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The Start

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The Start is Winnipeg's podcast. Each and every day 680 CJOB's Mackling & Megarry break down the biggest stories of the day from politics to pop culture. If it matters to Manitobans you will hear about it on The Start. 45 minutes a day every weekday.

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Angels With Dirty Faces 06.11.2019

The chin trick worked with Megarry's car starter! (1:30); Winnipeg is NHL players' most dreaded city to visit because 'it's just dirty' (8:05); Is it unnatural to rake your leaves and get rid of them? (12:10); Guns and gangs - how bad has the problem become in Winnipeg? (18:50); Trying to create a digital ready Manitoba (29:45); Hal Anderson talks about the "Mom Cave" (39:15); The 150 Manitoba Wom...

Making It Work 05.11.2019

Why is it winter already!? (1:30); Have you ever dated anyone at work? (7:25); Is climate change making your food less safe to eat? (15:20); More accountability needed at 311? One city councillor thinks so (21:10); Manitoba's Justice Minister weighs in on the rising number of homicides (27:15); Barbara Bowes on workplace romance (33:55); Western alienation: Poll shows Canada is more divided than i...

Time Keeps On Slippin' 04.11.2019

The extra hour from the time change worked for Mackling & McNabb, but worked against Megarry (1:30); Vigil for three-year-old homicide victim Hunter Haze Straight-Smith (8:40); Is Canada's tap water safe? (12:30); Phone, wallet, keys -- The panic that sets in from being forgetful (18:55); Environment Canada says we are well below normal, as November gets off to a frigid start (26:50); Community ac...

Distracted Podding 01.11.2019

Halloween costume creativity, and why do we remember the bad stuff our parents did more than the good? (1:30); Hitting the road with a trucker to talk about the South Perimeter (9:25); Distracted driving laws changed... one year later, what have we learned? (23:10); Restaurant reopening in Kildonan Park (29:55); U of M sleep expert on why we are so sleep-deprived (37:50); Governor General Literary...

Trick 'r Treat 31.10.2019

Megarry shaved for Halloween! (1:30); Weather getting in Halloween's way in Quebec (7:20); What's the best costume you ever had? (11:10); Tragedy in the North End: Three-year-old boy stabbed (18:50); Witchcraft Explored at Fort La Reine Museum (24:05); East St. Paul blocking off vehicular traffic for trick-or-treating in Pritchard Farms (33:00); Children's Hospital Foundation hits its fundraising...

PC Load Letter?! 30.10.2019

We want to serve some Office Space justice to our newsroom printer!! (1:30); Global News Morning series on neighbourhood crime begins in St. James (5:50); Is it rude for Megarry to not want to hold your baby? (9:40); Mackling & Megarry get flu shots live in studio! (15:45); St. Boniface Radiothon preview with mental health patient (22:40); Make the Perimeter a tollway? And should Liquor be stocked...

Theft Turn 29.10.2019

McNabb is sick! And it's snowing again, which means, morning drive gonna suck (1:30); Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries, Police respond to liquor theft plague (6:20); The province weighs in on the future of the south Perimeter (12:20); Why are we so tired?! (21:25); Winnipeg woman and her family have been without power for over two weeks (27:30); More from the province on the Perimeter (34:15); Listener...

Crime Watch 2019 28.10.2019

Greg had a great weekend in Regina, but Winnipeg had a terrible weekend of violence (1:30); Three weekend homicides, and a baby was shot in Winnipeg (8:40); Bomber highlights, and Mackling & Megarry carved pumpkins... and it wasn't a complete failure! (12:55); A trucker gives us his thoughts on the South Perimeter after a 19 year old was killed on Friday (22:20); Winnipeg Police Association on the...

Stick A Forks In It 25.10.2019

Brett's day got off to a rough start (1:30); Skinner's no more at The Forks? (8:00); Andrew Scheer tries to explain how he lost (11:00); Pumpkin carving misadventures! (19:05); It doesn't matter where you live, crime is hitting every Winnipeg neighbourhood (26:10); Bob Irving previews the final Bomber game of the regular season (32:15); Bomber QB Matt Nichols on his $10K donation to the Children's...

Favourite Manitoba Sports Legends 24.10.2019

This fall sucks! (1:30); Matt Nichols & wife Ali step up huge for the community / Teemu Selanne in town Sunday! (7:50); A Maze In Corn still suffering from the lousy weather and all the precipitation (11:25); Favourite Manitoba sports legends (18:40); Michelle Bailey got mugged, but fought back (26:00); Farmer takes extreme measures to deal with how awful Fall has been (32:30); Horrific discovery...

The People's Eyebrows 23.10.2019

Bright flashes in North Kildonan, Sam Katz back in the news with the Goldeyes, and rampant shoplifting continues (1:30); Listener James who works at a music store tells Hal about his woes with shoplifting (8:05); RRC bans smoking/vaping on campus property. Too far? Or about time? (15:35); Listener Luke personally stopped a Liquor Mart robbery last week! (22:45); Bomber coach Mike O'Shea says if Ch...

Always In Motion Is The Future 22.10.2019

Liberal minority, and giant pencils! (1:30); Guy gets a $300 ticket for an 'unsecured load' while hauling branches and logs to the dump (8:50); Western alienation, is momentum going to build for Alberta to separate? (15:15); Final trailer debuts for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, tickets go on sale! (21:05); Andrew Harris (23:25); David Akin (31:30); RCMP on the "unsecured load" (35:20); Marty...

