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The London Free Press Podcast — 235 episodes

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Londoners, debt and worries it's going to get worse

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An early look at London's civic election races

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Marking 75 years of high school football excellence at Catholic Central

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What to know about nursing changes at London Health Sciences Centre

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The London Food Bank's clear warning for the community

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A $300M defence deal in a London-area town facing economic woes

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 228: What to know about London's slumping real estate market

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 227: London's amazing Olympic hockey roll call

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 226: A full analysis of Mayor Josh Morgan's 2026 State of the City speech

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 225: What fans should expect for the rest of the London Knights' season

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 224: Looking back on our best-read stories of 2025

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 223: The major shifts in London's housing market

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 222: What to know about London's 3.4% tax hike for 2026

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 221: How artificial intelligence is changing education in London-area classrooms

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 220: Another body blow for Southwestern Ontario's auto sector

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 219: Shelter is needed for London's homeless. But where?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 218: What kind of season should London Knights fans expect?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 217: A downtown hotel turns into downtown apartments

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 216: Trump tariffs and an update on the London region's auto sector

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 215: A slow year so far for new home construction in the London area

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 214: City council stares down possible service cuts amid budget crunch

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 213: Mourning the teacher, students killed in a London-area crash

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The LFP Podcast ep. 212: Live from Rimouski, Que. — it's the Memorial Cup

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 211: A $5-million lottery mystery is solved

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 210: Catching up on London city council

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 209: Analyzing the London area's federal election results

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 208: It's London vs. Kitchener in the OHL playoffs — again

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 207: Tariff chaos and the London region's auto sector

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 206: Is this the most interesting federal election race in the London region?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 205: Examining the turmoil at London Transit

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 204: Reflecting 20 years later on the 2005 London Knights dream team

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 203: The cold reality of London's doctor shortage

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 202: Our analysis of the 2025 Ontario election results

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 201: The Ontario election enters the home stretch

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 200: Doug Ford, Donald Trump and the Ontario election campaign so far

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 199: Reflecting on Mayor Josh Morgan's 2025 State of the City address

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 198: This may be the second-best London Knights team ever

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 197: Why more Londoners are falling behind on their mortgage payments

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 196: Inside one family's digital nightmare

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 195: Inside London’s 25-year blueprint for roads, buses, sidewalks and bike lanes

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 194: The twists and turns of London's bush party homicide trial

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 193: Is Donald Trump's tariff threat for real?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 192: Examining London's 2025 municipal budget

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 191: Police launch fraud probe at London Health Sciences Centre

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 190: London's homeowners, London's homeless and the space between them

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 189: It's time to honour Victor Garber

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 188: A suspected fatal overdose at London's supervised drug-use site

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 187: Examining London's biggest housing development ever

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 186: Our Ontario Hockey League (and London Knights) season preview

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 185: Thames Valley District school board faces Queen's Park audit

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 184: Towers of Spite 2, taller buildings, and city hall's housing push

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 183: Jesse Bleck's latest legal woes

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 182: Our Olympics review/Western Mustangs football preview

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 181: Londoners, and especially homeowners, are feeling the financial pinch

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 180: Is a 'flex haus' the fix to housing affordability in London?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 179: Remembering Port Stanley drowning victim Omer Buz

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 178: How pricey housing is hurting London's ability to draw new residents

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 177: Youth baseball league to unruly parents – you're out

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 176: Inside a local NHL star's $7.9M mega-mansion

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 175: The Roby family's long path to justice

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 174: Will city council crack down on renovictions?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 173: The reality facing first-time homebuyers (and their parents)

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 172: Our Memorial Cup preview

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 171: Eight deaths, one inquest set to train spotlight on London jail

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 170: Social agencies vs. Coun. Susan Stevenson

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 169: A flaming freight train and loads of questions

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 168: VW, electric vehicles and cooling consumer interest

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 167: Congestion troubles looming for northwest London?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 166: Can the London Knights win their third Memorial Cup championship this spring?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 165: The unbelievable true story of con man Darko Jovanovich

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 164: Lots of homes being built, but not nearly enough

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The LFP Podcast, Ep. 163: Examining the London Lightning season so far

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The LFP Podcast, ep.162: Examining the big London police budget

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The LFP Podcast ep. 161: An apartment fire, a two-year wait to return for residents in limbo

