What’s next for business, jobs, education, families and our health and well being? The Next Normal will take a 100,000-foot-view of what’s on the horizon, what we should expect and how we will prepare for the next wave of this pandemic. Produced by Newstalk1010
She lets Jim know. Can the Raptors advance in the playoffs?GUESTS: Kathleen Wynne - former Ontario premier Paul Jones - Raptors broadcaster Peter Mammas - CEO at Foodtastic
Which ones are real in Toronto’s food scene? Canadian hockey star Nazem Kadri joins the show. GUESTS: Avery Haines - Host and Managing Editor of W5 Nazem Kadri - Canadian hockey star
Jim takes your calls. Greg Carrasco tells you what your car says about you. GUESTS: Boris Bytensky - Newstalk 1010 Legal expert Greg Carrasco - Host of The Greg Carrasco Show, Saturdays at 10 AM on Newstalk 1010
Other great quotes from the Bible that Pete Hegseth forgot. What is Auston Matthews saying about his future with the Leafs?GUESTS: Matt Cauz - TSN 1050 host Marvin Alfred - President of ATU Local 113 Marvin Ryder - associate professor of marketing at McMaster University
Jim takes your calls. What should Pierre Poilievre do about the floor crossers?
Jim talks with the broadcasting legend. Should there be more public washrooms? GUEST: Joe Bowen - legendary Leafs broadcaster
What does Toronto’s former mayor think? Do you think there’s a ‘Cult of Carney’? GUESTS: John Tory - former mayor of Toronto Eric Blais - Toronto Star contributing columnist and president of Headspace Marketing
Jim talks about debunking misinformation online. Do you buy that Canada is safer than the US for women? GUEST: Marisha Goldhamer - Head of Digital Investigation, North America at AFP
Ontario’s teachers unions react to today’s announcement. What are the things you got instead of a raise?GUESTS: Martha Hradowy - OSSTF President Heather Exner-Pirot - director of energy, natural resources and environment with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
How will this impact your wallet?Two Wrights Can’t Be Wrong!GUESTS: Mark Norman - Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Heather Wright - Senior Correspondent for CTV National News John Wright - Veteran Pollster, CEO of Canada Pulse insights
Jim takes your calls. The latest on the Artemis landing. GUESTS: Tim Powers - Chairman of Summa Strategies Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University Rachel Ward-Maxwell - Researcher-Programmer with the Ontario Science Centre
Jim gets answers. Are you okay with doctors refusing MAID for religious reasons? GUEST: Mark Mendelson – Newstalk 1010 Crime Expert
What does John Tory think about Bradford’s plan? Short people at concerts - is there any hope? GUESTS: John Tory – former Mayor of Toronto Eric Alper - Canadian music journalist and publicist Kumi Jinadasa - Senior Engineer, Program Management with the Canadian Space Agency
What does the Mayor of Sarnia think? Do you vote for the party or the candidate? GUESTS: Mike Bradley - Mayor of Sarnia Amanda Galbraith - co-founder and partner at reputation management company Oyster Group and host of Free For All Fridays
What happens next?Jim takes your calls about the floor crossing. GUESTS: Peter MacKay - Former Foreign Affairs Minister Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Marvin Ryder - associate professor of marketing at McMaster University
Jim talks with an investigative reporter from W5 about this wild story.This floor crossing story is having ripple effects across Canadian politics. GUESTS: Jon Woodward - Investigative Reporter with W5
Jim gets answers. We hear from Toronto’s Iranian community. GUESTS: Heather Exner-Pirot - director of energy, natural resources and environment with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Shahram Golestaneh - director of the Iran Democratic Association in Canad
Jim takes your calls. What will Trump do in Iran tonight? GUESTS: Mike Greenley - CEO of MDA Space Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle East
The latest on his deadline for the Strait of Hormuz. It’s time for Mark Madness! GUESTS: Mark Norman - Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Drew Spolestra - a farmer near Hamilton and the president of the Ontario federation of agriculture Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 crime expert and former homicide detective
What should be done? Are the Jays ready to take on the Dodgers again tonight? GUESTS: Dr. Clifford Redford - Owner and operator of Wellington Veterinary Hospital Hendrik Brakel - Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs - Canadian Association for Business Economics Mike Wilner - Toronto Star columnist and host of the podcast Deep Left Field
Jim is wondering after a new profile. What are you eating this weekend? GUEST: Jil McIntosh – writer at driving.ca
What’s the right question for each party?What is the thing that only YOUR family had a name for? GUESTS: Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Neil Heatherington - CEO of Daily Bread food bank
How this trip to the moon marks a major milestone. Part two of Jim’s interview with Kevin Pillar. GUESTS: Monte McGregor - criminal defence lawyer Kevin Pillar – former MLB outfielder Dr. Jonathan Kelly - aerospace professor at the University of Toronto
He shares his emotional story with Jim. The latest on Trump and the war in Iran GUESTS: Dr. Dov Gebien - ER physician, addiction recovery advocate, and keynote speaker Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle East
Jim takes your calls. The Toronto Maple Leafs fire their general manager. GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University Jeff Marek - host of The Sheet podcast Rachel Ward-Maxwell - Researcher-Programmer with the Ontario Science Centre
