Montreal Now with Aaron Rand Podcast
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Aaron Rand gets Montrealers through the end their work day with the latest news and compelling conversation. The show includes analysis from former NDP leader Tom Mulcair and The Montreal Gazette’s James Mennie. Also expect a laugh or a challenge with the Empire Gold News Quiz!
Language:
English
Episodes
Mennie: his year, “American Independence Day “ has a special meaning for Canadians.
7/4/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:07:19
Mennie: Only in Quebec news item: “go”, once outlawed, has been partially rehabilitated.
7/3/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:08:22
Tech Corner: Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band
7/3/2025
Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.
Duration:00:08:08
The Nuits d’Afrique festival returns July 8 to 20 for its 39th edition
7/3/2025
Suzanne Rousseau, general director of Nuits D’Afrique
Duration:00:07:48
Study from Microsoft shows its AI performs 4 times better than doctors at getting the right diagnosis in patients
7/3/2025
Chris Labos, cardiologist with a degree in epidemiology and frequent contributor here on CJAD 800
Duration:00:09:47
Mennie: In a timid, tentative step toward the 21st century, Quebec thinks about possibly extending weekend store hours…maybe.
7/2/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:09:10
Businesses in three Quebec towns will be allowed to stay open later on weekends
7/2/2025
Michel Rochette, Quebec president of the Canada Retail Council
Duration:00:08:26
Legal Corner: Courts will sanction bad faith, especially in family matters
7/2/2025
CJAD 800 legal contributor Chris Dimakos is a lawyer and managing partner at Dimakos Law Group. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:08:44
Is Quebec still Canada's most corrupt province?
7/2/2025
Martin Patriquin, Quebec correspondent for The Logic
Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Duration:00:11:20
Mennie: Has Donald Trump defined our identity?
7/1/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:09:52
The best salads for summer days when you just don't feel like cooking
7/1/2025
Kelly Albert, cookbook and lifestyle publicist with Penguin Random House
Duration:00:08:29
What is the city doing to help people out during Moving Day?
7/1/2025
Craig Sauvé, Independent City councillor in Le Sud-Ouest borough
Duration:00:09:56
Mennie: It may have been a Trudeau-era idea, but Carney takes the blame for the DST climb down.
6/30/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:10:53
New report shows Montreal women are staying away from the blue collar workforce
6/30/2025
Meryem Benslimane, Expert in diversity, equity and inclusion and a member of the Conseil des Montrealaises
Duration:00:09:56
Renewed calls for water safety as a spike in the number of drownings hits Quebec
6/30/2025
Raynald Hawkins, executive director of the Quebec Life Saving Society
Duration:00:06:42
Nearly 2000 households looking for a unit before Moving Day
6/30/2025
Raynald Hawkins, executive director of the Quebec Life Saving Society
Duration:00:06:52
Negotiations between Canada and the US pick back up after Canada rescinds digital services tax
6/30/2025
Julian Karaguesian, has worked with the Canadian Ministry of Finance IN Washington D.C on the Canada – U.S. economic relationship
Duration:00:11:19
Canadians are boycotting the US and some businesses are feeling the pressure, Is Montreal ready for an NBA or WNBA franchise? How Tomatoes and Watermelon can cheer you up, Billions of login credentials have been leaked online, Meet the first woman inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder, & William Shatner is coming back to Montreal.
6/27/2025
Patrick Woodcock, President and CEO of the Maine Chamber of Commerce
Josh Lewenberg, TSN Toronto Raptors NBA Beat Reporter
Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Host of the Dr. Joe Show, Sundays at 3 PM on CJAD 800 & director of the McGill Office for Science & Society
Carmi Levy Tech analyst and journalist can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.
Daniele Sauvageau, General Manager of the Montreal Victoire, Montreal’s professional women’s hockey team
William Shatner, a Montreal-born actor and novelist who portrayed Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek series and films
Duration:00:46:37
Mennie: Donald Trump announces the end of negotiations with Canada
6/27/2025
Political commentator James Mennie is a reporter, columnist and editor at the Montreal Gazette. He can be heard weekdays at 4:05 p.m. on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:08:39
What the City of Montreal asks and offers to Montrealers this Moving Day
6/27/2025
Philippe Sabourin, City of Montreal Spokesperson
Duration:00:07:13