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This Show Was Made To Stop Internet Censorship. We Believe Everyone No Matter Their Political Views Should Be Able To Speak. We Have Certain Unalienable Rights. Watch The Show To Support Getting Rid Of Censorship.
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London Free Press reporters talk with host Rachel Gilbert about their stories and important issues impacting London, the region and the world.
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As you’re recovering from indulging in stuffing and pecan pie, we wanted to bring you a special bonus episode we put together in collaboration with our friends at StoryCorps. If you haven’t heard of StoryCorps, it’s an organization that has been gathering individual stories from across the country for over 20 years and collects them in the U.S. Lib…
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 193: Is Donald Trump's tariff threat for real?
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP business reporter Norman De Bono, who is examining U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25% tariff on imports from Canada — and the toll it could have on Southwestern Ontario's economy.
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Happy Thanksgiving, Honestly listeners! If you’re anything like the rest of America, you’ll be spending the day with family, cooking turkey, eating sweet potatoes, and. . . watching football. Whether or not you’re from Texas, the game on most American TVs on Thanksgiving Day will be the Dallas Cowboys. But just behind the players are the real stars…
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Peggy Noonan does what we try to do every day at The Free Press: tell the truth, make sense of things plainly and without pretension, frame the news in a way that helps the reader make sense of things, and put things in a historical context that gives the day-to-day depth and meaning. The very annoying thing about Peggy Noonan is that she makes the…
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 192: Examining London's 2025 municipal budget
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about Mayor Josh Morgan and city council getting ready to put the finishing touches on London's $1.4-billion municipal budget for 2025.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 191: Police launch fraud probe at London Health Sciences Centre
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jennifer Bieman about the police probe that has been launched at London Health Sciences Centre, which sources say includes "multiple individuals."
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 190: London's homeowners, London's homeless and the space between them
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about politicians voting to maintain a 100-metre buffer between homeless encampments and homes across London, far bigger than the space city staff had wanted.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 189: It's time to honour Victor Garber
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Norman De Bono about London-raised Hollywood actor Victor Garber, who's set to be honoured at the Forest City Film Festival.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 188: A suspected fatal overdose at London's supervised drug-use site
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with reporter Jennifer Bieman about the suspected fatal overdose of a person at London's supervised drug-use site on York Street near downtown.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 187: Examining London's biggest housing development ever
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with Free Press reporter Jonathan Juha about the 8,400-home proposal city politicians are applauding for the old London Psychiatric Hospital lands along Highbury Avenue in east London.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 186: Our Ontario Hockey League (and London Knights) season preview
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette on the eve of the 2024-25 Ontario Hockey League season about what fans can expect from teams across the OHL, and especially from the London Knights.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 185: Thames Valley District school board faces Queen's Park audit
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP digital editor Patrick Maloney about the ongoing reporting, led by Heather Rivers, on the Thames Valley District school board's $39,000 retreat scandal and the looming Queen's Park "operational audit"
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 184: Towers of Spite 2, taller buildings, and city hall's housing push
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about a developer bringing the spotlight back on London's infamous Towers of Spite nearly two decades later, and city politicians' plans for higher apartment towers and stacked townhouses across the city.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 183: Jesse Bleck's latest legal woes
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP justice reporter Jane Sims about the latest legal drama around Jesse Bleck and a health update on Tristan Roby, the then-teenage cyclist left with a catastrophic brain injury after being struck by Bleck's car.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 182: Our Olympics review/Western Mustangs football preview
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Fresh off covering the Summer Olympics in Paris, Free Press sports reporter Ryan Pyette spoke with host Rachel Gilbert about the Games and then about the season ahead for the powerhouse Western Mustangs football team.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 181: Londoners, and especially homeowners, are feeling the financial pinch
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with reporter Jonathan Juha about his story on Statistics Canada figures relating to the effects of inflation on people, with a focus on homeowners, and the perspective of one local social-service agency.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 180: Is a 'flex haus' the fix to housing affordability in London?
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jonathan Juha about the London builder who has embraced a unique home design they feel may help ease the local housing affordability crisis.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 179: Remembering Port Stanley drowning victim Omer Buz
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with reporter Norman De Bono about the tragic death of 14-year-old Omer Buz, who drowned at Port Stanley during a visit to the beach with his family – just the latest tragedy they've endured.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 178: How pricey housing is hurting London's ability to draw new residents
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with reporter Jonathan Juha, who wrote about a new analysis suggesting expensive housing is hurting London as a destination for immigrants and people from other parts of Ontario.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 177: Youth baseball league to unruly parents – you're out
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP's Noah Brennan and Patrick Maloney about Brennan's story on a London youth baseball league forced to erect banners on the fencing behind home plate to curb parental abuse of umpires – some of whom are kids themselves.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 176: Inside a local NHL star's $7.9M mega-mansion
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Brian Williams, who wrote about NHL star Ryan O'Reilly and the Lake Huron mega-mansion he's selling for $7.9 million.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 175: The Roby family's long path to justice
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP court reporter Jane Sims, who covered the sentencing of Londoner Jesse Bleck -- five years after he struck teenage cyclist Tristan Roby, who suffered catastrophic injuries, in a hit-and-run crash.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 174: Will city council crack down on renovictions?
