The Jim Richards Show

Richard Crouse is guest hosting!It’s international happiness day, how did Canada rank on the happiness scale?On the Rundown with Mike Kakuk and Laura Babcock discuss the big stories of the day and look forward to tomorrow’s perp walk!

Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Last Call with Richard Crouse, and our favourite movie critic, has three previews for us and NEWSTALK Tonight with try to guess how Richard rated them!

The slow news of the day with producer Tony – these didn’t make the regular show line up because just maybe they were not worthy.

Eric Alper - Freelance Music Publicist. SiriusXM Host. Lifelong Musicaholic. Joins NEWSTALK Tonight to discuss why Fans Who Bought The Cure Tickets Get Ticketmaster Refund

Doctors in Quebec fear a spread of misinformation as TikTok ban forces them off the platform. Mitch Schulman - NEWSTALK Tonight’s Chief Medical Correspondent tells us whether the concerns are valid

The feel good stories of the week and some singing.. on the Feels

Find out what to stream this week with Amber Dowling TV critic and lifestyle writer with a penchant for words and experience working for a variety of print, digital and social media platforms

Ari Goldkind Criminal Defense Lawyer and Political Commentator joins the show to talk about the courts denial of Millard appeal in father's murder, but stacked parole struck down

Which occupation is the worst for small talk?

Richard Shimooka is a Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and joins us to talk about China’s Xi to meet Putin as Beijing seeks bolder global role

Randi Fixes Everything – This week, we discuss Rapporteur, Junos Protester and more of the weeks controversies

All Aboard to Jim’s Train of Thoughts; The Rundown features Dan Laxer and Andrew Pinsent;

And Mark Mendelson joins us for the Deep Dive on an update on the Elnaz Hajtamiri abduction investigation

Bob Aaron, is a Toronto real estate lawyer and a freelance contributing columnist for the Star to talk about a new company that helps Ontario homebuyers with down payments

Steve Ryan, former homicide detective and CP24 Crime Reporter and joins the show to talk about the two officers killed in Edmonton

It’s cancel court, NEWSTALK Tonight cancels the bad news makers of the week.

David Cooper ruins the show for a couple segments of fun and frolic.

And Slow News with producer Tony who reads those stories that were not good enough for the show

Captain Ron - Founder of Great Pods talks about some of the podcasts you can listen to.

Confessions, we read your texts of those anonymous confessions.

Calls on the memorable TV News events you watched

When was the first hockey play-by-play on the radio? Find out with Craig Baird on our segment of Canadian History EhX

Jim gets coffee and explains he doesn’t like small talk.

On the rundown some of the big discussions of the day with John Tory Jr and Bob Richardson

CTV political analyst and former Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair to discuss Trudeau's pick of former GG Johnston as interference rapporteur being under fire from opposition

Scott Reid, CTV Political Commentator, talks about Trudeau naming former GG David Johnston as new independent special rapporteur

Woman horrifies Twitter after revealing 'atrocious' job application question and Jim asks whether the outrage is justified.

Families locked out of dead relatives' phones face 'grisly problem' accessing fingerprint, FaceID – We talk to Allan Cole, president of the Funeral Association of Canada, and take your calls about what you have found while finalizing your relatives’ estate