The Start

The Start

By CJOB / CuriouscastNews
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The Start episodes

  • Powder(ed) Keg

    Spring was nice while it lasted / water conference / keep an eye on that grocery bill (1:40); Do you check your grocery bill? How we could be losing money by not keeping an eye on our bill (6:50); Powdered beer?? Things we reluctantly tried and either liked, or despised (15:05); World Water Day & United Nations Water Conference (22:00); Texts on stuff we've reluctantly tried (28:25); Spring break is days away, thousands will hit the road, price of oil is way down, but gas???? Nope! (32:05); Flood forecasts risk of 'major' flooding on Red...(40:55); Winning text on stuff we've reluctantly tried (48:55); Water consumption - how much of what we use is shower/toilets/bath? What about golf courses? Car washes? (52:15).

    1 hr 6 min
  • Jingles All the Way

    Snow in the forecast?? / Brett's apartment fire alarm went off at 1040pm and HE WANTS TO SMASH. and sleep (1:39); Fun or problematic? 'Show Us Your Regina' & 'The City That Rhymes With Fun' slogans (9:00); Inspired by the 'Experience Regina' theme song, what's your favourite jingle? (15:21); With Leisure Guide registration starting today, including swimming lessons, where are we at with the Lifeguard shortage? (22:56); Listener texts on jingles (30:15); Parent suing makers of the Fortnite video game for being 'as addictive as possible for kids' (32:36); Show us your Regina' Offensive? Funny? What were they thinking? (38:19); Leisure guide feedback 'not enough pools' // Marketing to kids glut in restaurants, stores, raises concerns (42:39); Swim lessons for kids in school (52:55); Winning text on jingles (58:03); Author on addictions weighs in on video game lawsuit (63:28).

    1 hr 20 min
  • If It Ain't Broke...

    First day of Spring! // Greg's not happy about the Jets (1:40); City says it won't be building as many heated bus shelters this year... Greg says, why build any if we aren't going to fix current problems (7:10); If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Times 'they' fixed something that wasn't broken, and made it worse (14:15); Texts on fixing things that ain't broke (22:05); Seeing younger people with hearing problems... what gives? (26:25); Downtown BIZ offering more grants to host events downtown (38:50); Busy weekend in sports... up and down for the Jets, and THE MADNESS (45:40); Bus shelters revisit with City Councillor Janice Lukes (56:55); Winning text on fixing things that ain't broke (1:04:45); How did you say Detroit?? The different ways we pronounce cities / neighbourhoods / streets - and tying it back to hearing problems (1:09:50).

    1 hr 24 min
  • Sleep Charm

    St. Patrick's Day / World Sleep Day / JETS BOOOO-URNS (1:40); Winnipeg saw more traffic fatalities last year... pandemic rage might be to blame (7:00); Since it's St. Patrick's Day, do you have any lucky charms? Superstitions? (14:25); Irish Association gearing up for St. Patrick's Day (23:00); It's cold out, no mid-March golf this year! / Seeing more frustration exercised with aggressive driving on the road? Fatalities up (31:00); Russia downs US drone over Black Sea… North Korea ICBM and their potential to strike North America (37:25); Gab with Gabby! (46:35); Winning text on lucky charms (53:40); Yuk Yuk's! (57:55). 

    1 hr 12 min
  • All Elite Winnipeg

    AEW! / Jets / Small Town Salute (1:40); Wrestling fun and the pride shown for Winnipeg at the AEW event last night (9:05); Boneless wings aren't wings? What's something you didn't know that it was what it was (18:30); Daily fires…are there more happening? And where? And where does arson fit in? (25:00); Texts on things we thought were something else (30:55); Downtown Crime stats and chat (34:35); Have you received your HeatherBucks yet? / Lauren's World Cup assignment odyssey in 2010 / AEW revisit (38:55); Winning text on getting caught by surprise (47:10); Jets TV with Sara Orlesky (51:00). 

    1 hr 5 min
  • Sweet Home Manitoba

    Show Intro (1:40); Manitoba Homecomings (7:20); The Grey Cup is coming home...in 2025 (12:35); Steve Lambert, on this election year (19:00); Leland Gordon, animal services monthly visit (26:30); Leah Hextall, talking Jets (32:25); Winning texts on homecomings (40:55).

    49 min
  • Wide World of Sports

    Hello! Brett's on vacay, and we need to talk about infrastructure (1:40); the drug crisis meets yet another threat (7:47); HAVING COFFEE - What's a sporting event you would love to see? (15:09); the mayor of Thompson on the drug problem (21:06); BREAKFAST WITH THE BOMBERS - Wade Miller on the worst kept secret in football (27:00); Twinning, rumble strips, passing lanes....as we look to make highways safer, what are we missing? (34:38); Winning text on sporting events (45:44); new laws on the resale of tickets (47:46).

    1 hr 1 min
  • Bud

    Show Intro, weekend weather! (1:40); Doctors and nurses increasingly stressed about working at Grace (6:50); Nicknames (16:55); How do we address a doctor shortage if we don't know how bad the problem is....??? And are more foreign trained doctors the answer? Rosemary Pawliuk, Pres, Society of Canadians who study medicine abroad (23:10); Sports Talk with Jim Toth (34:00); Winning text of nicknames (45:55); Remembering Bud Grant with Bob Irving and "The Keeper of The Cup" Jeff McWhinney (48:45).

    1 hr 4 min
  • I Came Here For An Argument!

    Environment Canada on the impending snow (0:30); Liquor to be sold at retail stores? The province's plan, retail reaction and questions on safety (4:40); The dumb things we argue about, like which animals would you choose to protect you in an insane and impossible scenario (11:40); Dumb arguments (19:40); Couch Potatoes - Four movies out this weekend! And Ted Lasso returns! (22:25); Why Cardiac Researchers say we need to end DST (31:15); Gab with Gabby! Gabby would take the crocodiles and bears...(39:45); Winning text on dumb arguments (47:40); Love Local MB returns this weekend, amazing event celebrating local food, beer and wine (51:35). 

    1 hr 4 min
  • $10K Whoopsie

    Greg's crazy dream about gravy somehow led us to talking about cars being unnecessarily towed on snow routes (1:40); Milroy Montage - International Women's Day recap (6:30); Toronto takes down sign at dog park to limit dogs barking - got a story about a barking dog?? (15:25); Barking dog stories (22:40); Small Town Salute.....Winnipegosis-ish. Farmer has second set of triplets from same cow! (24:30); 'Technical error' results in multiple Tim Hortons customers thinking they won $10,000 prize (32:10); More barking dog stories, like Brett's old dog Dexter who loved to sing (39:00); Measuring the return-to-work rates through watercoolers (43:30); Winning text on barking dogs (51:20); Jamie Thomas & our weekly visit with Jets TV (55:35).

    1 hr 8 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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