The Alex Pierson Show
640 Toronto / Curiouscast
The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.
Episodes
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Nov 16, 2019 • 12min
The Fastest Bunny in the World
Somewhere in Southern Ontario there's a missing stuffed animal that means the world to one family. Jim Maginnis joins Alex to share the story of why this bunny is different from the rest, and why they're praying for its safe return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 15, 2019 • 3min
My Point on Point - Thursday, November 14th 2019
My Point on Point - Thursday, November 14th 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 13, 2019 • 3min
My Point on Point - Tuesday, November 12th 2019
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Nov 12, 2019 • 10min
The Night of Broken Glass
Avi Benlolo is the President of the Friend of Simon Wiesenthal Centre. He joins Alex to talk about the rise of anti-antisemitism the dangers posed by a society forgetting the lessons of the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 9, 2019 • 9min
Curbed Enthusiasm
It's been nearly 27 years since Calvin Hawley came home one day only to discover his curb obliterated by St. Vital town snowplows. Ever since that day, he's been petitioning the town to fix what they broke. He talks to Alex Pierson about the town's pledge to repair his curb by 2037. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 9, 2019 • 13min
Trench Program
Bob McGall is a history teacher with Hillfield Strathallan College and he tells Alex about the annual exercise of bringing students out to a farm field to dig trenches to demonstrate what it was like for young soldiers who fought on the battlefields of Europe in the early twentieth century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 9, 2019 • 3min
My Point on Point - Friday, November 8th 2019
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Nov 8, 2019 • 12min
The Victim Cult
Mark Milke is the author of "The Victim Cult: How the Culture of Blame Hurts Everyone and Wrecks Civilizations."
He joins Alex to explain how the growing trend of lionizing one's own misfortunes and misidentifying oneself as a victim is having a deleterious effect on society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 8, 2019 • 4min
My Point on Point - Thursday, November 7th 2019
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Nov 7, 2019 • 10min
Displaced From the Oilsands
Teddy Smith spent more than twenty years as a worker on an oil-rig in Alberta before moving to London, Ontario. Smith tells Alex that he cannot believe the lack of sympathy by Ontarians toward Albertans and the economic hardship they presently face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
