Premier-designate Doug Ford has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province’s books. Is this a good first step that sends the right kind of message to Ontarians? Guest: Brad Clark, former Hamilton city councillor, former MPP and Minister of Transport & Labour, currently a principal at Maple Leaf Strategies - There continues to be debate over the name of the new public high school being built at Scott Park. The name put forward, Shannen Koostachin Secondary School, was rejected in a 6-5 vote by trustees, with those opposed saying there ought to be more student feedback. How should we be naming our new schools? Guest: Larry Pattison, Ward 3 school trustee - For the first time since Scott returned from vacation, he and Don Robertson sit down for their usual Monday night sports chat. They discuss Phil Mickelson's questionable performance at the U.S. Open, how the sheer amount of strikeouts are affecting MLB viewership, and what to expect from the upcoming NHL and NBA drafts.

The Scott Radley Show Podcast The brightest conversation in Hamilton is here to send you off into the weekend. Mike Fortune returns to the show tonight, fun and informative conversation about parenting, marijuana laws, the Prime Minister's eyebrows, The Hamilton Honey Badgers and more. Guest: Mike Fortune, of Cable 14

The Scott Radley Show Podcast Scott breaks down the potential danger behind hashtags like “#NotMyPremier” and “#NotMyPresident,” and the attitudes that lead to their creation. - Save the Mothers is an international organization working to improve the health of mothers and babies in developing countries. While in Uganda, Scott was able to see some of what STM has accomplished and learned how he and others can help. Guest:  Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese, M.D., Founder of Save the Mothers - Bubba O’Neil joins Scott to discuss the U.S. Open and debate what will happen in the Ticats upcoming season. Guest: Bubba O’Neil, Sports anchor for CHCH News

The World Cup starts tomorrow, beginning with Russia facing Saudi Arabia at 11am EST. As fans prepare to tune in for the biggest sporting event in the world, it was announced today that Canada will co-host the World Cup in 2026. A joint bid between Canada, the United States and Mexico was selected as the tournament host today in Moscow in a vote of FIFA's member associations. The current plan calls for Canada to stage 10 preliminary-round games. What can we expect from this year's World Cup and when it comes time for the event to come to North America, how much support will Canada's team get from Canadian fans? Guest: John McGrane, retired soccer player, in the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame - A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has found that 1 in 3 Americans are taking prescription medication that lists 'depression' as a possible side effect. So how many people are aware of this and is this actually leading to more people suffering from depression? Guest: Dr. Dima Qato, assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Pharmacy and lead author of the study - With Donna Skelly moving on to represent Flamborough-Glanbrook as MPP in the new PC provincial government, she leaves a vacancy on city council. We also have a municipal election coming up in a matter of months. Who should be appointed to fill her seat as councillor for Ward 7? Scott offers some suggestions and takes calls from listeners on what they think the city ought to do.

The provincial election that is currently going on is easily the nastiest we've seen yet and we have to ask, are things getting out of control? Is the name calling and personal comments making you more likely to vote or are our politicians doing the exact opposite? - All of the stories you have come to love follow a pattern and mathematicians, yes mathematicians, from the University of Vermont have found that there are 6 story arcs for a story to follow. What are these story arcs and how can it be that from over 1700 English-language stories, only 6 story arcs exist? Guest: Gary Barwin, author of Yiddish for Pirates and former Writer in Residence at McMaster University - Ben's Story of the Day never has a dull moment, especially when people drive into fresh cement that buries their car up to the doors, get high and wear women's braziers to fill up bathtubs with potatoes and determine that cockroach milk is the next superfood. Are things sometimes gross? Occasionally, but never dull! What's Ben's Story of the Day? What's your story of the day? - For the 4th year the Golden State Warriors are going up against LeBron James for the NBA Finals Championship. Are things getting old or is seeing the best teams, that happen to be these two, go up against each other time and time again still exciting? Is it time for the Blue Jays to sell off as many players as they can and rebuild the team from the ground up? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH   Today was Ben's last time on The Scott Radley Show. To everyone who listens to and enjoys the show, thank you. -Ben S

Following the leaders debate on Sunday night, Scott and Brad Clark rip into all three main party leaders for their performances - both during the debates and over the course of the campaign so far. Guest: Brad Clark, former Hamilton city councillor, MPP and Minister of Transport & Labour, currently a principal at Maple Leaf Strategies - A new estimate says between 15% and 20% of all packaged food in Canada has shrunk over the past 5 years. It's called "shrinkflation". Guest: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, professor and researcher in food distribution and policy, Dean of the Rowe School of Business at Dalhousie University - There's plenty to talk about in the world of sports, and Scott and Don Robertson of the Dundas Real McCoys touch on all kinds of sports news, including the Hamilton Bulldogs' performance in the Memorial Cup, the Stanley Cup final, and too many strikeouts in baseball.

It’s Friday night and Scott is hosting the Brightest Conversation in Hamilton. Mike Fortune returns to the studio, after moderating political debates, and is ready for any topic that Scott throws at him. Start your weekend in the best way by listening to the newest podcast of The Scott Radley Show. Guest: Mike Fortune, host Cable 14

Why don't Hamilton police officers wear cameras that document their conduct, and should they? Guest: Clint Twolan, President of the Hamilton Police Association - Do the new NFL rules, regarding what a player may and may not do during the national anthem, violate the rights of the players? Guest: Jon Pinkus, Associate with Samfiru Tamarkin LLP - Once more the question of of bringing an NHL team to Hamilton has entered the conversation. Scott and Bubba get to the heart of the issue: how realistic of an idea is it? Guest: Bubba O'Niel, Sports anchor on CHCH

There are poles about every little thing going on with the provincial election where we can see a few interesting trends. One of the most interesting things is how many people are voting for the NDP not because they want the NDP to win but becuase they don't want the Liberals or PCs to. Will you be voting because you believe in a party or because you don't want another to win? - There's some idea that Hamilton did, in fact, have an NHL team at one point. Too bad there isn't any jersey or sweater in any museums to prove it until now! Someone has found one after going to some great lengths to find it and he shares some stories from his journey. Guest: Russ Boychuk, Seeker of a 1925 Hamilton Tiger Jersey - Scott's producer, Ben, has been posed with three really... interesting situations that people have been found in. From a heavily tattooed man standing on top of swings shouting the birds and the bees story in graphic detail to three men who stole a 25ft shed with a pickup truck and a guy who hid his legless girlfriend from the police in a garbage can, Ben has quite a few peculiar options to choose from. What story will he crown as his story of the day? Which one is your story of the day? - It's official! Johnny Manziel is now a Tiger-Cat and if there's someone who knows the ins and outs of this, it's none other than CHML's very own Rick Zamperin. What does he think of Manziel's signing? Will we be seeing a prosperous season for the Ticats or will he just do something dumb and pull the Cats down? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Senior Sports Director at Global News Radio 900 CHML

Time for the Brightest Conversation in Hamilton, with Brad Clark joining Scott in the studio for a lively conversation about the news of the week. Guest: Brad Clark, Principal at Maple Leaf Strategies, Former City Councillor, MPP, Minister Transport & Labour

Whenever elections roll around, politicians love saying that they'll cut taxes and spend more on the people. That can only run for so long before you end up billions of dollars in debt like we are right now. Now our politicians need to do something but what is it? Are our politicians focused on the most urgent issues, or the the most emotionally charge ones? Guest: Bill Kelly, Host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML - The upcoming royal wedding isn't going to be following tradition quite like weddings from the past. What will these changes be and should the Royal Family be moving with the times? Guest: Robert Oldham, past president of the Hamilton Branch of the Monarch's League of Canada - Ben's Story of the Day is coming to you today with some more confusing people's stories and unusual situations. Misspelled tattoos, flying bouncy castles and screaming German parrots are all on the menu today plus a Canadian story that Scott will skip over... sort of... - The Hamilton Bulldogs have conquered Ontario and are getting ready to take on the rest of Canada's top junior teams. The ultimate winner will be awarded the Memorial Cup. The Bulldogs have played strong, will this trend continue out in Regina? Guest: Teri Pecoskie, Hamilton Bulldogs Reporter for The Hamilton Spectator

Everyone is arguing about whether they hear Laurel or Yanny after listening to this clip -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGpl0E95cM -- so we thought we'd find out how our hearing actually works and how it's possible two people can listen to the same sound but hear two totally different things. And what does this mean for other things, like music? Could we be listening to the same song but actually be hearing it differently? Guest: Laurel Trainor, Director of McMaster's Auditory Development Lab - You've probably heard more than a few helicopters flying over Hamilton during the last few days until suddenly, they stopped. Someone called the Canadian Armed Forces and mentioned something that halted their training across all of Hamilton. Who put in this call and what did he or she call about? - The C.D. Howe Institute says government regulations alone have driven up the cost of homes in Hamilton by as much as $100,000. What policies have done this? Can they be changed or would undoing them cause more harm than good? Guest: Ben Dachis, Associate Director of Research at the C.D. Howe Institute - Joey Votto has decided to rip on Canadian baseball and then turn around and apologize profusely. Has he completely shredded his reputation here or will people forget this as soon as he wins another award? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH

How much do Ontarians owe? Do the math and you'll discover that when you factor in provincial plus federal debt, the amount we owe is equal to each family being on the hook for more than $400,000. For how much longer will this continue to grow? Guest: John Robson, Columnist for the National Post - Another foot washed up onto the Vancouver shoreline this week. That's 14 this decade. Is this the work of a twisted serial killer or some weird coincidence? Guest: Sasha Reid, Criminologist and Serial Killer Expert - Usually first dates are a little awkward and a lot of decisions regarding how you feel about the other person are made. Some lady from the United States made her decision on a first date and it was simple, he was the one. She was later arrested for sending the man 65 thousand texts - and you thought you had a bad first date experience. - Three of the four Hamiltonians on the Hamilton Bulldogs join Scott in studio to talk about a championship, the Memorial Cup and the joys and challenges of playing at home. Guests: Brandon Saigeon, Nick Caamano and Owen Burnell, Players for the Hamilton Bulldogs

The Carmen's Group is bidding to operate the entertainment venues in Hamilton's downtown. Now they have teamed with Oakview Group, a major management and concert-booking company based in Los Angeles. What is the benefit of Hamilton this organization, and how could this change Hamilton?   Guest: Scott Warren, of Carmen's Group   -   The Ontario Provincial election is only weeks away. Scott talks to Dr. Barry Kay of the Laurier Instittute for Public Predictions and Policy, to get a picture of what Ontario's political landscape will likely look like after June 7, 2018.   Guest: Dr. Barry Kay, Political Science Professor at Wilfor Laurier University   -   And Don Robertson makes his weekly stop by The Scott Radley Show, to talk about the Bulldogs' historic season, the Raptors and more.   Guest: Don Robertson, General Manager and Associate Head Coach for the Dundas Real McCoys

Tonight Scott is joined by Cadillac Bill for the Brightest Conversation in Hamilton. Prepare for serious talk, lighthearted topics, history lessons and some strange words of wisdom in the newest podcast of The Scott Radley Show. Guest: Cadillac Bill of The Cadillac Bill Show on Cable 14

Ontario's largest education union has publicly endorsed the NDP because they say that the Liberals haven't been supporting education as much as they'd like. If this sounds weird to you, that's because it should. The Wynne Liberals have poured billions of your dollars into education and that still isn't enough for the union?! Will they ever be satisfied? - A group with more likes than Justin Bieber and Donald Trump COMBINED will be coming to Hamilton to perform at FirstOntario Centre. You may have never heard of BTS but this K-pop group has amassed a following so large that they didn't even need conventional adverstising to sell out these concerts so fast that Ticketmaster's website couldn't keep up. Will you be seeing BTS live in Hamilton? Guest: Graham Rockingham, Music Editor at the Hamilton Spectator - Today is a special edition of Ben's Story of the Day. What makes it special you might be asking? It's the second time we've done this this week! There's also a bit of a theme to the stories, can you guess what it is? Ben will choose his story, which one is your story of the day? - When two sports guys get together, interesting conversations often start up. Whether it's basketball or hockey, Scott loves it all and so does Bubba O'Neil! Things do get a bit weird when some people start doing a Bollywood dance number while wearing Winnipeg Jets colours though.... Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH

