The Start

The Start

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The Start episodes

  • Call Mr. Plow

    St. Boniface Hospital Foundation Radiothon of Hope and Healing (1:40); Name that plow! The City of Winnipeg wants your help in naming 12 plows (8:50); Times you made a mess while eating, like both Greg & Brett with their donuts yesterday (11:55); Premier Wab Kinew shares overpass plan with Carberry residents (20:35); Radiothon - Dr. Ricky Muller Moran, cardiac surgeon and professor (27:35); The Couch Potatoes! - Does not liking a performer in real life hamper your ability to enjoy their work? (35:30); Winning entry on making a mess while eating (44:35); Radiothon INCREDIBLE STORY - Henry Suarez, from Thunder Bay, suffered an aortic dissection in March 2025 and was rushed by air ambulance to St. Boniface Hospital (48:05).

    1 hr 2 min
  • Best Before

    Arrest made in months-long arson spree / Adam Lowry extends with the Jets! (1:40); Winnipeg man charged in connection to fires set at businesses, politicians’ offices (8:50); 'Best before' food waste confusion -- Tips/tricks on storing food to keep it alive (16:20); SMALL TOWN SALUTE - 27th annual Winterfest Craft Sale in Teulon! (parade & fireworks Saturday night) (25:25); Best before dates are baffling Canadians who are throwing out good food (34:45); Follow up on social anxiety chat from Wednesday... what's Talk to a Stranger Week?? (40:20); Manitoba Artist/Writer/Performer Joe from Winnipeg, Ian Ross has died at the age of 57 (51:25); Winning entries on food storage tips (58:25); Kelley Keehn on Financial Literacy Month (1:02:45).

    1 hr 19 min
  • Let There Be Lights

    Question of the Day do you carry cash? / Greg's 20th wedding anniversary!! / Jets win / Epstein files / Throne speech CANNONS! (1:40); Lack of Christmas lights downtown... Sensory experiences that instantly change things, for good or bad (8:30); Epstein Vote / Saudi Crown Prince & murder of Jamal Khashoggi (17:35); Where are the usual Christmas lights on street poles in Downtown Winnipeg? / Brett's social anxiety during Grey Cup weekend (27:45); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat Eric Comrie, Logan Stanley, Ehlers returns Friday, PWHL to WPG? (34:45); Salvation Army Kettle Campaign kickoff, and the Santa Shuffle is coming up on December 6th! (45:05); Winning entry on sensory experiences (52:05); Carolyn Klassen from Conexus Counselling on the social anxiety that prevented Brett from going to the Grey Cup Festival, and could be bad time of year for introverts (56:55).

    1 hr 13 min
  • Going Through Changes

    Grey Cup hangover & letdown, GRIEF! Princess Auto Stadium concourse was GRIDLOCK during parts of the Grey Cup, with Wade Miller helping direct traffic! (1:40); One more story from the Grey Cup... non-toxic eye black for athletes with Miss Mack Clean! / OUR TEXT LINE IS DOWN! (8:15); Jelly Roll shaves his beard for first time in 10 years & shocks wife -- Times we changed our appearance dramatically, or someone else changed theirs (16:10); Municipal Board gets in the way (potentially) of more quality inner city housing at the Granite Curling Club - Brian Pincott, Through the Cobwebs columnist, former Calgary city councillor, former chair of Calgary Housing Corporation Board (24:50); Breakfast with the Bombers - Wade Miller (33:25); Third + Bird is this weekend! (41:50); Winning entries on Times a dramatic change in appearance sent shockwaves (51:30); Book launch tonight at McNally Robinson featuring best-selling author Terry Fallis - new book "The Marionette" (55:30).

    1 hr 11 min
  • Best In Show

    Grey Cup! Whirlwind crazy weekend (1:40); Grey Cup highlights / Catie St. Germain national anthem / Greg's chat about MGK (9:30); MGK pleasantly surprises many -- Times we went to a show and were pleasantly surprised / expectations exceeded (18:40); Manitoba Researcher Wins Prestigious Mitacs Innovation Award for Breakthrough ALS Drug Discovery (25:15); Times a show pleasantly surprised us... Jann Arden with the WSO -- ANYTHING backed by WSO is great! / Audio from Grey Cup fans (36:10); Bob Irving on the Grey Cup, and the Mike O'Shea news (40:25); Winning entry on times a show pleasantly surprised us (52:20); Catie St. Germain -- sang the national anthem at last nights Grey Cup! (56:20).

