Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!
Language:
English
Episodes
Mulcair: They should never have been in the room because they are not real media
4/18/2025
CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.
Duration:00:08:35
Mennie: We may have heard the last Federal Debate in this country
4/18/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:09:08
Yaccarini: Poilievre’s main goal is to be less scary and more likeable
4/17/2025
Antonine Yaccarini, Political Analyst and Public Relations consultant. Expert and former PQ and CAQ staffer
Duration:00:09:48
Mennie: Tonight’s debate will seem like it’s on another planet (and it will be).
4/17/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:10:40
Tech Corner: Landmark antitrust trial could force the sale of Instagram
4/17/2025
Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.
Duration:00:08:53
What do you need in order to vote in the federal election, everything you need to know about an MRI scan, chlorinated chicken, & keeping a maternity leave replacement
4/17/2025
Florence Ryan, Regional Media Advisor for the Montreal area at Elections Canada
Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800
Dr. Joe Schwarz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society
Chris Dimakos, CJAD 800 Legal Contributor
Duration:00:31:32
Crane: The Green Party should never have been included in the debate
4/16/2025
Jennifer Crane is a political strategist and founder of Connexion Québec Public Affairs. She can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:08:57
Mennie: The entire leaders debate process — and the commission behind it — have been a total gong show.
4/16/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:10:49
Legal Corner: If you hired a great maternity leave replacement, are you allowed to fire your old employee and keep the new hire?
4/16/2025
CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:07:12
Meet the Canadian linguist behind 52 New York Times crossword puzzles
4/16/2025
Will Nediger, Canadian linguist, crossword champion and creator of 52 New York Times crossword puzzles
Duration:00:09:23
Here's what you need to know before heading out to vote
4/16/2025
Florence Ryan, Regional Media Advisor for the Montreal area at Elections Canada
Duration:00:07:46
Husny: Changing the start time of the debate is a good move
4/15/2025
Rudy Husny, former advisor in the Harper government and political analyst
Duration:00:10:59
Mennie: Is it possible, in 2025, to dangerously overestimate the importance of this week’s debates?
4/15/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:10:54
The Right Chemistry: What is chlorinated chicken?
4/15/2025
Dr. Joe Schwarcz is director of the McGill Office for Science & Society. He is also host of The Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 p.m. on CJAD 800.
Duration:00:09:45
Dr. Labos: Is there any health benefit to getting a complete body MRI?
4/15/2025
Dr. Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and a regular contributor on CJAD 800. You can hear him every Sunday on Weekends with Joanne Vrakas at 7:20 a.m.
Duration:00:07:55
Heurtel: Quebecers don’t care that Mark Carney’s French isn’t good
4/14/2025
Political analyst David Heurtel is a counsel at Fasken with experience in Government and Public Relations, Environment, Climate Change and Immigration. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:11:15
Mennie: Worried about preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause? Poilievre isn’t.
4/14/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:10:25
More women over 40 are having more babies than teenagers
4/14/2025
Dr. Diane Francoeur, Executive Director of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, obstetrician-gynecologist at CHU Sainte-Justine and a professor at the University of Montreal
Duration:00:10:15
Mulcair: At this stage of the game everyone is waiting to see what happens at the debates
4/11/2025
CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.
Duration:00:12:11
Mennie: As some start to question the veracity of campaign polls, will others question the result of the election?
4/11/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:12:14