NOW and NEXT
Welcome In! This is NOW & NEXT. Story Studio Network's Chief Executive Producer Dave Trafford pokes holes, pokes fun and provokes the "second thing that comes to mind" on the big stories of the week. His regular contributors include a bi-weekly visit by the Now and Next C.A.S.T (Comms and Strategy Team!) Lindsay Broadhead brings her comms experience and insights base on her time leading teams at the Toronto Region Board of Trade and, most recently, the Chief Communications Officer at the City of Toronto. Bob Reid applies his earned experience as a major market journalist and a Senior Advisor to the Premier of Ontario to his analysis of the communications "Touchdowns and Fumbles". Anne Marie Aikins is a "media relations maven", a sought after pundit and speaker, and a strategic comms adviser specializing in public transit in Ontario.
Episodes
May 2, 2025 • 51 mins
Now & Next (May 1, 2025)
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Lindsay Broadhead, Anne-Marie Aikins, Bob Reid
As the federal election dust settles, Dave Trafford is joined by the NOW and NEXT C.A.S.T (Comms And Strategy Team) to dissect the results, implications, and missed opportunities across Canada’s political landscape.
The panel delves into voter behavior shifts, the polarization amplified by social media, and the changing allegiances o...
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Lindsay Broadhead, Anne-Marie Aikins, Bob Reid
As the federal election dust settles, Dave Trafford is joined by the NOW and NEXT C.A.S.T (Comms And Strategy Team) to dissect the results, implications, and missed opportunities across Canada’s political landscape.
The panel delves into voter behavior shifts, the polarization amplified by social media, and the changing allegiances o...
Mark as Played
April 18, 2025 • 36 mins
Now & Next – April 16, 2025
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests:
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests:
- Anne-Marie Aikins (AMA Communications)
- Bob Reid (Broadview Strategy)
- Lindsay Broadhead (Broadhead Communications)
Mark as Played
April 3, 2025 • 48 mins
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, Anne-Marie Aikins
Episode Summary:
On this special Liberation Day edition of Politically Speaking, Dave Trafford convenes his regular comms and strategy roundtable—Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, and Anne-Marie Aikins—to dissect Canada's precarious position in the wake of mounting trade tensions and looming U.S. tariffs.
Against the backdrop of misinformation, political spin, and in...
Guests: Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, Anne-Marie Aikins
Episode Summary:
On this special Liberation Day edition of Politically Speaking, Dave Trafford convenes his regular comms and strategy roundtable—Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, and Anne-Marie Aikins—to dissect Canada's precarious position in the wake of mounting trade tensions and looming U.S. tariffs.
Against the backdrop of misinformation, political spin, and in...
Mark as Played
March 27, 2025 • 29 mins
Here's the latest from POLITICALLY SPEAKING.
We're three days into the federal election campaign in Canada and the latest polling aggregators have seat modelling suggesting Mark Carney's Liberals are in a position to win a strong majority.
But hey! It's early yet.
One thing we do know is it's shaping up to be a very close race between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
Veteran pollster John Wright joins Dave Trafford to take the pulse...
We're three days into the federal election campaign in Canada and the latest polling aggregators have seat modelling suggesting Mark Carney's Liberals are in a position to win a strong majority.
But hey! It's early yet.
One thing we do know is it's shaping up to be a very close race between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
Veteran pollster John Wright joins Dave Trafford to take the pulse...
Mark as Played
March 23, 2025 • 24 mins
Welcome to this edition of POLITICALLY SPEAKING!
John Wright and Dave Trafford break down the election call in Canada.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has set April 28, 2025 as Election Day in Canada.
AND...Donald Trump and his trade tariffs are THE BALLOT QUESTION.
Who can handle Trump?
Who can manage the cultural and economic angst of Canadians?
John Wright and Dave Trafford break down the election call in Canada.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has set April 28, 2025 as Election Day in Canada.
