Toronto: Metro Morning

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Metro Morning podcast, Wed Oct 2, 2013, Police cameras, homework, old timers baseball

Police Assn Pres Mike McCormack on the suggestion that Toronto officers have cameras on their lapels and attached to tasers, Principal Naeem Siddiq and moms on parents helping with homework, and the story of Friday Night Baseball ending its 44th year.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Wed Oct 2, 2013, Police cameras, homework, old timers baseball
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Metro Morning podcast, Tues Oct 1, 2013, Egypt detainees, Pan Am expenses, Drake and the Raptors

Foreign Affairs parliamentary sec'y Deepak Obhrai on federal govt efforts to free John Greyson and Tarek Loubani in Egypt, former Toronto Budget Chief on Pan Am games officials expenses, and TO Star columnist Cathal Kelly on Drake and the NBA's Raptors.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Tues Oct 1, 2013, Egypt detainees, Pan Am expenses, Drake and the Raptors
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Metro Morning podcast Fri, Sep 27, 2103, Highlighting Mimico

Our Four Corners series explores development, diversity and the Arts in in Mimico.

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Metro Morning podcast Thur Sep 26, 2013, Doctor assisted suicide, training aborignal journalists, wide range reading

Palliative care specialist Dr. Gary Rodin on doctors and assisted suicide, Robin Pierro on a program to train Aboriginal journalists in northern Ontario, and Prof. Nick Mount on the importance of a wide ranging reading experience.

Download Metro Morning podcast Thur Sep 26, 2013, Doctor assisted suicide, training aborignal journalists, wide range reading
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Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 25, 2013, Assisted suicide, police tasers

Former palliative care nurse Jean Echlin and Maureen Taylor, widow of Donald Low, on her husband's video that makes a case for assisted suicide, and Toronto Deputy Chief Mike Federico on allowing more officers to carry tasers.

Download Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 25, 2013, Assisted suicide, police tasers
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Metro Morning podcast, Tues Sep 24, 2013, Scarborough subway update, smoking ban, freed in Iran

TTC CEO Andy Byford and Ont Transportation Minister Glen Murray on federal funding for a Scarborough subway extension, Dr. David McKeown proposes to expand Toronto's smoking ban, and Antonella Mega on the release of her husband from prison in Iran.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Tues Sep 24, 2013, Scarborough subway update, smoking ban, freed in Iran
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Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 23, 2013, Blackberry blues, Fed transit funding, Jim Chan

Carmi Levy on the latest round of layoffs at Blackberry which is cutting 40 percent of its workforce, Councillor Glen de Baeremaeker on federal funding for a Scarborough subway, and the retiring head of Toronto's food safety program, Jim Chan.

Download Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 23, 2013, Blackberry blues, Fed transit funding, Jim Chan
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Metro Morning podcast Fri Sep 20, HIV disclosure, remembering Will Munro, Pope comments

AIDS Walk Chair Shaun Proulx on why he decided to come out as HIV positive, Sarah Liss remembers Queer activist Will Munro in her book "Army of Lovers", and Jesuit Father John Sullivan on the Pope's comments that the Church should be a home for all.

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Metro Morning podcast Thurs Sep 19, 2013, transit funding panel, Remembering Donald Low, city bulding east

Anne Golden, chair of a new advisory panel on transit funding for the GTHA, Dr. Allison McGeer on the loss of her friend and colleague, Dr. Donald Low, and architect Don Schmitt on city building in Toronto's eastern core.

Download Metro Morning podcast Thurs Sep 19, 2013, transit funding panel, Remembering Donald Low, city bulding east
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Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 18, 2013, Huronia settlement, bikes on Bloor, WiFi ib parks

Former resident Michael Callahan and plaintiff Marilyn Dolmage on a settlement with the Ontario govt over mistreatment at the Huronia Regional Centre, Jared Kolb on a proposal for bike lanes on Bloor-Danforth, and Gabe Sawhney on WiFi in parks.

Download Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 18, 2013, Huronia settlement, bikes on Bloor, WiFi ib parks
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Metro Morning podcast Tues Sep 17, Egypt detainees update, Joseph Boyden, firefighter tweets

Cecelia Greyson updates the condition of her brother John who began a hunger strike while in detention in Egypt, author Joseph Boydon on his novel "The Orenda," and labour lawyer Trevor Lawson on the firing of firefighters for their sexist tweets.

