Épisodes

  • A Remembrance Day check-in with Andrew Hawthorne
    Nov 11 2025

    We check-in with Adam Walsh about the Remembrance day events at the War Memorial, and Terry Roberts reports a radio documentary from last year, that included areas just off the shores of our own province.

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    15 min
  • Live from CBN; communities rebuild after wildfires
    Nov 10 2025

    Today's show brings you coverage from CBN and speaks with residents about rebuilding efforts after a devastating summer of wildfires. The main question we ask- what does rebuilding a community look like?

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    55 min
  • Federal budget reaction
    Nov 5 2025

    Today on the show we have an economist, a business professor, a political scientist and the head of the Board of Trade all weighing in on the federal budget and what it means for you.


    Guests: Tom Cooper, MUN business professor; Lynn Gambin, economist; AnnMarie Boudreau, CEO, Board of Trade; Scott Matthews, MUN political science professor.


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    55 min
  • University students amd mental health
    Nov 4 2025

    We are talking to students at MUN who want to raise the alarm on the importance of mental health supports and resources - especially for students - we will talk about academic stress, financial stress, food, and being far from home. They are part of MUN Minds which is a student peer support resource.


    GUESTS: Matt Wheeler, trained peer-supporter and is currently doing a masters in experimental psychology; Haley Bonnell, first year PhD student researching peer-support, and co-chair of MUN minds; Tariq Al-Sidawi, social work student and the outreach co-ordinator with MUN Minds; and Kelly Neville, wellness Lead at MUN’s Student Wellness and Counselling Centre.


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    55 min
  • Social enterprise
    Nov 3 2025

    The Centre for Social Enterprise at Memorial University is hosting a full week of activities in celebration of Social Enterprise Day. On today's show they highlight some of the social enterprises the students created. The students offer some insight into which social issues they want to tackle through their businesses.


    GUESTS: Gillian Morrissey; manager of the Centre for Social Enterprise, Oluwatoyin Mary Awosansya, co-founder of MKS productions; Pablo Baldiviezo Rodriguez and Yasaman Alidadi, founders of FutureSprouts; and we are calling Mike Taylor, founder of Frontline Peers.


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    55 min
  • Food banks check-in
    Oct 31 2025

    Food Banks Canada's annual HungerCount report is out and says food bank use has doubled nationally since 2019. Today we start with the national look and zoom in to check with food banks in this province.


    Guests: Lesley Burgess, executive director, Bridges to Hope; Tina Bishop, general manager, Community Food Sharing Association; Rudy Singleton, chairperson, Emmaus House; Danielle Seward, executive director, Single Parent Association of Newfoundland and Labrador; Kirstin Beardsley, CEO Food Banks Canada; Marjorie Flowers, Hopedale AngajukKâk; Pastor Gerard Nobel, chair of Stephenville Emergency Food Services; Glenn Roil; chairman of the board of Canada Without Poverty.

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    55 min
  • Generation Z has entered the council chambers
    Oct 30 2025

    Today on the show we meet some of N.L.’s youngest town councillors and we have a couple of veterans offer them some advice.


    Guests: CBC reporter Jenna Head; Kate Cadigan, councillor at large for the City of St. John’s; Justina Nawaz, deputy mayor, Witless Bay; Hunter Burton, councillor in La Scie; Steve Crewe, former mayor of Hermitage; Brett Langdon, former Deer Lake councillor

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    55 min
  • ADHD, after the diagnosis
    Oct 29 2025

    Today on the show, you learn you have ADHD, so what’s next? What are the treatments? How do you process the news? What are the resources available? We have a panel of medical expects and people with ADHD to break it all down.


    GUESTS


    Dr. Janine Hubbard, registered psychologist; Dr. Roxanne Cooper; Andrea Hann, physiotherapist; Karleena Squires, diagnosed with ADHD as an adult; Annie Desrochers, Centre for ADHD Awareness

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    55 min