The Jim Richards Show

He shares his emotional story with Jim.

The latest on Trump and the war in Iran

GUESTS: Dr. Dov Gebien - ER physician, addiction recovery advocate, and keynote speaker

Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle East

Jim takes your calls.

The Toronto Maple Leafs fire their general manager.

GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University

Jeff Marek - host of The Sheet podcast

Rachel Ward-Maxwell - Researcher-Programmer with the Ontario Science Centre

Kevin Pillar shares some stories from inside the clubhouse.

How rewards programs can help you ease the pain at the gas pumps.

GUEST: Kevin Pillar – former MLB outfielder

Patrick Sojka - founder of Rewards Canada

Jim takes your calls.

What does the future of the NDP look like under Avi Lewis?

GUESTS: Matti Siemiatycki - Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto

Tim Powers – Chair of Summa Strategies

Mike Wilner – Toronto Star baseball columnist

How does a crisis comms person navigate this?

Is it the job of an artist to deal with blowback?

GUEST: Amanda Galbraith  -co-founder and partner at Oyster Group, and host of Free For All Fridays

We hear from someone who has first-hand experience.

Can you afford to support your team anymore?

GUESTS: Akosua – has first hand experience with supervised consumption sites

Rob Butler - part of the 1993 Jays

Atiqa Mohammad - Movember’s Implementation Director, Cancer Programs

As the Blue Jays kick off their season, one player talks about what his mom told him.

Is the war in Iran impacting mortgages?

GUESTS: Dave Trafford - Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network and the Host of the On the Ledge podcast

Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University

Comedians Darren Frost and Kenny Robinson

How will it impact your wallet?

The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their season.

GUESTS: Marit Stiles – Ontario NDP leader

Elizabeth Benn – former director of major league operations for the Mets and TSN MLB analyst

Deb joins Jim to analyze today’s budget unveiling.

What’s a job where you get yelled at regularly?

GUEST: Ksenia Tchern McCallum - Managing Partner, Tchern McCallum Immigration Law

Jim Dunn, professor at McMaster University and director of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative, weighs in on Ontario’s plan to temporarily boost HST rebates on new homes and whether it will actually help affordability. Jonathan English, infrastructure and transportation policy writer, joins the show to ask if TTC platform doors could save lives and money. The hour also opens the phones on whether the Air Canada CEO needs to apologize for a unilingual apology, and wraps with Dr. Tobias Cremer, MEP, on strengthening the EU‑Canada security and defence partnership amid global instability.