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Ep 172We'll See You In Detention

Angry Canadian gets into PM Trudeau's face (1:30); Is Canada's recycling industry broken? (6:40); Fewer kids are getting detention (22:30); Valour FC Head Coach Rob Gale (28:20); SCE Lifeworks Reverse Job Fair (36:10); Why do wrongful convictions happen, with Niki Reitmayer (43:35); RWB's The Wizard of Oz (53:30).

Apr 29, 20191h 7m

Ep 171The Start: Endgame

Talking Avengers: Endgame (1:30); Five jobs we've had through our lives (6:35); Domestic violence red flags, and where to turn (14:50); Brett's spoiler-free review of Avengers: Endgame (28:50); Grieving the loss of a child (37:55); Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival (42:30); The Couch Potatoes & WSO team up for Superhero Showdown (53:10); Happy Birthday Hal! (58:50); Big Daddy Tazz and the "Comedy Aces" (1:02:05).

Apr 26, 20191h 14m

Ep 170Exit Stage Left

Show Tee-up (1:30); BerMax owners accused of staging hate crime: Police Chief Danny Smyth & Jewish community reactions (8:50), Mainstream media accused of "not following through" on story (14:25), and hate crime hoaxes - how rare are they? (20:30); Thrive Thift Shop and Fashion Revolution Winnipeg teaming up for weekend clothing swap (30:40); Sensational Serena billboard (40:20); Patio SZN! (45:00); The Accidental Veterinarian (52:05).

Apr 25, 20191h 6m

Ep 169Mackling Shark (Do Do Do-Do Do-Do)

Greg wears a ____ jersey! (1:30); The Philippines threatens Canada over...garbage?! (7:00); BC Garbage can dispute escalates very quickly (13:15); The first ever high school Ethics Bowl (21:10); Avengers: Endgame reviews are in (NO SPOILERS) (26:50); Kelly Moore at Bomber free agency camp in Florida (30:05); Mayor Brian Bowman on Linda Sarsour (35:30); Amber McGuckin's domestic violence series (42:15); Concerns about rising violence at Stony Mountain (49:10); Lara Rae, Winnipeg Comedy Festival (55:05).

Apr 24, 20191h 11m

Ep 168...Part Of A Balanced Breakfast

Greg is back! (1:30); Brett's pay-it-forward followup (7:25); A Winnipeg Jets debrief (17:50); One year since the Toronto van attack (33:20); Amber McGuckin, part 1 of a series on domestic violence (38:45); Ontario school breakfast programs could be axed (46:30).

Apr 23, 20191h 0m

Ep 167Jets Crash Land

Kelly Moore & Leah Hextall on the end of the Jets post-season (1:30); The latest from Sri Lanka (17:45); Brett finds $35 in thrift store pants (21:40); City-wide cleaning starts tonight (28:00); BerMax Caffe targeted with anti-semitism (35:05); Golf season is finally here! (40:10); Game of Thrones tourism (48:45); Infertility Awareness Week (56:55).

Apr 22, 20191h 10m

Ep 166Remembering (Or Forgetting) Bad Thursday

The Jets & Bad Thursday (1:30); Memories of Bad Thursday (7:05); Bob Irving on the Winnipeg Jets tonight (15:05); Golf courses are opening this weekend! (19:30); How the playoffs impact Main Street Project (31:00); Hal Anderson on Bad/Great Thursday (36:25); Has Columbine affected what we do at schools here? (45:15); 441 Main Bad Thursday plans (50:20);

Apr 18, 20191h 3m

Ep 165How To Breakthrough The Hockey Hangover

Big Jets OT Victory last night (1:30); Fighting hockey fatigue (10:00); First-ever report on patient satisfaction for trips to the hospital (18:15); MB-shot movie "Breakthrough" opens today (24:25); Winnipeg woman says cost of legal weed is "astronomical" (33:45); Colorado is locking down schools in connection with Columbine (43:20); Jets 1.0 reunion! (50:20).

Apr 17, 20191h 6m

Ep 164Our Attention Turns To France

Talking Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Jets (1:30); Whiteout on Bad Thursday! (8:25); Cathedral fire draws attention of the world (13:10); Approaching 6 months since cannabis has become legal (28:45);Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman on why cannabis might not be the answer for combating anxiety (43:50); Alberta goes to the polls (52:20).

