Theatre Aquarius will be introducing a massive new program that will serve as an incubator for new shows all of kinds as they go through the development and rehearsal process. How will this change theatre productions not just here in Hamilton but across the country?Guest: Kelly Straughan, Executive Director, Theatre Aquarius-Following the municipal election, the City of Hamilton had their auditor look a bit closer into the voter turnout. Surprise, surprise there wasn't a lot of voters. Why is this and how can we make it more enticing for Hamiltonians to go out and vote?Guest: Charles Brown, City Auditor, City of Hamilton-The Toronto Maple Leafs have a new GM! Who is it and why him over anyone else? Is this the move that will finally bring the Stanley Cup to Toronto?Guest: Steven Ellis, Associate Editor, Daily Faceoff

Chances are really good that you know The Brady Bunch and by extension, their house. What are the chances that you could own that same house? Well if you've got $5.5 million and a willingness to part with it, those chances are a lot better than many of us!Guest: Danny Brown, Principal, Luxury Estates Division & Evangelist West Coast, Compass

The housing market sways from being friendly towards sellers and then buyers, where is it at now?Guest: Rob Golfi, Sales Representative, RE/MAX Escarpment Realty, The Golfi Team-Chances are really good that you know The Brady Bunch and by extension, their house. What are the chances that you could own that same house? Well if you've got $5.5 million and a willingness to part with it, those chances are a lot better than many of us!Guest: Danny Brown, Principal, Luxury Estates Division & Evangelist West Coast, Compass-As foreign interference gets investigated and foreign nations get blamed for said interference, are we finding that our elections are getting more difficult to hold without anyone claiming a problem with the process?Guest: Kate Harrison, Vice-Chair of Summa Strategies, Director of Abacus Data

Some neighbourhoods in Hamilton are finding that rats are getting more and more common. Where are they coming from and is there anything that can be done before they become a major established problem?Guest: Jim Miner, President, Action Pest Control Services Inc.-This week's edition of Sports Talk with Don Robertson gives you a little bit of everything from competitive high school barbequing in Texas to the future of Auston Matthews, it's got it all!Guest: Don Robertson, Head Coach & Owner, Allan Cup Champion Dundas Real McCoys & Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

This week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton Radio features our very own Ben Straughan! With topics like helping Hamilton's homeless population, putting warning labels on bottles of alcohol, slowing traffic in the City, trusting governments with the ability to regulate AI and more, you can be sure today's episode is going to provide a little more insight into the mind behind the soundboard.Guest: Ben Straughan, Technical Producer, The Scott Radley Show, 900 CHML

Why does it seem like everyone who has touched David Johnston's foreign interference investigation has had some kind of prior relationship with the Trudeau family? Seems awfully convenient.Guest: Stephen LeDrew, Political Commentator; Host, The LeDrew Three Minute Interview & former President of the Liberal Party of Canada-Have the Blue Jays reached a point where they might as well stop trying this season? Should the Maple Leafs build a team that's more aggressive and hard-hitting in a literal sense? These questions and more get debated, discussed and possibly even answered as Bubba O'Neil joins Scott.Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor, CHCH-TV

This week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton Radio features Jamie West who joins Scott to talk about people getting offended for other groups of people, silly stories from their times in journalism, how Donald Trump impacts television viewership, the difference between career aspirations for kids in the United States vs China. and more.Guest: Jamie West, Founder & CEO, Westpro Media

Living in Hamilton comes with many expenses and one of them puts Hamiltonians among the upper echelon of paying for car insurance. Why is this?Guest: Daniel Ivans, Insurance Expert, rates.ca-Canada's proposed redesign for our passports features a number of changes including the removal of iconic Canadian moments and people. One such person is the Canadian every Canadian knows and arguably reveres, Terry Fox. Why would anyone approve removing Terry Fox? What's it like seeing this change from a hometown perspective?Guest: Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam, BC-The NHL playoffs are underway and we're seeing a lot of unusual things. Some things are for the better (like the Leafs saving their run against the Panthers) and there are some things are really contradictory. Scott turns to Bubba O'Neil to get his take on how things are going so far and what the future may hold.Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor, CHCH-TV

A study out of the US has found that 3 in 10 men between 21 & 30 who heavily use cannabis have developed signs of schizophrenia. What could be causing this and isn't cannabis supposed to be something that isn't addictive?Guest: Dr. James MacKillop, Director of the Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research at McMaster University-The Hamilton Farmers' Market has had many consultants take a look at making changes to it. Why? What is being gained from all of these studies and do we really need them?Guest: Jason Farr, Host, Hammer Down with Jay & Mike & former Ward 2 Councillor, City of Hamilton-There are plenty Halls of Fame and with them comes a litany of snubbed people/groups. Don't believe that, take a look at the Country Hall of Fame, Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So many people should be in these halls while others shouldn't be anywhere near them and yet, here we are.Guest: Eric Alper, Publicist and Music Commentator

The 2023 Liberal National Convention was held this past weekend and that's where there were something peculiar suggestions put forward. Would something like reporters not being allowed to report news from undisclosed sources be something you'd support?Guest: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill-Would you trade the entire roster of the Toronto Maple Leafs for the roster of the Seattle Kraken, assuming you were in a position to do so? Why does it feel like the Maple Leafs are writing a WWE-grade script that puts their fans through the grinder? Should penalties in hockey be always be balanced or a bit more like other sports? These questions and more get answered in this week's edition of Sports Talk with Don Robertson.Guest: Don Robertson, Head Coach & Owner, Allan Cup Champion Dundas Real McCoys & Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

This week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton Radio features Mike Fortune who joins Scott to talk about the crowning of King Charles III, if distracted driving is built into our cars, ordering a Gretzky at Tim Hortons, new symbols for Canada and more.Guest: Mike Fortune, Host, The Hamilton Network, Cable 14

