Brian Crombie Radio Hour

Tonight Friday 6 pm on Sauga 960 AM 960 AM I interview Kris Orticello an actor, model, singer and social influencers on what motivates her and yet keeps her grounded. Riveting performances and a natural charisma have secured Kris Orticello as one of the most outstanding Canadian actors to catapult into the US market. She has been featured in US Weekly Magazine, FOX News, ABC News, NBC News, along...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour. I interview Rick Peterson founder of a new organization: Centre Ice Conservatives about their organization that is trying to position the Conservative party into a hole that he says exists in the middle of the political spectrum. We discuss the current Conservative leadership campaign, debates and the leadership campaign positioning of the different candida...

Tonight Wednesday 6 pm on Sauga 960 AM 960 AM I interview Serena Holmes and Dylan Suitor about the current Real Estate Market. Serena Holmes, former CEO of a multi award winning brand experience agency turned licensed REALTOR® with Harvey Kalles. She has been an active real estate investor for over 10 years with a large focus on private lending and recently published the book “The Accidental Entre...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour. I interview Vic Gupta about Transforming Toronto’s Real Estate. As CEO of CreateTO, Vic Gupta is focused on managing the stewardship of the City of Toronto’s real estate assets and optimizing the portfolio to deliver city-building benefits, enable City program solutions and ensure cost-effective program delivery. He served as Principal Secretary to Mayor Jo...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio hour. I interview Dan Donovan about the Tory Leadership Contest. “The Existential Crisis in the Conservative party”. Dan Donovan is the Publisher and Editor of Ottawa Life Magazine a former political staffer, stand up comedian and an excellent writer. We speak about the leading candidates, the policies and politics. Dan today has published a cover story magazine...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour, I interview Sammy Grosso! Sam Grosso operates a vintage car wine tour business in Prince Edward County, Sam’s Place a live entertainment venue and for 19 years he owned and ran the Cadillac Lounge in Parkdale, a renowned bar for live entertainment. We chat about life, music, Bruce Springsteen (he’s been to over 150 Springsteen concerts) entertainment and hi...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I focus on the current real estate market in The Greater Toronto Area with: Julian Battiston, CEO Oben Group Inc.,a Toronto-based, vertically integrated, real estate development and management company creating innovative urban impact through the development, construction and management of upscale purpose-built rental and residential condominium projects Kati...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview the consummate networker Jennifer Beale, about her Summer Networking Bash being held August 10. And we also discuss networking, building authentic relationships and getting ready for a recession. Jennifer publishes a weekly newsletter on networking events, teaches and coaches relationship making and hosts major networking and business connection...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview John Zada. Co-founder of The Conciliators Guild, an international conflict-resolution organization about his Globe article: “To end polarization, Canadian political parties need to rediscover the art of co-operation” “As politics reach new heights of partisanship in the United States, there is a risk that Canada is also becoming similarly polariz...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Steven Tobin. A leading expert in labour market policy and research and currently the CEO and Founder of LabourX — a consulting firm dedicated to helping clients make sense of the world of work. Steven also worked on employment issues for federal and provincial levels of governments, as well as a number of international organizations. Today we ar...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Monika Scharre! Monika Schnarre is an actor, model and television host. Last week she was on the cover of HELLO! Magazine, she was just on Canada’s Drag Race, and now she is launching her business as a real estate agent! At fourteen, Monika was the youngest ever to win the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency’s, Supermodel of the World competition. B...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Pamela Fuselli. An expert on preventable injuries about the organization in Canada working to address safety solutions both personal but also some interesting systemic ones. Pamela Fuselli is the President and CEO at Parachute, Canada’s national charity dedicated to injury prevention. Pamela was the Executive Director at Safe Kids Canada and, dur...