Welcome with Karim Kanji

Cindy Pom is a reporter with Global News in Toronto who in her spare times loves to scuba dive.

Dawn Cuthbertson is a Managing Editor for the Global News website. In journalism for nearly 12 years, Dawn started out as a newspaper reporter with stints at The Observer in Sarnia, Ont., The Kingston Whig-Standard and Windsor Star before moving online with Microsoft, AOL and Huffington Post.

Zain Velji is the co-creator and host of the highly-rated political podcast, The Strategists which dissects the strategies of political campaigns, parties and governments and is the inspiration of the CBC Television and Radio panel of the same name.

Raina Douris is the award-winning radio host of CBC Radio 2 in the mornings. In today's episode we talk about Raina's career in radio from Ryerson to Q107 to getting fired from Corus and then leading the start-up Indie88 to now being the morning host on CBC Radio2 national morning show.

Bruce Livesey is a Toronto-based award-winning investigative journalist and documentarian. Currently the lead investigative reporter for the National Observer Livesey has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Report on Business Magazine, National Post, Toronto Star, The Gazette, The Walrus, Canadian Business, Canadian Lawyer and The Financial Post.

Former President and CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment and current Toronto Foundation Vice Chair, Richard Peddie returns to the studio. This time Peddie and Karim talk about how to make Toronto a more liveable and caring city.

Salim Naran and Karim Kanji have been friends for over 3 decades. After years of building technology solutions for companies in various industries, Salim Naran is now the co-founder and CTO of Canadian fintech startup, Borrowell.

Sulemaan Ahmed is one of the parents behind the #NoFLyListKids initiative and the Principal of Servo Annex, which provides hands-on coaching to senior executives on how to use all digital platforms, social media and mobile tools.

Mathew Ingram is a senior writer at Fortune magazine, where he writes about media and the social web. Today we chat about the evolution of media especially with Trump as America's president.

Anna Hill is an American living in Canada. She is also a community builder in Toronto and is a co-founder and Project Director with Together Project.

Today my guest is a former Dragon on CBC’s popular Dragon’s Den, head of Prairie Merchant Corporation and part owner of the NHL's Nashville Predators, W. Brett Wilson.

Today I Welcome Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party and MPP from Malton and possible future leader of the federal NDP party, Jagmeet Singh.

Brian Jackson is the Editor of ITBusiness.ca and the Social Media Director of IT World Canada.

Cameron Gordon is the Head of Communications for Twitter Canada. He also co-hosts the Completely Ignored Podcast.

Crispin Duenas ia a 3x Olympic team member and Canada's top ranked male archer.

Today, I welcome Canadian journalist, author, and documentary producer at TVO, and anchor of TVO's flagship current affairs program The Agenda, Steve Paikin.

Hubba founder and CEO Ben Zifkin and I both have a lot in common. We both live in Toronto and have owned laundry businesses. In today's episode Ben and I discuss his entrepreneurial journey. It started at Western University as a Philosophy Major and now sees Ben lead a fast growing company in the ever changing world of e-commerce.

This edition of Welcome! features the Director of Emerging Technologies of Delvinia and the curator of the popular Friday Rock Debate, Randy Matheson.

Earvin Venzant is my brother in law. He's a black American in Canada. And Earvin has some things to get off his chest about the recent election of Donald Trump as America's next President.

Lindsay Dunn is the lead anchor for the new Global News Durham. She's also a huge basketball fan who grew up in the middle of hockeytown. Music by Afraaz Mulji.

Today's episode is a special Remembrance Day episode. Major Adam Saunders is with the Royal Regiment of Canada.

Jim Creeggan is 1/4 of the Canadian pop-rock band, Barenaked Ladies. In this episode we talk about: - his friendship with Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip - the influence The Hip has had on him and Barenaked Ladies - How Jim started in music and ended up with BNL - How Jim almost quit BNL - Why Steven Page left the band - Jim's favourite BNL song and album - Jim's new project with his wife calle...

Trained at Toronto’s legendary Second City, Ron was named one of the “Top 10 Creative Canadians” by Marketing Magazine. His work has been recognized by organizations from The London International Advertising Awards to The Advertising and Design Club of Canada. He is founder and CEO of The Tite Group and Executive Producer and Host of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning show Monkey Toast. He has writ...

Two Left Feet is an acoustic guitar duo featuring Neil Haden and Mark Caruana. During their appearance they played: Thank You - Led Zeppelin I've Just Seen A Face - The Beatles My Life - Billy Joel Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who Neil Haden is founder of the Uncle Neil and Friends Toy Drive. Mark Caruana is a high school teacher in Toronto. Neil shared stories about meeting Jeff Healey and Rik Em...

Today I welcome Canadian broadcaster and author, Nora Young into the Girth Radio studios. Nora was the founding host and producer of CBC’s award winning show, DNTO, is the founding host and co-producer of Spark and has authored a book called, The Virtual Self. She also hosts the indie podcast, The Sniffer: a podcast about trends in technology. In today’s episode we discuss: – Twitter – Why Nora do...