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jonathan Juha, who has written about city hall's proposed plan to curb "renovictions" – which occur when landlords push out renters to allow for lengthy renovations, knowing they won't return and a new tenant can then be charged higher rent.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 173: The reality facing first-time homebuyers (and their parents)
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jonathan Juha, who reported on figures that show a growing trend in the red-hot local real estate market: Many first-time homebuyers are actually only able to buy because their parents are on the mortgage, too.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 172: Our Memorial Cup preview
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette to get a preview of the 2024 Memorial Cup, which will be contested by the London Knights, Moose Jaw Warriors, Saginaw Spirit and Drummondville Voltigeurs.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 171: Eight deaths, one inquest set to train spotlight on London jail
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Randy Richmond about the just-announced coroner's inquest that will examine the deaths of eight men at London's provincial jail, the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, between 2017 and 2021.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 170: Social agencies vs. Coun. Susan Stevenson
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about the open letter from local social agencies that called for an end to Coun. Susan Stevenson's public criticisms
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 169: A flaming freight train and loads of questions
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jennifer Bieman, who has examined the questions that remain after a flaming train spectacularly rolled through London
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 168: VW, electric vehicles and cooling consumer interest
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Norman De Bono, who first broke the story of Volkswagen's electric-vehicle battery plant coming to St. Thomas and continues to examine the EV market, including cooling interest from vehicle buyers.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 167: Congestion troubles looming for northwest London?
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about a highrise planned near northwest London's Oakridge neighbourhood and the potential for ever-growing congestion in a community already facing traffic headaches.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 166: Can the London Knights win their third Memorial Cup championship this spring?
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette on the eve of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs and examined a key question: Are the London Knights good enough to win the Memorial Cup this spring?
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 165: The unbelievable true story of con man Darko Jovanovich
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Randy Richmond about his years-long investigation into Londoner Darko Jovanovich, described by one judge as "a con man extraordinaire."
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 164: Lots of homes being built, but not nearly enough
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Norman De Bono about his stories examining construction of houses and apartment highrises, and how it's not nearly enough to match London's population growth.
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The LFP Podcast, Ep. 163: Examining the London Lightning season so far
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette about a season of change for the London Lightning, who've had an up-and-down year so far in their new loop, the Basketball Super League
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The LFP Podcast, ep.162: Examining the big London police budget
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about the 28% year-over-year increase proposed for the 2024 London police budget and the pushback from some taxpayers.
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The LFP Podcast ep. 161: An apartment fire, a two-year wait to return for residents in limbo
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Brian Williams, who has spent months covering the aftermath of a March 2022 apartment fire - which has displaced an estimated 70 residents for two years and counting.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 160: London property owners brace for 8.7% tax hike
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton as city council puts the finishing touches on a municipal budget that will hit London property owners with a relatively huge 8.7% tax hike this year.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 159: What lies ahead legally for Canada's criminally charged world junior hockey champions
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP court reporter Jane Sims about what lies ahead legally for the five members of Canada's 2018 gold-winning world junior hockey team who are criminally charged in connection with an alleged sexual assault in London.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 158: Local children in need, not enough foster parents to care for them
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Norman De Bono, who detailed growing concerns at London's Children's Aid Society over a lack of foster parents -- meaning many local youngsters are being sent far away.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 157: New lawsuits filed in crash that killed Girl Guide, 8, hurt troupe members
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with reporter Jennifer Bieman, who broke the story that children and their families have filed new lawsuits in the 2021 London crash that killed an eight-year-old Girl Guide and hurt several troupe members
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 156: An overview of the OHL's post-trade deadline landscape
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP hockey writer Ryan Pyett about the Ontario Hockey League landscape after Wednesday's trade deadline, including what the London Knights did (and didn't do).
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 155: Why Coun. Susan Stevenson was reprimanded by her city council colleagues
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jack Moulton about the 9-6 vote by city council to formally reprimand Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson over social-media posts relating to homelessness.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 154: City budget season begins and the pressure builds
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jack Moulton about city council's just-started budget season, which opened with a proposed 5.4% property tax hike next year that could get much higher.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 153: Examining the record-setting crunch facing food banks
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP reporter Jennifer Bieman, who wrote about the record-setting demand at the London Food Bank and how it's reflected at agencies across Ontario.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 152: London Health Sciences Centre faces foreign-travel controversy
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP health reporter Jennifer Bieman about her recent stories uncovering details of the $470,000 approved for London Health Sciences Centre hospital executives to travel to overseas conferences.
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