The Wynne Liberals tried something new with how our kids should be taught and it's not only confused the kids who are supposed to learn math, it's confused everyone else too! Clearly this method isn't working, could switching back to the 'old way' of teaching math be the answer we've been looking for? Guest: Dr. Robert Craigen, Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Manitoba - With a new provincial election on the horizon, editorial cartoonists and artists are starting to get excited. There are some... quirky... people running for office each with their own flaws that cartoonists love to interpret for everyone in comedic ways. They're some of the few that can knock politicians down a peg or two, so what are The Spec's editorial cartoonist's thoughts on this upcoming election? Guest: Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist at The Hamilton Spectator - There is a world full of unique and wonderful people. Most of them lead quite normal lives but there's a few that just take things to another level. Scott poses his producer, Ben, with three stories about three different (extra emphasis on 'different') individuals in unusual situations that he must choose from to be crowned Ben's Story of the Day. Which one would you choose as your story of the day? - Scott is joined by Don Robertson of the Dundas Real McCoys to talk about bulletin board material, athletes bashing other athletes and teams. Does it make sense or could it be counter-intuitive? Guest: Don Robertson, Owner and Operator of the Dundas Real McCoys and Broker of Record at Com/Choice Realty

The Scott Radley Show In the next few weeks, Sam Merulla will bring forward a motion to have public hospitals house safe injection sites in the city of Hamilton. Is the end of the search for suitable safe injection site locations, and what would be the logistics of adding them to hospitals? Guest: Sam Merulla, Councillor for Ward 4 in Hamilton, Ontario - It has been 40 years since a Hamilton team has played an OHL finals game on home ice. Tonight the Hamilton Bulldogs are going to break that streak. Some are surprised that they have made it this far, others expected great things from this season. Scott talks to Steve Staios, to get his insights on this season and what to expect from tonight’s game. Guest: Steve Staios, General manager and President of the Hamilton Bulldogs - Scott is baffled, to say the least, by Don Gorske of Fond du Lac Wisconsin. On May 4th Gorske consumed his 30,000th Big Mac hamburger. In light of this, Scott ponders the level of commitment needed, to have the same meal nearly every day for multiple decades and how frequently the average person could eat their favourite food before getting sick of it.

Tonight is the night for the Brightest Conversation in Hamilton, with Mike Fortune joining Scott in the studio for a reanalysis of this week’s news. Guest: Mike Fortune, of Cable 14.

The Wynne Liberals have said we're going to run a $6 billion deficit, roughly. The auditor general says, no, it'll be more like $11.5 billion. And now the financial accountability officer says it'll be closer to $12 billion. Is this a simple difference of opinion? Is this a political squabble. Or is someone intentionally fudging the truth? Guest: Marvin Ryder, Professor of Marketing at the DeGroote School of Business - If you haven't looked lately, the downtown is filthy! In certain spots that is. Cigarette butts by the thousands are among the worst offenders. Now a task force has pushed the city to see if there's anything that can be done to clean up or even simply enforce the bylaws that are already in place. Guest: Cameron Topp, Owner of Saigon Soul Food restaurant - Jeans are reknown for their robustness and reliability. The fashion industry sometimes takes clothes to a new level and sometimes even challenges the notion of calling them 'clothes'. Jeans have now fallen victim to the fashion industry whose charging $168 US for 'Extreme Cut Out Jeans'. Are people even thinking nowadays? - Tonight is the CFL draft and the Tiger-Cats have the first overall pick. What are they going to do with that? Do you think the league does enough to turn it into as big an event as possible, much like the NFL has done with its draft? Guest: Rick Zamperin, Senior Sports Director at Global News Radio 900 CHML

