Scott Thompson Show

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Trivia and game nights, stand up comedy, community events – we do not need to tell you that these were some of the things that had to change once the pandemic hit. So how did Hamilton's own Hub of the Hammer adapt, and what events are being planned now? Scott spoke with Mattew Surrina to find out! Guest: Matthew Surina, Director of Event Management at Hub of the Hammer Event Planning   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast Bill Brioux joined Scott to unpack the trouble Jeopardy! has gotten itself into while trying to find a new host. Guest: Bill Brioux, Television Critic and Author, Brioux.tv   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast COVID-19 number have increased in Ontario, making their way back to over the 700 mark. Guest: Dr. Timothy Sly, Epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus in the School of Population and Public Health with Ryerson University - Good news out of the U.S., Pfizer has now been fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. The FDA had only approved Pfizer for emergency use, until now, which was one of the reasons many Americans (and even Canadians) were hesitant about the mRNA vaccine. Guest:  Dr. Rodney Rohde, Professor and Chair, Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the College of Health Professions, Texas State University - 14 days have passed since the Taliban took Kabul. As the world readjusts, and evacuation efforts continue, we welcome Professor Nipa Banerjee to the show, to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Guest: Nipa Banerjee, PHD, Senior fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences School of International Development and Global Studies with Univer

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Elissa Freeman joined Scott to discuss the video of Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole that has earned the Liberals the wrong sort of attention. Guest: Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Time to brush the dust off of your Sega Genesis, untangle your extra N64 controllers, and get some new old games for you Playstation 2! Or if you are like Scott, maybe you are interested in videogames of a slightly older vintage. Whatever the case, get ready for some nostalgia, because the Small Business Spotlight is shining on 1UP Games! Guest: Marc Nscimento, owner of 1UP Games, 777 King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario https://www.1upgames.shop/   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast' Scott looks at Hamilton's vaccine clinics, and the incentives they are offering. Guests: Don Mitchell, Digital content manager and reporter Global News with 900 CHML Hamilton Michelle Baird, Director Epidemiology, Wellness & Communicable Disease Control Division at City Of Hamilton - The U.S. is extending its land border closure. Does that makes sense?Guest:  Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Ryerson University - How did reproductive rights make its way back into the campaign conversation? Are the parties controlling their own narratives, and are they focusing on the areas and potential voters that they should be? Guest: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data - Climate concerns are giving young couples pause when they consider having children. Are we allowing too much fear, doom and gloom to control our lives?Guest: Elissa Freeman, PR and Pop Culture Expert   Subscribe to the Scott T

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! The Hamilton Store has moved online during the pandemic and is getting ready for pop-ups, including one at Pier 8 on August 21! Guest: Donna Reid, Creator and Owner of The Hamilton Store, http://thehamiltonstore.ca/ Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Help Heal Humanity is an internationally registered charity that was founded in 2010, in response to Haiti's earthquake at the time. Since then it had continued its mission of helping to provide the world’s most vulnerable populations with access to education, food, community, and love. Scott spoke to Serena Bufalino, for some perspective on Haiti's most recent earthquake. Guest:  Serena Bufalino, Executive Director of Help Heal Humanity, https://www.helphealhumanity.org/   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is seen as the best candidate for prime minister among the party leaders vying for the job in the federal election, according to a new poll, with 39 per cent of Canadians saying he should get a third term.Guest: CEO Ipsos Public Affairs. Social-political researcher, author, commentator. 6 bestsellers including Big Shift and Empty Planet   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast The U.S. is considering COVID-19 booster vaccinations, and a report from the U.K. shows that Pfizer and AstraZeneca both have a weakened response to Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Guest:  Dr. Omar Khan, Assistant Professor with the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Immunology with the University of Toronto and a Medicine by Design Investigator - Peter Woolstencroft joined Scott to recap the first five days of campaigning for Election 44, but they wound up covering just about every topic you can think of, including the end of the world!  Guest: Peter Woolstencroft, retired Professor of Political Science - Canada will have two planes making regular flights in and out of Afghanistan. Emily Regan-Will joins the show to discuss Canada's response to the situation in Afghanistan, and what happens going forward.Guest: Emily Regan-Wills. Associate Professor with the University of Ottawa, Political studies, transnationalism, can talk about refugee

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Professor Elliot Tepper returned to the show, to help Scott wrap his head around the way Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing wrapped up. Guest: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, keep up with the big stories developing in Hamilton, Ontario and across Canada: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! The City & The City Books found its way through the pandemic, and as of August 19 has even started hosting book-related events! Scott spoke with Janet, to find out how things have changed since the bookstore first opened in May or 2019. Guest: Janet Hoy, co-owner of The City & The City Books, 181 Ottawa St N, Hamilton, Ontario, https://www.thecityandthecitybooks.ca/   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine

The Scott Thompson Show Podcast The Conservatives have a lot to be happy about in Nova Scotia. Is it the start of a trend that will pick up in the Federal Election? Ross Lord updates us on what happened, and then Michael Taube weighed inGuest: Ross Lord, Reporter with Global National, based in Halifax Michael Taube, Troy Media Syndicated Columnist, Washington Times contributor, Former Speech Writer for Stephen Harper - With the Taliban now in control of Kabul, the organization is attempting to reintroduce themselves to Afghanistan and the world as an inclusive group that encourages women to join government. This was not the turn of events that many were expecting, and it remains to be seen what shape this will actually take. Meanwhile, the situation in Afghanistan is far from settled, a member of the Taliban's old guard has returned, and concern is mounting. Guest: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto -

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! Statistics Canada says annual pace of inflation rose to 3.7 per cent in July, the biggest increase since May 2011. What does this mean? Ian Lee explains. Guest: Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University

A Scott Thompson Show bonus podcast! With the Winona Peach Festival on hold for another year, Fifty United Church has found a way to get peach pie to the people: a peach pie drive-thru! But it not just peach pie on the menu... Scott found out more. Guest: Kathy Cushnie, one of the organizers of the peach pie drive-thru at Fifty Church, 1455 Hamilton Regional Road 8 in Stoney Creek, Ontario https://www.fiftyunitedchurch.org/   Subscribe to the Scott Thompson Show wherever you find your favourite podcasts, and follow along as Scott finds out more about the small businesses, restaurants and initiatives in Hamilton that have been affected by the pandemic! https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/189/the-scott-thompson-show/ Host - Scott ThompsonContent/Technical/Podcast Producer - William P. Erskine