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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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Premier Legault walks back on the vax tax

DR. VARDIT RAVITSKY, “Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal and President of the International Association of Bioethics”

Feb 1, 202210 min

What’s Balarama Holness been up to since the election?

BALARAMA HOLNESS, former mayoral candidate

Feb 1, 202211 min

Why does brown sugar go rock hard and is there anything you can do to prevent it from happening?

DR. JOE SCHWARCZ, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society

Feb 1, 20228 min

What impact will the easing of restrictions have in Quebec?

DR. BRIAN WARD, professor of Infectious Diseases at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Jan 31, 202212 min

Should Trudeau find a way to empathize with the truckers?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 31, 202211 min

Trudeau says he isn’t intimidated by truckers - but he doesn’t have to put up with them.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 31, 20229 min

Dawson College expansion project shelved by the CAQ

DAVID BIRNBAUM, Liberal MNA for D’Arcy-McGee and Official Opposition Critic for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers

Jan 31, 202210 min

Vaccines alone won’t be enough to end this pandemic

PRATIVA BARAL, epidemiologist and a PhD student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Jan 31, 20228 min

Do you ever get calls, texts or emails intended for other people?

JASON YOUNG, Toronto lawyer who keeps getting emails intended for someone else

Jan 31, 20227 min

People are getting COVID on PURPOSE?

DR. CHRISTOPHER LABOS, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology… you can hear him on Sunday Morning House Call…. with Dr. Chris Labos at 8:10 on Weekends with Ken

Jan 28, 20229 min

What is Trudeau's BEST approach dealing with the Trucker Convoy heading to Ottawa?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 28, 202211 min

“Freedom Convoy” - no matter what happens, Trudeau can’t lose.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 28, 20229 min

Quebec Liberals launch website to recruit new candidates

DOMINIQUE ANGLADE, Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

Jan 28, 202214 min

Montrealer to speak at UN World Interfaith Harmony Week event

ROSLYN FRANKEN, daughter of Nagasaki bombing survivor John Franken, author of Meant to Be

Jan 28, 20227 min

Catastrophizing can lead to heightened pain

GEOFFREY DOVER, associate professor in the Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology at Concordia

Jan 28, 20229 min

What do we know about this new COVID-19 variant?

DR. MATTHEW OUGHTON, Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Jewish General Hospital

Jan 27, 20229 min

How is the federal government dealing with the trucker convoy?

OMAR ALGHABRA, Canada’s Transport Minister

Jan 27, 202211 min

Could the Freedom Convoy protest turn violent?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 27, 202210 min

Will Dr. Boileau address the anti vax tax issue?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 27, 202210 min

Have lockdowns fuelled a surge in domestic violence?

HALINA HAAG , researcher with Wilfrid Laurier University and the ABI Research Lab, University of Toronto

Jan 27, 202210 min

Tired after cleaning the house? That could be bad news

NANCY GLYNN, associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health

Jan 27, 20228 min

An open letter to Quebec’s public health officials

MICHAEL LEVY, environmental health specialist and epidemiologist who holds a masters in public health

Jan 26, 20229 min

Schools have been open for over a week.. How’s it going?

OLIVIER DROUIN, creator of Covid Écoles

Jan 26, 20227 min

How seriously should Ottawa take the trucker convoy?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 26, 202211 min

Has Legault’s anti vax tax become a liability?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 26, 20228 min

How are Canadian Ukrainians feeling right now?

IHOR MICHALCHYSHYN, CEO of the Canadian Ukrainian Congress

Jan 26, 202210 min

OQLF says restaurant isn’t doing a good enough job in French

TED DRANIAS, owner of Petros Taverna in Griffintown, Westmount and Laurier 

Jan 26, 20228 min

Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day - Let’s End the Stigma

DR. HEATHER STUART, Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Queen's University & Bell Canada’s Mental Health and Anti-stigma Research Chair

Jan 26, 20229 min

What matters more to you - making as much money as possible, or loving your job?

ANDREW HALLAM, Canadian finance journalist & author of Balance: How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth

Jan 26, 20227 min

Former city councillor takes on new role with Bnai Brith

MARVIN ROTRAND, National Director of B’nai Brith Canada’s advocacy arm AND former city councillor for Snowdon

Jan 26, 20226 min

Did Legault strike the right tone by easing up on restrictions?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 25, 202210 min

Did Anglade goad Legault into easing restrictions?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 25, 202210 min

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander

KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio  Ryland James Christina Aguilera Charlie Puth WATN: Oasis

Jan 25, 20227 min

What impact is the Omicron variant having on infected children?

DR. EARL RUBIN, pediatric infectious disease specialist and medical microbiologist

Jan 25, 20229 min

Can the west stop Russia from invading Ukraine?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 24, 202210 min

Anglade tries to tap into Quebec’s growing pandemic fatigue.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 24, 20229 min

Why are Florida and Quebec two completely different planets?

JOSH FREED, Montreal Gazette columnist & AARON DERFEL, Montreal Gazette health reporter

Jan 24, 202213 min

Montreal start-up launches smart arm bracelet to save kids’ lives

GEORGIA POWELL, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of NURA Medical

Jan 24, 202210 min

Restaurants still unsure of when they’ll be able to reopen

PETER SERGAKIS, owner of several bars & restaurants in Montreal, and President of the Quebec bar owners association

Jan 21, 20229 min

How easy is it to generate a QR code for a fake vaccine passport?

CARMI LEVY, Bell Media tech expert

Jan 21, 20227 min

Why can’t Anglade and Legault get along?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 21, 202210 min

Things are getting nasty between Dominique Anglade and François Legault.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 21, 202211 min

How can we convince the unvaccinated to get their shots?

ROXANNE DE LA SABLONNIÈRE, psychology professor at l’Université de Montréal

Jan 21, 20229 min

Brad Barr of the Barr Brothers has a new solo album out

BRAD BARR, new album The Winter Mission is out today

Jan 21, 20229 min

Why this nurse quit her job to drive trucks for a living

LEAH GORHAM, quit her job as a nurse to become a trucker

Jan 21, 202210 min

1 in 4 Canadians think antivaxxers belong in jail

JOHN WRIGHT, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion

Jan 20, 20229 min

Will the federal government get involved in Quebec’s antivax tax?

JEAN CHAREST, former Premier of Quebec

Jan 20, 20229 min

Is Canada right to talk tough against Russia?

Tom Mulcair can be heard weekdays at 7:40 AM with Andrew and again at 5:05 PM with Aaron and Natasha.

Jan 20, 202210 min

When life hands him lemons, Legault unveils his election campaign strategy - a remade health care

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Jan 20, 202210 min

When is the best time to get a booster after having COVID?

DR. JAMIE SCOTT, molecular immunologist and professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University

Jan 20, 20229 min