Download Metro Morning podcast Tues Sep 17, Egypt detainees update, Joseph Boyden, firefighter tweets
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Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 16, 2013, Syria deal, Strombo's new season, self-driving car, secret places

Omar Alghabra on the new Syrian weapons inspection deal, George Stroumboulopoulos tees up his 10th season on CBC, Ryan Chin of MIT on his folding, electric, self-driving car, and Toronto artist Marlena Zuber on her map of Toronto's secret places.

Download Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 16, 2013, Syria deal, Strombo's new season, self-driving car, secret places
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Metro Morning podcast Fri, Sep 13, 2013, misread CT scans, G20 Officer convicted, Peperonata Lane

Houda Rafle on a CT scan that missed her cancer, Police Assn Pres Mike McCormack on the case of a Toronto officer convicted of assault with a weapon at the G20 protests, and Francesco Galle on a street named after his family feast, Peperonata Lane.

Download Metro Morning podcast Fri, Sep 13, 2013, misread CT scans, G20 Officer convicted, Peperonata Lane
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Metro Morning podcast, Thurs Sep 12, Teacher seniority, Scarborough subway, Ryerson entrepreneurs

TDSB Trustee Howard Goodman opposes a bill that puts seniority first in hiring teachers, TTC Chair Karen Stintz promotes a plan for a longer Scarborough subway, and Ryerson President Sheldon Levy on the school's new business incubator in India.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Thurs Sep 12, Teacher seniority, Scarborough subway, Ryerson entrepreneurs
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Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 11, 2013, Quebec values charter, Sam's sign, med warnings to youth

Rabbi Jarrod Grover and Muslim activist Gilary Massa on the Quebec Charter which limits the wearing of religious symbols,Sheldon Levy and Josh Matlow on the iconic Sam's sign, and Dr Karl Kabasele on why medical warnings to youth are ineffective.

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Metro Morning podcast Tues Sep 10, 2013, suicide prevention day, children's aid rules, Don McKellar

Alicia Raimundo relflects on her attempt at suicide when she was 13 yrs old, Mary Ballantyne on changes that have been made to Children's Aid rules since the death of Randall Dooley in 2002, and Don McKellar on his film at TIFF - The Grand Seduction.

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Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 9, 2013, no means no, Liberal agenda, Assad denial

Vanessa Hunt of the Canadian Fedn of Students on videos that appear to support non-consensual sex, Ont Deputy Premier Deb Matthews on the govt agenda, and former Cdn UN ambassador Paul Heinbecker on Syrian Pres Assad's denial of a chemical weapons attack.

Download Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 9, 2013, no means no, Liberal agenda, Assad denial
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Metro Morning podcast Fri Sep 6, 2013, Subway planning, Watermark, addressing family violence

Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmat o the role of transit networks in city building, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky on a new film at TIFF - Watermark, and Rubaiyat Karim on a new program that addresses family issues in Muslim communities.

Download Metro Morning podcast Fri Sep 6, 2013, Subway planning, Watermark, addressing family violence
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Metro Morning podcast Thur Sep 5, 2013, new subway plan, TIFF opens, jet runways

Transportation Minister Glen Murray and TTC Chair Karen Stintz on Murray's plan for a Scarborough subway line, Artistic Director Cameron Bailey on TIFF's opening, and architect Bruce Kuwabara on a plan to extend island airport runways for jets.

Download Metro Morning podcast Thur Sep 5, 2013, new subway plan, TIFF opens, jet runways
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Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 4, 2013, Island jets, Weston teen shooting, Empire of Dirt

Porter Airlines CEO Robert Deluce on his proposal to lengthen island runways to accomodate jets, Rev Denise Gillard on the fatal shooting of a 15-yr-old boy in the Weston-Lawrence area, and Jennifer Podemski on her film at TIFF, Empire of Dirt.

Download Metro Morning podcast Wed Sep 4, 2013, Island jets, Weston teen shooting, Empire of Dirt
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Metro Morning Podcast Tues Sep 3, 2013, four corners, youth violence, TIFF student film

Architect Ken Greenberg sets up our 4 corners series on Toronto's neighbourhoods in transition, Lekan Olawoye on a program to address youth violence, Our City Our Safety, and Jasmin Mozaffari talks about Firecrachers, her student film at TIFF.

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Metro Morning podcast Mon Sep 2, 2013, new mega-union, all-k school, fighting homophobia

Jerry Dias, President of Unifor, the merged CAW-CEP Union, Catherine Ure, principal of the new all-kindergarten school in Thorncliffe Park, and Michael Hunter, who mobilized his neighbourhood against anti-gay hatred

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Metro Morning podcast, Fri Aug 30, 2013, Britain and Syria, detained in Egypt, Muslimfest

Janice Stein on British rejection of an attack on Syria, Cecilia Greyson updates the status of her brother John who's been detained by authorities in Egypt, and spoken-word artist Amal Ahmed Albaz on Muslimfest.

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Metro Morning podcast Thurs Aug 29, politicians and pot, SIU director, Ohbijou

Communications consultant Jamie Watt and marijuana activist Craig Jones on politicians smoking pot, a conversation with outgoing Special Investigations Unit director Ian Scott, and a farewell concert from Ohbijou.

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Metro Morning podcast, Wed Aug 28, 2013, more tasers, Syria attack looms, I have a dream

'Tommy' describes being stunned by a taser, former complaints commissioner Paul Kennedy on the safety of police tasers, Prof Janice Stein on a possible western attack on Syria, and Courtney and Justice Betty on the legacy of Martin Luther King

Download Metro Morning podcast, Wed Aug 28, 2013, more tasers, Syria attack looms, I have a dream
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Metro Morning podcast, Tues Aug 27, 2013, violence poem, expaning taser use, value of a degree

Young poet Mustafa Ahmed on his work "Close," written after his friend was injured in a shooting, OPP Dep'y Commissioner Vince Hawkes on expanded Taser use, and guidance counsellor Ross Newhook on choosing a university degree.

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Metro Morning podcast Monday Aug 26, 2013, Jane Finch teen murders Syria inspection and intervention, Sick Kids tour

Community worker Chris Penrose and Dep'y Chief Peter Sloly on the fatal shooting of two teens, Former UN ambassador Paul Heinbecker on possible military intervention in Syria, and a tour of the new research building at Sick Kids Hospital.

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Metro Morning podcast Fri Aug 23, 2013, Kids cost, Fan Expo, Syrian doctor

Parents Rob Nicholson and Deborah Coombs responds to a study that says it's possible to raise a child on less than 4,000 dollars a yr, Superfan and designer Jen Rezny on fan Expo, and Dr Ana Al-Akassem on suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria.

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Metro Morning podcast, Thurs Aug 22, 2013, Rising mortgage rates, food-borne illness, Inuit play art

CIBC Economist Benjamin Tal on rising mortgage rates, Epidemiologist Tim Sly on food-borne illness at the CNE, and Alysa Procida on the Art of Play at the Museum of Inuit Art.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Thurs Aug 22, 2013, Rising mortgage rates, food-borne illness, Inuit play art
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Metro Morning podcast, Wed Aug 21, 2013, Bail in murder charge, Autism awareness, Ai Wei Wei tour

Lawyer Howard Morton on the bail granted Constable James Forcillo who faces 2nd degree murder charges in the death of Sammy Yatim, Oksana Romanov on public awareness of autism, and a tour of the Ai Wei Wei Exhibit in Toronto.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Wed Aug 21, 2013, Bail in murder charge, Autism awareness, Ai Wei Wei tour
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Metro Morning podcast Tues Aug 20, 2013, police murder charge, wireless policy, public planners

Dirk Derstine on 2nd-degree murder charge against police constable James Forcillo in the death of Sammy Yatim, James Moore on govt policy allowing Verizon access to Canada's wireless market, and Giulio Cescato on Toronto's Planners in Public Spaces.

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Metro Morning podcast Mon Aug 19, 2013, Arrested in Egypt, Kindergarten and day-care

Justin Podur, friend of Ontarians Dr. Terek Loubani and John Greyson who were arrested by authorities in Egypt, TDSB Chris Bolton and educator Charles Pascal on the day-care challenges associated with full-day kindergarten.

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Metro Morning Podcast 16th August, 2013

Irwin Fefergrad on unlicensed dentists. Privacy specialist Claudiu Sopa on Googlemail privacy. Michael Schiel and Andrea Calver on problems with all day kindergarten

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Metro Morning podcast Thurs Aug 15, 2013, Egypt killings, community housing repairs, carwash entrepreneur, Ossington tour

Rami Boraie on the killing of demonstrators in Egypt, Aziz Rahman and Veronica Omolewa on boosting TCH repairs for tips to police, Ryan Knight teaches enterprise at his car wash, and Gavin Gardiner on the Wooden Sky Travelling Adventure Show.

