Toronto This Weekend

Canadian Author Sarah Henstra joins Ben Mulroney on the show this week to chat about her latest book, The Lost Tarot. You can learn more about Sarah's work at sarahhenstra.com

Ben Mulroney is joined by the Executive Director of El Mocambo. El Mocambo has been a staple of Toronto and the Toronto music scene since 1948. They chat all about the history of the iconic music venue, all the best upcoming events, and more! You can see what great events are coming up at El Mocambo online at elmocambo.com

Ben Mulroney is joined by Canadian Director Jamie Kastner to talk about his latest Documentary on the controversial figure, Jacob Applebaum.

Ben Mulroney is joined by Lyle Stein of Forvest Global Wealth Management. They discuss how the recent closure of the Ontario Science Center teaches us some important lessons about money management. You can learn more about Lyle's work at forvestglobal.com

Ben Mulroney is joined by Comedian and Actress Connie Wang to chat all about her latest special, Canadian Famous. You can find Canadian Famous on YouTube on her channel, Connie Wang.

Ben Mulroney is joined by Lawrence Goodridge, Professor of Food Safety at the University of Guelph, to talk all about the new Look, Smell, Taste Labels that Canadians have already started to see on some items in Grocery stores. Why are these important and what do you need to look, smell, and taste for to make sure that you waste as little food as you can.

Ben Mulroney is joined by Michael Gradisar, Professor and Director and Clinical Psychologist at the Child & Adolescent Sleep Clinic at WINK Sleep in Australia. They chat about some new research that suggests that the light form your phone may not be nearly as detrimental for our sleep as we thought! You can see more of Michael's work at winksleep.online

Ben Mulroney is joined this weekend by Mohit Rajhans, Tech and media consultant with ThinkStart.ca, to talk about some recent news coming out of the States regarding Social Media Safety and protection. Should there be warning labels incorporated into social media? Or will that just be another warning that we ignore? They also talk about a recent study that seems to show that younger users of socia...

This Weekend on The Spot, Ben Mulroney is joined by Julia Mou, one of the co-owners of Mr. And Mrs. Bao. They are a restaurant rooted strongly in their family background and culture and are a constant presence at many events around the city. You can experience their food all summer long at the Toronto Outdoor Picture Show.

Ben Mulroney is joined this week on the show by Tandem Experiences Co-founders Mariel Marshall and Nadia Barbosa to talk all about their new initiative Tandem+, a social endeavor aiming to bring people together by creating spaces for friendships and connections. You can learn more about Tandem and Tandem+ at tandemexperiences.com

There was a recent study that looked into why there are so many UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomenon) sightings these days and if there is a possibility that Aliens could already be living on Earth. To answer all of our questions, Ben Mulroney chats with UFO Expert and Author, Chris Rutkowski.

Ben is joined by Matt and Nicole Devine, to talk about the Heroes Unleashed Cross-Canada Challenge in which Matt will be biking across Canada supporting the children's charity Little Warriors. You can find out more at heroesunleashed.ca

This week on The Spot, Ben is joined by James Hobson, the founder of Hacksmith Industries. Hacksmith is a Youtube Channel focusing on how real world engineering can help us bring to life some of the amazing things we see in Sci-fi. James and Ben talk about how fandom played a role in the start of Hacksmith and how characters in Sci-Fi inspired him to start creating some of his favourite sci-fi and...

Ben Mulroney is joined by Dr. Nadia Alam, Family Doctor and Past President of the Ontario Medical Association, to talk about a new healthcare program that is encouraging health care facilities to incorporate more nature into their buildings. Whether this be photos of wilderness in the hospitals, live plant walls, and more trees in outdoor spaces.

This weekend on the show Ben Mulroney is joined by Lyle Stein the President of Forvest Global Wealth Management Incorporated, to discuss the good side of some of this week's financial and Business news.

Ben is joined this weekend by Toronto Filmmaker, Director, and Writer who's film I Used To Be Funny is premiering in Toronto From June 8-13. They talk about the filmmaking journey, some of her past works, and trauma recovery.

This weekend on the show Ben Mulroney is joined by Mohit Rajhans, Tech and media consultant with ThinkStart.ca. They break down the latest in news from Meta. Meta let their users know that they will be using years of content to train their AI. They break down what this will mean for the future of social media and the social consequences that could come from it. Plus some thoughts on the CRTC's dem...

Today on the show Ben is joined by Sienna Tristen, the Director of Programming with The Word on the Street. They discuss The Word on the Street’s upcoming participation in the Luminato Festival as well as some of the amazing things that are on the horizon with the Word on the Street. You can find out more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca

On this episode of The Spot, Ben is joined by his brother, Nicolas Mulroney, the Co-Founder Chairman, President and CEO of Bond Bakery Brands. You can find out more about Bond Bakery Brands at bondbakerybrands.com

Ben Mulroney is joined by Canadian commentator, Tasha Kheiriddin, to discuss the recent thought in the UK of implementing mandatory service for 18 year old citizens to try and discourage division among young people. They discuss why we are seeing growing divides between young people as well as if mandatory service could be implemented in Canada and what the benefits may be.

Ben Mulroney is joined this weekend by Haley McGee the writer and performer behind Age is a Feeling, the latest addition to the Soulpepper Theatre's lineup. Haley pulls inspiration from many different places and experiences in life to examine our relationships with mortality and life milestones. Age is a Feeling is running at Soulpepper Theatre from May 29-June 23. You can find out more and get ti...

Ben Mulroney is joined by Jeremy Potvin of Jeremy Potvin Cooking to talk all about some of his most recent business ventures including leaving behind some longtime goals in order to focus on building a career in something he loves. You can find more about Jeremy and his new cookbook at jeremypotvin.com

Ben Mulroney is joined this weekend by Jamie Kauri, also known as TransitThinker on YouTube and Twitter, to talk about how she got interested in transit at a young age sparking the creativity to make videos on Toronto Transit and inspire a potential career! Jamie makes videos that show how Toronto's transit systems can be improved as well as progress updates on some of the projects happening in th...

Toronto Councillor Brad Bradford joins Ben Mulroney this morning on Toronto This Weekend to talk about his attempts to decrease the 3-year time line of construction on the Gardiner. They also talk about a recent instance of gunfire at a Jewish girls school. Brad emphasizes the need for more Safety Zones in the city to protect citizens against hate.

Ben Mulroney is joined by Lyle Stein, President of Forvest Global Wealth Management Incorporated. There look to be some pretty big risks on the horizon for mortgage payers and they break down everything you need to know to stay ahead of it. https://www.forvestglobal.com