The Jim Richards Show

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Jim Richards provides everything you need to know on your way home, making the brutal GTA commute seem shorter. Jim brings a unique perspective to the day’s events to keep you informed and entertained. 


Episode Date
Do you bore people at parties? The Dull Men’s Club is for you.
Dec 24, 2024
I found a traffic enforcement technology I can support
Dec 24, 2024
PITY THE POSTIE?
Dec 23, 2024
Is Trump A Bully? I say yes – and it will be bad for the USA.
Dec 23, 2024
What do you do if someone really fumbles a White Elephant event?
Dec 20, 2024
MUNICIPAL PANEL
Dec 20, 2024
Are you ready to be taxed more by Olivia Chow?
Dec 19, 2024
PROVINCIAL POLITICS PANEL
Dec 19, 2024
Which Christmas songs were written by Jewish composers?
Dec 18, 2024
Who would Santa vote for?
Dec 18, 2024
When was the last time our technical producer Andrew wore actual pants?
Dec 17, 2024
Do you want to know the political makeup of your neighbourhood before you move in?
Dec 17, 2024
Can Trudeau hold on to power
Dec 16, 2024
What do you make of Freeland’s resignation and the possibility that Trudeau might prorogue or resign?
Dec 16, 2024
Is it a faux pas to propose at Christmas?
Dec 13, 2024
When it comes to public opinion, are you with the workers?
Dec 13, 2024
WOULD YOU LIVE IN A SHOPPING MALL?
Dec 12, 2024
HAVE YOU CUT CARBS OUT OF YOUR DIET? DO YOU INTERMITTENTLY FAST?
Dec 12, 2024
Are you team truck or team anti-pickup truck?
Dec 11, 2024
Do you really hate Trudeau so much that you side with the US?
Dec 11, 2024
Cat name or Dog name? Only Jim can decide!
Dec 10, 2024
Ignore the bait!
Dec 10, 2024
Safer Cars Equal Worse Drivers?
Dec 09, 2024
Canada Post strike enters 4th week, Jim misses junk mail
Dec 09, 2024
The latest in the Canada Post strike
Dec 06, 2024
Recession or Vibecession? 
Dec 06, 2024
Doug Ford promises enhanced tools to evict encampments
Dec 05, 2024
Get me a foot long sub, hold the tongue!
Dec 05, 2024
You got a license for that uber app? 
Dec 04, 2024
Going undercover for $3.25
Dec 04, 2024
Who's political ads are these anyway? 
Dec 03, 2024
Bonnie Crombie needs to step up
Dec 03, 2024
Team Canada facing off against Trump 
Dec 02, 2024
Jim thinks Phil Verster stepping down is a really big deal 
Dec 02, 2024
Are you team “407 at any cost”?
Nov 29, 2024
Do you get antsy if you don’t buy something for Black Friday?
Nov 29, 2024
Is Canada Still Safe? 
Nov 28, 2024
Travelling with an Idiot
Nov 28, 2024
Canada Post: Public service or Public sinkhole? 
Nov 27, 2024
School's Out! Sheridan College announces major program cuts
Nov 27, 2024
Future Spirits put on Ice
Nov 27, 2024
Tariff's and Tracking dropped Cases
Nov 27, 2024
Now that the magic is gone...
Nov 25, 2024
Rude parents lead to rude children
Nov 25, 2024
Don't Sneak Food in anywhere
Nov 22, 2024
The Man with One Hundred Alarm Clocks 
Nov 22, 2024
Markham Man Must Move Mega Rink
Nov 21, 2024
Who Wants free money that we don't have? 
Nov 21, 2024
Guy Cry Movies - what are your picks? 
Nov 20, 2024
Taking the fight to Ticketmaster
Nov 20, 2024
Will Parliamentary gridlock ever end? 
Nov 19, 2024
Jim gets to the bottom of where you go at work
Nov 19, 2024
Would giving people a ‘Christian Heritage Month’ in Toronto silence the critics? 
Nov 18, 2024
Jim Vs Parking Spots: The Struggle continues
Nov 18, 2024
What exhausts you?
Nov 14, 2024
Should a 58 year old really be boxing?
Nov 14, 2024
Money is getting tighter and tighter for Torontonians
Nov 13, 2024
Canada's Hot New Game Show - Taylor Swift Price is Right!
Nov 13, 2024
Ottawa high school principal apologizes for song played during Remembrance Day assembly 
Nov 12, 2024
You've got HOW MANY emails? 
Nov 12, 2024
What is actually worth getting at Costco?
