Scott Radley Show

Although people are being told to stay at home, it can't stop the love that some people have for their car. An element of that love comes in the form of portrait photos and this is where automotive photographers come in. One in particular is adapting the way he works to keep himself and customers while keeping the love of cars alive and well across Ontario. Guest: Lucas Scarfone, Automotive Photographer - The CFL is asking for millions of dollars in financial assistance from the government. Is this something they have any right to be asking for? Guest: Mike Narain, Assistant Professor of Sports Business, Brock University

With a global event such as COVID-19, it's only a matter of time before the conspiracy theories begin. Are we distrustful by nature? Guest: Jeremy Cohen, PhD student, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University - He killed 3 children and their grandfather while driving drunk and was sentenced to 10 years in jail. He's been granted day parole just 4 years into that sentence. How can that be and do people have a right to be outraged by this? Guest: Dr. J. Scott Kenney, Professor, Department of Sociology, Memorial University, victim of crime specialist & Board Member of Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime - Can you guess who the best Canadian athlete you've never heard of is? Do you know who won the first gold medal for Canada? Defeating adversity of all kinds, this person has an outstanding story that brought them all the way to the Olympics but just who were they? Guest: Mark Hebscher, Author of "The Greatest Athlete You’ve Never Heard Of." & sports broadcaster

Students who would typically be working summer jobs to pay for their next round of schooling, are being given money from the government for staying home to help them since those summer jobs aren't all there. Farm operations are needing help but the migrant workers they would normally hire aren't allowed to come work. Could our students be able to help out our farmers? Guest: Hayden Dooney, Simcoe-area apple farmer & member of The Norfolk Fruit Growers' Association - There are rumblings coming out of North Korea saying Kim Jong Un, the country's dictator, is in trouble medically. Whether he's died, dying or at risk of dying, who would lead North Korea after Kim Jong Un and how would that influence the international community? Guest: Jack Kim, Founder, board member & special advisor, HanVoice Canada - Depending on how you watched the NFL draft, you may have felt like every player drafted had a sob story of some sort and that may be by design but why? Are you ok with it? How feasible is a professional wome

Is naming a killer something that the news should be deciding on from outlet to outlet or should there be an overall rule? Should there be a line that allows the name of someone who kills one person to be released but not someone who kills multiple? Guest: Paul Berton, Editor-in-Chief, The Hamilton Spectator - Alberta is getting slammed to the ground even more as the price of oil nose-dives. This has prompted a movement to have Canada and the United States ban imported oil and rely on our own oil. How feasible is this and could it prevent international factors from affecting our economy and workforce? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Professor of Marketing, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University - The NFL draft found a work-around for physical distancing by bringing cameras into many of the players' and coaches' homes which allowed for real-time reactions among other things. Weird things were seen and some eyebrows were raised from a lot of things those cameras captured especially what came out of the bas

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, questions arise but the answers don't always come. Scott looks to change that as he speaks with Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid for our weekly check-up. Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy PhD graduate and Queen Elizabeth Scholar in Strengthening Health Systems - The television and film industry has shut down, halting productions across Canada and beyond. What would happen if all of the new TV shows and movies have aired and been released? Would we be doomed to re-runs until the pandemic is over? Guest: Robert Thompson, Director of the Bleier Centre for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse university

Bidding on hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games is still something that the people of Hamilton 100 are working on despite the COVID-19 pandemic. How is the plan for the bid being altered and are governments still willing to listen while managing the fight against the coronavirus? Guest: Lou Frapporti, Member of Hamilton 100 - Would you call the city if you saw someone not adhering to physical and social distancing among other COVID-19 rules? Scott opens the phone lines to hear your take on this.

The plan for Hamilton's downtown core has been to build density and cut down on sub-urban sprawl but has COVID-19 changed that goal? Guest: Brad Clark, Ward 9 Councillor - Every Canadian has the freedom of speech but some Canadians are saying that could change if an idea that's been suggested by some politicians becomes reality. If knowingly putting false information on the internet becomes a chargeable offence, how could you prove that someone does or does not believe something? Guest: Jaime Stephenson, Past President of The Hamilton Criminal Lawyers' Association - What would you do if you've got one of the most historic pucks in the history of hockey? A Hamilton man happens to be the proud owner of one of those pucks and it's been in the city for the last 70 years, Scott speaks with him about how he came into ownership of the puck and more. Guest: Dan Donohue, Owner of the 1951 Stanley Cup Game Winning Puck

As we search for good news during a global pandemic, there's a glimmer coming from a Hamilton company that is looking to help fulfill the need for more COVID-19 tests. What's their plan and why does it have 6 different variations? Guest: Scott Currie & Deep Singh of Design Medical - Canadians are wasting incredible amounts of food every year. How does this happen and is there anything that can be done with food that would otherwise be thrown out? Guest: Corby Sue Neumann, Head Chef & Menu Planner at HelloFresh Canada - COVID-19 has shut down sports leagues all around the world and this has done nothing more than made us miss watching sports. Scott and Don Robertson talk about what they miss watching, remembering the time of two and a half minute long shifts in hockey and how university sports in Canada are nowhere close to what comes out of the US. Hear all this and more in Sports Talk with Don Robertson. Guest: Don Robertson, Owner and Head Coach of the Dundas Real McCoys and Broker of Record at ComCh

As people turn their ire towards the World Health Organization, the amount of money spent on travel has really come under scrutiny. One of the biggest spenders was a Canadian who racked up close to $400,000 in travel expenses. How can someone manage to spend that much money on travel alone? Guest: Matt Jeneroux, MP for Edmonton Riverbend - One of Broadway's stars just so happens to come from Hamilton! Nick Cordero also happens to be battling COVID-19 in Los Angeles where his fans, family and friends are looking to show their support regardless of where in the world they are. For those who aren't familiar with Nick, Scott looks to get a perspective into Nick's time in Hamilton and his path to Broadway. Guest: Lou Zamprogna, Leader in the Hamilton theatre scene            Daphne Moens, Singer, Actor who grew up with Nick Cordero - Roy Halliday has passed away but with his death also comes some questions as to why he had questionable substances in his system. Moving to the world of NASCAR, one of the drive

The City of Hamilton is losing money which means the taxpayer is going to have to pay the difference due to the fact that municipalities can't run deficits by law. Councillor Terry Whitehead caught flak for asking if cutting spending, which would likely cause public employees to be laid off, could help fix this. While Hamiltonians face two options to fix this problem, cut spending now or raise taxes later, could there be a third option? Guest: Terry Whitehead, Ward 14 Councillor - Now that everyone staying home, Netflix has become the new norm and as such, It seems like everyone has seen the show Tiger King. The show makes it seem like owning and taking care of big cats like tigers is full of mayhem and craziness that you can't find anywhere other than the days of the Wild West. How true-to-life is Tiger King? Are private zoos anything like that on tv? Guest: Jennifer Stallman, Owner of Brantford Twin Valley Zoo

The information on COVID-19 can be overwhelming at times. Despite this, there are worse diseases out there that we aren't covering with the same vigour. Why is that? Questions like this and more are being asked but we aren't finding many answers to them, Scott looks to change that. Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy PhD graduate and Queen Elizabeth Scholar in Strengthening Health Systems - The now former-kicker for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats is moving on to the NFL. What does it take to score an NFL contract and how does this elite kicker manage the stress of kicking on the pro level? Guest: Lirim Hajrullahu, Los Angeles Rams kickers - Everyone is being told to stay at home which inevitably means a glass of wine or two... or three is being enjoyed. Surely that would mean the wine industry is thriving in this time of strife, right? Guest: Britt Dixon, Media/PR consultant for the wine industry

It's back! LRT has returned along with a bunch of other transportation options for Hamilton courtesy of the transportation committee. What does "higher order transit" mean and where will the money for this come from? Guest: Judi Partridge, Ward 15 Councillor, City of Hamilton - Any good Canadian knows the story of Terry Fox and his Marathon for Hope. Believe it or not, there's a Hamilton teacher with an interesting connection to Terry's story because he was the body double for the character of Terry Fox in the 2005 movie. Scott speaks with him to find out more about his paralympic career, playing Terry Fox's body and more. Guest: Grant Darby, Hamilton teacher, paralympic triathlete & actor - As sports broadcasts put old games back on repeat, some are worth watching and others aren't. Which ones are you watching? Over the weekend, the XFL filed for bankruptcy. Could this be marking the end of challengers to the big leagues like the NHL, NFL, NBA and more? Scott talks with Don Robertson about these questi

A lot of news has come out of China throughout the years. Recently, good news regarding the number of cases of COVID-19 has surfaced but can we actually believe anything that comes out of a country ruled by an authoritarian regime? Guest: Dr. Wesley Wark, National Security Policy, Intelligence and Terrorism Expert - As seemingly everything slows down due to COVID-19, there's one area that is leading Canada and that's our airport. What kind of cargo is coming and going through Hamilton International Airport and what happens to the crew upon landing? Guest: Cathie Puckering, President & CEO of John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport

As Hamilton battles COVID-19, lots of people have been asking to pay their taxes at a later date among other things. This, coupled with the increased expenses, will surely push Hamilton to run a deficit, something that's illegal. So what can be done to prevent that from happening and if it does, what will happen to Hamilton? Guest: Fred Eisenberger, Mayor of Hamilton - We've felt the effects of moving manufacturing out of Canada as the supply chain gets stressed more and more. What would it take to bring us into a space of stability and independence? Would people be willing to pay more for that security? Guest: Rocco Rossi, President & CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce - The CFL has elected to delay its season due to COVID-19. With a league that needs its season, what does this mean for the future of the CFL and how will the players be impacted by this? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Sports Director, Global News Radio 900 CHML

Scott has a few things to say about the seemingly inconsistent COVID-19 info we are getting from the top. Allen Mendehlsn shares some concerns about the video call app Zoom. Don Robertson joins Scott from the phone this week to talk about the Stanley Cup, NFL drafts and more!

As COVID-19 continues to spread, there are lots of questions that need answering. Scott turns to a local expert to find if there's a reason it feels like different areas are being affected more or less by COVID-19 among other questions. Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy PhD graduate and Queen Elizabeth Scholar in Strengthening Health Systems - A reality of pandemics is that people will die. As such, funerals are needed but when you're being told to avoid coming together as a group, what should be done? How are funeral homes working to stay safe? Guest: Bill Dermody, Owner and President of P.X. Dermody Funeral Homes