The Jim Richards Show

With the holidays approaching, who is making tough calls this year? Plus – Penny Oleksiak gets a two year suspension.   GUEST: Bruce Arthur - Toronto Star columnist

Jim has another behind the scenes debate. Plus – Inside the battle between rental activists and the Ford government.   GUESTS: Mohit Rajans - Media and technology writer at thinkstart.ca Matti Siemiatycki - a housing and city planning expert with the University of Toronto

Jim takes your calls.   GUESTS: Monte McGregor - Criminal defence lawyer Carmi Levy - tech expert

A behind the scenes debate keeps going. Plus - What qualifies as ‘finders keepers’?

Jim saw some weird things on the way home. Plus - If you don’t own a car, how do you get around?   GUEST: Monte McGregor - criminal defence lawyer

Is he right? Plus - What do you usually see in the holiday season during economic uncertainty?    GUEST: Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University

What would you like to see? Plus - Doug Ford's new 'Buy Ontario' strategy 

Should people who feed wildlife be fined?  Plus - Are these Toronto Raptors the real deal?  GUESTS: Matt Cauz - TSN 1050Dr. Raffaela Lesch - Zoologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Would you turn your own kid in? Plus – If you’re on time, you’re early. Right? GUEST: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime expert and former homicide detective Stacey Kuznetsova - with the Investigative Journalism Bureau, contributing to the National Post

Would anyone miss these platforms? Plus - Does Doug Ford get away with a lot because of his likeability factor?   GUEST: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Reporter

Ontario proposes measures to hold impaired drivers accountable for their actions. Canada's highly skilled immigrants are leaving the country... fast. Plus - the house votes to release the Epstein files, which will send the bill to the Senate. GUEST : Daniel Bernhard, CEO for the Institute for Canadian Citizenship

The Liberal budget narrowly passes. Plus - would you use AI to talk to deceased friends and family? GUEST : Thorben Weiditz - the co-founder of Metstrat, a labour consultancy in Toronto, a founding member of Ridefair TO, a not-for-profit advocacy organization that seeks to regulate rideshare companies in the public interest

Toronto City hall joins other cities across Canada in raising the Palestinian flag. Plus - Renaming Dundas TTC station renaming comes with hidden costs. Provincial government proposes changes to the Sex Offender Registry. Plus - American's attitudes toward Donald Trump amid new revelations with the Epstein files.  GUESTS: Tim Powers - Chair of Summa Strategies & Managi...

Toronto crime levels are down, with one month since last murder, changes to sex offender registry, and 2 suspects arrested in thefts from GTA cemeteries.    GUESTS: Mark Mendelson - NEWSTALK 1010 Crime Specialist and former Toronto Homicide DetectiveTony Chapman - host of the podcast Chatter That Matters

The Ontario NDP claim the Ford government could take control of Exhibition Place under new legislation. Plus - Donald Trump asks the justice department to investigate some top Democrats in Epstein case.  GUESTS: Frank Scarpitti - City of Markham MayorSiobhan Morris - CTV news reporterBrian Karem - American journalist and author working at the White House, Host of podcast&hellip...

Moshe Lander talks about Canadians planning on spending less this holiday season. Should you stop giving your kids cash for allowance and give them a credit card instead? GUESTS : Moshe Lander: economics professor at Concordia University   Lesley Bannard, the president of the Weston Minor Hockey Association

Should Poilievre change his ways? Ontario wins the case for pushing for the expansion of online betting to players outside of Canada. Plus - Tom Brady cloned his pet, should you? GUEST: Steve Joordens - a professor of psychology at University of Toronto Scarborough

Jim takes your calls on report card comments - what is one that you or your child always got? Plus - discussing the new Epstein emails that mention Donald Trump with Nathan Radke.  GUEST : Nathan Radke - a cultural history professor at Humber and host of the Uncover Up podcast

The NDP prepare for an election at MPs decide whether to vote against the Carney government's budget. Tim Powers and Bob Richardson weigh in on this with Jim. Jim gives his thoughts on land and slavery acknowledgements. Plus - can men cry too much? And should you clone your pet? GUESTS :Tim Powers - Chair of Summa Strategies & Managing Director of Abacus Data   Bob Richardson -...

Half of young men are at risk of problem anger. Jim speaks with Kenton Boston, the president and CEO of the Canadian Men's Health Foundation. Plus - Avery Haines gives an update on the next W5 episode.  GUESTS: Kenton Boston - Canadian Men’s Health Foundation president and CEOAvery Haines - W5 reporter

Jim shares his thoughts. Plus – The strange way some people wash their dishes   GUEST: Richard  Shimooka - Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute  

Jim takes your calls Plus- You can say 3 words to your 18 year old self. What are they?

Jim takes your calls. Plus – The biggest soap operas in Canadian politics.   GUEST: Scott Reid - CTV  Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister

How does this happen? Plus - Have you actually cut anyone out of your life because of politics?   GUEST: Allison Smith - editor at Toronto Today

Jim gets insight and takes your calls Plus - Is a poppy a political statement?   GUEST: Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister