Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast

Mark Hebscher KOTJ: Toronto Mike'd #241

14 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Mike and Mark Hebscher play and discuss Mark's ten favourite songs.

Hugh Burrill: Toronto Mike'd #240

05 Jun 2017

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Mike chats with The Fan 590 morning show host Hugh Burrill about his years at CityTV, Rogers Sportsnet and The Fan 590.

Joel Goldberg: Toronto Mike'd #239

31 May 2017

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Mike chats with Joel Goldberg a.k.a. J Gold about Something Else on CFMT, producing Toronto Rocks, creating Electric Circus and MushMusic, winning awa...

Richard Syrett: Toronto Mike'd #238

24 May 2017

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Mike chats with Richard Syrett about The Conspiracy Show, Coast to Coast AM and various conspiracy theories from JFK to 9/11.

Liana K and Steven Kerzner: Toronto Mike'd #237

17 May 2017

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Mike chats with Liana K and Steven Kerzner about Live from Canada – it's Ed the Sock!, Liana's Lady Bits, Gamergate, what went wrong at MuchMusic, t...

Retrontario Kicks Out the Jams!: Toronto Mike'd #236

08 May 2017

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Mike and Ed "Retrontario" Conroy kick out the jams with Delores Clamen, Guido Basso, Roland Parliament, Harry Forbes, Terry Bush, Tommy Ambrose and mo...

Stormin' Norman Rumack: Toronto Mike'd #235

03 May 2017

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Mike chats with former Fan 590 personality Norman Rumack about his years at the station, hammerhead alerts, and his latest projects.

Lou Schizas: Toronto Mike'd #234

02 May 2017

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Mike chats with business analyst Lou Schizas about his years on BNN, AM 640 and how to make money.

Bernard Cowan: Toronto Mike'd #233

27 Apr 2017

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Mike chats with Bernard Cowan's son Elliott about his father's esteemed career voicing popular cartoons and Canadian programs and his work as a crusad...

Howard Berger: Toronto Mike'd #232

18 Apr 2017

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Mike chats with Howard Berger about his 23 years at The Fan 590, the blog he started the day he was fired, and whether he'll ever work in the MSM agai...

Elvis: Toronto Mike'd #231

14 Apr 2017

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Mike catches up with Elvis.

Bill Hayes: Toronto Mike'd #230

13 Apr 2017

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Mike chats with Bill Hayes about his years at 680 CFTR, Mix 99.9, The Fan 590, Q107 and AM640, what it was like working with his brother John Derrin...

Chris Murphy from Sloan: Toronto Mike'd #229

06 Apr 2017

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Mike chats with Chris Murphy about his 25 years with Sloan, his new Trans-Canada Highwaymen project and why he lied to us about the word "underwhelmed...

Brian Williams: Toronto Mike'd #228

05 Apr 2017

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Mike chats with TSN's Brian Williams about his years at CBC, the 14 Olympic games he covered, the Punch-up in Piestany, calling Blue Jay games and the...

Bob McKenzie: Toronto Mike'd #227

28 Mar 2017

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Mike chats with TSN hockey insider Bob McKenzie about his career in sports broadcasting, having a son working for the competition, appearing on Howard...

Faizal Khamisa: Toronto Mike'd #226

24 Mar 2017

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Mike chats with Sportsnet's Faizal Khamisa about his battle with cancer, being Muslim, and his career in sports media.

Carly Agro: Toronto Mike'd #225

17 Mar 2017

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Mike chats with Sportsnet's Carly Agro about her career in sports media, having a twin at CBC and who she sees as the rising stars at Sportsnet.

12:36: Toronto Mike'd #224

13 Mar 2017

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Mike chats with Marc Weisblott of 12:36 about the current state of the media in Canada.

Barry Davis: Toronto Mike'd #223

09 Mar 2017

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Mike chats with Barry Davis about his years at The Fan, his time at Sportsnet covering the Blue Jays, why he's no longer there and his Tom Petty tribu...

Clint "Bubba" O'Neil: Toronto Mike'd #222

02 Mar 2017

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Mike chats with Clint "Bubba" O'Neil about his years at Sportsnet, working with Hebsy at CHCH, the bankruptcy debacle and being black in Canadian spor...

