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Bob Ramsay

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RamsayWrites Mini-Casts

Bob Ramsay

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RamsayWrites Mini-Casts

Bob Ramsay

RamsayWrites Mini-Casts

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In this episode, Bob looks at what happened when unprecendented rains fell on British Columbia, and the federal government called in the military for help. But he also wonders if Canada's Search and Rescue Operations could be doing more. For m
Bob wanders into "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" and uncovers some fantastic new words to add to his vocabulary, especially around human emotions. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
After 20 months, Bob goes to a live symphony performace and celebrates the thrill of being there in person, but also wonders and worries about the future of big arts groups post pandemic. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com
Bob takes a look at two recent book banning situations by school boards - one in the U.S., and one in Canada, and comments on how and why they happened. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com
On the 80th birthday of Bob's friend, Canadian visual storyteller and artist, David Blackwood, Bob looks at how David's most creative period of his life just seems to be starting. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob wonders if the treatment for alcoholics and addicts could be applied to break the world of its addition to fossil fuels. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob marvels at the random and powerful coincidence that reconnects him with someone he credits saving his life 30 years ago. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob compare the current family succession drama playing out in the Rogers' boardroom to several Shakespearan plays and Greek myths. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Bob takes a look at ways the Chinese government is helping moderate the screen time of schooolchildren, and other measures in the country around education and media consumption. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob looks at the Canadian healthcare system and wonders if it could be even better through a shared federal-provincial funding program. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob looks at the systemic denial existing in both the Canadian military and the Roman Catholic Church, but offers a glimmer of hope for change. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
After Bob's heart surgery, he became depressed and found treatment with anti-depressants. In this episode he looks at other treatments showing promising results. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Bob wonders why it is that in Toronto, rated one of the world's most livable cities, you can't get WiFi while on the subway. He offers a suggestion to do so. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob puts his pen to depression, and a new treatment for severe depression that implants a neural pacemaker device in the brain. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Bob looks at the revelations of The Pandora Papers and asks why tax evasion is tolerated by governments that end up costing its citizens billions? For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
In this episode, Bob looks at the safe return of "the two Michaels" (Michael Kovring and Michael Spavor) to Canada after more than 1000 days in Chinese prison, and what that means to Chinese-Canadian political relations. For more from Bob Rams
Bob puts the spotlight on the province of Alberta and the rapid and dangerous rise in Covid cases brought about by the Premier's relaxing of public health protocols earlier in the summer. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com
In this episode, Bob aligns the idea of compulsory voting with compulsory "opt-in" programs for organ donation to increase participation rates of both. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com
Bob looks at poling firm Ipsos' "Perils of Perception" which explores the yawning gap between what is demonstrably true and what people think is true. Chief among the biggest mismatches of perception and reality is how people think they will d
After watching 72 hours of a French television series, A French Village, Bob describes why it was so captivating, and makes some other recommendations for equally gripping, binge-worthy TV drama series. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayin
In today's episode, Bob recounts being in both New York on 9/11, and in Boston in 2013 when bombs exploded during the Boston Marathon. For more from Bob Ramsay, visit ramsayinc.com.
Recently, the British Royal family finds itself embroiled in a number of scandals that are serious and damaging to the monarch. In this episode, Bob looks at the recent scandals and their impact.
In this episode, Bob looks at the similarities between the treatment of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, and the new Texas Heartbeat Act which forbids abortions after 6 weeks if a doctor detects a fetal heartbeat. For more from Bob Ram
Bob compares vaccine passports to the many existing passports we already hold - from the 19 childhood vaccines we received, to driver's license, to a health card. If everyone is OK with those, why the protests for vaccine passports?
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