AND...Donald Trump and his trade tariffs are THE BALLOT QUESTION.
Who can handle Trump?
Who can manage the cultural and economic angst of Canadians?
Mark as Played
March 21, 2025 • 46 mins
This week on Now and Next:
It's THE C.A.S.T. - our Comms and Strategy Team: Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, and Anne Marie Aikins.
"Elbows Up!" isn't just a cute slogan, it's a posture Canadians are assuming on a number of levels knowing tough times are coming thanks to the stupid antics of the useful idiot and his White House minions.
Also, Olivia Chow rings the right bell banning US companies from doing business with the City of Toront...
It's THE C.A.S.T. - our Comms and Strategy Team: Lindsay Broadhead, Bob Reid, and Anne Marie Aikins.
"Elbows Up!" isn't just a cute slogan, it's a posture Canadians are assuming on a number of levels knowing tough times are coming thanks to the stupid antics of the useful idiot and his White House minions.
Also, Olivia Chow rings the right bell banning US companies from doing business with the City of Toront...
Mark as Played
March 12, 2025 • 15 mins
It's my bi-weekly visit to Moore in the Morning on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto!
Sitting in on the Roundtable with Paven Bratch, Rowena Santos and host John Moore.
Lots of Trump and tariff talk:
Sitting in on the Roundtable with Paven Bratch, Rowena Santos and host John Moore.
Lots of Trump and tariff talk:
- Trump says he respects Doug Ford as the premier heads to Washington DC (copy below)
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/donald-trump-calls-doug-ford-a-very-strong-man-as-premier-continues-u-s-media/article_615de6ce-fe73-11ef-9f9f-a7c549...
Mark as Played
March 10, 2025 • 53 mins
Welcome to POLITICALLY SPEAKING on Now and Next. Former Bank of Canada Governor and self proclaimed political outsider, Mark Carney won't nearly 86% of the vote in his bid to be leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
He set a new tone for the party while setting his sights on CPC Leader Pierre Polievre in anticipation of a soon-to-be-called federal election and he set the stage for the coming trade war with Donald Trump's America.
Jo...
He set a new tone for the party while setting his sights on CPC Leader Pierre Polievre in anticipation of a soon-to-be-called federal election and he set the stage for the coming trade war with Donald Trump's America.
Jo...
Mark as Played
February 15, 2025 • 30 mins
Our Canadian Sovereignty is front, centre and focussed as we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our Maple Leaf national flag.
So we explore it against the backdrop of the Trump tariffs, Pierre Poilievre's commitment to beefing up our defence in the Far North, and the seriousness of the Annexation rhetoric.
Scott Clancy is a retired Major General, having served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He finished his military career as Directo...
So we explore it against the backdrop of the Trump tariffs, Pierre Poilievre's commitment to beefing up our defence in the Far North, and the seriousness of the Annexation rhetoric.
Scott Clancy is a retired Major General, having served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He finished his military career as Directo...
Mark as Played
February 14, 2025 • 31 mins
In this episode of Now and Next, we take a moment from the chaos of the news cycle to remember our friend, colleague and competitor Christie Blatchford.
Christie passed away five years ago on Feb. 12, 2020.
This episode of the pod features an Edward R. Murrow award winning radio documentary called Embedded in Kandahar. It was based on Christie's Governor General award winning book "Fifteen Days" and produced for Newstalk 1010 CFRB i...
Christie passed away five years ago on Feb. 12, 2020.
This episode of the pod features an Edward R. Murrow award winning radio documentary called Embedded in Kandahar. It was based on Christie's Governor General award winning book "Fifteen Days" and produced for Newstalk 1010 CFRB i...
Mark as Played
January 30, 2025 • 54 mins
We are dropping our DAILY edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario Politics Podcast into the NOW and NEXT feed through the course of the proviincial campaign.
We've lined up the Traveling Wilburys SUPER GROUP of political commentators in Ontario to dissect, discuss, analyze and scrutinize this provincial campaign.
