NOW and NEXT

Dec 11 2024 357 ep. 32 mins 160

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This is NOW & NEXT.

Story Studio Network's Chief Executive Producer Dave Trafford pokes holes, pokes fun and provokes the "second thing that comes to mind" on the big stories of the week.

His regular contributors include a bi-weekly visit by the Now and Next C.A.S.T (Comms and Strategy Team!)

Brad Ross has made a career leading the communications strategies for the City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission.

Lindsay Broadhead brings her comms experience and insights base on her time leading teams at the Toronto Region Board of Trade and, most recently, the Chief Communications Officer at the City of Toronto.

Bob Reid applies his earned experience as a major market journalist and a Senior Advisor to the Premier of Ontario to his analysis of the communications "Touchdowns and Fumbles".

Anne Marie Aikins is a "media relations maven", a sought after pundit and speaker, and a strategic comms adviser specializing in public transit in Ontario.

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NOW and NEXT LIVE from the PAAC Conference in Toronto

Dec 11 2024 53 mins

It's a NOW and NEXT first!Our Comms and Strategy Team (C.A.S.T.) presented this edition of the podcast LIVE at the Public Affairs Association of Canada conference in Toronto. It was held in November at the waterfront campus of George Brown College.We riffed on the emergence of podcasting a powerful weapon in the comms and stategy arsenal for brands and organizations in a day and ag

Phil Verster's time as Metrolinx CEO has been an unmitigated, abject disaster for public transit in the GTHA

Dec 05 2024 61 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:Phil Verster has QUIT as CEO of Metrolinx - catching the Ford government by surprise and leaving a litany of of billion dollar transit project in disarray. Not one project has been completed during Verster's leadership. They're running over time and over budget with no clear sign as to when they'll be delivered.And we've got the best brains to talk us thro

Does it really make sense for pollsters to track "the Black Vote" in America?

Nov 28 2024 44 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:Cliff Young, President of Polling and Societal Trends at Ipsos in the US joins the podcast and breaks down how and why the Democrats got it wrong, the GOP got it right and addresses pollsters' under estimation of Trump's support.LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE ABOUT THE SHOW!Let us know what you think. Comment on the discussion. What would you like us to talk abo

From RFK's Big Mac Order to Southeby's latest offering - it's all BANANAS!

Nov 21 2024 57 mins

This week on NOW and NEXTOur C.A.S.T. (Comms and Strategy Team) is here!We go deep on the grassroots ground game that's grooming the political landscape at Toronto City Hall. Was Anthony Furey a victim of a voter suppression campaign or did he just lose the Don Valley West byelection to a well oiled Orange Machine?Donald Trump's photo op with RFK eating a Big Mac says all you need

NORAD's former Director of Ops says Trump's re-election makes the world a more dangerous place.

Nov 16 2024 40 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:First, a passion project. I'm producing a benefit concert for St. Clare Inn - transitional housing for homeless women in Toronto who have mental heath challenges.The performance dates are Dec. 20 and 21. Three shows. It's music I wrote for a youth choir over a fifteen year period.Buy tickets or make a donation. http://www.stclareinn.com/events/ Help us mak

There were nearly 3.5 million visits to Toronto food banks in the last year.

Nov 15 2024 30 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:First, a passion project. I'm producing a benefit concert for St. Clare Inn - transitional housing for homeless women in Toronto who have mental heath challenges.The performance dates are Dec. 20 and 21. Three shows. It's music I wrote for a youth choir over a fifteen year period.Buy tickets or make a donation. http://www.stclareinn.com/events/ Help us mak

It's TRUMP 2.Oh No!

Nov 06 2024 50 mins

The NOW and NEXT C.A.S.T. (our Comms and Strategy Team), weighs in on the historic election win by Donald Trump.The Democrats were too busy trying to "connect" the WRONG dots for voters while Trump played to the concerns that resonated with more than 70 million American voters.Get ready for the MAGA CARTA, (Project 2025). The election result not only gives Trump a strong mandate, i

CBC President and CEO pours gasoline on the fiery debate over Conservative calls to defund the Corps

Oct 25 2024 55 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:Catherine Tait makes a scorched Earth retreat from her third and final appearance before the parliamentary Heritage Committee in Ottawa. The outgoing CBC President and CEO accused the committee, (mostly the Conservatives at the table), of attempting to "villify" her and the CBC.Our NOW and NEXT C.A.S.T., (Comms And Strategy Team), says Tait not only failer

Taylor Swift helps improve Toronto's infrastructure and META fires staffers who misuse UberEats coupons

Oct 18 2024 66 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:Great to have Barb DiGuilio and Kym Geddes return to the N&N podcast!Barb and Kym riff on the state of NEW media post secondary education programs. Are there any jobs for grads coming out of the broadcast and journalism streams? You might be surprised.Taylor Swift descends on Toronto in a few weeks. She's not just a force of nature in the entertainment

The NEW media strategy for Kamala Harris and Justin Trudeau

Oct 11 2024 54 mins

This week on NOW and NEXT:We make the final turn in the Race for the White House and VP Kamala Harris does a 60 Minutes sit down on CBS but causes more of a buzz by appearing on the Call Her Daddy podcast with Alex Cooper.At least, it excited her base. At best, it added to the base on the margins. And in a race that will come down to a hand full of votes in a hand full of counties