In this 1887th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with filmmaker Alan Zweig about his Vinyl documentary as Alan plays and discusses 10 of his all-time favourite songs from his personal vinyl collection. This episode is exactly 2:01:58. You can listen to this episode in a variety of
Sad news from CPAC this week. PrimeTime Politics host Michael Serapio and 11 other CPAC employees have been fired as the not-for-profit parliamentary affairs channel cancels its two flagship programs, PrimeTime Politics and L'Essentiel. The CBC has more: It cited "accelerating revenue decline," an uncertain broadcasting landscape and delays in
Dave Mason was a founding member of Traffic who wrote and sang lead vocals on two of the band's most famous songs, "Hole in My Shoe" and "Feelin' Alright?".
In this 1886th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Warren Kinsella about his punk rock roots in The Hot Nasties, his work with Jean Chrétien and Dalton McGuinty, his writing and his new book The Hidden Hand: The Information War and the Rise of Antisemitic Propaganda. This episode is
Yahoo Finance launched on January 19, 1997. That's over 29 years ago, and early days for the World Wide Web. Eventually, Yahoo expanded to Canada. An August 18, 2025 article in the Toronto Star reports this nugget about Yahoo Finance in Canada. Yahoo Finance alone boasts 12 million unique monthly
In this 1885th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Odd Marshall about his career in music and how flipping his truck in a snowstorm convinced him life is too short to not do what he loves. This episode is exactly 1:04:43. You can listen to this episode
Some episodes of Toronto Mike'd are so surreal I can't believe they ever happened. Seven years ago today, there was a knock at the door, and it was Gino Vannelli and his brother Ross Vannelli. The TMDS basement studio was configured a little different back then, and Ross wouldn't let
I have a vivid memory from when I first started waking up to my clock radio in 1983 (or maybe 1984) and one morning I woke up to the Genesis song "That's All". I'm not sure why I remember this moment so well, but I had only just clued in
In this 1884th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Deirdre Kelly, a best-selling author and award-winning journalist, about her three decades at The Globe and Mail and her involvement with the Paul McCartney Eyes of the Storm exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario. This episode is exactly 1:
Last week, Dr. Brian Goldman dropped by to talk about his experiences working in a Toronto hospital's emergency room. He's been doing so since 1982, and has written several books about it, including his recent The Casino Shift. On Toronto Mike'd, I asked Dr. Brian Goldman was The Pitt gets
Garret Anderson finished his 17-season MLB career batting .293 with 2,529 hits, 287 home runs, 1,365 runs batted in, an OPS of .785 and a 25.7 WAR, winning the 2002 World Series with the Los Angeles Angels.
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
In this 1883rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Rita Zekas about her time at TV Guide before a lengthy career at the Toronto Star where she originated the paparazzi page/gossip column Star Gazing. Rob Salem returns to co-host and keep us on the rails. Find out What's
In this 1882nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike dives deep into the seminal Toronto album Shakespeare My Butt with Ron Hawkins and Lawrence Nichols from Lowest of the Low. This episode is exactly 1:37:30. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple
In this 1881st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with DM Fox, author of The Howleyites: Toronto’s Changing City, A Stadium Rising, and The Champions of 1926, about the 1926 Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Club. This episode is exactly 1:25:22. You can listen to this episode in
Sid Krofft was the producer who created "Land of the Lost" and the TV series "H.R. Pufnstuf" with his brother Marty.
There's more here from POLICORNER, but the gist is that Tina Yazdani has been fired by Rogers and "at least two of Yazdani’s stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from CityNews’ website without explanation". At least two of Yazdani’s stories about the Ford government have quietly
In this 1880th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with TSC's Carrie Olver about her enduring friendship with Kim MacDonald, who she met at The Weather Network. This episode is exactly 1:25:22. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on
Dinah Christie was a musician and regular performer on the TV series Party Game and Check it Out!
Last night I attended a celebration of CBC's The Newsroom at the Paradise Theatre. I've long sought Ken Finkleman as a Toronto Mike'd guest and the West End Phoenix managed to get him to participate in a panel, so VP invited me as his +1. I loved Ken Finkleman's The
On April 12, donations up to $500 will be matched dollar for dollar while funds last. That makes this the best day to pledge my 2026 Terry Fox Run. Click here and give what you can. Toronto MikeIn 1980 Terry showed us what courage, compassion and determination look like. Today
In this 1879th episode of Toronto Mike'd, and 52nd episode of Toast, Mike is joined by Rob Preuss and Bob Willette as they kick out needledrop jams. This episode is exactly 2:08:16. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on
I saw on social media that the Toronto Blue Jays, a Rogers property, had brought back BJ Birdy. I previously wrote about BJ Birdy back in 2012. BJ was the Toronto Blue Jays mascot of my youth, and I even read his comic strip in the Toronto Star. In 1999,
For years Ed Keenan from The Toronto Star has been dropping by every quarter to chat for a couple of hours about what's happening in Toronto. I finally got around to creating a category so you can access every Edward Keenan episode of Toronto Mike'd on one spot. Ed Keenan’
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind.