On Tuesday evening the mayor fired off a blistering tweet at Donna Skelly calling her a rookie councillor who doesn't care about Hamilton and is only in it for herself. He then blasted Doug Ford in another tweet. Is this par for the course in election season or unseemly behaviour from a mayor? And should he be creating enemies with the party that appears likely to form a government? Guest: Brad Clark, Principal at Maple Leaf Strategies - Every day we glance at best-before dates on food packaging before digging in. How are these dates decided? Is there some science behind this or is there just some guy stamping packages with random dates and how much food waste is there by following these dates religiously? Guest: Dr. Keith Warriner, Professor of Food Sciences at Guelph University - Once a week, three stories are pitted against each other to be crowned Ben's Story of the Day. Sometimes the stories are weird, sometimes they're gross and sometimes they're just plain funny. What three stories did Scott find for Ben today? Which one is your story of the day? - Five Swedish hockey players have been suspended from IIHF competition for removing their silver medals after the world junior championship. Is that justified? Also, a new basketball league is being launched by Mike Morreale with a team landing here in Hamilton. Is there any way this could work? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH

China is in the process of implementing a facial recognition system using 600 million cameras that will track every citizen and penalize or reward them based on social credit scores. Sound terrifying? It is. Guest: Gordon Chang, Expert on Asian Politics - A new poll by OREA says millennials believe the dream of home ownership is out of their reach. Is it, or are their expectations creating a gap that can't be bridged? Guest: Tim Hudak, CEO of Ontario Real Estate Association - Competitive eating is simply incredible and arguably dumb but there's still something to be said about someone who can eat 125 cupcakes in about 8 minutes. Matt Stonie posted a video of him doing this as well as other unbelievable eating feats on YouTube.  - The Hamilton Bulldogs open their OHL final tomorrow in Sault Ste. Marie. What have they done right that's allowed them to get this far in just three years? And what is the league doing to help Michael Andlauer get a new arena in Hamilton? Guest: David Branch - President of the Canadian Hockey League & Commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario PC leader Doug Ford says if his party wins the June election, the City of Hamilton can spend the $1 billion in funding for LRT on any infrastructure projects it wants. Should the money be going toward other infrastructure projects in Hamilton? Is it worth re-opening the discussion? Guest: Jason Farr, Hamilton city councillor for Ward 2 - A new study from researchers at McMaster University has found that it might actually be harmful to give oxygen to a person who is in medical distress. How did this process even become standard practice in the first place and what should first responders and medical practitioners be doing differently? Guest: Dr. Derek Chu, clinical fellow at McMaster University's Department of Medicine - Scott is joined by Don Robertson of the Dundas Real McCoys to talk sports, as well as how Scott's desk at the Hamilton Spectator had a guest starring role in an Emmy-winning miniseries. They also ask the questions - is it appropriate to suspend a player for flipping the bird? Is the NHL ever going to fix its instant replay system?

Tonight Jay McQueen joins Scott Radley in the studio for the Brightest Conversation in Hamilton! Guest: Jay McQueen. morning and evening weather announcer for 900 CHML Global News Radio

A Police Services Act tribunal found a Hamilton cop did not racially profile Councillor Matthew Green during a stop two years ago today. What, if anything, does this decision mean? And where does this case go from here because we know it's not done? Guest: Bernard Cummins, Lawyer for Const. Andrew Pfeifer - The U.S. government dumped another sea of documents about the JFK assassination today. What do they say? Also, not all of them were released though, a bunch were held for "national security reasons" despite assurances they'd all be released. Why is this? Guest: Randy Owen, JFK Assassination Expert - Except for those that actually enjoy exercise, running and working out in general sucks. It isn't fun and it hurts, so then why not run in a race for a short distance... like a REALLY short distance. Only 0.5km long and don't worry, there's a donut and coffee station half way through with a designated smoking area for those that need a break. Oh and there's beer! Do we need to go on? - What now for the Maple Leafs? And when will soccer finally change it's rules and stop deciding championships with penalty kicks? Guest: Bubba O'Neil, Sports Anchor at CHCH