Press Recognition
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Joe Warmington quoted me in the Toronto Sun today with regards to 640 Toronto's John Oakley airing his last show on Friday. WARMINGTON: Legendary AM 640 host John Oakley hangs up his micSay it ain’t so but John Oakley will host his final afternoon drive show for Toronto 640
This is cool.
Earlier today, I was on CBC Radio's Ontario Today talking about the CNE.
Have you heard of The Monte Carlo Laundromat in North York? Rob De Luca has this mural inside and I'm told I'm now a part of it. That's a great honour, I just wish they spelled the show's name properly. On the mural, I show up as "Toronto Mik'd" [sic]
CNN's Canadian correspondent Toronto Mike checked in with CNN This Morning with Audie Cornish to talk about the most important election in the history of Canada.
And here's the story of how this came to be! 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 directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/podcast/rss/Download the
I was pleasantly surprised this morning when Jesse Hirsh tagged me on Twitter with a tweet linking to this article he just published. Mapping Toronto’s Media Ecosystem“Explore how Toronto Mike’s podcast shapes the city’s culture, politics, and sports, mapping Toronto’s diverse media landscape.”Jesse HirshEco
There's a great podcast from AMP Talent Group called Spotlight Sessions, and I was lucky enough to be their guest. On this episode of Spotlight Sessions, Rosie Ferguson chats with Mike Boon, a digital expert who helps others succeed online through blogging and podcasting,. Having built an impressive online presence
Toronto Mike'd has been nominated for a couple of Canadian Podcast Awards. One for "Outstanding Personal Series" and one for "Outstanding News and Current Affairs Series". When I found out, I tweeted about it, and then went for a bike ride. Upon my return I see I violated an embargo,
I had a nice chat with FOTM Dave Charles way back in mid-August. This week, that 2 month old conversation was published in FYI Music News, which was recently acquired by Billboard Canada. You can have the greatest podcast in the world, but if people don't know it exists, nobody
The last time People mentioned me, it was as "the unnamed producer" in a bullshit hit piece about Dean McDermott leaving the podcast he co-hosted with his ex-wife Mary Jo Eustace. This time, I'm named. Here's the link to the article about Mary Jo Eustace's new podcast Senior Bitches. And
There's a show on CTV News Channel called The Debate with Mike Le Couteur and today they featured yours truly with FOTM Reshmi Nair. You can watch the episode here.
This has been running on the Rogers TV listings channel all week.
Andrew Applebaum has a new podcast called Toronto Legends that I'm honoured to have inspired. He dropped by last week to interview little ol' me. You can subscribe to Toronto Legends here. If you're looking for podcast production services, contact me.
I'm in the Toronto Star today. In fact, I've got a couple of colour pages, including the cover of the Together section. Sweet. Here's a link to the article online. I bought a couple of copies myself. Because with headlines like "Talk of the Town" and "Mastering the mic", how
What a thrill it was reading CBC Podcasts Coordinator Jason Paris recommending Toronto Mike'd to readers of the CBC Podcasts newsletter. This is true media geek talk for those of us who grew-up listening, watching and absorbing public and private media in Greater Toronto. Whether it be reminiscing about CFNY's
I wanted to check out the monolith by the lake in Mimico when a CTV Toronto news cameraman asked me for my 2021 New Year's resolution. My full answer included a funny bit about all the chocolate I'd consumed the past two weeks, but they left that gold on the
Pina Crispo hosts The Parenting Show on Global News Radio 640 Toronto and she invited me to be her guest this week. It was a fun conversation, and you can hear it here.
Tonight, my wife and I watched Faking a Muderer on Hollywood Suites, streamed via Prime. All FOTMs should see this movie because it's great fun, it's got Stu Stone, cans of Great Lakes Beer and a cameo from another FOTM in the closing credits. Oh yeah, and I got thanked!
A week or so ago, I got a call from Raju Mudhar from The Toronto Star. We had a great chat about the state of podcasting in Canada. I honestly forgot all about it, but in today's Toronto Star there's an article entitled "Have We Reached Peak Podcast?". Most of
Yesterday was a long, interesting day. After I got the kids up and off to summer camp and daycare, I recorded an episode of Hebsy on Sports with Mark Hebscher before biking to meet a client at Bay and Front, visiting Kevin Frankish at his uptown apartment, grabbing a drink