The Jerry Agar Show

Jim Dunn, a professor at McMaster University and Director of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative talks about homelessness and the modular housing units opened by the city of Toronto. 

A new report found that TTC ridership is still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels, while Uber highlights an incredible increase in riders after the Scarborough RT derailment. TTC spokesperson, Stuart Green, and Founder of Matrix Cares and  President of the Scarborough Business Association, Shawn Allen, join the show to discuss both sides of the story.

Jamie Lee from Aviva Canada joins the show to talk about how thieves are re-VINing stolen cars and selling them to honest buyers. 

Jerry talks to Sylvain Charlebois about what food insecurity is, and what is actually driving up the cost of groceries.

In a follow-up to a study that says tongue-twisters could be used to gauge alcohol-intoxication levels -- Jerry actually does the experiment and talks to Dan Riskin about the results.

Newstalk 1010 tech expert, Carmi Levy, talks to Jerry about the increasing incidents of cyber attacks on Canadian healthcare institutions. 

Lawyer and disability activist, David Lepofsky, talks with Jerry Agar about the new bike lanes on Eglinton that he says are unsafe for people with disabilities. 

CTV News’ science and technology specialist, Dan Riskin, joins for the weekly segment, Meta Science Monday, to talk about some of the biggest science stories of the week. Dan and Jerry talk about new AI noise-canceling headphone tech, wanting a more meaningful life, and a phone app that can tell you how drunk you are. 

Employment lawyer, Sunira Chaudhry, joins Jerry Agar to talk about the beverage company, Dictador, that appointed a robot as their AI CEO.  

Apparently the RCMP has been short of roughly 100 officers for the past decade. Jerry Agar is joined by Former OPP Commissioner and CTV Chief Security Analyst Chris Lewis on why there is a current hesitance to join the Mounties.