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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This or That
06/11/2025 Duration: 01h06minManitoba Hockey Hall of Fame - Winnipeg Victorias mural unveiling (1:40); Cam spills coffee, Sarah asks not if he's ok but is the computer ok -- Times we squabbled over paying attention to 'that' not 'this' (9:10); Times we squabbled over paying attention to 'that' not 'this' (17:00); SMALL TOWN SALUTE... to Boissevain! Go Wild Holiday Market coming up on November 15th (19:15); Monthly visit with Mayor Scott Gillingham (29:30); Heritage Winnipeg seeks more investment in the Exchange (41:00); Winning entry on times we squabbled over paying attention to 'that' not 'this' (48:50); 09:36 Ed Olczyk's powerful message for Hockey Fights Cancer - Let the ones you love help you and take care of you, you are NOT a burden (52:05).
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Great Big Budget
05/11/2025 Duration: 58minFederal budget! And a Conservative MP crosses the floor to join the Liberals (1:40); The things we didn't think to budget for, or unusual things you DID budget for -- not necessarily financial. Brett has a food example...(7:20); Winter’s Coming, Are You Ready? CAA Manitoba Shares Top Tips to Keep You Moving as the Temperatures Drops (16:00); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat... and should athletes shake hands after a series?? - Leah Hextall (26:20); Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame - Winnipeg Victorias Mural Unveiling Today at 11:30 (37:35); New book: "The Smiling Land", by Alan Doyle, who's performing at the Kitchen Party Night at the Grey Cup Festival! (45:10).
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Bouncing Back
03/11/2025 Duration: 01h11minBombers lose. Blue Jays lose. Jets win! Total Touchdown winner today! Grey Cup Concert Series passes (1:40); Blue Jays lost Game 7 but won Canada's heart (8:55); Have you ever suffered a crushing defeat that you used as motivation to come back strong? (16:05); Bouncing back from defeat (24:05); Bombers lose, season finished, we are sad. - Derek Taylor, voice of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (27:40); Total Touchdown contest winner! (40:15); SPORTS! - Bob Irving (45:45); Book launch - "The Race to the Starting Line: What You Need to Know About the Accessible Canada Act for Making a Barrier-Free Society" - Max L. Brault, author (56:25).
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A Spooky Start
31/10/2025 Duration: 01h04minHappy Halloween! (0:30); Halloween costume fiascos (8:05); Dancing Gabe was Michael Myers last night at the Jets game! / The psychology of sports superstitions (World Series tonight, Bombers tomorrow) (15:25); The Couch Potatoes! Back to the Future back in theatres / Who Killed the Montreal Expos? WAR OF THE WORLDS on CJOB (22:25); Film Studies professor offers some of her favourite scary movies (32:35); HEEBIE JEEBIES!! (40:55); Instead of CLAYHEM... Power 97's Jay Richardson on his excellent Halloween prank on Thursday! (52:00).
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A Meal Pain
29/10/2025 Duration: 01h15minGrace Hospital Foundation gala last night (we were the emcees) / Jays win! Jets win! (1:40); Sounds of the Game! (9:35); They took way Greg's dinner last night before he was done! MEAL TRAGEDIES (16:55); Jocelyn House Hospice, Launches Capital Campaign (25:20); Waverley MLA David Pankratz (NDP) kicks up a ruckus on social media with rant about childish behaviour in the Legislature (36:05); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - Ken Wiebe (43:55); Winning entry on meal tragedies (56:10); Terry O'Reilly, New book, Against the Grain: Defiant Giants Who Changed the World... McNally Robinson Booksellers, Saturday at 7:00 (1:01:05).
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Baseball for...Breakfast?
29/10/2025 Duration: 01h05minBlue Jays marathon / powering through fatigue / Countryfest tickets / Jets in action tonight / Breakfast with the Bombers; Blue Jays lose marathon game that went 18 innings! / Surprising number of Jays fans in L.A.; Stay up to watch the Jays game? How do you power through fatigue?; Breakfast with the Bombers; Disability Employment Awareness Month; The science of being scared; 42% of Women Report Burnout: Why Gut Health May Be the Missing Link.
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Tesh You!
27/10/2025 Duration: 01h05minWINDY WEEKEND! Bombers win, Streveler injured / World Series resumes tonight / NBA is back on NBC?? ROUNDBALL ROCK! (1:40); The brief surprise encounters that turn your day around for the better, like Greg's brother getting a surprise 'BLESS YOU' (7:50); Brief encounters that make our day... listener's experience brings back Brett's paintball TRAUMA! (14:50); Trump's big beautiful meltdown over Ontario ads (17:30); CAM'S KID DORI IS POTENTIALLY INTO THE QUARTERFINALS FOR THE BABY OF THE YEAR CONTEST! (26:25); SPORTS! - The Immortal Bob Irving (32:50); Blue Jays head to LA tied at one... three straight at Dodger Stadium - Brayden Ewasko, CJOB producer, co-host of Locked On Blue Jays podcast (42:55); Winning entries on brief surprise encounters (50:40); Winnipeg Ghostbusters on their charity endeavours at Comiccon for Children's Hospital (53:20).
