Episodios

  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1511 - Designing Walkable Cities, Vibrant Communities, & the Future of Downsview with Amy Jiang

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1511 - Designing Walkable Cities, Vibrant Communities, & the Future of Downsview with Amy Jiang
    Nov 21 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian is joined by Amy Jiang, Principal at BA Group and one of the leading transportation planning engineers shaping the future of development across the Greater Toronto Area. Amy brings 20 years of experience working on the GTA’s biggest and most transformational projects — including the 30-year redevelopment of the Downsview Airport lands that will eventually welcome 165,000 residents and 50,000 jobs.
    In this conversation, they discuss what transportation planning really is, the future of Downsview, what makes a community feel alive, secrets of successful large-scale developments, and Amy's personal journey in engineering.
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    55 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1510 - France’s Welfare State, Debt Crisis & Lessons for Canada with Pierre-Jean Esmieu-Fournel

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1510 - France’s Welfare State, Debt Crisis & Lessons for Canada with Pierre-Jean Esmieu-Fournel
    Nov 20 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian sits down with friend and advisor Pierre-Jean Esmieu-Fournel, a Paris-based financier whose life story and sharp analysis cut through the noise on Europe’s economic crisis. PJ shares his experience inside France’s welfare state including fully covered metastatic cancer treatment worth €320,000/year, and why the system is now at a breaking point, France's fiscal reality, and a political system in turmoil. He also discusses retirement ages, pension models, health-care tradeoffs, and demographic pressures hitting all three nations.
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    51 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1509 - Debt, Deficits, & the Hard Truths About Canada’s Fiscal Future with Sam Savrajan

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1509 - Debt, Deficits, & the Hard Truths About Canada’s Fiscal Future with Sam Savrajan
    Nov 19 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian is joined by Sam Savrajan behavioral scientist and former financial executive for an urgently needed, honest conversation about Canada's debt, deficits, and economic future. They tackle the critical, often-avoided questions which include the debt cycle, why governments obscure where money is really going, voter power and the raising GST and retirement age. This is a must-listen for anyone demanding honest, transparent, and sustainable governance.
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    52 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1508 - “Pursuing a Public Life” with Sergio Marchi

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1508 - “Pursuing a Public Life” with Sergio Marchi
    Nov 18 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian is joined by Sergio Marchi, former Toronto alderman, long-time Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister, and Canada’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organization. Sergio has lived almost every chapter of public service. Now, from his home in Tremblant, he’s written a remarkable new book, "Pursuing a Public Life", aimed at inspiring the next generation of Canadians to step into politics, leadership, and national service.

    In this conversation, they explore why young Canadians are drifting away from politics and what we must do to reconnect them with the country’s democratic life as well as the 78 lessons from a career in public service drawn from Sergio’s decades navigating city hall, Parliament Hill, cabinet, and international diplomacy. Other topics of conversation include the allure of international NGOs versus domestic politics, why Canada urgently needs young people to recommit to the home front, and so much more!
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    49 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1507 - What Really Happens to Women Midlife with Katia Stern

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1507 - What Really Happens to Women Midlife with Katia Stern
    Nov 15 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian chats with Katia Stern, a board-certified clinical sexologist who has had one of the most fascinating career journeys he's heard: from lawyer to fitness competitor to executive coach — and now doing her PhD research on perimenopausal women. Katia tells Brian very candidly that you can have the perfect-looking life — success, real estate, the gym body, the titles — and still feel like you’re disappearing on the inside when perimenopause hits. That’s what drove her to this work: so many women in their 40s and 50s feeling invisible, struggling with body changes, intimacy, hormones, and no one explaining what’s happening.

    Together, they discuss the difference between “sexy coaching” online and real, science-based clinical sexology, how perimenopause affects relationships and desire, why a lot of her private clients are actually men trying to understand their partners, and how tools like hypnotherapy, nutrition, and strength training can help women get their confidence and pleasure back.
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    53 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1506 - Canada at a Crossroad, & What the Data Really Tell Us with Eric Guntermann

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1506 - Canada at a Crossroad, & What the Data Really Tell Us with Eric Guntermann
    Nov 14 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian opens with a reflection on the defining economic and political moment facing Canada today. From rising interest rates and a housing crisis to stalled productivity and growing global pressures, Brian outlines why Canada stands at a critical turning point and what bold action is needed to move forward. Then, Brian is joined by Eric Guntermann, PhD, Chief Data Scientist at Empirical Intelligence, for a data-driven look at how Canadians really see their country’s politics. Together, they explore what Canadians think of Prime Minister Mark Carney, where voters are shifting across party lines, how Americans view Canada, and why understanding public opinion is key to rebuilding confidence and progress.
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    40 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1505 - What Our Past Prime Ministers Could Teach Mark Carney with J.D.M. Stewart

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1505 - What Our Past Prime Ministers Could Teach Mark Carney with J.D.M. Stewart
    Nov 13 2025
    Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian is joined by historian, author, and teacher J.D.M. Stewart, one of Canada’s foremost experts on our prime ministers, to discuss his insightful book "The Prime Ministers: Canada’s Leaders and the Nation They Shaped." Together they explore what history can teach Mark Carney — and any future leader — about governing a complex, diverse country like Canada. Drawing from the examples of past prime ministers, Stewart highlights four timeless lessons in leadership. Stewart and Brian discuss how these qualities — pragmatism, teamwork, courage, and inspiration — remain essential to leadership today, and what kind of vision could once again unite and propel our country forward.
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    51 m
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1504 - "The Dollar-a-Year Men" — How Canada’s Business Leaders Helped Win the War with Allan Levine

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1504 - "The Dollar-a-Year Men" — How Canada’s Business Leaders Helped Win the War with Allan Levine
    Nov 12 2025
    This Remembrance Day, join Brian for a special conversation with award-winning historian and bestselling author Allan Levine about his latest book, "The Dollar-a-Year Men".
    Allan, the author of 16 acclaimed books including King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny and Toronto: Biography of a City, has spent his career uncovering the people and moments that shaped our nation. A long-time columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press and contributor to the Globe and Mail, National Post, and Maclean’s, he brings a storyteller’s depth to Canada’s wartime history.

    In "The Dollar-a-Year Men", Allan recounts how, during World War II, hundreds of business leaders volunteered their expertise to serve in government for a symbolic salary of one dollar a year. Under the bold leadership of C.D. Howe, these men transformed Canada into an industrial and military powerhouse — coordinating munitions, shipbuilding, and aircraft production that helped turn the tide of war. Allan and Brian discuss what drew Allan to this story, how figures like Howe managed to mobilize private industry at lightning speed, and whether this model of public–private collaboration could have lessons for today’s world. Brian also shares a personal connection — his grandfather, Hugh Arthur Crombie, served on the War Munitions Board and was recognized by Prince Philip for his wartime contributions.
    This Remembrance Day, we remember not only those who fought on the front lines, but those who built the machinery of victory at home — Canadians whose sense of duty, innovation, and patriotism still inspire us today.
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    51 m