CJOB / Curiouscast

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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CJOB / Curiouscast

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News

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

We Cover It All, From Hoodie To Footie 10.05.2019

Brett wore the hoodie-footie, as demanded! (1:30); Being a Mom is equivalent to 2.5 full-time jobs (9:50); Animal rescue demands $150 to give lost dog back (18:30); Mother's Day for those whose Mom's are gone (24:50); Over 400 people nabbed in April for texting and driving (27:35); Mackling live from Slovenia (34:30); Burnout in the workplace (43:55); Hal Anderson (54:15); Winnipeggers living in A...

(Jump)suit Yourself 09.05.2019

McNabb is back in studio! (1:30); Brett Overby found guilty of 2nd-degree murder (9:40); Sheila North, relative of Christine Wood (16:20); What summer perk would you like at work? (22:20); Bear Clan patrol recovers "zip gun"/Drone talk (33:15); Hear a 12-year old speak about the recent school shooting in Colorado (41:25); Hal Anderson on unusual dating terms (47:00); McNabb's jumpsuit/free birth c...

Hopefully You're Not Allergic to This 07.05.2019

GoT, road rage (1:30); Stories of allergies (9:35); A road rage shooting on McPhillips (25:05); royal baby name ideas (29:45); Breakfast with the Bombers: Thomas Miles (35:20); Brad Marchand's "curious" interview answers (45:10); Green Party's historic win (52:20). 

Winter Is (Still) Here 06.05.2019

Frozen Sunday (1:30); false positive roadside tests? (9:20); Cutlery drawer shenanigans (16:25); An exciting weekend in Winnipeg (24:10); Psychology And The City (28:50); Mackling In Croatia (42:30); Taz Stuart on bugs (49:55). 

Psychology and the City - Ramadan, and Teddy Bears! 06.05.2019

Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman pays us our monthly visit to check in at the beginning of Ramadan, and to tee up the upcoming Teddy Bears' Picnic and the Worry Bear Tent he'll be in with Clinic Psychology Manitoba.

Remote Control 03.05.2019

Mackling is in Croatia, McNabb is co-hosting from home, Brett soldiers on! (1:30); Spiking grocery prices/Beyond Meat (7:30); Valour FC's inaugural home match this weekend (14:10); Our favourite fast food items from years gone by (20:15); The doctor who recommended the closure of ERs is coming back to Manitoba (27:10); Winnipeg Wine Fest with 529 Sommelier Christopher Sprague (38:15); Cape Breton...

Rants On A Log 02.05.2019

The fog rolls in, and Celery Wars: Episode One - The Plantae Menace (1:30); Speeder caught twice in an hour (7:15); Grocery prices on rise, and Celery Wars: Episode Two - Celeriac Of The Clones (10:55); Instagram testing the hiding of "likes" (32:50); Sports hit: Valour FC's first match, and a CFL draft preview (42:05); Dalnavert Museum's Strike 1919 (50:55); Third + Bird, this weekend (56:30); Ma...

Straight To Your Face 01.05.2019

DoorDash comes to Winnipeg (1:30); Province wants more private liquor sales (10:40); Does Beyond Meat threaten masculinity? (17:15); What's an entertainment tax, and why is it on my movie receipt? (25:40); Food delivery and Mackling's cooking (33:40); Our Wrongful Conviction series (39:20); Author Kelley Keehn (44:55). 

Wrongful convictions: Frank Ostrowski 01.05.2019
Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Taxes?! 30.04.2019

More on Canada's broken recycling industry (1:30); Dalhousie University football players using "smart" helmets to detect concussions (8:45); Montreal borough mayor under fire for Facebook post (19:05); Zebra mussel larva found in Shoal Lake (25:00); Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba's Run For Women (34:25); Should the government do our taxes? (40:15). 

We'll See You In Detention 29.04.2019

Angry Canadian gets into PM Trudeau's face (1:30); Is Canada's recycling industry broken? (6:40); Fewer kids are getting detention (22:30); Valour FC Head Coach Rob Gale (28:20); SCE Lifeworks Reverse Job Fair (36:10); Why do wrongful convictions happen, with Niki Reitmayer (43:35); RWB's The Wizard of Oz (53:30). 

The Start: Endgame 26.04.2019

Talking Avengers: Endgame (1:30); Five jobs we've had through our lives (6:35); Domestic violence red flags, and where to turn (14:50); Brett's spoiler-free review of Avengers: Endgame (28:50); Grieving the loss of a child (37:55); Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival (42:30); The Couch Potatoes & WSO team up for Superhero Showdown (53:10); Happy Birthday Hal! (58:50); Big Daddy Tazz and t...

Exit Stage Left 25.04.2019

Show Tee-up (1:30); BerMax owners accused of staging hate crime: Police Chief Danny Smyth & Jewish community reactions (8:50), Mainstream media accused of "not following through" on story (14:25), and hate crime hoaxes - how rare are they? (20:30); Thrive Thift Shop and Fashion Revolution Winnipeg teaming up for weekend clothing swap (30:40); Sensational Serena billboard (40:20); Patio SZN! (45:00...

