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The Matt Brown Podcast

The Matt Brown Podcast

Written by: Matt Brown
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Back in September 2025, Rogers TV invited me to host a twice monthly show called Newsmakers. The show is about all things local, and maybe some other topics too. After the show airs on Rogers TV, I’m posting abridged versions of the interviews here on The Matt Brown Podcast, sponsored by The Bicycle Café. You are a big part of this show. In fact, we couldn’t do it without you. So, please give a follow. Let us know what you think. Let us know if their topics that you’d like to learn about or maybe you’d like to be on a future show. Email: themattbrownpodcast@gmail.com. For now, this will be the main content for this podcast. We’ll see how it grows from here. I’m excited about this project and I hope you are too. Talk to you soon, London. PS, Buy me a coffee? There are some expenses connected to running a podcast and if you'd like to make a contribution here to support the show, I'd be grateful. Interested? Simply click here:https://buymeacoffee.com/the.matt.brown.podcast Thanks again for listening! MB Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Dr. Martin Horak provides analysis of London's 2026 Municipal Election

    Dr. Martin Horak provides analysis of London's 2026 Municipal Election
    Jul 2 2026
    Dr. Martin Horak is here to talk about the municipal election. Martin is an expert in Urban Politics and a professor at Western University. He was also a member of the London City Council Resourcing Taskforce, which that saw the current members of city council vote for a significant raise from just under $70,000 now to $94,000 as a starting point for the new term of council, coming in this November. By the end of this coming 4 year term, the salaries are projected to top out around $105,000 for a city councillor in the final year of next term. If you’re the deputy mayor or budget chair, both appointments by the mayor, you’ll be making approximately $113,000.00 and if you’re the mayor, you’ll be making just a touch over $180,000. Martin is joining us today to talk about that raise, current council's record setting 23.5% tax increase, ward boundary changes, bus rapid transit, the incumbent advantage, other city wide issues, ward races and the Mayoral campaign, too.
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    27 mins
  • Introducing "The Loon", that's London Ontario Online New

    Introducing "The Loon", that's London Ontario Online New
    Jun 28 2026
    Hello London - This is The Matt Brown Podcast. It’s the show about all things local, and maybe some other stuff too. It’s another good show for you today. You may have noticed that this show has been a little quiet over the past week or so. I want to tell you why. I’ve been working on a new start up project with my business partners - some names that you are likely to know. Steve Cordes, Mike Donachie, Cedric Richards and Diana Tamblyn. It’s called London Ontario Online News, or The Loon for short - We launched it a couple of weeks ago. What is it? It’s your local, independent media outlet, made up of five committed locals with stories to tell. We send out new content every day, and it’s all local and curated for you. It’s free right now, and we’re asking listeners to take a paid subscription to support the work. Eventually much of the content will be available only to subscribers, and a portion will remain free for the time being. What’s The Loon’s line-up? Well it’s new content, every day: Monday: The Buckle Up podcast with former mayor Matt Brown and a special co-host setting up your week. Tuesday: City Editor Cedric Richards tours London’s 14 wards by bicycle, finding stories to tell. Wednesday: Mike Donachie provides the Executive Briefing For Informed Citizens, with issues, decisions and discussions shaping local government. Thursday: Culture Editor Diana Tamblyn shares news, perspectives and stories from London’s creative community. Friday: Opinions Editor Steve, retired non-profit leader and video blogger, with views on the week we’ve had. I’m sharing latest “Cedric’s latest Ward Tour - where he speaks with Mike Donachie about beautiful Ward 11 Steve’s latest Friday Reflection, and my latest “Buckle Up” here. So that you can get sense of the programming. Where can you find us? Go to the Substack Platform and search "London Ontario Online News." If you like what you you hear, read and see - please subscribe - and tell your friends. We’re heading into our third week with of this project and the response to date has been phenomenal. We hope you like it, too. Thanks for listening!
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    33 mins
  • Mike Donachie joins to provide an update on London's Municipal Election

    Mike Donachie joins to provide an update on London's Municipal Election
    Jun 12 2026
    The London Municipal Election is well underway. Local journalist, and one of my business partners at London Ontario Online News (LOON), joins the show to tell us all about it. You can find The LOON over on Substack. As always, thanks for listening!
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    12 mins
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