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Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe

Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe welcomes listeners into the warm and comforting world of the Vinyl Cafe. Each episode features stories about Canada’s favourite fictional family: Dave, Morley and the kids, narrated by the late Stuart McLean and recorded live in concert. For the first time ever, long-time producer Jess Milton shares rare, behind-the-scenes stories from her 15 years touring, travelling, laughing, and recording with her close friend Stuart.

This is a world that is rooted in kindness, connection, and the laughter of recognition. A world that brings people together to rejoice in our ridiculousness. A world where we celebrate the small triumphs over the adversities of the everyday: like trying to find the perfect gift for someone you love, or the first Christmas without your sister; like trying to stage manage the school Christmas pageant, or trying to defrost a turkey with a hairdryer (we’ve all done that, right?).

Join us. New episodes every Friday.

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More Arthurs! Oct 10, 2025

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It’s our annual Thanksgiving tradition – the Vinyl Cafe Arthur Awards. More treasures from the Vinyl Cafe archives about some amazing acts of kindness!

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Quebec Connection - A Trip to Quebec Oct 03, 2025

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“The Pensionne du Quebec was lit up like a party ship”

We’ve got a Quebec selection for you on today’s podcast. A story about Sam’s school trip to Quebec City, plus a Stuart McLean script about cheese making in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, and a backstory from Jess about the trip they took to write that story.

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Cakes Gone Wrong - The Birthday Cake & Arthur Takes the Cake Sep 26, 2025

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“Surely Mary wouldn’t miss one of those little buttercream shrubs…”

On this week’s episode of Backstage, two stories about cakes, those special occasion cakes that promise to be oh so good… That is, until Dave and co. get involved…

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Rodentia - Dave and the Mouse & Rat-a-tat-tat Sep 19, 2025

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“PPMS. Phantom peripheral mouse syndrome”

Jess and Dave have something in common: rodent phobia! Jess shares how she got over hers. And in two hilarious Vinyl Cafe stories we’ll hear how Dave managed his.

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Compromising Positions - The Bare Truth & Yoga Retreat Sep 12, 2025

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“Mary had never ever been downstairs with no clothes on. Never. Ever.”

We’ve got some classic Dave and Mary Turlington adventures on this week’s episode – as they find themselves in some compromising positions! And Jess talks about how Stuart honed his onstage craft over the years.

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September - School Days Sep 05, 2025

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“Every year on the first day of school, to the great amazement of the kids in kindergarten…Miss MacNeal would burp the alphabet from A to Z.”

Welcome back to Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe! Our first episode is all about back to school. We’ve got a story about how Dave and Morley tried to recreate the magic of their own school days for Sam (spoiler: it didn’t work out quite as they hoped); an essay Stuart wrote for a young friend going back to school; plus a backstory from Jess about what Stuart was like as a teacher.

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Season 6 - Starting September 5th Aug 29, 2025

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We hope you'll join us next Friday for Season 6 of Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe! We’ve got more Dave and Morley stories for you, more of Stuart McLean’s wonderful Vinyl Cafe essays and, of course, more behind the scenes stories from Jess Milton. Here's a taster of what's in store...

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We Regret to Inform You: Rejecting Monty Python Aug 20, 2025

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This week, more from our Apostrophe Podcast Network family! We think you will enjoy, "We Regret to Inform You: The Rejection Podcast." Sidney O’Reilly shares the stories of successful people who have encountered rejection in their careers – and triumphed nonetheless.

For this episode, we enter the wacky world of Monty Python and hear how risky it was for the BBC and others to take a chance on these unconventional comics. So sit back, grab your coconuts and enjoy "Rejecting Monty Python." And for part 2 of the story, check out "We Regret to Inform You" on whatever platform you are using to listen to this podcast.

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REWIND WEDNESDAY: Bloopers Aug 13, 2025

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Something special for you for our first bonus episode. From one of my absolute favourite Vinyl Cafe radio shows, from 2011, this is Stuart and I in studio talking about bloopers! We laughed so hard recording this show.

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REWIND WEDNESDAY: Summertime – Mexican Climbing Mint & Summer of Stars Aug 06, 2025

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“There is nothing like a neighbour throwing money about their garden to make you feel bad about yours.”

It's summer all the way on this week’s episode. In our first story, Mary Turlington unwittingly trips off a chain of events that get heated under the summer sun. And in the second, Sam and Murphy have the summer of a lifetime in Big Narrows, Cape Breton.

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