Description: Valerie In Toronto show

Description: Valerie In Toronto

Summary: Blathering, soundseeing, music and trying to sort things out. All from a radio refugee born in the USA but Canadian by choice for more than 10 years.

Podcasts:

 Description Daily 19 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Two associated tracks from an album dear to Matt's heart, Clutching at Straws by Marillion. Download directly or Subscribe Singer/songwriter Fish on writing and recording the album What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 18 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Maybe the prototypical episode: Watching the World Series, Valerie explains some baseball and Matt explains some cricket while everyone else in the bar is watching the hockey game. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 17 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Matt talks about visiting a snooker tournament in Wales, complete with hand injuries, smoke-filled chalets, a drunken meeting with a hero and girl-on-girl action. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 16 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

At Fynn's of Temple Bar before going to Podcaster LIVE Nite last week, Matt and Valerie discuss the wealth of Toronto stories left untold, and chat with one of the few non-immigrants remaining. Download directly or Subscribe Scarborough Dude's Dicksnjanes podcast "Caker" in the Urban Dictionary What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 15 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Valerie reads from the newsletter by Bob Lefsetz about his most recent encounter with Lars Ulrich of one of Matt's favourite bands (though more in the past than now): Metallica. Download directly or Subscribe The post Valerie read: "Lars" What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 14 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

After discovering the combination of orange juice and beer, Matt discusses the Black Velvet in different cultures and the Purple Nasty in his. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement Okay, you can't really be Canadian and mention Black Velvet without thinking of the Alannah Myles song. Sorry.

 Description Daily 13 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In what was supposed to be Matt's official podcast debut in April, the Manchester United supporter and Valerie walk to their first TFC game, with a bypass and a stop at the loo. Download directly or Subscribe Belated thanks to Toronto Mike What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 12 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Matt and Valerie introduce you to the happiest speed metal band ever: DragonForce. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement (Btw, these guys are looking for a new lead singer. Check their site for details.) Valerie's favourite sequence starts about 3:23.

 Description Daily 11 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

For Remembrance (Veterans) Day, Valerie and Matt talk about a Bristolian looking for her Canadian soldier birth father, Matt's dad in a field of poppies and the charms of Weston-Super-Mare. Download directly or Subscribe Description 47 - Remembrance Day What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 10 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

At Podcaster LIVE Nite, Matt and Valerie (beware of her audio distortions - sorry) are visited by Keith McNally, a Canadian who tried living in New York City and decided there's no place like home....or at least Toronto. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 09 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

At Graffiti's Black Metal Brunch in Kensington Market, Matt and Valerie talk drink: types of beer, perceptions of trendiness and getting take-out from the pub. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement

 Description Daily 08 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Coming back from a memorial Guinness to mark the anniversary of his best friend's death several years ago, Matt tells one of many stories of their exploits, this time involving the dispatch of a co-worker and a pretty girl. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement

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