Download Metro Morning podcast Thurs Aug 15, 2013, Egypt killings, community housing repairs, carwash entrepreneur, Ossington tour
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Metro Morning podcast, Wed Agu 14, 2013, Blackout anniversary, Blackberry legacy, news paywalls

Three Torontonians recall the blackout which blanketed North America 10 years ago, former RIM employee Douglas Soltys on lessons learned at Blackberry, and Jesse Hirsh on internet paywells for info that was once free.

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Metro Morning podcast, Tuesday Aug 13, 2013, police conduct review, Blackberry options, Wallin expenses, Gay in Russia

Toronto Police Services Bd Chair Alok Mukherjee on the independent review of police conduct following the shooting of Sammy Yatim, Carmi Levy on Blackberry's future, Sen David Smith on Pamela Wallin's expenses and Yuri Ruzhyev on being Gay in Russia.

Download Metro Morning podcast, Tuesday Aug 13, 2013, police conduct review, Blackberry options, Wallin expenses, Gay in Russia
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Metro Morning podcast, Mon Aug 12, 2013, Ford on the Danforth, Blackberry future, Perseids Meteor shower

Councillor Jaye Robinson says Mayor Ford should take a leave of absence after his behaviour on the Danforth, Michael Hlinka on the possible privatization of Blackerry, and astronomer Sarah Poirier on the Perseids Meteor shower.

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Metro Morning podcast, 9 August, 2013

Mike McCormack of the Toronto Police Association on Ombudsman's investigation into use of police force, Ken Lewenza on retiring as President of Canadian Auto Workers union and Andrew Cumming on buying the sculpture, Koilos

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Metro Morning Podcast Aug 8, 2013

Councillor Josh Colle on the official suspension of the Scarborough LRT, Playwright Jay Teitel, on "Alzheimer That Ends Heimer" and Ahmed Khalifa, Egyptian-Canadian, reflecting on Eid.

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Metro Morning Podcast, 7th August, 2013

Christine Pinto on battling postpartum depression, Irwin Elman on conditions at Roy McMurtry Youth Centre and Michael Reid, Toronto Science Festival organizer on composing messages to send into space

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Metro Morning podcast, August 6th 2013

Jays Blogger Andrew Stoeten on baseball suspensions, reptile curator Bry Loyst on killing of two brothers by a python in New Brunswick and former player Aya Bara on the pressures on women in competitive tennis

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Metro Morning Podcast, August 5th, 2013

Smart breakfasts with nutritionist Julie Daniluck, Ken MacDonald from The Friendly Butcher with tips on the perfect bbq and microbiologist Jason Tetro on insecticides and bee deaths

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Metro Morning Podcast, August 2, 2013

Deputy Premier Deb Matthews on Ontario's by-elections, former MP Bob Rae on retiring from politics, Greater Toronto Hockey League's Scott Oakman on attracting non-hockey families, and Dr. Jay de Soca Prince on the Caribbean carnival.

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Metro Morning Podcast, August 1, 2013

Katherin Yu on losing a loved one in a police shooting, marketing professor Alan Middleton on companies doing good deeds, wheelchair user Randy McNeil and architect Susan Ruptash on making spaces truly accessible.

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Metro Morning Podcast, July 31, 2013

Ombudsman André Marin on the shooting of Sammy Yatim, entrepreneur Michele Romanow on opportunities in tech, Walk Toronto's Dylan Reid on possibly losing a pedestrian scramble.

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Metro Morning Podcast, July 30, 2013

Toronto Police Association's Mike McCormack on Sammy Yatim's death, lawyer Peter Rosenthal on why cases like Sammy's continue, Dr. David Posen on workplace stress, Lakni Wick on the MaRS Future Leaders camp.

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Metro Morning Podcast, July 29, 2013

Former police officer and security expert Ross McLean on the police shooting of Sammy Yatim, a tour of the Union Station construction site, and tech columnist Jesse Hirsh on the Google Chromecast.

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Metro Morning Podcast, July 26, 2013

Bell VP Mirko Bibic on fairness in the telecom world, privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian on her ongoing gas plant investigation, and a crash course for young girls looking to become rock stars.

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Metro Morning Podcast 25th July, 2013

Kellylee Evans, struck by lightning inside her home, Patrick Burke on Sochi Olympics and Russia's anti gay law, Chris Nuttal-Smith on reviewing restaurants undercover.

