• The Vassy Kapelos Show

  • Written by: iHeartRadio
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The Vassy Kapelos Show

Written by: iHeartRadio
  • Summary

  • The top newsmakers, political headlines, your go-to daily debrief. Vassy loves politics and she’ll make sure you do too. The Vassy Kapelos Show will keep you informed through hard-hitting interviews with the major players, entertaining analysis and debate with your favourite pundits and all the details and context you need on breaking news as it comes into our newsroom.

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Episodes
  • Free For All Friday
    Jul 5 2024

    Free For All Friday - Hour 1.

    Guest host Scott Reid breaks down the biggest stories of the day with Canada's top newsmakers.

    On today's show:

    • Larry Haas, former White House Official, author and Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council joins Scott to discuss the wavering support in the democratic party and what that means for Biden’s future.
    • Scott recaps historical moments that have happened on July 5th throughout history.

    Free For All Friday - Hour 2.

    Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss the five biggest stories of the week. This week's show features panelists Alyson Fair, BlueSky Strategy Group, Communications and Media Consultant and Laryssa Waler, with GT & Co and former head of communications for Doug Ford.

    1. LCBO workers go on strike for the first time
    2. Biden says 'I'm not going anywhere' as calls to quit race grow
    3. Liberal national caucus chair shuts down request by MPs for summer meeting over by-election loss
    4. Cottage talk
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Canadian newlywed couple stuck in Jamaica
    Jul 4 2024

    Amanda and Jeff Cain are two Canadian Newlyweds stranded in Jamaica due to Hurricane Beryl and the WestJet cancelations. They join guest host Robin Gill to discuss the experience of having to hunker down in the hotel during the Hurricane and trying to find a flight back to Canada.

    On todays show:

    • Mike Le Couteur, Senior political correspondent with CTV News joins guest host Robin Gill live from London to discuss election day in the U.K.
    • Brian Bogart, World Food Program director for the Caribbean countries, he is currently in St. Vincent and joins guest host Robin Gill to give the latest on the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
    • Dan Riskin, CTV Science and Technology Specialist joins guest host Robin Gill for his weekly segment Talk Science To Me.
    • The Daily Debrief Panel with Robert Benzie, Laura Stone, and Shannon Proudfoot.
    • Marj Halperin, Democratic analyst joins guest host Robin Gill to go over the wavering support from Democrats for Biden after the debate.
    • Moshe Lander, economics professor at Concordia University joins guest host Robin Gill to talk about the potential of a 6 day work week.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Trudeau Liberals 'under siege' across the country, with Conservatives cracking red 'fortresses' like Toronto and Vancouver
    Jul 3 2024

    Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss new seat projection data from Nanos Research show ridings considered previously safe for the Liberals are increasingly up for grabs.

    On todays show:

    • Kyle Larkin, executive director of Grain Growers of Canada joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss the impact the changes to capital gains will have on farmers and family transfers of farm land.
    • Marc Desormeaux Principal Economist, Desjardins joins guest host Robin Gill for this weeks 'The Explainer' segment regarding the housing crisis.
    • Sara Rasikh, Graduate Student at University of Toronto and Spokesperson for the encampment joins guest host Robin Gill to discuss how the University of Toronto has been granted an injunction against a pro-Palestinian encampment.
    • The Daily Debrief Panel with Scott Reid and Kory Teneycke.
    • Paul Cottrell, Marine mammal coordinator with the department of Fisheries and Oceans joins guest host Robin Gill to break down the efforts underway to untangle Vector the humpback whale.
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    1 hr and 18 mins

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