In this 1507th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Dave Van Horne and two of Russ Taylor's children about Russ and why he belongs in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Happy Father's Day. This episode is exactly 1:27:01. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Follow on Amazon Music Subscribe on Podcast Addict Subscribe via Overcast Listen on tunein Subscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/podcast/rss/ Download the MP3 Play below Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Electronic ..read more

A few dozen Global News employees lost their job this week when Corus layoffs hit Global News. It's been a terrible month for Corus, whose stock currently sits at 20 cents. Last week, Warner Bros. Discovery signed a deal with Rogers to air their  programming, choosing not to renew with Corus. The few dozen journalists at Global News who were victims of these Corus cuts include some high profile FOTMs: Farah Nasser and Alan Carter. Farah Nasser dropped by for episode 892 and we talked about her media stops on the way to co-anchoring Global Toronto's 5:30pm and 6pm newscast alongside Alan ..read more

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In this 1506th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with former Toronto Star, Toronto Sun and CTV Toronto news reporter Tamara Cherry about her career in news media, why she left Toronto, and The Trauma Beat. This episode is exactly 1:47:33. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Follow on Amazon Music Subscribe on Podcast Addict Subscribe via Overcast Listen on tunein Subscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/podcast/rss/ Download the MP3 Play below Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery ..read more

In this 1505th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Strange Advance founder Drew Arnott about the origin of the Vancouver band, Worlds Collide, their missed Junos, We Run and why it all ended and how it was resurrected. This episode is exactly 1:03:25. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Follow on Amazon Music Subscribe on Podcast Addict Subscribe via Overcast Listen on tunein Subscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/podcast/rss/ Download the MP3 Play below Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Gre ..read more

Jerry West was a member of the Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers with whom he won the 1972 NBA Championship. His silhouette was the basis for the NBA logo ..read more

In this 1504th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Rob Salem on what was supposed to be Rita Zekas's debut. In lieu of Rita, Rob shares his 10 best stories not shared during his Toronto Mike'd debut. This episode is exactly 1:19:43. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Follow on Amazon Music Subscribe on Podcast Addict Subscribe via Overcast Listen on tunein Subscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/podcast/rss/ Download the MP3 Play below Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, E ..read more

Omar would often whistle while walking Baltimore streets at night, as a sort of warning to others that he was there. I used to always hear this as "The Farmer in the Dell", until someone pointed out it's actually "A-Hunting We Will Go". Now that makes more sense! Omar isn't a farmer, he's a hunter. The thing is, "The Farmer in the Dell" and "A-Hunting We Will Go" have identical melodies ..read more

In this 1503rd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with punk rock MP Charlie Angus about why he's not running in the next federal election, forming L'Étranger with Andrew Cash, and his past and present with Grievous Angels. This episode is exactly 1:00:00 You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Follow on Amazon Music Subscribe on Podcast Addict Subscribe via Overcast Listen on tunein Subscribe directly to the feed at https://www.torontomike.com/podcast/rss/ Download the MP3 Play below Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great ..read more

Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the FOTM hivemind ..read more