Scott Radley Show

Canadians are saving more money than ever due to COVID-19 but ironically, many people are still worried about their finances. How could this be and are we just finding out we have more money than previously thought? Guest: Don Fox, Senior Executive Financial Consultant, IG Private Wealth Management & Co-host, Planning Your Financial Future, Global News Radio 900 CHML - We are approaching a time when seemingly all major sports are switching to the off season. What will the sports networks air when there's next to nothing to air? Also, how do scouts for leagues like the NHL go about scouting younger players when they're not allowed to watch games in person? Guest: Don Robertson, Owner & Head Coach, Dundas Real McCoys and Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

When Friday rolls around, that can only mean one thing, the newest edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton! Scott invites Graeme Mackay to talk about politics, art, an unusual gesture between Doug Ford and Kathleen Wynne, COVID-19 masks and even Nazis. Guest: Graeme Mackay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator

Some papers are being prepared to put forward in the hopes of proposing a potential bid that Hamilton could make in order to host the Commonwealth Games and there were even some talks that it could be done with next to no cost to the City. Guest: Lou Frapporti, Chair, Hamilton 2026 Bid Committee - There seems to be a lot of pro-mask and anti-mask debate going on nowadays but what do you do when you're caught in the middle? Guest: Rick Creechan, General Managaer, Hutch's On The Beach - How could the Toronto Blue Jays squander having the best pitcher in the MLB? Is the XFL really coming back? Scott turns to a good friend to find out more and share a laugh along the way. Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor, CHCH-TV

Canada's population is rising and as it does so, the number of old people is outweighing the number of young people and the gap seems to be growing. Should we be worried by this? Guest: Dr. Mikal Skuterud, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo - The Toronto Blue Jays have made it into the playoffs but it doesn't seem like anyone is paying attention to them. Do you care about the Blue Jays and how they do this year? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Senior Sports Director, Global News Radio 900 CHML - Time travel is something that often finds itself in the realm of science fiction however some researchers in Australia are finding that it might actually be possible; time travel could be science without the fiction. If it is, how come we haven't met any time travelers from the future? Does time travel have a catch? How would it even work? Guest: Dr. Fabio Costa, theoretical physicist, UQ Amplify Researcher & UQ Amplify Fellow at the University of Queensland

The City of Hamilton was facing a pretty fearsome looking operating deficit until the recent help that's come from the provincial government. While this may help Hamilton and all who live within its boundaries, taxpayers are still on the hook to pay. If that string is attached to this bailout are there any others that we might not see? Guest: Brad Clark, Ward 9 Councillor, City of Hamilton - Are you paying much attention to the MLB season? How likely do you think an NHL player would be to try and sneak out of the bubble? Should you stay with a team to build them up to champions or move to where the best money is regardless of how good they are? These questions and more get answered in this week's edition of Sports Talk with Don Robertson. Guest: Don Robertson, Head Coach & Owner, Dundas Real McCoys & Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton often requires guests to be able to debate and reflect on a variety of topics. Today's guest is Mike Fortune, a man who is well-versed in many topics, and Scott is going to take that and put him to the test with topics ranging from photo-radar speed cameras to the recent influx of chicken sandwiches. Also, why did Mike learn how to drive backwards before driving forwards? Guest: Mike Fortune, Host, The Hamilton Network, Cable 14

The throne speech has been read but what actually got announced and should the other parties accept it? Guest: Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University - Having just heard Justin Trudeau address the nation, Scott gives his take on what he heard and opens the phone lines to hear what you thought of it. Was it a proper and well done address? Was it an abuse of the address' significance? What do you think? - Whether you love it or hate it, pumpkin spice has found itself getting into nearly every kind of food. Some of these foods are improved by it while some others get absolutely ruined and need to be eliminated. Scott and Ben debate which pumpkin spice flavoured foods sound even a little appetizing and which should be burned at the stake.

When you buy a home, there are a lot of people involved in the process. Movers, renovators and real estate agents are among the many jobs involved with home ownership which means it has the potential to keep money flowing which benefits the economy. Could increasing home sales be what we need to stimulate and kick-start our economy back up? Guest: Tim Hudak, CEO, Ontario Real Estate Association - With COVID-19 cases on the rise, the race director for Hamilton's Around The Bay Road Race has been waved off. Was it just the rise in cases that led to this decision or was there something more? Guest: Anna Lewis, Race Director, Around The Bay Road Race - Awards shows like the Emmys, Grammys, Oscars and more are seeing a drop in viewership but why would that be? Guest: Bill Brioux, TV blogger, brioux.tv

