About this episode

The episode explores the controversial election of Rob Ford, Toronto's crack-smoking mayor, through insights from Bobby Broccoli's research.

Rob Ford was the infamous crack-smoking mayor of Toronto, but he was always crazy, so how did he get elected in the first place? Bobby Broccoli is current working on a 4-part video series on Rob Ford, and he shares what he learned through his research. Meet Mayor Ford: https://youtu.be/nACJOKV_YYA Bobby Broccoli: https://www.youtube.com/@BobbyBroccoli Not Just Bikes: https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Not Just Bikes

Guest: Bobby Broccoli

Topics covered

• politics
• Toronto
• mayoral history
• drug use
• media
• elections

Keywords

• Rob Ford
• Toronto
• crack smoking
• mayor
• Bobby Broccoli
• election
• politics

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