The Mike Cohen Podcast

As part of my special series of podcasts with notable constituents, as I conduct door to door visits for my Côte Saint-Luc District 2 re-election campaign for City Council I am pleased to introduce Dr. Danna Dahan. She and her family just moved into my district, Dr. Dahan operates Vet Chez Vous with her sister-in-law Dr. Rebecca Fernando, a former member of our CSL Cats Committee. Vet Chez Vous (h...

As part of my podcast series on notable Côte Saint-Luc District 2 residents I come into contact with as their city councillor and during this election campaign, I speak to educational consultant and college admisisons specialist Marla Pinsler. She is indeed this city’s “go to” person to navigate the school application process. There are open houses for elementary and high schools, CEGEPs and unive...

As part of my special podcast series on notable constituents of mine as the Côte Saint-Luc City Councillor for District 2, I speak with Liberal MP for Mount Royal and our mayor Anthony Housefather. How well has our government handled the pandemic? How has Anthony been running a COVID-19 campaign?

As I campaign for re-election in Côte Saint-Luc District 2, I continue you my series of profiles on interesting constituents I come into contact with as I proceed with my door to door visits. Marcie Balaban is the founder of Let’s Get Going (www.letsgetgoing.com), which specializes in corporate matchmaking. Noah Neudorf is one of her clients and a notary with the firm of Merling and Merling. He is...

As I work towards being re-elected for my fifth mandate as the Côte Saint-Luc City Councillor for District 2 I am pleased to begin profiling some of my constituents who have interesting stories to tell about their professions. Dr. Paul Warshawsky is the Director of Adult Critical Care Medicine at the Jewish General Hospital. At the JGH Intensive Care Unit he has been on the frontline since the COV...

It was a pleasure to have my first interview with Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade and get her views on a wide array of topics. She will give opening remarks at a Quebec Liberal Party panel featuring Dan Laxer, Dr. Mitch Shulman, Dr. Cindy FInn and Ruth Pelletier on Tuesday, June 22 (6:30 pm) on Your Mental Health. The cost is $30. To register contact darcymcgeeqc@gmail.com

Bare Necessities is a program run by the Nellie Philanthropy Foundation ( https://www.nelliefoundation.ca) , the same organization that spearheaded the CSL Groceries Project during the pandemic. It is designed to provide families on financial assistance who attend one of the five community camps that serve the Montreal Jewish community with some help to pay for camp supplies. David Lisbona is behi...

Richard Deschamps was a reporter and anchor at CJAD News in Montreal for 25 years until the newsroom was the victim of cuts last winter. He's had a stellar career and now awaits his next opportunity in media or elsewhere.

Shtisel is an Israeli television drama series about a fictional Haredi ("ultra-Orthodox" Jewish) family living in Geula, Jerusalem. The first three seasons can be seen on Netflix. Neta Riskin portrays Giti Weiss, the daughter and sister of main characters Shulem and Akiva. She will give an exclusive interview to Sonia Benezra on Sunday May 23 for the Ben Weider Educational Centre/Chaya Mushka Semi...

The third annual Community Mental Health Awareness Shabbat, spearheaded by Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Congregation in Côte Saint-Luc, will take place May 6 to 9. It will be fully virtual, with a Mental Health Symposium on Thursday evening, a Friday workshop for high school students and a Sunday morning Mental Health workshop. This has spread to cities across North America. This pro...

After a remarkable 53 year career in public education, including 47 years working out of 6000 Fielding Avenue for the English Montreal School Board and the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, Lew Lewis announced his retirement as Director of Student Services over a year ago. But now he has decided to go into private practice with Openspace Clinic, situated at 4115 Sherbrooke St. W., a lit...

There is a new game-changer for peanut butter aficionados everywhere! Manba, which means "Peanut Butter" in Haitian Créole, is a Montreal-based spicy peanut & almond butter brand based on a traditional Haitian recipe & Haitian cooking traditions. Vegan, all-natural, kosher, and gluten-free, Manba is the first Haitian-inspired peanut butter to have been introduced to the Canadian market and has sin...

