The Roy Green Show

One of our irregular segments with the executive editor of Blacklock's Reporter Tom Korski on the week's goings on in the nation's capital.

It gets even more irregular when Roy and Tom start playing around with the music.

Guest: Tom Korski.

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Today's podcast:

The war between Israel and Hamas resumes.

Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel's Ambassador to Canada.

A Canadian athlete the entire nation respects is leaving the field of competition. Christine Sinclair's final game for Canada will be next Tuesday. Last night the legendary #12 played 330th game on Canada's national team against Australia. Sinclair is the world's all-time leading scorer with 190 goals. For next Tuesday's game B.C. Place Stadium is being renamed Christine Sinclair Place for one night.    

Guests: 

Allison Forsyth. Safe sport advocate Partner/COO of IP Sport. 8 times Canadian ski champion, 5 World Cup podiums, bronze medal at 2003 World Championships and represented Canada at 2 Olympic Games.

George Pakos. Member of first Canadian men's soccer team to play in the World Cup in 1986. Scored half of Canada's goals to get the team in the WC. Two of the most important goals in the history of Canadian soccer.

AI slithers into mainstream media? Sports Illustrated being accused of the creation of fake stories written by fake humans ...eg 'fake news'?  

Guest: Professor Jane Kirtley. Media ethics and the law, University of Minnesota

"Canada's economic wellbeing is at its worst stage since the 1929 Great Depression." So said Toronto Metropolitan University macroeconomics professor Eric Kam on our program last weekend. We will pick up on that statement with Professor Kam today. (NP editorial: Canada's worst fiscal crisis is brewing) - Cdn economy shrank in QR, but economists not calling it a technical recession yet. Guest argues this is ridiculous. 

Also

Roy and Eric discuss sports icons.

Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. 

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Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor

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The war between Israel and Hamas resumes.

Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel's Ambassador to Canada.

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A Canadian athlete the entire nation respects is leaving the field of competition. Christine Sinclair's final game for Canada will be next Tuesday. Last night the legendary #12 played 330th game on Canada's national team against Australia. Sinclair is the world's all-time leading scorer with 190 goals. For next Tuesday's game B.C. Place Stadium is being renamed Christine Sinclair Place for one night.    

Guests: 

Allison Forsyth. Safe sport advocate Partner/COO of IP Sport. 8 times Canadian ski champion, 5 World Cup podiums, bronze medal at 2003 World Championships and represented Canada at 2 Olympic Games.

George Pakos. Member of first Canadian men's soccer team to play in the World Cup in 1986. Scored half of Canada's goals to get the team in the WC. Two of the most important goals in the history of Canadian soccer.

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AI slithers into mainstream media? Sports Illustrated being accused of the creation of fake stories written by fake humans ... eg 'fake news'?  

Guest: Professor Jane Kirtley. Media ethics and the law, University of Minnesota

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"Canada's economic wellbeing is at its worst stage since the 1929 Great Depression." So said Toronto Metropolitan University macroeconomics professor Eric Kam on our program last weekend. We will pick up on that statement with Professor Kam today. (NP editorial: Canada's worst fiscal crisis is brewing) - Cdn economy shrank in QR, but economists not calling it a technical recession yet. Guest argues this is ridiculous. 

Also

Roy and Eric talk sports icons.

Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. 

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12 year old British Columbia boy commits suicide over sextortion. Prime Minister Trudeau says governments should not be blamed, even though his government committed to legislation dealing with sextortion years ago, without delivering. - Last weekend we spoke about Durham Regional Police in Ontario sting operation to flush out individuals pursuing sex with underage youth with Carol Todd, mother of Amanda who committed suicide in 2012. We speak again with Carol Todd in the wake of the tragic death of the 12 year old boy in B.C.

Guest: Carol Todd. AmandaToddLegacy.org.

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An Andy Warhol portrait of Mick Jagger, signed by both Warhol and Jagger, will hit the auction block at Cowley Abbott Toronto's live auction of important Canadian and International Art next Wednesday at 4pm EST. The painting is estimated at between $135,000 - $175,000.  

Guest: Rob Cowley, president of Cowley Abbott and Canadian art specialist.

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We asked you who your Canadian sports heroes are, and you didn't disappoint. From a former teammate of Hayley Wickenheiser, to a stirring reflection on a Canadian who ran for us all, here's what we got when you stepped up to the plate.

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Got hockey cards? Autographed sticks? Odd bits of art? You never know how much your collectibles could be worth!

We listen to your calls about your collectibles, plus our Producer, Tom, has something that's bound to intrigue Star Wars fans!

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