The Scribble with Jeremy Bradley

Happily married Jeremy Bradley chimes in on the status of relationships nowadays. After a recent dinner with two of his cousins, JB shares a story about his 50-some-year-old relative getting back into the dating scene after a divorce. She talked about the games guys her age are playing but how she also spies and even catfishes them to test their loyalty. Are shows like MTV's Catfish and ABC's The...

Credit cards are notorious for putting people in debt. (Or is it the people that put themselves in debt?) Either way, Jeremy Bradley -- a bestselling author of a "cheapskate" book -- reveals the many ways you can save money by using credit cards and how you can lower the costs of using apps. JB has creative workarounds for some transactions and how doing a little bit of planning can see big saving...

If he's said it once, he's said it a thousand times: customer service ain't what it used to be. That's how Jeremy Bradley feels and he explains why being a customer is so exhausting nowadays. He also says he understands why people are losing their minds when they endure a bad "customer experience" with employees or a business. JB talks about a trying two hours of being a customer and how it made h...

Fall is here-ish and the new TV season is starting... or is it? Jeremy Bradley talks about the programming strategies the networks are having while most (all?) scripted shows are off the air because of Hollywood strikes. With writers demanding more -- and better -- pay, JB has some thoughts about their position on wages and residuals. Should TV and movie writers be paid forever because of a projec...

It was the summer of the strike. Workers in a variety of industries either walked off the job or threatened strike action in recent months. Jeremy Bradley talks about workers agreeing to certain pay and benefit arrangements when taking the job but then coming forward down the road and complaining they were insufficient -- or at least haven't kept up with the times. JB wonders if this new strike tr...

Responsible pet parent, Jeremy Bradley, has some words for people who have no control over (or just don't care to control) their dogs in public. JB shares some stories from around his community when dogs have come running at him while he's walking his dogs and how some owners feel their dog -- on those 60-ft. retractable leashes -- have control of public sidewalks. JB throws down and gives them a...

Fires to the north, fires to the east, fires to the south, fires to the west. That's the reality in North America and Jeremy Bradley isn't going on a rant about global warming or climate change, but rather how weather patterns seem to be flipping in his home province of Manitoba. Instead of a sweltering summer, it's been mild -- almost cold -- in August. Meanwhile, other Canadian locations are sco...

Class is back in session -- or it will be -- for students around the world. Jeremy Bradley takes a walk down memory lane and shares stories about preparing for a new school year. It had all the excitement: picking out pencil crayons, color-coding notebooks, organizing a backpack. All stuff that today's kids, well, probably don't do... or at the very least consider lame-o. Later, JB shares his memo...

It's been an interesting week for celebrity news. Wayne Brady was in People magazine announcing he's pansexual. A-list'er Billy Porter is pleading poverty and saying he's got to sell his house because of the Hollywood strikes. Another Big Brother contestant felt the heat for being racist on the CBS reality show. Plus, BB host, Julie Chen, was slated to be on this week's episode of the podcast but...

He's 41 years old now and Jeremy Bradley says he's mastered aging. How does JB stay young, vital, energetic and fun? This week, he shares stories about going through life without rules: not telling himself no when an opportunity presents itself. (Examples of what he doesn't do: "No, because I have to get up early in the morning" or "No, because..." His answer: Why not? Want to have a dance party w...

Jeremy Bradley is days away from turning 41 years old. (Save all your over-the-hill jokes because they don't work.) JB talks about how he's never been ashamed of getting older and wonders why people have hangups about revealing their age as they get older. It's not even for professional reasons it's that people just hide their age from others. JB talks about how he looked back at photos from exact...

Jason Aldean has been dominating the headlines this week after his new music video has sparked outrage. He says people are getting wrong the message about small-town living in his song and video for Try That in a Small Town. Jeremy Bradley recaps the drama for the country star who, despite the controversy, is topping the charts with the track and trending on social media. (Any publicity is good pu...

Jeremy Bradley shares his thoughts as a gay man about the never-ending drama surrounding the trans community. JB explains that each letter in the growing LGBTQIA alphabet represents something different and shouldn't be considered one big "community" of "everything not straight." It comes after JB wrote newspaper columns during Pride because some readers expressed their dislike of the trans communi...

In today's world it seems like you're only allowed to have an opinion if you're "one of them." Jeremy Bradley talks about how, as a white man, he's already discredited if he comments about a woman on social media. Immediately, he says, he's jumped on as sexist and the term "toxic masculinity" is used even though the general comment had nothing to do with gender. By default, he's written off becaus...

Both Canada and the United States are heading into holidays, celebrating their respective birthdays. That often leads to criticism (nowadays, anyway) about celebrating the injustice and problems that a nation has. Jeremy Bradley discusses the debate about not recognizing a country's birthday at all  versus going all out and being proud to live in a place where people have freedoms and luxuries --...

All eyes were on the Titanic adventurers this week but perhaps not for the reason the media would have liked. Jeremy Bradley talks about the story that dominated news headlines and how the public -- at least the social media mob -- had little remorse for the dead passengers of the doomed Titan craft. Mocking memes and outrage that millions were spent on finding presumed-dead foreign billionaires w...

The American Ninja Warrior co-host is back to talk about the latest season of the competition show. Matt Iseman calls in to share his excitement about the latest twists for ANW. Plus, Jeremy Bradley talks about how old ANW makes him feel while watching at home, but how old does Matt feel watching the competitors from the sidelines? With the age of eligibility lowered this season, what's it like se...

Jeremy Bradley is celebrating being off the radio for two years. Really. It was June 9, 2021, when JB taped his final segment of the syndicated radio show, Top of the Charts, in Nashville after 15 years on the air. This week on the podcast, he reflects on his time hosting the show and telling behind-the-scenes stories about what went on before, during and after production. Plus, find out why he wo...

Most people are excited about new technology and look forward to getting the latest and greatest new device. Not Jeremy Bradley. JB talks about a scary moment at his house that nearly had tragic consequences -- and he blames technology. It's put a fear in him with regard to electronic devices. Later, JB discusses the hassle of finding reliable people on a service app. Users list their personal --...

Jeremy Bradley celebrates 20 years of "being out." JB retells his unique story about coming out to his family on the worst day of their lives. Why did he choose that moment? And, how did they react? You've got to hear the story. Also, it's the standard question all gay people are asked at some point: When did you know you were gay? (Are straight people asked when they knew they liked the opposite...

An avid TV watcher (thanks to his job as an entertainment reporter), Jeremy Bradley talks about his maturing TV tastes as he gets older. He's more interested in documentaries and programming that are less sensationalized for ratings. JB talks about how he was an avid CNN watcher but has noticed a decline in actual news coverage as the struggling network has moved too far into commentary programmin...

When Jeremy Bradley turned 40 last summer, he wore it like a badge of honor. For some people, however, milestone birthdays are brushed under the rug. Remember when you were a kid and you wanted to be/look older? Then, when you're an adult you want to be/look younger? The question on this week's show: At what age do you start to embrace your, well, age? JB calls executive producer, Bonnie Winters,...

As the Writers Guild of America strike wraps up its first week, Hollywood is feeling the effects of the shutdown but do TV and movie viewers really care? Audiences don't have the kind of loyalty to content as they once did. Jeremy Bradley shares his thoughts on the strike and how it's exposed a show like The View -- that purportedly has opinionated women discussing and debating topics -- for havin...

When multiple stories are breaking on a Monday morning, red flags go up for Jeremy Bradley. That's exactly how he felt this week when news of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon both being fired from cable news jobs hit within 10 minutes of each other. Sure enough, it was a wild news week. JB chimes in on the newsmen suddenly finding themselves being unemployed after each facing multiple scandals in rece...

Jeremy Bradley spent one day on an airplane and came back home sick. Apparently coming down with a cold days after flying is more common than you think. JB talks about a wild day spent at Disney World for a charity event. Flying from Canada to Orlando and back to Canada all in one day with a bunch of kids. From there, sickness ensued. JB talks about how it happens more than ever before with his ai...