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Ep. #1128: Michael Balazo

Post author By vish
Post date August 29, 2026

Michael Balazo is here to discuss Pizza Pals, living in Toronto’s ascendant Danny neighbourhood, Croatia and when the World Cup descended upon his city, how he encountered and fell in love with comedian Sooz Kempner, the Rolling Stones playing in Oshawa, SNL vs. SNL UK, the state of standup and how some of its most popular figures haven fallen off, his work on the Evil Men and Long Distance, Bit Weird podcasts, Just for Laughs and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, dating an adult film star and Pizza Pals, how to steam boil an egg, shuffling through all the world’s airports, twitter vs. real life, future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1095: Holy Fuck

Post author By vish
Post date May 19, 2026

Brian Borcherdt, Matt Schulz, and Graham Walsh from Holy Fuck are here to discuss their new album Event Beat, moving back to Toronto and leaving New York City for Ohio, receiving noise complaints from studio neighbours because of the band Slayer, the growing trend of musicians not having access to isolated practice spaces, whether a hiatus ever placed the band’s future in doubt, making music for fun but also for other people to party to, the impact of having their songs placed in films and tv shows, writing thoughtful lyrics for textured singing, a tribute to compact discs, playing many shows, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1092: Weird Nightmare

Alex Edkins returns to discuss the new Weird Nightmare album Hoopla, leaving Toronto to live in his childhood hometown of Ottawa, how touring and work travel can be difficult for a husband and a father, why the Buzzcocks and the Replacements inspired this latest batch of songs, the time a broken up METZ played Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney at the host’s request and interacting with him and Conan O’Brien, his thoughts on the end of METZ, recording with killer rhythm section Loel Campbell and Roddy Kuester and with producers Jim Eno and Seth Manchester, why he wrote such sentimental, nostalgic songs about his youth, upcoming shows, other future plans, and much more.

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