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 hivemind.
September 06, 2026
In this 336th episode, Mike chats with broadcaster Teri Hart about her start at CFNY and Q107, her 19 years at The Movie Network, her new role at Rogers Television and her struggles with infertility. This episode is exactly 1:41:37. You can listen to this episode in a
Tom Wolfe was 88. He was the white-suited pioneer of "new journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full.
Margot Kidder was 69. She was the actress best known for playing Lois Lane in “Superman” and three sequels.
Al Joynes is gone, Andy Frost is leaving, and now John Scholes has left Q107. His last shift was Friday afternoon. He was there for 19 years. As you'll hear below, John bows out to Queen's The Show Must Go On. Although John will no longer be on Q107, it
In the last few years we have seen a great rise of online casinos and generally remote gambling. This has been massively favoured by the new technologies that have allowed everyone to be connected from everywhere at a great speed. Players are also hugely incentivised to make the switch from
In this 335th episode, Mike catches up with Splash'N Boots before they kick out the jams! This episode is exactly 1:38:29. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via Google Play MusicListen via StitcherFollow on tuneinSubscribe directly to the feed at
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 hivemind.
In this 334th episode, Mike chats with news broadcaster Evelyn Macko about her years at CFTR, Q107, 640 and 1010. This episode is exactly 2:03:48. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via Google Play MusicListen via StitcherFollow on tuneinSubscribe directly
I made my annual pilgrimage to High Park to take shots of the cherry blossoms in peak bloom. Here are photos I took at lunch today. And here's a short video that shows the weekday crowd.
In this 333rd episode, Mike chats with The Athletic's Sean Fitz-Gerald about The Athletic and various Toronto sports topics before they play and discuss his favourite songs of all-time. This episode is exactly 1:54:51. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen
Fuck it, bring 'em all back next season. Casey, too. These Raps entertain me, and I'm okay with 59 regular season wins, winning a round (or two) and then losing to THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL-TIME.— Toronto Mike (@torontomike) May 8, 2018
I've watched all or part of almost every Raptors game this season. I consider this the best Raptors team yet, and thought they could beat the Cavs and make their first finals appearance. I was a true believer. Although you can no longer be swept in three games, that just
In this 332nd episode, Mike chats with TSN's Jay Onrait about a bunch of stuff before he kicks out the jams. This episode is exactly 2:01:26. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via Google Play MusicListen via StitcherFollow on tuneinSubscribe
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 hivemind.
Every year at this time, it's the same story. Much of Toronto is in shorts and tee shirts, often complaining about the heat, but in my hood people are still wearing jackets. Today, for example, I took a bike ride and experienced the dramatic temperature dip at a specific point
In this 331st episode, Mike chats with rock goddess Bif Naked about EVERYTHING. This episode is exactly 1:16:00. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesListen via Google Play MusicListen via StitcherFollow on tuneinSubscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.
Drake's Nice For What is a great jam, and it's currently enjoying its second week at number one. That means there have been 50 songs by Canadians to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and this entry is a week late. Here's the complete list of 50 songs performed
Kanye West makes it very difficult to defend him, so I've always stuck to the music. Kanye's persona is brash, nutty, and typically ill-informed. Often he's trolling, but sometimes it's difficult to tell. He dropped this song last night, which is a rather brilliant troll job if you ask me.
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 hivemind.
In this 330th episode, Mike chats with Ralph Benmergui about his years at CKLN, CBC Radio, hosting Midday and Friday Night with Ralph Benmergui! on CBC Television, doing mornings at JAZZ FM, Mike MacDonald, Stuart McLean, fatherhood, Hamilton and his spirituality. This episode is exactly 1:17:06. You can
In this 329th episode, Mike chats with Matt Elliott about yesterday's Yonge Street tragedy, his coverage of the Rob Ford years, his work with Metro and what's next for him. This episode is exactly 1:41:18. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in
Today, shortly before 1:30pm, a man driving a white rental van struck a number of pedestrians between Finch and Sheppard on Yonge Street. Toronto Police have confirmed 9 people are dead and 16 are injured, 5 critically. The driver is in police custody. If you're looking for speculation and
When Avicii passed away on Friday, I did what I often do when a musician dies. I dove into his catalogue of work. He's got a song called "LE7ELS" that I quite like. It came out in late 2011. Here's that jam. At the time, my oldest daughter was really
Verne Troyer was 49. He was the actor best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, and for his brief appearance as Griphook the goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
