The Jim Richards Show

Have You Been Using the Divider at Supermarket Checkouts Wrong? A meteorologist from Arkansas has started a new supermarket debate:  How do you position the divider on the conveyor belt?  Across the width . . . or long ways down the middle? Producer Tony heads out to the grocery store to for a special report. It’s Slow News Day, we look at some stories that didn’t make the cut for all the daytime...

Ford is developing automated tech that will let drivers doze off, and Driving. Ca David Booth weighs in. Richard Crouse discusses Chris Rock Live Netflix special, Selective Outrage during which he addresses at Will Smith Oscar slap last year. MenTell Health, we talk to the author of a book called Smartphones Don’t Give Hugs, Dr. H David Burstein  

CTV political analyst Scott Reid joins NEWSTALK Tonight to further discuss Trudeau’s announcement about a top-secret national security committee to investigate foreign interference. Then we take your calls and texts on the matter. A BC firm got Health Canada approval to make and sell cocaine. To explain more, Dr. Paxton Bach, co-medical director at BC Centre on Substance Use. And one of our weekly...

PM Trudeau to tap top-secret national security committee to investigate foreign interference amid inquiry calls, and we discuss this with our panel on the Rundown with Mike Kakuk and Laura Babcock. Later we talk to Tom Mulcair - CTV News Political Analyst, former leader of the NDP  

Did Richard Crouse like these movies? We play previews from some of the movies you can watch this weekend and guess whether CTV Movie Critic Richard Crouse like them. Later its Slow News Day with producer Tony, some of the stories that did not make the cut.

What makes the difference in grocery prices in the different provinces? The food professor Sylvain Charlebois explains. Police rescue 64 Mexican nationals who were brought to the GTA and exploited for their labour – Deena Ladd of Workers’ Action Centre talks to Jim about how foreign workers are often exploited. We have a look at the feel good stories of the week; and find out if they give us feels...

Jim starts the show with a train of thoughts ‘choo choo’. Later the Rundown panel with Dan Laxer and Andrew Pinsent, we discuss some of the biggest stories of the day. Finally a conversation about the weather we are expecting in the GTA with the greatest Phillips – David Phillips of Environment Canada

CP24 Crime reporter and former homicide detective Steve Ryan, joins NEWSTALK Tonight to talk about his book about some of the cases he worked on, The Ghosts That Haunt Me. And TV Critic Amber Dowling comes on to tell us what to stream this weekend.

The hour starts with Cancel Court. Who will be cancelled this week? Mark Wahlberg, Scott Adams and others are on the NEWSTALK Tonight Trial David Cooper joins the show and reads some text messages from his mom. Finally for Slow News Day, producer Tony reads some of the news stories that didn’t make all the other shows.

Kids Help Phone Launches Largest Movement for Youth Mental Health and Alisa Simon, Chief Youth Officer tells us all about it. Captain Ron joins the show as he does every week to talk about some of the podcasts he has reviewed this week. Craig Baird from Canada History EhX talks about the time Mr. Bean came to Toronto Finally, it’s National Sleep Awareness Month and Jory from Sleep Country tells us...

Joy Smith, Founder of the Joy Smith Foundation, talks about how to see the signs to stop human trafficking; Nordstrom is leaving Canada and Retail Analyst Bruce Winder on the show to explain what happened.  Dr. Abdu can understand and speak multiple languages so he helps us with words that Merriam-Webster cannot translate to English. Later we talk to the Walrus Whisperer about Smooshi the walrus l...

Jim talks about his inside out sweater; The Rundown with Bob Richardson and Trevor Mayoh offering opinions on the day’s biggest stories and later CTV Political Analyst Scott Reid discusses recent Nanos seat projections that show Conservatives with the advantage after Liberals slip.

Natasha Vinik is our advice lady and our listeners write in asking for life advice. David Cooper joins the show and things go downhill… but at least there are 6 things to look forward to in March. Slow News Day with producer Tony, we take a look at some of the news stories that didn’t make the line up.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles joins NEWSTALK Tonight to talk about a report that found Ontario underspent on health, Metrolinx and municipal infrastructure. Later, could the Last Of Us plot actually happen? CDC fungal disease expert Tom Chiller gives us the answers. Also this hour we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album, and we hear from music experts and jo...

A Toronto man is facing 96 charges linked to a series of sex crimes against children, police say, including the alleged sexual assault of seven-year old child at a local park. CTV Safety Analyst Chris Lewis joins the show and tells us how the investigation was conducted. Also this hour The Rundown panelists Karl Dockstader and Ken Eastwood discuss some of the day’s bigger stories.

CTV Science Expert Dan Riskin discusses some of the week’s science stories aka Nerd News Ask A Coercive Interrogation Expert Anything. Brian Leslie does forensic analysis on police interviews.

David Cooper joins the show and comes with games and trivia. Slow News Day, the stories that didn’t make the cut. News or Not with producer Tony

The Draft picks this week we talk sitcoms. TV Critics Rob Salem and Bill Brioux join us to tell us their favourites. Immigration Lawyer Guidy Mamann talks about the government’s plan to let people take their citizenship oath online Finally Wright or Wrong with Maru Public Opinion’s John Wright

Fraudsters aren’t paying court ordered restitution. We talk to legal analyst Boris Bytenski Gabor Lukacs joins NEWSTALK tonight to talk about Pearson limiting flights during March break. Jim rants about the self checkout and then it’s a food fight as we talk about whether pasta is good for you  

Internationally recognized digital and cybersecurity strategist Ritesh Kotak joins in to talk about the Canadian Government banning TikTok from its devices, on the Deep Dive and the Rundown stories discussed by panelists Reshmi Nair and Mark Mendelson

Are These Seven Things Turn-Ons or Turn-Offs? Jim Richards Discusses. Later, Slow News Day with producer Tony.

Writer and Showrunner of TVO Series Truth and Lies, Lewis Cohen joins NEWSTALK Tonight. Later MenTell Health, we talk about the socio-demographic effects on mental health with Dr. Kwame McKenzie

Nathan Radke is a cultural history professor and host of the Uncover Up podcast, and talks to us about why the Energy Department thinks COVID-19 likely emerged from accidental lab leak Then Doctor Michael Warner has a solution to the surgery backlog. Later we discuss whether Canada will be replacing the tanks we are giving to Ukraine, with a defence expert Richard Shimooka; and finally, the former...

Former Ambassador to China joins NEWSTALK Tonight to discuss the possibility of China’s interference in Canada’s Elections The Rundown with Mike Kakuk, and Laura Babcock we discuss some of the biggest stories of the day.