Ben Mulroney is growing on me as well. You cannot rush experience, and his radio persona and personality grows each time he hosts. What you cannot teach is intelligence and I would argue being the son of a Prime Minister makes him uniquely situated on talk radio to provide a fresh take on issues. I hope he continues.

Ben Mulroney told an amazing story on Friday about when he was a kid and fell in love with Batman comics. When the Batman movie came out, he told his father, the then-P.M., that he absolutely had to be at the premiere and made his dad promise that he'd get to be there, no matter what. 

Sure enough, the day came and inevitably, there was some political event the family had to be at. As the young Mulroney looked at his watch, he realized he wasn't going to make it. As a "professional political kid" he says he didn't make a big deal of it in public, but as the function was ending, he told his father how disappointed he was that he didn't keep his promise to get him to the movie opening. 

And that's when Brian, the P.M. said, "you are going." And with that, they went outside where a helicopter was waiting for the young kid. He got on and choppered over to a landing pad about a block away from the mall where the big opening was taking place. And he made it on time. 

He knows many in the audience hearing that story will point fingers about privilege and waste of taxpayer money - and he was right about that on both counts - but he was proud that his dad somehow managed to keep his word, despite his heavy schedule. 

Now you might hate that story or you might love it. But there's no one else on the radio who could have ever told that personal anecdote. And I'm sure there are a lot of other behind-the-curtain tales he's yet to reveal. Another reason I enjoy him on the air. 

Now I'm disappointed I didn't get a chance to listen to Ben during the week he was filling in but I'd like to check out his show, does anyone know when is he on-air next?

betaylored wrote:

Now I'm disappointed I didn't get a chance to listen to Ben during the week he was filling in but I'd like to check out his show, does anyone know when is he on-air next?

It's a slightly different show than the drivetime morning run, but he's on regularly from 7-10AM on weekends.

Turns out, you’re going to get more than just this weekend to sample Mulroney’s talents.
 
On his weekend gig, he revealed that he’ll be doing the morning run on AM640 again all next week, as Greg Brady is off for another seven days. That will be two weeks in a row on the AM drive shift, which tells you that Corus obviously has great confidence in him.
 
And if that’s not enough, he’ll be front and centre the following week, filling in for John Oakley on the afternoon run. Sounds like that one could be for another two weeks. Which may be why he’s not likely to be on Saturday and Sunday of next week.

So if you're curious about him on-air, you'll get more than one-shot to hear him over the next month. 

I believe his time off starts in a week. 

Although given Corus' precarious financial predicaments, I'm not sure I'd want to be away for a few weeks! Who knows what will be there when he gets back!