What is the likelihood that the PSAC strike will cause other unions to make demands for really large wage increases or else they'll strike? Are we at the beginning of something larger for unions as a whole?Guest: Dr. Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University-Did you watch the CFL's draft or the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs? Is there a pairing that's worse than that? Was there a plan that just didn't work out or are they just oblivious?Guest: Steve Foxcroft, NFL Chain-Gang Member, Vice-President, Fluke Transport-Should we be worried about the future of AI technology and its relationship with humanity? If the man who's garnered the nickname "The Godfather of AI" mentions some concerns, perhaps we should worry a little.Guest: Dr. Ori Freiman, Post-Doctoral Fellow at McMaster University's Digital Society Lab

Why does China seem to be focused on interfering with and influencing Canada and her people?Guest: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute-Divisiveness is clearly something that politicians are wielding to garner support for their campaigns and with an election on the horizon, should we be preparing for an aggressive and anger-fuelled race?Guest: Kate Harrison, Vice-Chair of Summa Strategies & Director of Abacus Data-Is the writers strike going to amount to much in Hollywood? Why would late night talk shows stop production due to the strike when the hosts are hired because of their supposed comedic talents and improv skills? Also, a massive collection of movie/television props, sets and memorabilia is up for grabs!Guest: Bill Brioux, Television Critic, Author & Blogger with brioux.tv

If other LRT systems are seeing the price to expand them go up by 300%, what does that mean for the price of building brand new LRT for Hamilton?Guest: Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute & Professor of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto-Why is the family of a Canadian MP being targeted by the Chinese government and is our government effectively combating it?Guest: Duff Conacher, Co-Founder, Democracy Watch-When Monday rolls around, you know it's time to talk sports with Don Robertson. The Maple Leafs are still in the playoffs, the Florida Panther's decision to not sell tickets to people outside of the US, firing coaches and more is on the docket for today.Guest: Don Robertson, Head Coach & Owner of the 2023 Allan Cup Winning Dundas Real McCoys & Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

The Toronto Maple Leafs have a fan base who's used to having bad things happen to the team in the playoffs. Despite this, it didn't happen last night as the Leafs came back from a 4-1 deficit to not only tie things up at 4 but win in overtime. What does the expert eye see in this team?Guest: Ric Nattress, former NHL defenceman & Stanley Cup winner-The Volkswagen battery factory that's set to be built in St. Thomas, Ontario is bringing with it a lot of applause for green energy and electric vehicles. While the vehicles themselves may not produce emissions, what kind of impact does the creation of their batteries have on the environment? Does the total environmental cost of EVs beat out vehicles with internal combustion engines?Guest: Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering; Director, Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience & Associate Director, Northwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering

Niagara Falls is going to be building the tallest residential condo building in Canada. How did they come to that decision and what kind of opposition did it face?Guest: Jim Diodati, Mayor, City of Niagara Falls-Scott is joined tonight by one of the winners of the 2023 Allan Cup. You know him, you love him and he's been here before. In fact, he's here every Monday! That's right, Don Robertson is back for more sports talk with the Dundas Real McCoys' Allan Cup win, today being the 30th anniversary of the Buffalo Sabres' May Day goal, the advantages of quickly winning a Stanley Cup playoff series vs. going all the way to Game 7 and more on the docket.Guest: Don Robertson, Head Coach & Owner, Allan Cup Champion Dundas Real McCoys & Broker of Record, ComChoice Realty

This week's edition of The Brightest Conversation in Hamilton Radio features Graeme Mackay, the outstanding editorial cartoonist for the Hamilton Spectator. Scott and Graeme discuss whether or not airlines should accommodate overweight people with regards to the size of seats, if the City of Hamilton should be in the golf business, putting King Charles III on our money, paying for Twitter, space travel & more.Guest: Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator

The news that St. Thomas is getting a massive factory from VW got many people really excited. This doesn't mean it's coming without a catch. Ontario is going to be throwing a big chunk of change into the pot to make this happen, how will that impact everything else? Will it?Guest: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University-Did the pandemic cause our children to get more aggressive and less empathetic? A sociologist from right here in Ontario sure thinks so.Guest: Dr. Kaitlynn Mendes, Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Inequality & Gender, Western University-Is it a problem to have AI creating music from other people's music? Who owns that when it happens? Also, why would people want to buy cassettes? Are cassette players even available anymore?Guest: Eric Alper, Publicist, Music Commentator & Shameless Idealist

We're hearing that the City of Hamilton is having issues with retaining staff. Is the issue simply a matter of money or is there something larger going on?Guest: John Paul Danko, Ward 8 City Councillor, City of Hamilton-The Maple Leafs have started their playoff run and it feels like the trend is getting followed rather than broken. The fans are used to it and after seeing their performance last night, is there even a glimmer of hope for the Leafs this year?Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor, CHCH-TV

How will 155,000 federal workers going on strike impact our economy on the large scale? Could this cause a ripple effect through to the other unions?Guest: Dr. Eric Kam, Professor of Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics & Implications of Monetary Growth, Toronto Metropolitan University-Have you ever heard of the Hamilton Cardinals? Chances are pretty good that you might run into them soon as their new owner plans to revamp the baseball team. What does the future hold for Hamilton's second oldest sports team?Guest: Eric Spearin, Owner & Managing Partner, Hamilton Cardinals-Every Canadian knows the story of Terry Fox and his famous Marathon of Hope. Despite his immense impact on Canada's history and Canadians as a whole, there is no permanent museum commemorating him and his legacy. Luckily, there are efforts being made to fix this so Canadians can see the many artifacts from his run and bring people closer to a truly amazing story.Guest: Rob Reid, Chair of the Board, Terry Fox Centre