The Vassy Kapelos Show - Sound Bites
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The Alumni Association is asking Canadians to write directly to Prime Minister Carney before June 19th, when Parliament breaks for summer recess. Graham Richardson speaks with Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Maryse Carmichael, the Snowbirds’ first female pilot and first female commanding officer.
From crazy travel schedule to local issues, a glimpse inside the world of a Member of Parliament in 2026. Graham Richardson is joined by Fraser Tolmie, Conservative MP for Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and Philip Earle, Liberal MP for Labrador, to chat about what it's like to be a 'backbench' MP representing rural ridings.
The Canadian economy added a surprise 88,000 jobs in May in what StatsCan calls “The first significant employment gain since November 2025'. The increase partially makes up for a net loss of 112,000 jobs over the first fourth months of this year. Graham Richardson speaks with RBC Chief Economist Francis Donald.
Vassy Kapleos speaks with Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow at Queen’s University and former Chief Economist at TD Bank.
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Vassy Kapelos is joined by tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy for a look at some of the top tech stories of the week.
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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Navigator principal Sharan Kaur, Summa Strategies chair Tim Powers, and former NDP leader Tom Mulcair.
Today's focus:
- The political debate over Canada's "technical" recession
- Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc heads to D.C. with one month to go before the CUSMA deadline
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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura D’Angelo, Vice President, National Strategy and Public Affairs, Enterprise Canada, Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage and Stephanie Levitz, senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Ottawa bureau.
Today's focus:
- Steven Guilbeault announces he will resign as an MP this summer
- Wab Kinew fact checks Danielle Smith on live T...
In the final installment of a four-part series for Mental Health Awareness Month, Vassy Kapelos is joined by Jentzen Michael Shea, a Registered Psychotherapist and the founder of Shea Counseling and Psychotherapy. This week's focus: Handling imposter syndrome.
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Following the news that former federal environment minister Steven Guilbeault will be resigning as a Liberal MP this summer, Vassy Kapelos speaks with Dave Korzinksi, Director of Research at the Angus Reid Institute, about how Canadian voters' attitudes toward climate change as an issue have developed over the years.
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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Jamie Ellerton, Principal at Conaptus, Sharan Kaur, Principal at Navigator and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Nojoud Al Mallees, Reporter covering the Canadian government for Bloomberg News.
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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Avery Haines, Investigative Correspondent and Managing Editor of CTV’s W5.
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Vassy Kapelos speaks with Thomas Juneau, Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, to get some analysis on a weekend of back-and-forth between Washington and Tehran.
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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Zain Velji, a political campaign strategist and partner at Northweather, Garry Keller, Vice President at Strategy Corp, and Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader.
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Vassy Kapelos is joined by tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy for a look at some of the top tech stories of the week.
Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.
CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me.
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LHSC announced Wednesday the largest ever Canadian clinical trial that will test ‘poop pills’ to improve immunotherapy for lung cancer. Vassy Kapelos speaks with one of the researchers behind the trial,Dr. Saman Maleki.
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A patient in Ontario is being tested for Ebola after returning from East Africa, while an Air France flight to the U.S. was forced to land in Montreal after American officials refused entry to a man who had recently traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Vassy Kapelos speaks with infectious disease specialist Dr. Gerald Evans.
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Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Marieke Walsh, Senior Political Reporter with The Globe and Mail, Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Mike Le Couteur, Senior Political Correspondent, CTV National News.
Today's focus:
- Alberta separatism coming to a head
- Carney warns Eby about...
In the third installment of a four-part series for Mental Health Awareness Month, Vassy Kapelos is joined by Jentzen Michael Shea, a Registered Psychotherapist and the founder of Shea Counseling and Psychotherapy.
This week's focus: What fuels 'digital burnout', how we can avoid it, and how we can treat it.
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Generic Ozempic has finally hit Canadian store shelves, but how different is it from the brand name we keep hearing about? Vassy checks in with Dr. Yashar Tashakkor, an obesity medicine specialist based in Vancouver.
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