In this DAILY edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario Politics Podcast:
• We expect Doug Ford to run a front runner’s campa...
We've lined up the Traveling Wilburys SUPER GROUP of political commentators in Ontario to dissect, discuss, analyze and scrutinize this provincial campaign.
In this DAILY edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario Politics Podcast:
• We expect Doug Ford to run a front runner’s campa...
Mark as Played
January 23, 2025 • 61 mins
We’ve reassembled our NEXT NORMAL Roundtable!
The NEXT NORMAL, with David Hardy Lisa Taylor, CCDP and Ujwal Arkalgud, is the first podcast series produced under the Story Studio Network banner. It launched in 2021.
It explored the foundational shifts in culture, in politics, education, healthcare, and economics - all forced upon us by the COVID 19 pandemic.
The immediate effects of the pandemic may be in the rearview mirror but the r...
The NEXT NORMAL, with David Hardy Lisa Taylor, CCDP and Ujwal Arkalgud, is the first podcast series produced under the Story Studio Network banner. It launched in 2021.
It explored the foundational shifts in culture, in politics, education, healthcare, and economics - all forced upon us by the COVID 19 pandemic.
The immediate effects of the pandemic may be in the rearview mirror but the r...
Mark as Played
January 16, 2025 • 53 mins
In this episode of 'Now and Next with Dave Trafford' for Wednesday, January 15, 2025,
Our C.A.S.T (Comms and Strategy Team), featuring Anne Marie Aikins, Bob Reid, Lindsay Broadhead and Brad Ross, dives into a range of pressing issues.
The discussion covers he political turbulence and leadership challenges in Ottawa and Washington, budget concerns at Toronto City Hall, and effective crisis communication in the face of the Los Angele...
Our C.A.S.T (Comms and Strategy Team), featuring Anne Marie Aikins, Bob Reid, Lindsay Broadhead and Brad Ross, dives into a range of pressing issues.
The discussion covers he political turbulence and leadership challenges in Ottawa and Washington, budget concerns at Toronto City Hall, and effective crisis communication in the face of the Los Angele...
Mark as Played
December 20, 2024 • 48 mins
Our Now and Next C.A.S.T. (Comms and Strategy Team) weighs in in the chaos ignited on Parliament Hill by the sudden resignation of Finance Minster and Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland.
Nobody saw it coming. But the Prime Minister should have expected it - considering he FIRED Freeland from Finance mere days before she was expected to table the Fall Economic Statement.
The strangest thing in a weird political week us Trudeau wanted Freelan...
Nobody saw it coming. But the Prime Minister should have expected it - considering he FIRED Freeland from Finance mere days before she was expected to table the Fall Economic Statement.
The strangest thing in a weird political week us Trudeau wanted Freelan...
Mark as Played
December 11, 2024 • 53 mins
It's a NOW and NEXT first!
Our Comms and Strategy Team (C.A.S.T.) presented this edition of the podcast LIVE at the Public Affairs Association of Canada conference in Toronto. It was held in November at the waterfront campus of George Brown College.
We riffed on the emergence of podcasting a powerful weapon in the comms and stategy arsenal for brands and organizations in a day and age when "earned media" is increasingly more difficul...
Our Comms and Strategy Team (C.A.S.T.) presented this edition of the podcast LIVE at the Public Affairs Association of Canada conference in Toronto. It was held in November at the waterfront campus of George Brown College.
We riffed on the emergence of podcasting a powerful weapon in the comms and stategy arsenal for brands and organizations in a day and age when "earned media" is increasingly more difficul...
Mark as Played
This week on NOW and NEXT:
Phil Verster has QUIT as CEO of Metrolinx - catching the Ford government by surprise and leaving a litany of of billion dollar transit project in disarray. Not one project has been completed during Verster's leadership. They're running over time and over budget with no clear sign as to when they'll be delivered.