Mackling Shark (Do Do Do-Do Do-Do) 24.04.2019

Greg wears a ____ jersey! (1:30); The Philippines threatens Canada over...garbage?! (7:00); BC Garbage can dispute escalates very quickly (13:15); The first ever high school Ethics Bowl (21:10); Avengers: Endgame reviews are in (NO SPOILERS) (26:50); Kelly Moore at Bomber free agency camp in Florida (30:05); Mayor Brian Bowman on Linda Sarsour (35:30); Amber McGuckin's domestic violence series (42...

...Part Of A Balanced Breakfast 23.04.2019

Greg is back! (1:30); Brett's pay-it-forward followup (7:25); A Winnipeg Jets debrief (17:50); One year since the Toronto van attack (33:20); Amber McGuckin, part 1 of a series on domestic violence (38:45); Ontario school breakfast programs could be axed (46:30).

Jets Crash Land 22.04.2019

Kelly Moore & Leah Hextall on the end of the Jets post-season (1:30); The latest from Sri Lanka (17:45); Brett finds $35 in thrift store pants (21:40); City-wide cleaning starts tonight (28:00); BerMax Caffe targeted with anti-semitism (35:05); Golf season is finally here! (40:10); Game of Thrones tourism (48:45); Infertility Awareness Week (56:55). 

Remembering (Or Forgetting) Bad Thursday 18.04.2019

The Jets & Bad Thursday (1:30); Memories of Bad Thursday (7:05); Bob Irving on the Winnipeg Jets tonight (15:05); Golf courses are opening this weekend! (19:30); How the playoffs impact Main Street Project (31:00); Hal Anderson on Bad/Great Thursday (36:25); Has Columbine affected what we do at schools here? (45:15); 441 Main Bad Thursday plans (50:20); 

How To Breakthrough The Hockey Hangover 17.04.2019

Big Jets OT Victory last night (1:30); Fighting hockey fatigue (10:00); First-ever report on patient satisfaction for trips to the hospital (18:15); MB-shot movie "Breakthrough" opens today (24:25); Winnipeg woman says cost of legal weed is "astronomical" (33:45); Colorado is locking down schools in connection with Columbine (43:20); Jets 1.0 reunion! (50:20).

Our Attention Turns To France 16.04.2019

Talking Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Jets (1:30); Whiteout on Bad Thursday! (8:25); Cathedral fire draws attention of the world (13:10); Approaching 6 months since cannabis has become legal (28:45);Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman on why cannabis might not be the answer for combating anxiety (43:50); Alberta goes to the polls (52:20).

Winter Is (Somehow) Coming 15.04.2019

Snow. Jets. Tiger. Thrones (oh my) (1:30); St. Andrews floodwatch (9:15); More on Tiger Woods and his miraculous Masters victory (13:35); Greg & Kelly visited Jordan's 411 Sports Show on Friday (24:00); Taz Stuart on biting centipedes (28:40); RCMP on pot enforcement, 6 months in (37:05); Brett bends the knee to GoT (43:45); Game of chicken at the Legislature could lead to snap election (47:20); T...

In Fashion 12.04.2019

Jets chat (1:30); Amber MuGuckin in Grand Forks (8:40); Game 2 Jets primer (13:35) Fashion trends that need to go (21:25); The psychology of sports superstition (31:10); HOOSLI! (37:10); Finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year at the Winnipeg Nightlife & Lifestyle Awards (46:15). 

Jets Sing The Blues 11.04.2019

Broadcaster Scott Oake on Game 1 of Jets vs. Blues (1:30); Black Space Winnipeg on how some may perceive the WhiteOut name differently (10:45); Major Andrew "Hazno" Faith from the RCAF on the fly-over (22:05); Tim Hague Sr. on World Parkinson's Day (29:35); A woman calls 911 on...her Roomba? (36:50); People still don't buckle up!? (47:20). 

Can't You See What We Mean? 10.04.2019

Jets talk (1:30); Our favourite "pump-up" songs (6:50); St. James woman spends over $1,000 searching for her missing cat, Sage (14:30); Global's Mike Koncan on the storm that just missed us (21:55); Selling downtown (28:50); St. Boniface Hospital Foundation mental health initiative underway (36:05); Brandon Wheat Kings music man on pump-up music (43:15); Jeff Browaty on gas tax dollars (54:05). 

Lies & Spec-U-Lection 09.04.2019

Ontario moving to make tailgating legal (1:30); Doug Rush from The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7:15); Social media as a tool for spreading lies and hate (14:50); a spec-u-lection? Are we headed to the polls early? (22:20); Jets playoff excitement and superstition (28:55); Pothole hunting (40:15). 

Will The Jets Be Singing The Blues? 08.04.2019

Jets talk (1:30); City inspectors accused of wasting time on the job (6:50); What do you think of playoff bandwagon hoppers? (16:10); Kelly Moore on the Jets (21:55); Post-winter street cleanup (28:50); The latest on flooding (34:35); Whiteout Party! (40:30); Wishin' I Was Fishin' grand prize winner! (46:35). 

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