The Alex Pierson Show

Coming to Rogers stadium, Oasis will be in Toronto August 24th. Will they play? Will they make it before being broken up again. How do you get tickets? Will they add another show instead of playing one night? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Alan Cross, Musicologist and host of Ongoing History of New Music and a journal of musical things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While protestors were here condemned the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in a massive air Israeli bombing of the southern suburbs of Beirut Saturday. Lebanese and Arabs were dancing in the streets. They don't see him as a victim instead a ruthless sectarian who turned Hezbollah's guns on them. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Jonathon Elkhoury, Christian Lebanese Israeli Peace Activist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are as many as 50 elected officials and staff that have unwillingly or willingly infiltrated our Federal Government to work against our interests. How are we supposed to vote in any election? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch & Democracy Education Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Montreal dockworkers have walked off the job for a 3 day strike. It comes just hours before tens of thousands of US longshoreman walk off the job crippling 36 port along the east coast from Texas to Maine. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Marvin Ryder, Associate Professor, Marketing and Entrepreneurship at McMaster University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Days after an ill-advised fieldtrip, the Toronto District School Board is still dealing with growing fallout from the public. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Joseph Neuberger, a Criminal Justice Attorney with Neuberger & Partners LLP. Joseph tells Alex just what kind of lawsuits members of the TDSB COULD see in the coming weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about emails obtained from Minister Guilbeault's department reveals discussions to ''cancel planned burns in Western Canada,' months before the devastating wildfire in Jasper, Cabinet yesterday survived a non-confidence vote by a margin of 211 to 120 on a warning it may be a short reprieve. All this and more!GUEST: Tom Korski - Managing Editor of Blacklock's ReporterX(formerly Twitter): @mindingottawa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade Giles Gherson joins Alex Pierson to talk about Premier Ford's announcement to explore digging a tunnel underneath one of the busiest highways in the entire world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with "Sarah", a mother of a student who was one of the many who the TDSB took on a field trip that quickly turned into a protest. "Sarah" tells Alex just how this has damaged her trust in the school board and why the board not only failed the students but the community as a whole. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson speaks with Warren Kinsella, the President of Daisy Group and former political strategist for Jean Chretien about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joining Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show". Warren and Alex discuss why the PM would choose to go on this show, and also touch on the former Premier of Ontario accusing Don Valley West by-election candidate Anthony Furey a "bigot". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson asks the question on many people's minds in light of the pager and walkie-talkie explosions...just what is the Mossad? To answer that Alex speaks with Dr. Eyal Pinko, a former senior intelligence officer and professor at Bar-Ilan University who breaks down the origins of the organization, and how it compares to other global intelligence agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices