Sports talk is on deck to start Episode 26.
Marty and ‘The Man With All The Unusual Answers’ Spirited Kenny talk about some of the exciting Sunday football results and the Bombers heading to the championship game. Then Marty explains a bit of his early days as an aspiring hoopster in a sports-minded childhood, and his side-door entry to the wrestling game as a broadcaster. We encourage all listeners to come out to the CWE event on Sunday Nov. 27 in Elmwood, as Marty is an entrant in the annual spectacular, the 50 Man Rumble to Remember. We’re going to record a special podcast at the venue and Kenny is prepared to become Winnipeg’s new George Plimpton. For tickets, Email [email protected]
22:00 The post-election office clean up unearthed … a 2010 column (blog post, actually) about Glen Murray by Kenny’s pal, Dan Lett. Hear why it was worthy of review for the predictive nature of what Winnipeg was to endure in the attempted return of Murray to the Mayor’s chair.
27:47 The far-left filter of Winnipeg civic issues: where facts and logic come second to feeeelings. We discuss an online spat spurred by uninformed WFP columnist Brent Bellamy about a scandal – parking outside the ex-restaurant on the “iconic” Provencher bridge AT path. It’s literally an access road, but don’t tell that to the urban know-it-alls! According to the bike lobby, it’s doomsday out there! That put Marty in the odd position of somewhat defending the Manitoba Technology Accelerator, whose evasive court antics after being sued by bullied clients a few years ago were a highlight on City Circus on Shaw.
34:20 Who could bemoan the restoration of a Manitoba Housing disaster site to useable downtown housing again? The uninformed far-left called it ‘gut-wrenching’ that the bedbugs, cockroaches and meth dealers were evicted from 185 Smith. A strange online thread that we dissect.
41:30 We preview next week’s episode, a special anniversary show. Thanks to paperwork dug up in the office clean-up, will look back at some of the fun and controversy as TGCTS built a following on 92.9 KICK-FM. Whatever happened to John Wells anyways? We briefly talk about the sad state of commercial radio in Winnipeg and how audiences are being let down.
52:28 Part 2 – A massive – but not in-depth – discussion about mask mandates. Marty Up North is a popular analyst of the Canadian scene on Twitter and he looked at the Covid hospitalization numbers for U-19’s from Alberta Health Services. Only 6 schoolchildren went to ICU for Covid out of over 800,000 since September and none died. Using data to assess booster rates and other metrics, he concluded that mask mandates are not effective. Marty and Kenny exchange reasoned viewpoints on mandates, the effects on kids, mask fatigue, and social norms post-pandemic. Here is the thread we talk about – https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1591821242591739906.html
1:16:00 – One more story – as Kenny asks a good question about media coverage, public information, and the difference between King Charles and police chief Danny Smyth.
Next Week: 16th Anniversary Special
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