The Alex Pierson Show

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Dr. Carl Allamby, to discuss his transition from auto mechanic to doctor...at age 47. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined Erin Corrigan, to discuss her unconventional solution to a growing housing problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by: LIANA KERZNER - YouTuber as well as Video Game and Tech Advocate and ANTHONY FUREY - Sun/Postmedia Columnist and National Comment EditorTopics include: The issue of insulin is making big headlines, namely because Americans, can’t afford to buy it in their country so they are coming here. And health experts are sounding the alarm bells saying we need a plan or surging american drug shoppers could  wipe out our supply. Ontario’s Minister of Indigenous Affairs is being criticized for wearing a bulletproof vest in his own riding and for saying that residents want “our city back” from “transient folks” who don’t obey the law. The annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival, long known for the revealing costumes, will be taking that tradition a step further during this Saturday's parade. For the first time in the event's 52-year history, some of the dancers will be topless. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won’t use divisive issues to score votes in this year’s election. He says he doesn’t want to insult voters, cause division and well, polarize people.  India is not all that happy. John Ivison released an excerpt from his new political book : the education of a politician. And in the book-- Gerald Butts said about the India boondoggle  “We walked into a buzzsaw — (Narendra) Modi and his government were out to screw us and were throwing tacks under our tires to help Canadian conservatives, who did a good job of embarrassing us." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Dr. Ira Hyman, Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University, to discuss the mystery of the dreaded 'ear worm'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Novalea Jarvis, who runs a family law firm in the Halton region, to discuss the controversy surrounding an Ontario psychologist who misrepresented her credentials...with devastating results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson is joined by Thomas Tenkate, Director of Ryerson's School of Occupational and Public Health, to discuss the laws...or lack thereof...governing working outdoors in the heat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the A-list crowd plans to save the planet, well maybe they should park their pricey pollution makers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by . . .  John Mraz : Former Liberal war room director Bill Hutchison: Longtime broadcaster & journalist, as well as a professor at Seneca College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Police say they're investigating a sighting of what they call two suspicious men after someone reported an interaction with what he believes to be the two teens at the center of a nationwide manhunt. Retired OPP Detective Sergeant Jim Van Allen with the behavioural science unit and criminal profiler talks to Alex about this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by . . .  Steven KerznerA broadcaster for over 30 years, primarily through his creation Canadian icon Ed the Sock. Host of the No BullPen and the Kerzner Expedition on the F-U-Network, available on iTunes, google podcasts, and every other podcast service in the known universe.https://www.funetwork.tv/ Jason LaChapellePress secretary for the Green Party of Ontariohttps://gpo.ca/ Topics Include: A Prime Minister walks into a gay bar. That's not the beginning of a joke. He did. And became the first Prime Minister we know to do so. Is texting at work a fireable offence? And Many More! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices