
Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
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Back to school brain hacks for both you and your kids
DR. PATRICK PORTER, founder of BrainTap, and award-winning scientist who has devoted his career researching the brain, mental wellness and cognitive functioning

What’s it like to actually work in Youth Protection?
ZOE HURTADO, Quebec Youth Protection worker

Has your garden got the August blues?
ROCCO ISGROW, Pepiniere Pierrefonds

Should vaccine passports be implemented across ALL sectors?
MARK AGNEW, Senior VP of Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce

The NDP has a new slogan
JAGMEET SINGH, leader of the federal NDP

Will all Canadians eventually have a vaccine passport?
MARTIN FIRESTONE, President of Travel Secure Inc, and an insurance broker in travel medical coverage

Is now the time for you to sell your car?
LORRAINE SOMMERFELD, award-winning auto industry writer for Driving.ca

Opposition not thrilled with how vaccine passports being rolled out
DOMINIQUE ANGLADE, Leader of the Quebec Liberals

Be careful how you word your last will!
ANNA KAMATEROS, Montreal notary

How are business owners feeling about vaccine passports?
MARTIN VEZINA, Spokesperson for the Quebec Restaurant Association & MICHEL LEBLANC, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal

She finally conquered her fears and got the COVID vaccine
MARIE-HELENE DESMARAIS, just got her first vaccine dose

Quebec schools won’t have CO2 monitors by the fall
OLIVIER DROUIN, creator of Covid Écoles

Do the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks?
DR. CHRISTOPHER LABOS, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology who can be heard at 8:10 on Sunday mornings on CJAD 800 on Weekends with Ken

What effect does speed reduction have on accident reduction?
MARIE-SOLEIL CLOUTIER, Professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander
KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio The Weeknd Becky Hill Duran Duran WATN: Guns N' Roses

Can’t find a pool? Try renting one in someone’s backyard
SONNY MAYUGBA, VP of Growth at Swimply, the Airbnb of pool rentals

Revitalization of Canada’s Indigenous laws
DAVID LAMETTI, Canada’s justice minister

Welcome Hall Mission & their “Montreal Helps Montreal” campaign
GUEST: SAM WATTS, CEO Welcome Hall Mission & GUEST: LESLIE ROBERTS, CTV Ottawa morning anchor & host of Ottawa at Work on CFRA

Looking for a little taste of Osheaga? Check out Music On Paper vernissage, Presented by Evenko
PAT HAMOU, curator of Music on Paper

A Coalition for a Better Future
Former federal Cabinet ministers Anne McLellan and Lisa Raitt

How will the border workers strike affect business and tourism in Montreal?
Glenn Castanheira, Executive Director of Montréal Centre-Ville

An update on the Anglo task force in Quebec
COLIN STANDISH, Anglo Task Force Chair

Should all healthcare professionals be vaccinated against COVID-19?
Dr. Ann Collins, President of the Canadian Medical Association

Young men are less likely to get vaccinated
Dr. Christopher Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology who can be heard at 8:10 on Sunday mornings on CJAD 800 on Weekends with Ken

Do you know what revenge spending is? You might be doing it and not even know it.
Lesley-Anne Scorgie, founder of MeVest, and a Toronto Star columnist,

Back to school worries during a pandemic
SAMANTHA KEMP JACKSON, writer, commentator, mom of four kids, and the host of the Parenting Then and Now podcast

Is remote work here to stay?
Ed Zitron, writer of The Atlantic’s tech and culture newsletter Where’s Your Ed At & the CEO of the public relations firm EZPR

Are athletes more prone to gambling problems?
Dr. Jeffrey Derevensky, McGill professor and Director of the International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High-risk Behaviours

Can you sue someone if they give you Covid 19?
HOWARD LEVITT, employment and labour relations lawyer based in Toronto

The art of calming upset people down
BILL EDDY, author of Calming Upset People with EAR, clinical social worker and mediator

Stop releasing your goldfish into lakes and streams!
DR. NICK LAPOINTE, Senior Conservation Biologist with a focus on Freshwater Ecology for the Canadian Wildlife Federation

Have you been to the Jardin Royalmount yet?
ADAM BULTZ, co-creator and co-founder of the Jardin Royalmount & LORNE LEVITT, co-creator and co-founder of the Jardin Royalmount

What inspired this local musician to write Female Brad Pitt?
MARYZE, Montreal artist

Are we on the verge of a dating renaissance?
LOGAN URY, Director of Relationship Science at Hinge, author of How to Not Die Alone

How to teach your teens about money!
BEATRICE BERNARD POULIN, Montreal blogger and author

Quebec doesn’t want to make masks mandatory in schools this fall
LES PERREAUX, Globe & Mail Reporter

How to prepare to emerge from your “COVID Cave”
DR. CHRISTINE KOROL, Registered Psychologist

Hotels embarking on massive renovation projects
ROCHELLE LASH, Montreal Gazette travel writer

What happens to our pandemic pets when we go back to work?
BARBARA CARTWRIGHT, CEO of Humane Canada

Hackers manage to crack Quebec’s vaccination QR code?
PATRICK MATHIEU, co-founder of Hackfest

Today is World Hepatitis Day… what do you need to know?
MIA BIONDI, nurse practitioner and researcher who focuses on hepatology and HIV

Where can domestic violence survivors turn for support?
SHENNEL HUNTE, volunteer, survivor and board member at Women Aware

Should kids have to wear masks in schools this fall?
DR. MATTHEW OUGHTON, Physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Jewish General Hospital

Why is the US land border still closed to Canadians?
BRUCE HEYMAN, Former US Ambassador to Canada and author of the best selling memoir The Art of Diplomacy: Strengthening the Canada US relationship in times of uncertainty

What could possibly be wrong with pay equity?
HOWARD LEVITT, employment and labour relations lawyer based in Toronto

How do we know that covid vaccines really do work?
JONATHAN JARRY, biological scientist & science communicator at McGill’s Office for Science and Society

Tunesday with Virgin Radio’s Kelly Alexander
KELLY ALEXANDER, Virgin Radio Camila Cabello Prince Bazzi WATN: New Kids on the Block

What if your next beer would be supplied by a robot?
DALVIN BROWN, Innovation Reporter at the Washington Post

Why laughing on the job can actually make you more productive
DANIEL SGROI, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick

Local comic Derek Seguin once again part of Just For Laughs
DEREK SEGUIN, Montreal comic