The federal budget has billions of dollars allocated for defence spending. Today on the show we dive into a dicussion with industry experts on how the provincial government and business can maximize our slice of the pie.

GUESTS - Florian Villaumé, CEO of techNL; Michelle Simms, CEO of the regional economic development agency Advantage St. John's; Karen Moores, Atlantic Canada at the Council of Canadian Innovators’ senior advisor; Charlie Oliver, property management specialist with Martek and also with Think N.L; Mark Norman, retired vice-admiral who commanded Canada’s Navy and was vice-chief of Defence.

On today's show folks from Choices for Youth talk about the impacts of family poverty on young people. We also take a look at possible solutions including their social services hubs with a new one in Corner Brook soon opening.

GUESTS - Jen Crowe, executive director of Choices for Youth; Nivethine Mahendran, CFY project officer; Kim Dreaddy, Jimmy Pratt Foundation executive director;

Krista Butler, CFY director of Becket; Mike Kearley, executive director of Vine Place Community Centre (Corner Brook).

Today on the show we play a new limited series called 'Future Ancestors'. Over the course of the hour we hear from young Indigenous folks from across the province who are already taking the mantle of community leadership in their own ways.

The Newfoundland Quarterly magazine is out with a new issue this winter with the theme this time around being “air.” We invited contributors to the show to talk about their pieces and the inspiration behind them.

GUESTS - Joan Sullivan, managing editor of the Newfoundland Quarterly; Janet McNaughton, artist and orchardist; Mark Thompson, painter; Nora Kelly, Montreal-based multimedia artist; Vanessa Iddon, artist; Karin Murray-Bergquist, writer; Mark David Turner, cultural historian and co-owner of Brak and Brine.

It's a rare Thursday trivia day on the show. Host Adam Walsh is joined by former CBC colleague and trivia master extraordinaire Ted Blades for an hour of stumping folks across Newfoundland and Labrador

Ahead of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Dec. 6, today on the show we have a discussion about how financial support is a leading barrier to safety from gender-based violence.

Today on the show we talk about Giving Tuesday, a globally recognized day where people are encouraged to show generosity - either with money, volunteering or just making someone smile. We invited folks from Stella’s Circle to talk about the events they are having throughout the day and their long-term plans of tackling housing crisis in N.L.

Today on the show we are joined by tech critic Paris Marx who will talk about the consequences of Artificial Intelligence in our lives, thoughts on regulations and important questions we all should be asking.