Kevin Pillar shares some stories from inside the clubhouse. How rewards programs can help you ease the pain at the gas pumps. GUEST: Kevin Pillar – former MLB outfielder Patrick Sojka - founder of Rewards Canada
Jim takes your calls. What does the future of the NDP look like under Avi Lewis?GUESTS: Matti Siemiatycki - Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto Tim Powers – Chair of Summa Strategies Mike Wilner – Toronto Star baseball columnist
How does a crisis comms person navigate this? Is it the job of an artist to deal with blowback? GUEST: Amanda Galbraith -co-founder and partner at Oyster Group, and host of Free For All Fridays
We hear from someone who has first-hand experience. Can you afford to support your team anymore? GUESTS: Akosua – has first hand experience with supervised consumption sites Rob Butler - part of the 1993 Jays Atiqa Mohammad - Movember’s Implementation Director, Cancer Programs
As the Blue Jays kick off their season, one player talks about what his mom told him. Is the war in Iran impacting mortgages? GUESTS: Dave Trafford - Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network and the Host of the On the Ledge podcast Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University Comedians Darren Frost and Kenny Robinson
How will it impact your wallet? The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their season. GUESTS: Marit Stiles – Ontario NDP leader Elizabeth Benn – former director of major league operations for the Mets and TSN MLB analyst
Deb joins Jim to analyze today’s budget unveiling. What’s a job where you get yelled at regularly? GUEST: Ksenia Tchern McCallum - Managing Partner, Tchern McCallum Immigration Law
Jim Dunn, professor at McMaster University and director of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative, weighs in on Ontario’s plan to temporarily boost HST rebates on new homes and whether it will actually help affordability. Jonathan English, infrastructure and transportation policy writer, joins the show to ask if TTC platform doors could save lives and money. The hour also opens the phones on whether the Air Canada CEO needs to apologize for a unilingual apology, and wraps with Dr. Tobias Cremer, MEP, on strengthening the EU‑Canada security and defence partnership amid global instability.
Jim Richards tackles life’s real debates — starting with why sharing a bed might actually require two blankets, not one, and opening the phones on the enduring mystery of Costco toilet paper loyalty. Listeners also weigh in on whether dating apps are truly terrible, before an Ontario panel featuring Andrew Pinsent (CFRA Ottawa) and Mike Kakuk (CKLW Windsor) debates whether Queen’s Park forgets the rest of the province exists. Comedians Patrick Maliha and Simon Rakoff wrap things up with laughs and sharp takes on why late‑night TV “stopped being funny.”
What does that mean for protests in Toronto? Did you peak at age 37? GUEST: Caryma Sa’d - Toronto Lawyer and Independent journalist Christina Santini - director of national affairs at CFIB
Jim has a number of things. Was there a person or phrase that changed your life? GUEST: Phil Gurski - former senior strategic analyst at CSIS, and President/CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting
We hear from officials at the press conference. A major Supreme Court case is underway. GUESTS: Phyl Durdey - aviation expert Dave Levinthal - investigative journalist and senior editor at NOTUS Elias Makos - CJAD host
What will happen next? What’s a minor inconvenience you wish could come back?GUESTS: Mark Norman - Former Vice-Admiral (Ret'd) Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy
How worried should Canadians be? When is it okay to swear?GUESTS: Michel-Juneau Katsuya - former Asia-Pacific chief at CSIS Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister
Jim has some thoughts What is the ‘manosphere’? A new documentary takes a look GUESTS: Humberto Carolo - CEO of White Ribbon Canada Josh O’Kane - Staff reporter with the Globe and Mail
Is this story ending soon? Deb shares a story about following in your parents’ footsteps.
What does this mean? A gym owner is teaching home invasion safety GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University Steve Hyatt - owner of Home Invasion Protection Keerthana Rang - communications lead at Uber Canada
Are you Team Doug? ‘We look at the play, not the players’: NHL player safety head defends suspension for Gudas GUEST: Gord Stellick - Canadian Sports Broadcaster
We take your calls. Was this social media post out of line?GUEST: Una Malcolm - Chief Academic Officer at Dyslexia Canada
Plus: Doug Ford wants to loosen public liquor laws. Bottoms up!
What needs to change? More reaction to the OPP report clearing three Toronto officers. GUESTS: Monte McGregor - criminal defence lawyer Clayton Campbell - President of the Toronto Police Association
How is it impacting the Canadian economy? Where do the Leafs go from here?GUESTS: Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle EastJeff Marek - host of The Sheet podcast
Reaction comes in from the legal community. Is the media really giving Carney an easy ride?GUESTS: Jeff Hershberg - criminal defence lawyerJason Sills - started a petition against the yacht clubWilson Da Silva - the yacht club’s vice commodore
Ontario's NDP leader joins the show Are we heading towards a recession? GUESTS: Marit Stiles - Ontario NDP leader James Pasternak - Toronto city councillor Moshe Lander - economics at Concordia University Hannah Griebling - researcher at UBC
Who will win Talkback of the year? The province will allow shopping on two holidays in Ontario GUEST: Jeff Hershberg - criminal defence lawyer
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