    1 hr 12 min
  • Grey Cup Friday

    On location at the RBC Convention Centre for Grey Cup Weekend!!! (1:40); Grey Cup - Greg speaks with a RIDER FAN??? (9:05); Since we're at Canada's Biggest Social... let's tell stories about going to socials! (17:50); Greg on scene at a Fire at another Downtown restaurant - La Roca, at Smith and York / Teeing up the CFL Commissioner's State of the League address (24:30); Richard Cloutier with a City of Winnipeg budget preview (32:50); Manitoba Restaurants & Foodservices Association reacts to another fire at a Downtown restaurant (40:10); CLAYHEM!!!!! (50:45); Winning entry on stories from socials (58:05); Grey Cup - CFL Fans Fight Cancer fundraiser tomorrow at Tavern United downtown (1:02:10).

    1 hr 17 min
  • Long May You Run

    Nice weather!! / 21-gun salute heart attacked Brett awake (1:40); Inspired by our 7:05 guest from Vermont -- Obscure places you've visited, be it for a specific reason or not (9:00); CFL fan from Vermont coming to Winnipeg for the Grey Cup! (17:10); Obscure places you've visited (24:35); Shooters Golf is REOPENING FOR A FEW MORE DAYS! (28:25); Grey Cup feature on Blue Bomber kicking legend Trevor Kennerd (35:10); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - John Shannon (40:45); Winning entry on obscure places (51:00); It's Neil Young's 80th Birthday! (55:25).

    1 hr 10 min
  • Outgunned

    Grey Cup Week! Sarah's real-life 6-7 situation / Weekend relaxation (1:40); GREY CUP OFFICIALLY ARRIVES! (8:50); Times you were hopelessly outgunned, like Greg's curling team on Friday (17:05); Remembrance Day.... Two World War I Vets lost their legs and decided to raise awareness for amputees (24:05); Hockey Hall of Fame class going in tonight, including Manitoba's Jennifer Botterill & Duncan Keith (31:25); Grey Cup Best of the Fest winners! And chat about the Grey Cup Festival (39:45); CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT!!! / Lest We Forget – The Jeff Nicklin Story: Connecting our military to the Grey Cu (47:20); Winning entry on being outgunned (54:35); New book: "We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada's Troubled Hockey Culture" - Rick Westhead, author (58:45);

    1 hr 14 min
  • This or That

    Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame - Winnipeg Victorias mural unveiling (1:40); Cam spills coffee, Sarah asks not if he's ok but is the computer ok -- Times we squabbled over paying attention to 'that' not 'this' (9:10); Times we squabbled over paying attention to 'that' not 'this' (17:00); SMALL TOWN SALUTE... to Boissevain! Go Wild Holiday Market coming up on November 15th (19:15); Monthly visit with Mayor Scott Gillingham (29:30); Heritage Winnipeg seeks more investment in the Exchange (41:00); Winning entry on times we squabbled over paying attention to 'that' not 'this' (48:50);


    09:36 Ed Olczyk's powerful message for Hockey Fights Cancer - Let the ones you love help you and take care of you, you are NOT a burden (52:05).

    1 hr 7 min
  • Great Big Budget

    Federal budget! And a Conservative MP crosses the floor to join the Liberals (1:40); The things we didn't think to budget for, or unusual things you DID budget for -- not necessarily financial. Brett has a food example...(7:20); Winter’s Coming, Are You Ready? CAA Manitoba Shares Top Tips to Keep You Moving as the Temperatures Drops (16:00); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat... and should athletes shake hands after a series?? - Leah Hextall (26:20); Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame - Winnipeg Victorias Mural Unveiling Today at 11:30 (37:35); New book: "The Smiling Land", by Alan Doyle, who's performing at the Kitchen Party Night at the Grey Cup Festival! (45:10).

    59 min

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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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