Toronto Mike'd Podcast

In this 1650th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Mike Wilner about his relationships with Cito Gaston and Jerry Howarth, his feelings about visiting Florida to cover the Blue Jays for The Toronto Star, and how Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins manage to survive blunder after blunder. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1649th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with filmmaker Ali Weinstein about Your Tomorrow, her new documentary about Ontario Place, the influence of her father Larry, and the murder of her Aunt Judy on October 7, 2023. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1648th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Scott Thompson about Kids in the Hall, The Larry Sanders Show, Mouth Congress, and surviving the traumatic Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting and having his home firebombed. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1647th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Bruce Dowbiggin about our chaotic world and the views from Alberta on Mark Carney, Pierre Pollievre, Danielle Smith, Donald Trump, Wayne Gretzky et al. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1646th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Antonia Zerbisias, longtime writer at the Toronto Star, about the state of the world, her fascinating career, and the Disputes section of her Wikipedia page. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1645th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Zoomer Radio morning show host Andy Wilson about his 20+ years in Toronto radio working with Humble and Fred, Colleen Rusholme, Mad Dog and Maura, Tucker and now Jane Brown. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1644th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Cleave Anderson about being a founding member of Blue Rodeo and why he quit the band, Nichol Robertson about his many bands, and Michael Boguski about his new music, Blue Rodeo, and West of Jane. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1643rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Steve Kerzner, creator and voice of Ed the Sock, about all things Ed, including The All-Night Show! on 94.9 The Rock. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1642nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with The Radical Reverend Cheri DiNovo about how she went from living on the streets as a teenager to performing the first legal same-sex marriage registered in Canada in 2001 as a United Church minister. There's also plenty of talk about her time as an MPP and how she pushed through more LGTBQ legislation than any politician in Canadian history. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1641st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike shares the second episode of Unleashed: A Producer's Guide to Indie Filmmaking. It's a conversation between Avi Federgreen and Less Than Kind creator Marvin Kaye about Canada's broken system. This conversation is both enlightening and infuriating. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1640th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with David Aaron, a Toronto vinyl junkie, record store geek and independent record store owner before working for record labels, radio, the Junos, and oh yes, he's a musician, producer and private music teacher. He also gets Toronto Mike'd and the TMU. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1639th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Amin Bhatia about his life in music, appearing on Michael Jackson's Thriller album, his relationships with David Foster and Steve Porcaro, his work on television and his time in radio, specifically at CFNY 102.1 the Edge. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1638th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with the chief instigator at Public Progress Bruce Davis about the shelter scheduled to open at 66 Third Street in New Toronto. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1637th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Mike Stafford about his suit against Corus, his health, his life and the world at large. You can offer Staff financial assistance by emailing money to mikemerton@icloud.com. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1636th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats about Canada's 2025 4 Nations Face-Off victory over the USA with Gare Joyce, Rob Del Mundo, Kanada Kev, Heyref, VP of Salez and Elvis. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1635th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with the official Toronto historian of the Toronto Mike'd podcast Jeremy Hopkin about hidden Toronto. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1634th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre Marci Ien about the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership race, threats from Trump, Canada vs. USA, her role as Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Circle Square, Canada AM and Maestro Fresh-Wes. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 38th episode of Toast, Mike is joined by Rob Preuss and Bob Willette as they kick out space jams. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1632nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with famed photographer John Rowlands about photographing the Beatles, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Rush, Kiss, Sam Cooke, Linda Ronstadt, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Glen Campbell, Leonard Cohen, and Elvis Presley. Bob Klanac, author of Shooting Stars, Telling Tales: Behind the Lens of John Rowlands, co-hosts! Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

In this 1631st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Joel Greenberg about what he learned from season one of Life in Stages, why there's now a season two and what it's like collaborating with Mike. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com