Metro Morning from CBC Radio Toronto (Highlights)
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Podcast Description
CBC Radio's Metro Morning with Matt Galloway keeps listeners informed about what's going on in Toronto and offers listeners an optimistic, sometimes humorous view of the world, together with the day's more serious news.
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Metro Morning podcast Friday May 25 | Do changes to Employment Insurance go too far, or not far enough? Be it resolved that the European experiment has failed. Michael Hlinka on a bad week for Facebook. Double lung transplant recipient Helene Campbell on her new life. | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday May 24 | Could cardiologists flee Ontario if the government cuts their pay? A father on his son's death and whether it could have been prevented. Should women who donate their eggs be paid? | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday May 23 | If Torontonians say they don't want a casino, will it come anyway? Should we build a pedestrian bridge to the Toronto Islands? Globe and Mail restaurant critic Joanne Kates on 38 years of eating in Toronto. | 5/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning Podcast, Tuesday May 22 | A Toronto doctor on proposed changes to health coverage for refugees, how a new housing centre will help some of the city's most vulnerable women; and a local woman pays tribute to Toronto's Shriya Shah-Klorfine, who died this weekend, descending the summit of Mount Everest. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning Podcast, Monday, May 21, 2012 | As Toronto prepares to welcome Prince Charles and Camilla, Dutchess of Cornwall, we speak to a monarchist about the Prince, and the relevance of monarchy today. We'll also hear from a Toronto prince about his royal lineage, and talk about ageism in the medical profession. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday May 18 | Should Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair apologize for police misconduct during the G20? How the condo market is changing the rental landscape in Toronto. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday May 17 | Who is responsible for serious police missteps during the G20 in Toronto? Road rage behind the wheel. An insightful look at homelessness and mental illness from the NFB. TD CEO Ed Clarke speaks up about homophobia | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday May 16 | A look inside road rage. Accused G20 bombmaker Byron Sonne on being cleared of all charges, his life now and whether he regrets what he did. Authentic Korean in Kim's Convenience | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday May 15 | Helping moms with post-partum depression. What did the RCMP do wrong during the G20. Demanding design excellence on the waterfront. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday May 14 | Meet the man from Detroit who's been hired to fix community housing in Toronto. The dangers of lying on your resume. Jesse Hirsh on the future of Facebook. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday May 11 | Why the jury in the Michael Rafferty trial never saw some of the most explosive evidence. Will you pay to read the Globe and Mail online? Investing in our parks. CBC comes to Hamilton. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast for Thursday May 10 | Rev Brent Hawkes on Obama, same sex marriage and leadership when it comes to the fight for equality. One woman's fight for the word fat. Waiting for a liver. Trading up from a toy car to a condo. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday May 9 | Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews on battles with doctors. Jeff Rubin on the end of economic growth. The late great children's author Maurice Sendak on writing for kids. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Special Education | Matt Galloway spoke with Kelly Ford about her struggle to get extra school support for her 13-year-old autistic son. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Facebook Hype | Matt Galloway spoke with CBC business reporter Nisha Patel about Facebook's countdown to its initial public offering. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday May 8 | A mental health strategy for Canada. Good news for a disabled couple with a young child. Jesse Wente on the return of blackface. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday May 7 | Why would parents line up all night to get a spot for daycare? How not to go to war with your neighbours. Jan Wong on being fired from the Globe and Mail and the two year depression that followed. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday May 4 | What's the line between public and private when it comes to public officials, and can the Mayor choose who covers city hall? The Lord Mayor of the City of London. Changing the face of street food in Toronto. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday May 3 | Why did Rob Ford confront a Toronto Star reporter near the Mayor's home? The complicated relationship between Jamaicans and Chinese immigrants. How safe is your bike route? A new map shows you. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday May 2 | Defining able in the face of a disability. Is Conrad Black getting special treatment in being allowed back into Canada? An extraordinary documentary on what it means to be a modern Indian woman. | 5/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday May 1 | Why a disabled couple is fighting to keep their new baby. A driver's perspective on sharing the road. Jesse Wente on the state of advertising. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday April 30 | Surprise, Toronto has a budget surplus. Is there a pro-police bias in the the organization that investigates police behaviour? Picasso's Picassos. | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday April 27 | What it was like for South Africans to vote freely for the first time 18 years ago. Guns in schools. A PhD candidate making change in her community. | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday April 26 | Is now the time to talk about road tolls in the GTA? How did a 12 year old get a loaded handgun into a Toronto school? Nancy Grows Up. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday April 25 | The Mayor is looking for suggestions on what he should focus on. We get suggestions. Transit City rises from the dead. The editor in chief of the Globe & Mail on filter bubbles and how we're cutting ourselves off from a world of information. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday April 24 | NDP leader Andrea Horwath on the deal that saved the Liberal government. One high earner on why he feels a tax on the wealthy is unfair. Aboriginal business leader Gabrielle Scrimshaw on the role of business in helping First Nations. | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday April 23 | Will the Liberals bend on a promise not to raise taxes to save their own budget? Is our fight against bullying actually hurting our kids? Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo on reconciliation. | 4/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday April 19 | Kristyn Wong-Tam on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's refusal to attend the Pride Parade. Highlights from a discussion with community leaders on female feticide. Is it happening here, and if so, how should that be addressed? | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday April 18 | How to break the codes of silence. Three generations of Indian women on Disappearing Daughters. The power of poetry. An 80 year old on returning to school and getting her BA | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday April 17 | Part two of our series Disappearing Daughters. How sleepy is that pilot in the cockpit? Mark Tewksbury remembers Toronto Star writer Randy Starkman. Toronto's new World Record wheelchair marathoner. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teacher Dispute | The elementary teachers' federation has walked away from talks with Queen's Park. | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday April 16 | Are teachers being unfairly targeted by the government or just being asked to do their fair share? Disappearing Daughters: why some cultures value boy babies over girl babies. Nora Young on her new book The Virtual Self. | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday April 13 | Can you preserve a neighbourhood's character and build condos? Making evidence-based decisions around safe injection drug sites. Celebrating 50 years of an independent Jamaica. | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday April 12 | Should safe drug injection sites come to Toronto? More on the power of music. A clown master tells all. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday April 11 | U of T president David Naylor on standing up for Toronto. How private money can build Toronto. What cuts at the CBC mean. Living through a double lung transplant. | 4/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday April 10 | Is private money the best way to fund public parks? Saving the High Park Zoo. How a community rallied around ill musician Billy Bryans. How movies are rated. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning Podcast, Monday April 19, 2012 | A family baseball tradition, how your brain is like a computer, and a new tribute to very old, and very famous, ship. | 4/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday April 5 | Why talking about suicide is a good thing. Saskatchewan wants you! Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopolous on the start of the Jays season. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday April 4 | Tax the rich? The rich say yes. Do bike lanes actually make cyclists safer? You've heard about the Toronto Islands. What about the Humber Islands? Anyone can run a marathon. | 4/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday April 3 | The story of a refugee from Sudan who embodies the phrase "giving back." A poverty of imagination in Toronto. Why York University said no to $60 million. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday April 2 | Is the plan for the Port Lands the best we can do? Why what you're reading on the subway says something about you. Dear Leafs: I'm done with you. | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday March 28 | Reaction to Ontario's austerity budget from the Liberals, NDP and PC. Is the budget fair, mean-spirited, an attack on labour or the right way to deal with a $15 billion deficit. | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday March 27 | Selling cuts in times of austerity. Is prostitution now safer in Ontario? A Marmite shortage? | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday March 26 | Labour standoff at City Hall. Making Toronto a walkable city. I don't know how to ride a bike! | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday March 23 | Karen Stintz on Rob Ford, and the future of transit expansion. What is the state of the NDP as it chooses a new leader? Is it safe to ride a bike in Toronto without a lock? | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday March 22 | What is truly happening at City Council? Is York University trading academic freedom for money? Meet one of the hottest new singers on the scene, Cold Specks. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wesnesday March 21 | Who's afraid of light rail transit? Cutting around education. One of the alleged victims of sex offender Graham James on what justice means. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Tuesday March 20 | It's the first day of spring, so why does it feel like summer? Meet the new NDP MP for Toronto Danforth. Jesse Wente on The Hunger Games. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday March 19 | Why library workers are out on strike. How a community built, and will rebuild, a playground. Why Vancouver artists are moving to Toronto. | 3/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Friday March 16 | Is this the final nail in the coffin of Rob Ford's subway dream? Jennifer Baichwal on Margaret Atwood and the meaning of Payback. Here come the Irish. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday March 15 | Documenting the war in Syria through the eyes and art of Syrian children. How to ensure your bike isn't stolen this summer. Sam James on the art of coffee. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday March 14 | Richard Florida on why he believes a casino in Toronto would be a disaster. Meet the new man in charge of the TTC. What value is there in knowing the horrible details from a murder trail? | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast for Tuesday March 13 | Is a Toronto casino a gamble worth taking? Should dogs really be allowed in restaurants? The secret lives of Iranian women. | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday March 12 | The stresses facing newcomers when they arrive and try to reunite with family members. The awkward relationship we Canadians have with Cubans. A March Break trip with a difference. | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Thursday March 8 | Unpacking the Stop Kony story. Worth praise or hype? Celebrating International Women's Day. Building a community hub through community bonds. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Wednesday March 7 | Should the Premier dictate what Toronto's transit policy should be? The dangers of perfectionism. Meet the man who discovered stem cells. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast for Tuesday March 6 | What happens to Mayor Rob Ford's agenda now? How to talk to kids about the death of Tori Stafford. Kids from LGBTQ families support their own. What would your last supper be? | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning podcast Monday March 5 | Why won't the world help the Syrian people? Should women be allowed to wear headscarves while playing soccer? Helping mixed-race young women find themselves. | 3/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning Podcast, Thursday March 1, 2012 | A local fundraiser for the families of the ten migrant workers killed in a crash outside of Stratford; Toronto's new Cardinal on the state of the Catholic Church; a program that tackles Diabetes in newcomer families in Rexdale; and, a Toronto author on how we decide to ban books. | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning Podcast, Wednesday February 29, 2012 | A recovery addict and researcher on the government's decision to pull OxyContin from the province's drug benefit program; a Toronto man on his decision to reveal the abuse he suffered as a child, decades later; a sneak peek at the newly-renovated "Bloor Hot Docs Cinema," and, your thoughts on the Leap Day tradition of women proposing to men. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metro Morning Podcast, Tuesday February 28, 2012 | A transit expert on how other cities keep transit employees safe; a local engineer on the province's decision to delay investing in roads and bridges; a local basketball coach's brush with death; and, the man behind the puppets in the new production "War Horse." | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 61 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Long time favourite
I've been a long time fan of Metro Morning, from the early 80's through today. Having the show available as a podcast is great! Keep up the great work! Doug in Kitchener.
Amazing show
Thanks for having me on your show it was a wonderful experience I am thankful for your time and allowing us to get the word out for young moms everywhere pregnant and facing homelessness. I hope to see more progress for the future and I'll be sure to keep you posted many thanks Nicole mcqueen
Great job
Matt, you did a great job. I like the way you ask questions.
