Your stories with Winnie Chen, a content creator who hosted a giant picnic in a Toronto Park, where more than thousand strangers turned out. Also with us, Pete Bombaci, Founder of The GenWell Project dot org, which leads the "Talking to Strangers" campaign and has developed national guidelines for social connection.

Your stories about giving kids some unstructured play this summer and we hear from child and youth psychologist Janine Hubbard.

Your stories with guests Jon Allen, former Canadian ambassador to Israel and Raja Khouri, former commissioner with the Ontario Human Rights Commissioner and founding president of the Canadian-Arab Institute.

For a second time, Pierre Poilievre is facing dozens of opponents in a race, this time in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot riding where more than 200 names are on the ballot. We hear your reaction and we speak with Jean-Pierre Kingsley, a former Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.

Mary Shearman Reid, greenhouse owner and certified landscape horticulturist manager, offers some tips on moving plants around in August and takes your gardening questions.

From snake encounters to extreme weather -- we hear about your camping weekends, canoe trips and other excursions that left you in awe of the power of nature. Our guest is wilderness survival expert David Arama.

We hear about your struggles to manage screens this summer and hear from a leading researcher in this area: Caroline Fitzpatrick. She is the Canada Research Chair in Digital Media Use by Children and a professor of education at the Université de Sherbrooke.

Your stories with registered psychotherapist Shikha Seeboruth, clinical director of the Therapeutic Way Counselling and Psychotherapy Services. Also joining us to talk about legal issues: lawyer and mediator Hilary Linton, president of Riverdale Mediation in Toronto.