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Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast

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Mennie: McGill and Concordia students embarrass local transit “experts” and Quebec is (justifiably) furious.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 23, 202310 min

‘It’s completely impossible’: Montreal man with motorized scooter says Montreal's new REM is inaccessible

JULIEN GASCON-SAMSON, Montreal man who uses a motorized scooter, says REM is inaccessible

Aug 23, 20236 min

Quebec seeking to implement cell phone ban in elementary and high school classrooms

KELLY GREIG, CTV News Montreal Reporter

Aug 23, 20238 min

Mennie: Feeling safer after those Highway Code amendments? Me neither

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 22, 202310 min

This Quebecer is the first Canadian to win the North Pole Marathon

PATRICK CHARLEBOIS, Quebec Marathon runner becomes first to win the North Pole Marathon

Aug 22, 20239 min

Residents of an NDG apartment building are alleging their new landlord wants them out

DR. MYRNA LASHLEY, Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry at McGill University

Aug 22, 202310 min

How concerning is long COVID? How long does it last?

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

Aug 22, 20239 min

Mennie: New survey confirms Québecers’ deeply held love affair with fossil fuel development

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 21, 202311 min

Are self-driving cars the way of the future?

TRISHA THADANI, Technology Reporter at the Washington Post

Aug 21, 20237 min

S2 Ep 26Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pays tribute, ChatGPT & your health, Trump is indicted in Georgia, & letting someone else plan your next vacation.

BRIAN MULRONEY, Former Prime Minister of Canada DR. ESLI - OSMANLIU, Emergency physician at the Montreal Children's Hospital and scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center AMBER PHILIPPS, Politics Reporter with the Washington Post ROSHNI AGARWAL, Co-founder of The Vacation Hunt

Aug 18, 202346 min

Mennie: Quebec’s education system is a mess. Time for more bureaucracy?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 18, 20239 min

Education minister Bernard Drainville says there will be a lot of unqualified teachers in classrooms at the start of the school year

MICHAEL COHEN, Manager of Marketing and Communications at the EMSB, The Suburban columnist and City Councillor for Côte Saint-Luc

Aug 18, 20239 min

Montreal Chief of Police addresses new realities, recruitment tactics, community outreach

FADY DAGHER, Montreal’s police chief

Aug 18, 202310 min

Researchers warn you not to turn to ChatGPT for your health

DR. ESLI OSMANLIU, Emergency physician at the Montreal Children's Hospital and scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center

Aug 17, 20239 min

Mennie: $644 million to create 345 jobs? (Those EVs better sell like hotcakes)

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 17, 20238 min

Mayor of Montreal addresses construction, water infrastructure, housing crisis and more

VALERIE PLANTE, Mayor of Montreal

Aug 17, 202311 min

'There needs to be less cars': Quebec Energy Minister says carbon neutrality is crucial

PIERRE FITZGIBBON, Quebec Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy

Aug 16, 202310 min

Mennie: Fitzgibbon and Legault play good cop bad cop with Quebec’s addiction to gasoline.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 16, 20239 min

'This is a lose-lose for everybody’: Analyzing the impact of Meta's news block

ALFRED HERMIDA, Journalism professor at the University of British Columbia &GUEST: CHRISTOPHER CURTIS, Co-founder of The Rover (therover.ca)

Aug 16, 20238 min

This company will plan your next trip but the destination will be a surprise

ROSHNI AGARWAL, Co-founder of The Vacation Hunt

Aug 16, 20239 min

When it comes to Montreal restaurants, is smaller better?

J.P. KARWACKI, Montreal Gazette Columnist & LESLEY CHESTERMAN, Former Fine-dining critic with the Montreal Gazette

Aug 15, 202310 min

Trump is indicted in Georgia on charges of racketeering. What happens next?

AMBER PHILIPPS, Politics Reporter with the Washington Post

Aug 15, 20239 min

Mennie: Brian Mulroney’s legacy is historic. But would he have succeeded in an age of social media?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 15, 202310 min

Brian Mulroney pays tribute to former senator and chief of staff Hugh Segal

BRIAN MULRONEY, Former Prime Minister of Canada

Aug 15, 202314 min

Mennie: New poll suggests Canadians aren’t impressed with makeovers or selfies.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 14, 20239 min

Is there a glimpse of hope for Metro Media?

JEAN-HUGUES ROY, Journalism professor at UQAM's École des médias

Aug 14, 20238 min

‘We’re really lucky’: A Longueuil man shares his harrowing story of narrowly escaping the deadly fires in Lahaina, Hawaii

MARCO CARPINTEYRO, Longueuil man survived fires in Lahaina

Aug 14, 20239 min

S2 Ep 25Paying tribute to the late Robbie Robertson, Canada’s productivity problem, posting pictures of your children on social media, & your travel guide book may have been put together by A.I

JOHN EINARSON, one of North America’s foremost music historians RENAUD BROSSARD, Senior Director of Communications at MEI EMMANUELLE PARENT, co-founder of Le C.I.E.L. (Centre for Online Emotional Intelligence) CATHERINE TABAK, Senior Program Manager of Cybertip.ca SETH KUGEL, Travel Columnist with the New York Times, Author: Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious

Aug 11, 202337 min

Most of us aren’t worried about Covid anymore, but should we be?

