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Will raising the federal carbon tax actually benefit you? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Mike Fortune: Immunity passports, firing an anthem singer, Mike's Story of the Day & going to space

Why are Chinese soldiers training in Canada? Why are we planning on returning to the moon?

Colin Mochrie on new interactive improv show, mistaking bat people for fat people, early gigs and more

Immunity passports, Olympics welcomes breakdancing & Colin Mochrie talks new improv show, early gigs, improvising for crowds and more

Should Hamilton spend $1 billion to build the LRT & The 40th anniversary of John Lennon's murder

Was cancelling Hamilton's LRT the right call? Music's impact on the brain & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

Should anti-maskers be treated last? Taxing big foreign companies & The perfect Christmas carol for 2020

18th Century Slang That We Should Use Again

The end of snow days for Hamilton's public board? Ontario helps out Hamilton school board & A closer look at making Hallmark movies

Ben's Story of the Day: Fighting with pork, Extra drunk with 2 goats & Priest converts church to strip club

Is a coffin outside a politician's house too much? Should a COVID-19 vaccine be rolled out so quickly? Are you ready for basketball to return so soon?

Ben's Story of the Day - Speeding for geckos, bottled meat from PEI & Danish COVID zombie minks

Canada's federal fiscal update, Digital passports and vaccine paperwork & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

Brightest conversation in Hamilton: Sandy Shaw, NDP MPP. Can we call the mountain uptown? Do we need a beard ban? Do we need smart toilets?

Podcast Preview - Do we really need a smart TOILET?

Quebec City mosque shooters life sentence has been reduced due to "cruel and unusual punishment"...Do sports players make too much money?

The Great Reset...What is it? We talk about the late Diego Maradona and the Hamiltonian who against him with him.

Physician assisted suicide for mentally ill patients, some crazy Christmas buys, and an array of weird stories from across the globe.

Podcast preview - Is assisted suicide for mentally ill folks a slippery slope?

Caledonia blockade, political bias in federal judge appointments, and Don Robertson on no knockout boxing, NBA drafting and more!

Podcast Preview - A Caledonia blockade first - bringing the two sides together

Neil Lumsden for the brightest conversation in Hamilton podcasting: password hell, Canada boycotting the Olympics and much more!

Podcast Preview - Should Canada boycott the 2022 Olympics?

Why are Canadian food prices going up? The amount of money of debt we're in debt will blow your mind. How much money did James Harden turn down?

Will Hamilton's high schools remove final exams? 3D, earphone-less audio is coming, and is Autism an excuse for murder?

Podcast preview - How bad have musicians been hit by COVID?

Do you have radon in your home? Should we bring electric scooters to Hamilton? The Grey Cup would have been this week, talking football with Rod Pederson

Is 'The Crown' harming the Royals' reputation? And Don Robertson talks the Masters, Baseball HoF and more!

Podcast Preview - Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens: Should they be in the baseball hall of fame?

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Mike Fortune: Privilege Tax, Hamilton entering red zone, COVID-19 & Grey Cup half-time shows

The Masters begins play in November & Photo radar caught 5,600 speeders in October

What kind of flu season can we expect this year? Should we start calling the Hamilton mountain 'uptown Hamilton'? Are bottles of wine worth thousands of dollars really worth it?

Is our healthcare really as good as we like to say it is? How essential is travel to our psyochology? & Who do you want to see on the $5 bill?

Will the world of economics gain some stability with a Joe Biden presidency? What's it like competing on Jeopardy! & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

Brightest conversation in Hamilton with Scot Urquhart: his return to TV, the US election, Wild Waterworks public funding and much more!

Podcast Preview - Scot Urquhart RETURNS TO TV

What changes should be made to our education system? & What's it like working on a cruise ship?

Can anyone predict what will happen in the US presidential election? & Who do you think will win the election?

Can Hamilton maintain its services without hiking taxes? & Should a former-NHL tough guy fight Mike Tyson?

Jamie West with Scott for the Brightest Conversation in Hamilton Podcasting. Halloween stories, Caledonia protests, and OHL body checking banned?

Podcast Preview - Scott and Jamie West's childhood Halloween strategies

How did a run-down home in Hamilton manage to sell for over $400,000? & What's the OHL's plan for a 2021 season?

Should the federal government apologize for its actions during the October Crisis? Should changes be made to Bill C-7? An inside look at the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team and The weirdest tour riders ever

Would more drive throughs and technology help or hinder Tim Hortons? & How does a loving relationship help a child's brain?

How do things look as Hamilton approaches budget season? What will we see in the new Teenage Head documentary? Remembering David Braley & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Scott Radley Show - Ron Foxcroft on David Braley's death

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Ron Foxcroft: Remembering Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, Fluke Transport turns 100 and doing business during COVID-19

Why are so many Canadians unhappy with their work? Is Hamilton's city council doing a good job? Could trouble be coming to baseball? & Ways you can keep people laughing even after death

What happened in the House of Commons' confidence vote? & Why isn't "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" airing on network TV?

Can Hamilton speed up its replacement of lead pipes leading to homes? How much more money can Canada afford to spend? & What was it like at the world's most dangerous amusement park, Action Park?

Does cancelling exams benefit Ontario's students? Is Facebook a publisher or a social media platform? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Dr. Michael Mikulak: Food shortages, Charity work in COVID-19, What it means to be a locavore & Warnings before old shows and films

How did genetic genealogy find Christine Jessop's murderer? & How many uniforms is too many for a sports team?