Brandon Williams and KristopherMancini are behind the growing West-Island based company M. Williams Enterprise. The online marketing firm focuses on driving qualified leads to their clients' businesses. This entails finding where their audience is located, targeting them with greats paid ads on the relevant platforms, leading them to a landing page that we create, or their website which they help...

I was privileged to have PTSD specialist Dr. Eugene Lipov join me from his office in Chicago to talk about how the Capitol Police and other first responders have been affected by the trauma of the January 6 riot in Washington, DC. The riot that breached the U.S. Capitol shook the nation, and led to political fallout that climaxed in the conclusion of former president Donald Trump’s second impeachm...

Dr. Laurie Betito is a Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in Sexual Wellness, and has been a practicing Psychotherapist for over 30 years. She is a television regular, having appeared on the weekly show "EROS" (The Life Channel) as the Sex Expert, as well as on MenTV (a digital cable channel) where she hosted the show "LET'S TALK SEX". She has appeared frequently on various television programs...

Bold Capital Enterprises Ltd and Dymedso Inc., a Montréal-based medical technology company, announced recently that 12 healthcare institutions in Quebec are now permitted to provide their patients with the benefits of a new, state-of-the-art device that uses acoustic sound waves for the treatment of lung disorders and respiratory infections, including those related to COVID-19. Dr. Simon Phaneuf,...

Laval City Councillor David De Cotis and David Lisbona, a man who wears many hats in the West End of Montreal and serves on council in Ivry Sur La Lac, have stepped up their efforts to assist the less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more by listening to this podcast. For more on David De Cotis go to https://www.actionlaval.com/david-de-coti. For David Lisbona's Nellie Philanthropy go...

Sidney Margles had a distinguished 40 year career in the broadcast industry, notably with CJAD. On the occasion of CJAD's 75th anniversary, Sidney shares some memories with me,

Sue Montgomery is the outspoken mayor of the Montreal borough of Côte des Neiges-NDG Borough. She was good enough to answer our questions on her first three challenging years on the hotseat.

The new Canadian documentary Rebellion captures a generation fighting back for the future of the planet. As activists like Greta Thunberg lead the way, across the globe young people are taking to the streets - like film subject Éva Love Pépin, a Montreal-based advocate. In this film, David Suzuki and directors Mark Starowicz and Caitlin Starowicz capture the world at a tipping point. Rebellion, th...

Tommy Schnurmacher is a media legend in Montreal. For decades he covered the society scene, wrote a gossip column and did political commentary for The Gazette. He then became one of this city’s most charismatic radio talk show hosts, first on the old CIQC AM 600 Radio and then on CJAD. He retired (or as he likes to call it “rewired”) in November 2017 and has kept very busy co-hosting a podcast cal...

Youtheatre is launching a groundbreaking online portal that will offer some of its most exciting productions for young audiences, reimagined in a digital format and accessible online. For the past 10 years, Youtheatre has pushed the limits of theatre for young audiences by exploring new technologies both on and off the stage. I speak with General Manager Simon A. Abou-Fadel and Co-Artistic Directo...

It was a pleasure to interview Sergio Navarretta, director of The Cuban, starring Oscar winning actor, Louis Gossett Jr. It kicked off the Montreal International Black Film Festival, which wraps up on October 4. The Cuban saw a drive-in release, instead of a theatrical release; which was a big success. I watched the movie first and loved it! The storyline revolves around an unexpected friendship b...

Jacques Rougeau spent 42 years as a professional wrestler. Via man about town Morden "Cookie" Lazarus I got to meet Jacques a few years ago when he brought his anti-bullying campaign to local schools. He is a stand up guy! Now he has launched his own video podcast at https://jacquesrougeau.podbean.com/. Georges St. Pierre was his first guest. He talks to me about this new venture and his incredibl...

Ben Cardilli and Sid Khular join me to talk about the Montreal Comedy Series (www.mtlcomedyseries.com), which concludes on Sunday, September 6. I first met Ben when he performed on TVA’s La Voix as Ben Alexander. Sid is the brother of international comedy star Sugar Sammy.