

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.
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Sep 19, 2024 • 33min
Further Cuts to International Students, What is the Mossad, & Improve Policing in Hospitals
On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, we'll start off talking about the feds change of direction for international students, exploring just what the Mossad is and why they are considered so dangerous to some. Alex Speaks With: Guidy Mamann, an immigration lawyer with Mamann, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP about the federal government extending cuts to international students and work permits.Eyal Pinko, a Sr research fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies who helps explain just what Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad, are all about. Peter Shirer the Vice Chair Toronto Paramedic Services Unit Local TCEU Local 416 on a new pilot program that will see police officer stationed in select ER's to help expedite safe patient transfers under the mental health act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 19, 2024 • 9min
Blacklock's Check-In: ''We have become a foreign interference playground, 'testified Conservative MP Michael Chong
Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabniet knowingly misdirected investigations of foriegn interference under a ''mountain of process,'' Cabinet confirms hundreds of church burnings nationwide with a sharp rise in arson attacks following claims that skeletal remains were discovered at and Indian Residential School. 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

Sep 18, 2024 • 32min
Diddy's Day In Court, Deadly Pagers and Child-Friendly Social Media
On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, we go from the shady underbelly of Hollywood to explosive strikes in Lebanon and then talk about the safety of scrolling on your phone.Alex speaks with:Gloria Allred of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg about Sean "Diddy" Combs and the startling allegations and charges in his most recent case, and if we could see other celebrities drawn into the fray.David Shiply the CEO of Beauceron CyberSecurity about the pagers which were used to attack and kill members of Hezbollah and how it could've even happened.Paul Davis the Founder of Social Network Safety on META's new "teen friendly" Facebook and Instagram accounts that are being rolled out, and if they are worth it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 17, 2024 • 11min
Is The Province Failing At Remaining Accessible To All?
Host Alex Pierson reads about a recently built provincial courthouse that cost over $949 Million dollars to construct has persistent and easily avoidable accessibility issues. So Alex brings on David Lepofsky the chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance who also recently penned a report on the many issues and what needs to be done to make public land accessible to all the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 17, 2024 • 10min
Blacklock's Check-In: There's no reason to not name MP's involved in Foreign Interference
Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, the Managing Editor of Blacklock's Reporter about anyone hoping to learn names of those MP's and political players suspected of participating in foreign interference schemes. Not going to happen, Canadians report an epidemic of gangland crime despite millions in federal grants under a Guns and Gang Violence Action Fund. 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

Sep 16, 2024 • 11min
Gentiles Protecting Jews
Alex is honoured to speak with the former chief of the defence staff, General (retired) Rick Hillier. Gen. Hillier and Alex talk about his new group of non-Jewish members who are advocating for the end of surging anti-semitism in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 16, 2024 • 13min
Another Attempt On Trump's Life
Alex closes in on the 2nd assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by speaking with someone who knows just how difficult it can be to be security to upper levels of government, Wayne Black. Wayne is the President of Wayne Black and Associates and previously provided security to former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and explains why protecting high officials is a tricky business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 16, 2024 • 13min
Through Senseless Loss We Hope To Improve A Broken System
After the overdose death of 13-year-old Brianna MacDonald in an Abbotsford encampment, her mother Sarah MacDonald has come forward to share her story in the hopes that it could lead to meaningful change.Sarah and Alex talk about how this all got started for her young daughter, what she did to try and protect her, and how the system ultimately failed her young daughter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 16, 2024 • 30min
Assassination Attempt # 2, Gentiles Protecting Jews, & The Century Manor
Welcome to the Alex Pierson Podcast where our host Alex Pierson dives into the big stories of the day and does all the heavy lifting for you.In this episode Alex first closes in on the 2nd assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by speaking with someone who knows just how difficult it can be to be security to upper levels of government, Wayne Black. Wayne is the President of Wayne Black and Associates and previously provided security to former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and explains why protecting high officials is a tricky business.Next, Alex is honoured to speak with the former chief of the defence staff, General (retired) Rick Hillier. Gen. Hillier and Alex talk about his new group of non-Jewish members who are advocating for the end of surging anti-semitism in Canada.And finally, our host takes a trip down memory lane and returns to her hometown of Hamilton with local historian Robin McKee. Robin and Alex look into the long-abandoned Century Manor, one of the last standing remains of Canada's historical mental institutions, that is now slated to be converted into supportive housing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 12, 2024 • 11min
Judge Sends Man To Jail After Reading The Wrong Sentence...Over A Year Ago!
Host Alex Pierson is joined by an old friend, Joseph Neuberger who's a criminal justice attorney with Neuberger & Partners LLP to talk about an EXTREMELY unusual case. Alex and Joe talk about how a Superior Court Justice has admitted to reading the wrong sentence for a defendant over 14 months ago...and just recently decided to reveal this information. Joe talks about how damaging this is to the perception of our judicial institution, and what widespread ripple effects this could have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