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 160: London property owners brace for 8.7% tax hike

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 159: What lies ahead legally for Canada's criminally charged world junior hockey champions

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 158: Local children in need, not enough foster parents to care for them

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 157: New lawsuits filed in crash that killed Girl Guide, 8, hurt troupe members

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 156: An overview of the OHL's post-trade deadline landscape

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 155: Why Coun. Susan Stevenson was reprimanded by her city council colleagues

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 154: City budget season begins and the pressure builds

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 153: Examining the record-setting crunch facing food banks

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 152: London Health Sciences Centre faces foreign-travel controversy

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 151: Remembering the Afzaals, reflecting on Nathaniel Veltman's conviction

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 150: How the Western Mustangs won another Ontario university football title

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 149: What's the price for public safety?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 148: Is this really the end for Home County Music & Art Festival?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 147: A crackdown on short-term rentals

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 146: What's next for London's groundbreaking homeless hubs plan

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 145: Budweiser Gardens needs a $33-million upgrade. Who's paying?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 144: Our 2023-24 London Knights season preview

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 143: Reflecting on the Nathaniel Veltman trial so far

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 142: WSIB HQ coming to London, but not downtown

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 141: Setting the stage for Nathaniel Veltman's murder trial

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 140: Should you get a COVID-19 booster shot?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 139: Are the London Knights already a 2024 Memorial Cup favourite?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 138: A terrifying rampage, a fatal police shooting

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 137: Speaking with the sister of The Boy With Two Names

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 136: Amazon’s local mega-plant is set to open . . . when?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 135: Dog days of summer for the London Majors

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 134: Homeless encampments and how to handle them

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 133: The dark crimes of disgraced ex-priest David Norton

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 132: Inside London’s controversial hospital split

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 131: Randy Richmond on speaking with London’s secret $25M homelessness donor

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 130: The long road to justice in a tragic London homicide

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 129: The growing debate over London’s safer drug supply program

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The LFP Podcast ep. 128: A byelection battle brewing

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 127: Previewing London vs. Peterborough for the OHL championship

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 126: Who is London’s new police chief, Thai Truong?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 125: Lawyer, client charged in alleged luxury-home drug lab bust

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The LFP Podcast ep. 124: A deadly incident, an anguished court hearing

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 123: Canadian police at a crossroads

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Title: The LFP Podcast, ep. 122: Journalist Randy Richmond on 'The Boy With Two Names'

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 121: To save or to scrap London’s century-old Thames pool

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 120: All about the Brier

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The LFP Podcast, ep 119: Big land, big dreams for an electric-vehicle battery plant?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 118: An ‘audacious’ attempt to fix London’s homeless crisis

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 117: A unique local research project & Black History Month

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 116: Inside the sale of Start.ca

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 115: London's growing home-ownership divide

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 114: A $25M donation to aid London’s homeless, and lots of questions about it

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The LFP Podcast ep. 113: A London-area COVID check-up

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 112: Downtown London’s looming population boom

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 111: Remembering Abakar Kazbekov

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 110: Social issues & the growing toll on London police officers

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The LFP Podcast, Ep. 109: Why home prices (and sales) are plummeting

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 108: Inside a $3B London hospital overhaul

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 107: Our Vanier Cup preview

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The LFP Podcast ep. 106: The slaying of a beloved musician

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The LFP Podcast ep. 105: A ‘perfect storm’ amid London’s homeless crisis

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The LFP Podcast ep. 104: A fascinating London municipal election

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 103: Deepening ER wait-time woes

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 102: London’s civic election campaigns near final stretch

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 101: In small communities, a shortage of political candidates

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 100: Our Ontario Hockey League season preview

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 99: The topsy-turvy London-area labour market

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 98: Swatting, doxing and the harassment of Clara Sorrenti

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 97: Examining election season at London city hall

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 96: Western University's contentious booster-and-mask policy

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 95: Can the London Majors win it all again?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 94: How to fix London's housing crunch

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 93: Examining COVID-19’s seventh wave

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 92: How is downtown doing?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 91: What we now know about a fatal London police shooting

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 90: It's London Music Week!