Apr 16, 20191h 3m

Ep 163Winter Is (Somehow) Coming

Snow. Jets. Tiger. Thrones (oh my) (1:30); St. Andrews floodwatch (9:15); More on Tiger Woods and his miraculous Masters victory (13:35); Greg & Kelly visited Jordan's 411 Sports Show on Friday (24:00); Taz Stuart on biting centipedes (28:40); RCMP on pot enforcement, 6 months in (37:05); Brett bends the knee to GoT (43:45); Game of chicken at the Legislature could lead to snap election (47:20); The Peg Authentic Brand gets a "magical" push from the playoffs (53:30).

Apr 15, 20191h 10m

Ep 162In Fashion

Jets chat (1:30); Amber MuGuckin in Grand Forks (8:40); Game 2 Jets primer (13:35) Fashion trends that need to go (21:25); The psychology of sports superstition (31:10); HOOSLI! (37:10); Finalist for the Entrepreneur of the Year at the Winnipeg Nightlife & Lifestyle Awards (46:15).

Apr 12, 201957 min

Ep 161Jets Sing The Blues

Broadcaster Scott Oake on Game 1 of Jets vs. Blues (1:30); Black Space Winnipeg on how some may perceive the WhiteOut name differently (10:45); Major Andrew "Hazno" Faith from the RCAF on the fly-over (22:05); Tim Hague Sr. on World Parkinson's Day (29:35); A woman calls 911 on...her Roomba? (36:50); People still don't buckle up!? (47:20).

Apr 11, 201955 min

Ep 160Can't You See What We Mean?

Jets talk (1:30); Our favourite "pump-up" songs (6:50); St. James woman spends over $1,000 searching for her missing cat, Sage (14:30); Global's Mike Koncan on the storm that just missed us (21:55); Selling downtown (28:50); St. Boniface Hospital Foundation mental health initiative underway (36:05); Brandon Wheat Kings music man on pump-up music (43:15); Jeff Browaty on gas tax dollars (54:05).

Apr 10, 20191h 2m

Ep 159Lies & Spec-U-Lection

Ontario moving to make tailgating legal (1:30); Doug Rush from The Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7:15); Social media as a tool for spreading lies and hate (14:50); a spec-u-lection? Are we headed to the polls early? (22:20); Jets playoff excitement and superstition (28:55); Pothole hunting (40:15).

Apr 9, 201951 min

Will The Jets Be Singing The Blues?

Jets talk (1:30); City inspectors accused of wasting time on the job (6:50); What do you think of playoff bandwagon hoppers? (16:10); Kelly Moore on the Jets (21:55); Post-winter street cleanup (28:50); The latest on flooding (34:35); Whiteout Party! (40:30); Wishin' I Was Fishin' grand prize winner! (46:35).

Apr 8, 201953 min

Ep 157Flipping Out Over PST Billboards

PST Billboards spark debate (1:30); Self-serve Tim's kiosks? (12:10); Cell phone coverage problems for many Manitobans (18:15); Winnipeg woman suffered health complications from getting breast implants (24:30); Remembering Humboldt (31:10); Kortney & Dave Wilson, the Masters of Flip (40:20); Producer Kyle previews Wrestlemania 35 (48:35).

Apr 5, 201956 min

Ep 156Turkey, Breasts

Gas prices are up! We talk to Dan McTeague from GasBuddy.com (5:10); Standing in line for tickets...a lost art (13:40); Winnipeg short-changed by the province (27:05); Botched breast implants ruin Winnipeg woman's health (33:15); Spring fitness tips with Kathryn McKenzie from Surefire Fitness (43:35); Wild turkeys loose in the city! (52:10).

Apr 4, 201959 min

My Name Is My Name!

Jody Wilson-Raybould booted from caucus (1:30); After whom are you named/Teen trades Xbox and does yard work to buy Mom a car (16:50); Nova Scotia could be adopting presumed consent for organ donations (30:30); Avengers: Endgame crushed first day pre-sales record (44:25); Why Pap tests are important (51:10); Greg's going to Winnstock! (57:35).

Apr 3, 20191h 10m

Ep 154Five! Five Dollar! Five Dollar White Out!

Winnipeg Whiteout street parties are returning, with a cost (1:30); Vaccination hesitation (16:55); Breakfast with the Bombers (32:50); Millennium Library "Read-in" protest (42:05); Canada warming up too fast! (47:00); Minnesota man endorses Q Lake Lodge (52:40).