Nov 11, 2024
How does our friend in Ukraine feel about Trump’s victory and what it means for Ukraine
Nov 11, 2024
Putting The Great One in Make America Great Again
Nov 08, 2024
In Search of the Truly AWESOME
Nov 08, 2024
Canada orders TikTok to close offices over ‘security risks’
Nov 07, 2024
Happy National 'Men Make Dinner' Day, from Jim Richards
Nov 07, 2024
The Presidential Polling Post-Mortem
Nov 06, 2024
Kamala Harris Concedes Presidential Race
Nov 06, 2024
Harris or Trump: Which candidate will be better for Canada?
Nov 05, 2024
The controversial practice of Involuntary treatment for severe addiction
Nov 05, 2024
What Ford government knew of children’s aid struggles one year before ministry audit of the sector
Nov 04, 2024
Jim asks, Do we have to be so divided?
Nov 04, 2024
Winner of Car Full Of Cash Revealed !
Nov 01, 2024
CAR FULL OF CASH DAY LIVE ON LOCATION!
Nov 01, 2024
Scott Reid's Horrifying Halloween Political Scary Stories
Oct 31, 2024
Nearly 3 in 5 Canadian parents expect to financially support their children after they become adults
Oct 31, 2024
Ontario's Fall Economic Statement is Released
Oct 30, 2024
A.I. and the future of cinema
Oct 30, 2024
Where do we need tech that shames you?
Oct 29, 2024
Jim Richards finally figures out how to eat chicken wings
Oct 29, 2024
When have you tricked your last treat? Should there be an age limit for trick or treat?
Oct 28, 2024
Tony Hinchcliff’s jokes weren’t funny - but that’s just one part of the problem
Oct 28, 2024
With Halloween coming up - here are some political horror stories!
Oct 25, 2024
If you are planning on voting for Poilievre in the next election, are you split on Trump vs Harris?
Oct 25, 2024
Jim is Live on Location with Deb Hutton today from the Princess Margaret Show Home
Oct 24, 2024
Princess Margaret Home Lottery is Back and Jim and Deb are broadcasting from the King City show home
Oct 24, 2024
What happens if the city fights the province on bike lanes?
Oct 23, 2024
Bike Lanes Good or Bad?
Oct 23, 2024
Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says they’re aiming to become an energy superpower
Oct 22, 2024
Jim dives into the Don Valley West Byelection
Oct 22, 2024
Independent Grocers want Ford gov to return to the drawing board over empty alcohol container return
Oct 21, 2024
Jim's Had Enough and He's Not Going to Take it Anymore - Does no one pull over anymore?!
Oct 21, 2024
Crime Scene Clean-up is a booming industry
Oct 18, 2024
Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in 'historic' proposed deal
Oct 18, 2024
Doug Ford plans to rip out existing bike lanes that are bringing traffic ‘to a standstill’
Oct 17, 2024
Jim doesn’t believe coffee pots are still the most popular way to make coffee.
Oct 17, 2024
Do you feel like you’re being bought by Doug Ford $200 payment
Oct 16, 2024
Have you worked at a place that changed culture?
Oct 16, 2024
Should Jim have asked this cop ‘don’t you have something better to do’?
Oct 15, 2024
Am I an old man for wanting people to dress better at The Keg?
Oct 15, 2024
Jim calls BS on people who said Thanksgiving is their favourite holiday
Oct 11, 2024
What is the state of affordability in hockey these days?
Oct 11, 2024
Does Poilievre’s style turn you off? Or is he so popular that it doesn’t matter?
Oct 10, 2024
What should this mom do in her daughter’s laundry
Oct 10, 2024
Hurricane Milton Bears Down on the West Florida Coast
Oct 09, 2024
Mayor Chow Nowhere to be found lately
Oct 09, 2024
Who is the worst Costco Shopper, and is it you?
Oct 08, 2024
Workin' Hard or Hardly Workin'? For Toronto Parks workers, it looks like the latter
Oct 08, 2024
A Jim Richard's Dilemma: To Narc, Or Not To Narc, that is the question
Oct 07, 2024
Marking One Year since Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7th
Oct 07, 2024
The 600-pound beaver in the room
Oct 04, 2024
Jim Won't Stop Yelling About Everyone Having to CALM DOWN
Oct 04, 2024
How did you get out of a parking ticket?
Oct 03, 2024
What is it like to interview a Narco?
Oct 03, 2024
Poilievre says he plans to promote adoption as 'greater good' over legislating abortion
Oct 02, 2024
Sell Low, Buy High - Ford Government considering buying back Highway 407
Oct 02, 2024
LiveNation's proposed new Toronto stadium has some critics worried
Oct 01, 2024
Billy Bishop airport 'disappointed' with city staff recommendations to not extend lease
Oct 01, 2024
Do you and your partner use separate blankets? The debate heats up with your calls
Sep 30, 2024
Should Truth and Reconciliation Day be a paid holiday?