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 89: The story behind LFP's Trooper Mark Wilson story

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 88: Toronto's airport chaos hits London

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 87: A downtown restaurant rebound?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 86: Setting the stage for Ontario's June 2 election

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 85: The near-disaster on Hillcrest Avenue

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 84: City council's controversial land swap

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 83: Examining Amazon's 2,000-job mega-facility

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 82: OHL playoffs preview

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 81: Let's talk about COVID (again)

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 80: Revving up an auto-sector revolution

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The LFP Podcast, ep 79: Who killed London mom Lynda Marques?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 76: The science (and politics) of ditching masks

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 78: Ultra-rare struggles for the London Knights

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 77: A towering debate

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 75: Examining the OPP's migrant-worker DNA dragnet

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 74: The changing world of work

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 73: What can we learn from the Hwy. 402 blockade?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 72: A pandemic boiling point

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 71: London's $20M shelter challenge

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 70: Was this our final COVID shutdown?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 69: Buying, renting, struggling

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 68: Tough times (again) for the Ontario Hockey League

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 67: How long will this COVID shutdown really last?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 66: Inside city hall's 2022 budget

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 65: Ontario's new COVID restrictions

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The LFP Podcast, ep 64: Examining an ugly parking-lot clash

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 63: Vanier Cup preview & university football's future

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 62: The final frontier of the COVID vaccine push?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 61: Alleged arson's toll on Indigenous-led shelter

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The LFP Podcast ep. 60: Is the pandemic ... over?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 59: City council's inconsistent moves

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 58: Mayor Holder vs. Coun. van Holst

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The LFP Podcast, ep 57: City council's unprecedented vacancies

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 56: The return of London Knights hockey

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 55: Championship dreams for the London Majors

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 54: Bracing for Homecoming weekend

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 53: Dark times at Western University

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 52: On Mandatory COVID vaccines

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 51: Making sense of London's COVID numbers

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 50: What's next in probe of jail inmate's death?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 49: London’s unvaccinated 20%

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 48: Return-to-workplace realities

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 47: Vaccine's pandemic-ending power

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 46: Encouraging COVID statistics

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 45: Autumn OHL optimism

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 44: Will rents stop rising?

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The LFP Podcast, ep. 43: The justice system & Nathaniel Veltman

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep.42: Mourning the victims of London's alleged hate attack

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 41: The ongoing COVID battle

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 40: OHLers get themselves back on the ice

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 39: Remembering Liam & Brayden

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 38: Vaccine confusion, vaccine regrets

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 37: Real-estate boom reality check

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 36: Covid, golfing & lockdown enforcement

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 35: Is third wave's worst still ahead of us?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 34: The OHL's vanishing return-to-play chances

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 33: Another local COVID crisis

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 32: Vaccine hesitancy, vaccine roadtrips

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 31: OHL puck drop nears

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 30: Bracing for another pandemic St. Patrick's Day

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 29: A glimmer of vaccine hope

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 28: Goodbye, River Road Golf Course

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The London Free Press Podcast Ep. 27: Who wants a sidewalk?

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 26: Inside our topsy-turvy rental market

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The London Free Press ep. 25: The Old East blast's lingering toll

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 24: Hope and homelessness

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 23: Henry Hildebrandt's shift to COVID provocateur

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The London Free Press Podcast, Ep. 22: London's hospital boss is out. What's next?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 21: Real-estate frenzy just won’t slow down

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 20: Ongoing tensions in Aylmer

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 19: Examining the lockdown's reality

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 18: Covid & Christmastime

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 17: Questions remain in construction-site collapse

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 16: An extra long Christmas break? COVID-19 spreads at multiple local schools

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 15: London workplaces & COVID-19

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 14: University Hospital's COVID crisis

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 13: Should police investigate themselves?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 12: Examining a deepening divide on city council

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 11: London's permanent supervised drug-use site, explained

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 10: Will November be our cruelest COVID-19 month?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 9: Graphic flyers, complex fallout

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The London Free Press Podcast ep. 8: Jane Sims on Justin Trudeau's London drop-in

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The London Free Press Podcast, Ep. 7: The aftermath from Aylmer

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 6: Who is Robert Barletta?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 5: The future of OHL hockey, with Ryan Pyette

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 4: What is going on in Aylmer?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 3: Are Homeless Londoners being pushed to the riverbank?

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep 2: About a Girl with Randy Richmond

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The London Free Press Podcast, ep. 1: COVID-19 & our schools with Jane Sims

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