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Ep95 - "Shitposting" with Rhea Singh (PREVIEW) Apr 18, 2024

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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Rhea Singh is a Toronto-based arts and culture writer who's work has appeared on Billboard, CBC and BlogTO. Rhea is also the founder of our favourite Instagram account / website Cunt Mag. Rhea sat down with us to discuss being on the other side of an interview, shitposting, Instagram addictions, Absinthe, natural deodorant, Miller Highlife, Chat GPT, learning to code from using Tumblr, astrology, 'Hyperclub', summer 2016, brand activations, Petra Collins, hating live music, Lana Del Rey, Bambi's, frat parties, anonymity, polyamorous relationships, Cat Marnell, pirating audiobooks, expensive parties, internet fragility, calling in vs calling out, the death of shame, cigarettes, Grimes at Coachella, egotistical DJ's, karma, ketamine, millennial gatekeepers, passing the torch, Cafeteria, 'creatives', gateway parties, 'Money is Tight' parties, insecurity as an excuse, Vice Magazine, Bunz Trading Zone, Gen Z vs Millennials, 'Skibiti Toilet' and much much more! Rhea Singh Cunt Mag Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- COLD POD SUPPORT THIS PODCAST https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Ep94 - "Staring At The Sun" (PATREON PREVIEW) Apr 11, 2024

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LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE ON PATREON! We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss the solar eclipse, everyone posting the same selfie wearing glasses, astrology, 'The Disappearance of Rituals', community, Y2K fear, the Mayan calendar, doomsday preppers, Thermal opening for Crushed in Toronto and Montreal, Patati Patata's poutine, mid level bars, reunions, fragility, 'Before Sunrise', the Curb Your Enthusiasm finale, Mercury Retrograde, superstitions, driving through a blizzard, Kat Duma's new music video, Clothesline From Hell, Djing at Bowie in a Kanye mask, Austin getting compared to Adam Driver, millennial's loving 'Sex and the City' vs Gen Z loving 'Girls' and more! Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- COLD POD https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Ep93 - "Boronto" with Bruce LaBruce (PATREON PREVIEW) Apr 04, 2024

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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ON PATREON! Bruce LaBruce is a Toronto based artist, filmmaker and writer. His latest film 'The Visitor' premiered earlier this year at the Berlin film festival. Bruce sat down with us to discuss Toronto being boring, disaster capitalism, 'No Skin Off My Ass', Sam The Record Man, Yonge Street's seedy era, 'Going Down The Road' (1970), bathhouses, when the city felt glamorous, speakeasy's, The Gun Club, rich kids, condos, living in a squat in Regent Park with Fifth Column, the late 80's Toronto hardcore scene, skin heads, 'lively' mosh pits, falling in love with a Hustler, seeing Nirvana at Lee's Palace, Kurt Cobain calling 'No Skin Off My Ass' his favourite film, 'Hustler White', Rusty, McG, working at Just Deserts in the 80's, The Kentucky Fried Five, his friendship with John Waters, 'Skin Flick', his essay on Camp, Cassavetes Vs Altman, his mentor Robin Wood, film twitter, Eyes Wide Shut, Isabelle Huppert, Gen Z's relationship with sex, porn, his Instagram account, his old Exclaim! column, his infamous TIFF parties, bad DJ's, 'The Visitor', his upcoming book 'The Revolution Is My Boyfriend', the origin of his infamous pose and more! Bruce LaBruce Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- COLD POD https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Ep92 - "Real Friends" (PATREON PREVIEW) Mar 28, 2024

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss our two year anniversary, corporate DJ gigs, The Juno's, artistic intentions, monthly listeners, the Canadian film industry, Brad Troemel's 'Hipster Report', the illusion of cool, insecurity, Mubi, the death of the 'Vimeo Staff Pick', the curse of nostalgia, maintaining old friendships, living in the moment, dark hometown energy, synchronicity, viewing Toronto through a tourist's lens, Bambi's, legacy Toronto businesses, Low Bar, McSorely's, Bar Italia, TikTok bands and more!