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Tony Cohen. A hotel and hospitality expert, about the current state of the hotel market and lessons he’s learned in his impressive career owning and running hotels. Anthony (Tony) Cohen is President & CEO, Global Edge Investments and Executive VP & Partner, Crescent Hotel & Resorts, Canada. Global Edge was involved in the creation, repositioning,...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Emily Lyons. President & Founder of Femme Fatale Media and Lyons Elite Matchmaking and Lyons Den for entrepreneurs, about her popular new seminar on Personal Branding. Emily Lyons is the founder and CEO of North Americas top event staffing agency. With Emily at the helm, what started as a small agency has exploded like firecrackers across the ent...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Keldon Bester, a competition expert, about the proposed Rogers Shaw merger particularly given the Rogers outage last week. Keldon Bester is a co-founder of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP), a Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and an independent consultant and researcher. Keldon Bester is a CIGI fellow studying...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour, I interview Reetu Gupta about her career in real estate and what it’s like being a female at the top of a business that tends to be male dominated. Reetu Gupta was born and raised into the world of real estate and hospitality and recently was named Chairwoman of the Gupta Group in May 2022, a rare role for a woman in Canada. The Gupta Group portfolio of bus...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Andrew Perez. A Toronto-based public affairs professional, freelance writer and political activist about what he thinks Went Wrong for Liberals in the last election and what they need to do to become relevant and competitive in the future. Andrew Perez is a long term Liberal political activist and volunteered on the 2022 Ontario Liberal Party's c...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour, I interview David Weild IV, Founder and CEO Weild & Co. Weild & Co. was just named to World’s Leader’s Worlds Most Promising Investment Banks of 2022 with a cover story: Weild & Co. is building The First Major Decentralized Investment Bank. They are doing this by harnessing the power of the cloud to bring together dispersed, independent and proven professio...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour, I interview Dan Donovan on Patrick Brown and his expulsion from the Conservative leadership campaign. Dan is Editor and Publisher of Ottawa Life Magazine and just two weeks ago published a cover story on the Existential Crisis within the Conservative Party right now. And he thinks they have compounded it and harmed their reputation and brand with their hand...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview John Ruffolo, Founder & Managing Partner of Maverix Private Equity about his article: Top 10 Things To Do As An Entrepreneur in Navigating The Storm. John was CEO of Omer’s successful growth equity venture fund and has recently launched a Private Equity fund. “We fully expected the first shoe to drop — the valuations brought to dizzying heights,...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Vanessa Santaguida, who operates an entrepreneurial business getting foreign trained lawyers qualified in Canada. And while her business is fascinating, even more so is her life decisions. We discuss finding your passion and following a not typical path, how difficult it can be but how rewarding. Vanessa Santaguida has a Legal degree, an MBA, has...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Moin Nawaz, who operates an international leather manufacturing and export business, about social capital, social media, networking and what small companies should do in tough economic times, more or less of the above. Moin Nawaz learned his business from his father and Grandfather and built it internationally. He has homes and offices in three c...

Tonight on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour, I interview Robin Horsfall about Ukraine and his blogs against any appeasement. Robin Horsfall, a former SAS soldier in the UK he is now an author and war commentator with almost 50,000 followers on linked in. From boy soldier, to author, to warrior poet. Robin Horsfall is a man who has led an extraordinary life, who has a powerful voice and many incredible...

Tonight Tuesday 6 pm on Sauga 960 AM on the Brian Crombie Radio Hour I interview Dr. Chitra Anand about her thoughts on The US Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade, a Women’s Right to Chose and a very personal post he recently made about this topic. Dr. Chitra Anand is at the forefront of an important new movement in the workplace: intrapreneurship. Intrapreneurs are the people within your organiz...

Today I interview Aled Ab Lorwerth of CMHC about a report CMHC issued saying Ontario needs 1.8 MM extra houses build in the next eight years if we are to have any semblance of housing affordability. Aled Ab Lorwerth has been at CMHC as deputy chief economist since 2016. Prior to then he had held a series of positions in economic research, mostly at the federal Department of Finance. Aled has a Phd...