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Toronto's Catherine O'Hara was a key cog in the influential Second City Television wheel before a lengthy string of successful movie and television roles earning her two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. As a lifelong fan, I'm truly shocked and gutted by
In this 1840th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Michelle McAdorey about her life, this crazy world, her art and playing with Kirsty MacColl and Crash Vegas. This episode is exactly 1:25:07. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow
In this 1839th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with David Bronstein about how he became The Prince of Love on late night informercials for Dial-A-Date, what happened next, and his acting performance in Kire Paputt's new film Junkie Run. This episode is exactly 1:01:28. You can listen
In this 1838th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike discusses the disappearance of Chris Sheppard and plays clips from Club 102, his recent conversation with Matt Schichter, director of the CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary, Chris Sheppard's final recorded public appearance on Humble and Fred and a rare remix from
Jonathan Torrens dropped by 12 years ago today. He was doing some work downtown at the CBC studios and he took a cab to south Etobicoke to chat with yours truly. It was episode 65 of Toronto Mike'd, but it felt like episode one. You see, until then I either
In this 1837th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike was going to chat with David Bronstein about how he became The Prince of Love on late night informercials for Dial-A-Date, what happened next, and his acting performance in Kire Paputt's new film Junkie Run, but instead he talked to Kire himself.
In this 1836th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Dean McTaggart about his work with The Arrows, not singing on Tears Are Not Enough, and writing hits for Amanda Marshall and Wynonna Judd. This episode is exactly 1:14:58. You can listen to this episode in a variety
In this 1835th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Kenny The Hitman Caughlin about his life in radio at 680 CFTR, AM 640, The Hog, Kiss FM, Mix 99.9, Z103.5, Country 95.3 and Q107. This episode is exactly 1:19:26. You can listen to this
In this 1834th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Chris Higgins about the Humber River in the west end of Toronto. This episode is full of #funfacts and #mindblows. This episode is exactly 1:19:49. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on
With a little current day context from me off the top.
In this 1833rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, and 49th episode of Toast, Mike is joined by Rob Preuss, Bob Willette as they kick out metal jams for Bob's 50th birthday. This episode is exactly 2:31:00. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on
I asked Reshmi Nair and Supriya Dwivedi if AM radio was a safe space for women of colour. Hear all 100 amazing minutes of this episode of Toronto Mike'd here. Reshmi Nair and Supriya Dwivedi: Toronto Mike’d Podcast Episode 1832In this 1832nd episode of Toronto Mike’d, Mike chats
In this 1832nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Reshmi Nair and Supriya Dwivedi about their common experiences working on the AM dial in Toronto radio, Mike Stafford, Scott MacArthur, and the world at large. This episode is exactly 1:39:34. You can listen to this episode in
In this 1831st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with The Toronto Star's Ed Keenan about what's making waves in Toronto. This episode is exactly 2:00:53. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe on Podcast
In this 1830th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Grammy Award-winning professor of ethnomusicology and music writer Rob Bowman about Muscle Shoals, Stax Records, Jackie Shane and so much more. This episode is exactly 1:25:04. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen
In this 1829th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Joey Cee, a fascinating figure in the Canadian music scene since his high school days. He served as Music Director at Toronto radio station CKFH from 1967 to 1969, broke several songs in this country, gaining a reputation for identifying
In this 1828th episode of Toronto Mike'd, and 8th FOTMCast, Cam Gordon and Tyler Campbell visit to recap the previous quarter of Toronto Mike'd episodes and discuss what's new in the TMU. This episode is exactly 3:32:20. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways:
In this 1827th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Matt Schichter, the director of CFNY: The Spirit of Radio, a documentary airing on TVO. This episode is exactly 1:30:56. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on
In this 1826th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike catches up with Ben Rayner in New Brunswick. This episode is exactly 1:24:58. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe on Podcast AddictSubscribe via OvercastListen on tuneinSubscribe
On July 7th, 2025, Toronto Mike'd welcomed its 1000th unique guest. There have been 100 episodes recorded since that date, so we're at well over 1000 people who have been my guest. I call these people FOTMs: Friends of Toronto Mike. For several years I joked that all FOTMs would
In this 1825th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike shares a Boxing Day message with the listenership before sharing a recent chat with FOTM Graven. This episode is exactly 1:02:51. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon
In this 1824th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike and Elvis celebrate Festivus 2025 with the airing of grievances. This episode is exactly 2:04:41. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe on Podcast AddictSubscribe via OvercastListen
In this 1823rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Retrontario's own Ed Conroy for Christmas Crackers, Vol. 7. This episode is exactly 1:47:28. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe on Podcast AddictSubscribe
In this 1822nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Globe and Mail TV critic John Doyle about growing up in Ireland, his career at the Globe, Canadian soccer and irritating Canadians. This episode is exactly 1:18:31. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways:
Every quarter, I record a special episode of Toronto Mike'd I call FOTMCast. The name FOTMCast was inspired by a podcast from UPROXX entitled Indiecast. I'm so out of the loop when it comes to new music, I try to keep up with the current indie music scene by listening
