Brian Crombie Radio Hour

Brian interviews Kathryne Mejias. Kathryne is the founder of Soulful Divorcee and Born for More. Born For More is a women's empowerment culture committed to unleashing the limitless potential within every woman. It strives to inspire, celebrate, and empower women worldwide, fostering a community where diversity is celebrated, and authenticity is embraced. Through transformative coaching, events, a...

Brian interviews Richard Littlemore. Richard is the author of "City Builders". Vancouver developers Peter and Shahram Malek have lost two great fortunes, both times at the hands of a hostile government. First, as young men in the flush of success, they were forced from Revolutionary Iran, leaving behind the massive construction and development business built by their father. Second, and more surpr...

Brian interviews three different entrepreneurs to discuss their respective start-ups. 📌 Patrick Armstrong is a seasoned entrepreneur and visionary leader known for his ability to disrupt industries and create impactful business solutions. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Hyyve, Patrick is spearheading the transformation of the Canadian real estate market. Hyyve is Canada’s first real estate agent bid...

Brian interviews Professor Dr. Lauren MacIvor Thompson. Dr. Thompson is a historian and academic expert specializing in the U.S. Gilded Age—a period of rapid industrialization, economic inequality, and political corruption in the late 19th century. Her scholarship also includes in-depth research on the historical use of tariffs in American economic policy. Her work provides critical context for co...

Brian interviews Stefan Korshak. Stefan is from Houston, Texas and is a Yalie. He has worked in journalism in the former Soviet space for more than twenty years, and from 2015-2019 he led patrols in the Mariupol sector for the OSCE monitoring mission in Donbas. He has filed field reports from five wars and enjoys reporting on nature, wildlife and the outdoors. Stefan Korshak, the Kyiv Post Senior...

Brian interviews Ted Redlarski. Ted is CEO of Noram, a high-end manufacturer of curtain wall windows. They employ over 120 people in a state of the art highly automated manufacturing plant. Ted’s shares inspirational story of building a national business in Poland then escaping communist Poland, being a refugee, starting a small time renovation business and now founding a technology leading compan...

Brian interviews Darcy McNeil. Darcy is a writer and thinker from the wild west coast of British Columbia, McNeil’s work explores Canada’s identity and its crucial role in the future of Western civilization. Through his Substack platform, he has become a powerful commentator on the threats facing Canada, particularly from its southern neighbor. His essays, including "Trump’s Narcissism", "Canada F...

Brian interviews Greg Lyle. Greg is founder and President of Innovative Research Group. He talks about the current federal election polls with less than one week to go. ✅ The gap between the Liberals and Conservatives is narrowing, as Trump and tariffs fade from the headlines. ✅ Both Carney and Poilievre performed strongly in the debates. ✅ Support for the NDP and the Bloc is collapsing. ✅ Eve...

Brian interviews Dr. Stephen Nagy, Canada Senior Fellow; Professor, International Christian University, Tokyo. Dr. Stephen Nagy is originally from Calgary, Alberta. He received his PhD in International Relation/Studies from Waseda University in 2008. His main affiliation is professor at the International Christian University, Tokyo. He is also a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute; a v...

Brian interviews Lydia Knorr. Lydia is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author, and TEDx storyteller—but more than anything, she is someone who believes deeply in the power of the human spirit to heal and grow. Her journey hasn’t followed a straight path. As a mother to three amazing daughters, she was widowed unexpectedly and then diagnosed with cancer just 18 months later. Those experiences...

Brian interviews Daniel Coleman. Daniel recently retired from being a professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University and an associate professor at Six Nations Polytechnic on the Grand River territory. He is a writer who is fascinated by the power of narrative arts to generate a sense of place and community, mindfulness, curiosity and wonder. Daniel Coleman talks...

Brian hosts a guest panel with Sergio Marchi and Tony Clement. They assess last night’s leaders debate, give suggestions for tonight and the Canadian federal election prospects. Guests are:  📌 The Honourable Sergio Marchi who served as a Councillor in the City of North York, and as a Liberal Member of Parliament. His six years in the Federal Cabinet culminated in his appointment as Minister for I...