Why are there workers saying they feel like they're being asked to work harder than coworkers with kids? & Why do people hate Nickelback?

How does Prime Day affect small businesses? Meet the lady who's walked every street in Hamilton, Stoney Creek & Glanbrook & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Mike Fortune: Balancing Ontario's safety vs. its financial well-being, John Lennon's birthday & Thanksgiving

Why is Daylight Saving Time medically unhealthy for you? Why don't Canadians know much about our Supreme Court? & How does YouTuber Xiaomanyc learn a language in 24-hours?

Is Hamilton's bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games dead? Do we need a museum about Hamilton & its history? & Will we see an OHL season without fighting and checking?

Remembering Eddie Van Halen & How has COVID-19 impacted Ontario's wine industry?

Why are Canadians worried about their finances despite saving more money than before? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Graeme Mackay: Art, Politics, COVID-19 masks and Nazis

What's going on with Hamilton and the potential bid for the Commonwealth Games? What do you do when you're caught between the pro-mask/anti-mask debate? & How did the Blue Jays lose so swiftly in the playoffs?

Is Canada's imbalance between old and young people cause for concern? Do you care about the Blue Jays this year? & Could time travel actually be possible?

What strings are attached to Hamilton's bailout from the provincial government? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Mike Fortune: Photo-radar cameras, Chicken sandwiches & Learning how to drive

Should the Opposition parties accept today's throne speech? What do you think of Trudeau's address to the nation? Would these these pumpkin spice flavoured foods be any good?

Could home sales be what saves our economy? The Around The Bay Road Race has been cancelled & Why are awards shows' ratings on the decline?

How much does organized religion bring in to the Hamilton economy? And Don Robertson talks everything from the Stanley Cup to speedos!

Podcast Preview - Men who can and cannot wear speedos

Biggest story on The Spec right now - over $1000 on phone games, flights to nowhere, and is the film Cuties going too far?

Podcast Preview - $1200 spent by a child on phone games

Why are teachers discovering tech problems now? How do we ensure more people know what happened during the Holocaust? Is your favourite musician the centre of a conspiracy theory?

Why does the list of essentials keep growing and how will the government pay for it all? Is social media supposed to be addictive? What happens if you ask Siri weird questions?

Should restaurants keep their patios open during winter? Is it time the World Series gets played on neutral fields?

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Annette Hamm: Working in the media during the 9/11 attacks, TV morning shows, Weird Museums & Would you drink booze out of a taxidermied squirrel?

Who should pay for Tim Hortons Field's repairs? Should we start considering Kyle Lowry one of Toronto's greatest athletes? Should AI that writes like humans excite or worry us?

Will an increase in Hamilton's population cause growth out or up? Why do we tap our feet or dance to music?

Are we throwing out potentially valuable research due to ineffectiveness against COVID-19? What has caused Tim Hortons' sales to tumble? What's it like being a member of the chain gang in the NFL?

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Jamie West: Boneless chicken wings, Hamilton's airport, cursive writing & working for a living

What would happen if Cogeco went away? Is paying $400 to put your name on the Grey Cup a good idea?

Can we simplify recycling? Why does the government always grow and never shrink? What was it like on Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope?

What support is given to Canadian jurors who face traumatic evidence and is it enough? & What changes have come to the cruise industry to combat the spread of COVID-19?

What can we learn from other cities with LRT of their own? How can we cut down on the abuse politicians face online? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Mike Fortune: Two-tier healthcare systems, rejected license plates & COVID-19 cases in school

Would the next leader of North Korea be an improvement? & North America's athletes & their refusal to play

McMaster University preparing for students' return, Why are NBA players boycotting games? & How's the music industry holding up?

What do you want out of a house during a pandemic? Would you redraw the lines across North America?

What changes are coming to Aberdeen Avenue? Could the Highway 6 dinosaurs go extinct? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton with Jay McQueen & Jen Watson: Fact-checking, voice acting & reporting on COVID-19 case counts in the news

How do you determine which experts and institutions should be believed? Hamilton's new art installations for healthcare workers & Do you want to see boxers in their late 40s and 50s return to the ring?

Is there an appetite for body cameras in Hamilton? How free will Canada's new federal finance minister be with spending?

What qualifies you to be the federal minister of finance? Why is the price of food rising? & Is no CFL season such a bad thing?

Stephen LeDrew former pres of the Canadian Liberal party on the Bloc Quebecois' apparent bid for no confidence vote, and Don Robertson on everything from the CFL to Bill Morneau's resignation.

Podcast Preview - Why is the BQ attempting to stage this no confidence vote now

The Sunniest Conversation in Hamilton - Today Mike Fortune and Scott run through everything from kids' self esteem to basketball and baseball coach attire

Podcast Preview - What's worse the old Blue Jays pajamas-look or coaches wearing sweats?

Podcast Preview - Jose Altuve's batting average plummeting... can he hit without sign stealing?

Podcast - Ontario's deficit is growing..how much higher will it get? Phil Collins is back on the charts and Alan Cross is here to talk about it

Podcast - What is the cost of reducing class sizes in September? Can commercial buildings be the answer to the housing crisis? Digging into the story of Evelyn Dick