Kevin Frankish: Toronto Mike'd #221

25 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with Breakfast Television co-host Kevin Frankish about his years on CKVR and CityTV and what it was like working with Ann Rohmer, Liza From...

Greg Brady: Toronto Mike'd #220

23 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with The Fan 590 morning show host Greg Brady about being bumped from mornings for Dean Blundell, losing his job and coming all the way bac...

Mike Richards: Toronto Mike'd #219

21 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with sports broadcaster Mike Richards about what happened at TSN Radio 1050 and what exactly Raw Mike Richards will be.

Craig Venn: Toronto Mike'd #218

16 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with Craig Venn about his years at CFNY, being Lobster Boy on the John Derringer show and hosting the morning show at 94.9 The Rock.

Maureen Holloway: Toronto Mike'd #217

15 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with CHFI morning show host Maureen Holloway about her years at 99.9, Q107 and taking over for Erin Davis on 98.1.

Kevin Shea: Toronto Mike'd #216

08 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with Kevin Shea about his years working with "Weird Al" Yankovic and Motley Crue, selling Smells Like Teen Spirit to radio and the legend o...

Bob Callahan: Toronto Mike'd #215

02 Feb 2017

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Mike chats with radio deejay Bob Callahan about his years on 680 CFTR and Mix 99.9 and.... well... every Toronto station you can name and why he left ...

Josh Holliday: Toronto Mike'd #214

27 Jan 2017

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Mike chats with Josh Holliday about his three tours of duty at 102.1 the Edge and his new podcast.

Rod Smith: Toronto Mike'd #213

16 Jan 2017

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Mike chats with TSN's Rod Smith about his years anchoring SportsDesk / SportsCentre, hosting CFL on TSN and more.

Jesse and Gene: Toronto Mike'd #212

11 Jan 2017

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Mike chats with Jesse Dylan and Gene Valaitis about their years on Toronto radio as Jesse and Gene, what they've been up to since and what's next for ...

James Mirtle and Sean Fitz-Gerald: Toronto Mike'd #211

04 Jan 2017

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Mike chats with James Mirtle and Sean Fitz-Gerald about their new roles at The Athletic.

12:36: Toronto Mike'd #210

27 Dec 2016

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Mike chats with Marc Weisblott of 12:36 about the current state of the media in Canada.

Festivus Ep: Toronto Mike'd #209

23 Dec 2016

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Mike celebrates Festivus with Elvis and they discuss a cornucopia of fun topics.

Denise Donlon: Toronto Mike'd #208

21 Dec 2016

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Mike chats with Denise Donlon about her years at MuchMusic, Sony and the CBC.

Bob Elliott: Toronto Mike'd #207

18 Dec 2016

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Mike chats with legendary baseball writer Bob Elliott about his years covering the Expos and Blue Jays, why he was banned from Bob McCown's Prime Time...

Stephanie Smyth: Toronto Mike'd #206

29 Nov 2016

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Mike chats with CP24 news anchor Stephanie Smyth about her years at 680, 640 and CP24.

Chris Zelkovich: Toronto Mike'd #205

22 Nov 2016

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Mike chats with sports media critic Chris Zelkovich about his years at The Toronto Star and Yahoo! and the current state of Toronto sports media.

Dwight Drummond: Toronto Mike'd #204

15 Nov 2016

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Mike chats with CBC news anchor Dwight Drummond about his years at City TV and the CBC, being racially profiled by police in 1993 and his cameo in Mae...

Sophia Jurksztowicz: Toronto Mike'd #203

10 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with Sportsnet host Sophia Jurksztowicz about her career in sports media, the attractiveness double standard, her various excuses for postp...

Christopher Ward: Toronto Mike'd #202

31 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with former MuchMusic Veejay Christopher Ward about his years on City Limits and MuchMusic, co-writing Black Velvet for Alannah Myles and h...

Gino Reda: Toronto Mike'd #201

28 Oct 2016

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Mike chats with TSN's Gino Reda about his years on Sportsline, TSN and where I can get a Gino Reda mug.

