The Jim Richards Show

Ken Eastwood and Karl Dockstader join the show to go through the stories of the day. Brad Poulos discusses the possibility of Mississauga lifting its ban on cannabis stores with Jim.  

Jim goes through the things people should not buy used. David Cooper ruins the show. Jim and producer Cristina play ‘Slow News Day.’

Carmi levy and Marc Salzman join the show to compete in The Draft. Jim learns about what Chat GPT says about him. Jim and John Wright play Wright or Wrong. 

Bryan Gast joins the show to talk about increasing car theft. Weighing in on the most useless kitchen gadgets. Matt Cauz talks about the Leafs playing an amateur goalie. John Tory Jr. explains how an Air Canada flight landing was aborted. 

Bob Richardson and Tasha Kheiriddin join the show to talk about the stories of the day, and Thomas Mulcair weighs in on Premier Legault’s “Catholicism” tweet sparks controversy. 

Did Richard Crouse Like These Movies? Our favourite movie critic gives us 3 movie previews for this weekend; and then we try to guess how he rated those movies! David Cooper drops by the studio to ruin a few segments. Slow News Day... stories that didn't make the topic list for all the other shows. Are they news worthy? Producer Tony thinks so.

Who's getting cancelled this week? Listen to Cancel Court as Jim presides over this week's controversial people. Someone a letter complaining about the bad service they got from a municipal garbage collector... to a talk radio host. Carmi Levy explains why Apple's "Find My iPhone" Is Sending Angry People . . . to an Innocent Person's House And we get to spend some time talking about this week in h...

The hour starts with Jim's Train of Thoughts. CTV News National Ottawa Correspondent Judy Trinh gives details of the Canadian women brought back from Syria and repatriated.  Bud Light partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney prompts backlash And find out what to stream on your favourite digital services this long weekend with TV Critic Amber Dowling.

Jim starts the show talking about the Humboldt Bronco's Bus Crash as the day marks 5 years since the tragedy. On the Rundown we discuss some of the political stories in the news today. Over to Quebec CTV's Maya Johnson provides an update on the ice storm and power outages in the province.

So, do you invite everyone from the team at work to for drinks after work? Advice Lady decides. David Cooper has help ruining the show today! Dan Riskin hangs out in studio. Finally, Kid Rock shot at unarmed beer. That and more in Slow News Day with producer Tony.

We start with a rant against the ‘woke’ who have that conspired against a WWE Hall of Famer Later on the Rundown, Karl Dockstader and Ken Eastwood discuss the big stories of the day. Canadian troops in Poland not being reimbursed for meals. Former Military Officer Mark Towhey tells us how that happened.

Beetles stay alive during hibernation by drinking through their butts! It’s Nerd News with Dan Riskin! That and more science stories. This week on Ask Anything, we Ask and Adult Film Star Anything. Nikki Benz joins the show.

Chris Lewis - CTV News Safety Analyst and former OPP Commissioner joins us to discuss Ford government plan to finally enact law tightening up paid leave for suspended cops Why are you feeding stray animals? What kind of data is the popular app collecting? Ritesh Kotak - an internationally recognized digital and cybersecurity strategist tells us.  

We talk to NBC Reporter on the ground in New York as Trump arrived to face multiple charges. Later we take you live to Mar-a-lago where Trump makes a speech and responds to what happened today. Bail Reform in the news as transit violence is on the rise. We talk to criminal defence lawyer Jeff Hershberg.

Today David Cooper joins makes a live appearance in studio. We have topics to talk about but just maybe we didn’t get to them. Is there such a thing as slow news day on a day like today? Producer Tony will read you some of the stories that didn’t make the cut for the talk radio circuit.

On The DRAFT today, music correspondents Eric Alper and Darryl Sterdan pick their team of top 5 movie soundtracks. Later, Wright or Wrong with John Wright. Today’s quiz on Canada/US Relations.

Jim plays audio from various news sources on the big day as Trump shows up to court to face charges. A little more discussion on this and other stories from throughout the day, with our panelists Reshmi Nair and Brayden Aker on The Rundown Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh joins us to give us more on Trump.

Toronto is calling for steeper fines for drivers caught blocking the box. Jim explains what that is and why it creates chaos on our streets. On the Rundown, Mike Kakuk and Laura Babcock discuss some of the big stories of the day. Dr. Gordon (Oz) Osinski, Professor, Planetary Geology / Earth and Planetary Materials, University of Western Ontario joins us to talk about the London Ontario resident wh...

Producer Tony reads the stories not worthy of the news talk cycle, and we decide whether they should have been!

Political Analyst Brian Karem joins the show to set the scene on Trump’s arrival in NY to be charged. A TikTok mom is being labeled “hysterical” online after recounting the time she reprimanded a stranger for approaching her in a parking lot. Did she go to far? We take your calls A new podcast that shares Taxi Driver True Tales, Kristine Hubbard from Beck Taxi; Canadian Comedian and host of Cash C...

Aaron Bronsteter - MMA Reporter for @TSN_Sports, @TSN_Edge Contributor joins the show to talk about the merge between WWE and UFC. What does it mean for WWE? For MenTell Health today we will discuss men and suicide prevention. Alex and Aiden from Distress Centres of Greater Toronto join the show.