Brad Smith /Curiouscast
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Canadian controversy without the soft edges.
No BS with Brad Smith moves from studio banter into sharp-edged conversations about Canada, power, public trust, and personal harm. Its tone is restless and opinionated, with interviews often framed as a platform for guests who feel ignored or misrepresented.
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No BS with Brad Smith is a Canadian opinion-and-interview show with the feel of a live wire. It starts loose. Studio banter about microphones, rain, radio habits, or attention spans can suddenly give way to a hard turn into politics, violence, justice, or public trust. The show’s core rhythm is not calm inquiry. It is an argument in motion, with guests pulled into conversations that already have a strong point of view. Episodes take on intimate partner violence, sexual assault awareness, child trafficking concerns, data privacy, government spending, floor crossing, party politics, public health claims, and the aftermath of the Humboldt Broncos crash. The interviews are often emotional. Kate Alexander is presented through her work with End Violence Everywhere, while Chris Joseph is given space to speak about grief, anger, media framing, and the justice system after the death of Jackson Joseph. Other segments push into conspiratorial or anti-establishment territory, including debates around COVID shots, ivermectin, and distrust of institutions. The show is blunt, messy, and openly subjective. It does not pretend every question is evenly weighted. Instead, it uses leading questions, repetition, clips, and personal reaction to build pressure around a thesis. That can make the podcast feel urgent and human. It can also make it polarizing, especially when the subject involves science, medicine, or party politics. Its best moments come when a guest’s lived experience gives shape to a story that might otherwise be reduced to a headline. Its riskiest moments come when certainty arrives faster than evidence. For PlayNext users, the show sits at the intersection of Canadian talk radio, grievance politics, personal testimony, and confrontational current affairs. It is made for listeners who prefer forceful framing to neutral moderation, and who want Canadian controversies discussed with heat, personality, and very little polish.
Made for: For listeners who like Canadian current affairs delivered as argument, not briefing. It fits people drawn to talk-radio energy, political frustration, emotional interviews, and blunt commentary on institutions.
What sets it apart: The show mixes loose studio comedy with abrupt pivots into heavy subjects, giving it a rougher and more personal texture than standard news commentary. It often positions guests as people pushing back against official narratives or mainstream coverage.
Brad Smith has lived several lives—and somehow talks about all of them on the radio. He’s a former Canadian Football League player (yes, the hits were real), a TV host on Chopped Canada (no, he does not judge your cooking), and a former star of The Bachelor Canada (long story, limited roses). Now behind the mic, Brad delivers unfiltered opinions, sharp humor, and conversations that skip the nonsense and get to the point—occasionally with a side of sarcasm. He asks the questions you’re thinking, says the things you probably shouldn’t, and promises to keep it honest… ev...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Brad Smith connects Canadian political argument to personal testimony, institutional distrust and the consequences public decisions carry into private lives.
No BS with Brad Smith moves between combative political commentary and extended guest conversations, with Brad Smith's loose studio exchanges setting an informal, sometimes self-deprecating tone.
A squeaking mic, then Canada's political distrust: your radio dial likes a sharp turn.
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A blunt look at abuse reporting, survivor support, and the numbers behind both.
Brad Smith shapes the episode as a hard-edged conversation about intimate partner violence, sexual abuse, and how much can disappear between lived experience and police reports.
A fast, combative talk about culture, law, trust, and privacy.
No BS with Brad Smith opens in a joke-heavy, high-energy register, then shifts into a firmer line about what holds a society together when culture frays and law has to do more work.
A rain joke opens into a combative conversation about COVID shots and ivermectin.
No BS with Brad Smith opens with weather banter and backpack rain gear, then settles into a loose, combative exchange about COVID shots and ivermectin.
A loose political conversation about fatigue, distrust, and trying to reach checked-out listeners.
After a rough, mic-squeak opening, the episode settles into a blunt conversation about fatigue, distrust, and how hard it is to reach listeners who have tuned out.
A blunt, grief-heavy conversation about the Humboldt Broncos crash, sentencing, and how the story has been told.
Brad Smith gives Chris Joseph, father of Jackson Joseph and a former NHL player, room to speak at length about the Humboldt Broncos crash and the long shadow it left behind.
Women's hoops, right when it matters.
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Dan Carlin's solo essays connecting executive power, historical collapse, and American democracy.
Sharp political debate with policy detail and real disagreement.
Brad Smith kicks off with his No BS lead-in, then settles into a serious conversation with Kate Alexander, the founder of End Violence Everywhere.
No BS with Brad Smith pivots from a burger-shop efficiency anecdote to Liam DeBoer's warning that Canada is drifting from a mixed economy toward 60% to 65% state-directed spending.
Rain chatter opens the show.
Brad Smith opens with mic-arm chaos and live-radio banter, with a wry reminder that broadcast comes with its own rules.
This episode discusses a recent floor-crossing event in Canadian politics where a Conservative member switched to the Liberal party, analyzing its implications for democracy.
["No BS with Brad Smith features Chris Joseph, father of Jackson Joseph, as he responds to the Humboldt Broncos crash, the 16 deaths, and the fight over how the story has been framed.", "Brad Smith says he is a former CFL-level athlete and gives Joseph a live, unedited platform, while Joseph says years of interviews have left his family mistrustful of CBC and other media cuts.", "Joseph says the driver changed explanations from the sun being in his eyes to flapping tarps, and he says the crash scene showed no real attempt to help the injured or call 911.", "The conversation turns to parole, statutory release, and deportation, with Joseph arguing that an eight-year sentence and continued legal appeals do not match the scale of the harm."]
This episode features a casual introduction by Brad Smith discussing podcast growth, music, and voice controversies, with an upcoming interview on harm reduction and psychedelics.
This episode features a humorous and rambling introduction with movie references and band anecdotes, setting up discussions on Canada's gold medal heartbreak and Ozempic's deadly dangers with guests Jasmin Laine and Ben Bikman.
This is the debut podcast episode of the No BS Show with Brad Smith, featuring a discussion on COVID origins, vaccines, and mind games with guests Dr.
This episode features an interview with Dr.