The Alex Pierson Show

My Point on Point - Friday, October 11th, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Point on Point - Thursday, October 10th 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's a robot tax? Seth Benzell is postdoctoral associate with the M.I.T. initiative on the digital economy. He explains what this would like like if it were made into law. Originally aired on October 1st 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Point on Point - Friday, October 4th 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Point on Point - Thursday, October 3rd 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Point On Point - Wednesday October 2nd 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My Point On Point - Tuesday, October 1st 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Elaine Birchall, author of "Conquer the Clutter" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maddie was born with cystic fibrosis and spent her life in and out of hospitals and requiring a double-lung transplant. She still needs support, but in an effort to raise money and awareness for the illness, Maddie climbed the Great Wall of China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex Pierson is joined by: KIM WRIGHT, PRINCIPAL AT WRIGHT STRATEGIES & STEPHEN LeDREW LAWYER … BROADCASTER …FORMERLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA Topics Include: The Liberal Party will not disclose independent costing of its campaign promises, the Green Party wants to regulate social media platforms allowing only certain people to publish on those platforms, NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh said his party's happy to welcome Quebec sovereigntists into its ranks, Patrick Brown is picking a fight with Toronto tweeting about the recent gun violence and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by David Harris, a lawyer with decades of experience in National Security and Intelligence Affairs as well as Director of the International Intelligence Program of Insignis Strategic Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Ian Lee, Associate Professor at Carleton University in the Sprott School of Management. They discuss affordability in this election, bankruptcy rates, and people being forced to put their own needs on the line to take care of both kids and parents. People are drowning in debt and numbers are not going down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CBC already gets enough gravy, and now we know it's guaranteed should Justin Trudeau stay in office. While on a campaign stop on Monday Justin tried to 'yuck' it up for the crowd posing at a poutine shop, he dished up a serving a gooey gravy delight and then handed it to the CBC reporter traveling with the Liberal Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen LeDrew guest hosts for Alex Pierson tonight. Stephen is joined by Dr. Ryan Brook. They discuss the reasoning behind as to why feral pigs are crossing the border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Stephen LeDrew is joined by: Anthony Furey, SUN - POSTMEDIA COLUMNIST AND NATIONAL COMMENT EDITOR & Dan McTeague FORMER LIBERAL M-P AND ENERGY EXPERT Topics Include: All about the Canadian Election and talk about the campaign's, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen LeDrew guest hosts for Alex Pierson tonight. Stephen is joined by Robin V. Sears, who is with the Earnscliffe Group in Ottawa, one of the best in the country. Robin speaks out about on how the leaders did yesterday with their campaign's just starting up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen LeDrew guest hosts for Alex Pierson tonight. Stephen is joined by Greg Carrasco to discuss the recent pick up truck wheel theft that happened at Aldershot Go Station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is joined by Kim Fawcett - Former Air Force Captain Dan McTeague - Energy expert and former Liberal MP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ambrose Small was an Ontario theatre tycoon who went missing in 1919. Alex is joined by Katie Daubs, columnist with the Toronto Star and author of the book about his disappearance entitled "The Missing Millionaire" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilan Orzy is the director of advocacy and issues management for Hillel Ontario which is an affiliate of the United Jewish Appeal. He tells Alex why it's so troublesome that a man presently under deportation order for links to a terrorist organization is an invited speaker at the University of Toronto campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Captain Paul Amaral is with TowBoat-US - Vessel Assist Ventur. He was one of the first people to answer the distress call and arrive at the scene of the grisly boat fire off the coast of California that claimed the lives of 34 people. He tells Alex what it was like to answer such a grave call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luke Korcok is the President of the Harrow Fair in Essex County as well as the man who oversees the pigeon-rolling contest. Online video of the friendly competition has sparked umbrage from some, but Luke joins Alex to explain that no harm is being done to the birds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Jason Lietaer, President of Enterprise Canada, to discuss the looming federal election and the concerns about a certain party's 'light bench'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Doretta Wilson, former Executive Director of SQECanada and Education Policy Consultant, to discuss the concerns surrounding kids going back to school amid budget cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Mark Robinson, Canadian Television Meteorologist and Storm Chaser, to discuss the most recent developments with Hurricane Dorian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Politicians must think we're pretty dumb...and maybe we are. How else do you explain the idiocy being debated and cobbled up as key election issues right now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could sex robots create the potential for an increase in the rate of gender-based violence? Guest host Peter Shurman is joined by Glenn Geher, a Professor of Psychology as well as Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Peter Shurman is joined by David Hammond, a Professor at the University of Waterloo and Chair in Applied Public Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Peter Shurman is joined by: Anthony Furey, SUN - POSTMEDIA COLUMNIST AND NATIONAL COMMENT EDITOR & Bob Richardson SENIOR COUNSEL AT NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS Topics Include: Singh says NDP wouldn't prop up Scheer minority government due to ''disgusting'' gay marriage speech, police to double number of cctv cameras in Toronto amid the spike to shootings, parents of Jack Letts say Andrew Scheer is 'passing the buck' on their son's fate and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Shurman is joined by Kelly S Thompson, a former Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and Author of ''Girls Need Not Apply.'' She still encourages women to serve despite experiencing sexism . She worries about the attitude towards women in the military. Now, Kelly has written a memoir in hopes of making a change towards women when it comes to being in the military. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Shurman is joined by Erin O'Toole, a Conservative MP, former Veteran's affair minister and currently a foreign affairs critic. He goes on to explain how the Rally in Markham on August 11th was a side show. Always be mindful on rights and human law. How do we move forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Peter Shurman is joined by: Kim Wright, PRINCIPAL AT WRIGHT STRATEGIES & Kelly Harris PRINCIPAL AT HARRIS PUBLIC AFFAIRS AS WELL AS A COLUMNIST AND FORMER DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS FOR THE ONTARIO P-C PARTY Topics Include: Is Doug Ford in the process of doing a reset or doing anything other than announcing the autism issue, Andrew Scheer saying gay couples lack ''inherent'' quality of marriage, male babysitter claims gender discrimination after Alberta father doesn't hire him and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Shurman is joined by Guidy Mamann, an immigration lawyer. He explains how the board denied the mother's case and not her sons. She could have applied for the refugee option or the humanitarian option but not both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Shurman is joined by Isabelle Soulieres, Professor at the Universite Du Quebec a Montreal and co-investigator on the study. She goes on to explain that we are diagnosing more and more people with autism but we don't know if the real incidences of austism are rising or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK has stripped "Jihadi Jack" of his British citizenship, leaving the former dual-citizen with only a single passport; a Canadian one. David Harris is a lawyer with decades of experience in national security and intelligence affairs as well as Director of the international intelligence program of INSIGNIS Strategic Research. He says it raises profound questions about how Canada has managed its immigration system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Andy Stinton - The Small Businessman Michael Diamond - Upstream Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Tuesday, August 13th 2019 John Robson is a contributor in the National Post as well as the Executive Director with the Climate Discussion Nexus. As things unravel in Hong Kong, Robson tells Alex that tyrannies might be tough, but they also tend to be brittle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the ACLU, a test revealed that facial recognition software mistook 20% of California lawmakers as criminals. Democratic State Assemblyman Phil Ting represents the state's 19th district, which includes part of San Francisco. He tells Alex why he's working to keep this software from being used in conjunction with police body cameras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Trudeau makes history for all the wrong reasons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

University of Windsor professor Doctor Colin Novak explains that the acoustic phenomenon known as the Windsor Hum is abjectly upsetting for those forced to endure its presence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: Michael Diamond: Upstream Strategy Group Saron Gebresellassi: Human Rights Lawyer & Former Mayoral Candidate in Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Col. Roy Knight Jr. was shot down in combat during the Vietnam war in 1967. Guest host Arlene Bynon hears from Jackson Proskow who was at the airport in Dallas when the remains of the American airman were returned to home soil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Liana Kerzner : You-Tuber, as well as video game and tech expert. @redlianak David Tarrant : Vice President of National Strategic Communications with Enterprise Canada @davidptarrant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon talks with Siavash Zohoori, founder of Boys 'n Guns: Masculinity in a Culture of Violence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Steyn, International best selling author and host of The Mark Steyn Show joins Alex to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex speaks with Evelyn Fox, a mother who lost her son Kiesingar Gunn 2 years ago after he was shot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by ... John Mraz : Former Liberal war room director Bill Hutchison: Former broadcaster, longtime journalist, and professor at Seneca College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Adam Oldfield, Global News Radio 640 Toronto's Entrepreneurial Tech Expert, to discuss the controversy surrounding 8chan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this special edition of Counterpoint, guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by: Saron Gebresellassi Human Rights Lawyer and former Mayoral Candidate in Toronto and Stephen LeDrew Lawyer - Broadcaster - formerly the President of the Liberal Party of Canada Topics include: Same CAMH patient goes missing for the second time in a month. CAMH is having an internal review over the next six months, but this needs to be fixed pronto. This news comes on a day where Christopher Husbands lawyers are trying to prove he was in a dissociative state and should be held non-criminally responsible. If they win the verdict are we putting Husbands right back on the street with CAMH? U.S. has two mass shootings over the weekend, while Toronto has fourteen shootings over the long weekend. Many are quick to jump on the United States for their gun laws, but Toronto has had this problem consistently, and nothing has been done except a gun buy-back program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Jim Van Allen, Retired OPP Detective Sargent with the Behavioural Science Unit and Criminal Profiler, to discuss the recent findings in connection to the two teens at the center of a nationwide manhunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices