The Jim Richards Show

Richard Crouse is in for Jim Today. Mark Mendelson is a former homicide detective and he joins us to talk about how Toronto police identified the young girl who’s remains were found in a Rosedale dumpster last year. What podcasts should you listen to this week? Captain Ron is the founder of Great Pods ad he helps us preview his picks of the week. Phil Demers is the Marineland whistleblower and has...

Richard Crouse is in for Jim Today. Richard tells a bit of his memories of Sue Johanson and then tells you what else is coming up on the show. On The Rundown, Bob Richardson and Mike Kakuk discuss some of the bigger stories of the day.  

Richard Crouse is in for Jim Today. We start the hour by talking to Daniel Tsai who is a lawyer and technology professor, to discuss why Google is set to remove news links in Canada Later journalism professor Gavin Adamson discusses the Toronto Star and Post Media merger talks. Sue Johanson, beloved Canadian sex educator, has died. Samantha Bitty, a sex and health educator joins us to tell us abou...

A nimby is complaining about kid’s Lemonade stands. We ask Advice Lady for her thoughts. There's a TikTok trend where women text the men in their lives and ask if they could land a commercial jet in an emergency situation. Find out how they answer on Slow News Day with Producer Tony.

On Nerd News with Dan Riskin we talk about air quality, forest fires and A Swiss physicist has a controversial new theory about how the universe is expanding. Will Allen is an underwater Cinematographer and Photographer, and he joins the show so we can Ask Anything.

Jim starts the show with his rant about something in the news today On the Rundown, Tasha Kheiriddin and Brayden Akers discuss how we move forward with foreign interference probe Thomas Mulcair joins us on the Deep Dive and tells Jim how old he thinks he is.

Toronto Star in talks to merge with Post Media and we talk to business columnist Andrew Willis to explain why. David Phillips - Senior Climatologist with Environment Canada talking about Toronto air quality currently listed as worst in the world Kristopher Wells specializes in sexual and gender minority youth, education, health, sport and culture, and expresses concern As New Brunswick changes its...

How many shirt buttons should you leave undone? and other style does or don’ts. David Cooper is back from his vacation! Let’s find out what he has been up to! A neighborhood in Georgia had to be evacuated after a dog ripping open trash bags outside found a live grenade. Find out what happened on Slow News Day with producer Tony  

Christian Leuprecht is a military expert and joins the show to discuss Prigozhin being moved to Belarus, and Russia won’t press charges for mutiny. We check in with Dean Bertoia the newscaster at CJAD Montreal to tell us about an Amber Alert in the area Medical Ethicist Kerry Bowman is on the show to talk about a woman in BC that was denied MAID because the hospital is ‘Catholic’ Dr. Mitch Schulma...

A lot of discussion on yesterday’s Toronto election, from Jim’s rant and into the Rundown with Mark Mendelson and Caryma Sa’d and later we talk to the Toronto Star reporter who has been covering municipal politics, Ed Keenan

Another round of The Draft, Eric Alper and Darryl Sterdan make their picks for best debut albums The Food Professor Sylvain Charlebois joins the show to talk about the Competition Bureau analysis confirming grocery giants have seen profits rise as industry consolidates, and proposed more competition is needed Wright or Wrong – executive vice president of Maru Public Opinion. He tells us about poll...

Find out what Jim Richards thinks should be cancelled on this edition of Cancel Court Stories from the ether that did not get discussed on the other shows. It’s Slow News Day with producer Adham.

That Pastor from Oklahoma Jeremy Wayde Coleman joins the show to discuss why religion is not an excuse to be Anti-LGBTQ+ Host of Canadian History EhX Craig Baird stops by to provide us a lesson in Canadian History. Founder of Great Pods - the rotten tomatoes for podcasts Imran Ahmed aka Captain Ron gives us reviews on some of the podcasts out there.

Law & Tech Professor at UofT and TMU Daniel Tsai joins the show to breakdown what it means that META will not post news articles on Facebook and Instagram in Canada Canadian music correspondent and publicist Eric Alper discusses the impact of Taylor Swift choosing to skip Canada for her upcoming tour and an Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux filing grievance against her. We take calls to see what peopl...

Jim Richards has some issues and tells you about them, including an update on the missing sub On the Rundown, host if OneDishOneMic and Associate Principal at Navigator Dan Riskin joins the show to provide updates on the sunken submersible after the tragic news that there are no survivors.

Eileen Ross - Video Podcaster, freelance copywriter and content writer, joins Jim to dispense advice to your problems. Stories from the ether that did not get discussed on the other shows. It’s Slow News Day with producer Tony.

Technology is changing the game and erasing so many professions. So, before you venture into a dead-end career, check out this list.  A Lawyer says residential school denialism should be added to Criminal Code. We talk to Eleanore Sunchild of Sunchild Law is a fully owned Indigenous Law office located in Treaty 6 territory on the Poundmaker Reserve lands knows as Poundmaker 2. Eleanore Sunchild Q....

Gender identity policy divides crowds outside Windsor school board's first closed meeting. Dan MacDonald at Windsor’s AM800 CKLW joined us to talk about some of the conversations he had with parents. The Food Professor, Sylvain Charlebois joins the show to talk about Canada Bread having to pay $50 million fine for role in bread price-fixing scandal. Man describes his own experience being trapped i...

Jim Richards has some issues and tells you about them, including an update on the missing sub and revisiting something Mark Towhey said earlier in the day. On the Rundown, former councillor Karen Stintz and communications expert Bob Reid discuss some of the big stories of the day. More Toronto election coverage with the Toronto Star’s City Hall Bureau reporter Alysha Hasham.

 Plus, Jim and producer Cristina go through the slow news day file. 

Marc Winegust and Ben Harrison give their draft picks for the years with the best movies. Plus, Jeff Hershberg discusses the case of the man who was wrongfully detained for cocaine possession at Toronto Pearson Airport. John Wright joins the show for our Wright or Wrong segment, talking about public opinions.