A Mention with Kevin
By Kevin Hobe
A Mention with KevinJan 18, 2020
77: Black Lives Matter
In this episode we discuss the Black Lives Matter movement. How it began, what was the reaction and my opinion on the matter.
76: Nova Scotia April 18-19 2020 Massacre
In this episode we discuss the Nova Scotia shooting massacre that occurred in April 18th to 19th.
75: COVID-19 Talks with Ashleen and Rob!
In this episode I interview another pair of guests and ask them questions regarding the pandemic that is gripping the world: COVID-19!
Check out some of their recommendations:
https://www.instagram.com/heart.strings_macrame/?hl=fr-ca
74: Video Game Streaming and Tik Tok
We take a deep dive in these two emerging digital giants!
73: Planet of the Humans!
Opinion on the documentary released by Kevin.
72: Donald Trump's handling of COVID-19
In this episode we look at the controversial issue of President Donald Trump vs his actions with COVID-19.
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Podcast Announcement
If you have been wondering why I haven't been releasing new episodes, I hope this explains it. Please check out some of my past episodes.
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58: COVID-19 Good for the Environment?!
(3-20-2020)
In this podcast episode we explore the environmental benefits that have been observed amid the coronavirus pandemic!
71: Zoom in trouble and Bernie Sanders drop-out!
(4-8-2020)
In this episode we talk about the court cases filed against video conference tech giant Zoom and details about democratic nominee Bernie Sanders, with recent announcement of the end of his campaign.
70: SORRY NO NEWS PODCAST TODAY.
(4-7-2020)
Check out some other podcast part of the Studio Kevin network:
https://www.spreaker.com/show/holes-are-holes-podcast-show
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/ball-is-life-3
69: Is Bolsonaro the new Trump?
(4-6-2020)
Jair Bolsonaro is handling the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil very poorly, and we will be talking about it in this episode!
68: Google reports on COVID-19!
(4-3-2020)
In this episode we hear what google reports on its users during this lock-down period and if it is working, as well we dive into segregation strategies being used in Peru and Panama to stop the spread of COVID-19.
67: COVID-19 postpones U.S Democratic Nomination!
(4-2-2020)
In this episode we will talk about Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden!
66: Indian lock-down update and Air pollution decline!
(4-1-2020)
In this episode we investigate how the COVID-19 lock-down occurring in India and how it has effected the poorest population. As well we look at the decline in air pollution in Canada due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
65: COVID-19 Talks with Joey and Jordan
64: How has life in Toronto changed with COVID-19? (w/ Tommy)
(3-30-2020)
Ep. 64 special guest appearance
63: President Maduro a Narco!?
(3-27-2020)
Ep. 63 Venezuelan President Maduro might be a Narco....
62: China's victory over COVID-19?
(3-26-2020)
Ep. 62 Has China conquered the spread and special interview?!
61: Islamic State attack in Afghanistan!
(3-25-2020)
Ep. 61 Amid COVID-19 we focus tonight on another story.
60: India goes into complete Lockdown!
(3-24-2020)
Ep 60. Better quality thanks to Yeti microphone.
59: COVID-19 and Harvey Weinstein, Gorillas and Cyber-attacks!
(3-23-2020)
Sorry for the quality... I hoped this wouldn't have happened again, but after upgrading my recording space my Yeti settings needed to be inputted again. Will ensure better quality on the next podcast!
57: Ontario's 2nd COVID-19 Death and Italy's Death Toll!
(3-19-2020)
Another Coronavirus update amid world -wide lockdown.
56: U.S Border Close and COVID-19 Activity Suggestions!
(3-18-2020)
Advice and activies to keep you occupied during th COVID-19 lockdown -> Skip to 9:20
Video on work-out solution amid COVID-19,
Beginner to Advanced At Home Workout: NO EQUIPMENT NEEDED!
55: 1st COVID-19 related death in Ontario Update!
(3-17-2020)
Ep 55
54: Japanese Massacre Trial and Coronavirus Update!
(3-16-2020)
Ep. 54 In this episode we look at the verdict reached in Japan with regards to one of it's most terrible massacre's.
51: Coronavirus attacking Zero Waste Movement!?
(3-11-2020)
Ep. 51 In this episode we see how the new coronavirus is affecting the green Zero Waste Movement!
53: Friday Advice #1
(3-13-2020)
Ep. 53 I dish advice this friday!
52: Coronavirus cancels the NBA!!!
(3-12-2020)
Ep. 52 We look at how this novel virus has closed down one of the most popular sports leagues! Yes the NBA!
50: Vladamir Putin Russian President for Life!?
(3-10-2020)
Ep. 50 In this episode we discuss the Russian government and how President Putin could potentially hold power for life.
49: Italian Coronavirus Lock-down!
(3-9-2020)
Ep. 49 Italy is locked down due to this virus, we discuss the details.
48: Emirates Princess kidnapping!
(3-6-2020)
Trying something new with tonight's episode, hope you enjoy!
United Arab Emirates princess being held against their will!
47: Sen. Elizabeth Warren ends presidential race
Senator Elizabeth Warren ends her bid as a democratic presidential nominee and Peruvian Javier Perez de Cuellar, the two-term United Nations secretary general has passed away.
46: Limit on toilet paper in Australia and results from Super Tuesday!
Joe Biden scored victories from Texas to Maine on Super Tuesday
Greek and Turkish riot police deployed on their shared border fired tear gas
Australia's major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper
45: WeChat censoring COVID-19 and Ebola outbreak over!?!
(3-3-2020)
In this episode we discuss Chinese social media platform WeChat censoring users from speaking on CONVID-19, the last treated patient of Ebola in Congo, Tornadoes that recently caused destruction in Tennessee and more!
44: Hostage crisis in Philippines and Apple pays for cheating users!
(3-2-2020)
In this episode we will discuss the hostage crisis in San Juan city in metropolitan Manila Philippines, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ending her Democratic presidential campaign, Apple INC paying up to $500 million US to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, and more!
43: Life in Italy with Coronavirus!?
(2/28/2020)
- Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and two prominent opposition politicians were charged Friday with illegal assembly over a pro-democracy march last year.
- U.S. federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.
- Milan has ground to a halt under preventative restrictions currently in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
42: Earth has a new Moon and Saudi Arabia suspends foreign entry!
(2/27/2020)
- Demonstrators gathered for a fourth consecutive day on the eastern Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios to protest government plans to build new migrant detention centres.
- Saudi Arabia suspended foreigners' entry for the Umrah pilgrimage and tourism from countries where the new coronavirus has spread, as a growing number of cases outside China deepened fears of a pandemic.
- Earth has a tiny new companion in its journey around the sun — at least for now.
- Red pandas, the bushy-tailed and russet-furred bamboo munchers that dwell in Asian high forests, are not a single species but rather two distinct ones, according to the most comprehensive genetic study to date on these endangered mammals.
- Britain unveiled a negotiating mandate for trade talks with the European Union that puts it on a collision course with Brussels, saying it was ready to walk away if "good progress" was not made by June.
41: Maria Sharapova retires and Latin America's first Coronavirus case!
(2/26/2020)
- Brazil's government confirmed that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the contagious new coronavirus.
- Maria Sharapova quietly walked away from tennis at the age of 32, ending a career that featured five Grand Slam titles, time at No. 1 in the WTA rankings and a 15-month doping ban.
- Air New Zealand says it is going ahead with a test program to install at least six bunk beds in economy class.
40: Tokyo Olympics might be shut down due to Coronavirus!?
(2/25/2020)
- Scientists have spotted in rocks from northern China what may be the oldest fossils of a green plant ever found, tiny seaweed that carpeted areas of the sea floor roughly a billion years ago and were part of a primordial revolution among life on Earth.
- Airstrikes on rebel-controlled northwestern Syrian killed at least 16 people , including two students and two teachers, opposition activists said, as government forces closed in on a town considered a symbol of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
- Estimated there's a three-month window to decide the fate of the Tokyo Olympics, which are being threatened by the fast-spreading COVID-19.
39: Man dies due to home-made rocket accident!
(2/24/2020)
- A California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see for himself if the world is round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth.
- NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA's early space missions and was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures, about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died.
- Vanessa Bryant has sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna last month.
- A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd of people watching a carnival procession in a small German town, injuring dozens of people — including children.
38: U.S.A and Taliban peace talks and Coronavirus outbreak update!
(2/29/2020)
- The United States and the Taliban are on target to sign a peace agreement next week after a seven-day period of reduced violence, American and Taliban officials said.
- Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg said that he's willing to release at least three women from non-disclosure agreements that prevented them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him over the last three decades.
- The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the coronavirus is closing, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned and countries must act fast if they are going to control it.
Asked whether the outbreak is at a "tipping point" — after new cases appeared in, or were traced to, Iran.
37: Tourism industry affected by Coronavirus!
(2/20/2020)
- A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the "complete extermination" of many "races or cultures in our midst" shot and killed nine people of foreign background, most of them Turkish, in an attack on a hookah bar and other sites in a Frankfurt suburb.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was pushing ahead with the construction of 5,000 new Jewish homes in key areas of East Jerusalem, where critics say additional building could cut Palestinian residents off from the rest of the West Bank.
- Travel and tourism operators around the world are bracing for more difficult times ahead as the coronavirus outbreak chokes off demand from China and leads to cancellations from other international travellers.
36: Mass shooting in Germany and New Brexit immigration rules!
(2/19/2020)
- An up-and-coming rapper known as Pop Smoke was fatally shot during a break-in at a Hollywood Hills home, his label said.
- Eight people were killed in two shootings in the western German city of Hanau, police said.
- Britain announced new post-Brexit immigration rules that will make it tougher for European Union citizens, but easier for people from many other nations, to move to the U.K. starting next year.
35: Russia banning Chinese Nationals and more virus cases on cruise ship near Tokyo!
In this episode we discuss the recent temporary ban of Chinese Nationals from Russia, dispute between Britain and Greece over ancient treasures, and 88 more cases of new virus on cruise ship off the coast of Tokyo.
34: Apple Inc. says its losing revenue and Jeff Bezos donate 10 Billion on climate change!
In this episode of the podcast we discuss:
Britain's severe flood warnings advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks worth of rain in some places!
Apple Inc. says it will not meet its revenue guidance due to the coronavirus outbreak!
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion US of his own fortune to help fight climate change.
General Motors has decided to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don't produce adequate returns on investments.
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32: Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics might be postponed of cancelled!
In this episode we discuss:
A letter bomb that caught fire at a bank in Amsterdam!
The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
Senior members of the Swiss legislature are demanding a parliamentary investigation into a spying operation in which U.S. and German intelligence reportedly used a Swiss cryptography company as a front to eavesdrop on other countries.
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