Scott Radley Show

Gary Barwin is easily one of the best writers in Hamilton. His book, "Yiddish for Pirates", has been nominated for many awards which helps prove this and why he belongs at McMaster University as their writer-in-residence. Scott chats with Gary about the challenges of being a writer, teaching writing and much, much more. Guest: Gary Barwin, Writer and Poet-There is a minefield of rules in the NHL that the players have to navigate. It seems that everyone is trying to fix every sport however Jack Eichel of the Buffalo Sabres brought up an interesting fix, remove offside penalties from the NHL. Scott and Bubba O'Neil debate if the NHL should actually do it. What do you think? Should the NHL remove offsides? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH-Apparently the grading system is "broken" but don't worry, there is a solution! The Mastery Transcript Consortium is going to be introduced in some schools in the Bay Area, the most liberal and progressive area of California. Bye, bye letter and number grades, hell

Scott and Don Robertson of the Dundas Real McCoys talk about some of the latest news in sports, including publicly calling out referees for their officiating decisions, inconsistent judging in boxing and other sports, and the consequences of Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest.-McMaster University has announced that the use of tobacco and all oral smoking devices will be banned from the Hamilton campus and at the Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington starting January 1st.Is this fair to smokers?

The Brightest Panel in Hamilton has been assemble (and is added to, over the course of the night) for their takes on issues close to home, including some prickly topics. Panel: Mike Fortune, Television host, Interviewer and Professional Master of Ceremonies Brad Clarke, Principal Consultant for Maple Leaf Strategies and former Hamilton City Councillor and Ontario's Minister of Labour and Minister of Transportation Rick Zamperin, host of The 5th Quarter, Assistant Program/News/Senior Sports Director at AM900 CHML 

Tomorrow will be the 30th anniversary of a goal that will forever go down in Canadian hockey history. Mention 'Gretzky to Lemieux' to someone and there's a good chance that they'll remember the 1987 Canada Cup where Wayne Gretzky passed the puck to Mario Lemieux who then scored the game winning goal against the Soviets. Scott catches up with Ron Reusch, the colour commentator of that game, to recall the goal that went down in history. Guest: Ron Reusch, Legendary Hockey Commentator-The Ticats might hire Johnny Manzeil, the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy and has been a first round draft pick for the Cleveland Browns as a quarterback. He seemingly did everything but succeed in the NFL. Since then, he's gotten into trouble with the law which has made him a very controversial figure. Should the Ticats hire Manzeil despite flaming out in the NFL? Could he bring some much needed talent to the Ticats? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Senior Sports Director at AM900 CHML

A statistic from the census has shown that those in living in a household with a single parent are three and a half times more likely to live in poverty. Despite this, single parenthood is being normalized and is even being chosen over other options like adoption. In fact, adoption is being seen a horrible thing to do! Why is that?   -   The CFL has announced that teams will no longer be allowed to have full contact practices as well as the addition of an extra week to the season. This is all being done in an attempt to cut down the number of concussions and exposure to potential injuries for the players. Do you think this is a good idea? Is it actually going to cut down on injuries and concussions? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH-If someone comes to your front door and asks to come into your home to shoot a movie or use it in a shoot, what should you say? Having someone pay you thousands of dollars for every day they use it, maybe a newly painted wall or two and many other things makes this s

Ultra-low cost airlines that fly out of Hamilton's airport have come and gone. Yet another one has been announced that will be flying out of Hamilton International Airport despite the lack of success that past ultra-low cost airlines have had in the past. This begs the question, why do they keep coming if they never succeed? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Professor of Marketing at the DeGroote School of Business-Although the Toronto Maple Leafs have been unable to win a Stanley Cup for many years, this may be their year according to articles from both the Toronto Sun and the National Post. What do you think, are the Leafs going all the way this year?-What is it with bad drivers?! Sometimes they are just plain dangerous and know it! The worse part is that they don't care and show no remorse for anyone else. Scott has had his fair share of run-ins with bad drivers but this one, this one takes the cake.