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Sell Out
24/10/2025 Duration: 58minBombers make history by selling out every game for first time!; Greg recorded 12 cut-ins for nothing! Times we did a bunch of unnecessary work; Wade Miller on the historic season of sellouts for the Bombers; Winnipegger in Toronto for the World Series; Dauphin's Countryfest lineup announcement is HUGE; WINNIPEG COMICCON IS THIS WEEKEND!
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Rebellion (Lies)
23/10/2025 Duration: 37minAnother restaurant fire in Downtown Winnipeg — BOUJEE (the old Earl's on Main) is on fire, north Main blocked off at York - Greg on the ground walking that way; What are the lies your parents told you as kids? Or the lies you tell your kids?; SMALL TOWN SALUTE, Fall Ball featuring Doc Walker in Alonsa; UFFW on restaurant fires
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Plans I Make
22/10/2025 Duration: 01h01minAny fireworks in your neighbourhood lately for Diwali? / Price of gas shoots up to $131.9 / Anyone going to the World Series??? (1:40); International affairs: Trump-Putin meeting scrapped / Will the Middle East peace hold? / What is up with troops in U.S. streets - Retired Major General Scott Clancy (8:40); Times your big plans collided with something else... like your wedding day & the World Series -- Do you show the game at your wedding?? (18:15); Times your big plans collided with something else (24:05); Plant the Seed of Hard Work Daily... from Sergio Castillo on Breakfast With the Bombers, who told us about a young girl who helps him warm up every game. Piper Montgomery is her name, and she joined us in studio with her dad Matt (26:50); Revving up for the Bomber game fun, including their 'Bucket of Bones' food special, and all the various entertainment options for kids and adults alike (37:10); Weekly Wednesday Jets Chat - John Shannon (43:50); Winning entries on times your big plans collided with someth
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Blue Jay Yes Way!
21/10/2025 Duration: 01h14minBlue Jays advance to the World Series! Jets win (1:40); It's been HOW LONG??? Example: THIRTY-TWO YEARS since the Jays last went to the World Series! (9:00); Breakfast with the Bombers - Their win on Friday came down to a field goal on the LAST PLAY OF THE GAME - Place Kicker, Sergio Castillo (16:35); Mayor Scott Gillingham in Ottawa today on bail reform with the Justice Committee (28:10); First ever #CelebrateEverything conference coming up on November 6th - Building an equitable & inclusive city with committed organizations & leaders (34:40); It's been HOW LONG? (46:10); Okay... Blue Jays! - Brayden Ewasko, Locked on Blue Jays Podcast (49:40); Winning entries on... it's been HOW LONG? (57:15); Youth Bio-Lab Jeunesse reaches 100,000 students milestone at St. Boniface Hospital Research (1:00:30).
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MGK? G-MK Is Back!
17/10/2025 Duration: 01h16minGreg's back! Good visit to Vancouver / MGK for Grey Cup halftime show -- Who's MGK??? LOL WE ARE OLD (1:40); SOUNDS OF THE GAME! Jets win! (8:55); Completing a task under unusual circumstances, like Cam doing the Keys to the Game with his child on his shoulder! (14:10); Gen Z are "Doom Spending" more frequently... what does that mean and whose fault is it?? (23:25); More chat on the Grey Cup halftime show / CFL standings & tiebreaker confusion (31:35); Federal Housing Minister ahead of announcement this afternoon in Winnipeg (38:40); CLAYHEM!!!!! (48:55); Winning entries on tasks in unusual circumstances (56:40); Mully Children's Family 20 voice Missions Choir - singing anthems at Jets game Sat, special concert on Sunday (1:00:10).
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Don't Dream It, Be It!
16/10/2025 Duration: 53minTYSON IS IN FOR MACKLING! Brett at STARS yesterday / Blue Jays win big (0:30); Tyson is locked in on Dr. Ho's Pain Therapy Pro infomercial -- Times we saw / heard an ad, and HAD TO HAVE IT!!! (7:45); SMALL TOWN SALUTE - Haunted Trail Fort Dufferin Emerson (15:15); Winnipeg Improv Festival on at Gas Station Arts Centre - started last night, runs through the weekend (23:00); Local Teacher wins the Prime Minister Award, given out to outstanding teachers and early childhood educators across Canada (33:20); Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th Anniversary - performance at Asper Centre for Theatre and Film Oct 31st-Nov 2nd (40:30).
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The Leftbehinds
15/10/2025 Duration: 01h14minSurprise fill-in for Mackling! (1:40); Dying with dignity...as a Manitoba woman spends her last days in hospital instead of hospice care...her daughter asks, why so few beds? (9:10); What is something non-essential that would throw off / ruin your day... if you forgot it? Like Brett's golf watch (17:05); WPS & KidSport charity BBQ today at Police HQ from 11am-1pm (25:40); Giving Brayden the gears about the Blue Jays / Follow up chat on community policing / youth & having access to sport (39:00); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - Leah Hextall (45:50); Winning entries on forgetting things and having your day ruined (56:50); Dance Collection Danse - being celebrated for the first time in Winnipeg! - Legendary Winnipeg dancer Catherine Wreford (1:00:25).