Apr 2, 20191h 3m

Ep 153Stuck In IKEA (With You)

Winnipeg Whiteout Parties are back (1:30); Brett got stuck in IKEA for 2 1/2 hours (10:55); Carbon Tax takes hold today (17:30); Valour FC jersey unveiling to take place Thursday (29:50); JWR fallout? (39:55); Are fixed elections actually fixed? (44:35).

Apr 1, 201958 min

Ep 152Are You Tired of Herring Fish Puns?

Jets :( (1:30); Hospital wait times (3:40); Manitoba Government in some hot water for a tone deaf tweet about nurses (9:30); Fortier is movin'! (17:40); Carbon tax primer (24:10); All the fish puns! (38:50); Winnipeg Nightlife Awards (vote for us!) (42:10).

Mar 29, 201951 min

S1 Ep 151The Science of Potholes

Pothole troubles (1:30); NFL coach will give his players "cell phone breaks" (8:55); Trudeau's approval rating takes a dive (17:00); The science of potholes (23:50); Wait times are up for hip & knee replacements (40:30); WSO's "The Planets" (50:25).

Mar 28, 20191h 4m

S1 Ep 150Manitobans Grapple With Success

The school zone photo radar debate rages on (1:30); Would you bring outside food into a restaurant (7:50); Liquor Marts naming and shaming thieves (18:20); Leah Hextall on her historic ESPN gig (21:05); the new doc "Omega Man: A Wrestling Love Story" on Kenny Omega, the most famous Winnipegger you might not have heard of. We are joined by fellow Winnipegger Don Callis, VP of Impact Wrestling and Dale Burshtein, Executive Producer of the doc (29:30); Has Regina pulled the plug on the NFL, with Rod Pedersen (38:35); Local author J.H. Moncrieff on her trip to a haunted forest in Romania (46:25).

Mar 27, 20191h 0m

S1 Ep 149"You're Going The Wrong Way!"

Brett goes to the dentist (1:30); Carman school in hot water over underwear waistband flap (8:35); Airplane lands in the wrong airport...and country! (24:25); Antibiotic resistance (31:40); Winnipeg singer Faouzia (45:35); Leah Gazan and Steve Bell on the Bill C-262 rally (56:50).

Mar 26, 20191h 10m

S1 Ep 148Tuna Many Fish Puns

The Bear Clan picks up 225 needles per day (1:30); The science behind meth (5:25); Doing drugs safely at parties (11:40); Where would you travel to? (18:00); Reggie Cecchini on the Mueller Report (27:10); The Couch Potatoes review "Us" and "The Dirt" (33:45); Kelly Moore on the Winnipeg Jets clinching a playoff spot (41:00); Cruise ship horror story (48:05).

Mar 25, 201958 min

S1 Ep 147Brass N' Oboe

Oh those railroad crossings & NO Jets spoilers?! (1:30); Why do we become college basketball nerds in March? (9:10); The Couch Potatoes (15:25); Big Heist Brass Band in studio!! (21:20); Assault & theft at Polo Park (30:55); Manitoba Trucking Association wants to see change (38:40); Is theft a growing problem in all retail? (52:10); Mcnabb vs. the oboe (59:00).

Mar 22, 20191h 2m

S1 Ep 146Don't Steal Wild Turkey(s)

Changes to Liquor Marts meant to curb theft (4:30); Valour FC's connection to Valour Road (14:10); What are "Snowplow" parents? (22:25); Carjackings on the rise (35:55); Fort Whyte Alive on the invasion of wild turkeys (40:05) and Cross Lake, MB's Brady Keeper signs with the Florida Panthers (45:20).

Mar 21, 201958 min

S1 Ep 145The Gritty (Re)Start

Mayor Brian Bowman on the funding squabble (1:30); Mackling on money (12:10); David Akin breaks down the federal budget (16:35); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air gets a fan-made gritty reboot (24:30); CAA launches worst roads campaign (31:05); 88 pounds of plastic in a whale!? (39:50); Lara Rae on her new play "Dragonfly" (51:30).

Mar 20, 20191h 8m

S1 Ep 144Budget Your Listening Time Wisely

Talking flood outlook (1:30); Sesame Street stranded island question? (11:15); Code Whites at Winnipeg hospitals are up (18:50); New Zealand Prime Minister won't utter the shooter's name (26:05); no tryouts, no cuts sports? (41:30).