The Brightest Panel in Hamilton has been assembled for a look back at this week, and a look forward at the days to come.  Panel:Sandy Shaw, Director of the Hamilton Port Authority, Co-host and expert municipal commentator for City Matters on Hamilton Cable 14 Jeff Mahoney, Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator

How is Hurricane Irma going to affect Florida's major tourism industry? The potential for ports to be destroyed will result in many cruises being re-routed or even cancelled for weeks. Guest: Chris - Gray-Faust, Senior Editor at Cruise Critic-Is the future of Canada really going to benefit from the government changing report cards? Dr. Don Klinger is back to talk with Scott about what this could mean for soon-to-be post-secondary students, what this is teaching today's youth and whether or not this is a good idea. Guest: Dr. Don Klinger, Associate Dean of Education at Queen's University-It seems that there is a new norm in today's society. Overprotective parenting is becoming more and more normal and this is worrying Scott. What happened to kids being allowed to go for bike rides with their friends?

The debate over whether or not Hamilton should host the 2030 Commonwealth Games is one that has nearly split City Hall down the middle. Councillor Sam Merulla is against Hamilton hosting of the Commonwealth Games and talks with Scott about why he feels that way. What do you think, should Hamilton host the 2030 Commonwealth Games? Guest: Sam Merulla, Ward 4 Councillor-Vince Carter inspired a whole generation of basketball players when he played on the Toronto Raptors. Sean Menard decided to make a documentary about this called "The Carter Effect" that will be showing at the Toronto International Film Festival. Scott interviews Sean about the creation of the documentary and documentary creation as a whole. Guest: Sean Menard, Director of The Carter Effect-The very man that brought Vince Carter to the Toronto Raptors, Glen Grunwald, made the decision to have Carter traded to the Raptors in 1998 for Antawn Jamison. Scott chats with Glen about the decisions that led up to this trade and what it's like seeing the

When the southern US got hit by Hurricane Harvey, Hamilton gas prices went up by a lot! The other part to this problem is that these prices haven't shown any signs of going down any time soon despite the fact that we haven't been directly affected by Hurricane Harvey. Why is this? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Professor at the DeGroote School Of Business-Cheating is something that happens in every sport and baseball is no different. How the Boston Red Sox cheated, is. The Red Sox used an Apple Watch to steal signs from their rivals, the New York Yankees. Though the act of sign stealing isn't prohibited, using an electronic device to do so is. So are people just blowing this out of the water? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH-A highschool in Caledon is going to be starting a pilot project that will allow students to negotiate their final grade with their teacher. Something that people haven't considered, is that this negotiation would almost always end up with a higher mark for the student, making it less of

Scott has reassembled the brightest panel in Hamilton. Tonight he is joined by Doug Farraway and a seemingly incognito Mike Fotrune. Guest: Doug Farraway, former Director of Development at Neighbour to Neighbour Centre, broadcaster, writer, and host of City Matters on Cable 14. Guest: Mike Fortune, television host and professional Master of Ceremonies

Is it really a good idea for Hamilton to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games? Consider what the rest of the world does with their Olympic stadiums... Should Hamilton follow suit or would $800 million dollars perhaps even more be better spent somewhere else? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor with CHCH News-Steve Buist, a Hamilton Spectator reporter, is the author of the Spectator's investigation into concussions and football. Steve talks with Scott about what this investigation is uncovering and why everyone needs to know its findings. Guest: Steve Buist, Reporter at The Hamilton Spectator

As more and more videos and pictures of Houston emerging left, right and centre, we see people in need everywhere we look. Sometimes people tune out the news and what's going on in the world and Scott has an opinion, what's yours?-In the midst of a massive losing streak, the Ticats made a controversial decision in the hiring of Art Briles as their new assistant offensive head coach which has since been overturned. No one was happy about the decision to hire Briles including Scott and guest Rick Zamperin. Scott and Rick discuss this mistake and how this could have gotten as far as it did. Guest: Rick Zamperin, Assistant Program/News/Senior Sports Director at AM900 CHML-One of the Hamilton Spectator's editorial cartoonists, Graeme MacKay, steps out of the shadows and joins Scott to talk about his new book that captures nearly every Hamilton stereotype in the perfect way. He pulls back the curtain and helps explain his inspirations and some memories as an editorial cartoonist.Guest: Graeme MacKay, Editorial Car

