Synopsis
The Start on CJOB with Mackling, Megarry & McNabb brings you all the hot topics of the day, from 6am to 10am, Monday to Friday.
Episodes
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Get Up, Stand Up
01/05/2025 Duration: 01h07minJETS WIN! (1:40); Jets gut out big win after Scheifele leaves game -- Times you banded together to stand up for each other (9:20); Standing up for others (17:15); SMALL TOWN SALUTE - Beaches of 59 High School Adventure Race & public Adventure Race on May 23rd/24th (20:50); JETS... from the perspective of the P.A. announcer! - Jay Richardson, morning host on Power 97, P.A. guy for the Jets (31:45); Monthly visit with Mayor Scott Gillingham (38:45); Standing up for others & the time John Gunn School invaded Ecole Regent Park for an attempted Rumble (51:20); More on the Transcona rivalry, and teeing up Grace Hospital Day! (53:50); Winning entry on standing up for others (1:00:45).
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Starting Linueps
29/04/2025 Duration: 01h11minELECTION! (1:40); Did the pollsters get it right? The challenge of polling (10:20); Adventures in lineups! Inspired by Brett's short but kind of annoying trip to the polling station on Monday (18:50); Breaking down the election results with a political scientist (25:40); Election reaction from Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (33:35); Election recap with 680 CJOB's Richard Cloutier (39:10); Winning entries on lineup adventures (52:05); Jennifer Hanson Ukraine Fundraiser this weekend / Divas of Rock next weekend (56:30).
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Election Day!
28/04/2025 Duration: 01h05minVancouver Filipino Festival tragedy / Election day / JETS LOSE AGAIN (1:40); Jets lose yesterday, election day today... How do you manage disappointment?? (8:50); Elections Canada tees up what you need to vote (15:10); Lapu Lapu festival tragedy: Vancouver man charged with murder - How is the Filipino community feeling & coming together? (22:55); Jim Toth on the Jets' loss (30:40); PICK A FIX WINNER 2 & the comedy that ensues...(43:55); Winning entry on managing disappointment (46:15); Election preview with CJOB's Richard Cloutier - Swing ridings in Manitoba, and beyond... and could this thing be called before polls close here?? (50:10).
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Friday Blues
25/04/2025 Duration: 01h14minJets lose (1:40); How many will be hopping off the Jets bandwagon? Times we overreacted (9:30); Candidates vying for Kildonan-St. Paul as the riding is surprisingly up for grabs (17:45); Canadian Election as covered by The New York Times (23:45); Monthly visit with Premier Wab Kinew (34:15); Times we overreacted (45:40); CLAYHEM! (50:15); Winning entry on overreacting (58:15); Canadian History Ehx podcast - special Canadian series, featuring the likes of DEADPOOL HIMSELF Ryan Reynolds! (1:01:20).
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Like & Subscribe
23/04/2025 Duration: 01h10minAdvance voting over last 4 days shatters records (1:40); YouTube is 20 years old???? How has YouTube impacted you? (4:55); The latest from Vatican City - Global National Europe Correspondent, Redmond Shannon (13:00); Latest from Washington D.C. - Global's Reggie Cecchini (23:55); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - Hockey insider John Shannon (30:30); Listener suggests YouTube has created the DIY generation... another listener offers caution concerning DIY renovation videos (40:55); National Immunization Awareness Week (April 21-30) (44:40); Winning entry on the impact of YouTube (51:15); BARBERSHOP QUARTET SHOW - River City Sounds a cappella 4-part harmony with LAUGHTER AND LOVE this Saturday for charity (56:20).
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You're No Fun!
22/04/2025 Duration: 01h10minWAKE UP! - GO JETS GO / the pope (1:40); SOUNDS OF THE GAME! (8:05); Times someone else's fun got in the way of our fun! Sarah went to her first Whiteout Party, but the giant hats made it tough to see (17:50); Canada election 2025: Liberals cling to narrowing polling lead / Poilievre yet to release full Conservative platform / Marty Morantz signs hit with graffiti, possibly antisemitic (24:40); Jets talk with the CJOB Sports Show's Christian Aumell (31:55); Earth Day - Research team including some from the U of M are working to extract a 600 metre ice core from northern Canada (43:35); Winning entries on someone else's fun getting in your way (51:00); Manitoban who winters in the U.S. back from Florida... and is selling! (55:05).
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Sideways (2025)
15/04/2025 Duration: 01h04minLemay Forest / election polling / Breakfast with the Bombers / Big announcement coming! (0:30); JD Vance fumbles college football trophy during Ohio State visit to White House... Things that go sideways during formal / semi-formal events (6:35); Honourary street naming for BTO / Things we've botched at events (14:50); BREAKFAST WITH THE BOMBERS - Brady Oliveira! (18:00); EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! / More things we've botched at important events (27:15); Community committee meetings... Safe consumption site Joseph Fourre, Manitoban whose son died of fentanyl poisoning (34:50); Winning entry on things we've botched during important events (45:45); Jocelyn House Hospice needs some help fundraising! (50:35).
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It'll Getcha!