And we've got the best brains to talk us through the fallout. We've assembled our NOW and NEXT
C...
Phil Verster has QUIT as CEO of Metrolinx - catching the Ford government by surprise and leaving a litany of of billion dollar transit project in disarray. Not one project has been completed during Verster's leadership. They're running over time and over budget with no clear sign as to when they'll be delivered.
And we've got the best brains to talk us through the fallout. We've assembled our NOW and NEXT
C...
Mark as Played
November 28, 2024 • 44 mins
This week on NOW and NEXT:
Cliff Young, President of Polling and Societal Trends at Ipsos in the US joins the podcast and breaks down how and why the Democrats got it wrong, the GOP got it right and addresses pollsters' under estimation of Trump's support.
LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE ABOUT THE SHOW!
Let us know what you think. Comment on the discussion. What would you like us to talk about. Go to davetrafford.com and hit the TALKBACK but...
Cliff Young, President of Polling and Societal Trends at Ipsos in the US joins the podcast and breaks down how and why the Democrats got it wrong, the GOP got it right and addresses pollsters' under estimation of Trump's support.
LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE ABOUT THE SHOW!
Let us know what you think. Comment on the discussion. What would you like us to talk about. Go to davetrafford.com and hit the TALKBACK but...
Mark as Played
November 21, 2024 • 57 mins
This week on NOW and NEXT
Our C.A.S.T. (Comms and Strategy Team) is here!
We go deep on the grassroots ground game that's grooming the political landscape at Toronto City Hall. Was Anthony Furey a victim of a voter suppression campaign or did he just lose the Don Valley West byelection to a well oiled Orange Machine?
Donald Trump's photo op with RFK eating a Big Mac says all you need to know about the president-elect's next administra...
Our C.A.S.T. (Comms and Strategy Team) is here!
We go deep on the grassroots ground game that's grooming the political landscape at Toronto City Hall. Was Anthony Furey a victim of a voter suppression campaign or did he just lose the Don Valley West byelection to a well oiled Orange Machine?
Donald Trump's photo op with RFK eating a Big Mac says all you need to know about the president-elect's next administra...
Mark as Played
November 16, 2024 • 40 mins
This week on NOW and NEXT:
First, a passion project.
I'm producing a benefit concert for St. Clare Inn - transitional housing for homeless women in Toronto who have mental heath challenges.
The performance dates are Dec. 20 and 21. Three shows. It's music I wrote for a youth choir over a fifteen year period.
Buy tickets or make a donation. http://www.stclareinn.com/events/ Help us make room at the Inn this Christmas.
ALSO this week...
R...
First, a passion project.
I'm producing a benefit concert for St. Clare Inn - transitional housing for homeless women in Toronto who have mental heath challenges.
The performance dates are Dec. 20 and 21. Three shows. It's music I wrote for a youth choir over a fifteen year period.
Buy tickets or make a donation. http://www.stclareinn.com/events/ Help us make room at the Inn this Christmas.
ALSO this week...
R...
Mark as Played
November 15, 2024 • 30 mins
This week on NOW and NEXT:
First, a passion project.
I'm producing a benefit concert for St. Clare Inn - transitional housing for homeless women in Toronto who have mental heath challenges.
The performance dates are Dec. 20 and 21. Three shows. It's music I wrote for a youth choir over a fifteen year period.
Buy tickets or make a donation. http://www.stclareinn.com/events/ Help us make room at the Inn this Christmas.
ALSO this week!
Dai...
First, a passion project.
I'm producing a benefit concert for St. Clare Inn - transitional housing for homeless women in Toronto who have mental heath challenges.
The performance dates are Dec. 20 and 21. Three shows. It's music I wrote for a youth choir over a fifteen year period.
Buy tickets or make a donation. http://www.stclareinn.com/events/ Help us make room at the Inn this Christmas.
ALSO this week!
Dai...
Mark as Played
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