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Morning Radio Hosts Charis and Jeremy from 102.7 THE PEAK Vancouver explore in-depth the latest you may or may not have caught from The Early Show. Hailing from Metro Vancouver, Charis and Jeremy will take you on a ride of discovery, amusement, and good times through true stories from around our beautiful city and beyond. The Early Show, Later is like a salty, fried potato - you can never get enough.
Cannabis stores coming to airports in BC which is weird cause we remember when sniffer dogs at the airport were hunting down people with roaches in their pockets, Cherry Blossom Madness is almost as much fun as the cherry blossoms themselves, there is a festival in Japan called "The Penis Festival" - not to be outdone by the "log festival" which we learned about from a Peak listener, and a kid called The Early Show with a question about Scruffy.
Judith called the show telling us her aunt, her aunt's daughter, and her daughter's son all have the SAME birthday, which is wild. What are the chances of that? We don't know, but our Early Show buds do and explain their reasoning in surprise content we like to call Mathcast. Also, you can buy a soul in NFT form (which seems like a really good deal), and we get Dan Nicholls' review of "Morbius" on Hit or Miss.
Animalcast: an adorable story of a woman who raised a baby bird like her own baby, and what is your desert island food? We had lettuce on the list and 1 person actually picked it.
Moving pianos is hard and annoying but it's worth it when the piano is a family heirloom and has a love story attached to it, how to tell the difference between cherry and plum blossoms when you're wandering around Vancouver right now, and the oldest known written joke is the timeless fart joke. They never grow old.
Animalcast: a rescue story about the Vancouver Aquarium's marine mammal rescue crew untangling a seal lion from string wrapped around its neck, baby T-Rex is MUCH cuter than adult T-Rex, if Bucky Cheds had a t-shirt we'd probably buy it (he's an NHL player and a dj!), and Dan Nicholls from Hit or Miss takes us through Slap Chop at the Oscars.
Debate Club: 90s Bathroom decor and the best piece to anchor a bathroom restyling in a late 80s/early 90s vibe (seashell sinks, The Body Shop soaps, potpourri, geometrical corner tubs, etc), China has just figured out Keanu Reeves supports Tibet and so they've cancelled him and we disagree with their choice, and Hit or Miss with Dan Nicholls includes his take on Sandra Bullock's new film The Lost City and his Oscar winning picks.
Sandra Bullock regrets Speed 2 but Demolition Man could also be in her list of regrets, 90s bathroom decor is a lost art, seagull water guns would be good for Granville Island, Nick Cage is Nick Cage and has spent his millions on some pretty weird things, legendary Metro Vancouver sportscaster Scott Rintoul joins us to explain how the Canadian Men's Soccer Team could make history today by clinching a spot in the FIFA World Cup, and live radio lives for moments like this - an alpaca on the loose.
Animalcast: Beavers have been reintroduced into London to help save lives, Spacecast: Space Lettuce, COVID Candles, Starlight Express (which is a musical about roller skating and trains and therefore we're pretty sure must also be about sex), bio-terror-weapons in 1346 were just as bad or maybe worse than you can imagine, and Sandra Bullock finally publicly shares her regret.
Euphemisms like "he's in the barn" can be confusing when you don't know what they mean, the first Marvel comic was sold for lots of money but would you read it, we learn how to pronounce Skwxwu7mesh and what the 7 means, Weird Al's biopic is in the works and we hear why Daniel Ratcliff got the role of Weird Al, the most popular dog breed in the US won't blow your socks off, and we talk police budgets with Mo Amir from This is VANCOLOUR.
As we continually learn about this place we call home, we're hearing about a place called Hollywood Hospital in New West that treated people with psychedelics back in the 60s and 70s, we're also learning about orca whales after Charis went to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, we discuss people's mask vibes as the mandates have ended, and problem seniors and their pickle ball games are causing havoc in local parks.
On Debate Club we're talking about the most iconic 90's EDM track and we've put into the podcast just a taste of some of the write in votes, the mask mandate has been lifted in BC and it's going to feel weird being bare faced all over the place, Billy Joel is not supportive of a biopic film in the works about him, and an Animalcast story of a dog who pushed kids into a river and it's either Evil, Genius, or Evil Genius.
On Animalcast we're talking about same sex parenting in the animal kingdom and how cool penguins are, a couple of bros were caught on a cell phone video talking about girls figure skating and it's awkward, going to a Canucks game for the first time in over 2 years felt like riding a bike, a new study shows many Gen Zers are going to buy their first home with a family member or a friend, and we're learning and growing with the Peak Pen Pop Quiz with a question about stomach acid.
In our quest for the best nachos in Vancouver we got a call from Jessyka who told us about a place in Richmond that makes its own delicious potato chips and blends them into a nacho like dish that would be best consumed with a shovel, Jeremy had to learn long multiplication on the fly, so many people are visiting a nuclear bomb simulator online that it keeps crashing, a mirochipped cat was lost 5 years ago in Victoria and will be returned to its owner who now lives across the country, and we hear from Julia who had a similar experience with her dog Dude.
On International Women's Day we talked with Andrea Gunraj from the Canadian Women's Foundation about how women, girls, and gender diverse people are battling against systems that aren't built for them, and how they're facing even more challenges during the pandemic. Also, we have Heistcast about some thieves who stole something rather extraordinary, and probably not something they were planning on stealing (reminded Charis of a time when a guy brought a human brain into her classroom for show and tell).
We could save the planet if only we'd eat insects instead of cows, a man had a very unfortunate side effect from covid involving his testicle and now Jeremy will be wearing a mask for all time, Sneaker Con is tomorrow in Vancouver so we were looking into iconic sneaker moments in cinematic history, and Dan Nicholls reviews the newest hot movie release of "The Batman" on Hit or Miss.
It doesn't ALWAYS rain in Vancouver and it's not ALWAYS expensive: a possible new tourism slogan for Vancouver, Hogs are on the loose in Florida and the reporter covering the story couldn't help but become part of the story, and our favourite political pundit, Mo Amir from This is VANCOLOUR joins us to talk about how magical but nasty Twitter can be.
Construction of the very first Skytrain in Metro Vancouver started 40 years ago and the iconic bing bang bong door sound is very recognizable which got us thinking about the MOST iconic sound ever - is it R2D2 beeps and boops, Darth Vader's breathing, the Wilhelm Scream, the sad trombone from Price is Right, or something else? Also, we talk about the Netflix documentary "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom" which is very real, raw, violent, and relevant.
Animalcast is very scientific today with a story of a green puppy (all natural, for real), a Vancouver Black Library is in the works, we find a connection between the band Wet Leg to the movie Mean Girls, a pop-up Peter Pan bar is coming to Vancouver, and saving your money and letting it grow with interest really works! (you just need decades).
Lots of "Hey Putin Go F yourself!" at the Solidarity with Ukraine and Anti War protest at the Vancouver Art Gallery over the weekend, we learn how to pronounce the indigenous name for the VAG north plaza, šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énk Square, an intrepid diver picks 550 pounds of shopping carts and luggage out of False Creek, an ear ache in ancient times wouldn't be as bad as the cave person surgery to fix it, and what happens when Canucks' defenseman Quinn Hughes enters into an art challenge with his brother (who is also an NHL player).
We find out if there such a thing as an "organ train" which runs between floors carrying organs to operating rooms in Royal Columbian Hospital, when your manager asks you to fetch a "long wait" it turns out it's the same as when your teacher asks you to fetch a "long stand", we get the devastatingly accurate account of toxic drug deaths in BC from our favourite political pundit Mo Amir from This is VANCOLOUR, and we hear from our resident movie nerd Dan Nicholls about whether the Foo Fighters new film "Studio 666" is a Hit or Miss.
In local Black History, North Vancouver was built by white settlers using money made from the slave trade and one North Van resident and descendant of slave traders is delving into his family's history to find out more, scientists have recorded someone's brain at the moment of their death, Vancouver will be one of the first cities underwater as sea levels rise, we learn about one of Vancouver's oldest residents and what makes her tick 110 years on, and we talk Vancouver Canucks hockey trades with Sam Chang from the Broadscast Podcast.
Most Annoying Body Part for a lot of people is toes and uteruses, apparently, the Oscars aren't really relevant anymore but they're sure trying, and we deep dive Miss Vickies chips (are they they same as they were back in the late 80s?)
Charis' Great Aunt Cora turns 99 today and we're hearing about a story of survival of one of her buds during WW2, a case of penis freezing for a Finnish skier at the Olympics, and memories of seeing Terminator 2: Judgement Day underage at the Capitol 6 Theatre in downtown Vancouver.
It's always surprising the February only has 21 days, when neighbours fight over the fence and their dentures fall out, Coca Cola is monitoring our progrum and now has a space themed beverage, the hero we need is skywriting about Ukraine, and Animalcast: the story of a missing 21 year old horse on Vancouver Island.
In our Debate Club question of most golden things, Whoopi Goldberg is outvoted by Golden Grahams which we weren't expecting, Lululemon leggings could be improved with one more leg, when you have a good idea write it on a napkin because it might end up being a book, and we're learning and growing about Nikola Tesla, genius inventor whose ideas were stolen by Thomas Edison.
Learning about Vie's Chicken and Steakhouse in East Van in Strathcona which operated for decades before it closed in the 70s, and it was a huge part of the cultural fabric of the city. On this episode we hear from Vie's granddaughter who describes Vie's restaurant and bottle room as a bumping spot which hosted many big name entertainers, and we also talk to local award winning author and poet, Wayde Compton, who has extensive knowledge of Vancouver's rich Black history.
Learning about Black history in the city of Vancouver and we discovered there was a beach called "brown skinned beach" near where the Planetarium is now located, science and the power of DNA has partially solved the mystery of the "Babes in the Woods" which is the story of 2 brothers found murdered in Stanley Park in the 50s, and a high speed commuter train linking Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland is maybe one step closer to becoming reality.
On the Valentine's Day edition of Debate club: the best song with Heart in the title, nesting fossils, puke dentures, and host of This is VANCOLOUR and VIA opinionist, Mo Amir, joins us to talk about whether or not the City of Vancouver should be financially contributing to fighting a racist bill in Quebec.
Debating who is the most iconic Canadian Olympian of all time and we got a great submission of Nancy Greene (that Mars bar commercial was iconic), Kanye Ye West vs. Billie Eilish, and a Portland baseball team has its Pickle mascot costume stolen by a porch pirate and is now in a real dill-ema.
The championship-less Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl this weekend got us debating who is the most lovable loser, how car seats can be contraception, basking in the afterglow of sexy times doesn't help clean the bathroom but it will make you not care, Peak listener Jim reminds us of how much COVID is still negatively affecting families, and legendary Vancouver sportscaster Scott Rintoul joins us to talk Super Bowl pics and fun prop bets.
The slippery slope from ice fishing to prostitution is one that we should all be aware of, you will be blown away by how many human poos have been picked up in Vancouver in less than a year, first there was a moon hut and now a lounging alien on Mars, and Seth Rogen reminisces about doing paintball in Tsawwassen in grade 10 and leaving his buds to be annihilated.
The BC Liberals are going through a name change so on Debate Club: what should their new party name be, there's a new branded weather event in BC and it may be moist, ancient Egyptian texts might be doodles made by children, and the dad of a Kiwi snowboarder who won their country's first Winter Olympic Gold Medal was doing some celebrating.
Biophelia weekend in Vancouver feels sooo good, our favourite political pundit and host of This is VANCOLOUR, Mo Amir, gives us insider info on the snacks at the BC Liberal leadership convention, Jeremy will have to fight for the Enigma diamond, and throwing out the International Space Station like a piece of plastic trash.
This podcast may need some juicing but would we resort to ransomware, the world's Greatest Guitar Hero player turns out to be a fraud, a 95 year old message in a bottle is discovered and it's a nice message to find, host of This is VANCOLOUR on CHECK, Mo Amir, tells us who to put money on in the BC Liberal leadership race, and Dan Nicholls talks old bodies doing new tricks in the new Jackass movie on Hit or Miss.
Speed bleeding is likely not condoned by Canadian Blood Services but when you're competitive you're competitive, a first on the Canadian restaurant scene here in Vancouver is a no fish no booze joint, a guy renovating a house in Strathcona finds an old bomb in the backyard, and in a battle of casual fine dining restaurants Earls eats Cactus Club.
For Groundhog Day on Debate Club the best movie featuring animals (and there are 1 billion so tough choosing), on Animalcast scientists have managed to get a frog to regrow its own leg, and cannabis is being used to treat long covid in the UK because what can't cannabis do.
Breakthrough program in BC where you can be prescribed a National Park pass by a doctor for your anxiety and depression, a 7000 sq ft bunker is for sale in Kansas but it needs a LOT of updating, a 12 year old Big Mac is on display in Iceland, and The Barge keeps on giving with an imitation LEGO set now available to buy but it's not nearly as cool as The Early Show's official LEGO set complete with action figures.
The Most Legendary Duos of all time (and there are many how do we pick just one), on Animalcast: the oldest living land animal, a heartwarming and lovely story of snow being shipped to a Florida classroom, Host of This is VANCOLOUR and VIA Opinionist Mo Amir joins us to talk about the Vancouver Mayoral election, and Dan Nicholls gives us the details of a film fest hitting Vancouver this weekend on Hit or Miss.
Ryan Reynolds gets a street in Ottawa named after him but we can do better than that in his hometown of Vancouver, cats with human teeth are very unsettling, and a wild spectacle coming to Vancouver - the Robot Restaurant Show - is like nothing you've ever seen, unless you've seen the Robot Restaurant Show.
Stuffing a guitar down your pants, a boring machine that's anything but boring, the 2005 film Sideways is still affecting grape growing in California, and on Animalcast, the adorable story of a deer being rescued from a Vancouver Island lake and getting a boat ride at the same time.
Grocery shopping with young kids is an experience, Icelandic pizza sounds hard to eat, what if we tunneled directly thru the earth, Neil vs. Joe in a Spotify battle, and Sam Chang from the Broadscast Podcast joins us to talk about the Vancouver Canucks' exciting new hires including assistant GM Emilie Castonguay.
Skiing and beers on decks in January is a big West Coast Flex, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has asked the people of Canada how big do we want our canned, diced, potatoes, and we are not sure how to answer, and on Heistcast a story of setting money free.
The best band named after a food product (in homage to Meatloaf), what even is Prince Edward Island (folks on Jeopardy don't know either), we learn why whales don't drown when they take a giant mouthful of krill underwater, and Dan Nichols with Hit or Miss shares his favourite series of the season, Yellowjackets.
Animalcast: Greta Thunberg and Jeff Daniels get animals named after them, is old music killing new music or have we just not adapted to the new way to consume new music, and if humans could grow babies in a different way, what would be the best way to do that? (synthetic womb, laying eggs, etc)
A 4000 year old board game was discovered and it got us wondering what is the best board game of all time, new chip flavours are coming to Canada and should cause waves in this podcast, and an engagement photo taken at the English Bay Barge gets international attention.
Debate Club: do you send photos of the first signs of spring on the south west coast to your buds back east right now? A local connection to a beauty lacrosse goal which included a Kodak Black shoutout by the play by play announcer, BABY BORN ON A PLANE, art heist in Kelowna but the thieves didn't make their getaway on vespas, what do broken hearted teenagers listen to now, and cold case detectives believe they've cracked the case of Anne Frank.
Roberta Bondar went into space 30 years ago and realized how much she loved the Earth, Charis went through the Vancouver Convention Centre vax clinic looking for the Triple Crown of vaccines, researchers found something unexpected in the middle of a meteorite that crashed through a woman's bedroom, and tear-less onions are either a marvel of science or a terrifying/boring discovery.
If Charis and Jeremy taught a class to children what would it be, forget horse dewormer - cannabis could prevent COVID, Italian Kitchen in Vancouver is using cheese as serving dishes, our favourite barge (the English Bay Barge) now has a parody song, and we're done with the British Monarchy so let's replace them with robots.
A planet shaped like a potato has been discovered but we're not sure how to cook it, the damaged Stanley Park Seawall may not recover, bedazzling organs is not okay, and UBC now owns a rare book of Shakespearean plays from the 1600s (so many coffee stains).
Trying to explain what an encyclopaedia is to a young child, taking your bad haircut complaints to a Civil Resolution Tribunal, a side benefit of being a surrogate is giving the baby away after birth, Kodak Black brought a lot of heat to a Canucks game in Florida, and where did Big Wheels go?
On Debate Club we tackle what is the greatest cover of the legendary Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah", Canuck forward Brock Boeser apparently plays Fortnite but is he as good as our kids, on Animalcast we talk pig hearts in human bodies and a monkey at a hockey game, and our favourite political pundit and host of This is VANCOLOUR, Mo Amir, rants about the BC government offering tea bags instead of a safe drug supply.
Hot, Fried, Debate Club fires up the internet: who makes the best onion rings? The magic of Bob Saget may he R.I.P, the revolutionary iPhone turns just 15 years old, and Jim Carrey plays a radio DJ (which is fun because we're radio nerds).
Netflix has produced another record setting film that everyone has apparently seen but we've only seen 1/3 of, a Vancouver musician put out a demo record in the early 70s in England with his band Catseye and a copy surfaced in rural Alberta in a wild story of music and time, and who sang Hallelujah better?
We delve into Charis' favourite Yiddish words and what they mean, Debate Club: which simple crime would you revel in for 24 hours, describing plastic straws to our grandchildren, and the best word to describe a mullet.
Debate Club: the snow was fun but it's almost been 2 weeks on the ground and Charis is over it, however Jeremy is not. Also, something called a Thundersnow shower happened in our fair city which is wild, the first rule of friend hang outs is don't talk about Omicron, and Jeremy gives us a half way movie review of a movie his kids have watched at least 40 times that he's only seen parts of.
From 5 disc CD changers to anti-skip discmans - on Debate Club we talk about the greatest in CD technology, Keanu Reeves as a child had a fun connection to Dolly Parton, we hear from a teacher what her favourite student gift was (spoiler alert it involves a Brazilian), we imagine the brainstorming meeting where the engineer came up with the 99 +1 CD disc changer, and on Hit or Miss with Dan Nicholls he's talking Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Jingle Bells wasn't originally a Christmas tune, what to get teachers for Christmas gifts, and there is a place called Santa Claus, Indiana, and a famous person grew up there.
Where is Expo Ernie? We need to find out, and we may have leads that involve the very owner of this radio station. Also, friend of The Early Show, Keanu Reeves, talks about embracing fear, and a study shows that brain surgeons and rocket scientists aren't the only smart ones in the room.
A venomous snake is found in a family's Christmas tree in South Africa, so on Debate Club we ask: which animal would you rather find in your Christmas tree? A Star Wars hotel in Disney World is more like a wildly expensive bunker prison for families, the last Swiss Chalet in BC is closing, and a Vancouver themed restaurant has opened in London, England (spoiler alert, it's going to be torn down so they can build condos on top).
Next year for Santa Paws please bring your lizard for Santa's lap, Debate Club: being a human named Santa, cool or not cool? Maybe the President of UBC could tell us. Also, we deep dive the Vancouver park caretaker cottages and how people get to live rent-free in Vancouver's lovely parks.
The lack of micronutrients in our diets could be making us hangry and contributing to angry rhetoric, a new revelation for kids' birthday parties that could change your weekend, Debate Club: best trap that Kevin laid for Harry and Marv in Home Alone, the best food blog about the absurd 27 course meal at a Michelin star restaurant in Italy, and scalper tickets for Adele's Vegas shows are so high they're like Seth Rogen at that other Adele concert.
The Early Show talks to Wesley from The Lumineers about the band's upcoming performance at the Grey Cup halftime show, the first annual Santa Paws fundraiser is happening this coming Sunday, and Amir Ali from The Daily Hive joins us to talk about whether the city of Vancouver has plans to light up the English Bay Barge for the season (c'mon city, don't let us down).
Olympic medal winning speed walker Evan Dunfee speed walks right into our hearts and maybe into council chambers, the storied history of delicious Japanese oranges here on the south west coast, and we get a live action news update on the English Bay Barge - is it still on our shores?!
Millennials are killing mayonnaise, there's a mystery hut on the moon but we can only see it from a distance, and we talk about privileged politicians with host of This is VANCOLOUR, Vancouver is Awesome Opinionist, and political pundit, Mo Amir.
Today is the day they tow the famous English Bay Barge away....or is it? We talk about a new trend in Mall Santa visits - the "Distanced Santa", and we are now part of a very exclusive club that involves doll heads and cacti in a very fabulous way.
In the age old war of Christmas - in Debate Club we tackle whether to go with a real or fake Christmas tree, Seth Rogen tells a very relatable story about being really high and front row at Adele's word famous One Night Only show, Tesla now has vehicles for kids, Charis comes from a long line of feasters, and Hit or Miss with Dan Nicholls and the film Licorice Pizza.
Barbados picked Rihanna as their national hero, so if Canada ditches the British monarchy, we would need a national hero, so on Debate Club: who should our hero be? Also, you can rent the Home Alone House for 1 night only, and the problem of finding a place to stash your stolen bikes in Vancouver when space is at a premium.
Debate Club: like Barbados, should Canada get rid of our ties to the British Monarchy? (Peak listeners are leaning more progressively than the national average). We also talk about famous Carols since today is December 1st and it's finally okay to listen to Christmas Carols, and the new frontier in biodegradable plastic could come from salmon sperm (just don't get it wet).
Debate Club: What cover band would you want to get snowed in with for 3 days? It's Charis' son's birthday today and she loves sharing his birth story with him, we've also got a wild birth story from a woman in New Zealand who got herself to hospital just in time, a guy buys a sketch at an estate sale which ends up being worth millions, and we remember an early non-binary character on mainstream TV - Pat.
We review our epic English Bay Barge bike jump with Super Charis, doing a "cold dip" in the ocean near Vancouver is very cold at this time of year, the Quebec Maple Syrup cartel is forced to do something they haven't done in....well...maybe forever, and in Animalcast, we talk about a famous Canadian animal who died and we weren't even told.
Debate Club: If you could do away with one social interaction forever, what would it be? And believe it or not, women are still paid less than men for the same job, wtf.
Debate Club: Which Keanu movie is the most important - Speed, The Lakehouse, John Wick, Bill and Ted's? (Keanu has his own top 3 Keanu movies that sum up his body of work), and we also talk about the losing Vancouver Canucks - c'mon Canucks fans we know what losing is all about.
Debate Club: which mundane Vancouver thing should be made into a mundane Vancouver calendar, forgetting your PIN for your debit or credit card can be awkward and difficult, and the story of Wheatus' Teenage Dirtbag which will make you hear that song differently from now on.
We've got computer problems! We talk to Eileen Drever from the BC SPCA about helping animals that are in desperate need of help following the catastrophic flooding in our region, and we go over our twitter poll about What Should We Do With The Canucks? (Spoiler, best option includes leotards).
Barge Watch 2021 continues as we still don't know the fate of the barge stuck on Sunset Beach, the pandemic is forcing many moms out of the workforce, Debate Club: which movie prop would you buy for $300K?, and Netflix and Blockbuster come together in a project filled with delicious irony.
Debate Club: should the barge stuck on Sunset Beach be turned into a condo or an AvocadBros?, CONCACAF is just fun to say but also Team Canada won, Paul Rudd's wife would have voted for Keanu Reeves, and we talk to Sam Chang of The Broadscast Podcast about the depressing Vancouver Canucks and whether or not Trevor Linden was right.
Debate Club: leaf blower vs. rake - it may sound like a one sided argument but rakes do have some redeeming qualities, Santa is sold out, Animalcast: the armadillos are coming, and the Canadian men's soccer team is playing in the snow tonight.
Shang-Chi is all it's cracked up to be and also oddly ties into a real crime story of a man changing his identity to escape from authorities, Animalcast: things can always get worse with scorpions, SECURE YOUR LOAD, and the DVD turns 25 years old.
People put a disturbing amount of sugar in their coffee rendering it non-coffee, a Beaver Moon lunar eclipse is coming and we are all here for it, and our resident movie nerd, Dan Nicholls, gives "Last Night in Soho" a Hit or a Miss.
Debate Club: Daylight time vs. Standard Time, poppy wearing is down leading up to Remembrance Day but we've got a solution to increase donations for veterans, and on Spacecast: an asteroid almost crashed into earth and the SpaceX astronauts have arrived safely back to earth but they REALLY have to go.
It's Charis' Birthday and she shares the magic of this day with some notable famous people and world events, a story of a guy in BC who got evicted because his masturbating is SO loud, the power ranking of cheese we didn't know we needed, and Mo Amir, host of This is VANCOLOUR podcast and VIA Opinionist chats to the show about the Vancouver mayoral race and his bold ideas for mayor.
Today on Animalcast: when you're smoking a dart and a bear licks your hand, astronauts have made space tacos and we are here for it, and a house renovation uncovers some very cool artifacts.
Debate Club: double rainbows vs. meteor showers, we delve deeper into the story of cocaine bear and hear Elizabeth Banks describe the movie she's directing about the story, sand is inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame, and on Hit or Miss with Dan Nicholls he tells us about the new Marvel film, The Eternals.
There's going to be a film made about a true story of a bear and a bunch of cocaine and we're here for it, the new plans for the Vancouver Art Gallery - VAG - have been revealed and we want the design to be shocking, and a few days post Halloween where are we at with the candy?
Young women marrying men these days are increasingly changing their last names to the man's, but marrying couples are also getting creative (as Peak Afternoon host Angela Valiant tells us), Debate Club: to go on a cruise or not, a man is outraged over the label on a ketchup bottle at Pizza Hut, and a marathon runner answers the call of nature and becomes a legend.
SpaceX is still having toilet troubles which is very relatable even though it's on a spaceship, they've picked the worst famous Chris to voice Garfield, a Dad goes on dinner strike with his children, and This is VANCOLOUR podcast host, VIA Opinionist, and our favourite political pundit Mo Amir joins us to talk about why we are still living in a no dance wasteland.
We go over the highs and lows of Halloween night, the Trick or Treating, the adults living vicariously through the kids, the Fireworks (even though there's supposed to be a ban), and the....Christmas decorations? Also, if only humans laid eggs instead of having live whole big baby births.
All Animalcast podcast: Canucks forward Justin Dowling is reunited with his diaper bag which is great because they hold everything including the kitchen sink, humans aren't the only animals with rhythm, and we talk bats with Janelle Stephenson, Hospital Manager at Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. Happy Halloween!
Hockey player Kyle Beach gives an incredibly brave interview with TSN about being a sexual assault survivor and how the Chicago Blackhawks profoundly failed him, Container Talk - surprising information about what is allowed if you find a container washed up on shore, an impressive lawn ornament is stolen from a house in Burnaby, Charis will be putting her family heirloom wigs in her will for her kids (whether they want them or not), and Amir Ali from The Daily Hive joins us to share startling stats when it comes to people NOT handing out candy on Halloween.
Another Guinness World Record is achieved but it's recorded in metric not imperial -- which makes us realize our inadequacies when it comes to understanding metric measurement, a guy lost in the woods missed a very important call because it came up on his phone as "unknown caller", and Sam Chang of The Broadscast podcast joins us to talk about the Canucks home opener and the Blackhawks sexual assault scandal.
Support for another Olympics in Vancouver is waning and it could be because other countries don't chip in enough, and Halloween should be the last Saturday of October, never mind it being on Oct. 31st (the pagans won't mind, they're chill).
Studies have shown that memes help the bad news go down and one of our favourite meme styles is inspired by Toonces the Driving Cat from SNL, we reveal the one sure fire way to make ANY Halloween costume sexy, and Mo Amir, host of This is VANCOLOUR podcast and VIA Opinionist joins us to talk about the drama in the BC Liberal leadership race.
Alarmingly, children are acting out the violent show Squid Game, Tyler Bancroft of Said the Whale talks to us about his new music show on The Peak called Discovery, Awkward Topic: Testicle Bath, and Dan Nicholls with Hit or Miss gives a surprising review of the new movie Dune.
We always like a good war movie and "The Forgotten Battle" has Dutch, German, English, action, AND suspense, a guy finds a very cool treasure under the sea which is making Jeremy jealous, a massive development near Jericho beach has Charis hoping they don't build over a very cool physical feature, and some hikers used their turbans in a heroic rescue effort.
Bring back residential corner stores (as long as they don't spew chemicals), a guy in Abbotsford makes fecal transplants in his basement apartment, 3 men pretend to be 1 woman writer and then write a wildly popular book about being a woman, and Gardening Corner: how to properly store your cannabis over the long, dark, winter.
Locking a kid in a wooden bathysphere and dropping it in Trout Lake, remembering a treasure from the 90's called PureMoods soundtracks, a vending machine that sells flights to surprise destinations, and the Spirit of Halloween is definitely embodied in zombie babies.
Finding evidence of blue cheese and beer in olden timey human waste, Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum might have had his foot driven over, but he may also have been trying to do an ollie, NEVER ask questions in meetings, and The Million Dollar Man could go to jail.
Bryan Adams will be changing all his songs now because he's hawking local oat milk, a woman finds canned peaches from 1904 and we investigate whether they are edible now or not, and what if Gilligan's Island involved cannibalism?
Seems like there's a Guinness Book of World Records record for everything and anything, Sam Chang, host of the sports Broadcast Podcast joins the show to talk about the Canucks' season opener, and Mo Amir, host of This is VANCOLOUR Podcast and VIA Opinionist joins the show to talk about a new, controversial BC Liberal leadership candidate. It's multiple layers of podcasters on our podcast.
The new Daniel Craig James Bond film, No Time to Die, is released today which reminds us of old, misogynist, racist Bond films from the past, Maple Ridge gets an adult playground courtesy of an R-rated Seth Rogen film shoot, and Charis' son - her turkey who was born on Thanksgiving weekend - turns 10.