Description: Valerie In Toronto
A personal, sometimes-profane primer on things particular to Toronto and Canada, from a radio refugee born in the USA but Canadian by choice.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Episodes
- 23
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2011
Description for the Canadian National Day of Podcasting 2011
A year to the day since the last Description podcast episode, Valerie stands on a windy beach in Shediac, New Brunswick and tries to update you on stuff while fighting off pneumonia. Download directl…
Fri 02 Dec 2011
Description Daily: December 1st
For the Canadian National Day of Podcasting, Matt and Valerie review their National Podcast Post Month, with what they did and didn't learn. Concludes with Derek and Clive. Download directly or Subsc…
Thu 02 Dec 2010
Description Daily 30
With pauses edited out, Matt talks on the phone with his pub landlord friend Ben, who fills in the holes of a story in which Matt shoots himself and an old woman, gets thrown in the trunk of car and …
Wed 01 Dec 2010
Description Daily 29
Elsewhere in Valerie's podcast world...audio-described scenes from the cult favourite Dementia 13, part of Episode 148 of Movies For the Blind. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission…
Tue 30 Nov 2010
Description Daily 28
In Ohio, while watching a Manchester United game on tv, Valerie dad and Matt compare notes on their respective versions of football. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Mon 29 Nov 2010
Description Daily 27
Matt and Valerie walk through downtown Buffalo, New York and inevitably go into a Tim Horton's. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Sat 27 Nov 2010
Description Daily 26
With pretty bad sound quality, Valerie finds out more about one of Matt's favourite songs as a spanner (British for nerd, as he means it), "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" by Hawkwind. Download directl…
Fri 26 Nov 2010
Description Daily 25
In High Park, Matt and Valerie chat with two women taking care of a well-behaved Sheltie dog with a difficult home life. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Thu 25 Nov 2010
Description Daily 24
From another proper Description episode not completed, Valerie starts a soundseeing tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario and settles herself in the Henry Moore statue just outside. Download directly or…
Wed 24 Nov 2010
Description Daily 23
After Matt finds himself onstage with seven other guys doing another podcast, he and Valerie (who gets too loud again - sorry) discuss credibility and the dynamics of male conversation. Download dire…
Tue 23 Nov 2010
Description Daily 22
Matt talks about a stay in Blackpool, when a guest house owner had an unorthodox way of finding out who wrecked his stuff. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Mon 22 Nov 2010
Description Daily 21
Valerie meets up with Matt just after he discovers Canada's largest Christmas parade going on steps away from where they live. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Mon 22 Nov 2010
Description Daily 20
A voiceover artist with a terrible cold, Valerie finds herself being an announcer for one of the world's most famous series of infomercials. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission St…
Sat 20 Nov 2010
Description Daily 19
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? M…
Fri 19 Nov 2010
Description Daily 18
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 …
Fri 19 Nov 2010
Description Daily 17
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'…
Wed 17 Nov 2010
Description Daily 16
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. Downl…
Tue 16 Nov 2010
Description Daily 15
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 …
Tue 16 Nov 2010
Description Daily 14
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 …
Sun 14 Nov 2010
Description Daily 13
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 …
Sat 13 Nov 2010
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