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JETS WIN AGAIN AT LAST. And vaccine eligibility expands big (1:40); Eligibility expands so kids 12 and up now qualify. Will your teen get a say in the vaccine decision? (6:40); Mom's best recipes! (12:40); Small Town Salute - The couple who has golfed ALMOST every course in MB (21:00); DON'T ban nuts in schools? New study says time to change guidelines around food allergens in schools (27:45); Teens and vaccine chat // food bans in school chat (40:15); Mom's best recipes winning text (47:30); LASAGNA SMACKDOWN, and Dad's Press Conference (51:35); Geoff Currier on sports cliches (1:02:00). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Melty weather, International Women's Day, and When Meghan & Harry met Oprah! And Lauren is filling in for Geoff Currier (1:40); One year this week that COVID-19 arrived in Manitoba: Navigating a year of mass-anxiety at the grocery store (8:10); The women other than our moms who have impacted our lives (15:35); Lauren on Habitat Women Build Speaker Series for IWD (22:50); Listener Sandy wants to set Brett up with her daughter Ashley!! LOL (31:05); More on Meghan & Harry with Oprah (33:15); Dayna Spiring, or Dayna IN-Spiring, for IWD (41:10); Jets routed by Habs, Bryson is Popeye, and the Brier! Weekly chat with Bob Irving (47:20); Speedworld excited to reopen today (58:20); Winning text on IWD (1:05:20); City releases its Transit Master Plan (1:08:45). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Tristan Field-Jones and Kyle Milroy as they discuss the past 12 months in music. Geoff Currier joins us to talk about the passing of two music legends (1:15); Tristan breaks down the numbers for catalogue music sales vs. new music (12:20); TFJ and Kyle talk about their favourite albums of 2019 (16:55), including a podcast exclusive feature: Kyle's top's extreme metal albums of 2019 (36:00); They finish off with their favourites from the 2010s (41:50).
As you wish: McNabb's husband has never heard of The Princess Bride! (1:04), the psychology and policing of unsolved murder cases (5:12), The Couch Potatoes preview this weekend's new releases (12:58), getting Storm Ready in Steinbach (21:32), Bob Irving tees up the Bomber game (29:24), Megarry found a needle outside the radio station (36:26), catching up with Megarry's pal at Folk Fest (40:16) & Geoff Currier on sports movies (46:07)
Tristan Field-Jones and Kyle Milroy bring you their year in music, from remembering Aretha Franklin with Geoff Currier, to discussing the critics "Best of" lists, as well as giving out their album recommendations for 2018, and more!
Hal Anderson is joined by good friend Fiona Odlum to talk about trashy movies they love and their run-ins with the paranormal. Hal's also joined by CJOB's own Geoff Currier to talk about Prime Minister Trudeau's resurged popularity.
Ian Madsen joins Geoff Currier to explain the common negative effects that are nearly inevitable, and more.
Teacher and Senior Fellow at Frontier Center for Public Policy, Michael Zwaagstra, joins Geoff Currier to discuss his latest commentary entitled "Brainwashed Students Aren’t Critical Thinkers". Commentary can be found at www.fcpp.org.
Matt Sabourin & Mark Borowski from Nonsuch Brewing Company this weekend on The Main Ingredient. I think Mark is the smartest human I have ever met (next to Geoff Currier of course). Find out what makes their beer a bit different then the norm. November 25, 2017
Michael Zwaagstra discusses his newly released paper "Content Knowledge is the Key to Learning" on CJOB with Geoff Currier.
