Wiretap Wiretapped Archive
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
S4E18 - King David Part Two: David and Bathsheba
23 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Just because you think that you've found the perfect woman doesn't mean that God agrees. Jonathan Goldstein tells the story of David and Bathsheba. &n...
S3E16 - Listen to Your Heart
18 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A Valentine's Day special this week on WireTap. Jonathan outlines his vision of a future in which the Kiss has been lost for good. Can a pat on the he...
S3E15 - Just Relax
11 Feb 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A battle of wits with a difference this week on WireTap: Gregor has resolved to abandon his sarcastic ways and challenges Jonathan to a sarcasm-free s...
S3E08 - Utopia
12 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This week on WireTap, Gregor takes on Dear Abby in an advice-giving showdown. Jonathan takes it a step or two further, giving advice on Bootie Call Et...
S3E07 - Noah's Ark
05 Nov 2006
Contributed by Lukas
He's already put his own unique spin on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah and the Tower of Babel. Now Jonathan Goldstein turns his remarkable ta...
S3E06 - Emergency Measures
21 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan takes it to the streets this week on WireTap. Leaving the comfort of his studio walls is a rare venture, but Howard needs the kind of help th...
S3E05 - Selling Out
14 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Gregor tries to convince Jonathan to ditch Radio for the boob tube. Will Jonathan finally think big, and bring WireTap to a Television near...
S3E04 - Man Versus Himself
07 Oct 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"Man vs. Himself" this week on WireTap. How do you know when you've become really famous? When total strangers devote their entire lives to following ...
S3E01 - Carpe Diem
09 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
"Carpe Diem" this week on WireTap: Jonathan asks his friend Sam how Sam would eulogise him. Sam's answer is a startling reminder that you can't necess...
S3E03 - Family Album
08 Sep 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes your own family contains secrets you'd never imagine. Jonathan discovers that his father had a career as a songwriter -- during the era of d...
S2E28 - 10,000 Kilograms of Radio - The Best of Season 2
25 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Listen in as a lonely hopeful finds out the girl he met and liked gave him the number for The Rejection Line, a service designed to tell him she never...
S2E27 - This One's For the Children
10 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Howard takes up ventriloquism this week on WireTap. Funnily enough, his dummy seems to really have it in for Jonathan Goldstein. That's WireTap, with ...
S2E26 - Goody Two Shoes
04 Jun 2006
Contributed by Lukas
So as not to have to sum up a life when he's overwrought with grief, Gregor makes it a habit to write eulogies in advance for all his friends - and of...
S2E25 - A Bottle of Seltzer
21 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
How to be funny, this week on Wire Tap. Jonathan Goldstein's friends advise him on how to make his show come alive...and most of their tips involve th...
S2E24 - The Lothario
14 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday on WireTap, Jonathan Goldstein discovers that at the age of 93 desire and heartbreak still go hand in hand. The true story of the oldest living...
S2E23 - Mr. Helpful
07 May 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Operation: guerilla opera, this week on WireTap. Jonathan Goldstein sends a trained soprano out on a mission...taking opera to the street. That's Wire...
S2E22 - Gentleman's Guide to Grooming
23 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
All about grooming this week on WireTap. Jonathan and Gregor make a pact to grow beards. And expert Jon Hodgman weighs in on the Worst Haircuts in His...
S2E21 - Samson and Delilah
16 Apr 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Goldstein brings down the house this week on WireTap with his award-winning retelling of the story of Samson and Delilah. That's WireTap, wit...
S2E20 - Forsaken
26 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Goldstein calls up kids this week on WireTap, to ask if they recognize certain extinct sounds that may date as far back as his childhood. Sou...
S2E19 - Career Opportunities
19 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This week on WireTap, Howard makes a phone pitch to the editor of a prestigious literary magazine, while Jonathan secretly advises him, Cyrano De Berg...
S2E18 - The Measure of a Man
12 Mar 2006
Contributed by Lukas
What is the measure of a man? How do you measure the un-quantifiable? And how do you convert expressions to metric? They just don't have that time-hon...
S2E17 - Who Is the Mud Dog?
26 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan does his best to help callers with their many and varied problems. But now, as he doles out the counsel for which he's renowned, Jonathan fin...
S2E16 - The Bat and the Weasels
19 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
Ever hear the one about the Bat and the Weasels? It doesn't exactly rate in Aesop's Top Ten with the Fox and the Grapes. This week on WireTap, Jonatha...
S2E15 - A World of Possibility
12 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
The game of Let's Say, this week on WireTap. Let's say you could bring about world peace with a snap of your fingers, but, if you did, the sun would n...
S2E14 - On the Beach
05 Feb 2006
Contributed by Lukas
WireTap goes to the beach this week. Hear stories of love and loss, and a lonely tattooed lady. That's WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Sunday aftern...
S2E13 - A Listening Ear
29 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A cautionary tale this week on WireTap: when Goldstein opens up the lines to help people across the country with their perplexing personal problems......
S2E12 - Childhood's Promise
22 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
A story of parental caring this week on WireTap: one man does his best to save a precocious child from certain doom - a future of adult mediocrity. Th...
S2E11 - I Can See You Through the Radio
15 Jan 2006
Contributed by Lukas
This week on WireTap, Goldstein talks to a woman who hears voices, voices undetectable to the ordinary ear, voices of the dead reverberating through h...
S2E10 - Compassion
18 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
This week on WireTap as a way to make new friends, Josh gets a parrot. This turns out to be much more complicated than anticipated, but out of compass...
S2E09 - New Technologies
11 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a robot feels something for the very first time? A new story by Heather O'Neill, this week on WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Sund...
S2E08 - We are Not Supermen
04 Dec 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Find out what it's like to date Lois Lane when she's on the rebound from Superman. A story by Jonathan Goldstein, performed by Rob Cordry, of The Dail...
S2E07 - One of a Kind
20 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan and Gregor exchange dueling phone messages this week on WireTap. The bone of contention - whose mother has made life more unbearable? WireTap...
S2E06 - The Art of Charity
13 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
WireTap explores the theme of charity this week, as Goldstein has to wrestle with a request to appear in CBC You Naked, a fundraising calendar for a g...
S2E05 - Performance
06 Nov 2005
Contributed by Lukas
A very, very special version of Stairway to Heaven, plus Karaoke Goldstein-style...That's this week on WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Sunday aftern...
S2E04 - Get With It
23 Oct 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday on WireTap, Goldstein discovers an unsettling connection between his mother and his friend Howard. Plus advice from a marketing specialist on h...
S2E03 - Seduction
02 Oct 2005
Contributed by Lukas
S2E03 - Seduction
S2E02 - Come On Get Happy
25 Sep 2005
Contributed by Lukas
S2E2 - Come On Get Happy
S2E01 The Believers
18 Sep 2005
Contributed by Lukas
S2E01 The Believers
S1E35 The Big Shot
11 Jun 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Kneebrace Kenny, Cleats Onionpocket, Gluttonous Slim and 697 other hobo names this week on Wiretap. That's WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Saturday ...
S1E33 Life Lessons
28 May 2005
Contributed by Lukas
This week on WireTap, How To: Goldstein gets lessons in stand-up comedy...from a 10-year-old, and a tip on how to achieve the perfect poker face...by ...
S1E32 Solving Quebec's Problems
14 May 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Need advice on relationship issues? No problem is too personal. Callers from across Quebec take advantage of Jonathan Goldstein's insight into matters...
S1E31 Prized Possessions
07 May 2005
Contributed by Lukas
What's your most prized possession? For Josh, it's Fluffles the Magnificent, his cat. When Jonathan asks to borrow Fluffles, he's treading on sacred g...
S1E30 What I've Learned
30 Apr 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Howard tells Goldstein how he takes to the street with his gong in order to inspire, enlighten and educate the youth of today. That's WireTap, with Jo...
