Metro Morning
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Metro Morning with Matt Galloway keeps listeners informed about what's going on in Toronto and offers listeners an optimistic, sometimes humorous view of the world, together with the day's more serious news.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday February 10
Would giving police tasers help them better deal with the metally ill?
What happens when disputes with newcomer families spiral out of control?
Is Marriage for White People? Meet the author of a book with that provocative title.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday February 9
Defeat for the Mayor on his transit vision. Full reaction to the light rail plan and the Rob Ford's comment that the decision is irrelevant.
Stories of immigration told by the shoes women wear.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday February 8
It's decision-day for Toronto transit.
Learning more about the migrant workers killed in a horrible crash on Monday.
Great Expectations - how the children of immigrants navigate their parents' wishes.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday February 7
Reaction to a horrible crash that killed 11 people.
Why an ally of Rob Ford is voting against the Mayor on transit.
Great Expectations - what happens when the son of a recent immigrant choses his own path.
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Metro Morning podcast Monday February 6
Why labour unions are under fire.
What would it take to stop you parking your car illegally?
Great Expectations - a new series on the immigrant experience in York Region.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday February 3
The Mayor's hand-picked man on transit on subways, who will pay for them and road tolls.
What should we do with Ontario Place?
Building the new Regent Park.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday February 2
How long can Karen Stintz stay as chair of the TTC?
National Ballet principal dancer Guillaume Cote on being lost in motion.
Daniel Radcliffe post-Harry Potter
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday February 1
Is Toronto headed for a labour lockout?
Should police collect and distribute crime stats based on race?
Bob Marley's granddaughter on Rastafarianism.
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Preserving Black History
Two significant buildings might be demolished.
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Metro Morning podcast Monday January 30
Why there is no honour in domestic violence.
Has the Mayor exceeded his powers?
How police are helping break the code of silence.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday January 27
Ontario's Minister of Health on the growing crisis at the province's air ambulance service.
Breaking the code of silence.
Teens and technology.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday January 26
The sister of a murder victim shares her pain at his friends not speaking up about what happened.
Ontario's air ambulance scandal.
Building the Natural City.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday January 25
Egypt, a year after the revolution began.
The future of healthcare.
Michael Hlinka on unions.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday January 24
Is Rob Ford's transit plan about to be derailed?
What's happening in Mexico?
A young filmmaker finds her voice.
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Metro Morning podcast Monday January 23
Meet the new CEO of Research In Motion, Thorsten Heins.
How a financial services worker ended up robbing banks to pay for his gambling addiction.
Finding your culture while celebrating the Lunar New Year.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday January 20
Remembering skier Sarah Burke.
What does the phrase "jobs-for-life" mean?
Celebrating 90 years of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Karen Gordon on the week in movies.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday January 19
Why is it so hard to quit smoking?
The end of Kodak.
Your thoughts on what's next for Toronto.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday January 18
Is the new city budget a victory for the left, the right, or the city of Toronto?
Tackling female feticide in South Asian communities.
A courier company with a difference.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday January 17
Why some Asian and South Asian cultures value boy babies over girls.
What's it like to be on a cruise ship that sinks?
How hard is it to lose a lot of weight?
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Metro Morning podcast Monday January 16
How did a cruise ship run aground in Italy?
A close look at what budget cuts could mean to one community.
Marking the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr
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Metro Morning podcast Friday January 13
Is Rob Ford's budget a retreat?
Why is the Canadian government now getting involved with Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Karen Gordon on new movies.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday January 11
Is the Canadian government reversing itself on same sex marriage?
The widow of Sgt Ryan Russell on the year since her husband's death.
More on the need for good jobs.
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Metro Morning podcast Wesnesday January 11
Does Toronto need higher taxes?
Jabs versus good jobs.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday January 11
What did the head of the TTC learn when she went to work as a real TTC employee?
Why it's so hard not to check your phone at the table.
The joy of books.
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Metro Morning podcast Monday January 9
Distinguishing between and essential service and an integral service in Toronto.
Remembering a Toronto man killed allegedly by police in Grenada.
Giving ex-cons a second chance.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday January 6
How the suburbs are eclipsing the city of Toronto.
Toronto photographer Jeff Harris on his 13 year self-portrait project.
Deepa Mehta on her hopes for 2012.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday January 5
Adding vision to Rob Ford's agenda.
Can Transit City be saved?
The future of food in 2012.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday January 4
Should we care what hospital CEOs make?
The Brampton man who is shaking up the computer world.
Dave Meslin on what to be hopeful for in 2012.
The man behind a year-long photo of Toronto.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday January 3
Is the city heading for a lockout?
The state of the economy in 2012.
Jesse Wente on the movies, TV shows and games to come.
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Metro Morning podcast - Fri Dec 30 2011
Councillor Michael Thompson talks about Toronto's lowest murder rate in 25 years, architecture critic Christopher Hume looks at Toronto's best buildings of 2011 and a journalist examines Cuban Independence Day.