Brian interviews Heather Exner-Pirot. Heather is the Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a Special Advisor to the Business Council of Canada, and a Research Advisor to the Indigenous Resource Network. Heather Exner-Pirot talks about how Canada can become a (good) energy superpower!

Brian welcomes on two guest. First is Brian Lee Crowley. Brian is the managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Canada’s preeminent think tank and an author and frequent commentator of Canadian politics and economics. Brian Lee Crowley talks about Trade Wars, how to deal with Trump, Canada and the leaders negotiating strategies and their campaigns. Then, he speaks with Douglas Elliott....

Brian interviews Todd Hirsch. Todd is a Calgary-based chief economist, speaker, commentator and the author of "The Boiling Frog Dilemma: Saving Canada from Economic Decline". Todd Hirsch talks about trade wars, tariffs, what he thinks Canada needs to do now and his forecast for the Canadian and global economies.

Brian interviews Gordon McIvor. Gordon is a seasoned business leader who has over 40 years of experience in public and government affairs, real property and governance. He has held several senior management roles throughout his career with Canada Lands Company Limited and the National Executive Forum on Public Property, as well as completing assignments with the World Bank in India and Colombia. M...

Tonight, Ritchy Marques is interviewed on The Brian Crombie Hour. Ritchy Marques is founder and CEO of Evolve Blockchain. “At Evolve Blockchain, we aim to create a world where everyone can innovate, collaborate, and solve critical problems using blockchain technology. By democratizing access and fostering a culture of transparency and community-led solutions, we empower individuals and businesses...

Brian interviews Dr. Eileen De Villa. Dr. De Villa earned a Bachelor’s degree from McGill University, her Doctor of Medicine and Master of Health Science (MHSc) degree in Health Promotion from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Public health physician, author, professor, and public figure, Dr. De...

Brian interviews Greg Lyle. Greg is the founder and President of Innovative Research Group. He talked about the current federal election polls. ✅ We have the Liberals 6 points ahead at the end of last week, clearly benefiting from the Trump tariffs. ✅ Carney came out of last week even stronger than before. ✅ Carney favourables up to +15, Poilievre favourables down to -7. ✅ Carney leads on best...

Brian interviews two trade lawyers at Miller Thomson. - Louis Amato-Gauci is a partner with Miller Thomson, in Toronto, Canada. He is co-lead of the firm’s national Transportation & Logistics team, and a member of its Global Trade & Customs practice group. Louis is frequently consulted by manufacturers and parts suppliers in connection with the international sale of goods, import/export ma...

Brian interviews two guests. First is Eva Klein. Eva is a psychologist. She began her psychological career as a clinical psychologist and has graduate degrees in psychology from Stanford and Rutgers as well as a postdoc in psychoanalytic psychotherapy from NYU. Eva was professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at McMaster University and a professor at the Haskayne School of Business in...

Tonight, Shari Graydon is interviewed on The Brian Crombie Hour. Shari is an award-winning author, speaker and advocate who is currently the Catalyst of Informed Opinions, a national organization that amplifies the voices of women to ensure their experiences, ideas and insights influence conversations and decision-making in Canada. Informed Opinions Catalyst, Shari Graydon brings a wealth of knowl...

Tonight, Alexander Dalziel is interviewed on The Brian Crombie Hour. Alexander has been a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute since 2023. Before that, he spent over 20 years in Canada’s national security community, advising senior decision-makers across government and Canada’s allies while holding positions at the Privy Council Office, Department of National Defence, and Canada Border...

Brian interviews Ron Butler of Butler Mortgages. Ron has twenty years of experience in the mortgage business, is a prolific writer of opinion pieces on the market and prices and we discuss the crash in condos and the flat market in single family homes and that if nothing changes we will face bankruptcy and layoffs and make our housing affordability issue even worse. Ron Butler talks about the curr...

Tonight, Edvin Kornelius is interviewed on The Brian Crombie Hour I interview. Edvin is an independent strategy and risk consultant in Latvia with extensive corporate banking experience, primarily from Northern European banks, of which close to 15 years were devoted to servicing global multinationals and International corporations from Scandinavia and Finland in Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg....