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Down to the Wire episodes
- Bringing Back Bullying (with Nick Burden)
Nick Burden joins the show today, owner of The Laugh Lounge, Ottawa's newest comedy club. We had ourselves an episode, pushing close to 2 hours, we had about a million conversations ranging from random side hustles, the East Coast, surviving the jungle, surviving the apocalypse, surviving bullying and just the lads being lads.
In our Back Page News we get into the following stories;
Argentina cracks down on football fans who tear up money to taunt locals (40:38)
Florida man arrested for DUI wearing 'I'm the Reason the Beer's Always Gone' t-shirt (53:04)
Trans Jan 6 rioter is begging Marjorie Taylor Greene to get her into a women's prison (1:01:04)
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1 hr 40 min - 2. Down to the Beat: pHoenix Pagliacci
Lots of energy in today's episode, we're at Budweiser Stage in Toronto to sit down with pHoenix Pagliacci ahead of her performance at Manifesto Festival.
We summon Tincel Man, talk about her Hip Hop/R&B duo TRP.P, the ups and downs of being in a duo with her partner, and she teases her album coming out this Fall.
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12 min - The Mud Wizard Returns (feat. Saukrates)
This week we do our first solo pod in a couple of weeks, but we do have a quick feature with Canadian music legend Saukrates (3:39). He joins us for a brief 8 minutes to talk about his work with the Wu-Tang and reacts to an all time Back Page News story, The Mud Wizard.
Following that we get into these Back Page News stories;Spider Capable of Causing Permanent Erections Shuts Down Entire Supermarket (15:04).Putin’s adviser says U.S. is using brainwashing to make gay Ukrainian super-soldiers (36:36).Follow Down to the Wire on IG Subscribe to our YouTube Channel, check out our website & read our blogs, be a lot cooler if you did.
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49 min - Trump Crashes Wedding After Court (with Moe Ismail)
This weeks episode is recorded in Toronto with comedian Moe Ismail who is just coming off of his Just For Laughs 'New Faces' showcase in Montreal. But that's just his night gig, by day he's a substitute teacher fending off unsolicited DM's.
After some chit chat about comedy, we get into the Back Page News, today we dive into the following stories;
Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas (30:21).
US snake hunters fight pythons big enough to devour gators (37:58).
Donald Trump crashes wedding with speech wearing same suit he had on in court (53:26).
An overrun Miami suburb will snip its Peacocks (and not in the feathers) (1:00:48).
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1 hr 18 min - 1. Down to the Beat: Clairmont The Second
We're backstage at Manifesto Festival in Toronto for the second straight year, and we have a string of 4 episodes featuring artists that took Budweiser Stage dropping over the next month.
To kick-off the Down to the Beat reboot, we're starting with a sit-down with Clairmont The Second, a Toronto-based artist that has been on our radar for years. We talk about his thoughts on artists hitting 'quotas' that aren't natural, his short film 'Full Circle', and how he puts concepts into his art.
Listen to Clairmont The Second on Spotify, Apple Music or wherever you stream music.
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28 min - Reacting to Racist AI (with Serge Nkusi)
This week we welcome on Ottawa Comedian, Serge Nkusi, the walk-out king. We share some controversial jokes that didn't blow over well and get sticky before getting into the Back Page News.
In this weeks Back Page News, we discover and analyze the weirdest stories on the internet, such as;
An Asian Woman Asked AI to Improve Her Headshot and It Turned Her White (18:42)
Google Street View car leads Indiana police on 100 mph chase, crashes into creek (33:27)
Twitch streamer facing charges of inciting a riot after threatening to give away PS5s (42:15)
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1 hr 2 min - The Brooklyn 'Guitar Maestro' is Running for President in 2024
Daniel Boronico, the self-proclaimed 'Guitar Maestro' who runs a tanning salon business with Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino, and a supposed limo business with Billy Joel is running for president.
He just might be the most interesting man in America.
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16 min - Cocaine Sharks
Cocaine dumped in the sea off Florida could have 'crazy' consequences if sharks eat it, scientists find.
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15 min - Writers Strike Sabotaged by Universal Studios
Universal Studios was fined for trimming trees that were keeping shade for protesters in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Strike.
This being yet another occurrence in an eventful week for Hollywood, with Barbenheimer setting a new tone for what Hollywood will look like in the future.Follow Down to the Wire on IG Subscribe to our YouTube Channel, check out our website & read our blogs, be a lot cooler if you did.
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18 min - Toxic Shaming: Hong Kong's Plan to Eliminate Cigarettes
Professor Lo Chung-mau, Hong Kong's health minister, has a plan to make the region a smoke free environment -- by publicly shaming smokers.
He believes that if society starts collectively shaming smokers, it will encourage smokers to quit the habbit. Will this actually work? Or will this be another instance of a nations 'solution' that ultimately leads to a perverse incentive.
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About Down to the Wire
From the publisher's feed
Jacob Racco makes his guests react to weird stories he finds on the internet. (Comedy & Satire News Show)