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Metro Morning podcast, 24th July, 2013

Lisa Cirillo on changes to Ontario's family law system, Kyle Kirkup on creating better relationships between Police and LGBTQ community, Larry Chilton and real estate broker Daniel Freeman, on selling quarter of a house.

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Metro Morning Podcast, 23 July, 2013. Piano heist, death of Linda Lewis, homesick campers

Head of security Todd Milne on theft of a baby grand piano from Toronto general hospital, the death of managing editor both of Today's Parent, Linda Lewis and campers coping with homesickness

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Metro Morning Podcast, 22 July, 2013. Buying broke Detroit, Church St parklets, new paramedic.

Steve Apostolopoulos on investing in broke Detroit, Nancy Chater on transforming parking spaces to patio spaces on Church St and Ryan War new paramedic with the City of Toronto

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Metro Morning Podcast, 19th July, 2013.

City councillor Janet Davis on Toronto's Wet Weather Flow Master Plan. Dennis Edell, a Toronto beekeeper who sits on the board of the Ontario Beekeepers' Association on calls for a pesticide ban and Dougal Bichan and Prakash Patel on a hidden gem, Bloorda

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Metro Morning Podacst, Thursday 18th July, 2013

Minimum wage worker Estina Geeten and Labour Relations Professor Anil Verma on changes to minimum wage, Don Lenihan from Public Policy Forum on changes to the Condo Act and Lloyd McKell marks Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday

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Metro Morning Podacst, Wednesday July 17th, 2013

Scarborough residents Guled Arale and Patricia Sinclair talk about what they want to see when it comes to rapid transit in their area, playwright Jordan Tannahill wrote Honesty, a play about staff at the iconic Honest Eds and Twyla Nicholson celebrates a

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Metro Morning Podcast, 16 July, 2013

One year after Danzig St shootings, Alvin Curling former M-P-P who wrote a Review of The Roots of Youth Violence, what does it take to have a successful hockey family, with PK and Karl Subbans, energy retrofits with Constantin Eliadis

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Metro Morning podcast, July 15, 2013

Danzig Street one year on with Soul-R Damon Maraj , Canadian experience a barrier to newcomers with Ratna Omidvar, Garrison Creek Bat company's baseball stories, with Andrew Norton.

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Metro Morning podcast Fri Jul 12, 2103, Scarbourgh subway, unlicensed day care, storm water

Ont Transportation Minister Glen Murray on the viability of a new Scarborough subway, provider Erin Ramsay and parent Kerri Embrey on the need for unlicensed home day cares, and infrastructure expert Alec Hay on coping with climate change.

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Metro Morning podcast Thurs Jul 11, 2013, unlicensed day care, Bangladeshi factories, race driver

Don Giesbrecht of the Cdn Childcare Federation on unlicensed day cares, business columnist Nisha Patel on a campaign to improve working conditions in Bangladeshi factories, and 18-yr-old race driver Garret Grist, competing in Toronto Indy weekend.

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Metro Morning podcast Wed Jul 10, 2013, future storms, power blackouts, parachute candidates, blind fringe

Environmentalist Franz Hartmann on storms and climate change, resident Brigid Towler and Toronto Hydro's Blair Peberdy on blackouts, Robin Sears and John Capobianco on parachute candidates and Bruce Horak on his play Assassinating Thomson.

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Metro Morning podcast Jul 9, 2013, GO train rescue, flood infrastructure, Ramadan food bank

Irene Chiriboga on her experience aboard a flood-marooned GO train, Mark Mattson of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper on why Toronto's sewage infrastructure can't cope with flooding, and Ziyaad Mia on the Give 30 campaign to feed the hungry at Ramadan.

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Metro Morning podcast Mon Jul 8, 2013, Lac-Megantic rail disaster, political engagement, Apple hires fashion CEO, religions tour

Radio Canada's Marie-Claude Cabana and rail consultant Greg Gormick on the fatal derailment in Lac-Magentic, Alison Loat on political engagement, Jesse Hirsh on google hiring a fashion CEO, and Brian Carwana on a tour of Toronto religions.

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Metro Morning podcast Fri Jul 5, 2013, Taste of Lawrence, plane crash memorial, email restrictions, ontario byelections

Raphael Gomez and Yassir Saleh on the Taste of Lawrence Festival, Lynda Fishman on a memorial for lives lost in Toronto's worst plan crash in 1970, Nishel Patel on email restrictions at Ferrari, and Robert Benzie on Ontario's 5 upcoming byelections.

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