Cold Pod

By Josh McIntyre and Nick MarianArts

Cold Pod episodes

August 13 Ep207 - "2015 Style"
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In this episode we discuss our party flyer going viral, The Drake Underground in the 2010's, Foxfire, mushrooms, us not hanging out for a few years in 2015, Deconstructed Club Music, Pop music, The Bovine, sting backpacks, Dis Magazine, high visibility clothing, Heron Preston's DSNY collection, The Grenadier Cafe, cheesesteaks, meatloaf, The Tulip restaurant, poppers, Smiling Buddha, band names that couldn't exist in 2026, Sterling bonfires, Brickworks, the Eaton Centre parking lot roof, Toronto Island, Nick's refusal to swim in Lake Ontario and much more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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29 min
August 07 Ep206 - "Maxed Out"
This weeks solo pod is free and available on all streaming platforms!
In this episode we discuss fan mail, forgetting peoples names, Jesse Futurman, 'Food Mans Group', Caplansky's, airport restaurants, Roger Mooking, Rob Rainford's 'Licence to Grill', exploding propane tanks, grease fires, a classic Toronto walk, the evolution of Kensington Market, Golden Patty, the original Gus tacos, Ronnie's, Ladyhawk, No Dynamics, The Boat, Rainbow Palace, the Sheridan Hotel pool hack, Ten Mile Aroma, the secret patio at Dim Sum King, Wig parties, Tom Delonge, West 49, Vers Cafe, Kings Crown Nachos, Green Day's 90's albums and much more!
⁠Josh McIntyre⁠
⁠Nick Marian⁠
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1 hr 14 min
July 31 Ep205 - "Off Leash" with DoFlame
Mateo Naranjo is the lead singer and founding member of Toronto based hardcore / rap rock project DoFlame. Their most recent album "Get Bent" was released in 2025. Mateo sat down with us to discuss Papa Johns, having the best summer ever, his "What's Your Name?" Instagram series, Parkdale, creating community through the OFFLEASH collective, D Section Records, DEAR-GOD, Lice, Sonic Youth, Reggaeton, getting exposed to punk music through his mother, acting in commercials, drinking 10 coffees a day, road trips, touring in an SUV, collecting magnets, Buc-ees brisket sandwich, being cali sober, his favourite burger in Toronto, generator shows, Extermination Music Night, fishing, the upcoming DoFlame album and much more!
DoFlame
OFFLEASH
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 5 min
July 29 Ep204 - "Punishers"
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In this episode we discuss the term 'Punisher', the Clandestino video game, Apollo Bagels, exchange rates, tipping, Montreal in the summer, the worst drivers in Canada, Fantasia Film Festival, , Jane Schoenbrun's new film, Rôtisserie La Lune, Limbo, Dic Annes, Dic Ann's burgers, steamies vs toasties, The Odyssey, Travis Scott, Terminator 2, Elvis Mondays at the Drake, Ossfest, 'Pop DJ's', Britney Spears, Dina's Tavern, Big On Bloor, The Strokes new album and much more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
25 min
July 17 Ep203 - "B Crew"
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In this episode we discuss Toronto air quality, the KOTN CUP, Hero Certified Burgers, Utopia, Nick's love of brand activations, hanging in Bellwoods for the first time in years, walking through a crime scene on Ossington, Manita, customizable food, Rolling Rock, Union Pool, 'A Crew' and 'B Crew', Boketto, firefighters, 416 Snack Bar, flare bartending, Dial-A-Bottle, running into old high school friends at a wedding, The Beaches, Toronto food influencers, Loga's Corner, cancelled actors and more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
20 min
July 16 Ep202 - "Apartment Hunting" with Tristan Wheeler
Tristan Wheeler is a Toronto based filmmaker and writer. His debut feature length film "Toronto Apartment" premiered last night at the Paradise Theatre via Bleeding Edge Movies. Tristan sat down with us on the hottest day of the year to discuss broken air conditioners, living in Parkdale, St Lawrence Market, The Old Spaghetti Factory, 'real' small towns, Boston Pizza, Panago, living in Vancouver, moving to Toronto in 2020, his early short films, the 'Toronto Apartment' posters, side hustles, the state of comedies in 2026, Leslie Neilsen, Tim Robinson, the Toronto film scene, imposter syndrome, spite, Skinny Puppy, working for Narcity, The Megabus, Toronto Style and much more!
Tristan Wheeler
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 1 min
July 10 Ep201 - "The Ghosts of Queen St West"
We're back with our weekly one on one pod!
In this episode we discuss Jackass: Best and Last, Big Brother Magazine, CKY, Nick dressing like Johnny Knoxville, Dead Boys, almost getting into a fight at the movie theatre, Hooters, Squirly's, the Bathurst and Queen Beer Store employees, Super Queens Market, 'The Backwards Bike Rider, 'The Wet Man', Kazaa, Bar Bus 2 recap, tuna melts, the original Ravi Soups location, New York Subway, Prague Deli, One of a Kind, Bellwoods Bar and Grill, Barn diner and much more.
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
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1 hr 12 min
June 30 Ep200 "Bender" (Part 2) with Austin Hutchings
We're back with part two of our 200th episode! After answering your questions in part one, Austin stopped by to tell us what he's been up to since leaving the pod in 2025. In this episode we discuss quitting drinking for 9 months, traveling to Mexico alone, script writing, seeing a psychic, his short film "The Fan Man", Slamdance Film Festival, Toronto having its moment, GenZ optimism, Canadian identity, condos, dating apps, quitting smoking, The Strokes going to Mickey Limbos, the return of rock music, Rosa Branca, performative reading, the origins of Cold Pod, and why he left the podcast in the first place.
Austin Hutchings
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 10 min
June 26 Ep200 - "Bender" (Part 1)
Thank you all for listening! 200 episodes is crazy. Heres to 200 more!
In this weeks one on one pod we discuss the soft opening of Mickey Limbos, Nicks upstate New York trip, Community Wines final party at Bather, the Knicks championship win, Taste of Little Italy festival, World Cup Fever, Josh's five day DJ tour of Toronto, the Nomad Nike party, Rum vs Rye, the term 'bender', Kat Duma's release party, Rob Gordon drilling holes in his records during his live set and we answer YOUR questions!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 4 min
June 24 Ep199 "Easy Access" with Nick Flanagan
Nick Flanagan is a Toronto based comedian and founding member of the hardcore band Brutal Knights. His latest comedy album 'Mortal Komedy' is out now! Nick sat down with us to discuss Q Bar, Rotate This, Arcadia Books, growing up in Toronto's west end, learning to drive later in life, thrifting in the outskirts of Toronto, Vietnamese restaurants, cultural generalisations, the Annex in the early 90s, daycare co-ops, Suspect Video, The Vinyl Museum, BMV, Honest Eds, his first band Head Cleaner, seeing bands at CFNY, The Deadly Snakes, 'Location Nepo Babies', CIUT 89.5, the origins of Brutal Knights, Danko Jones convincing him to try stand up, SCTV, Howard Stern, Rage Against the Machine, Sneaky Dee's, 'Drunk Punk', the early 2000's hardcore scene, Will Munro, Limp Wrist, Deranged Records, Fucked Up, Career Suicide, Vice's 'Practice Space' show, SXSW, moving to LA, Comedy Death-Ray, Ariel Pink, his new comedy album and much more!
Nick Flanagan
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 41 min