The Best of Vassy Kapelos

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The top newsmakers, political headlines, your go-to daily debrief. Vassy loves politics and she’ll make sure you do too. The Vassy Kapelos Show will keep you informed through hard-hitting interviews with the major players, entertaining analysis and debate with your favourite pundits and all the details and context you need on breaking news as it comes into our newsroom.

  • VKS: 'Simple stories well told are the way to go' - marketing expert examines Poilievres housing video.

    Éric Blais President at Headspace Marketing Inc. joins Vassy to examine the recently released housing video by opposition leader Pierre Poilievre.

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

  • VKS: ‘We’re back to square one’ – Canadian struggling to communicate with family in Gaza

    Ola Alanqar is a Canadian with family members stranded in Gaza as Israel’s war against Hamas continues and expands into the south of the Strip. She tells Vassy Kapelos the government needs to do more to help displaced families escape.

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

  • VKS: The Daily Debrief - Thursday panel

    Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Laura Stone, Queen’s Park reporter with The Globe and Mail, Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, and Marieke Walsh, senior political reporter with The Globe and Mail.

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. 

    Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow.

  • VKS: Talk Science to Me with Dan Riskin

    Do people with social anxiety benefit from therapy, even when it’s virtual therapy?

    CTV science and technology specialist Dan Riskin joins Vassy Kapelos for the weekly segment Talk Science to Me. 

  • VKS: “Per capita we’re 5x worse than Toronto” New Brunswick Mayor says regarding St. Stephens state of emergency

    Mayor Allan MacEachern joins Vassy to discuss the recent decision in St. Stephens to declare a state of emergency over homelessness after man's death.

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow. 

  • VKS: The Daily Debrief - Wednesday panel

    Vassy Kapelos hosts ‘The Daily Debrief’ political panel discussion with Scott Reid, CTV News political commentator and former communications director for Prime Minister Paul Martin, Kory Teneycke, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 2022 campaign manager for the Ontario PCs, and Kathleen Monk, principal owner of Monk + Associates and former director of communications to Jack Layton. 

     

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow. 

  • VKS: 'We don't really think that kind of long term real interest rates will ever go back' says Chief Economist of The Conference Board of Canada

    The Bank of Canada holds key interest rate steady in final decision of 2023. Pedro Antunes, Chief Economist, The Conference Board of Canada joins Vassy to help breakdown what the rate decision means for the future.

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow. 

  • VKS: Examining short-term rentals impact on housing affordability with Randall Bartlett.

    Randall Bartlett, senior director of Canadian economics at Desjardins, joins the show to break down the report and discuss the impact on housing affordability from their new report.

    Listen to The Vassy Kapelos podcast on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter at @VassKapelosShow and on Instagram at @VassyKapelosShow. 

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