Justin Ford (Director of Safety & Certification Programs at Breezeway, International Vacation Rental Safety Expert) join us on the calls continue for stronger rules around short-term rentals following Old Montreal fire. We dive into a customer suing Tim Hortons for $500K after being burned by hot tea with Rajiv Hate (Personal Injury and Disability Lawyer, Kotak Personal Injury Law). We get the view from Baghdad 20-years after the US invasion of Iraq with Hamzeh Hadad(visiting fellow, Middle East and North Africa programme, European Council on Foreign Relations). How Canadian intelligence helped inform the country’s decision not to join the “Coalition of the Willing”? Alan Barnes (senior fellow, Centre for Security, Intelligence and Defence Studies, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University) gives us some answers. Sylvain Charlebois (professor in food distribution and policy and senior director, AgriFood Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University) speaks on while food inflation stays high, checking your receipt may help you save on your food bills, and Kim Parsons (Molecular Genetics Lead, Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service) gives us details on Researchers pinpointing the problem for BC’s endangered resident orcas

Katy Milkman (professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be) joins us to talk about How the first day of spring puts a spring in your step. Will Spring bring a real estate market surge? Penelope Graham (Director of Content, RateHub.ca) gives us all the details. Shachi Kurl (president, Angus Reid Institute) tells us why neither Trudeau nor Poilievre is shooting straight these days. We get down to why nobody knows how to hang out anymore and it's making us miserable with Sheila Liming (professor of writing, Champlain College and author of “Hanging Out: The Radical Art of Killing Time). We break down James Reimer refusal to take part in SJ Sharks Pride night with guest Taylor McKee (assistant professor, sports management, Brock University) and Why an epidemiologist who studies Avian flu owns chickens in his backyard with David Waltner-Toews (a veterinary epidemiologist and professor emeritus at the University of Guelph, author of A Conspiracy of Chickens: A Memoir).

Pressure mounts on Trudeau’s choice of special rapporteur, international criminal court charges Vladimir Putin with war crimes and Xi heads to Moscow 

Guest: Jeremy Kinsman, former Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Canadian Ambassador to the European Union

The enduring mystery of what happened to flight MH370

Guest: Capt. John Cox, aircraft accident investigator; CEO, Safety Operating Systems 

Nanaimo homeless camp shooting

Guest: Collen Middleton, interim chair of the Nanaimo Area Public Safety Association

The hockey player who broke the NHL colour barrier 75 years ago - the push to get Larry Kwong into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Guest: Moezine Hasham, founder and director, Hockey 4 Youth Foundation

This history and preservation of the Irish language in Canada 

Guest: Donall O’Doughill, author of “Míle Míle i gCéin: The Irish Language in Canada”

Conflicts new and old surface in post-Brexit Northern Ireland 

Guest: Samantha Twietmeyer, Doctoral Candidate in politics, Queen’s University

Dan Jones (Criminologist and the Associate Chair of Justice Studies at NorQuest College, worked for Edmonton Police Service for 25 years) joins us to talk about the two officers who were killed in the line of duty in Edmonton. Paula Simons (Independent Senator from Alberta) gives her reaction on the matter and reaction on Jody Vance's harassment case. Canadian restaurants really are getting louder! Greg Scott (founder, SoundPrint) joins us to discuss. Dr. Karen Gail Lewis (relationship therapist and a marriage counselor) speaks on the complex nature of sibling relationships and how to improve them. Canada sees more tornadoes than you may think! Greg Kopp (ImpactWX Chair in Severe Storms, professor of civil and environmental engineering, Western University; lead researcher, Northern Tornadoes) chats with us about why you don't seem them as much, and Calls for more wild horse protections after 17 shot dead in rural B.C. Julie Woodyer, (Campaigns Director, Zoocheck Canada) joins us to talk about how they can be protected.