Humble and Fred: Toronto Mike'd #200

24 Oct 2016

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Mike chats with broadcasters Humble Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson about their podcast, the state of radio today and how long they'll run.

Christine Bentley and Kate Wheeler: Toronto Mike'd #199

20 Oct 2016

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Mike chats with broadcasters Christine Bentley and Kate Wheeler about their years in television news and their new show What She Said.

Joanne Wilder: Toronto Mike'd #198

18 Oct 2016

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Mike chats with Q107 deejay Joanne Wilder about her years at Q, her appearance in Playboy and how it feels getting to play Duran Duran.

Tim Thompson: Toronto Mike'd #197

11 Oct 2016

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Mike chats with Tim Thompson about his innate ability to marry music and sports, his time producing montages for Hockey Night in Canada, his abrupt en...

12:36: Toronto Mike'd #196

06 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with Marc Weisblott of 12:36 about the current state of the media in Canada.

Patty Sullivan: Toronto Mike'd #195

29 Sep 2016

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Mike chats with Patty Sullivan about her years hosting TVOKids and Kids' CBC and what's next for her following CBC's complete rebranding of their pre-...

Maestro Fresh-Wes: Toronto Mike'd #194

22 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with the Godfather of Canadian hip hop, Maestro Fresh-Wes, about his career in music from Let Your Backbone Slide to I Know Your Mom.

Adam Stiles: Toronto Mike'd #193

21 Sep 2016

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Mike chats with CityNews Meteorologist Adam Stiles about why he came to Canada from America, Toronto's craft beer scene and the art and science of rep...

Anne Mroczkowski: Toronto Mike'd #192

13 Sep 2016

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Mike chats with Anne Mroczkowski about her decades at CityTV, her relationship with Gord Martineau, her time at Global and how she spends her days now...

Dave Hodge: Toronto Mike'd #191

07 Sep 2016

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Mike chats with TSN's Dave Hodge about his years at Hockey Night in Canada, the pen flip, his work on TSN's The Reporters and his hope he'll never be ...

Steve Dangle: Toronto Mike'd #190

01 Sep 2016

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Mike chats with Leafs YouTuber, blogger and podcaster Steve Dangle about how he turned his passion into a MSM career.

Liza Fromer: Toronto Mike'd #189

12 Aug 2016

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Mike chats with Liza Fromer about her years on Breakfast Television, Global's The Morning Show and so much more.

Caroline Cameron: Toronto Mike'd #188

04 Aug 2016

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Mike chats with Sportsnet broadcaster Caroline Cameron about her move to Vancouver and return to Toronto working the desk at Sportsnet, her appearance...

Jackie Redmond: Toronto Mike'd #187

03 Aug 2016

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Mike chats with Sportsnet broadcaster Jackie Redmond about winning a reality show, working at theScore and Sportsnet and her controversial opinion abo...

Elvis: Toronto Mike'd #186

31 Jul 2016

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Mike chats with Elvis about episodes he's missed, seeing Guns N Roses, Helix and The Tragically Hip, TFC vs. Argos, The Simpsons, and more.

12:36: Toronto Mike'd #185

26 Jul 2016

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Mike chats with Marc Weisblott of 12:36 about the current state of the media in Canada.

Avery Haines: Toronto Mike'd #184

22 Jul 2016

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Mike chats with City journalist Avery Haines about her sister's musical career, her controversial episode at CTV NewsNet, her years at CityTV and shar...

Edward Keenan: Toronto Mike'd #183

07 Jul 2016

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Mike chats with Toronto Star journalist Edward Keenan about what's making waves in Toronto this summer.

David Shoalts: Toronto Mike'd #182

06 Jul 2016

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Mike chats with Globe and Mail journalist David Shoalts about the changes at Rogers Hockey and what the heck went wrong.

John Gallagher: Toronto Mike'd #181

28 Jun 2016

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Mike chats with John Gallagher about his years at Q107, CityTV and TSN, how he saved Mark Wahlberg's life, his time on Zoomer Radio and so much more.

