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Oct 2022
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The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley:

Scott Radley steps in to fill for Scott Thompson on Hamilton Today. On the docket: Dan McTeague is warning us that this week will see a few waves of gas price hikes, protests in Iran are ramping up, Scott covers that with Prof. Mohamad Takavoli. Saudi Arabia has won the bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a mountain resort in its $500 billion NEOM project, despite the fact it does not yet exist. Ask Hamilton and the City's Virtual Assistant are offering new technological pathways for citizens to stay informed about this election and their candidates. Abroad-based rally pushed Canada's main stock index up more than 400 points in early-afternoon trading, while U.S. stock markets were also up. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast.

Guests:

Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University.

Dan McTeague, President of Canadians for AffordableEnergy, Former Liberal MP.

Brett Chang, Co-host, The Peak Daily.

Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Professor of History and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Michael Naraine, Associate Professor Sport Management at Brock University.

Cyrus Tehrani, Chief Digital Officer & Director of Innovation, City of Hamilton.

Ian Kennedy, Writer for The Hockey News, Analysis for Yahoo.ca Sports, Author of ‘On Account of Darkness: Shining a Light on Race in Sport’.

Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator.

Host – Scott Radley

Content Producer – William Erskine

Technical/Podcast Producer - William Webber

Podcast co-producer – Ben Straughan

News Anchors – Dave Woodard & Diana Weeks

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