This reads more like it's all original content, while Dani was MCing best of's, essentially.

Meh

I enjoyed David Cooper when he was on Jim Richards’ show, fairly fluff and good spirited and is up on current affairs etc. Best of all, he used “We Are Not Alone” by Frank Zappa as his theme music. I will check out his new slot as I get a bit tired of Shane Hewitt’s re-rolls sometimes.

Global describes its new radio host in a tongue-in-cheek bio page.

Having just listened to a few samples of this show. I can say I'm out.

While I welcome something new, a program that's nothing but useless fluff just isn't for me. We have an emergency going on between the U.S. and Canada, we have a new P.M., a Premier threatening to shut off the power to several states and a whole lot more going on. And he's talking about mate poaching, slime science, the Guinness Book Of Records for hot sauce and all kinds of psychological sex stuff.

There's nothing wrong with the occasional light topic, but when a show is ALL dessert and no real meal, I'm eating elsewhere. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd prefer the Ben Mulroney reroll. At least it's about something.

I just took my dog out for his final late walk of the night and decided to give this another chance. Boy, was I sorry I did. This was unquestionably the worst radio show I've ever heard in this market. The topics were unbearably eye rolling, at least to me. 

One was about maintaining your friendships with other people when they have kids. 

Another segment was some nonsense about your sexual partner and intimacy or something similar with an expert who made me want to smash the radio with a hammer, which fortunately I was not carrying at the time. 

A third bit was a woman who runs a sanctuary for overweight cats in Ottawa. What?

I can only wonder if Mr. Bendixen actually listened to this thing the whole way through before giving it the greenlight. Bring back the Ben Mulroney rerolls, stat! Maybe if I were a woman, this would appeal to me. But it was every cliche article from a "Ladies Home Journal" type of magazine and it was simply unlistenable.

If this touchy-feely crap, which nauseates me, is all this show has to offer, 640 has lost me permanently at night. It was truly awful.

mic'em wrote:

Perhaps the idea is to offer something different than the reality of the current political crap and world events. 

I think you're right and it's a tough balance to hit between ignoring more serious world events vs. not drowning someone in them, especially after a full day of news coverage and talk. Shane Hewitt's evening show walks this line well with political pundits or academics, but also pop culture or throwback nights. Jason Agnew had a show that briefly ran overnights during the initial few months of the lockdown and my memory is he did this balance nicely as well. I'm sure Cooper's show will evolve and it'll be interesting to hear it in, say, 2 months (assuming it lasts that long!).

If you're curious about David Cooper's story, here's a chat I had with him a couple of years ago.
https://www.torontomike.com/2022/01/david-cooper-toronto-miked-podcast-episode-991/

Please don't get me wrong - I'm not against the occasional fluff subject and fun topic. My problem comes when it's two solid hours of New Age crap, which I personally find makes my eyes roll back in my head every time I hear about it.

It would be great if this show finds a balance, as one poster above implies Shane Hewitt has managed to find. But two hours of relationship experts, endless discussions about you and your spouse going to bed angry, a segment on whether we're living in a simulation and other impossible-to-take seriously topics actually make me angry, it's such a waste of wattage.

Until they change the focus at least partially to include real issues, my dial will be elsewhere. Your mileage may differ but I cannot express how much I despise these kind of touchy-feely shows that pretend to take this kind of BS seriously. At least it's aptly named - it definitely is The Last Show I'd ever want to iisten to.