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Metro Morning podcast - Thu Dec 29, 2011
One local woman talks about the decision to keep her baby's sex a secret; two local Libyan-Canadians talk about the change their homeland saw in 2011, and Jason Osler (aka JOPublic) takes a look at the things that had us talking on Toronto's streets.
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Metro Morning Podcast, Dec 28
One local man talks about his recent trip to the flood-stricken Phillipines and about the efforts being made here in Toronto to help; a new approach to diagnosing disease in remote villages in Africa; and why you should donate blood this holiday season.
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Metro Morning podcast December 23
You'll hear the story of one family that is hosting a Christmas dinner for close to twenty dinner guests, all of them here in Canada as refugees. And you'll hear how one downtown church is celebrating Christmas, nearly a month after a fire.
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Metro Morning podcast - December 22
United Way CEO Susan McIsaac talks about the concern by many charities that they won't meet their fundraising targets, and what that means for the new year. You'll also meet one of Canada's favourite crossing guards.
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Metro Morning podcast - December 21
Anthony Doob, a criminologist at the University of Toronto talks about the best ways to deter drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel. And you'll hear about the demand for counterfeit products in Toronto.
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Metro Morning podcast - December 20
One man shares his idea about how to change our energy consumption behaviour and potentially save the government billions of dollars. And
pop culture columnist Jesse Wente looks back at the year that was.
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Metro Morning podcast December 19
Toronto police chief Bill Blair talks about the year that was, and looks ahead to the new year. And you'll hear about Laughing Like Crazy, a program that uses comedy to help those experiencing mental illness.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday 16 December
Why food banks fail.
The true state of Ontario's economy.
Karen Gordon reviews Mission Impossible 4 and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday December 14
What's really going on at Jane and Finch?
Toronto youth challenge city councillors to ride transit for a week to see what it's like before they cut.
Part three of our series Beyond Foodbanks.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday December 13
Should Muslim women be forced to remove their veils when taking the Oath of Citizenship?
Moving beyond food banks.
Understanding honour killings.
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Metro Morning podcast Monday December 12
Why kids don't like reading.
Why a woman should be allowed to testify in court with her face covered.
MLSE CEO Richard Peddie on the sale of his company, and his time in the top job.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday December 9
How Imams are reaching out to stop domestic violence.
Should a woman be allowed to testify in court wearing a face covering?
Canada and climate change.
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Metro Morning podcast Thuesday December 8
Is this the budget to save Toronto?
Your thoughts on reviving the vehicle registration tax.
Assessing the health of urban Aboriginals.
The need faced by food banks.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday December 7
TTC boss Gary Webster on the sad state of transit affairs in Toronto.
Should the NHL finally ban fighting?
The state of real estate in Toronto.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday December 6
Charting the fight against domestic violence.
Should libraries charge to lend DVDs?
The latest from Egypt.
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Metro Morning podcast
A former sex trade worker talks about the danger of working on Toronto streets. And writer and performer Diane Flacks responds to the idea of a baby tax - and whether parents should have to pay extra when they bring babies or small children to a restaurant.
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Metro Morning podcast - December 2
NDP MPP Cherie DiNovo talks about why she and two other politicians are trying to overturn the province's pitbull ban. Film critic Karen Gorden tells us what she thinks of "Shame" and other movies.
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Metro Morning podcast December 1
The first ever Roller Derby World Cup is happening in Toronto. Meet one of the captains of Team Canada. And a young artist marks "World Aids Day."
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Metro Morning podcast - November 30
Maple Leafs Gardens reopens today as a supermarket. You'll hear from one of the architects that helped give it new life. A young Toronto woman talks about a childhood trauma, and how it inspired the cutting-edge research project she leads today.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday November 25
The story of a Toronto Muslim woman assaulted by two other women for wearing a niqab.
Why the TTC is asking you to pay more and get less.
Addressing homophobia in the black communities.
Karen Gordon on Martin Scorcese.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday November 24
Toronto police chief Bill Blair ensuring Occupy Toronto's eviction ended peacefully, and what that says about policing in the city.
How bad is the economy?
Cooking the Books.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday November 23
What next for Occupy Toronto?
How to solve suburban gridlock.
The end of the investigation into the so-called G20 ringleaders.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday November 22
Confusion for women regarding mammograms.
Me, the Muslim Next Door.
Jesse Wente on the power of the Muppets.
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Metro Morning podcast Monday November 21
Protests in Egypt, again.
The pain of commuting by car.
12,000 kms, 4 months, 1 bike ride across Africa.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday November 18
Designing solutions to the Occupy questions.
How to improve life for wards of the crown.
To the movies.
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday November 17
Long-time activist Judy Rebick shares her perspective on the Occupy Toronto movement. City Councillor Adam Vaughan tell us why he'd like to see some of the city's new "Go-to" pillars gone.
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday November 16
The lawyer for Occupy Toronto protesters explains why she believes they should stay in the park.
Living with a concussion.
Why we need to renew the towers of Toronto.
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday November 15
Would sideguards save cyclists' lives?
Throwaway buildings.
Speaking out on suicide
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