The Alex Pierson Show
640 Toronto / Curiouscast
The Alex Pierson show is an in-depth, no-nonsense look at the stories making headlines. Alex has more than 20 years in the field and behind an anchor desk, and is known and respected for her tough reporting style and accountability. Join the daily conversation with the Alex Pierson Show, and never miss an important story again.
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Oct 27, 2023 • 11min
Canada's been undermined & poses a threat to the U.S. due to Chinese interference
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Scott McGregor, author The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a War in America's Backyard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2023 • 11min
'It was beyond fear': Woman on surviving Hamas' deadly attack on Israel
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Yuval, a woman who survived the Hamas attack on Israel’s Nova Music Festival on October 7th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2023 • 14min
''Manic devotion to narrative can be so unhinged from reality''
''Manic devotion to narrative can be so unhinged from reality it more closely resembles a dangerous mental illness.'' Do you recognize your own country from all these protests? There's a second protest tonight in Mississauga at Celebration Square. Host Alex Pierson speaks with Terry Glavin, National Pos Colummnist, Senior Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2023 • 8min
Blacklocks Check-In: Are we already in a recession; BoC says it's looking rough
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tom Korski, Managing Editor of Blacklocks Reporter, about the Bank of Canada. We're in a recession and the hard economic times are beginning now, the Federal Housing Advocate made a report stating MP's should consider decriminalizing drugs in ''tent cities.'' Is this more humane? Public safety committee is stepping up to investigate Canada's black trade market, especially with stolen cars. All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2023 • 11min
Does your kid have what it takes to be an influencer?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Damian Skoczylas, Vice President of Talent at Viral Nation and Paul Telner, Head of Programming at Viral Nation, about what it takes to be an influencer - and how lucrative the content creation business can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2023 • 10min
'No real alternative': Farmers can't export, risk crops rotting due to St. Lawrence Seaway strike
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Crosby Devitt, CEO of the Grain Farmers of Ontario and an active grain farmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 26, 2023 • 9min
What we know about the Lewiston, Maine mass shooting so far
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Ric Tyler, producer and co-host of the George Hale Ric Tyler Show on Voice of Maine, about the latest on the Lewiston mass shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2023 • 10min
'Our community's struggling': Sault Ste Marie grieving following tragedy that left 5 people, including 3 children, dead
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Matthew Shoemaker, Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2023 • 8min
Convicted killer Paul Bernardo transfer: Prison officials ‘intervened’ to stop public statement
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Tim Danson, lawyer who has represented the French and Mahaffy families. Paul Bernardo is serving a life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old Kristen French and 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy, in the early 1990s near St. Catharines, Ont. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 25, 2023 • 13min
How do you negotiate with terrorists when it comes to releasing hostages?
Host Alex Pierson speaks with Phil Andrew, Principal of PAX Group, a global crisis and conflict management consultancy, and a former FBI hostage negotiator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
