4 JUL 2024 · Today, Brian shares some of his own thoughts on Canadian and US politics. What challenges do we face? What opportunities are out there? Brian Crombie is COO for a $2.5 BN AUM real estate company with properties across Canada and three US States, including grocery anchored retail, industrial, office, hotels and seniors homes along with seven transit oriented multi family development sites in the GTA. Brian has an MBA from Harvard and has spent 35 years in progressively more senior business roles. He has been involved in politics in organizational ways at all three levels since he was twelve.

3 JUL 2024 · Brian interviews Tom Czitron. Tom is a portfolio manager, investment strategist and economic analyst. He has written for various publications including the Globe & Mail. He has over four decades of investment experience and has managed large mutual and pension funds for some of Canada’s most respected financial institutions. Tom Czitron talks about economics and politics, the Canadian economy, interest rates, our currency, fiscal strategies and debt.

2 JUL 2024 · Brian interviews Kevin Yin. Kevin is a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley and a contributing columnist at The Globe and Mail. Kevin Yin talks about the Canadian economy, interest rates, our currency, fiscal strategies and debt.

28 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews Vanessa Topple. Vanessa is the host of two TV shows on the GTA real estate market: one focusing on ownership of housing and one on rentals. We review the different markets and what to expect. She talks about the GTA real estate market. The housing crisis is looking like it’s getting worse with record condo listings, canceled or delayed condo projects and markets that are lacklustre.

28 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews Stephen Wickens. Stephen is a retired editor, writer and transportation researcher who has written extensively about transit and urbanism. We talked about transit in the GTA.

26 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews Dave Meslin. Dave is a creative director of Unlock Democracy. Using non-traditional methods and creative tactics, Dave spent twenty years as a social and political entrepreneur leaving a trail of non-profit start-ups, campaign victories, viral videos, new magazines, and public space interventions in his path. An urbanist, community organizer, author and trainer, he inspires us to invert the traditional pyramid of hierarchy by creating meaningful opportunities to engage our employees, our members, our students. His thesis is simple: We’re stronger and smarter when we’re all involved. Transforming top-down leadership into bottom-up collaboration is the true challenge of the 21st century. He talks about the state of our democracy in Canada and what we need to do to fix it.

25 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews David Perry. David is the president and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, an independent, non-partisan international policy think tank, and my research focuses on Canadian defense spending and procurement. David Perry talks about Canadian National Defense, the state of our readiness, our procurement policies and process and our NATO spending target.

24 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews Dan Donovan. Dan is editor and publisher of Ottawa Life Magazine, a former political staffer and a long time journalist on Canadian politics and current affairs. Tonight I interview Dan Donovan about politics in Canada and specially the by-election in Toronto tonight and what it might mean for Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party’s future.

21 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews Snjezana Pruginic. Snjezana is a seasoned Somatic Trauma Therapist, Transformative Justice Worker, and the visionary behind Circle Point Wellness—a socially minded business committed to cultivating work environments in which people feel good so they can do good. Snjezana talks about her traditions around the solstice and the strawberry full moon, writing down what doesn’t serve you and burning it and setting intentions for the next cycle. She convenes with others outside and acknowledges our relationship with nature, the sun and the moon and others.

20 JUN 2024 · Brian interviews David Roddis. David is the founder of https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2FSlowPainful.com%2F&h=AT0VhTMgIGhOKa12_rLc5OzfJhwpSw8ktcKLK_LGAJ6fl23qbMC1XaB33ZPcwuyEMkEA5N1Bt3zD4PH89N_XU7xQbzrY4EYEczfAQLYsgbDP3r4Upa8FxyKw2acWvANLkx3ckR_UfBb-s70IRrsk&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0vCwdh0TLIUemZ7NLXRv80YZpso_oHRm4uKK55jDPA_RtD4tGzdjKX1g_8FHv3hunR6HBMZWw4ysUo8AKFqa65M760yiQDVkX1RupHZOIGpODYar0A83c59zXxvImvsgSG4y1Xd_mfIgB-NbhLOSkhPUBFGixPH46gvtrp1o4w7nOHMr0KW2UEksOkxfYGgN9v0JQZZtiFVuEv--pMDL3XgMB0bpOwA1i-, where, since 2014, he has offered unabashedly progressive, outrageously funny political commentary and personal reflections. He is known locally as erstwhile author, feckless artist, starer into space while smoking, and public homosexual. David Roddis talks about Pride Month and his new book “Sorry Looking for NOW LOL”. David is one of the few gay men of his generation to have survived the AIDS crisis, who was around during the bathhouse raids. He has literally been around for it all and is one of the rare voices we have left influenced by such times (often unshared) gone by.