The John Oakley Show

Jock Williams is Global News Radio's aviation expert and he joins the John Oakley Show to analyze what know thus far, and give his insights into the model of aircraft and the ejection seats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Uhlfelder is an attorney in the Sunshine State, and he joins the John Oakley Show to update us on the patrols being carried out Grim Reaper of the Florida beaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the turbulence caused by COVID-19, one of the most ancient forms of commerce is beginning to make a comeback: Bartering. James Stodder is an economist and visiting professor with Boston University and he joins the John Oakley Show to explain how crisis affects our choice of currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the town of Bristol, crossing the street can have big implications. That's because the state line dividing Tennessee and Virginia runs straight down the street. The south side is the jurisdiction of Tennessee, which has now allowed businesses to re-open. The north side is governed by Virginian law which regards the coronavirus as a threat sufficiently severe to keep businesses closed. Joe Deel...

Gina Keating, author and journalist talks about her documentary, “Netflix vs. the World” and her book “Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America’s Eyeballs.” as she talks about the rise of the little start up that grew into what we now know as Netflix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Dushoff, Researcher at McMaster University  talks about why it is important to test for viral shedding and other Covid 19 modeling   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newmarket schoolteacher and inventor Gord Payne joins the John Oakley Show to talk about how he designed and successfully built a ventilator that can be fashioned from common household items. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Florida state officials have authorized the re-opening of the state's beaches despite the potential catastrophe that could result from mass gatherings during a global pandemic.  Daniel Uhlfelder is an attorney in the Sunshine State. His lifelong appreciation of the Florida coastline is underpinned by his recognition of its breathtaking beauty ... an attractive he believes will prove perilous durin...

Jeff Thomson of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre joins The John Oakley Show to describe the myriad ways in which con-artists are hoping to turn social disorder into profit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the week of April 20-24 2020 . . .  THE NAKED COWBOYIt's been more than two decades and he's still naked and still roaming Time's Square with an indefatigable spirit seemingly immune to the ravages of COVID-19 COREY KILGANONNew York Times columnist who tells the legend of New York City's "Tiger Man" RON JAMESThe iconic Canadian comedian eager to make you laugh while the wheels fall off the wor...

Conrad Black, Author, Commentator & Historian on Trump & Covid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron James, Canada's most verbally virtuosic comic talks about his new book, coping with Covid 19 and & back home in Nova Scotia     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Doyle, musician, actor, on a virtual Suppertime Singalong Friday April 24 at 5pm EST in support of Unison Fund / A Dollar A Day Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark von Schellwitz is the Vice President of Restaurants Canada. He says that restaurant owners do not believe their respective businesses will prevail unless they see a reliable long-term financial strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before the Tiger King there was the Tiger Man of New York - a story with a renewed currency. Corey Kilgannon of the New York Times joins John Oakley to tell the story of the man who once kept a 425 pound Bengal tiger in his fifth floor Harlem apartment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Mann joins the John Oakley Show to explain the difficulty in idling on a waiting list for a transplant while COVID-19 roils the medical world. GOFUNDME: Jim’s Lung Transplant   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rev Dr Cheri DiNovo, Minister at Trinity St Paul’s Centre for Faith Justice and the Arts and former MPP for Parkdale High Park  Michael Giles, has been in government for 30 years and currently Chief of Staff to Deputy Mayor Ana Bailao Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Hurley, President, CUPE Ontario Council of Hospital Unions talks about a CUPE member and the first health care worker to die from COVID in Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conrad Black, Author, Commentator & Historian on Covid 19 in Canada and the US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mississauga Mayor,  Bonnie Crombie talks about enforcement, ticketing, COVID in long-term care homes in Mississauga, additional measures to encourage physical distancing, decision to close lanes of traffic so they can be used by pedestrians and cyclists instead, and financial Impact on the City of Mississauga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education talks about the Ontario government distributing iPads with free wireless data plans to students who may not have access to the province’s online learning tools as schools remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Glenn Copeland, Special Advisor to QuestCap as well as the Team Physician of the Ottawa Redblacks of the CFL, one of the Team Physicians of the Toronto Blue Jays and a consultant to the Atlanta Braves, talks about build a program that will mitigate COVID-19 for the league teams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rod Phillips, Ontario Minister of Finance talks about Ontario Enables Auto Insurance Companies to Provide Driver Rebates During COVID-19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Shurman, ‘Broadcaster, Businessman, former MPP David Wills, Senior Vice President of Media Profile, a leading Toronto Public Relations Agency Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Weisz, CEO and co-founder of Greenspace Health talks about  the technology behind the Wellness Together Canada portal that was announced by the Government of Canada. Wellness Together Canada the first and only online mental health platform of its kind in Canada for people of all ages, in every province and territory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices