Episodes

  • Making the Best of a Worst-Case Scenario

    Making the Best of a Worst-Case Scenario
    Sep 10 2025

    Along with the obligatory bonhomie and tomfoolery, this week’s episode offers a profile in strength, courage and finding purpose from unthinkable personal loss. We also reflect on the legacies of two fallen cultural icons with deep Montreal connections, and Terry harkens back to the good old days of almost being eaten by polar bears.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • What We Did on Our Summer Vacation

    What We Did on Our Summer Vacation
    Sep 3 2025

    Terry and Ted are back to kick off a new season, fraught with self-loathing and insecurity over their ability to communicate effectively with an audience after taking the entire summer off. After all, they've only been at this for 47 years.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Season finale: Harden the F*ck Up

    Season finale: Harden the F*ck Up
    Jun 25 2025

    Description: In our last show before the summer break, we speak with Canadian Forces Afghanistan veteran, author and Hard to Kill podcast host Dave Morrow about his new book "Harden the F**k Up" - a fitness guide for ex-military and civilians alike. Also, Terry channels Mike Love in his Strangers in the Night Beach Boys review and Ted has another Old Man Bird moment.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Hop into the hand basket - we’re going to Hell.

    Hop into the hand basket - we’re going to Hell.
    Jun 18 2025
    Description: Are we just old guys pining for the past or is society in a period of decline? Terry and Ted ponder whether things really were better back in their day - or just different. Also, a look back at Grand Prix weekend, and peach cobbler: the other shoemaker.

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Saving Liam

    Saving Liam
    Jun 11 2025

    Just ahead of Father's Day, a Montreal dad talks about his fight to save his son in a health battle that's taken on a life of its own. Also, the STM transit strike, Grand Prix Week sticker shock and the bagpipes (this time for real).

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Gallivanting while the gallivanting is good.

    Gallivanting while the gallivanting is good.
    Jun 4 2025
    Reluctant retirees Terry and Ted capitalize on their free time and mobility to blanket Montreal with their presence at various and sundry charity and entertainment events. Also, when he's not flitting hither and yon, Terry is anchored to the couch for hours on end, watching multiple streaming services and taking copious notes for his weekly viewing recommendations, and this week he's got some dandies.

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Whoever said “it’s not the destination, it’s the journey” didn’t fly commercial

    Whoever said “it’s not the destination, it’s the journey” didn’t fly commercial
    May 28 2025

    Terry revisits Vancouver and suffers the slings and arrows of commercial air travel. Also, summertime goings-on in Montreal, the mechanics of standup comedy and why no one asks us to name TV shows.

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Montréal through the DiMonte lens, unfiltered

    Montréal through the DiMonte lens, unfiltered
    May 21 2025
    Terry's warts-and-all review of a very busy social calendar in the week leading up to Victoria Day, which can itself be a trigger for an English boy from Verdun.

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    1 hr and 15 mins