Bob Lenarduzzi grew up in an Italian family in East Vancouver and became one of Canada’s first soccer legends in the 1970s and 80s as a member of the OG NASL Vancouver Whitecaps and the national men’s team that played in the 1986 World Cup.

His career took him to England as a teenager, but he returned to Vancouver to become the face of soccer in a soccer-mad town.

In this interview with Christy, Lenarduzzi offers a ton of great stories over five decades in the game about the characters who shaped Canadian soccer history:

1. Getting tough growing up in East Vancouver
2. Going to play football in England at 14
3. Meeting his wife … and intimidating father-in-law
4. With the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps
5. Winning N. American Player of the Year
6. Whitecaps win the Soccer Bowl but…
7. ….NASL is on the decline
8. MLS Whitecaps return…with fighting teammates
9. Canadian soccer talent exploding
10. Superstar Alphonso Davies emerges on Whitecaps
11. Giving back to community with mini-pitches
12. Losing MLS Whitecaps … again

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Jason Kenney has been a political animal since he was a teenager growing up in Saskatchewan. He was first elected to the House of Commons while still in his 20s, and over the next 18 years rose to become a trusted cabinet minister under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He returned to Alberta to unify a splintered conservative movement under one banner and become Premier in 2019, only to be dramatically deposed from within in a right-wing revolt over his handling of the pandemic.

Today, Kenney has settled into life out of elected politics but still very much engaged in public debate over Alberta separatism, energy development and keeping the Conservative brand fresh and loud.

In this interview with Christy, Jason recaps a 30-plus-year career in the public eye and reveals some surprising details about his political journey and its high and low points, such as:

• He became politically active in his teens as a young Liberal
• His conservative awakening at a U.S. college
• BC Premier David Eby makes Justin Trudeau seem humble
• The economic dangers of even just flirting with separatism
• The radical right takeover of Alberta’s United Conservative Party
• Albertans need to take ‘yes’ for an answer
• Finding his family roots in Ireland after he was ousted as Premier
• Pierre Poilievre deserves another shot as CPC leader

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John Bolton joins Christy Clark for a candid conversation on global instability, Canada-U.S. relations, regime change in Iran and how to navigate a world where power is shifting so rapidly.

Bolton served four U.S. presidents as a senior foreign policy official known for his hawkish stands. He was one of the architects of the Iraq War and the War on Terror, an ardent critic of the United Nations (even while he was the U.S. ambassador) and an advocate of forceful regime change for America’s foes.

He offers a blunt assessment of Donald Trump’s erratic trade and foreign policy, saying they are creating long-term negative consequences. He also makes the case for regime change in Iran. Through it all, Bolton continues to be an unapologetic proponent of the maximum use of American power and might to advance U.S. interests.

In this episode:

-Canada’s trade relationship with the United States is under real strain

-Why Trump’s tariffs may be doing lasting damage to both economies

-The risk of turning to China as an alternative partner

-Why “middle powers” may not be the solution Canada hopes for

-The case for regime change in Iran

-How conflict in the Middle East could reshape global energy and security

-Why American leadership still matters more than many think

-The future of conservatism after Trump

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If you’re trying to understand where Canada fits in a more uncertain world, from trade wars at home to rising tensions in Iran and beyond, this episode is for you.