Doughnut Forget To Vote! 21.10.2019

It's Election Day!...Jets win, Bombers lose (0:54); CRA scams becoming more elaborate (7:48); What would make voting more exciting? (16:00); Manitoba results could signal what happens overall (23:40); Doug Brown on Bombers and battered quarterback Chris Strevler (30:48); Bonnie Bricker on tragedy involving young Winnipeg woman (38:54); More on enticing you to vote (46:42); The latest from Manitoba...

Podcast 2: Electric Boogaloo 18.10.2019

Jets lose; Siloam wins! (1:30); 4 in 10 voters say a minority government is best, but most prefer a majority (9:35); What's your favourite movie sequel? (17:05); Milt Stegall talks Blue Bombers, and the HSC Millionaire Super Bonus Deadline (23:55); Man who says a cyclist hit his car, but he's on the hook with MPI (32:15); Spooky Halloween fun with Dalnavert Museum (41:50); Bob Irving previews the...

The Cana-versary Pot-cast! 17.10.2019

Big day for Siloam Mission with Knickers and Kickers, and a big day for cannabis users on the 1 year anniversary of legalization! (); Marijuana is legal, and the sky didn't fall (); One year later, a CBD user weighs in on the legalization and tells us what's worked and what hasn't (); What's the best prank you've ever pulled? (); Opioid prescription use on the decline (); 2 Baked Girls Potcast! ()...

#WhatsYourExcuse 16.10.2019

McNabb debriefs her visit to Portage la Prairie, which was one of the areas hit hardest by the storm (1:30); Missing PYTHON is found after four months on the lam - What kind of exotic pet would you get?​ (8:20); More on the Winnipeg woman with terminal cancer who is asking #whatsyourexcuse (16:20); The Reeve of the RM of Portage gives us an update on the cleanup / restoration efforts (31:40); Igno...

Podcast La Prairie 15.10.2019

McNabb is in PLP (1:30); Farmer Jason Finnie (7:15); If you could only eat one thing for 17 years, what would it be? (13:55); Hydro update (21:35); Portage Fire Chief (28:00); McNabb is everywhere! (33:05); Talking about the Jack Jacobs scholarship (40:25); Generators selling out in Portage (46:05); Author of the award-winning novel "The Innocents" (50:45). 

It's Tricky To Rock A Rhyme 11.10.2019

This weather sucks (1:30); Big win for the Jets! (); The things we've learned in rhyme (); Brett takes a quick look at the new movies this week (); Bob Irving (); Richard Cloutier at the scene of a tree collapsing on a cube van (); 10-year-old boy in desperate need of help for rare medical condition 

Snow Problem 10.10.2019

Winter is here :( (1:30); Worst Fall ever for A Maze in Corn, and it's about to get worse (6:05); The economy: How we feel about the future for Canada, Manitoba and our own bottom line (10:50); Half of online daters say 1-3 months is enough time before bringing someone home for the holidays (19:00); Heebie Jeebies!! (25:15); Global's Kahla Evans on the weather so far, and some interesting feedback...

Unfriendly Skies 09.10.2019

How strong was the wind?! (1:30); Global News exclusive: Federal government cuts reimbursements for military health care (9:15); Survey says Manitoba drivers not as friendly as our license plates suggest (17:10); Experts say asking your employee to get a sick note is a public health risk (24:20); Global Weather Specialist Kahla Evans on the impending storm (30:20); The Shoup Dogg on parking frustr...

Another One... 08.10.2019

Snow!? (1:30); Another debate, another debacle (9:25); Ellen is friends George W. Bush. She says...so what? (17:15); Former Bomber Less Browne entering the football club's Hall of Fame (24:10); Charles Adler says the leaders debate was a trainwreck! (31:30); WSO wants you to turn ON your phone (40:40); Brent Fitz & co. will help introduce the Jets during Thursday's home opener (49:40). 

Bad Weather and Bad Football 07.10.2019

The weather, the Bombers, the Jets, OH NO (1:33);  Recap of Friday's Bomber game, which did not go well (8:20); How can we fight back against feeling down about the weather? (11:47); Time to eliminate grades in elementary school? New Brunswick is looking at it (17:55); "Why is that even a question?" - Jagmeet Singh vows to end boil water advisories for indigenous communities (24:01); Not every her...

Pasta La Vista, Baby 04.10.2019

Winnipeg's Chris Jericho spotted in a New York Rangers jersey?! (1:30); Some are calling for the closure of the Ellice Ave Liquor Mart to help those with addiction​s (7:00); Clay Young goes on an elevator ride while researching unnecessary social norms (10:05); Which social norms do you find unnecessary? (18:30); A chunk of Kenaston is closing this weekend. Why? (24:25); The Couch Potatoes tee up...

Jagmeet, Joker, and the Jets 03.10.2019

The Winnipeg Jets open their season tonight!! (1:30); Jagmeet Singh gets told to take off his turban to look more Canadian (6:55); Random acts of kindness (14:05); Health care is the most important election issue, but many don't want to pay more for it. So now what? (21:50); Brett reviews "Joker" (27:40); Hextall on Hockey with Leah Hextall (32:15); More on Jagmeet Singh's encounter and why Canadi...

Beg Bugs, Babies, and Break-Ins 02.10.2019

Bed Bugs...not just a fun board game (1:30); Bed bugs and social isolation: The effects on mental health (7:40); Japan Airlines seat map shows where the babies are... so you can avoid them! (15:50); A local organization is doing its part to help get rid of bed bugs, even though that has nothing to do with the services they intended to offer (22:45); Hal Anderson spoke to 'Tiffany', who shares her...

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