640 Toronto / Curiouscast

The Alex Pierson Show

News EN ↓ 4475 episodes

The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.

Author

640 Toronto / Curiouscast

Episodes

NASA launched its next Mars rover today 31.07.2020 9:50

Zac Trolley joins Alex to talk about the historic launch of Perseverance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why are people receiving mysterious seeds from china? 30.07.2020 11:06

John Keough is the founder and managing principal Shantalla. He joins Alex to talk about the mysterious seeds and what their source could be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Parliament: The Trudeau's WE trip and speaking expenses higher than first thought 30.07.2020 9:13

Tom Korski is the managing editor at Blacklock's Reporting. He joins to dive in on some of the stories from Ottawa that you may have missed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kielburgers respond to big questions from finance committee 29.07.2020 12:57

Alex is joined by Greg Thomson from Charity Intelligence to get his take on the questioning of the Kielburgers in front of the finance committee Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Parliament: Tax payers paid the bill for Health Minister Patricia Hajdu to fly home on weekends while Canadians were told to avoid travel 28.07.2020 10:13

A former WE employee speaks out about his time at the organization 27.07.2020 21:16

James Powell joined Alex for an extended interview about his time at WE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is QAnon? The evolution of a dangerous conspiracy. 25.07.2020 8:03

Alex is joined by Joseph Uscinski, a political-science professor at the University of Miami to talk about the fast growing conspiracy theory with real-world consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The cottage country market is booming. Are city-dwellers leaving the urban cores? 24.07.2020 7:15

Alex welcomes Davelle Morrison, Sales Representative at Bosley Real Estate Ltd, Brokerage to talk about the trends, and what they mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opposition parties call on ethics watchdog to open investigation into Morneau over WE 24.07.2020 11:38

Simon Jefferies is the senior vice president at Jenni Byrne and Associates. He joined Alex to give some insight on the implications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Parliament: The Commons health committee yesterday voted to censor release of all records on the Public Health Agency’s management of the pandemic. 23.07.2020 8:32

Morneau's involvement in the WE scandal just got much worse 23.07.2020 12:56

The Finance Minister answered questions today in front of the Finance Committee about his interactions with the charity organization. Michael Barret is the Shadow Minister for Ethics, he joins the show to recap the session. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement unconstitutional: Federal Court 23.07.2020 10:58

Immigration lawyer, Guidy Mamann joins the show to talk about the historic ruling, and what it means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story behind mysterious "numbers" ghost radio stations 22.07.2020 8:54

Alan Cross is a host on 102.1 The Edge, and radio industry veteran an expert. He joins the show to talk about the mysterious numbers radio frequency that no one claims to run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Parliament: Liberals deny CMHC research project on home equity tax 21.07.2020 9:14

Tom Korski is the managing editor at Blacklock's Reporting. He joined to clear up the information around a controversial study commissioned by the federal Liberals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The floodgates are open. WE has been a controversial charity among industry professionals for a while. 21.07.2020 10:16

Alex is joined by Charity Intelligence's managing director Kate Bahen to get a better idea of why industry experts have been concerned about the WE Charity for a while. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Environmentalist Michael Shellenberger apologizes for the "climate scare" 07.07.2020 19:27

Prominent environmentalist Michael Shellenberger wrote a controversial piece that has upset some of his colleagues where he apologizes for a "climate scare". He joins Alex to talk about the piece, and the response it has received. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside Parliament: Federally funded research says the WHO was too quick to praise China for COVID-19 response 07.07.2020 9:09

Alex gets an inside look at the goings-on in Ottawa from the managing editor at Blacklocks Reporting, Tom Korski. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hamilton born star Nick Cordero loses battle with COVID-19 06.07.2020 10:39

The Canadian theatre star has passed away after his months-long battle with the coronavirus. Alex speaks with his old friend and co-worker Kristen Peace about his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notable Oregon mental health response unit model could make its way to Toronto 06.07.2020 8:42

Ben Brubaker is an executive director at White Bird Clinic CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets). He joins Alex to talk about the model and its successes so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethics commissioner investigating Trudeau, $900M WE Charity contract 04.07.2020 3:27

Global News BC Correspondent Robin Gill joins Global News Radio's Alex Pierson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did the Chinese government take down Canada's greatest tech company? 04.07.2020 10:19

Did the Chinese government kill Canada’s greatest tech company Nortel? A new bombshell report shows the death of the company may have been the Chinese paving the way for Huawei. Alex is joined by Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute for the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Toronto's patios have been open for over a week now, how has it been going? 03.07.2020 10:39

Alex gets an update from one Charles Khabouth, the CEO of Ink Entertainment, one of the country's largest entertainment companies with multiple businesses in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We charity $900-million grant from Trudeau government raising red flags 03.07.2020 9:01

Duff Conacher from Democracy Watch joins Alex to talk about the ethics issues being raised about the grant given Trudeau's ties to the charity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peel police investigating after a black woman was tasered and then shot at her home on Mother's Day. Here's her story. 25.06.2020 11:44

Arlene Bynon fills in for Alex interview Chantelle Krupka a black woman from Mississauga who shot by police at her home on Mother's Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CEBA expansion for small businesses is delayed 20.06.2020 9:23

Alex is joined by Dan Kelly, the president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business to talk about the delay of the program that was supposed to launch today, and what it means for businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices