The Start

The Start

By CJOB / CuriouscastNews
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The Start episodes

  • Pillow Fight!

    Special weather statement (1:05); More weather woes (6:10); Typical household squabbles, such as - THROW PILLOWS (9:55); The search for safe office space Downtown (16:45); Texts on household squabbles (21:45); Small Town Salute: Gliding Club out of Starbuck (24:05); Downtown feedback (31:55); Education reform (33:30) More on Downtown (39:05); Brett's insane squabble story (40:45); Portage and Main renovations (43:10); Winning text (50:55) &  Infertility Awareness Week (53:35)

    1 hr 7 min
  • Downtown Dreams

    WAKE UP!! Greg's back, now Lauren is off! Musical chairs continue (0:30); Jets Wednesday! Leah Hextall drops the hammer on the Jets (6:30); What would you like to see in Downtown Winnipeg? Could be something realistic, or something fantastic! (14:25); Netflix sees big drop in subscribers, considers changes like cracking down on password sharing (18:50); Texts on Downtown fun (25:25); Food labelling...what does light mean? Sugar free? Do we need more info or better education? (28:00); Community Gardens (38:30); Veggie subscription box from a local farm (44:40); Santa Lucia Pizza $20 GC (51:50); Charleswood restaurant Taverna Rodos fundraising efforts for Ukraine a wild success (55:50). 

    1 hr 8 min
  • It's My Party, and I'll Sue If I Want To

    Brett's back, now Greg is off, and Lauren is off tomorrow! (2:21); Pothole city! (10:00); Best / worst birthday parties! - Kentucky man awarded $450K because surprise party triggered his anxiety (17:48); Median home price in Winnipeg up more than 11% from last year...how high could they go??? (24:19); Listener texts on birthdays (30:51); Breakfast with the Bombers - Football club donates $100K in equipment to youth and women's football programs (33:27); Birthday texts / Homelessness feedback / U.S. mask mandate for travel struck down in court (42:51); Russia ramps up in Eastern Ukraine - Retired General Rick Hillier (50:34); Birthday texts (49:14); Sidewalk concerns for seniors with winter dragging on (1;02:13); Winning text on birthday parties (1:10:03); Survey says most people don't know how to read a nutrition label, and can't identify the healthiest option (1:14:11).

    1 hr 26 min
  • Storm Day 2: Electric Boogaloo

    Storm... many are upset we didn't get more snow (1:40); Tasty treats that only come out once a year! (7:35); Latest from North Dakota (12:00); Small Town Salute....to the small towns hit in this storm. First up...Morden, which appears to have already gotten 2 feet of snow! (19:20); RCMP on the roads trying to keep people off the roads (25:40); Motorcycle Ride For Dad launch is today! (31:05); What are roads like in city? Global's Brittany Greenslade has been reporting from the street (39:25); Winning text on tasty treats (43:40). 

    49 min
  • Storm SZN

    Storm storm storm storm storm (0:30); Some models have some suggesting Western MB might be harder hit...what's coming our way? (6:55); Food to hunker down with (10:50); If North Dakota is bearing the brunt of the storm, what are they watching for and what will come this way? (18:40); Texts on food (26:15); Manitoba Hydro on storm preparation (28:25); Affordability and the budget(s). What could be in Manitoba's? What did we already hear from feds? (39:10); Winning text on hunker down food (46:05); What's it like to be without power for days? Our next guest knows...and also sells generators! (49:10). 

    1 hr 2 min
  • The New Abnormal

    WINTER STORM WATCH! "The potential to be the worst blizzard in decades." (1:45); Young Jets fan pumps up crowd and has the best day ever! (8:40); Stuff that used to be normal, like smoking indoors (12:13); As feds pledge billions for housing, and MB shares its budget tomorrow, what could/should governments do to make life more affordable? (18:20); Texts on stuff that was normal (23:18); Spring storm... what's coming and what it could mean for the flood forecast (25:45); Texts on stuff that used to be normal (32:40); Expecting their first child and looking for their first home... 6 months into the hunt, they're still searching (35:37); BOB WAS AT THE MASTERS! (42:30); CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT / Flood watch. Concerns have largely passed in most communities… but now focus shifts to spring storm (51:23); Winning text on stuff that used to be normal but is not anymore (59:35); World Parkinson's Day - Larry Gifford, host of the Curiouscast podcast When Life Gives You Parkinson's (1:02:51).

    1 hr 16 min
  • Get In On the Action!

    Alcohol in grocery stores / Federal budget and housing ; Covid update...with very little data ; Alcohol in grocery stores ; Dumb action movies you can't turn off! (In honour of Michael Bay's new movie Ambulance) ; TFSA for housing, billions for spending to spur construction...will this make housing more affordable? ; Texts on housing ; The Couch Potatoes assemble for Greg's tale of relationship woe related to a Michael Bay movie ; The New Reality: The Dangers of Disinformation, Saturday at 8pm on Global ; More discussion on housing ; Winnipeg Jets efforts tonight to support Ukraine - We speak to a True North spokesperson who's also a member of Hoosli! ; Winning text on action movies you can't turn off ;  Brew for Ukraine: 8 local craft breweries team up for fundraiser beer / More housing chit-chat

    1 hr 13 min
  • Stranded on a "Dessert" Island

    No more pitbull bans? / Windy Wednesday (1:14); Winnipeg, Morris, St. Jean Baptiste flood situation (8:33); COVID-19: Canada should prioritize 4th dose for adults 80+, long-term care residents, NACI says (11:54); If you had to be stranded in a restaurant, which one would it be? (16:39); Camping reservations open! / Reeve of RM of Morris on flooding (23:15); Texts on restaurants (31:18); Jets Wednesday! (32:30); Brett's restaurant - Le Marche in Toronto (closed now) (40:14); Camping feedback / No more pitbull bans? Proposed changes to animal bylaw put more onus on owner (43:24); Feedback on restaurants, then camping - are we losing tourism dollars because of bad camping system? (49:13); Winning text on restaurants (55:05).

    1 hr 2 min
  • No DQ

    It's the 25th anniversary of the 1997 blizzard that led to the Flood of the Century (1:40); Looking back at the blizzard of 1997 Global's Heather Steele package from 2017 (8:20); Your blizzard memories! (15:30); War crimes, trials, and genocide. What does it all mean; particularly for any short-term impact? (23:50); Blizzard texts (30:05); 'Rob's Obs' on the blizzard and ensuing flood (32:15); Didn't get a grad ceremony because of the pandemic? RRC's offer to students who missed out during (39:20); Follow-up blizzard story on borrowing cross-country skis to go home for fresh clothes then back to his buddy's to build epic snow forts (49:10); Winning blizzard text (52:10); Winnipeg Home and Garden Show BRYAN BAEUMLER (55:50). 

    1 hr 12 min

About The Start

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The Start is Winnipeg's podcast. Each and every day 680 CJOB's Mackling & Megarry break down the biggest stories of the day from politics to pop culture. If it matters to Manitobans you will hear…

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