PATIOPALOOZA CONTINUES! We're back at Santa Lucia on St. Mary's Road, starting with a thunderstorm! Luckily, they have retractable roof, which is super cool. *** EDITOR'S NOTE (Brett) I just realized I was saying St. Mary the whole afternoon, when I should have been saying St. Mary's. I never claimed to be smart. 00:00 - 680 CJOB's Kelly Moore tees up the Bomber game in BC 10:13 - RIP Kenny Shields of Streetheart -- We replay some of the conversation with Geoff Currier and Winnipeg musician Brent Fitz 17:52 - Toni deLarocque, mother of Danica, who died last year at the age of 5 after a tragic accident in the Churchill River. Toni is launching the Buddy Bench through the Danica's Village fund, and tells us about it. 35:16 - Winnipeg-born comedian Chantal Desjardins, who now lives in Montreal, opened for Jim Gaffigan a few nights ago in NYC! 48:26 - Brett puts on his Couch Potatoes hat to talk about about what's new at the movies, including a review of DUNKIRK 54:08 - Dr. Syras is back in person! Dr. Syras Derksen is a clinical psychologist, his website www.drsyras.com, and today we're talking about the psychology of REVENGE. 73:12 - Manitoba Blizzard looking to defend its Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League championship starting with the playoffs this weekend -- We're joined by Blizzard head coach & GM Trevor Anyon 85:30 - 680 CJOB's Hal Anderson tees up Hal Anderson Weekends 91:30 - 680 CJOB's Richard Cloutier tees up THE NEWS
00:00 - 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles -- 680 CJOB's Geoff Currier joins us to talk about why the album was, and is, so influential 09:27 - Retired Brandon University Professor William Gordon tells us about how he played the French Horn on Sgt Pepper! 17:48 - Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered that a drug used to combat ACNE has been quite helpful in the treatment of patients dealing with the early stages of MS. We speak with Dr. Michael Czubryt, Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba 31:58 - Mr. Met fired for flipping the bird! 36:24 - The 8th annual Walk to Fight Arthritis is this Sunday, June 4th at Assiniboine Park. We're joined by the Walk Hero family -- 13 year old Matthew Stipanovic, who has juvenile arthritis, his mother Ana Stipanovic, and Tanya Misseghers with the Arthritis Society. 54:04 - Carolyn Klassen, therapist with Conexus Counselling, her website is www.conexuscounselling.ca -- The Kathy Griffin / Donald Trump stunt got me and Greg thinking about a couple of things: 1) How important is tone & context when it comes to humour? 2) How do we go about apologizing when we REALLY screw up? 72:55 - Wonder Woman movie review - It's great! 82:36 - Cirque du Soleil ticket giveaway 84:45 - I bought a fidget spinner. COULD'T RESIST. A kiosk opened today at Polo Park, selling nothing but fidget spinners! 93:06 - Julie Buckingham & Matt Carty tee up THE NEWS
A former stripper from Mississauga was acquitted after she hid the remains of a dead baby. Geoff Currier and Matt Carty spoke to her lawyer about how that case unfolded.
Sat. February 20th - Geoff Currier See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is wrong with the Canadian film industry? Nearly 50 Canadian films will make their debut at Toronto International Film Festival, but many of them will disappear without a trace. Why are so many, arguably well-made, Canadian films failing? GUEST: Simon Houpt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Does the media have an obligation to show graphic images to tell a story? Or, is the media out of line when it shares these images? Is it disrespectful to display death when families are mourning? We've seen the image of the drowned refugee child across news outlets, and the New York Daily News chose to show images in the shooting death of Alison Parker from the shooter's perspective. Do these images evoke enough emotion to promote change? GUEST: Arthur Schafer, Professor and Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We've heard it all on the election campaign trail. Or have we? Why aren't the party leaders focusing on our health care system? Does it need fixing, or is it fine as is? GUEST: Andre Picard, health reporter with The Globe and Mail See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
B.C. is set to launch a joint federal-provincial healthy living program that will allow participants to earn loyalty points —similar to programs used by airlines and credit card companies. The province will invest $2.5 million in the program, while the federal government will contribute $5 million. The program will require participants to download a Carrot Rewards online application. Will this actually encourage people to live a healthier life? GUEST: Jim Harrison, news director at Radio NL (CHNL-AM 610) in Kamloops See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The New Democrats are calling for Canadians of all political stripes to band together in ending the Syrian refugee crisis. Paul Dewar, the party's foreign affairs critic, said Saturday that the NDP will reach out to the Conservative government to ask it to adopt an “accelerated plan” to bring more than 46,000 government-sponsored refugees to Canada by 2019, including 10,000 by the end of 2015. GUEST: Paul Dewar, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tasneem Jamal was three years old, the same age as Alan Kurdi, when she became a