Mar 19, 201948 min

S1 Ep 143A Luxe-urious Day For A BBQ

Winnipeg on pace for a record number of homicides (1:30); Gun pulled on an off-duty officer (11:10); KP facelift (19:55); Doug Brown on some rumoured CFL rule changes (27:35); The Athletic's Murat Ates on an incredible story of luck and love, hockey style (37:35); Luxe BBQ pays us a tasty visit (46:30).

Mar 18, 201955 min

S1 Ep 142Our Thoughts Are With Christchurch

The latest from the deadly terror attack in Christchurch (1:30); More from our Uncorked series, Alcohol and Police (12:00); Would you pay for a mall parking spot? (18:20); Mike Koncan in Fargo (22:40); Big Daddy Tazz (26:10); Shahina Siddiqui from the Waverley Mosque (32:45); APTN to broadcast hockey game in Cree (38:15); Rod Pedersen, as part of our Uncorked series (44:10).

Mar 15, 201956 min

S1 Ep 141BRB: BBQing

Mike Koncan in Fargo (); Facebook and Instagram went down...and we all survived (5:50); Diana Foxall's ride-along with WFPS (11:40); Bumbling crooks (18:30); WAA on the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 (24:05); our Uncorked Series, on alcohol and First Nations (29:10); Lauren wants to BBQ! (43:35).

Mar 14, 201954 min

S1 Ep 140Cheaters Never Podcast

Lauren Mcnabb tours the "drunk tank" (9:45); Time to ban cell phones in classrooms? (16:20); Brett's story of seeking help from the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (23:40); WSD on their classroom cell phone policy (38:50) Kelly Moore on the passing of Randy Turner (44:10) Alcohol & The Weather (47:05).

Mar 13, 201958 min

S1 Ep 139(Self) Check Out This Podcast...

Uncorked: The Dark Side of Drinking (1:30) Self-checkout at Shoppers, yea or nay (14:20); Why "Mommy Juice" is no laughing matter (22:50); Brett is headed to the doctor! (35:45); Mama Bear Clan (43:00); More alcohol feedback (48:35); How a big US storm could affect Manitobans (56:20).

Mar 12, 20191h 6m

S1 Ep 138"You Don't Look A Day Over 72!"

Happy 73rd Birthday, CJOB (1:30); Ethiopian Airlines crash (11:50); Winnipegger intervenes in Liquor Mart theft (18:25); Down with Daylight Saving Time!? (23:20); Grand Forks snow dump raises flooding concerns (32:30); World-changing stroke research at St. Boniface Hospital (54:05).

Mar 11, 20191h 5m

S1 Ep 137International Women's Day #IWD

Talking the provincial budget (1:30); Celebrating International Women's Day (12:35) & Manitoba Woman In Construction: Soo Lee from Marwest Construction & Kayla Gervais from Bockstael Construction (19:15); The Couch Potatoes new movie preview (30:30); More budget talk with the Canadian Tax Payers Association (35:40) & Richard Cloutier (42:30); and local app-makers of TrapSpy respond to the Google Maps radar alerts (47:15).

Mar 8, 201959 min

S1 Ep 136Tru or Deau Not, There Is No Try

Global's David Akin on Trudeau's latest comments (1:30); The Canadian Taxpayer's Federation weigh in on Trudeau and the upcoming provincial budget (7:00); Liquor store thefts on the rise (15:10) & (21:50); Alex Trebek reveals he has Stage 4 cancer (32:35); More PM Trudeau talk (36:35); Why we hate to see TV shows leave us (41:40).

Mar 7, 201956 min

S1 Ep 135Radar Is Coming...

Google Maps gives radar warnings now? (1:30); Why are we so attached to certain TV shows? (8:30); Saskatchewan is getting an NFL game? (14:55); the fallout from the Michael Jackson documentary (17:45); Provincial budget preview (26:20); Christian Aumell live from the Brier (34:15); Police respond to the Google Maps (42:55).

Mar 6, 201949 min

S1 Ep 134Yes We Can!

Greg and Lauren saw Barack Obama (1:30); Discussing the tragic home invasion incident in the city (7:45); Lympedema Day (12:30); Who'd you like to talk with? (21:10); RIP Luke Perry (27:10); 100,00 feral cats in our city?! (29:50); Global's Abigail Bimman (36:00); A Maze In Snow (43:10).

Mar 5, 201956 min

S1 Ep 133Barack Talk

A Star Is Born/Obama security guy (1:30); Brett's "Steve Harvey" moment (8:25); Less road money (18:10); Remembering John Candy (24:50); Loren Remillard on Obama's visit (28:30); Kelly Moore on the surging Jets (37:15); Christian Aumell's frozen odyssey (43:20); More Obama chat (48:45).