Sep 30, 2024
Sunday is National Coffee Day - How much coffee is too much? Dr. Mitch gives us a jolt of information
Sep 27, 2024
The death of stickshift. The spread of the automatic and the EV is the death knell for the manual transmission. Does anyone care?
Sep 27, 2024
Why is Pickleball so popular? Are you part of the trend?
Sep 26, 2024
Should disability be a consideration for MAID; or is ‘Inclusion Canada” right and the government should do more to help those that are vulnerable?
Sep 26, 2024
The only place you should expect privacy is in your own home - Jim "Big Brother" Richards
Sep 25, 2024
How can  a show about tunnels be boring?
Sep 25, 2024
Should Doug Ford allow the city to expand the use of red light and streetcar cameras as a way to tackle gridlock in Toronto?
Sep 24, 2024
What Justin Trudeau told Stephen Colbert in the PM's late-night TV debut
Sep 24, 2024
The Field Trip Fallout continues into Week 2
Sep 23, 2024
Why are new cars sold in such seemingly bland tones? Why are we so boring?!
Sep 23, 2024
How a group of Toronto tenants turned to a risky last resort and got a 'huge victory'
Sep 20, 2024
WEDS September 18 Hour 2: Rogers Communications to buy out Bell's share of MLSE for $4.7 billion
Sep 18, 2024
WEDS September 18 Hour 1: Jim calls out the 'zeroes' hounding Parliament Hill
Sep 18, 2024
TUES September 17 Hour 2: Should your salary drop if you get to work from home?
Sep 17, 2024
TUES September 17 Hour 1: Legendary Hollywood screenwriter slams Toronto and people seem to agree; Why do people from other countries get to come here and criticize our city?
Sep 17, 2024
MON September 16 Hour 2: Jane's Addiction cancel Toronto show, rest of tour, in wake of band altercation on stage; Tell us about the fist fights at work
Sep 16, 2024
MON September 16 Hour 1: Are you a fridgescaper? If you are, what's your deal?
Sep 16, 2024
FRI September 13 Hour 4:Jim’s cry-watch ends. Donnie leaves Newstalk 1010 for a 2nd time.
Sep 13, 2024
FRI September 13 Hour 3: In know it’s 2024 but is talking about your period in public still gross for a lot of us?
Sep 13, 2024
FRI September 13 Hour 2: What is your hack for finding your suitcase?
Sep 13, 2024
FRI September 13 Hour 1: What age do you allow your kids to walk/ bike to school alone?
Sep 13, 2024
THURS September 12 Hour 4: At what age does life get real?
Sep 12, 2024
THURS September 12 Hour 3: Are you allowed to check out other people in your relationship?
Sep 12, 2024
THURS September 12 Hour 2: What's really driving the 'sex recession'? TRACEY COX reveals why so many couples are now celibate as Gen Z say it's 'too stressful'
Sep 12, 2024
THURS September 12 Hour 1: Did you ever find out secrets about your family?
Sep 12, 2024
WEDS September 11 Hour 4: Have you been a in a relationship that has moved past this type of thing?
Sep 11, 2024
WEDS September 11 Hour 3No more porta-potties at B.C. construction sites starting Oct. 1:
Sep 11, 2024
WEDS September 11 Hour 2: Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances
Sep 11, 2024
WEDS September 11 Hour 1: The 18% tip: Here's what Canadians are saying as some restaurants raise their default options
Sep 11, 2024
TUES September 10 Hour 4: Record-breaking number of Ontarians used food banks last fiscal year
Sep 10, 2024
TUES September 10 Hour 3: What don’t you like about your kid?
Sep 10, 2024
TUES September 10 Hour 2: Who is responsible for putting down the grocery divider on the conveyor belt?
Sep 10, 2024
TUES September 10 Hour 1:Is bad spelling unforgivable?
Sep 10, 2024
MON September 9 Hour 4:Jewish safety patrol teams show up at University of Toronto campus
Sep 09, 2024
MON September 9 Hour 3: BREAKING - James Earl Jones Dies: Revered ‘Field Of Dreams’ Star & Darth Vader Voice Was 93
Sep 09, 2024
MON September 9 Hour 2: A Poll Asked Men About Things They Are Uncomfortable Doing
Sep 09, 2024
MON September 9 Hour 1:Have you ever been backstage? Who did you meet? Was it boring?
Sep 09, 2024
FRI September 6 Hour 4: Does Richard Crouse Like These Movies?
Sep 06, 2024
FRI September 6 Hour 3: Should you start wearing shoes indoors? How being barefoot affects your health
Sep 06, 2024
FRI September 6 Hour 2: Why do we get awkward around people who are differently abled?
Sep 06, 2024
FRI September 6 Hour 1:Have you ever been “hey do you work here’d?”
Sep 06, 2024
THURS September 5 Hour 4: Via Rail passenger says people stranded without food, water
Sep 05, 2024
THURS September 5 Hour 3: Do you have crazy strict rules at work?
Sep 05, 2024
THURS September 5 Hour 2: Have you been mugged at a atm?
Sep 05, 2024
THURS September 5 Hour 1: Katy Perry boasts about performing sex act on Orlando Bloom after he washes dishes
Sep 05, 2024
WEDS September 4 Hour 2: Would you call out a group of police officers out for doing nothing?
Sep 04, 2024
WEDS September 4 Hour 1:I’ve used a Toronto supervised consumption site for a year. What it’s really like in these facilities Doug Ford is bent on shuttering
Sep 04, 2024
TUES September 3 Hour 2: should drivers who slow down to look at accidents be fined?
Sep 03, 2024
TUES September 3 Hour 1: Would you yell at someone for trying to sneak into charity event without donating?
Sep 03, 2024
FRI August 30 Hour 2: What is the worst sin in a big city?
Aug 30, 2024
FRI August 30 Hour 1: Jim's Fashion sense: Zany or Chic?
Aug 30, 2024
THURS August 29 Hour 2: Cellphones will be banned in but Education minister can’t answer simple question…
Aug 29, 2024
THURS August 29 Hour 1: Should you “friend“ your kids teach on social media?
Aug 29, 2024
WEDS August 28 Hour 1: Are you noticing more wasps in Toronto? What you need to know and how to avoid their sting
Aug 28, 2024
WEDS August 28 Hour 2Etobicoke variety store caught selling booze before new rules kick in: AGCO. This is insane - time for the province to make an example out of someone, here. Restrict their alcohol and lotto retail licences for years if not FOREVER
Aug 28, 2024
TUES August 27 Hour 2: Challenges emerge with enforcing new Ontario school cellphone ban policy
Aug 27, 2024
TUES August 27 Hour 1: You still drink milk over the age of 18?
Aug 27, 2024
MON August 26 Hour 2: Average commuting time returns to pre-pandemic levels
Aug 27, 2024
MON August 26 Hour 1: Tomorrow is picture day and Jim isn’t sure if he should wear his glasses…
Aug 27, 2024
FRI August 23 Hour 4: Could 2 NASA astronauts be stuck at the space station until next year? A decision is imminent
Aug 23, 2024
FRI August 23 Hour 3: Is there something you don’t know how to do that you should?
Aug 23, 2024
FRI August 23 Hour 2: Big change coming to Ontario gas pumps but it’s not the price
Aug 23, 2024
FRI August 23 Hour 1: Hometown MLB star Joey Votto announces his retirement
Aug 23, 2024
THURS August 22 Hour 4: Federal government to intervene in rail labour dispute, force binding arbitration
Aug 22, 2024
THURS August 22 Hour 3: Democratic convention ends Thursday with the party's new standard bearer, Kamala Harris
Aug 22, 2024
THURS August 22 Hour 2: When should you ask/ never ask for permission from your spouse?
Aug 22, 2024
THURS August 22 Hour 1: If your Uber driver asks you to make a detour to go to the bathroom can you say “no?”
Aug 22, 2024
WEDS August 21 Hour 2: Petition to Reverse the Ban on Commercial Dog Walkers at Ramsden Park
Aug 21, 2024
WEDS August 21 Hour 1: Ford PCs bid good riddance to disastrous 'safe' drug-use sites
Aug 21, 2024
TUES August 20 Hour 2: Reaction to today's safe injection site announcement
Aug 20, 2024
TUES August 20 Hour 1: Doug Ford to ban safe injection sites within 200 metres of schools and child-care centres
Aug 20, 2024
MON August 19 Hour 2: Vassy Kepelos joins Jim from Chicago to preview the start of the US Democratic Convention
Aug 19, 2024
MON August 19 Hour 1: Toronto building that was at risk of collapse was deemed 'unsafe' in 2014: records
Aug 19, 2024
FRI August 9 Hour 4: Should you have to show up for citizenship?
Aug 09, 2024
FRI August 9 Hour 3: Ukraine Invades Russia
Aug 09, 2024
FRI August 9 Hour 2: Toronto Star city hall bureau chief Ben Spurr shares his story of the TTC being ordered to pay $60 million over construction delays
Aug 09, 2024
FRI August 9 Hour 1: How addicted are you to your phone? Do you take it in the washroom? Do you think that's gross?
Aug 09, 2024
THURS August 8 Hour 3: Security concerns cancel three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria, Chris Lewis weighs in
Aug 08, 2024
THURS August 8 Hour 1: The Search for Third Places with Corey Mintz
Aug 08, 2024
THURS August 8 Hour 4: Should public safety overrule your civil rights?
Aug 08, 2024