refugee. But her story had a happy ending. Now, she says Canada can do better when it comes to helping refugees, and has in the past. GUEST: Tasneem Jamal, author of Where the Air Is Sweet, a 2014 novel about the Ugandan Asian expulsion, living in Kitchener, Ontario See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Many First Nations groups have spoken out against the Harper Conservatives. Now, an Aboriginal policy analyst says maybe they should rethink their stance on the party. Joseph Quesnel believes First Nations peoples should vote for the Conservatives in the federal election. He says the party, at least, has plans rather than expressing platitudes. GUEST: Joseph Quesnel, Troy Media columnist, Aboriginal policy analyst focused on Aboriginal policy, property rights, and water market issues See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Federal election is just around the corner and there are so many questions that need answers. GUESTS: Ray Heard, former journalist and political analyst in Montreal, and Joe McFarland, News Director with Newstalk 770 in Calgary See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, has spoken out in her new book and says she was raped, and it was her own fault. She didn't back down from that stance in an interview with Sunday Times magazine. She goes even further to say that women who wear revealing clothes are "asking for it." Is she wrong? Is it okay for a woman to say this? GUEST: Sally Armstrong, journalist, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A global privacy survey suggests many apps and websites for children are collecting personal information, like photos and addresses. GUEST: Carmi Levy, Independent Technology Analyst & Journalist in London, Ontario. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why are people in Quebec cutting up their cash? It makes no economic sense, but shopkeepers and locals in Gaspesie, Quebec are making their own local currency by doing it. GUEST: Aaron Hutchins, associate editor with Maclean's See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Is Canada's private refugee sponsorship system is broken? A Calgary immigration lawyer thinks so, and explains why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How did a Syrian family drown instead of come to Canada? GUEST: Justin Ling, VICE News, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Darrell Bricker, Pollster & Founder of CAPOR talks about how much faith should be put in polls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
US top anti-bullying expert author Barbara Coloroso discusses her new book, The Bully, The Bullied and the Not So Innocent Bystander. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Conrad Black discusses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and whether "cultural genocide" has happened to Canada's aboriginals See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Patricia Mouamar, Communications Manager for World Vision Lebanon speaks on the refugee crisis in Lebanon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Michael Zwaagstra is a Manitoba high school teacher and co-author of the book What's Wrong With our Schools and How We Can Fix Them. Michael and guest host Geoff Currier also discuss wealth re-distribution relating to school grades, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Police officers are killed in the line of duty more often that you might think. Randy Sutton is a former Las Vegas police officer and author of "A Cop's Life" and "True Blue: To Protect and Serve See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Walter E. Williams is an American professor, economist, commentator, and academic. He discusses whether our current set of morals, customs, and values are letting us down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier interviews Andrew Gregg about his documentary on the mystery of the Franklin Expedition. It will air on The Nature of Things on CBC April 9th See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier speaks with Iraq War deserter Joshua Key. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier talks with Professor of Food Distribution Sylvain Charlesbois about the recent Heinz/Kraft merger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier speaks with Matthew Fisher from the National Post about Bombardier's recent troubles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier interviews Hanes Corporation heir and author "Redge" Hanes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier speaks with Jackie Hong from The Toronto Star and Vice. She wrote a piece that appeared in VICE about the mostly terrible things she learned from listening to Toronto police scanners for six months. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier discusses Canada's role in Iraq and Syria with David Pugliese from the Ottawa Citizen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier speaks with David Christopher from openmedia.ca about Mozilla's stand on Harper's anti-terrorism legislation (Bill C-51). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Geoff Currier speaks with Quentin Hardy on the future of Kodak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David Vardy is interviewed by Geoff Currier on CJOB regarding his speech given for the Frontier Centre entitled: A Tale of Two Debacles: Muskrat Falls and Manitoba Hydro's Preferred Development Plan