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Ep91 - "Toronto Thaw" with Andre Ethier (PATREON PREVIEW) Mar 21, 2024

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Andre Ethier is a musician, painter and founding member of the seminal Toronto band The Deadly Snakes. Andre sat down with us to discuss hating craft beer, performing at Norman's 40th birthday party, growing up in Toronto, Etobicoke School of the Arts, getting exposed to independent films at an early age, Jim Carrol, overstaying your welcome in Montreal, simultaneously loving and hating Toronto, The Deadly Snakes origin story, hating other bands in the late 90’s, The Constantines, millennium paranoia, ‘Rock’ vs ‘Rock’n’Roll’, Janes Addiction, The Oblivions, garage rock audiences, discovering music through skate videos, Toronto bands trying to leave the city, touring with The Hives, Indie Sleaze, Will Monroe’s parties, the Vice era, Dan Burke, pool hopping, singing the national anthem at a Dodgers game, the ten year gap between his solo albums, Sandro Perri, his career as a painter, people having too much money in New York in the early 2000’s, having his paintings stolen before a solo show, Gen Z listening habits, his kids and more!

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Ep90 - "Toronto Style" Mar 07, 2024

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss Austin's 24 hour trip to Arizona, Lynx Air going bankrupt, buried treasure, shooting a music video alone in the desert, experimenting on the spot, finding your own process, getting shushed by a DJ at Juice, appreciating feeling uncomfortable, Norman Wong's 40th birthday party, musical hypnosis, self diagnosed mental illness, Torontionized, The Ion Pack, Toronto Style Bar, Bleeding Edge Movies, squashing beef, the end of Low IQ Cold Pod, At The Drive In, selling out, Greta Gerwig, Charli XCX, The Holdovers and more!

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Ep89 - "Global Village Coffeehouse" Feb 22, 2024

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss realizing podding is fun again, hiding your emotions, the process vs the final product, caring about perception, being your own PR person, Josh's DJ set opening for S Club 7, lip syncing, nostalgia tours, being self aware, 'Global Village Coffeehouse' aesthetics, The Big Carrot, third wave coffee shops, Sam James, Ideal, Sleepless in Seattle, 'Barney-core', teenage expectations of adulthood, hostile architecture, agoraphobia, dopamine fasting, not having an imagination, the process of discovery, globalism, listening bars and more! Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- COLD POD SUPPORT THIS PODCAST https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Ep88 - "Content, The Creators" with Maia Wyman & Hannah Raine Feb 15, 2024

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Maia Wyman (Broey Deschanel) and Hannah Raine are the co-hosts of the popular podcast Rehash, a show about forgotten social media phenomenons. We sat down with them to discuss star rating systems, negative YouTube comments, incels, leaving public Google reviews, Tik Tok stalkers, trying to stay 'on brand', the 'Da Vinky Twins', podcast over saturation, Apple Vision Pro, The Unabomber, Canadian trend cycles, podcast burnout, sex on the internet, Sasha Grey, Chloe Cherry, Lady Bird, Whit Stillman, 'May December' not being perceived as a comedy, eating during movies, moving to New York, getting recognized on the street while crying, medium density housing, the 'new-old Lakeview', Ossington, having a 416 area code, 'Sex and the City' vs 'And Just Like That...', The Bachelor, Tokyo Toni and more!

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Ep87 - "Montreal Pilled" Feb 09, 2024

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss Josh's first trip to Montreal in 5 years, illegal Airbnb's, Nouveau Palais, Yves Jarvis, Bruno Sports Bar, The Blue Nile, avoiding artist's late period albums, filmmakers getting worse as they get older, Yo La Tengo, post weed paranoia, Système, Coyote Ugly, Long & Mcquade, Casa del Popolo, May Rio, Montreal crowds, Le Plongeoir, Datcha, Distraction4ever, Drakes d*ck leak, Love Island: All Stars, The Bachelor, All Of Us Strangers, The Grammys, The Juno’s, Kanye, Jon Rafman, Mr & Mrs Smith, Homeshake and more! Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ----- COLD POD SUPPORT THIS PODCAST https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

Ep86 - "The Return" Feb 02, 2024

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss Austin's trip to Mexico, beach camping, cartel cigarettes, sand fleas, The Curse finale, Alice Coltrane, spiritual music, absurdity, Instagram's new 'Flipside' feature, Leonardo Dicaprio, corny art, Perfectly Imperfect app, Thermal's upcoming show in Montreal, Paris Texas (King St Bar), phones at the club, Oasis Aqua Lounge, mythologizing a night out, Josh's new app idea, pre Instagram memories, having too many options, Wavves, The Ring and more!

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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