The profound impact of online abuse and how Jody Vance (Vancouver-based broadcaster) helped bring her abuser to justice. How can the legal system do more to protect people against online abuse? Sandy Garassino (former Crown prosecutor and public affairs columnist, National Observer) joins us to discuss. Indigenous-led B.C. Cedar LNG project receives approval, Heather Exner-Pirot (senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute) gives us all the details. Artur Wilczynski (a former assistant deputy minister at Communications Security Establishment, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa and Canada’s former ambassador to Norway) joins us to talk about Former governor general David Johnston named rapporteur to oversee foreign interference probes. Journo Corner returns with guest Murad Hemmadi (journalist, The Logic) to chat about Silicon Valleys , and Meta layoffs. And we look at vinyl's revival, with Avi Shack (record store owner, Beat Street Record).

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank may in fact halt or reverse interest rate hikes - what does that mean for mortgages and housing costs? Moshe Lander join us to explain. Matthew Killingsworth answers the , can money buy happiness? Scientists say it can. A Little More True Crime returns with guest Michael Arntfield on how to solve a cold case and why clearance rates are at all-time lows. Lori Marino joins us to talk about the legacy of Kiska, the last Orca to die in captivity in Canada, and would you like on a curise for $30,000 a year? Well now you can! Irina Strembitsky tells us all about it

Silicon Valley bank collapse and the impact on depositors

Guest: Stefan Kalb, Co-Founder & CEO, Shelf Engine

Silicon Valley Bank’s Toronto branch seized by Canada’s banking regulator amid collapse

Guest: John Ruffolo, Founder and Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity

Why did Flair Airlines see four of its planes seized from them?

Guest: Garth Lund, Chief Commercial Officer, Flair Airlines

Canadian lunar rover will search the far side of the moon

Guest: Gordon Osinski, principal investigator for the Canadian Lunar Rover Mission and Professor in Earth and Planetary Science, Western University

What lies frozen in time in the permafrost and what happens when it thaws? 

Guest: Kimberley Miner,  climate scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Canada’s big night at the Oscars 

Guest: Cam Maitland, film and content specialist, Hollywood Suite Inc.

Details emerge about a complaint against a Canadian Supreme Court Justice now under investigation 

Guest: Errol Mendes, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Ottawa

How alleged fraudsters trying to sell a Toronto home they didn’t own were caught at the last minute 

Guest: Niro Vivekanantharajah, real estate and criminal lawyer

How you can move to Daylight Saving time this weekend without disrupting your sleep 

Guest: Beth Malow, director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

A look behind the curtains at the Oscars and the ceremony’s long history of gold, sweat and tears

Guest: Michael Schulman, staff writer, New Yorker and author of “Oscar Wars”

Hotel room prices are jumping and availability is scarce 

Guest: Wayne Smith, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

Air Canada cracks down on baggage policy - how can travellers optimize their carry-on luggage?

Guest: Lesley Keyter, travel expert, known as “The Travel Lady”

Is Canadian public transit in a death spiral?

Guest: Willem Klumpenhouwer, a sustainable transportation consultant and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto's Transit Analytics Lab.

Is the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran a new front in the war against girls’ education?

Guest: Jasmin Ramsey, deputy director, Center for Human Rights in Iran

How to have a bad day

Guest: Laurence Shorter, writer and consultant, author of The Lazy Guru: A Mindful Approach to Achieving More by Doing Less

What is a BORG and is it really a “genius” idea to help make drinking alcohol safer?

Guest: Adam Sherk, a scientist at the University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

A former gymnast raises awareness to highlight abuse towards women and children in sport

Guest: Amelia Cline, Co-founder, Gymnasts for Change Canada

Journo Corner: Grocery store execs on the hotseat, china election interference, Garneau resigns and pricey coronation hotel rooms 

Guest: Stephanie Levitz, Parliament Hill-based reporter, Toronto Star

A generation of Canadian women poised for leadership roles is disappearing

Guest: Pamela Jeffrey, founder and CEO, The Prosperity Project 

Seinfeld and Economics: Lessons on Everything from the Show about Nothing

Guest: Linda Ghent, economics professor, Eastern Illinois University and co-author of Seinfeld and Economics

How to make your apologies more sincere

Guest: Susan McCarthy, co-author, “Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies”

Hate your signature? Try plastic surgery for autographs

Guest: Priscilla Molina, owner, Planet of Names