Scott Radley Show

Today on the Scott Radley Show Podcast:   CAD has been trending above $0.83 USD on average which is great news! But why is it trending this way? And what is up with crypto currencies lately? That is what our first guest is trying to decode with us. As well he details what he likes to call the "Scott Radley Show curse." Marvin Ryder, Degroote School of Business, McMaster University.   The sport of baseball has changed a lot in recent years, will it ever go back? Mike Wilner, sports columnist for the Toronto Star. His podcast is Deep Left Field, and it can be found here: https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/deepleftfield.html

Winning a game of bingo feels great but being able to do so with a belly full of great food is even better! A big game of bingo involving restaurants from all over Hamilton is currently underway. With dishes that span everywhere from Thai food & barbeque to butter tarts & chocolate dipped ice cream cones and more, there is something for everyone and you're helping small businesses all over this great city of ours. How did it start and how do you enter? Scott gets the rundown from Chan Thatch. Guest: Chan Thach, Founder, Ask for Chan

Justin Trudeau has recently come out and said that Quebec has the ability to unilaterally make amendments to the Constitution of Canada. Is this accurate and if so, does that mean every province is free to change parts of the Canadian Constitution? Guest: Ryan O'Connor, Lawyer & Partner, Zayouna Law Firm - Working from home has left many employees asking if they have the right to not answer the phone should work come calling outside of normal hours. The best person to answer this question is an employment lawyer so Scott does just that and brings one on the show. Guest: Mackenzie Irwin, Employment Lawyer, Samfiru-Tumarkin LLP - Apparently there are some intentions for Bill C-10 to help promote Canadian content. But aren't there already laws in place to aid in the promotion of Canadian content? Do we need to promote our content even more? Is it time to take it easy with how hard we push it? Guest: Eric Alper, Publicist, Music Commentator & Shameless Idealist

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) There are many things that don't belong on a plane. An example of this is a mask-less, shoe-less passenger who's acting aggressive and making stabbing motions to everyone while spewing racial & misogynistic slurs just after snorting some white powder. I wonder what that powder could have been... 2) It's no secret that the service and hospitality industry has been truly wrecked by the COVID-19 pandemic but there might be a solution being proposed in the Britain. Everyone has a job to do and that job is simple, every adult must drink around 124 pints of beer in order to save the pub industry. For the first time ever, you can be drunk and doing your part at the same time! 3) Winning the lottery is an astronomically unlikely thing to do which makes it that much more special for those who win. Of those who have drawn the winning ticket, how many do you think have washed a pair of pants that holds that very same ticket? The stars must have aligned because we

Bob Bratina has announced that he won't be running for his seat in the House of Commons in the next election and with a mayoral race not far off in the distance, questions about if he'll run in it or not are starting to crop up. Who else has been tagged as being likely to run for the Mayor of Hamilton? Guest: Bill Kelly, Host, The Bill Kelly Show, Global News Radio 900 CHML - Quadmester is the word of the day for Hamilton and Toronto's school boards. What would this new format of dividing up the school day mean for students and teachers as well as the curricula? Guest: Vanessa Vakharia, Founder & CEO of The Math Guru - Athletes often say that the fans and crowd noises don't influence how they play but we'll be getting a chance to see if that's actually the case as American and Canadian hockey teams play their playoff games with very different amounts of fans in the stands. Despite being a team that has many of the traits that make for a high grossing team in terms of fan base, the Toronto Blue Jays only

This week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton features Rick Zamperin who joins Scott to talk about the idea of reintroducing grade 13 to schools, Hamilton's age-old debate over LRT, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally making a playoff appearance, potentially changing the way homes are bought in the hopes of combating rampant house prices and more. Guest: Rick Zamperin, Senior Sports Director, Global News Radio 900 CHML

The CFL relies on fans being in the stands, and the revenue they generate, to carry on but some recent news from the provincial sports minister sounds like that crucial life line might not be there. What could this mean for the CFL and this year's season? Guest: Steve Foxcroft, Sports Broadcaster, NFL Chain Gang Member, NBA Court-side Administrator & Vice-President, Fluke Transport - SCTV is a staple for many people thanks to iconic skits and characters and that goes for both sides of the screen as its launched the careers of many comedians and actors. A documentary that was set to be directed by Martin Scorsese about an SCTV reunion was in the works however we're hearing it's been delayed. Scott speaks with Bill Brioux to find out more about this. Guest: Bill Brioux, TV blogger, brioux.tv

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) CCTV cameras are infamous for their grainy quality video feeds but one bakery has decided they can still work with that after being broken into. Why not take the best photo they have of the burglar and put it on some of their food? 2) A lady in Australia got her wisdom teeth removed but awoke from the general anesthetic to find that her mouth isn't the only thing that changed, her voice did too! Despite never visiting Ireland in her life, she now has an Irish accent! 3) Having your car broken into is really bad but what's even worse is having your prosthetic arm stolen too! Luckily enough for this one-armed pitcher, his thief threw away the arm only for it to be found by workers at a recycling plant who sent it back to him. Which one will be crowned Ben's Story of the Day? Which one is your story of the day?

