss some of the big stories of the day. We talk to a Calgarian as water restrictions remain in place in the city while repairs will take 3-5 weeks to repair a water main.

The Week That Was in politics, with CTV Senior Political Correspondent Mike Le Couteur. The Feel Good Stories of the week. Are the Oilers done? And a preview of the Euro Cup with TSN’s Matt Cauz. Streaming this week with TV Critic Amber Dowling and Slow News Day with Producer Tony!

Peter Edwards is a reporter with the crime, courts and justice team at the Toronto Star and he provides an update on the big airport heist. 90s vs Gen-Zs - Producers Anthony Matti and Lily McDonald join us and we see if they know who these people are! Canada’s Animal Lawyer Jennifer Friedman talks about new rules to bring dogs to the U.S. Play Attention – we replay the week’s big news audio clips.

Jim starts the show with some issues about the super secret foreign interference documents. The Rundown with Caryma and Andrew, as they discuss the big stories of the day. Does Richard Crouse like these movies? A lot of fantasy this week.