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats' hiring of Art Briles as an assistant offensive head coach has drawn a great deal of criticism. Briles was fired last year as the head football coach at Baylor University in Texas in the wake of a sexual assault scandal within his program.Guest: Paula Lavigne, ESPN Outside the Lines reporter, data analyst, and co-author of "Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University Amid College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis"-It's Monday, so that means Scott and Don Robertson of the Dundas Real McCoys are here to chat about the world of sports. Scott and Don talk about the hiring of Art Briles and the results of the Mayweather vs. McGregor match-up.

Kent Austin has "fired himself" as coach of the Hamilton Tiger-cats, promoting June Jones to the position of Head Coach. Is this a shake-up in the right direction, or will this add instability? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor with CHCH News - This Saturday night, Floyd Mayweather will fight Conor McGregor. Scott thinks that the sport of boxing has a lot to lose if Mayweather is beaten by McGregor. What will happen after this Saturday? Guest: Vinnie Ryan, veteran boxing coach -  Scott discusses the revival of the Westdale Theatre. Graham crawfdord, host of The Graham Crawford Show podcast http://www.grahamcrawfordshow.com/

Poll numbers show that Kathleen Wynn might win the next election. How did she pull this off? Guest: Bill Kelly, host of The Bill Kelly Show on AM900 CHML - Timothy Schmalz sculpted the statue known as Homeless Jesus, which is frequently mistaken for an actual person in distress by citizens of Hamilton. He has now created a new work of art, on display out front of St. Joseph's Hospital. He joins Scott to talk about sculpting as an artistic medium and how sculptors communicate ideas. Guest: Timothy Schmalz, sculptor - Scott lists the some of your favourite forgotten and lost foods, drinks and snacks.

In Hamilton, women who require breast reconstruction surgery are waiting nearly a year for that surgery – that’s nearly twice as long the province says it should take. It’s also the worst wait in the province. Guest: MJ DeCoteau, founder and executive director of Rethink Breast Cancer - The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Kyrie Irving and Isaiah Thomas. Guest: Bubba O'Neil, sports anchor for CHCH - The town of Oakville has decided to designate Glen Abbey golf course a heritage site. How could this possibly be a problem? Scott explains how.

Panelists:  Luke Vermeer, Technical Producer for "The Scott Thompson Show"  Jacob Smith, Technical Producer for "The Bill Kelly Show"  Liz Russell, Content Producer for "The Bill Kelly Show" and "The Scott Thompson Show" 

Caledonia has once again become the site or protest. What can be done to resolve the issue? Guest: Christie Blatchford, National Post Columnist, author of "Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy" - The Hamilton Tiger-cats are up against the Ottawa Red Blacks tomorrow. Fans are hesitant to hold high expectations. Should they be? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Host of The 5th Quarter on CHML, Senior Sports Director at AM900 CHML -  Scott digs deep into the problem of performance enhancing drugs, and how prevalent their use is. How do other athletes feel about this? Guest: Jesse Lumsden, 2X Olympic Bobsledder and retired CFL running back

In honour of today being the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley's passing, Scott shares the story of a questionable decision he made in his youth while riding a shuttle bus into Graceland. - Scott has some good news and some bad news, regarding taxes and minimum wage. _ Scott gets Bubba O'Neil's perspective on current events in the world of sports, including matters close to Hamilton. Guest: Bubba O'Neil,  - The Canadian National Exhibition is opening in two days! How has The Ex changed over the years? What does it mean to people these days? Guest: Virginia Ludy, General Manager of the CNE.