The Deb Hutton Show

The Deb Hutton Show

Deb Hutton provides listeners with real talk that cuts through the noise for the early drive home. Her experience in politics and communications brings a fresh common sense perspective on the issues that matter.

Episodes

March 5, 2026 36 mins

Will cops at TTC stations help stop crime?
Jim Richards makes his return.

GUESTS: Clayton Campbell - Toronto Police Association President

Ron Butler - Principal at Butler Mortgage

David Schultz - professor in the political science department at Hamline University

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Is it safety? Taxes? Something else?
Do you want cops at every TTC station?

GUEST: Brad Bradford - City Councillor for Ward 19, Beaches–East York

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Which two candidates are now in the lead?Measles exposure reported at York Region hospital, transit routes also affected 
GUESTS: John Pappas - Partner and Lawyer at Aird & Berlis LLPDavid Coletto - CEO of Abacus DataDr. Isaac Bogoch - Infectious disease specialistDerek Stevens - owner and CEO of Circa, the D, Golden Gate and Downtown Las Vegas Events Center

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Deb weighs in on the reaction to John Tory's announcement.‘Anyone could fall victim to these traps’: Survey shows Canadians are ‘fed up’ dealing with scams on a daily basis.
GUESTS: Pat Foran - CTV News Toronto Consumer Alert journalistScott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister

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GUESTS: Alex Chreston - Vice President of Crestview Strategy

Kim Wright - Principal and Founder, Wright Strategies

James Yousif - Lawyer, former Director of Policy at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

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Deb speaks with Tory live in studio about his decision

GUEST: John Tory – former mayor of Toronto

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Deb weighs in.
Plus – The latest on Trump’s strikes against Iran

GUESTS: Dr. Vinita Dubey - Associate Medical Officer of Health. Toronto Public Health

Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University

Dan McTeague - Canadians for Affordable Energy president

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How does something like this even happen?

Plus – Discovering the root causes of problem gambling

GUESTS: Boris Bytensky - Newstalk 1010 Legal expert

Constable Nicholas Gluckstein - Durham Regional Police

Dr. Nina Mafrici - Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director of the Toronto Psychology & Wellness Group

Sarah Lefton - Chief Development Officer, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto 

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Are you okay with this? Plus - What we know so far about the US strikes in Iran 


GUESTS: Nazanin Afshin-Jam - Human rights & democracy advocate

Dan Riskin - Newstalk 1010 Science ExpertDaniel Tate - founder of IntegrityTO 

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Deb sets the scene for continuing coverage. Plus - Inside the new Science Centre 


GUESTS: John Baird - former conservative federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and provincial minister of several portfolios

Dylan Clarke - social policy fellow at West Neighbourhood House with law and economics publications in housing and constitutional law

Christian Leuprecht - Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s Un...

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Inside a wild story with a former reporter.

Plus – The debut of a press release roundup

GUESTS: Tamara Cherry - Founder of Pickup Communications and host of The Trauma Beat

Richard Crouse - co-host of the podcast Entertainment Is Broken

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Jim weighs in on a tough call.

Plus – Who is afraid to take the subway right now?

GUESTS: Vic Fedeli - Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

Cynthia Loyst - Host with The Social

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Can you relate?
Plus – What things don’t deserve the hate they get?

GUEST: Dave Bidini - publisher of the West End Phoenix, author of 13 books and the co-founder of Rheostatics

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February 26, 2026 40 mins

Jim has some thoughts on arresting drug users on the TTC
Plus – Does anyone have any hope of retiring these days?

GUEST: Preet Banerjee – Founder of YourMoneyDegree.com 

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Deb weighs in.

Plus - Would you rent out your apartment during the World Cup?

GUESTS: Sarah Kennedy - President of the Ontario Special Constable Association

Pattie Lovett Reid - financial commentator

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February 25, 2026 39 mins

Do we need riders to have licenses?
Plus – Do we need health warnings on liquor labels?

GUEST: Josh Landau - Director, Government Relations, Ontario with CIJA

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Our callers are split on if there should be one.

Plus – What to expect in Trump’s State of the Union tonight

GUESTS: Natalia Kusendova-Bashta - Ontario Long Term Care Minister

Ravi Baichwal - anchor at ABC Chicago

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Deb’s all for this. Are you?
Plus – Ontario’s NDP leader weighs in on OSAP challenges

GUEST: Marit Stiles - Ontario NDP leader

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February 23, 2026 32 mins

Let's hear from the Maud's, Delores' and others out there.Plus - It's about to get so much colder 


GUESTS: Gary Zalepa - Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake Jessica Smith - CTV Weather Special Reporter 

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What does this say about the state of our national team? 
Plus - Who are the worst kinds of city walkers?

GUESTS: Rahim Ladhani - CTV Toronto reporterLynette - In Puerto Vallarta Sid Seixeiro - Host of The Sid Seixeiro Show 

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