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The John Oakley Show

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Toronto’s most respected and experienced broadcaster, Oakley’s articulate and thought-provoking ideas will ensure listeners are never at a loss for information or dinnertime conversation.

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AM640 / Curiouscast

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News

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www.640toronto.com

Latest episode

Nov 28, 2025

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Episodes

Judge rules stripping people of citizenship without hearing is unfair 11.05.2017

Immigration lawyer at MigrationLaw.com Guidy Mamann  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Steyn - Comey and Cut-outs 11.05.2017

Our regular event with author and political pundit Mark Steyn, today we talk about the firing of James Comey, and cardboard cut-outs of PM Justin Trudeau Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario to provide nursing homes with more funding for healthier meals 11.05.2017

Cathy Gapp, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario explains the battle for an extra 37 cents per meail for seniors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Ross - TTC employee tests positive on first day of random drug/alcohol tests 11.05.2017

Brad Ross TTC Executive Director of Corporate Communications  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of discussion - Wednesday May 10 10.05.2017

Sandra Pupatello, Peter Tabuns and Chris Stockwell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics Worthy of Discussion - Tuesday May 9 09.05.2017

Elissa Freeman, Rocco Rossi and Kevin Gaudet "come from away" to discuss Trudeau spending habits and 'smoking' on the employer's dime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Gowling - Canadians 200 Dollars from broke 09.05.2017

David Gowling of accounting MNP explains why more than half of Canadians are living within $200 per month of not being able to pay all their bills or meet their debt obligations,  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B'nai Brith records highest number of antisemitic incidents 09.05.2017

B’nai Brith Canada says there were more than 1,700 anti-Semitic incidents across the country last year – the highest number the group has ever recorded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Probation in Ontario is a joke 09.05.2017

Ontario Conservative leader Patrick Brown responded to a Global News series investigating the province’s probation system, saying Premier Kathleen Wynne has failed to keep Ontario residents safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of Discussion - Monday May 8 08.05.2017

Adrienne Batra of the Toronto Sun; Mike Van Soelen of Navigator Ltd; and Toronto city councillor Gord Perks talk Pride funding, remembering the holocaust and other topics worthy of discussion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breton Kennedy talks about 'Baby on Board' buttons for TTC users 08.05.2017

Breton Kennedy, who is five months pregnant, says she nearly fainted last week while riding a northbound subway train, but no one offered her a seat. Now, the mother-to-be wants the TTC to distribute pins that say “Baby on Board” like similar to the buttons found on the London Tube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New guidelines for prescribing opioids 08.05.2017

Emergency room physician and AM640 medical expert Brett Belchetz discusses the new guidelines with the John Oakley Show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cops allowed at Pride parade without uniforms 08.05.2017

Mike McCormack joins the Oakley Show to discuss why this makes the parade a now exclusive celebration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Play about cross-dressing child cancelled in some Catholic schools. 07.05.2017

Registered psychologist Oren Amitay talks about whether this play is appropriate for children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

France Election 07.05.2017

Professor of policitcal science at U of T - Monk School Global Affairs  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good samaritan drug overdose act passes 05.05.2017

The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act was introduced as a private member's bill last year by Liberal backbencher Ron McKinnon and received royal assent on Thursday. The law provides immunity from simple possession charges for anyone calling 911 to report an overdose. AM640 legal analyst Lorne Honickman joins the show to explain the laws limitations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Topics worthy of discussion - Friday May 5 05.05.2017

Peter Shurman, Social Commentator; Government Relations Specialist; Author. Expert - Canadian, Ontario politics, business, generational change. Pro speaker,media commentator. Jay Pitter, is an author, placemaker, and senior stakeholder engagement professional. Her work focuses on creating more inclusive cities --- a topic explored in Subdivided, an anthology she recently co-edited Nathaniel Erskin...

Topics worthy of discussion - Thursday May 4 04.05.2017

Karlene Nation - Media Strategist at OneNation Media Group in Toronto. Former reporter and producer with CTV News David Wills - is Senior Vice President of Media Profile. He provides strategic communications counsel to corporate and government clients and has been a strategist on numerous political campaigns. Vincent Gasparro - former Managing Director of The Green Tomorrow Fund which was a Toront...

Ontario's corrections adviser recommends changes to prison segregation 04.05.2017

Criminal defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger talks about the need for an end to indefinite segregation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prince Philip retiring in the fall 04.05.2017

Carolyn Harris, author of Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting discusses Prince Phillip’s most memorable moments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anita Krajnc: Not Guilty 04.05.2017

An Ontario Court judge has found animal activist Anita Krajnc not guilty of mischief for giving water to pigs outside a slaughterhouse. Anita joins the Oakley Show and tells us why she thought it was her responsibility to water those pigs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of Discussion - Wednesday May 3 03.05.2017

Chris Stockwell - Principal of First Horizon Consulting, former MPP for Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke West, PC cabinet minister, speaker of the Legislature, and Toronto City Councillor  Sandra Pupatello  - Former Minister of Economic Development and Trade for Ontario, she was also the Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues and now works with PwC as a strategic Advisor   Peter Tabuns - MPP for To...

Antonio Nicaso talks about Mafia in Canada 03.05.2017

Antonio Nicaso is an Italian author, university professor, researcher, speaker and consultant to governments and law-enforcement agencies now based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an expert on the Calabrian mafia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberals remove conditions from spousal visas 03.05.2017

Immigration Lawyer Guidy Mamann discusses the repeal of rules that required migrants sponsored by Canadian spouses to stay in a relationship for two years before earning their permanent residency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Census shows seniors outnumber kids under 14 03.05.2017

The figures indicate the number of Canadians who are 65 or older grew 20 per cent between 2011 and 2016, surpassing for the first time the number of children aged 14 and under.  Professor Rafael Gomez, Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources (CIRHR) University of Toronto on the Oakley show to explain how this will affect the employment market as seniors work well into t...

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