CJAD 800 - The Latest Audio and Podcasts

Rich Padulo Founder Treat Accessibly, Trudie’s Takeaways with CJAD Newscaster Trudie Mason, Joy Kramer cancer advocate, Entertainment with John Moore, Political Analyst Tom Mulcair, Emergency Room Physician Dr. Mitch Shulman, Ron Wallace World-record pumpkin grower, Chatter That Matters host Tony Chapman

Ron Wallace is a Rhode Island grower, and his incredible 3,156-pound pumpkin set a new Guinness World Record this month, surpassing the previous record by nearly 300 pounds. And this isn’t his first time making pumpkin-growing history. So how do you grow something that enormous, and what does it take to get there? Ron Wallace spoke to Andrew Carter.

Dr. Mitch Shulman can be heard every weekday morning at 7:50 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.

Tom Mulcair can be heard every weekday morning at 7:40 on The Andrew Carter Morning Show.

Joy Kramer is a Laval mother of five who has been navigating a difficult battle with colon cancer, including major surgery and months of treatment. Throughout it all, she’s turned to poetry and music to express what she’s going through, sharing her experience online and building a community of tens of thousands of people who follow her cancer journey. She spoke to Andrew Carter.

Here are the stories that are making headlines in Montreal on October 21, 2026.

Élise Tanguay, city councillor in Le Sud-Ouest, and opposition critic for housing for Projet Montreal

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Scott Reid,  CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin

Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.

Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800 - you can catch him every Sunday on Weekends with Joanne Vrakas at 7:20AM

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Lawrence David, Professor, University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law

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Trudie’s Takeaways with CJAD Newscaster Trudie Mason, Caroline Patsias Professor of Political Science, Entertainment with John Moore, Political Analyst Tom Mulcair, Emergency Room Physician Dr. Mitch Shulman, Gabor Lukacs Air Passenger Rights Advocate, Science Communicator Dan Riskin

Science communicator and bat expert Dan Riskin talks to Andrew Carter every Wednesday at 8:20.