House of Crouse

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast: My guest today isn’t a psychic but fifteen years ago in a book called “Pandemic,” he wrote that the world was well overdue for a killer virus. On the Richard Crouse Show Podcast I speak with Daniel Kalla, an emergency room doctor, the head of the ER department at St. Paul’s hospital in Vancouver and the author of bestselling books including his most recent novel “The Last High.” We talk about his pandemic prediction, why we have been lucky as a planet and if he ever feels like a character in one of his own books.

Then... as the lead guitarist and singer for the platinum selling Big Sugar my next guest has employed his signature six string stomp to giant hits like “Diggin’ a Hole”, “The Scene”, “Turn the Lights On” and “Roads Ahead.” Gordie johnson zooms in from his Soundshack Studios, just outside of Austin, Texas to discuss Big Sugar’s new album “Eternity Now,” their first in five years, his love of doubleneck guitars and how being in isolation is kind of like being a musician on the road.

On the May 24, 2020 episode of The Richard Crouse Show we meet comedian and author Mark Critch, photographer Paul Perrier and “The Trip to Greece” star Rob Brydon. Critch talks about life in isolation in Newfoundland, photobombing Justin Trudeau and offering Pamela Anderson $1 million to quit acting. Photographer Paul Perrier talks about “The Mask Project” on Instagram (search thetorontoportrait) and then British comedian Rob Brydon joins us from England to talk about Al Pacino, whether he’s keen to fly on a plane again, meeting Michael Caine, and, of course, the fourth instalment of “The Trip” series, “The Trip to Greece” available this week on VOD.

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Fourteen! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, going underground, a gang war in rhyme and the beginning of a franchise. #Buried #ChiRaq #FirstBlood

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Thirteen! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, a financial crisis, a blacklisted writer and a troubled trumpeter. #TheBigShort #Trumbo #BornToBeBlue

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet comedian and actor Sean Cullen. We find out his #COVID19COMEDYFEST, how “Full Metal Jacket” influenced his humour, why he hates “Mrs. Doubtfire” and what it was like playing twins in the new Netflix animated movie “The Willoughbys.” Then, internationally best selling author and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs visits via Zoom. We talk about finding the real life inspiration for her wildly popular series of Temperance Brennan "Bones" novels, why she doesn't wear rings anymore and why crime books are so popular. Come visit with us! In isolation we are united!

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Twelve! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, a strange biography, lovestruck bank robbers and a cabin in the woods. #ALiarsBiographyTheUntrueStoryofMontyPythonsGrahamChapman #TheTown #ACabinInTheWoods

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Almost Live from Isolation Studios! Richard speaks to Kristian Bruun, star of “Orphan Black,” “Carter” and “Ready or Not.” Join us to hear about life as a Los Angeles-based actor during the pandemic, how packs of coyotes have been spotted in his neighbourhood and how his character Donnie from “Orphan Black” would fare during self-isolation. Then, we meet Laura Vandervoort, star of “Rabid,” new to VOD this week. We talk about her recent consultation with a dog psychic, why you should never drink the fake blood on a movie set and her hand washing tips. Come visit with us! In isolation we are united!

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast we meet Gordon Deppe, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for The Spoons. The writer of big hits like "Romantic Traffic," "Nova Heart," "Old Emotions" and "Tell No Lies" joins me to talk about what should have been a celebratory summer season for The Spoons, who turn forty years old this year, the band’s brand new album “New Day New World”—and play the title track for us live!—why he doesn’t feel like writing songs right now and what it is like being married to a front line worker. Then, we speak to tv host, author, designer and olive oil farmer, Debbie Travis. From her home in London, England she describes what’s happening in her neighborhood, why she left her retreat in Tuscany when the pandemic started and why may be the perfect time to reinvent your life, which just happens to be the subject of her best selling book, “Design Your Next Chapter: How to Realize Your Dreams and Reinvent Your Life, now out in paperback. Come visit with us! In isolation we are united!

This week on the Richard Crouse Show Podcast: Almost Live from Isolation Studios! Richard speaks to Michael Greyeyes, star of “Blood Quantum,” new to VOD this week. We talk about the film’s social messages of identity and survival and, on a lighter note, what it’s like to be covered in fake blood. The, we meet Amy Jo Johnson, director of “Tammy’s Always Dying,” a new film starring Felicity Huffman about a woman who says, “I’m not a good person, but I am a good time.” We talk about releasing a film during a pandemic, how her fans from her “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” are the fuel to the engine of her new career as a director and much more. Come visit with us! In isolation we are united!

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Eleven! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, wrestling, murder, aliens and keeping time. #Foxcatcher #AttackTheBlock #Whiplash