Cold Pod

By Josh McIntyre and Nick MarianArts

Cold Pod episodes

April 16 Ep188 - "The Runway"
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In this week's one on one pod we discuss people complaining about nice weather, the best Dollarama, ring camera videos, Just For Laughs Gags, Art Metropole, seeing night people in the daytime, Genesis P-Orridge, Toronto as a pizza destination, making music in the summer, 'The Runway', bylaw officers, drunk shopping, 'The Drama', Market Square theatre, hanging with firefighters, Le Swan, Coachella, Geese discourse and more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
13 min
April 10 Ep187 - "Project Everywhere" with Juliana Carlevaris
Juliana Carlevaris is a Toronto based musician, promoter and founder of Project Nowhere Festival. Her band Hot Garbage released their latest single 'Wewu' in January. Julianna sat down with us to discuss SXSW, self driving cars, Mothland, getting sick on tour, playing in a band with her sibling, not liking Oasis, recording during lockdown, working with Graham Walsh, the origins of Project Nowhere, the golden era of NXNE, single venue festivals, Taverne Tour festival, booking at the Garrison, house shows, sobriety, GenX mentality, Geese, Angine de Poitrine and what to expect at Project Nowhere 2026.
Juliana Carlevaris
Project Nowhere
Hot Garbage
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Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
COLD POD
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1 hr 16 min
April 03 Ep186 - "35% Jaded"
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In this episode we discuss food poisoning, the first day of Spring, the Cootie Catcher release show, bad branding, East Room's 'Happier Hour', The Done Right Inn, the Portraits of Queen West Instagram account, learning to love Salmon, people who can't cook in 2026, being a little jaded, staying inspired, people who give up on their dreams, Cindy Lee, Rob Gordon's set at the Conditions Party, The Summer of Love, location sharing, whether or not Nick owns a computer, Kanye's new album Bully, NASA, Matcha, Clavicular and much more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
54 min
March 27 Ep185 - "Sick Sad World"
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In this weeks episode we discuss La Salumeria, the Summerhill LCBO, oregano oil, Bellwoods Brewery Jelly King, The Dance Cave, Cutwater, pranking people at parties, solo karaoke, Smith Westerns, Vice Island, millennial journalism, event photography, 'nyc_forgottenyears' Instagram account, myopenbar.com, Ebaums World, the Oscars, close talkers, Inherent Vice, steakhouses, sharing pho, dd/mm/yyyy, what ever happened to 'Kid With Camera', Art Stars, wearing pyjama pants out of the house, the Community Wines party, Leslieville gentrification and more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
1 hr 21 min
March 13 Ep184 - "OOMF" with City Pool Warrior
Vic McNabb is the creator of the infamous Toronto based Instagram meme account 'City Pool Warrior'. After a chance encounter on Dundas last week, we invited her on the pod.
Vic sat down with us to discuss performative reading, Florida, anonymity, getting recognized on the street, parasocial relationships, working remotely as a data analyst, digital nomads, clickbait, non reputable news sources, create mode, roller skating, Dunbat skatepark, her King St era, St Catherines, The PATH, knee injuries, biking in Toronto, Billy Strings, sobriety, John Mayer, The Grateful Dead, Hanlans, Trinity Bellwoods, 'Operation Big Sandwich', Le Swan, Lambo's Deli and much more!
City Pool Warrior
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
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1 hr 8 min
March 11 Ep183 - "Warm In The Winter" (Free Section)
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We're back with our weekly one on one pod to discuss spring weather, the Loveless patio, people pretending to work at cafes, Que Ling Restaurant, La Salumeria, Kaisers, Cootie Catcher at Low Bar, house shows, 107 Shaw, Tim Mcready's NXNE parties, Angel Dust at Danforth United, Cock Sparrer, Graham Hunt, Amigo's bar, Goldeneye 007, DJing with Martyn Bootyspoon, Dannys Next Door, the Mile End Kicks trailer and much more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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18 min
March 03 Ep182 - "Wet Hot Style Wars" with Famous Players
Famous Players were an infamous DJ duo from Toronto. Looked down upon by older DJ's in the scene, they made a name for themselves breaking the rules by using iPods, wearing matching outfits and performing premixed sets. In the span of six months they went from playing tiny venues to opening for Hillary Duff at the Scotiabank Arena. Eventually, they learned to DJ.
Famous players sat down with us to discuss The Drake Hotel, Brantford Ontario, Sunrise Records, Blockbuster, Pink Mafia, Shanghai Cowgirl, making hour long mix cds of a single track, Myspace, Gypsy Co-op, being hated by vinyl DJs, nightlife reporters, Now Magazine, weekly parties, mash ups, getting a letter from Elijah Wood, $2 drinks, Ai Homer, iPod battles, Circa, event photographers, DJing at Jack Astors and much more!
Adam Jackson
Jeff Hayward
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 23 min
February 27 Ep181 - "Starters"
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We're back with another one on one pod to discuss Miller Lite, winter cottages, ice fishing, people who walk on frozen lakes, Tony Price & Bernardino Femminielli live at Cafeteria, seated concerts, hardcore shows starting too early, "lights on" DJ sets, Swiss Chalet, hot chicken sandwiches, calling appetizers "starters", salad before or after a meal, Terroni, Face / Off, the Bonaventure Hotel in LA, Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie, Toronto in 2008, "going downtown", The Eaton Centre, fare inspectors and much more!
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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COLD POD
23 min
February 20 Ep180 - "The Entertainer" with Bernardino Femminielli
Bernardino Femminielli is a Paris based artist who's most recent singles "JEUX DE RÉGRESSION / REQUIEM D'UN MAÎTRE-CHIEN" we're released last year on Maximum Exposure. A joint album with Tony Price will be released later this year. Bernardino sat down with us to discuss tombstones, after parties, sleeping in the streets of Manhattan, getting groped by creeps, NYC stalkers, keeping secrets, cheap thrills, getting banned from America, moving to Paris, anti heroes, 'Daddy & Johnny', the blurred lines between life and art, the down side of being a showman, self sabotage, shock value, confrontational art, his controversial performance at La Bourse de Commerce, playing with a live band, baby oil, starting over, soundtracking a Chanel runway show, reinvention, his upcoming project with Tony Price and much more!
Bernardino Femminielli
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 17 min
February 13 Ep179 - "Superstylin" with Michelle Rabin
Michelle Rabin is a food stylist, culinary producer and co-host of "Just A Dash" with chef Matty Matheson. Season three of "Just A Dash" is streaming now on Netflix. Michelle sat down with us to discuss people who wear converse in the winter, shake warmers, restaurants vs take out, walk ins, solo dining, single plate dinners, Chicken Marbella, 90's food, Earls, Dotty's, her algorithm, fibre, Value Village as a cure for constipation, recipe testing, interning at Chatelaine, saucy food, content creator trends, unscripted television, Food Network stars, working in front of and behind the camera, unsolicited d*ck pics and much more!
Michelle Rabin
Josh McIntyre
Nick Marian
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1 hr 24 min