Mar 4, 201959 min

S1 Ep 132Budget Your Time

Mar 1, 201939 min

S1 Ep 131Property Taxes Could Go Up By At Least 9.0210%

Digging into Jody Wilson Raybould's comments (1:30); The Parental Paradox (4:50); Property taxes are going up by how much!? (12:25); Beverly Hills 90210 returns! (17:30); Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer (20:40) Ethics Professor Arthur Schafer (29:15); Global's Reggie Cecchini on the Trump/Cohen saga (36:15); Winnipeg Pro Wrestling presents: BARRCADE! (42:50).

Feb 28, 201957 min

S1 Ep 130Property taxes going up more than expected?

What kind of wildlife have you ever run into? The RCMP met a fox this week (1:10); Greg is grumpy about the Jets, and how did it go when we first tried to get our driver's license (7:42); Amusing text from listener on driver's license testing, & the head of the firefighters union in Winnipeg says they're getting called out for dangerous non-fire related situations (13:53); Mayor Brian Bowman hints property taxes might be going up higher than expected (21:07); Brett reads to kids at Ecole Howden IN FRENCH <gulp!> (28:53); MPI with the latest on their backlog, and numbers show many Manitobans... FAIL (32:20); the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra needs the Province to step up and help fix THE SHELL (37:43)

Feb 27, 201946 min

S1 Ep 129Go Towards The Light

Woman charged for ambulance she didn't take...sort of (1:30); Air Canada cuts (10:40); Jagmeet Singh wins in B.C. by-election (16:35); Andrew Harris (23:10); RCMP hands out monster traffic tickets (31:25); How did the Jets do at the trade deadline? (36:50); A neat sneeze trick (43:30); I Love To Read Month (46:05).

Feb 26, 201957 min

S1 Ep 128How To Interview A Cat

Is winter bullying us? (1:30); Oscar debrief! (8:10); North Dakota predicts flooding (17:30); Third officer-involved shooting of 2019 (22:25); WSO Star Wars vs. Star Trek recap (26:20); Do or die for Jagmeet Singh? (31:50); The Winnipeg Jets make a trade (40:10); Clay Young interviewed a cat once (48:25).

Feb 25, 201952 min

S1 Ep 127"I am altering the podcast. Pray I don’t alter it any further."

Lauren is out of breath (1:30); Alberta says photo radar needs to change (7:50); Pallister speaks out about the funding flap with Bowman (16:10); The Couch Potatoes on the Oscars and Star Wars vs. Star Trek with the WSO (23:30); Traffic ticket experts on photo radar (32:20); Swimming lessons for newcomers (47:45); Snow in Vegas! (53:30); Darth Vader in studio (1:04:05).

Feb 22, 20191h 17m

S1 Ep 126Mystery Podcast

The Telecom industry and their misleading sales numbers (1:30); the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre appeal (16:50); the CRTC's "Mystery Shopper" (23:55); Talking about the great work done by Siloam Mission (30:10); Movement Centre of Manitoba on Conductive Education Awareness Day (36:40); and the 6th annual Love Local MB event (48:05).

Feb 21, 20191h 0m

S1 Ep 125Viva Las Vegas!

Greg's Vegas forecast sucks! (1:30); A Toronto company on hot seat for fat jokes (7:35); City of Winnipeg freezing water rates, selling Parcel 4 (17:20); A Winnipeg family left huge bill after daughter dies on vacation without insurance (33:45); 2019 Afro Prairie Film Festival (39:20).

Feb 20, 201952 min

S1 Ep 123What Does Your License Plate Say About You?

Talking the overnight Amber Alert (1:30); MPI obstacles (4:30); ASSMAN COMETH!!! (16:35); True North's NHL 19 Event (24:25); The Couch Potatoes weekend movie preview (28:50).

Feb 15, 201943 min

S1 Ep 122Waiting, Whiskey & A Chair-Tossing Woman

MPIs backlog! (1:30); Kids who watch Peppa Pig are adopting British accents (8:20); Romantic songs that...aren't (15:30); The Gates on Roblin (18:20); Woman who tossed a chair off a Toronto balcony is out on bail (25:25); Preview the Winnipeg Nightlife & Lifestyle Awards (30:50); the majesty of Chocolate Frosted Flakes (37:50); Winnipeg Whiskey Festival (41:45).

Feb 14, 201957 min