The Alex Pierson Show

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

News
**The Alex Pierson Show**

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.

Latest Episodes:

CounterPoint - Friday, June 14th, 2019 Jun 15, 2019

Show notes

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by:

Bob Richardson - Senior Counsel at National Public Relations

Peter Shurman - Broadcaster, businessman, former Conservative MPP

Topics Include:

Masai Ujiri's supposed "scuffle", Doug Ford not attending the Raptors' victory parade, and Trudeau's low poll numbers.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Town Council In Virginia Votes To Move Slave Auction Block To Museum Jun 15, 2019

Show notes

Fredericksburg councillor Matt Kelly joins Alex to explain why he voted against removing this historic symbol.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Point ON Point - Friday, June 14th, 2019 Jun 14, 2019

Show notes

Kawhi Leonard does smile--and brings a nation together in the process.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Counterpoint - Thursday, June 13th, 2019 Jun 14, 2019

Show notes

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by:

Kim Wright - Principle of Wright Strategies

Anthony Furey - Sun/Post Media Columnist & National Comment Editor

Topics Include:

Tim Horton's tapping into the NBA finals and telling a story about a Raptor fan who came with nothing but built a dream, Trudeau government having to levy an additional carbon tax worth at least $50 a tonne on greenhouse gas emissions, Toronto based organization suspended by charities and got fined $550.000 over concerns it may have funded armed militants in Pakistan's been awarded a federal summer jobs grant and more.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Raptors Have Awakened Many Lives Of All Young Basketball Players Jun 14, 2019

Show notes

Alex Pierson is joined by Ryan Sidhoo, director and producer of the documentary series ''True North: Inside The Rise Of Toronto Basketball.'' They speak about ''Raptor Fever'' and how Ryan's documentary digs into the roots of basketball and the future stars of the sport.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Point ON Point - Thursday, June 13th, 2019 Jun 13, 2019

Show notes

Sometimes teachers really are their own worst enemy. For the first time in the Toronto Catholic School Boards history, they will be charging teachers ten bucks a day to park on school property.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Boyle's lawyers allowed to introduce his wife's sexual history as evidence. Jun 13, 2019

Show notes

Alex Pierson is joined by Kristin Raworth, a sexual violence survivor and now advocate, to discuss the issues surrounding this controversial court ruling.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Counterpoint - Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 Jun 13, 2019

Show notes

On this edition of Counterpoint, Alex is joined by:

John Mraz - Former liberal war room director with several dozen elections worth of experience

and

Bill Hutchison - Former broadcaster...longtime journalist...professor at Seneca

Topics include:

Confirmed tonight that Kevin Durrant blew out his achilles...he has had surgery, but he is going to be recovering for a long time.

The premier is expected to shake up his executive council after seven public-opinion surveys in the past month have highlighted problems for the Progressive Conservative government due to program cuts in the budget.

A new public opinion poll by Forum Research shows Canadians are divided in support for the Liberal government’s carbon tax.

Catholic high school and elementary teachers will soon have to pay for parking.

The U.S. women's soccer team crushed Thailand 13-0 in Tuesday's World Cup opener, and while the highlight reels were aplenty, so was the backlash arguing that the Americans throttling of a lesser opponent — and celebrations after each goal — was either unnecessary or unsportsmanlike.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Prime Minister is asking Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer to condemn a letter asking for a reversal on Bill C-48 and 69.....is that going to happen? Jun 13, 2019

Show notes

Alex Pierson is joined by Andrew Scheer, leader of the Conservative Party, to discuss national unity.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We keep hearing about children being exploited when they go into a system that is supposed to care...why is this still happening? Jun 12, 2019

Show notes

Alex Pierson is joined by Nicolas Bala, Queen's University law professor and an expert on issues related to children, youth and families in the justice system, to discuss the sexual exploitation of children within the foster care system.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected