The Jim Richards Show

What did they talk about at a pizza shop today?
Plus – Reaction from the US after man fatally shot by ICE officers.

GUESTS: Karen Stintz - political commentator and vice president of finance and operations for the Canadian Council for Rehabilitation and Work

Paul Johnson - City Manager for Toronto

Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister

Joe Walsh - Host of "Social Contract with Joe Walsh." Former Republican Candidate for President. Former Congressman 

Jim has full coverage as Toronto digs out from a major blizzard.

Plus – Why you should follow these tips while shoveling.

GUESTS: Stuart Green – TTC Spokesperson

Lyndsay Morrison - CTV Weather Specialist

Sgt. Kerry Schmidt - OPP - Highway Safety Division

Dr. Allan Grill - chief of family medicine at Markham-Stouffville Hospital

Inside the manhunt and the bombshell FBI announcement.

Plus - Would you win the Gadget Olympics for useless devices?

GUESTS: Horacio Najera - acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico

Scott  Maxwell - executive director of  Wounded  Warriors

Jim talks to an outreach worker about how the weather will impact unhoused people.

Plus - Is a 50 inch TV considered a big TV anymore?

GUESTS: Lorraine Lam - crisis outreach worker & case manager in the Downtown East of Toronto

Jen Kirsch - relationship expert

Jim kicks off the next hour with the viral debate: during an emergency landing and slide evacuation, do you grab your carry‑on? Jim breaks down a video sparking outrage on X, where users—including Mike Sonko—slam passengers for slowing evacuations and putting kids at risk. Jim moves into Mark Carney’s comments with guests Bob Richardson and Jamie Ellerton join via Zoom to weigh in on the day’s stories and offer political perspective.Later, When are you officially too old to switch careers?Finally, the show revisits the hit TALKBACK topic: When did you realize you were raising an idiot? More hilarious, head‑shaking stories from parents who’ve seen things

Jim opens the show furious that his own bank refused to let him use their bathroom — a classic Jim Richards rant starter.

Listeners jump in with TALKBACK calls sharing the exact moments they realized they were raising an idiot, delivering fast, funny parent fails.

Jim hits the day’s big stories: Ottawa exploring a social media ban for kids under 14, three Las Vegas hotels offering the Canadian dollar at par, and brutal Canada weather warnings that could make Ontario the coldest place on Earth.

He closes the hour asking: Can you really feel weather in your bones?

Donald Trump responds to Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech in Davos. 

GUESTS:
David R. Henderson is a research fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and an emeritus professor of economics with the  Naval  Postgraduate  School in Monterey, California.

Scott Reid - CTV Political Commentator and advisor to a number of Prime Ministers, premiers and political leaders

John Wright - Veteran Pollster, Ceo of Canada Pulse insights

Assault convictions were overturned after a Toronto judge takes a year to explain a verdict. It's Bell Let's Talk Day, Jim is joined by the guys behind the BROMANCE podcast about why men can talk about feelings. Plus - do you wear a wedding ring?

GUESTS: Gavin Tighe - Senior partner with Gardiner  Roberts  LLP   and chair of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group
 

Dylan Playfair and Ty Smith, Hosts of BROMANCE on iHeartRadio

Prime Minister Carney's comments on Canada's relationship with the United States. Happy national DJ day! Jim speaks with two of your favourite disk jockeys about why they fell in love with radio. Plus - what's a restaurant you reminisce on that is no longer around?
GUESTS:Tim Powers  -  Chair of Summa Strategies & Managing Director of Abacus DataGeorge Stroumboulopolous Jay Michaels

Premier Ford says Chinese-made EV's will listening in on Canadians' phone calls. The latest in the stir caused by Donald Trump whose sights are set on acquiring Greenland. 
GUEST: Ritesh Kotak - Cybersecurity expert
Aurel Braun - professor of political science and international relations at the University of Toronto and an associate at Harvard University’s Davis Center