11/04/2025 Duration: 58minSiloam Mission Stories of Hope Radiothon / JETS BEAT DALLAS 4-0!!! (1:40); Sounds of the Game! (9:10); Jets win made Greg think of the saying 'NO BRAG, JUST FACT', so we talked Catchphrases (16:20); Take Pride Winnipeg Litter Index results -- SLIGHTLY better overall, but the northwest dives a bit. We have work to do! (22:50); Catchphrases (29:25); Radiothon - Garth Manness, Chair, Siloam Mission Board (32:00); Radiothon - Kristin Kennedy, Interim Manager of Transition Services (44:05); Winning entry on catchphrases (52:40).
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An Early Retirement
09/04/2025 Duration: 01h37minToday we talk the Dallas Stars do the Winnipeg Jets a favour with historic choke job vs Vancouver, Jets prospect Chaz Lucius retires due to medical reasons…What is EDS?, Things you'd love to do but the prospect of doing it is super scary, like Cloutier doing stand-up at the Comedy Festival!, Latest from Washington on reciprocal tariffs - Global's Reggie Cecchini, Ken Wiebe, Free Press writer of words... co-host Kenny and Renny podcast, Premier Wab Kinew says the greatest day in Manitoba's history is the day we learned the Jets were coming back, Listener with EDS reaches out after hearing our interview on EDS
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Cool Job!
08/04/2025 Duration: 01h18minGO JETS GO! / Early Reiser contest Round 3 (1:40); Sounds of the Game! Jets stop the Blues! (9:00); Where's the coolest place you got to do your job? Like Cam & Jim broadcasting on location today at True North Square (17:20); Brazen rural thefts… another farmer's story from the weekend (24:55); Breakfast with the Bombers - Tanner Cadwallader, 2025 Cal Murphy ‘Heart of a Legend Award' recipient (33:00); Cool places we got to do our job trickles off into places people have met pro wrestlers (43:50); Do young Canadians feel their concerns are being heard this election?? (46:35); Winning entry on the coolest places you got to do your job (59:40); Kevin Donnelly True North Sports and Entertainment... The Whiteout Party announcement is coming today! (1:04:05).
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Surely, You Can't Be Serious...
04/04/2025 Duration: 01h23minForecast for next week looks GREAT. No April 5th blizzard this year. / Audio from Jim Toth Show of stormchaser lightning strike during interview! (1:40); Sounds of the Game! JETS FINALLY BEAT VEGAS, AND IN DOMINATING FASHION! (9:40); Eric Comrie steps up for the Jets in spite of his wife being overdue -- Times we answered the bell in spite of distraction! (16:55); Siloam Radiothon tee-up - radiothon is Friday April 11th (25:05); The Couch Potatoes! A Minecraft Movie, and a new Naked Gun!! (33:00); Monthly visit with Premier Wab Kinew (43:10); CLAYHEM! (56:25); Winning entries on fighting through distraction (1:03:30); Third + Bird spring market is coming up... is now more important than ever to shop local?? (1:07:30).
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Want to shop local? Third + Bird Spring Market is next week!
04/04/2025 Duration: 12minMackling & Megarry speak with Chandra Kremski, founder of Third + Bird ahead of the Spring Market April 11th-13th at Red River Exhibition Park, as well as Martin & Bernard Pacak from a The Baltic Brothers!
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RIP Iceman
02/04/2025 Duration: 01h10minVal Kilmer dead at 65 / Tariff day / Jets / Bail reform (1:40); Election 2025 issues: Bail reform (8:35); Simple things that turned out to be surprisingly messy, like Brett's attempt at frozen cherries (15:05); LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA (24:30); Youth crime & the need for bail reform (31:45); Manitoba Chambers of Commerce on tariff day (42:35); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - Hockey Insider John Shannon (49:35); Winning entry on simple things that made big messes (1:02:15).
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Misery Signal
31/03/2025 Duration: 01h04minWAKE UP! (0:30);Times you were April Fooled (6:10); Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is underway in the Wheat City, Global News Winnipeg Reporter Daniel Moss (11:30); Canadian Tech Choices/Options... what the heck is Signal? Carmi Levy (19:00); Winnipeg Family headed to Fargo for Spring Break… concerned husband may be turned away at the border, Winnipegger Kara Sadr (31:00); SPORTS!!!! Jim Toth (37:15); AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR MANITOBA MADE FILMS! Kyle Irving (49:35);
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Snow Daze
29/03/2025 Duration: 51minWAKE UP!; Having Coffee Talking... the time your instincts were BANG ON; Flights are ever-changing due to decreasing demand! Duncan Dee/Airline analyst; Jets vs Devils, Paul Edmonds, Play by Play Voice Winnipeg Jets; CLAYHEM!; Greg Unger/Ex Dir of the Kidney Foundation of MB
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Ch-Ch-Changes
27/03/2025 Duration: 01h11minShow Intro (0:30); An emotional Day for Manitoba (6:50); Big life changes (13:30); How Might Canada Navigate the Auto Tariffs? Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management (22:15); SMALL TOWN SALUTE Manitoba Hotel Association Michael Juce (29:35); Cal Jungwirth/Robert Half/why are workers burning out? (37:50); Epilepsy awarenesss: Yesterday was Purple Day, for international awareness - our guest deals with it Colin Lougheed, Corus Winnipeg promotions head honcho, (48:15); Shakespeare in the Ruins - gearing up for 2025 season Rodrigo Beilfuss, Artistic Director, Shakespeare in the Ruins (58:05).