Episodes

  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1176 - "Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery" with Dr. Margaret Nowaczyk

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1176 - "Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery" with Dr. Margaret Nowaczyk
    Jul 5 2024
    Brian interviews Dr. Margaret Nowaczyk. From growing up in communist Poland, to immigrating to Canada as a teen, to working as a pediatric clinical geneticist and professor at McMaster University, Dr. Nowaczyk bares her soul while encouraging readers to explore the ways in which our experiences and identities are entangled with our ancestral history. In her most recent book "Marrow Memory: Essays of Discovery" she invites readers to examine her DNA under a microscope, sharing her vast life experiences in a series of invariably absorbing and beautifully crafted personal essays.
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    46 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1175 - Current State of Canadian and US Politics

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1175 - Current State of Canadian and US Politics
    Jul 4 2024
    Today, Brian shares some of his own thoughts on Canadian and US politics. What challenges do we face? What opportunities are out there?

    Brian Crombie is COO for a $2.5 BN AUM real estate company with properties across Canada and three US States, including grocery anchored retail, industrial, office, hotels and seniors homes along with seven transit oriented multi family development sites in the GTA. Brian has an MBA from Harvard and has spent 35 years in progressively more senior business roles. He has been involved in politics in organizational ways at all three levels since he was twelve.
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    48 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1174 - Economics and Politics with Tom Czitron

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1174 - Economics and Politics with Tom Czitron
    Jul 3 2024
    Brian interviews Tom Czitron. Tom is a portfolio manager, investment strategist and economic analyst. He has written for various publications including the Globe & Mail. He has over four decades of investment experience and has managed large mutual and pension funds for some of Canada’s most respected financial institutions. Tom Czitron talks about economics and politics, the Canadian economy, interest rates, our currency, fiscal strategies and debt.
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    52 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1173 - The Canadian Economy with Kevin Yin

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1173 - The Canadian Economy with Kevin Yin
    Jul 2 2024
    Brian interviews Kevin Yin. Kevin is a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley and a contributing columnist at The Globe and Mail. Kevin Yin talks about the Canadian economy, interest rates, our currency, fiscal strategies and debt.
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    50 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1172 - GTA Real Estate Market with Vanessa Topple

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1172 - GTA Real Estate Market with Vanessa Topple
    Jun 28 2024
    Brian interviews Vanessa Topple. Vanessa is the host of two TV shows on the GTA real estate market: one focusing on ownership of housing and one on rentals. We review the different markets and what to expect. She talks about the GTA real estate market. The housing crisis is looking like it’s getting worse with record condo listings, canceled or delayed condo projects and markets that are lacklustre.
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    51 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1171 - Transit in the GTA with Stephen Wickens

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1171 - Transit in the GTA with Stephen Wickens
    Jun 28 2024
    Brian interviews Stephen Wickens. Stephen is a retired editor, writer and transportation researcher who has written extensively about transit and urbanism. We talked about transit in the GTA.
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    51 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1170 - State of Democracy in Canada with Dave Meslin

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1170 - State of Democracy in Canada with Dave Meslin
    Jun 26 2024
    Brian interviews Dave Meslin. Dave is a creative director of Unlock Democracy. Using non-traditional methods and creative tactics, Dave spent twenty years as a social and political entrepreneur leaving a trail of non-profit start-ups, campaign victories, viral videos, new magazines, and public space interventions in his path. An urbanist, community organizer, author and trainer, he inspires us to invert the traditional pyramid of hierarchy by creating meaningful opportunities to engage our employees, our members, our students. His thesis is simple: We’re stronger and smarter when we’re all involved. Transforming top-down leadership into bottom-up collaboration is the true challenge of the 21st century. He talks about the state of our democracy in Canada and what we need to do to fix it.
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    51 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1169 - Canadian National Defense with David Perry

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1169 - Canadian National Defense with David Perry
    Jun 25 2024
    Brian interviews David Perry. David is the president and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, an independent, non-partisan international policy think tank, and my research focuses on Canadian defense spending and procurement. David Perry talks about Canadian National Defense, the state of our readiness, our procurement policies and process and our NATO spending target.
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    50 mins