Pop Life

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Five! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Richard Crouse at Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, there’s trouble in the kitchen, thrill killers and “Gucci!” #NoseToTail #TheStrangersPreyAtNight #EighthGrade Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Five! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Richard Crouse at Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, too much money, a murderous game and SSSHHH! They’re listening! #GenerationWealth #GameNight #AQuietPlace Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Five! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Richard Crouse at Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, a human-animal hybrid, a homemade superhero and a country music legend. #Defendor #Splice #CrazyHeart

Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Five! 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, Ozark drug dealers, driving lessons and teenage rock n' roll!

Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

#WintersBone #TheRunaways #LearningToDrive

What to watch when you’ve already watched everything Part Four! 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, rogue cops, troubled troubadours, a chef and a story about a cat! #DirtyHarry #Chef #InsideLlewynDavis

Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

What to watch when you've already watched everything Part Three! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Richard Crouse at Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movies to stream, rent or buy from the comfort of home isolation. Today, road warriors, romantic zombies and an underemployed dancer. #MadMaxFuryRoad #WarmBodies #FrancesHa

Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

What to watch when you've already watched everything Part Two! Binge worthy, not cringe worthy recommendations from Richard Crouse Isolation Studios in the eerily quiet downtown Toronto. Three movie choices to stream, rent or buy that will help fill the minutes until we can comfortably cough in public once again. And no, "Electric Boogaloo" is not one of the selections. Today, a fictional lover, a youthful queen and a man on a mission. #Ruby Sparks #TheYoungVictoria #TheWorldsEnd

Some language may not be appropriate for all listeners. NSFW

This week we’re talking about reunions. Later the “Pop Life” panel, that’s Gordon Deppe of The Spoons, Monika Deol of Electric Circus and DeGrassi’s Stacie Mistysyn talk about revisiting the past in the here and now…

But first… singer-songwriter, author, political activist and occasional actor Bob Geldof stops by the Pop Life bar. He became famous as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and became a legend when he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia and went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid. He is an accomplished solo artist whose charitable work continues to this day.

We were supposed to talk about the Boomtown Rats, "Citizens of Boomtown," their first album in 36 years and a lead single, "Trash Glam Baby,” but, as you’re about to find out, that was just a starting point for a much wider conversation. I hope you enjoy listening to Bob Geldof as much as I enjoyed speaking with him.

This week on the Pop Life Podcast: We meet an actor who plays a doctor on one of the most popular shows on television. You’ve seen Christina Chong in films like "28 Days" and "Random Hearts," and on television on "24,""CSI: Miami,""Boston Legal," "Suits," and "Nashville" but she is best known as Dr. Audrey Lim on "The Good Doctor." We talk about a little bit of everything, including what it was like to move to the United States from Taiwan when she was a teenager and the kind of research she does about medical procedures to convincingly play a doctor on TV.

Later in the show, on the “Pop Life” panel, we have two real doctors, Dr. Brian Goldman—he’s an ER physician, host of CBC's White Coat, Black Art and author of the national bestseller "Power Of Kindness," Dr. Raj Waghmare, he’s an Emergency Physician and Canada's ER Blogger--Read his stories at www.ERTales.com and www.theoverheadpage.com--and an actor who plays a doctor on television, that’s Transplant’s Ayisha Issa to talk about the real life medicine versus what we see on television.

This week on The Pop Life Podcast: the multi-Gold and Platinum-selling Bif Naked has been called a Punk Princess, Rock Goddess, and Legend… she’s all that and more. Add to the list, Cancer Survivor, Mentor and Entrepreneur. With a new tour, a new record and her own CBD brand, Bif is busier than ever. She found time to stop by the Pop Life bar to talk about the record that made her take up music over medicine, how her cancer diagnosis changed her and taking risks! 

Then, the “Pop Life” panel, sports podaster Shireen Ahmed, Indigenous Fashion Week co-founder Sage Paul and Roxy Earle, Founder of #MySizeRox, talk about why each of them chose the path less travelled.