The Jim Richards Show

Richard Crouse is in for Jim Richards this week! We have a by-election we are watching… but first, the Rundown with Laura Babcock and Andrew Caddell!

We talk to Christian Leuprecht a national security expert about the Russia, North Korea Treaty. Tech expert Carmi Levy talks about NVidia’s rise to the world’s most valuable company. When was your name popular? We take your calls and tell you about your name! Slow News Day – Happy National Selfie Day!

We talk to the former chair of the TTC, who has advised transit agencies around the world about what the TTC needs to do to modernize in the new age. Should Canada fund news subscribers? Mark Towhey has thoughts. Would you become a live in housekeeper couple for 220K/yr? Thoughts on Canada’s Navy visiting the Cuba.

Mark Towhey is in for Jim Richards and starts the show with a concern about bugs On the Rundown we discuss the big stories of the day. Did Richard Crouse Like These Movies?

We take your calls on Something That Seems Easy to Others, But Is Difficult for You. David Cooper joins the show to spend some time with Jim. Slow News Day with Noah

Lt Eric is the co-host on The Neilson Show on Edmonton Sports Talk and he previews Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Oilers and Panthers. The FEELS! Canadian History Ehx with Craig Baird.

Stephen Brown, CEO, National Council of Canadian Muslims joins us to discuss the 'Wake up Canada' truck playing 'Islamophobic' video. More on the passing of Donald Sutherland. The Story of Tony’s Trousers and A woman has spent 46k to get rid of demons from her life and wants her money back, because they’re still there.

We start the show with a quick interview with film/movie buff Ben Harrison, and later we speak with CTV Movie Critic Richard Crouse. Also the Rundown panel Bob Richardson and Tasha Kheiriddin discuss the day’s biggest stories.

Aging is different for everyone and later Noah does Slow News Day

Time for Nerd News with Dan Riskin and we talk about everything from AI to elephants! On Ask Anything we meet Ghost, the repo man!

Lorne Honickman is Lawyer at Brauti | Thorning LPP and a legal analyst, and discusses U of T in court saying that the encampment took control of front campus. We ask for your calls on whether you think you’ve won the genetic lottery. WestJet prepares for an engineer strike and passengers should expect another wave of cancellations, airline expert John Tory Jr explains. And what’s your boomer compl...

Jim Richards has some Gouda news before Jon Liedtke and Jimmy Zoubris discuss some of the big stories of the day on The Rundown. Entertainment journalist Rudy Blair joins the show to discuss why haters celebrate and joke about Justin Timberlake’s jailtime.

Our culture around drinking and driving. It’s Slow News Day with Noah!

On the Draft, Eric Alper and Bill King tell us about songs that featured artists you didn’t know appeared on. The Relationship Mailbag – we ask relationship expert Jen Kirsch to discuss some of the scenarios you sent to our mailbag. John Wright or Wrong – we talk hockey!

Douglas Kwan, is the Director of Advocacy and Legal Services at Advocacy Centre For Tenants Ontario discusses why apartments should have air conditioning legislated as the heat dome heats things up in Canada. Is the dating app dead? We take your calls. Is it time Canada scraps the term ‘Visible Minority’ or ‘Racialized People’ – we discuss with Denise Balkissoon. Food Banks Canada Report Highlight...

Jim has issues and tells you what they are before we get into the Rundown panel, with Caryma Sa’d and Mark Mendelson. Co-host of the Edmonton Sports Talk Podcast, Matthew Ywanik. 

We start this hour with “That Week Popped”, Jen Kirsch and Rudy Blair discuss some of the big pop culture stories of the day. Later, it’s MenTell Health. We listen to some social media memes about how to be a better you, and Jim discusses.

Jim talks about some of the naughtiest travel habits. Later, slow news day with Noah includes a story about a viral video of a man who is seemingly bagging groceries at a self-checkout without scanning or paying. Find out what was really happening!

Christian Leuprecht is a national security expert with the Royal Military College and joins us to discuss the latest on Russia/Ukraine war. Jim discusses a list of “most attractive” occupations (if salary didn’t matter) Kerry Bowman - Medical Ethicist and a professor of Bioethics at University Toronto, and he gives us thoughts on the Family of woman who was denied MAID at B.C. hospital filing a ch...

Jim rants about his issues before we head into the Rundown Panel; Laura Babcock and Andrew Caddell discuss some of the big stories of the day. We talk to a Calgarian as water restrictions remain in place in the city while repairs will take 3-5 weeks to repair a water main.

The Week That Was in politics, with CTV Senior Political Correspondent Mike Le Couteur. The Feel Good Stories of the week. Are the Oilers done? And a preview of the Euro Cup with TSN’s Matt Cauz. Streaming this week with TV Critic Amber Dowling and Slow News Day with Producer Tony!

Peter Edwards is a reporter with the crime, courts and justice team at the Toronto Star and he provides an update on the big airport heist. 90s vs Gen-Zs - Producers Anthony Matti and Lily McDonald join us and we see if they know who these people are! Canada’s Animal Lawyer Jennifer Friedman talks about new rules to bring dogs to the U.S. Play Attention – we replay the week’s big news audio clips.

Jim starts the show with some issues about the super secret foreign interference documents. The Rundown with Caryma and Andrew, as they discuss the big stories of the day. Does Richard Crouse like these movies? A lot of fantasy this week.

And finally Slow News Day with Noah.

Tamara Cherry gives us a preview of the 2nd season of her Trauma Beat podcast. Technology expert Carmi Levy joins the show to discuss whether digital wallets are safe or if our privacy is at risk by adding our drivers’ license and health card in them. A look at Canadian History this week, with Craig Baird.