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The Leftovers
14/10/2025 Duration: 01h10minKK's in for Greg again... and the jackpot went! Kinsmen Jackpot Bingo! (1:40); If your career were to end today, what would you do next? Or what would you have done had you not gone into what you did? Ever change careers? (9:50); Breakfast with the Bombers - Ontaria Wilson on THE CATCH! And Zach Collaros is NOT HAPPY (18:40); Workplace expert/bosses day coming up/survey results! (25:30); SPORTS CHAT! Tuesday instead of Monday! - Jim Toth (35:45); LOOK TO THE SKY! What the heck is 3i Atlas? Is it ALIENS? And we might be able to see a comet this week! (45:55); Winning entries on career switches (54:05); Chef Gilles on Thanksgiving leftovers and food safety (56:40).
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Game Day!
09/10/2025 Duration: 01h10minJETS SEASON STARTS TONIGHT!!!! (0:30); Kyle Connor is staying with the Winnipeg Jets - AUDIO FROM JIM TOTH SHOW / NHL Network's Kevin Weekes & Mike Johnson on why guys like playing in Winnipeg (8:10); Who doesn't like Toy Story??? Times you were surprised someone didn't like something, or when you don't like something and it surprises people (16:20); Hamas/Israel Agreement (23:40); SMALL TOWN SALUTE - Cartwright! The Cartwright Community Independent School (30:30); Monthly visit with Premier Wab Kinew (40:35); Winning entry on Times you were surprised someone didn't like something, or when you don't like something and it surprises people (51:55); Jets vs Stars... Season Opener Tonight! Jets at Noon co-hosts Cam Poitras and Jim Toth (55:35).
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It's A Celebr-
08/10/2025 Duration: 01h03minWAKE UP! Blue Jays LOSE LOL / Brett almost hurt himself at Reh-Fit / 7:35 Concert for a Cause / Jets 8:35 (1:40); Carney, Trump signal optimism on Canada-U.S. trade deal / Takeaways from Carney's meeting with Trump at White House (9:20); Times you celebrated early, like Brayden Ewasko crowning the Jays before they lost to the Yankees! LOL BRAYDEN (15:35); 11th Annual Concert for a Cause, happening on Friday, October 18 at Club Regent Event Centre - Over $240K raised since launching in 2015, will raise more than $75K this year (24:15); Weekly Wednesday Jets chat - CONNOR SIGNS EXTENSION! (34:40); Winning entry on early celebrations (45:50); RWB Hansel and Gretel this weekend - Christopher Stowell, the new Artistic Director for RWB in his mainstage premiere! (49:05).
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You're Cut Off!
07/10/2025 Duration: 01h18minWeather / Supermoon / NHL regular season starts tonight / Brett's power was out for almost seven hours... no power, and no water! (0:30); Tim Hortons increases coffee prices / Cost of living (8:50); Brett's power outage - What do you do when you're cut off from something? Or run out of something? (17:00); Breakfast with the Bombers with Citizen of the Game September 27th - Canadian Defensive Lineman/All Around Good Guy Jake Thomas (25:10); Prime Minister Carney is in Washington, DC (35:40); HOCKEY RETURNS TONIGHT!!!! - Jim Toth (43:10); The return... of CHI CHI'S!!! In Minneapolis! (54:25); Winning entry on getting cut off from something, or running out of something (1:02:10); Harvest Manitoba on Dolly Parton Empty Bowls Dinner (1:05:50).
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The Life of a Podcast
03/10/2025 Duration: 01h06minSarah on Taylor Swift movie & new album (0:30); Underrated etiquette practices, and / or breaches of etiquette (8:40); MP pushes to end daylight saving time (18:00); St. Boniface Hospital ER expansion now open to the public (25:10); Tin for the Critter Bin - annual fundraiser in honour of Ethan Boyer (32:45); CLAYHEM!!!!! (46:15); Two years into Wab Kinew's government... what have they gotten right? (53:40).
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Guess Food?
02/10/2025 Duration: 01h05minGood time to be a baseball fan! / Burton Cummings tix to give away! / Monthly visit with the Mayor... and crime meeting in west Winnipeg (1:40); Winnipeg police warn public of pickpocket-style ‘distraction’ thefts (8:55); What do you do when you go to an event or get invited somewhere, and the food is not to your liking, or the food is too fancy/weird (16:40); Public meeting on crime in west Winnipeg - Evan Duncan, City Councillor for Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood (24:40); Route 90 expansion cost... and the St. James Bridge needing to be replaced or at the very least repaired (31:20); Monthly visit with Mayor Scott Gillingham - Crime / Bail reform / encampment enforcement / St. James Bridge & Route 90 / UV wastewater / Transit / cleaning up Main north of Market to Higgins (37:05); Winning entry on food that was too fancy or you didn't like (48:15); Burton Cummings at The Burt AND - Kevin with I MOUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION (51:40);