Jim Van Horne: Toronto Mike'd #180

17 Jun 2016

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Mike chats with Jim Van Horne about his years as a jock on 1050 CHUM, being the first on-air hire at TSN, leaving TSN for The Team 1050, his years on ...

The CHUM Requiem: Toronto Mike'd #179

14 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with Marc Weisblott of 12:36 and Ed Conroy of Retrontario about the fall of 1050 CHUM as a Top 40 radio station and the coinciding rise of ...

Jay Maddog Michaels: Toronto Mike'd #178

12 Jun 2016

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Mike chats with radio broadcaster Jay Maddog Michaels about why he was fired from Virgin 999, what he thinks of radio today and his recent spot duty a...

Jeff Woods: Toronto Mike'd #177

03 Jun 2016

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Mike chats with former Q107 broadcaster Jeff Woods about his life in radio, The Legends of Classic Rock, why Q107 fired him and his new book Radio, Re...

Ingrid Schumacher: Toronto Mike'd #176

01 Jun 2016

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Mike chats with CHUM-FM's Ingrid Schumacher about her 39 years at the station, what's changed in the industry, her broadcast the night John Lennon was...

Ron Hawkins: Toronto Mike'd #175

24 May 2016

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Mike chats with Lowest of the Low lead singer and songwriter Ron Hawkins about Shakespeare My Butt, success for which you're unprepared, Gord Downie, ...

Marty York: Toronto Mike'd #174

16 May 2016

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Mike chats with Marty York about his controversial Tweets, his thoughts on sports media in 2016, his career at the Globe and Mail, TSN and Sportsnet a...

Marc Weisblott: Toronto Mike'd #173

11 May 2016

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Mike chats with Marc Weisblott about his years on the bleeding edge of online journalism, his Toronto email newsletter Twelve Thirty Six and a wide as...

KJ: Toronto Mike'd #172

07 May 2016

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Mike chats with boom 973 DJ KJ about his years on 680 CFTR as Kris James, how he ended up on boom and everything in between.

Toronto Mike'd #171

03 May 2016

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Mike chats with Elvis about this and that as Prince brings Elvis to tears.

Steve Simmons: Toronto Mike'd #170

27 Apr 2016

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Mike chats with Toronto Sun columnist Steve Simmons about his years at the Sun, his relationships with Damien Cox, David Shoalts and James Mirtle, his...

PJ Fresh Phil: Toronto Mike'd #169

27 Apr 2016

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Mike chats with PJ Fresh Phil about his decade on YTV working with the Grogs and Snit and what he's been up to since.

Vic Rauter: Toronto Mike'd #168

19 Apr 2016

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Mike chats with TSN broadcaster Vic Rauter about his years at TSN, the origin of his "make the final" catch phrase, Ron Burgundy, the many sports he's...

Retrontario: Toronto Mike'd #167

13 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with Retrontario about Gord Martineau, Jennifer Peck Valentyne, the Amber Alert, Hammy Hamster, Blinky, Elmer the Safety Elephant, Uncle Bo...

Blind Derek: Toronto Mike'd #166

07 Apr 2016

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Mike chats with radio veteran Blind Derek Welsman about his years at 102.1 the Edge producing the Dean Blundell Show, the jury incident, and landing o...

Ron MacLean: Toronto Mike'd #165

30 Mar 2016

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Mike chats with broadcaster Ron MacLean about his years hosting Hockey Night in Canada, working with Don Cherry on Coach's Corner, his fallout with Ga...

Mike Wise: Toronto Mike'd #164

17 Mar 2016

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Mike chats with CBC anchor Mike Wise about his work at the CBC.

Kid Craig: Toronto Mike'd #163

11 Mar 2016

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Mike chats with 102.1 the Edge broadcaster Kid Craig about the origin of his name, his work at The Wolf, CHFI and Virgin 999 and how things are going ...

Don Landry: Toronto Mike'd #162

04 Mar 2016

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Mike chats with broadcaster Don Landry about his years at The Fan 590 co-hosting with Pat Marsden and Gord Stellick, why I should have Vic Rauter on t...

Hazel Mae: Toronto Mike'd #161

23 Feb 2016

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Mike chats with Sportsnet sportscaster Hazel Mae about the Blue Jays, her career in broadcasting, her time in Boston and what it's like being married ...

Liz West: Toronto Mike'd #160

22 Feb 2016

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Mike chats with broadcaster Liz West about her work at ENOW, Canada AM, City TV, CP24, CHCH and her new podcast venture with Mark Hebscher.

Rob Johnston: Toronto Mike'd #159

17 Feb 2016

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Mike chats with Rob Johnston, a man who worked at CFNY 102.1 from 1989 to 2015.

James Duthie: Toronto Mike'd #158

11 Feb 2016

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Mike chats with TSN's James Duthie about his years at TSN, being recruited by Rogers Sportsnet, whether he'd follow Jay and Dan to the USA, and what h...

Ivar Hamilton: Toronto Mike'd #157

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Mike chats with CFNY's Ivar Hamilton about his days at the Spirit of Radio, his memories of Martin Streek, how he was responsible for the Bon Jovi ban...

Mike Richards: Toronto Mike'd #156

13 Jan 2016

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Mike chats with TSN Radio 1050 morning show host Mike Richards about his years on The Fan 590, The Team, Calgary's FAN 960 and why he chose 1050 over ...

Barry Taylor: Toronto Mike'd #155

11 Jan 2016

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Mike chats with Barry Taylor about David Bowie, his years on 102.1 the Edge, why he was fired, his work at Y108, his stand-up career and his Raptors p...

Emm Gryner: Toronto Mike'd #154

09 Jan 2016

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Mike chats with singer-songwriter Emm Gryner about her work with David Bowie, Chris Hadfield and Trent Severn, her role in One Week, and her song Visi...

Stu Jeffries: Toronto Mike'd #153

07 Jan 2016

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Mike chats with radio personality and television host Stu Jeffries about Good Rockin' Tonight, Switchback, Acting Crazy, his work with Colleen Rusholm...

Pete Fowler: Toronto Mike'd #152

27 Dec 2015

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Mike chats with former 102.1 the Edge announcer Pete Fowler about his years at the station, his relationship with Martin Streek, why he left radio to ...

Christmas Episode: Toronto Mike'd #151

24 Dec 2015

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Mike chats with Elvis about lots of festive things.

David Shoalts and Mark Hebscher: Toronto Mike'd #150

15 Dec 2015

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Mike chats with Globe and Mail writer David Shoalts about Canada's sports media, particularly Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown, Dean Blundell vs. Mik...

Jeff Sammut: Toronto Mike'd #149

11 Dec 2015

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Mike chats with Fan 590 host Jeff Sammut about his years at the station, Vito from Woodbridge, those he's worked closely with and what he thinks about...

Arash Madani: Toronto Mike'd #148

03 Dec 2015

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Mike chats with Sportsnet reporter Arash Madani about the many sporting events he's covered, including the Olympics, Superbowl, World Series, Masters,...

Toronto Mike'd #147

02 Dec 2015

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Mike chats with his buddy Elvis about Sparks, Price, the Sam Smith concert jinx, comic books and Mike's power move with the microphones.

Adam Growe: Toronto Mike'd #146

28 Nov 2015

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Mike chats with Cash Cab host Adam Growe about his start in radio, his appearance on Star Search, everything you wanted to know about Cash Cab but wer...

Mike Toth: Toronto Mike'd #145

26 Nov 2015

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Mike chats with former TSN, Sportsnet, Fan 590 and Newstalk 1010 host Mike Toth about his career in sports media, his battle with depression, how his ...

Toronto Mike'd #144

25 Nov 2015

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Mike and Elvis are joined by the guy who hosts the Toronto Mike'd podcast and many important issues of the day are discussed. There's talk of calendar...

Ed Keenan: Toronto Mike'd #143

24 Nov 2015

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Mike chats with Toronto Star columnist Edward Keenan about his years writing for Eye Weekly, The Grid and The Toronto Star, Rob Ford, the Stockyards, ...

Norm Wilner: Toronto Mike'd #142

17 Nov 2015

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Mike chats with senior film writer for Now Magazine Norm Wilner about his years at The Toronto Star, his brother Mike, TIFF, Rob Ford and his podcast.