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In this 1743rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Shye Klein, a Toronto-born photographer who had just recently moved to Israel when he joined his cousin and a group of friends at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023. This episode is exactly 2:04:43. You can
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I produce podcasts for several people, including myself. My podcast is called Toronto Mike'd and I've been recording episodes since the summer of 2012. As I type, there have been 1742 numbered episodes, and there are exactly 1800 episodes in the Toronto Mike'd podcast feed. I had a Toronto Mike'd
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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 1742nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with guitarist Colin Cripps about his years playing with the Spoons, Crash Vegas, Junkhouse, Kathleen Edwards, Bryan Adams and Blue Rodeo. This episode is exactly 1:39:02. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on
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In this 1741st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with historian Jeremy Hopkin about the history of Sunnyside in Toronto. This episode is exactly 1:32:02. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow on Amazon MusicSubscribe on Podcast AddictSubscribe
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