Synopsis
Cutrara brings 20 years of national and international broadcasting experience to the airwaves not to mention a razor-sharp wit.
Episodes
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Exploring the upside of workplace distractions as most Canadians say they do not want a full-time return to office
06/08/2021 Duration: 09minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Harshad Puranik, author of the study looking into the benefits of workplace distractions, and an assistant professor in the Department of Managerial Studies at the University of Illinois.
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Science vs. pseudoscience at the Tokyo Olympics
06/08/2021 Duration: 09minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and star of Netflix’s A User's Guide to Cheating Death, about cupping and taping at the summer games.
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University of Toronto's Brutalist building is getting a major expansion
06/08/2021 Duration: 11minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Gary McCluskie, principal at Diamond Schmitt and lead architect on the project to expand U of T's Robarts Library.
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Advice for Canadians travelling abroad
06/08/2021 Duration: 11minGuest host Peter Shurman chats with Marty Firestone from Travel Secure Insurance.
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More than half of Ontario parents don’t have an up-to-date will
06/08/2021 Duration: 11minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Erin Bury, CEO of Willful.
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Why it's important for menstrual products to be available in federally regulated workplaces
05/08/2021 Duration: 08minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Jana Girdauskas, Founder of The Period Purse about the move to provide menstrual products in all federally regulated buildings in Canada.
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What is "revenge spending" and how can you rein it in?
05/08/2021 Duration: 08minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Lesley-Anne Scorgie, founder of MeVest, a leading-edge financial education company specializing in money coaching for Canadians.
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New concept gym in Toronto offers fully equipped private workout lanes
04/08/2021 Duration: 12minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Sophie Matis, Owner of Training Lane about her new concept gym in Toronto and how the pandemic has changed the future of workouts.
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Ontario will soon report how many COVID-19 cases are in unvaccinated people
30/07/2021 Duration: 08minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Dr. Jennifer Kwan, a family physician who has been posting comprehensive daily case numbers and graphs on twitter since the beginning of the pandemic, about the province's move to report on COVID cases in unvaccinated Ontarians.
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How to support safe swimming as province unveils new plans for Ontario Place
30/07/2021 Duration: 09minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Mark Mattson, President of Swim Drink Fish about the exciting new plans for Ontario Place that will promote safe swimming and help preserve our freshwater lakes.
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Robin Lehner tweet opens up discussion about normalizing perceptions of mental health issues in the NHL
29/07/2021 Duration: 09minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Eric Kussin, CEO and Founder of Same Here Org. about normalizing perceptions of mental health in sports.
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Addressing job vacancy rates in healthcare across Canada
29/07/2021 Duration: 11minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Tim Guest, President of the Canadian Nurses Association about healthcare job vacancies across the country.
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Could higher vacancy tax rates improve housing affordability in Toronto?
29/07/2021 Duration: 10minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to National Post columnist Adam Zivo about how to improve housing affordability in Toronto through higher vacancy tax rates.
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Dash cam footage shows truck crash on Highway 401 in Durham Region
29/07/2021 Duration: 09minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Chris Eriksen, Manager of Highway Operations for Speedy Transport about a new poll on dangerous driving, and what truck drivers want motorists to know about sharing the road.
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Human behaviour is 100% responsible for coyote situation in Toronto
29/07/2021 Duration: 13minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Nathalie Karvonen, Executive Director of the Toronto Wildlife Centre about the city's coyote (and human) problem.
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Mental health should be just as important as physical health for Olympic athletes
29/07/2021 Duration: 11minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Brenley Shapiro, the Owner and Operator of Heads Up Mental Game Coaching, specializing in sports psychology in Toronto.
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Exploring the human rights approach to clearing encampments and dealing with people experiencing homelessness in Toronto
28/07/2021 Duration: 12minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Dr. Naheed Dosani, a Palliative Care Physician and Health Justice Activist, about the City of Toronto's approach to clearing encampments in parks, and what a human rights perspective might look like instead.
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Pickering condo values rise ahead of massive transformation
28/07/2021 Duration: 07minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Cliff Liu, a broker at Strata about a new report that shows condo values in Pickering soar ahead of the opening of a huge entertainment complex that will create a "downtown" for the city just outside of Toronto.
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Potent new opioids are hitting Toronto streets
27/07/2021 Duration: 10minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Yonah Budd, Addiction and Crisis Therapist and host of Road to Recovery Saturdays at 10 p.m. on 640 Toronto, about the rise in overdose deaths in Toronto due to deadly synthetic street drugs.
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New research says exercise over drugs for kids with ADHD
27/07/2021 Duration: 10minGuest host Peter Shurman talks to Dr. Barbara Fenesi, Western University professor and co-author of the new study that puts an emphasis on exercise and meditation over drugs for children diagnosed with ADHD.