Food Banks Canada's annual HungerCount report is out and says food bank use has doubled nationally since 2019. Today we start with the national look and zoom in to check with food banks in this province.

Guests: Lesley Burgess, executive director, Bridges to Hope; Tina Bishop, general manager, Community Food Sharing Association; Rudy Singleton, chairperson, Emmaus House; Danielle Seward, executive director, Single Parent Association of Newfoundland and Labrador; Kirstin Beardsley, CEO Food Banks Canada; Marjorie Flowers, Hopedale AngajukKâk; Pastor Gerard Nobel, chair of Stephenville Emergency Food Services

Today on the show we meet some of N.L.’s youngest town councillors and we have a couple of veterans offer them some advice.

Guests: CBC reporter Jenna Head; Kate Cadigan, councillor at large for the City of St. John’s; Justina Nawaz, deputy mayor, Witless Bay; Hunter Burton, councillor in La Scie; Steve Crewe, former mayor of Hermitage; Brett Langdon, former Deer Lake councillor

Today on the show, you learn you have ADHD, so what’s next? What are the treatments? How do you process the news? What are the resources available? We have a panel of medical expects and people with ADHD to break it all down.

GUESTS

Dr. Janine Hubbard, registered psychologist; Dr. Roxanne Cooper; Andrea Hann, physiotherapist; Karleena Squires, diagnosed with ADHD as an adult; Annie Desrochers, Centre for ADHD Awareness

A new summit called FIERCE is on the go. In it you have leaders from with different backgrounds (mainly business) talking to a crowd of women, gender diverse people to inspire more equity in the workforce.

Drought conditions through the summer and fall have led to major water issues for some N.L. communities. Today on the show we talk about that with a look to what can be done about it.

Guests:

CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler; Torbay Mayor Craig Scott; Alexis Foster, MNL; Amy Coady, MNL president; Millertown Mayor Fiona Humber; Harbour Breton Mayor Roy Drake and others.

Join us at the Alt Hotel as we talk to folks about this year's St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival.

Guests include Jenn Brown, executive director, SJIWFF; filmmakers Sasha Leigh Henry, Allison Basha, David Gosine, Heidi Atter, Alexa Jane and Jessica Brown; producers, Louise Lalonde and Penny Eizenga; Winnie Luk, executive director, Disability Screen Office

Today on the show we talk the Middle East crisis and what a road to peace may look like. We also talk about other top international stories of the week.

Guests: Lucian Ashworth, Memorial University political science professor; Justin Fantauzzo, history professor at Memorial University.

We’ve got a panel of crime and mystery authors who are also participating at a panel in The Rooms on Oct. 22nd. It’s a light, fun and spooky show for Halloween that is around the corner. They will talk their books, and writing scary.