Inflation is a constant when it comes to the economy but that doesn't mean the rate of inflation is ever constant. In fact it's the word of the day with economists worrying about if it's time to start bracing for a big hit and in the event that it does come, how bad will the hit be? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor of Marketing, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University - Should the Olympics go forward and take place in Japan this year? There's a growing number of people who think the answer should be no and many of them are in Japan. Scott chats with an expert on the Olympics who's also played soccer at the professional level to here what he thinks about the situation. Guest: Dr. Jules Boykoff, Author of Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics; Professor of Politics, Pacific University; Former Professional Soccer Player - With an announcement about Hamilton's pending LRT system expected to happen tomorrow, Scott has spoken with people who are in favour of the project happening a

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) A politician in India has made a video where he can be seen drinking a liquid that he claims, if ingested on an empty stomach every day, will prevent COVID-19 from infecting you. What is this magical liquid you might ask? Cow urine. Is this one of those cases where the cure is worse than the disease? 2) It turns out that Auckland, New Zealand has a pothole problem and someone has taken it upon their self to do something about them. Draw some phallic imagery that features the pothole and then boom, the pothole is gone! The pen may be mightier than the sword but spray paint seems to be much quicker. 3) An ugly picture on your ID may suck but you only have to show it every now and then. An ugly mug shot, on the other hand, sucks much more, especially when the police is posting it everywhere. This criminal found a solution to this, get some better pictures taken and then send the police one of them. Which one will be crowned Ben's Story of the Day? Which

This Thursday will see an announcement be made by the federal government that will either give Hamilton's proposed LRT project its final nail in the coffin or the green light to put shovels in the ground. What does Hamilton's Mayor think of this and what preparations are being made? Guest: Fred Eisenberger, Mayor, City of Hamilton - The Toronto Rock is moving to Hamilton! There's just one catch, they're staying the Toronto Rock. While it's awesome that Hamilton's presence in the professional lacrosse realm but why can't the name be changed to match? Guest: Jamie Dawick, Owner, President & GM, Toronto Rock - A company in California is making whiskey without the alcohol. Why would someone want to drink non-alcoholic whisk(e)y and if the law requires a minimum of 40% alcohol by volume, can you even call what they make whiskey? Guest: Davin de Kergommeaux, Spirits Author; International Whisky Judge; Founder, Canadian Whisky Awards

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) A child with a credit card will often result in some rather expensive charges being put on said card and this is no different. This 4-year-old kid managed to get on his mom's Amazon account and placed an order of Spongebob popsicles to the tune of nearly $3,000. 2) People look for different things in their partners but once this lady discovered her fiance didn't know how to multiply by 2, she called off the wedding! If you're going to multiply, it's important to know how. 3) The name Chernobyl is synonymous with radioactivity, post-apocalyptic conditions and nuclear activity. Apples from the area are being used to make 'ATOMIK Apple Spirit'. Does it glow in the dark? Is there a nuclear zing our booze is missing? Unfortunately we may never know thanks to the Ukrainian Security Service who seized the first batch of 1500 bottles. We'll just have to wait and see if some day it'll grace the shelves of the LCBO. Which one will be crowned Ben's Story of the

Being fully vaccinated means you're fully protected against COVID-19, right? A comment from Dr. Theresa Tam might make you think otherwise. If we're still at risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 despite receiving both doses of vaccine does that mean we won't be returning to "normal" even with everyone vaccinated? Guest: Cara Zwibel, Director, Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association - Medina Spirit testing positive, finding Mr. Perfect, how the Stanley Cup playoffs will be played, whether or not it's fair to compare Connor McDavid to Wayne Gretzky and more is all on the docket today for this week's edition of Sports Talk with Don Robertson. Guest: Don Robertson, Head Coach & Owner, Dundas Real McCoys & Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

CHCH evening news anchor Nicole Martin joins Scott to talk about, what else, COVID. Possible "passports" being used for admittance to sports events. If implemented, how long would that go on for?   On a lighter note, people are showering less now that COVID has us at home. Does anyone at CHCH have a stink about them? Nicole has more on that. As well, how is Bubba O'Neil doing? It's all coming up on the Scott Radley Show Podcast!   Follow Nicole on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolemartintv 

