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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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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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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Cocaine dumped in the sea off Florida could have 'crazy' consequences if sharks eat it, scientists find.

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Universal Studios was fined for trimming trees that were keeping shade for protesters in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Strike.

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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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