To some they’re just dogs but to many of us, they’re a whole lot more than that! They’re best friends, companions, part of the family and I think most of us, and especially our guest today, believe they deserve a little joy in life.

Tiffany Jones provides all that and more at "Forest Tails", a doggy adventure camp set in an enchanted private forest.

Tiffany was a guest on my Saturday morning radio show on Shoreline Classics. Here is our extended conversation.

These are the Radio Sessions for Saturday August 16th.

The Radio Sessions are the extended versions of radio conversations heard Saturday mornings on Shoreline Classics between 7-11 am.

the Executive Director of the AMGH Foundation, Kimberley Payne chats with us about the importance of a local hospital and the upcoming Long Table Dinner.

And ...

Leah Noel (Deputy Mayor - Town of Goderich) will talk about her love for the town of Goderich, her role with Goderich Rotary Club and the upcoming Rotary Golf Tourney.

This episode features a few of the artists who’ve been in town this week for the Celtic College and will remain over the weekend for the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival at Harbour Park in Goderich.

It's wonderful to have had a chance to get to know these people (and many others btw) this week.

One of Canada’s best storytelling singer/songwriters James Keelaghan chats with us.

And then Alanna Jenish from Peterborough and Ryan Young, talk about growing up with Celtic music, the Festival, their love of Goderich and their tune filled friendship!

The Radio Sessions are extended versions of interviews and conversations heard on The Phil Main Show, Saturday mornings on Shoreline Classics FM. For programming purposes, we try to keep the conversations on air to a length that allows room for lots of great music and also so we can cover more topics and hear more from the community.

This week:

The extended version of a chat I had with Shannon McGavin about the new Well Community Collective, (An Integrated Youth Wellness Hub that has or will have several locations in the area including Kincardine & Goderich)

Also, Clare Day (The Den) & Cindy Smale (West St. Willies Eatery) remind us that Downtown Goderich is OPEN!

And, Donelda Schwartzentruber (and this is a time sensitive chat with the event happening now tomorrow - Sunday, Aug 3rd) on a fundraiser at Clinton Raceway for the AMGH Hospital Foundation.

He's one of the great producers of our time, maybe of all time. Daniel Lanois has produced records for artists like: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, U2, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and so many others.

It was a real blessing to have a few minutes to chat with this Canadian born and raised musician, singer/songwriter and producer who has sculpted so much of the soundtrack of our lives.

He is embarking on a small venue tour of Ontario in August and will be stopping in at The Livery Theatre in Goderich on Aug. 19th. At last check only a few tickets remain. Check availability at the livery.ca or at daniellanois.com

This was one of our favourite experiences with the podcast, a live recording with platinum selling, singer/songwriter from Denmark, Tim Schou.

The show was recorded by our good friend and engineer extraordinaire, Brendan Couture as part of the Goderich BIA Concert Series on June 5th, 2025 and features a lot of wonderful live music and fan interaction with one of our new favourite artists.

Thanks B & Tim for making this happen. It was a remarkable experience that we're so glad we were able to have.

It was our very first podcast back in March of 2023 but a few things have changed so we thought maybe the time was right to do an update on one of our all time favourite places.

Since the early 1800’s, it has dispensed joy to all who've passed through its doors.  Though the bakery has been around now for well over two centuries it was in 1942 that Mel Culbert took it over, soon passing it on to his son Berry and then eventually to Darin who ran it until 2022, when our guest today took ownership.

We’re going to learn more about Madeleine Lambert and her families history in Goderich, her long standing love of the bakery, the challenging process of taking over such an iconic and well loved business and her dreams for the future of Culbert’s Bakery!

This episode of the Radio Sessions features extended conversations from the Shoreline Classics Saturday morning radio programs on July 21st and 28th.

Part 1: My friends from the Huron County Historic Gaol, Sinead Cox and Benjamin Baker dropped by to talk about the history of this amazing local treasure and shared details of a big celebration coming our way on July 5th this year.

Part 2 of this episode features a chat I had recently with Ivet Loder, the president of the newly formed Goderich Optimist Club. 

We love this time of year for a lot of reasons not the least of which is, it's THEATRE SEASON!

In this episode, we get to catch up with one of our favourite people, the Artistic Director of the Blyth Festival Theatre, Gil Garratt. Gil gives us a complete run down of all the shows and all that's happening this season!

This week on the Radio Sessions, a discussion that includes some info on a food drive that may be over by the time you're listening but it also includes information that sadly, will not be over any time soon, and that's information on the local food bank, the need and how you can help. Kendall Strome joins us for that.

And because the Kinsmen and Kinettes are helping with that, we thought we'd have them join in to chat about their respective clubs and some of the other things they do, not the least of which are The Festival of Arts and Crafts and Kinsmen Summerfest, both happening in early July this year. We get all the details with Alex Irvin and Janet Wunnick.