As Toronto Raptors Broadcaster Jack Armstrong enters his 25th season [Hellooooooo!], he talks about his MVP [Mom!!], growing up in Brooklyn NYC, Fordham U road trips driving the team van to fine dining establishments [White C...
Two-time Olympic Champion/three-time World Champion Sprinter Donovan Bailey talks about solo vs team gold medals at Atlanta in 1996, his better-late-than-never appointment to the Order of Canada, being drafted by the BC Lions...
Filmmaker & Marketing Executive Barry Avrich talks about RENT-A-FAN CLUB, getting stuck in an altercation between Jackie Mason & Jerry Stiller, why you need to treat ‘yelling’ as performance art, why his Bob Saget anecdote wa...
Publicist and Music Industry Expert Eric Alper talks about music entering his bloodstream via his Grandfather Al’s Grossman’s Tavern, the influence of American Hot Wax & Music World at Promenade Mall, why Snoop Dogg travels w...
‘When Canada Shut Down’ author Sean Mitton talks about Paul Henderson’s Goal of the Century being Canada’s ‘Man on the Moon’ moment, the Henderson Hat Trick [THREE game-winning goals], how Phil Esposito’s passionate ‘rant’ ga...
Multiple-time Manager of the Year Jake Gold talks about his first concert [Beatles at Maple Leaf Gardens 1964!], 17 years of managing The Hip/a 17 year break/starting anew in 2020, music’s most important North American cities...
Broadcaster/Podcaster Ted Woloshyn talks about taking over for Wally Crouter for a decade of mornings at CFRB, dealing with 2:45am wakeups when you aren’t a morning person, his 11 year run of ‘Saturdays with Ted’ on Newstalk ...
Little Canada’s founder & visionary Jean-Louis Brenninkmeijer introduces us to ‘Our Home & Miniature Land,’ learns about Wayne Gretzky [“who is this The Great One?”], explains why the process is as important as the product, s...
Former NHL referee Paul ‘Devo’ Devorski talks about his Centennial Cup win for Guelph, how he handled Darren McCarty in ‘that Detroit game’ [aka The Brawl], being there for Ray Bourque’s Stanley Cup win, his Valentine’s Day c...
Superstar singing impressionist André-Philippe Gagnon talks about Jay Leno discovering him at Just For Laughs, getting the ‘blessing’ to approach Johnny Carson after his breakout spot on The Tonight Show [after DECLINING his ...
Broadcasting executive Nelson Millman tells us how grade 10 was ‘the best 4 years of my life,’ about being Bob McCown’s boss, why he prefers production over being on-air, overseeing Blue Jays radio broadcasts in ’92/’93 as th...
Singer/songwriter Matt Dusk takes a 'Matt Dusk Sings Sinatra' tour break to talk about dining with the Queen & Prince Philip, his graduation interaction with Oscar Peterson, his breakout role on Mark Burnett’s The Casino, Mic...
Entrepreneur & Business Executive Mark Cohon shares his journey from cheeseburgers to basketball to baseball to pigskin to music to the Gin Smash, tales of the ‘Big Mac Bus’ & ‘George the Amphibious Car,’ how the Royal Family...
Toronto Star’s The Fixer Jack Lakey shares lessons learned from being the garbageman at a pickle factory, his advocacy for the Little Guy, dialing 311 vs The Fixer, the power of not wanting to look bad in the Star, why you mu...
Film critic/author/broadcaster Richard Crouse talks about his Donald Sutherland ice-breaker, Simon Le Bon’s love of Mr Greenjeans’ Buffalo Chips, kind words for Cameron Bailey’s leadership and agreement with his view that ‘mo...
ESPN Rules Expert & ex-NHL Referee Dave Jackson talks about his Montreal origins, reffing his first game in corduroys and a yellow helmet, a horrible yet career-defining incident post-game in Lachine, boyhood hero Guy Lafleur...
Ahead of the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, CEO Cameron Bailey talks about growing up in the countryside of Barbados, his time at NOW during the heyday of alternative weekly newspapers, writing his first movie revi...
The King of Bay Street Wes Hall talks about his humble beginnings in rural Jamaica, lessons learned from his Grandmother, coming of age in Malvern, his past life as the Chicken Catching Grim Reaper, the importance of construc...
Emergency Room Physician/Author/Radio Host Dr Brian Goldman talks about his long-suffering Maple Leafs fandom, being a ‘browner’ who would study for a blood test, extending his storytelling from the ER to bookwriting to his C...
Tea Evangelist David Segal talks about his entrepreneurial roots, his first DAVIDsTEA shop on Queen St West, being a 10 year overnight success, why you need a healthy dose of naivety, getting product into Oprah’s hotel room, ...
Canada’s First Supermodel Monika Schnarre talks about the risks of swimsuit photoshoots, her connection to BNL & Jason Priestley, her ‘Forrest Gump-iness,’ bloodhound bonding with Luke Perry, her Vogue/Sports Illustrated Swim...
Canadian/Olympic/World Figure Skating Champion Elvis Stojko talks about Superfan Chuck Norris, inside the Harding/Kerrigan kerfuffle of ’94, Don Cherry defending him, appearing on The Simpsons and Brooklyn 99, his ‘mic drop’ ...
Broadcaster & Music Historian Alan Cross talks about his Manitoba roots & first transistor radio, his accordion proficiency, CFNY/The Edge to Q107, becoming a 'professional music geek,' his more than 800 episodes of The Ongoi...
Comedy King Mark Breslin shares the Yuk Yuk’s story and talks the Order of Canada, Joan Rivers vetting him via Howie Mandel, his initial reaction to Jim Carrey, why “the customer is always in the way,” his Canadian-first book...
