What are the costs and logistics of at-home charging for EV vehicles? (00:14)

Guest: Mark Marmer, owner, Signature Electric

A look at retail with Christmas and Boxing Day on the horizon (13:55)

Guest: Bruce Winder, retail analyst and author of RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19

I Won’t be Home for Christmas: Australia (28:24)

Guest: Kirsty Feely, a Canadian living in Australia

Journo Corner: Concerns about the future of local news (44:45)

Guest: April Lindgren, the principal investigator for the Local News Research Project at Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Journalism, associate professor in journalism

Why Donald Trump can’t appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential ballot - could other states follow? What will the Supreme Court do? (58:12)

Guest: Douglas Spencer, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research, Professor of Law at University of Colorado Boulder

Sweet treats and baking tips to get your tastebuds into the holiday season (1:17:26)

Guest: Hollie Fraser, Owner, Punk Rock Pastries, winner of Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship and The Big Bake Halloween

A Little More Conversation with Guest Host Syd Smith

Pierre Poilievre voted CP's Newsmaker of the Year - what do the Federal Conservatives need to do to keep momentum up in 2024? (00:14)

Guest: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies

Canada plans to phase out gas-powered vehicles by 2035 - is this feasible? (13:26)

Guest: David Adams, President, Global Automakers of Canada

 I Won’t be Home for Christmas: Australia (32:03)

Guest: Kirsty Feely, a Canadian living in Australia

Canada’s drought-like, warm winter conditions; Do we have the resources and planning ready for our changing climate? (42:16)

Guest: Cheryl Evans, Director, Flood and Wildfire Resilience, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo

What’s behind the newest spike in Canada’s population? (52:53)

Guest: Nathanael Lauster, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of British Columbia

Ever wondered “who sings that song?” - a 16-year chase to find a Vancouver artist (1:08:17)

Guest: Paula Toledo, a speaker, writer, musician, well-being facilitator and social prescribing consultant

The difficulty for charities to catch people’s attention and why it’s so important around the holidays

Guest: Nicole Danesi, Senior Manager, Public Relations & Unite for Change

I Won’t Be Home for Christmas: Sweden 

Guest: Bryn Griffiths, afternoon drive host, 630 CHED in Edmonton

Why are Canadian students’ math scores dropping and should we change how we teach it?

Guest: Anna Stokke, a math professor at the University of Winnipeg

Does Canada have a youth radicalization problem? 

Guest: Garth Davies, an associate professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University

A year of turmoil for Justin Trudeau - what can we expect from the Prime Minister in 2024 (00:13)

Guest: Kevin Bosch, a managing partner and co-founder of Sandstone Group

How to deal with a rise in crime across the country? (14:21)

Guest: Bruce Pitt-Payne, Retired RCMP Major Crime Investigator and Consultant

 A look at some of our favourite holiday songs - including the 65th anniversary of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (22:49)

Guest: Annie Zaleski, music writer, author of This is Christmas, Song by Song

The 100th anniversary of the Hollywood sign (37:38)

Guest: Jeff Zarrinnam, chairman of the Hollywood Sign Trust

Bill C-21, the updated Liberal gun control bill - becomes law (50:06)

Guest: Noah Schwartz, an assistant professor of political science at the University of the Fraser Valley, author of On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling & the NRA

A Little More Conversation with Guest Host Syd Smith

Thousands of Ukrainians want to stay in Canada permanently - what challenges are they facing? (0:13)

Guest: Randall Baran-Chong, executive director of Pathfinders

Dealing with holiday stress and re-connecting with loved ones (12:06)

Guest: Yonah Budd, life coach and host of At Your Best

Canada tries to lure in a new supermarket chain - will it work and will it help grocery competition? (26:29)

Guest: Keldon Bester, director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP) and a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

The history of Christmas toy crazes - from the past to now (40:39)

Guest: James Zahn, editor-in-chief, The Toy Book

How do you find hobbies at an older age, and how they can help your mental health (57:01)

Guest: Matthew Zawadzski, an associate professor of health psychology at UC Merced

Is the customer always right? How businesses deal with the unruly around the holidays (1:11:52)

Guest: Triet Duong, co-owner, Mon Pitou

Is the customer always right? How employees deal with the unruly around the holidays

Guest: Talia Miller, technical producer of A Little More Conversation and role model store employee

2023: A year of wild weather in Canada and worldwide (0:43)

Guest: David Phillips, senior climatologist, Environment Canada

2023: Canada’s year of record breaking wildfires (15:06)

Guest: Robert Gray, wildfire ecologist, president of R.W. Gray Consulting Ltd.

