Why was this the year you needed a food bank?

Your stories and we hear from Neil Hetherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto, about the growing demand for food supports in the province.

Some tips on what to do with spent pumpkins after Halloween and your gardening questions with our regular expert gardener, Paul Zammit.

Your reflections on how watching baseball has changed for you over the past 32 years. Our guests are Toronto Star baseball columnist Gregor Chisholm and Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer and former Jays pitcher, Pat Hentgen.

Your stories with James Walsh, features writer with New York Magazine and author of "Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College." We also hear about the work of Mark Daley, chief artificial intelligence officer at Western University.

The province has mandated Ontario police services get training in how to deal with mental crisis calls. Your stories about what trainers need to know with Jennifer Lavoie, co-lead of the newly mandated Mental Health Crisis Response (MHCR) program, developed at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Your stories with Nicole Myers, Criminologist and Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Queen’s University.

Your best stories from taking part in marathons. Our guest for the hour is Alan Brookes, the long-time race director with TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon and we hear from long-time marathoner and Toronto physical education teacher Sue Pribaz.

Your insider takes. Our guests are Kris Rushowy Toronto Star's education reporter at Queen's Park, Tiffany MacLennan, senior associate and project lead with Higher Education Strategy Associates and we hear from Chris Hahn, former dean of Algonquin College's Perth campus.

Your stories of discovering an issue with your heart and we hear from Dr. Mali Worme, a heart failure and imaging cardiologist at Toronto's University Health Network.

Mary Shearman Reid, owner of Green Thumb Garden Centre, fills in for our regular gardening columnist Paul Zammit. She shares some tips on protecting spring bulbs from squirrels and takes your gardening questions.