The Deb Hutton Show
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Deb Hutton provides listeners with real talk that cuts through the noise for the early drive home. Her experience in politics and communications brings a fresh common sense perspective on the issues that matter.
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Oct 7, 2025 • 33min
Ontario students protest schools’ decision to cancel prom
Should these kids get to have a prom? Plus – The Blue Jays look to advance to the ALCS GUESTS: Phil Demers - Former Marineland whale trainer Mandie Murphy - Co-founder of Left Field Brewery
Oct 7, 2025 • 40min
October 7th, Carney and Trump, Convoy Sentencing, and the Blue Jays
Jim breaks down a big day of breaking news Plus – Are you on Team Mom in a viral video?GUESTS: John Moore - host of Moore in the Morning Jerry Agar - host of The Jerry Agar Show Mike Wilner - baseball columnist for the Star and host of the podcast “Deep Left Field”
Oct 6, 2025 • 33min
Breaking down a major Supreme Court ruling
How Etobicoke ‘squatters’ won a fight against Toronto and what that means Plus – What is your sports superstition? GUESTS: Gavin Tighe - senior partner with Gardiner Roberts LLP and chair of the firm's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group Paul Lewin, a Toronto lawyer who has a focus on issues surrounding cannabis and psychedelics
Oct 6, 2025 • 41min
Jim Richards vs. The City of Halifax
Why did Jim want to get back to Toronto quickly over the weekend? Plus – Why Doug Ford said ‘Smirnoff’s next’ GUESTS: Richard Shimooka - Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute Guidy Mamann - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP
Oct 3, 2025 • 34min
A chilling moment when a Toronto rabbi told his congregation what to do if someone attacks a synagogue
A friend of Brian’s shares a moment that stuck with him the other day. Plus – Jose Bautista gets ready for the Blue Jays playoff run GUESTS: Lorrie Goldstein - Editor Emeritus at the Toronto Sun Sylvain Charlebois - The Food Professor Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes
Oct 3, 2025 • 36min
How much of a spike could the Jays cause in business for bars downtown?
Brian Lilley is in for Jim and Deb today as we look towards the Blue Jays postseason run. Plus – Are you the social coordinator in your friend group?GUEST: Paul Bognar - CEO of SIR Corp, the company that owns Jack Astor's, Duke's Refeshers, Reds and the Loose Moose
Oct 2, 2025 • 35min
Comedians who performed in Saudi Arabia are accused of ‘whitewashing’
Jim gets some perspective from a Middle East expert Plus – Do you have a deathtrap in your house?GUESTS: Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle East Aaron Rose - Toronto sports reporter covering the Blue Jays
Oct 2, 2025 • 40min
Should the public be paying for people to have free internet at home?
Jim has some thoughts on the library lending out wifi devices Plus – How often do you ‘shop around’? GUEST: Mike Von Massow - professor of food, agricultural and resource economics at the University of Guelph
Oct 1, 2025 • 35min
A former school board trustee says it’s time for a change.
A new column sheds light on the process. Plus – What is ‘Project Ontario’? GUESTS: Nokha Dakroub - Former Peel Region School Board Trustee and host of The Radical Centre podcast Nick Dixon - Co-anchor of CP24 Breakfast Matt Spoke - Project Ontario spokesperson
Oct 1, 2025 • 39min
‘Not fair, transparent or accountable’: Ontario’s auditor general weighs in on $750M in Skills Development Fund grants
Deb gets an update on a new report Plus – What do you do that embarrasses your kids? GUESTS: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter Goldy Hyder - President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada Dr. Nina Mafrici - Registered Clinical Psychologist and co-director of Toronto Psychology & Wellness Group