2023: Affordability was front and center for many Canadians  (34:36)

Guest: Rubina Ahmed-Haq, personal finance journalist, host of “For What It’s Worth” on the Corus Radio Network

2023: How did Canada wind up with a huge housing deficit and can it be fixed? (50:19)

Guest: Jennifer Keesmaat, Founder, Markee Developments. Former Chief Planner, Toronto. Distinguished Visitor in Planning Emeritus, University of Toronto

2023: The year in Canadian politics (1:09:44)

Guest: Shachi Kurl, president, Angus Reid Institute

2023: The year in world politics (1:26:04)

Guest: David Frum, columnist, The Atlantic

Murder charges laid against Ontario man accused of aiding suicide with sodium nitrite

Guest: Joseph Neuberger, criminal defense lawyer

A Little More True Crime: From Mother to Murderer

Guest: Sherri Aikenhead, author, Mommy Don’t: From Mother to Murderer, the True Story of Penny and Karissa Boudreau

Passengers on Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit make unexpected 24hr visit to Goose Bay, Labrador 

Guest: Nathan Johnson, passenger, Delta flight 135

Goose Bay has a frequent stop for transatlantic flights over the decades  

Guest: John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinator, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations and Integrated Aviation Management, McGill University

Three people seeking shelter die in a northwest Calgary shed fire (1:41)

Guest: Samantha Lowe, Senior Director of Shelter Operations, The Mustard Seed

Why do people gaslight their romantic partners? (16:56)

Guest: Willis Klein, PhD Student, Department of Psychology, McGill University

Ottawa announces process to review abuse in Canadian sports (34:29)

Guest: Kim Shore and Amelia Cline, co-founders, Gymnasts 4 Change Canada

The Barra MacNeils bring East Coast Christmas across Canada (50:21)

Guest: Stewart MacNeil, multi-instrumentalist, The Barra MacNeils

Applications for expanded dental care program will be phased in starting this month (1:10:17)

Guest: Dr. Heather Carr, President, Canadian Dental Association

Team of marine biologists set to row 5000 kms across the Atlantic (1:21:37)

Guest: Isabelle Côté, World’s Toughest Row participant as part of Team Salty Science and professor of marine ecology, Simon Fraser University

Cases and death toll rises in 'major' cantaloupe salmonella outbreak (1:38)

Guest: Lawrence Goodridge, Leung Family Professor of Food Safety at the University of Guelph and Director of Guelph's Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety.

Global Calgary anchor’s on-air response to body shaming strikes a chord (15:16)

Guest: Leslie Horton, traffic anchor, Global News Calgary

Millions of Canadians cope with Long Covid (33:15)

Guest: Jason Tetro, microbiologist, Host of the Super Awesome Science Show, Author of “The Germ Code” and “The Germ Files”

SZA and Stone of Scone: 2023’s most mispronounced words (48:05)

Guest: Kristie Denlinger, a lecturer in the linguistics department at the University of Texas in Austin

Food prices set to rise again in 2024, some cause for optimism (1:43)

Guest: Matias Margulis, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs and Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia

Genetic testing firm 23andMe admits hackers accessed DNA data of 7m users (15:55)

Guest: Kerry Bowman, Professor of Bioethics and Global Health, University of Toronto

Canada’s Jewish community faces rise in antisemitism as it gets set to mark Hanukkah (32:49)

Guest: Michael Levitt, President/CEO, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center Canada

TIME names Taylor Swift 2023 Person of the Year (48:33)

Guest: Kelly Conniff, Senior Executive Editor, TIME

Oil and gas sector warns emissions cap could lead to production curtailments (1:03:28)

Guest: Brandon Schaufele, the Director of the Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre, Western University

He is the most sought after free agent in baseball, what makes Shohei “Shotime” Ohtani such a special player (1:18:33)

Guest: Jeff Fletcher, beat writer, Los Angeles Angels, author of Sho-Time: The Inside Story of Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Baseball Season Ever Played