Online education is a fabulous idea until you realize your computers and tech don't work with the current iteration of programs and systems. This is what many Ontario teachers and school boards are starting to realize. How could it be that after so many weeks off from school, we're finding out about the problems now? Guest: Jeff Sorensen, President of ETFO’s Hamilton-Wentworth Elementary Teachers’ Local - A US survey found an alarmingly large number of people have never heard of the Holocaust. How could this be and how can we change it so that a horrific event like the Holocaust never happens again? Guest: Gustavo Rymberg, CEO of the Hamilton Jewish Federation - What do Elvis, Katy Perry, Paul McCartney, Kurt Cobain & Avril Lavigne all have in common? They're all the centre of different conspiracy theories! Scott brings on Alan Cross find out more about these conspiracy theories and more. Guest: Alan Cross, music writer, host of the Ongoing History of New Music and curator of A Journal of Musical Thing

Nearly everything is being deemed essential and as such, the government is going to have to find a way to pay for it all. What has been considered essential and how will we manage to pay for it all? Guest: Stephen LeDrew, political commentator and former president of the Liberal Party of Canada - Is social media programmed to addict you to it? Can it change the way to act or think about different topics? A new documentary is saying yes to both of those questions and more. What is wrong with social media and how should you go about changing the way you, or your kids, use it? Guest: Wade Sorochan, one of Canada's leading social media addiction experts & author of "Unsocial Media: Virtual World Causing Real World Anxiety" - When you ask Siri to do something and it gets done so quickly, it feels like magic but what happens when you ask Siri something on the weirder side? Scott and Ben ask the program to get some answers... some of them make sense, others less so. Guest: Siri, AI assistant

The City of Hamilton's implementation of patios has helped save many restaurants and hospitality workers from going under but how long can they stay open for? Should restaurants be allowed to keep their patios open throughout the winter? Guest: Jason Farr, Ward 2 Councillor, City of Hamilton - In the NFL, the Superbowl gets played at a neutral field, is it time the MLB follows suit? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Sports Director, Global News Radio 900 CHML

Annette Hamm joins Scott Radley for this week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton. Everything from the most serious topics to the least gets covered today including working in the media as the 9/11 attacks happened and making sure it doesn't get lost to time, working at extremely early hours of the day, weird museums, drinking booze out of a taxidermied squirrel and more. Guest: Annette Hamm, Co-Host of Morning Live on CHCH-TV

Tim Hortons Field needs some work done to keep it safe to attend but with a price tag around $1 million, who should be on the hook to pay it? Guest: Lloyd Ferguson, Ward 12 Councillor, City of Hamilton - Toronto's sports teams have had amazing players over the years. Is it time we start introducing Kyle Lowry to the other all-time greats? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Sports Director, Global News Radio 900 CHML - Robots come in peace! Or at least that's what they're telling us. As AI adapts and grows to now be able to write in a way that mimics the style of different writers, could we see the end of professional writing and author? Should we be alarmed or excited by this? Guest: Fiona McEvoy, AI Ethics Writer, Researcher, Speaker, and thought leader based in San Francisco

Hamilton is expected to have some large growth in terms of population. Would this growth cause a massive amount of urban sprawl or will we see Hamilton build up into more high-rises and skyscrapers? Guest: Judi Partridge, Ward 15 Councillor, City of Hamilton - When you hear certain songs you're bound to find some part of your body tapping or dancing along to the beat. Some research has shown that even when you try not to move with the music, you're still going to do it. Why is that and could there be something that makes your music of choice predetermined? Guest: Dr. Jessica Grahn, Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Institute, Department of Psychology, Western University & researcher studying the science of music

There's a vast amount of research that's being done into COVID-19 and how we can stop or slow its spread. Some of this research proves unsuccessful towards combating COVID-19 and then gets cast aside. Could we be making advances in other fields of research but throwing it out simply because it didn't work against COVID-19? Guest: Dr. Edward Mills, Part-Time Professor & Expert, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University - COVID-19 hasn't been very friendly to Tim Hortons' sales numbers. Why would this be and how could it explain why sales were up for some other establishments but not Tim's? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor of Marketing, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University - Watching the giants that play professional football is impressive on TV and in person but when you're on the sidelines and they're coming at you, that's a whole different story. With the return of NFL football coming soon, Scott looks to get an inside line on wha

This week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton features Jamie West. Together, Scott and Jamie will tackle some of the most intellectually intense and highly debated topics of our day. Some of these topics include Hamilton's airport, cursive writing and whether or not we should keep calling them "Buffalo boneless chicken wings" when there isn't a chicken wing without the bones at all. Guest: Jamie West, Host of 'What Were You Thinking' on Global News Radio 900 CHML and CEO & Creative Director of Westpro Media