The Jim Richards Show

The Jim Richards Show

Jim Richards provides everything you need to know on your way home, making the brutal GTA commute seem shorter. Jim brings a unique perspective to the day’s events to keep you informed and entertained.

Episodes

June 6, 2025 35 mins

Also, What coffee brand is vanishing from Canadian grocery shelves?

Where are the biggest price hikes happening?

GUEST: Mike Von Massow - OAC Chair in Food System Leadership and Professor in Food Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles

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Jim talks with a doctor about what he’s seeing in the ER

Plus – Are you afraid of driving with your partner?

GUEST: Dr. Mitch Shulman – Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst

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What does a cybersecurity expert think of this?

Plus – The Ontario Legislature wraps for the next 137 days

GUESTS: Ritesh Kotak - cybersecurity expert

Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter

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Jim wonders if this might be a turning point.

Plus – Marit Stiles asks the Premier to “grow a pair”. But what about growing pears?

GUESTS: Dr. Isaac Bogoch - infectious disease expert

Amanda Galbraith - co-founder and partner at reputation management company Oyster Group and host of Free For All Fridays

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Jim talks to political leaders from the province as a landmark bill is voted through

GUESTS: Marit Stiles – leader of the Ontario NDP

Mike Schreiner – leader of the Ontario Green Party

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We take your calls as an American trans woman files asylum claim here in Canada

Plus – Why meteorologists in the States say it’s getting harder to do their jobs because of Trump cuts

GUESTS: Mark Robinson - storm chaser

Robert Benzie - Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief

Dave Mitchell - Senior Director of Operations - of YAAACE - Youth Association for Academics, Athletics, and Chara...

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Jim takes your calls about what the right approach is.

Plus – Making sense of the Liberals new border security bill

GUESTS: Max Chaudhry - Immigration Lawyer at Chaudry Law

Jessie Rodger - Executive Director - Anova: A Future Without Violence

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What does our marketing expert think about this shift?

Plus – What gives you ‘grammar rage’?

GUEST: Tony Chapman - Marketing expert, host of the podcast Chatter That Matters

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Jim weighs in on a judge’s response to policing in Peel

Plus – Does Bono have a point when it comes to who is giving foreign aid?

 

GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - national security expert and professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario

Carmi Levy - tech expert

 

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Jim weighs in on something going on near him.

Plus – the latest on Canada Post negotiations

 

GUESTS: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter

Ryan Manucha - Research Fellow at the CD Howe Institute and Author of Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Trade

Jim Gallant - one of the negotiators with CUPW

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Jim wonders if we shouldn’t be afraid to confront strangers’ children in public

Plus – what is the weirdest job you ever had?

 

GUEST: Gary Sands - senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers

Russell Rowland - Started out as a fortune cookie writer before going on to become a successful novelist and radio host

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Jim can’t believe some of these new social media trends

Plus – Has Mark Carney lived up to expectations?  

 

GUESTS: Moshe Lander - Economics professor at Concordia University

Justin Ling - independent investigative journalist based in Montreal and a contributing columnist for the Star

 

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Jim talks with a former School Resource Officer about the changes

Plus – Should Ontario MPPs be getting a raise?

GUEST: Mark Baxter - President of the Police Association of Ontario

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Jim can’t stop thinking about what he saw this morning

Plus – A former Ontario premier has some thoughts about today’s education announcement

GUESTS: Kathleen Wynne - former Ontario premier

Avery Haines - Host and Managing Editor at W5

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Why you definitely fell for this rage-bait video

Plus – Will Canada join the ‘Golden Dome’?

GUESTS:

Richard Shimooka - , Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Foundation 

Carmi Levy - tech expert

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Is this new viral image of standing seats a lot of hot air?

Plus – Why there might finally be crying in baseball

GUEST: John Gradek - Faculty Lecturer of Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill

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May 27, 2025 38 mins

Our callers let Jim know what they think

Plus – Did you move back in with your parents?

GUEST: Christina Blizzard - Queen's Park Columnist at the Toronto Sun and covered the royals for Britain's The Guardian

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May 27, 2025 39 mins

How programs like ChatGPT are completely remaking the world of essay writing

Plus – Why did an Air Canada pilot go on a rant over the intercom during a flight?

GUESTS: Tim Perry - the president of the Air Line Pilots Association

Tim Powers - Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data 

Bob Richardson - NEWSTALK 1010 contributor and public affairs consultant  

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Jim wants to know why you don’t have your driver’s license yet!

Plus – Why are restaurant owners still doing free trial shifts?

GUESTS: Ron Butler - Principal Broker at Butler Mortgage Inc.  

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What would you do if someone took your seat at the theatre?
Plus – Why is it to hard to find baskets at the grocery store these days?

GUESTS: Bruce Winder - Retail Analyst & Author

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