DR. MATTHEW OUGHTON, Microbiologist and infectious disease specialist at the Jewish General Hospital

Aug 11, 202310 min

Mennie: What if Canada’s biggest crisis isn’t housing or inflation but greed?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 11, 202310 min

Business Brief with Amanda Lang: Does Canada have a cultural problem when it comes to being anti-business?

AMANDA LANG, Host of Taking Stock which airs Friday evening at 6:00 on BNN Bloomberg and on the iHeart radio network

Aug 11, 20236 min

Montreal patrollers raising awareness on what should not be flushed

MARGAUX DUBÉ, Environmental Project Manager at Regroupement des Éco-quartiers

Aug 11, 20238 min

Quebec Liberals are urging the government not to appeal Bill 40 ruling

MARWAH RIZQY, Quebec Liberal MNA &GREG KELLEY, Liberal MNA for Jacques Cartier and Official Opposition Critic for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers

Aug 10, 202311 min

‘It will be music you’ll listen to 50 years from now’: Paying tribute to the late Robbie Robertson of The Band

JOHN EINARSON, one of North America’s foremost music historians

Aug 10, 20236 min

Mennie: Will Quebec nuke its way to prosperity?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 10, 202310 min

If you bought a travel guidebook lately, chances are it could have been put together by A.I.

SETH KUGEL, Travel Columnist with the New York Times, Author: Rediscovering Travel: A Guide for the Globally Curious

Aug 10, 20239 min

Canada’s got a serious productivity problem

RENAUD BROSSARD, Senior Director of Communications at MEI

Aug 10, 20238 min

Everything you need to know about the new COVID variant spreading in Quebec

DR MITCH SHULMAN, CJAD 800 Health Expert

Aug 9, 20237 min

Mennie: The Liberals finally chime in on Bill 40.

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 9, 20238 min

A Montreal man’s electric wheelchair extension was stolen

UMAR SHEZAD, Montreal man with polio uses wheelchair to get around 24/7, an I.T. professional with the CIUSSS and has a second child on the way

Aug 9, 202310 min

‘The numbers are going up’: Advocates are still waiting for homeless population data

JAMES HUGHES, CEO of Old Brewery Mission

Aug 9, 20237 min

Why are more Quebec family doctors leaving the public health system?

OLIVIER JACQUES, Assistant professor in the department of health management at Université de Montréal

Aug 8, 20238 min

Guns N’ Roses is at Parc Jean Drapeau: Looking back at the anniversary of riots at the Big O 31 years ago

MARK LEPAGE, Former Music Critic with the Montreal Gazette, Press Officer at United Nations

Aug 8, 20237 min

Mennie: At Montreal city hall, radar love is more than a song

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 8, 202310 min

Why you should think twice before posting pictures of your children on social media

EMMANUELLE PARENT, co-founder of Le C.I.E.L. (Centre for Online Emotional Intelligence) & CATHERINE TABAK, Senior Program Manager of Cybertip.ca

Aug 8, 202310 min

The hunt for Nessie is on: Biggest search for Loch Ness Monster in 50 years

PAUL NIXON, General Manager of the Loch Ness Centre

Aug 8, 20236 min

Commercial real estate prices are soaring on Montreal’s Wellington Street

STERLING DOWNEY, City councilor for Verdun

Aug 7, 20236 min

Mennie: Did Trudeau just pull off a salmon-toned troll?

JAMES MENNIE, Montreal Gazette

Aug 7, 202311 min

Does Montreal need new rules to ensure safety on bike paths?

JOSH FREED, Montreal Gazette Columnist & STEPHANE BOYER, Mayor of Laval

Aug 7, 20239 min

S1 Ep 24Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire's separation, Passengers left stranded on Montreal's new REM line, staying fit while on vacation, & the 4-day work week.

EVAN SOLOMAN, special correspondent for CTV News, Publisher of GZERO Media and a member of Eurasia Group’s Management Committee JILL BARKER, Fitness Columnist with the Montreal Gazette CHARLOTTE LOCKHART - Business advocate, investor and philanthropist, CEO of the 4 Day Week Global AYESHA KHAN, works in Client Services at Sensai Labs, one of the Canadian companies that have switched to a 4-day work week MICHEL-ANDRÉ GRÉGOIRE, REM Passenger left stranded

Aug 4, 202340 min