The Big Five Podcast
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The Big Five Podcast
The Big Five is the quintessential Montreal podcast, and the best way to get caught up on the top stories impacting the city. Every weekday, host Elias Makos and a roster of Montreal thought leaders debate and inform.
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Does Donald Trump deserve praise for his Middle East success? Plus: International students plunge - could it be a good thing?
Elias Makos is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia, and Ra...
Hamas releases the hostages. Plus: Should Canada dump its tariffs on Chinese EVs?
Elias Makos is kicks off the week with Jonathan Kalles, Vice President at McMillan Vantage, a national public affairs firm, and former advisor to Prim...
It’s official: Quebec is getting a constitution Plus: Did Donald Trump get robbed of a Nobel Peace Prize?
Elias Makos ends the week with Daniel Tran, Director of Communication and governmental relations at Casacom, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo...
Where’s Denis Coderre when you need him? Another woman mauled by dogs. Plus: Sky-high salaries for Mark Carney’s men.
Elias Makos welcomes back Victor Henriquez, Public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil, and Justine McIntyre, Stra...
Mark Carney sucks up to Donald Trump. Plus: The decline of Canadian happiness
Joining Elias on CJAD 800 this morning were Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Co...
Montreal’s universities brace for protests & Mr. Carney goes to Washington, again.
Elias was joined on the Big 5 were Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and presiden...
More terrible tales from the Temporary Foreign Worker program. Plus: Carney heads to Washington, everyone else comes to Quebec.
Elias Makos kicks off the week with Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing leg...
The political implosion of François Legault continues. Plus: The SAAQclic platform was made in India.
Elias Makos is joined by Sue Smith is a Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and c...
After a deadly shooting in Laval, worries about ‘disorganized crime.’ Plus: Have serious discussions become impossible to have?
Elias Makos is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Victor Henriquez, Public affairs and crisis manageme...
François Legault plays his greatest hits and latest singles. Plus: Would you take Saudi Arabia’s cash?
Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS.
Is “Elbows Up!” is just a slogan?
Elias was joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor & Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experien...
The Big 5: You’re not imagining things - road rage is getting worse!
Elias was joined on The Big 5 by Paul Gott, lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concordia...
Language, secularism, budgetary doom and no more mail - this show has it all!
Elias Makos ends the week with Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at A...
Groupe Dynamite drops a bomb on the Quebec government. Plus: The election isn’t stopping Projet Montréal from travelling the globe.
Elias Makos is joined by Sue Smith is a Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a poli...
Jimmy Kimmel returns to late night, Montreal politics get dirty. Plus: Do we need more police transparency?
Elias Makos welcomes back Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS.
Should STM employees be allowed to strike? Plus: Donald Trump takes on Tylenol.
Elias Makos is joined by Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, political, and social issues and Manager of...
Canada officially recognizes the State of Palestine. Plus: Should schools bring back “O Canada?”
Elias Makos begins the week with Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the podcast Inspiring Entrepreneurs Ca...
Canada sleepwalks into a constitutional crisis. Plus: The mayor makes how much money?
Elias Makos ends the week off with Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal prosecutor and a political commentator who was a chief of staff in...
ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air. Plus: “Bubble Zone” legislation is set to be tabled on Friday
Dan Delmar is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive e...
New poll shows robust support for secularism in Quebec. Plus: Radio-Canada suspends a reporter for antisemitic comments.
Elias Makos welcomes back Anthony Koch, Former National Spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and current managing principal at AK Str...
Former CJAD host Leslie Roberts takes a political plunge. Plus: A tragic record for Montreal.
Elias Makos is joined by Daniel Tran, Director of Communication and governmental relations at Casacom, and Political analyst Karim Boulos.
The Federal government is spending even more than we thought. Plus: Getting away with fraud in Quebec.
Elias Makos kicks off the week with Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professor at Concor...
Montreal residents will head to the courts to fight for safe streets. Plus: Could Mark Carney’s big announcement have been an email?
Elias Makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing...
Charlie Kirk, political violence, and the growing divide in society. Plus: What’s in a (metro) name?
Elias Makos is joined by Catherine Hogan, high school teacher at Westwood Senior High in Hudson, and Neil Drabkin, is a lawyer who served as federal p...
François Legault’s shuffle and advertise strategy. Plus: How to fight back against insane language policies.
Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, political analyst for CTV Montreal and CJAD 800, columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and president and foun...
The decline of downtown Montreal. Plus: The half-a-billion-dollar Quebec high school.
Elias Makos is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensive experience analysing legal, politic...
Montreal’s handbook on dealing with Anglos. Plus: Is anyone worth a trillion dollars?
Elias Makos kicks the week off with Sue Smith is a Montreal journalist and broadcaster, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Roc...
Premier Legault presses the reset button. Plus: Quebec asks Amazon and Walmart to ditch some caps & t-shirts.
Joining Elias Makos on the Friday edition of The Big 5 is Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a...
Should Canada end its Temporary Foreign Workers Program? Plus: Jean Charest says we’ll all end up thanking Trump one day.
Elias Makos is joined by Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal News at 5. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar...
A look back at Francois Legault's testimony at the Gallant Commission.
In a supersized edition of the Big 5...Elias Makos is joined by Dan Delmar, Co-founder of the content marketing firm TNKR Media and co-host of the pod...
Premier Francois Legault is set to speak at the Gallant Commission today
Sue Smith is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS.
Labour vote slitting among federal political parties. Plus: A protest outside Quebec's National Assembly
Trudie Mason, in for Elias Makos, is joined by Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Punk Rock band the Ripcordz and a journalism professo...
The CAQ sticks to their plan to ban public prayer. Plus: The death of an elderly woman that was easily preventable
Trudie Mason closes the week with Bonnie Feigenbaum, Conservative Party of Quebec candidate in last provincial election and a lecturer at Concordia &...
UPAC investigators have identified four suspects in the SAAQclic scandal. Plus: Parti Quebecois are asking if praying in public should be banned
Trudie Mason welcomes in Victor Henriquez, Public affairs and crisis management specialist at Public Strategy and Conseil, and Jonathan Kalles, Vice P...
Premier Legault has been called to testify before the public inquiry into the SAAQclic scandal. Plus: Secularism in daycares
Trudie Mason is joined by Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Paul Gott, Lead singer and guitarist for Montreal Pun...
A new report from the auditor general finds that Montreal roadwork is poorly planned. Plus: School’s back, but the phones aren’t.
Trudie Mason is joined by Political analyst Karim Boulos, and Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, and President of the Task Force on Ling...
Projet Montreal has backtracked on bi-weekly trash. Plus: A Quebec man released after killing someone while hunting
Trudie Mason kicks the week off with Jimmy Zoubris, special advisor to the Mayor, and Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for Noovo and CTV Montreal...
An update on the SAQ’s proposed destruction of $300,000 worth of American alcohol Plus: Half of Canadians would be ‘ashamed’ to call Pierre Poilievre their PM
Sue Smith ends the week with Christina Chough, Spanish teacher and Chair of the modern languages department at Dawson College, and Dan Delmar, Co-foun...
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Mayor Valerie Plante yesterday. Plus: Flight attendants won’t be punished after the Air Canada strikes
Trudie Mason is joined by Caroline Codsi, Founder & Chief Equity Officer, Women in Governance, and Akil Alleyne, Reporter and commentator with extensi...
Cellphones are banned in classrooms throughout Quebec: &Five members of the Canadian armed forces have been suspended over the Nazi salute
Elias Makos ends the week with Justine McIntyre, Strategic consultant and former city councillor, and Meeker Guerrier, Commentator at Noovo and RDS