
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
Does Bill 1 have hidden sovereignty dog whistles?
11/24/2025
Tristin Hopper, Reporter for the National Post
Duration:00:11:46
Heurtel: This is a very strange crisis to manage for Pablo Rodriguez
11/24/2025
Political analyst David Heurtel is a counsel at Fasken with experience in Government and Public Relations, Environment, Climate Change and Immigration. He can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand.
Duration:00:12:03
Mennie: Actually, a Quebec Liberal mutiny/schism/implosion is not entirely unexpected.
11/24/2025
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:00:13:01
Do female athletes hydrate the same way as male athletes?
11/24/2025
Dr. Lawrence Spriet, Professor Emeritus in Human Health Science at Guelph University, exercise physiologist and lead researcher in the study
Duration:00:09:03
François Legault’s abysmal track record for business investments
11/24/2025
Sylvain Larocque, Business Reporter at Le Journal de Montréal
Duration:00:09:01
MONTREAL NOW PODCAST: This company makes inflatable pants to protect seniors from falls, robotic kitchen with AI cooks and serves without human help, cancer research team wants your toenail clippings, why best before doesn’t mean bad after, & watch out for these scams ahead of your holiday shopping
11/21/2025
Maxime Bolduc, co-founder of Azimut Medical
Carmi Levy, CTV’s Tech analyst
Dr.Aaron Goodarzi, Professor of biochemistry at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine
Sylvain Charlebois, ‘The Food Professor’, Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University
Larry Zelvin, Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Crimes Unit, BMO Financial Group
Duration:00:48:28
Mulcair: The Quebec Liberal Party is dealing with a side show – next is the main event.
11/21/2025
CJAD 800 political commentator Tom Mulcair can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand in addition to The Andrew Carter Morning Show, every weekday at 7:40 a.m.
Duration:00:11:19
Mennie: This probably is not how the Quebec Liberals thought their holiday season would kick off.
11/21/2025
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:00:11:10
Soraya Martinez Ferrada discusses her first few weeks as Montreal mayor
11/20/2025
Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Mayor of Montreal
Duration:00:18:05
Melançon: This whole crisis will leave a long lasting impact on the Liberal party
11/20/2025
Raphaël Melançon, a political analyst for CJAD 800 and CTV Montreal and a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. He is also the president and founder of Trafalgar Strategies
Duration:00:11:08
Mennie: Montrealers’ expectations of Mayor Ferrada may be high… or are they?
11/20/2025
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:00:09:32
Tech Corner: Robotic kitchen with AI cooks and serves 120 meals an hour without human help
11/20/2025
Tech analyst and journalist Carmi Levy can be heard regularly on Montreal Now with Aaron Rand as well as CTV News.
Duration:00:10:08
Where are renters going these days in Canada?
11/20/2025
Brooklyn Lewandowski, Senior Account Executive with Reach by RentCafe
Duration:00:08:17
This company makes inflatable pants to protect seniors from falls
11/20/2025
Maxime Bolduc, co-founder of Azimut Medical
Duration:00:08:59
Hydro-Quebec planned power outage to affect West Island residents
11/20/2025
Cendrix Bouchard, spokesperson for Hydro-Quebec
Duration:00:03:12
The Leader of the Quebec Conservative Party calls for a corruption investigation into the Liberal Party
11/19/2025
Eric Duhaime, Leader of the Quebec Conservative Party
Duration:00:08:17
Reid: Pablo Rodriguez needs a long clean season
11/19/2025
Scott Reid, CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin
Duration:00:09:50
Mennie: Time to rethink those Quebec Liberal election pool picks?
11/19/2025
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:00:11:54
Here are some scams to look out for leading up to the holidays
11/19/2025
Larry Zelvin, Executive Vice President and Head of Financial Crimes Unit, BMO Financial Group
Duration:00:08:40
Everything you need to know about best-before dates on food packaging
11/19/2025
Sylvain Charlebois, better known as The Food Professor, is Senior Director at Agri-Food Analytics Lab, and Professor of Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University
Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Duration:00:09:31