We learned that people are doing a good job staying at home. This is due to technology that supposedly doesn't track you... so how do they know we're staying home? Guest: Allen Mendelsohn, Canadian Internet and Tech. Lawyer - According to an article in the C2C Journal, entertainment appears to be seeing a rift. The possibility might have something to do with politics and who we follow based on their political views. Guest: Aaron Nava, Author at C2C Journal - The IOC (International Olympic Committee) asked 3,500 olympic athletes if they should allow protests or demonstrations on the podium or on the field. They have voted no. Is this a good thing? Guest: Steve Foxcroft, Sports Broadcaster, NFL Chain Gang Member, NBA Court-side Administrator & Vice-President, Fluke Transport

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) Fell asleep with your contacts in? Woke up with some dry eyes? You might want to double check you're grabbing your eye drops and not the suspiciously similar bottle of nail glue... be a shame if a second person glued their eyes shut. 2) Police in Harrisburg, Illinois are arresting parents if their kids skip school. But what do you do when you've elected the remote learning option and they still show up? 3) Schools exist solely to further the education of the attending students and in Florida, they paint on the road where school zones are so drivers know. It looks like this line painter didn't do so great in school because the word 'school' was spelled wrong on the road! On the bright side, Florida might very well have the world's first schohol zone now. Which one will be crowned Ben's Story of the Day? Which one is your story of the day?

Bans on certain kinds of food are currently present in many schools in Ontario but there are some scientists who are looking into whether or not there's a better way to be going about this. Could blanket bans on food like peanuts not be the answer? Guest: Dr. Susan Waserman, Director of the Adverse Reactions Clinic, Firestone Institute of Respiratory Health, Professor of Medicine at the Division of Clinical Immunology & Allergy, Department of Medicine, McMaster University - Athletes are in the best shape they've ever been and yet they are still far from perfect. Injuries are still a rather common occurrence in sport despite all the supports being there. Are we maxing out the human body's potential? Guest: Steve Lidstone, Associate Director, Sports Performance, Brock University - The COVID-19 pandemic has driven people crazy! Or at least you'd think so after seeing this list of stupid names given to babies since the beginning of the year. So gather up your kids named Salad and Pandemica because Scott and

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) Police chases are supposed to be fast, right? Not in this case. In what's been described as the slowest, saddest police chase ever, an English police officer chased a boat along a channel for 8 miles while on his bicycle topping out at a whopping 4 miles per hour. 2) Airport security at New York's JFK airport caught a smuggler with some rather interesting wares. A man was caught flying in from Guyana with 35 competitive songbirds hidden on his person. One must ask, how didn't anyone hear these competitive birds on the flight from Guyana? 3) Some neighbours simply suck. This guy found a way to get him to shut up by building a wall of poop between them. Creativity comes in many ways, some of those simply stink and this one is no different, literally. Which one will be crowned Ben's Story of the Day? Which one is your story of the day?

Publicly available electric scooters could be gracing Hamilton's streets soon. While this will be similar to the SoBi bike program there's some rather large differences between an electric scooter and a bicycle. Would introducing these scooters be a good idea? Guest: John Paul Danko, Ward 8 City Councillor, City of Hamilton - He could have killed someone, literally, and yet he was only fined $5,000. That's how many people feel following an astonishing fight last night during the hockey game between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals. What should the punishment be that Capitals winger Tom Wilson receives and why does the NHL suck at delivering punishments for bad behaviour? Guest: Mark Hebscher, Author; Podcaster; Former Host, CHCH-TV; Former Co-Host, Sportsline - Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to the movie theatre industry but it looks like there will be a rather large resurgence in patronage. What does the future hold for cinema owners and cinema-goers? Guest: Ro

Today's edition of Ben's Story of the Day features: 1) They may be old but they're not out of the fight! An assisted living facility had two fewer residents after an elderly couple with early signs of dementia flew the coop. The entrance's keypad had buttons that all make unique beeps which the husband picked up on. Using some of his old army skills, he took note of which buttons made up the password and did a little deciphering. After cracking the password the couple made their escape. Normally you'll find weird, unusual or downright stupid here but this time it's nothing but pure genius! 2) It's finally happened. The most descriptive and yet least descriptive headline of all time. It features boulders, Boulder Canyon, the city of Boulder, Colorado and the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. Why overthink naming everything when 'boulder' does just fine? 3) Police officers have to deal with a lot on a daily basis. Fortunately, a colostomy bag wielding weirdo who's probably had a bit too much to drink in Kid R