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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.

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Did you check your Halloween candy? 06.11.2023 9:17

Since Halloween, Police have been out with warnings to inspect Halloween treats. Over the weekend, reports of someone biting into a candy bar with a needle in it made headlines. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joel Best, a University Delaware sociology and Criminal Justice Professor. How often does this happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Skyscraper in the way of a Toronto Pearson flight path? MZO to be scaled back 06.11.2023 10:46

How many more mistakes will be made rushing out MZO's. The builders got permissions to build a sky scraper in the way of a flight path at Toronto Pearson. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Isaac Callan, Online Digital Broadcast Journalist for Global News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introducing... Black and Blue: Behind the Badge | Catching Hell 04.11.2023 36:30

It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a job offer he can’t afford to refuse. Michael has no idea what this new job has in store. But he soon realizes: he’s just joined ‘the biggest gang in America’. Join Seren Jones to hear Michael’s story and find out what it means to be both Black and Blue....

Wondering how to fight the battle of antisemitism? Start with schools 03.11.2023 11:55

Holocaust education will now be mandatory for elementary and high school kids. Polling across North America shows that a huge portion of kids have no clue about the Holocaust. We can educate people but it won't go away. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Rahim Mohamed, political columnist for the National Post, The Line, and the Calgary Herald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Tech Talk: Apple 'Scary Fast'' events & Spotify meets AI 03.11.2023 16:37

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Apple's ''Scary Fast'' events which includes M3 chips, Facebook and Instagram paid subscriptions, and Spotify's AI powered translation. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks Check-In: A carbon tax election; will this be happening? 02.11.2023 10:35

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about a possible carbon tax election. There will be a vote in the motion to suspend the carbon tax on all home heating, especially Canadians who heat their homes with natural gas. Bill Blair talks about our Armed Forces shrinking, they won't disclose figures. This is the only branch of government getting smaller. All...

'It's magic': How The Beatles used AI to bring their final track 'Now and Then' to life 02.11.2023 9:20

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael McCarty, the CEO of Kilometre Music Group, a music publishing company based in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Negotiate everything': Should sellers have to pay ½ their commission to buyers agents? 02.11.2023 9:56

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Frank Leo, Real Estate Broker, Frank Leo & Associates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian uncle of niece killed at Israeli music festival calling on Western world to wake up, get ahead of Hamas 02.11.2023 12:17

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Harel Lapidot, Canadian uncle of Tiferet Lapidot, 22, who was killed while at a music festival near the Gaza Strip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Problem hasn't even been scratched': Faith leaders calling on federal government to address refugee crisis 02.11.2023 12:01

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Pastor Eddie Jjumba of Dominion International Church on in Toronto. Pastor Eddie's church has sheltered hundreds of refugees since July 17th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newsflash; we have a homeless crisis but what is the solution? 01.11.2023 10:31

We have a severe homeless crisis but what is the solution for Toronto? None of the affordable housing solutions will come immediately. We need new ideas and it's whether or not it can work. Host Alex Pierson speaks with John Van Nostrand, The founder of non-profit Two Steps Homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is ''technical recession?'' Many Canadians are nervous about their mortgages 01.11.2023 9:56

Many Canadians are worried about renewing their mortgages. In the next three years, millions of people could be paying 50% higher of monthly costs. Who will qualify? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's immigration minister to announce new targets - what should that plan look like? 01.11.2023 8:04

Host Alex Pierson speaks with immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandatory holocaust education coming to Ontario high schools 01.11.2023 9:22

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’Nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Canadians be reimbursed if they go abroad for medical procedures due to long wait times? 01.11.2023 9:41

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Colin Craig, President of Second Street about new polling that shows Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour (74%) of provincial governments reimbursing patients for their surgical bills in other countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blacklocks Check-In: Privy council looked at issue of Muslims when it comes to equity in their religion 31.10.2023 8:31

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the privy council looking at issues of Muslims when it comes to equity in their religion. Why would our PM ask of this? The Privy council will poll on anything, Buffy Sainte-Marie causes controversy based on whether or not she was born indigenous, all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

‘Every community is feeling it’: B.C. retail coalition urges crime crackdown 31.10.2023 10:14

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ian Tostenson, one of the Save Our Street’s leading representatives, president of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Court battle begins over Ontario law that bans undercover, hidden-camera farm investigations 30.10.2023 8:44

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Camille Labchuk, Executive Director of Animal Justice, the lead plaintiff in this court case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rally in support of Gaza fills downtown Toronto as Middle East violence continues 30.10.2023 11:33

Guest host Anthony Furey speaks with Kevin Vuong, Independent MP for Spadina - Fort York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tech Talk: Chargers, Combating turbulence & streaming in cars 27.10.2023 18:46

Host Alex Pierson speaks with tech expert Adam Oldfield about Apple's new $160 charger, new tech to combat turbulence, streaming for radio in cars, Amazon Prime Air's 60-minute prescription delivery and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's been undermined & poses a threat to the U.S. due to Chinese interference 27.10.2023 11:11

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Scott McGregor, author The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a War in America's Backyard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'It was beyond fear': Woman on surviving Hamas' deadly attack on Israel 27.10.2023 11:02

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Yuval, a woman who survived the Hamas attack on Israel’s Nova Music Festival on October 7th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

''Manic devotion to narrative can be so unhinged from reality'' 26.10.2023 14:00

''Manic devotion to narrative can be so unhinged from reality it more closely resembles a dangerous mental illness.'' Do you recognize your own country from all these protests? There's a second protest tonight in Mississauga at Celebration Square. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, National Pos Colummnist, Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights. Learn more about you...

Blacklocks Check-In: Are we already in a recession; BoC says it's looking rough 26.10.2023 8:21

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Bank of Canada. We're in a recession and the hard economic times are beginning now, the Federal Housing Advocate made a report stating MP's should consider decriminalizing drugs in ''tent cities.'' Is this more humane? Public safety committee is stepping up to investigate Canada's black trade market, especi...

Does your kid have what it takes to be an influencer? 26.10.2023 10:48

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Damian Skoczylas, Vice President of Talent at Viral Nation and Paul Telner, Head of Programming at Viral Nation, about what it takes to be an influencer - and how lucrative the content creation business can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices