The Alex Pierson Show

Politicians must think we're pretty dumb...and maybe we are. How else do you explain the idiocy being debated and cobbled up as key election issues right now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could sex robots create the potential for an increase in the rate of gender-based violence? Guest host Peter Shurman is joined by Glenn Geher, a Professor of Psychology as well as Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Peter Shurman is joined by David Hammond, a Professor at the University of Waterloo and Chair in Applied Public Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Peter Shurman is joined by: Anthony Furey,  SUN - POSTMEDIA COLUMNIST AND  NATIONAL COMMENT EDITOR & Bob Richardson SENIOR COUNSEL AT NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS Topics Include:  Singh says NDP wouldn't prop up Scheer minority government due to ''disgusting'' gay marriage speech, police to double number of cctv cameras in Toronto amid the spike to shootings, parents...

Peter Shurman is joined by Kelly S Thompson, a former Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and Author of ''Girls Need Not Apply.''  She still encourages women to serve despite experiencing sexism . She worries about the attitude towards women in the military.  Now, Kelly has written a memoir in hopes of making a change towards women when it comes to being in the military.   Learn more about your a...

Peter Shurman is joined by Erin O'Toole, a Conservative MP, former Veteran's affair minister and currently a foreign affairs critic.  He goes on to explain how the Rally in Markham on August 11th was a side show.  Always be mindful on rights and human law.  How do we move forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Peter Shurman is joined by: Kim Wright,  PRINCIPAL AT WRIGHT STRATEGIES & Kelly Harris PRINCIPAL AT HARRIS PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS WELL AS A COLUMNIST AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE ONTARIO P-C PARTY  Topics Include:  Is Doug Ford in the process of doing a reset or doing anything other than announcing the autism issue, Andrew Scheer saying gay couples...

Peter Shurman is joined by Guidy Mamann, an immigration lawyer.  He explains how the board denied the mother's case and not her sons.  She could have applied for the refugee option or the humanitarian option but not both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Shurman is joined by Isabelle Soulieres, Professor at the Universite Du Quebec a Montreal and co-investigator on the study.  She goes on to explain that we are diagnosing more and more people with autism but we don't know if the real incidences of austism are rising or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK has stripped "Jihadi Jack" of his British citizenship, leaving the former dual-citizen with only a single passport; a Canadian one. David Harris is a lawyer with decades of experience in national security and intelligence affairs as well as Director of the international intelligence program of INSIGNIS Strategic Research. He says it raises profound questions about how Canada has managed its...

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton - The Small Businessman Michael Diamond - Upstream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Tuesday, August 13th 2019 John Robson is a contributor in the National Post as well as the Executive Director with the Climate Discussion Nexus. As things unravel in Hong Kong, Robson tells Alex that tyrannies might be tough, but they also tend to be brittle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the ACLU, a test revealed that facial recognition software mistook 20% of California lawmakers as criminals. Democratic State Assemblyman Phil Ting represents the state's 19th district, which includes part of San Francisco. He tells Alex why he's working to keep this software from being used in conjunction with police body cameras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Justin Trudeau makes history for all the wrong reasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

University of Windsor professor Doctor Colin Novak explains that the acoustic phenomenon known as the Windsor Hum is abjectly upsetting for those forced to endure its presence.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Michael Diamond: Upstream Strategy Group Saron Gebresellassi: Human Rights Lawyer & Former Mayoral Candidate in Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Col. Roy Knight Jr. was shot down in combat during the Vietnam war in 1967. Guest host Arlene Bynon hears from Jackson Proskow who was at the airport in Dallas when the remains of the American airman were returned to home soil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Liana Kerzner : You-Tuber, as well as video game and tech expert. @redlianak David Tarrant : Vice President of National Strategic Communications with Enterprise Canada @davidptarrant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon talks with Siavash Zohoori, founder of Boys 'n Guns: Masculinity in a Culture of Violence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Steyn, International best selling author and host of The Mark Steyn Show joins Alex to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex speaks with Evelyn Fox, a mother who lost her son Kiesingar Gunn 2 years ago after he was shot.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by ... John Mraz : Former Liberal war room director Bill Hutchison: Former broadcaster, longtime journalist, and professor at Seneca College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio 640 Toronto's Entrepreneurial Tech Expert, to discuss the controversy surrounding 8chan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special edition of Counterpoint, guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by: Saron Gebresellassi  Human Rights Lawyer and former Mayoral Candidate in Toronto and Stephen LeDrew Lawyer - Broadcaster - formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada Topics include: Same CAMH patient goes missing for the second time in a month. CAMH is having an internal review over the next six months, but t...

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Jim Van Allen, Retired OPP Detective Sargent  with the Behavioural Science Unit and Criminal Profiler, to discuss the recent findings in connection to the two teens at the center of a nationwide manhunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices