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.
June 05, 2026
If you're sick and tired of our youth being served up AI slop like this and being told it's Exhibition Stadium, you'll want to hear Jeremy Hopkin's next appearance on Toronto Mike'd when we go off on this misinformation plague. We're scheduled to record this rant-filled episode on June 29.
I recently shared all 90+ minutes of audio from my El Mocambo gig on May 21, but Jeremy Hopkin was there and he took some great video. It's not everything, but it's a lot of the show. Thank you J-Ho!
With the creator of The Raccoons visiting today, I've been thinking about that cartoon I watched as a kid. The voice of Bert Raccoon was provided by legendary Canadian voiceover actor Len Carlson. Len has a lengthy list of credits, including The Toothbrush Family. Len provided all the male voices
On this 1910th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Kevin Gillis, creator of The Raccoons, about The Raccoons origin story and return 40 years later. This episode is exactly 1:10:45. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyFollow
There are over 1900 episodes of Toronto Mike'd, with many running well over 90 minutes in length. Needless to say, that's a lot of data. I recently decided to move the show to a new host, and by host I mean server, not that thing that I do yakking into
On this 1909th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with musician Luke Doucet about his years in Veal, his solo work, and playing with his wife Melissa McClelland in Whitehorse. This episode is exactly 1:15:54. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on
Peabo Bryson is the singer best known for "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack, "If Ever You're in My Arms Again", "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion, and "A Whole New World" with Regina Belle.
If you heard Larry Klopot on Toronto Mike'd, you heard Larry talk about grieving the loss of his son and journaling his feelings as he coped with survivor's guilt. Larry recorded these journal entries in the hopes his podcast would help other parents and now he's written a book entitled
I finished the season 3 finale of Euphoria last night, which was actually the series finale. There will be no spoilers in this article, but I will tell you my general thoughts of the concept. I thoroughly enjoyed seasons one and two of Euphoria, but all of season three was
In this 1908th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with newsman Kevin Newman about his stops at Global, CTV, and CBC, his move to ABC in the USA, eventually hosting Good Morning America, why he retired in 2019 and why these are challenging days for news addicts. This episode is
Another item off the bucket list. I've been sampled in a hip-hop song called A Hiphop Beat by Snake Eyes. Hear for yourself: https://soundcloud.com/snake-eyes/a-hiphop-beat-wav
Dennis Hull played most of his career for the Chicago Black Hawks, scoring 303 goals and 351 assists over 959 games.
Yesterday, I dropped episode 1907 of Toronto Mike'd. It was a rather wild and wonderfully bizarre romp with musician-turned-novelist David Baerwald. Mere moments after I said goodbye to my guest, I hand-edited my XML file, as I've done for every episode since day one. Here's that block of code. The
In this 1907th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with David Baerwald about David+David, his solo work, co-writing Leaving Las Vegas with Sheryl Crow, writing Come What May for Moulin Rouge, and The Fire Agent, his debut novel. This episode is exactly 53:06. You can listen to this
Last September I wrote about the great Hudson & Rex controversy. The original Detective Charlie Hudson, played by John Reardon, has also been replaced by Luke Roberts as Detective Mark Hudson.From The Canadian Press. Actor John Reardon is returning to “Hudson & Rex” for its ninth season, Citytv announced
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.
Claude Lemieux won four Stanley Cups with Montreal, Colorado, and twice with New Jersey. He made his final public appearance on Monday when he carried the pre-game torch into the Bell Centre prior to the Canadiens’ Game 3 against the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final.
My oldest daughter is a university graduate, and I'm very proud. It was my honour to spend hours at McGill's Tomlinson Fieldhouse just to see that 30 seconds when they announced my daughter's name and she walked on stage to receive her degree. The weather in Montreal was perfect and
As previously discussed, Marilyn Denis is retiring from 104.5 CHUM after 40 years co-hosting the morning show. I speculated that Bell Media would slide the afternoon drive show featuring Josie Dye and Jamar McNeil into the morning slot, and it seems I was only half correct. Josie Dye will
In this 1906th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike shares his entire 90-minute performance from his May 21, 2026 headlining gig at The El Mocambo. Zero edits were made to this audio. This episode is exactly 1:41:59. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen
In this 1905th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with award-winning storyteller Adam Bunch about his top 10 weird Toronto stories. Visit https://bizarretoronto.com for the 2026 Festival of Bizarre Toronto History schedule and tickets. This episode is exactly 1:28:45. You can listen to this episode in
Jazz saxophonist/composer Sonny Rollins was one of the most honored and influential figures in American music of the 20th century and beyond.
In this 1904th episode of Toronto Mike'd, and 53rd episode of Toast, Mike is joined by Rob Preuss and Bob Willette as they kick out remix jams. This episode is exactly 2:19:03. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Listen on Apple PodcastsFollow on