S1E129 Confessions
16 Apr 2005
Contributed by Lukas
The embarrassing, the objectionable, the unspeakable. True confessions...this week on Wiretap. That's WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Saturday at 6:...
S1E27 Haters
02 Apr 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday on WireTap, Goldstein confronts the haters who are threatened by his excellence. That's WireTap, with Jonathan Goldstein, Saturday at 6:30 (7...
S1E25 Movin' On
12 Mar 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Movin' On...this week on WireTap. More than anything, James wants to make a fresh start by moving out of his miserable basement apartment. It turns ou...
S1E24 Do Your Little Radio Show
05 Mar 2005
Contributed by Lukas
Do Your Little Radio Show...this week on WireTap: a series of disturbing dreams induces panic, making Goldstein turns to his friends for advice on ant...
S1E23 How I Became so Hostile
19 Feb 2005
Contributed by Lukas
How I Became so Hostile this week on Wiretap: Goldstein's friend Evan berates him for being hostile, prompting Goldstein to go back, way back, in orde...
S1E22 The Call-in Show
12 Feb 2005
Contributed by Lukas
The Call-in Show this week on WireTap. Lovelorn, unemployed, confused? People in the strangest predicaments call Goldstein for advice. That's WireTap,...
S1E20 Of Man and Beast
11 Dec 2004
Contributed by Lukas
A vial of pheromones gives one single guy a chance at finding love this week on WireTap. And transporting a pig from Ottawa to Montreal spells the end...
S1E19 There's No Business
27 Nov 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Goldstein tracks down the great Frankie Reynolds this week on WireTap. Reynolds is a comedian who left show business in 1974 and has never be...
S1E18 Generation Gap
20 Nov 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Generation Gap this week on WireTap: a 13-year-old falls in love with a woman old enough to be his grandmother. Also, an outspoken adult reveals her d...
S1E16 Halloween Special
30 Oct 2004
Contributed by Lukas
The mystery of the creepy email, a candid conversation with the Devil, and the scariest movie of all time on the WireTap Halloween Special. That's Wir...
S1E15 Our Fathers
23 Oct 2004
Contributed by Lukas
What do you think of your dad? And what does he really think of you? This week on WireTap with Jonathan Goldstein: Our Fathers. That's Wire Tap, Satur...
S1E14 Modern Language
09 Oct 2004
Contributed by Lukas
"Choo!" - it can mean anything you want it to mean. Saturday on Wiretap, Jonathan Goldstein tracks down the etymology of an unusual expression. Also, ...
S1E10 What's Past is Past
04 Sep 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Some memories never leave us. This week on Wire Tap with Jonathan Goldstein, What's Past is Past. A girl named Esther, a certain vinyl record…and mo...
S1E09 The Watcher
28 Aug 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Watching and being watched this week on Wire Tap. What is the allure of watching a stranger's life unfold? And what is the power that a watcher holds ...
S1E08 Messiah '83
21 Aug 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Messiah '83 this week on Wire Tap. This week's episode of Wire Tap tells the story of a rabbi, a young man, his father and the Messiah of 1983. That's...
S1E07 Broken Telephone
14 Aug 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Broken Telephone. This week's episode of Wire Tap explores the infinite frustrations and absurdities of life without Call Waiting. Wire Tap, with Jona...
S1E05 Diaries
31 Jul 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Diaries on Wire Tap this week. Two sisters shared a room for years without ever realizing the other kept a journal. Now they reveal the hidden secrets...
S01E04-Obsessions
24 Jul 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Obsessions this week on Wire Tap. How many decades can you spend thinking about someone you only went out with ten times? Also, a man who desperately ...
S1E03 Tell It Like It Is
17 Jul 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Tell it like it is...this week on Wire Tap. When the truth is hard to take, Jonathan Goldstein tries out verbal judo in self-defense. And what do you ...
S01E01 It's Over
03 Jul 2004
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday, on the premiere episode of Wire Tap with Jonathan Goldstein, the heartbreak of breaking up and the delicate hope of new beginnings. Devastat...