The Jim Richards Show

Jim takes your calls Plus - What do you set your thermostat to during the winter?

Deb speaks with a senior correspondent with CTV News Plus – Why Toronto schools are sharing a principal   GUEST: Adrian Ghobrial - Senior Correspondent with CTV National News  

How spending habits are changing Plus - Where are you politically right now?   GUESTS: John Wright - veteran pollster and head of the polling firm Canada Pulse Insights    Ryan Mallough - VP of legislative affairs at CFIB

Jim talks to experts about the major pipeline story Plus - What’s the holdup on signing Bo Bichette?   GUESTS: Lori Williams - political scientist with Mount Royal University in Calgary Ritesh Kotak - cybersecurity expert Mike Wilner - baseball columnist for the Star and host of the podcast “Deep Left Field” John Tory Jr. - aviation expert

Which takes precedent right now? Plus - Is it a bad idea to ‘follow your passion’ in your career?   GUESTS: Keith Brooks - Programs Director with Environmental Defence Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University  

Inside the changing look of Carney’s team. Plus - If you’re a ‘green’ person, does this feel like a sellout, or part of the reality that facts change for people?   GUEST: Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister

He takes your calls about what he should do. Plus - When an American wishes you Happy Thanksgiving, what do you say?   GUESTS: Mark Robinson - Storm chaser with The Weather Network Matt Cauz - TSN 1050

Do more cops make you feel safer? Plus – Doug Ford says he will audit ‘left wing radical groups’   GUEST: Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime Reporter and former homicide detective Brian Karem - American journalist and author working at the White House, Host of podcast… “Just Ask The Question!”

With the holidays approaching, who is making tough calls this year? Plus – Penny Oleksiak gets a two year suspension.   GUEST: Bruce Arthur - Toronto Star columnist

Jim has another behind the scenes debate. Plus – Inside the battle between rental activists and the Ford government.   GUESTS: Mohit Rajans - Media and technology writer at thinkstart.ca Matti Siemiatycki - a housing and city planning expert with the University of Toronto

Jim takes your calls.   GUESTS: Monte McGregor - Criminal defence lawyer Carmi Levy - tech expert

A behind the scenes debate keeps going. Plus - What qualifies as ‘finders keepers’?

Jim saw some weird things on the way home. Plus - If you don’t own a car, how do you get around?   GUEST: Monte McGregor - criminal defence lawyer

Is he right? Plus - What do you usually see in the holiday season during economic uncertainty?    GUEST: Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University

What would you like to see? Plus - Doug Ford's new 'Buy Ontario' strategy 

Should people who feed wildlife be fined?  Plus - Are these Toronto Raptors the real deal?  GUESTS: Matt Cauz - TSN 1050Dr. Raffaela Lesch - Zoologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Would you turn your own kid in? Plus – If you’re on time, you’re early. Right? GUEST: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime expert and former homicide detective Stacey Kuznetsova - with the Investigative Journalism Bureau, contributing to the National Post

Would anyone miss these platforms? Plus - Does Doug Ford get away with a lot because of his likeability factor?   GUEST: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Reporter

Ontario proposes measures to hold impaired drivers accountable for their actions. Canada's highly skilled immigrants are leaving the country... fast. Plus - the house votes to release the Epstein files, which will send the bill to the Senate. GUEST : Daniel Bernhard, CEO for the Institute for Canadian Citizenship

The Liberal budget narrowly passes. Plus - would you use AI to talk to deceased friends and family? GUEST : Thorben Weiditz - the co-founder of Metstrat, a labour consultancy in Toronto, a founding member of Ridefair TO, a not-for-profit advocacy organization that seeks to regulate rideshare companies in the public interest

Toronto City hall joins other cities across Canada in raising the Palestinian flag. Plus - Renaming Dundas TTC station renaming comes with hidden costs. Provincial government proposes changes to the Sex Offender Registry. Plus - American's attitudes toward Donald Trump amid new revelations with the Epstein files.  GUESTS: Tim Powers - Chair of Summa Strategies & Managi...

Toronto crime levels are down, with one month since last murder, changes to sex offender registry, and 2 suspects arrested in thefts from GTA cemeteries.    GUESTS: Mark Mendelson - NEWSTALK 1010 Crime Specialist and former Toronto Homicide DetectiveTony Chapman - host of the podcast Chatter That Matters

The Ontario NDP claim the Ford government could take control of Exhibition Place under new legislation. Plus - Donald Trump asks the justice department to investigate some top Democrats in Epstein case.  GUESTS: Frank Scarpitti - City of Markham MayorSiobhan Morris - CTV news reporterBrian Karem - American journalist and author working at the White House, Host of podcast&hellip...

Moshe Lander talks about Canadians planning on spending less this holiday season. Should you stop giving your kids cash for allowance and give them a credit card instead? GUESTS : Moshe Lander: economics professor at Concordia University   Lesley Bannard, the president of the Weston Minor Hockey Association

Should Poilievre change his ways? Ontario wins the case for pushing for the expansion of online betting to players outside of Canada. Plus - Tom Brady cloned his pet, should you? GUEST: Steve Joordens - a professor of psychology at University of Toronto Scarborough