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Ep183 - "Warm In The Winter" (Free Section) Mar 11, 2026

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The first 17 minutes of this episode are free! Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the full pod.

We're back with our weekly one on one pod to discuss spring weather, the Loveless patio, people pretending to work at cafes, Que Ling Restaurant, La Salumeria, Kaisers, Cootie Catcher at Low Bar, house shows, 107 Shaw, Tim Mcready's NXNE parties, Angel Dust at Danforth United, Cock Sparrer, Graham Hunt, Amigo's bar, Goldeneye 007, DJing with Martyn Bootyspoon, Dannys Next Door, the Mile End Kicks trailer and much more!

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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Ep182 - "Wet Hot Style Wars" with Famous Players Mar 03, 2026

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Famous Players were an infamous DJ duo from Toronto. Looked down upon by older DJ's in the scene, they made a name for themselves breaking the rules by using iPods, wearing matching outfits and performing premixed sets. In the span of six months they went from playing tiny venues to opening for Hillary Duff at the Scotiabank Arena. Eventually, they learned to DJ.

Famous players sat down with us to discuss The Drake Hotel, Brantford Ontario, Sunrise Records, Blockbuster, Pink Mafia, Shanghai Cowgirl, making hour long mix cds of a single track, Myspace, Gypsy Co-op, being hated by vinyl DJs, nightlife reporters, Now Magazine, weekly parties, mash ups, getting a letter from Elijah Wood, $2 drinks, Ai Homer, iPod battles, Circa, event photographers, DJing at Jack Astors and much more!

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Ep181 - "Starters" Feb 27, 2026

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We're back with another one on one pod to discuss Miller Lite, winter cottages, ice fishing, people who walk on frozen lakes, Tony Price & Bernardino Femminielli live at Cafeteria, seated concerts, hardcore shows starting too early, "lights on" DJ sets, Swiss Chalet, hot chicken sandwiches, calling appetizers "starters", salad before or after a meal, Terroni, Face / Off, the Bonaventure Hotel in LA, Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie, Toronto in 2008, "going downtown", The Eaton Centre, fare inspectors and much more!

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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Ep180 - "The Entertainer" with Bernardino Femminielli Feb 20, 2026

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Bernardino Femminielli is a Paris based artist who's most recent singles "JEUX DE RÉGRESSION / REQUIEM D'UN MAÎTRE-CHIEN" we're released last year on Maximum Exposure. A joint album with Tony Price will be released later this year. Bernardino sat down with us to discuss tombstones, after parties, sleeping in the streets of Manhattan, getting groped by creeps, NYC stalkers, keeping secrets, cheap thrills, getting banned from America, moving to Paris, anti heroes, 'Daddy & Johnny', the blurred lines between life and art, the down side of being a showman, self sabotage, shock value, confrontational art, his controversial performance at La Bourse de Commerce, playing with a live band, baby oil, starting over, soundtracking a Chanel runway show, reinvention, his upcoming project with Tony Price and much more!

Bernardino Femminielli

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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Ep179 - "Superstylin" with Michelle Rabin Feb 13, 2026

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Michelle Rabin is a food stylist, culinary producer and co-host of "Just A Dash" with chef Matty Matheson. Season three of "Just A Dash" is streaming now on Netflix. Michelle sat down with us to discuss people who wear converse in the winter, shake warmers, restaurants vs take out, walk ins, solo dining, single plate dinners, Chicken Marbella, 90's food, Earls, Dotty's, her algorithm, fibre, Value Village as a cure for constipation, recipe testing, interning at Chatelaine, saucy food, content creator trends, unscripted television, Food Network stars, working in front of and behind the camera, unsolicited d*ck pics and much more!

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Ep178 - "Going Places" with Cootie Catcher Feb 06, 2026

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Cootie Catcher are a Toronto based indie pop band. whose upcoming album, "Something We All Got" drops February 27 via Carpark Records. Cootie Catcher sat down with us to discuss starting out as a duo, their early shows, Buffalo '66, all ages shows at the Smiling Buddha, fake ID's, Rush, South Park, the Bonhamology YouTube channel, DJ's in bands, serious covers, Cooked Raw, touring, Martini's, 'Bintage', Yo La Tengo, sharing gear with other bands, signing to Carpark, the resurgence of Twee, the Juno soundtrack, sharing vocal duties, Black Tambourine, if Beat Happening had laptops, the Pastels, Lana Del Rey and more!

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Ep177 - "Grammy's Recap" Feb 03, 2026

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We're back with our weekly one on one pod to discuss The Grammy's, choreography, Justin Bieber performing in his underwear, Ticketmaster, Bad Bunny, The PATH, Jersey Mikes, Industry, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms, Pluribus, Jerry Tsu, wanting to move to the desert, the big snow storm, Nick accidentally drinking a weed beverage, the EsDeeKid show at the Mod Club, game nights and more!

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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Ep176 - "Art School Envy" with Brian Borcherdt Jan 23, 2026

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Brian Borcherdt is a Toronto based musician and founding member of the band Holy Fuck. Brian also releases solo music under the name Dusted. Holy Fuck's upcoming album "Event Beat" drops March 27th. Brian sat down with us to discuss moving to the Catskills, NYC drinking water, growing up in Nova Scotia, grumpy small town folk, how Toronto has changed over the years, the club district, joining his older brothers band as a teen, sharing a phone line with his neighbours, taping music videos, Burnt Black, Bloor and Landsdowne in the early 2000's, Outside Music, replacing Feist in By Devine Right, his many aliases, the origins of Holy Fuck, sync licensing, The Beaver, Dusted, not knowing he had a song in "The Substance", using Holy Fuck as a scapegoat to cut arts funding, the coffin factory, cheap keyboards, revisiting old songs, noise complaints, Holy Fuck's upcoming album and much more!

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Ep175 - "Listomania!" with Chloe Li-Chapman Jan 16, 2026

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Fan favourite guest Chloe Li-Chapman returns to the pod to deep dive into our 2026 In's and Outs lists. In this episode we discuss Guiness 0.0, 90s burritos, The Golden Globes, driving in the city, Nick's Bonito's incident, complaints, The Central, whether or not anyone is banned from Bowie, dining and dashing, DJ's who can't read a room, M. Night Shyamalan, Drake loving Linny's, streets interviews, doom scrooling, screen time, create mode orange, Google reviews, the fake Montreal Bowie and much more!

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Ep174 - "Auxiliary People" Jan 09, 2026

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The first 40 minutes of this episode are free! Join us on Patreon to listen to the full pod.

We're back with our first solo pod of 2026 after a much needed break. In this episode we discuss dry January, icy streets, wearing Converse in the winter, Uggs, Josh's B-day party, DJing 'fun music', Midnight Mass, the guy on Dundas who wears all white, the death of Boxing Day, going out during a snow storm, New Years Eve being stressful, Oysters Rockefeller, addictive personalities, Marty Supreme, Martin Scorsese falling off, coming around on Geese, 2026 musical trend predictions, one last dinner at Mandarin, Global Warming being good for your mental health and more!

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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