Tall Can Audio - A Pint Of Canadian Sports Talk

Welcome to another not pleasant - but tolerable - episode of the Tall Can Audio podcast.

We welcome Michaela Schreiter back from the DL and talk about what's kept her sidelined. She's not totally back to 100% so it's up to Matt to carry the beer load today and he goes off the board for a little something different.

Talk quickly turns to the news that rocked the Canadian football world this week - that being that the CFL has entered in to some discussions with The Rock and the XFL about possible opportunities to work together. Could this be the end of the 3 Down version of the game? How much change are Canadian football fans willing to put up with to see their league survive?

Later on we get in to the NHL's new TV deal in the US with ESPN and what it's implications are for the league in general. And we wind things down by taking a look at the Justin Bieber music video dedicated to the Toronto Maple Leafs and why it had so many people melting down.

All that and plenty more in a jam packed edition of the podcast.

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TCA 1000!

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Welcome inside the 800th episode of the Tall Can Audio podcast. I know. We're as surprised as you to still be here.

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We kick off the episode with our usual craft beer talk and then immediately move to our tribute to the great Walter Gretzky.

We welcome in Mick Ferris from the W Ross Macdonald School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to tell us about a very special relationship Mr. Gretzky formed with the facility that not many have heard about.

Later on we return to our usual nonsense and discuss the internet being up in arms about the desexualizing of Lola Bunny in the upcoming Space Jam sequel, the Tom Wilson suspension, Darryl Sutter being brought in to Calgary to punish the Flames, the NBA All Star Game being all set to become a super spreader event and plenty more.

We're happy to mark our 800th show and we thank each and every one of you for joining us for one or all of these shows. It's been a pleasure ripping pints with you.

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TCA 1000!

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Welcome inside your Friday morning podcast and with Schreids on the DL for the day you're getting an extra dose of Rob this week.

On the agenda for this edition of the podcast: an anniversary for Toronto Maple Leafs fans that doesn't induce dread, Alex Ovechkin swats flies (in the scrotum), things are getting a little tense around the Edmonton Oilers and their media, how good or bad has

the North Division in the NHL actually been, ownership's impact on a team's success and lots more.

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TCA 1000!

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Great show for you today as we're joined by Steve Bunda and Graham Creech of TSN 1200 to talk all things MMA over a beer or two.

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We kick things off where we always do - the beers! Talk quickly turns to where everyone initially found the sport and how they became fans of the UFC. Later on we get in to whether or not MMA has reached it's peak or if it's still possible it could become more mainstream on network television. And finally we take a look at the huge UFC 259 card coming up this weekend.

This was a really fun show with a couple of real good guys and we think there's something here for everyone - whether you're a fight fan or not.

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TCA 1000!

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On today's show we are stoked to welcome Dr Vicky Forster to discuss some hockey and answer Matt's idiot pandemic questions over a pint or two.

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We kick things off by running through Vicky's background and how this English-born academic found herself sampling Ontario craft beers during hockey games in the middle of a Canadian winter.

Later on talk turns to embracing the National sport and how it helped with fitting in to a new home, her first attempts at skating and whether or not she knew the heartbreak that would come with joining Leafs Nation. And of course we take some time to look at this year's team and how things are going so far in the North Division.

And finally Matt has a chance to ask the questions that are on many of our minds about our current situation as it pertains to the pandemic, how we got here and whether it was avoidable in this country, whether there's any reason at all for hesitation about the vaccines rolling out, whether we're facing one more brutal spike and accompanying lockdown, her level of optimism that the end could really be in sight and tons more.

It was great to have a chance to speak to someone who has a great handle on what's real and what's junk science and have her put it in to proper contexts and a language we can all understand and it makes this a can't miss episode of the show.

Here’s the link to the story Vicky referenced towards the end of the show for those interested.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/could-too-much-time-between-doses-drive-coronavirus-outwit-vaccineS

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TCA 1000!

Don’t forget that the thousandth episode of Tall Can Audio podcast will drop Monday August 8th. Matty Laing, Michaela Schreiter, Rob Christy and Matt Robinson will all be in the TCA Studio together for the very first time. Don’t miss it!

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On your Monday morning edition of the podcast the boys discuss some of the outrage that Rob created with his comments on last week's show, their craft beers of the day, views on Crosby's Golden Goal over a decade later, the Montreal Canadiens being stuck in the Stone Age with their hiring practices, the Toronto Blue Jays deciding to do away with their radio broadcasts, how to handle this season's NHL Entry Draft and tons more.

Thanks to James Mellish for letting us use his Anthem for Sens Sickos as our outro today. Find him on Twitter @SilverSeekerMTG.

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TCA 1000!

Don’t forget that the thousandth episode of Tall Can Audio podcast will drop Monday August 8th. Matty Laing, Michaela Schreiter, Rob Christy and Matt Robinson will all be in the TCA Studio together for the very first time. Don’t miss it!

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On the Friday morning edition of TCA Matt and Michaela help you get set for the weekend with some more craft beer chatter and sports talk.

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On the agenda: fall out from Wednesday's discussion with the Ottawa REDBLACKS new quarterback Matt Nichols, which beers are on the go today, whether Brady Tkachuk has a little extra hate for the Montreal Canadiens in his game, the ridiculous ongoing hate for William Nylander and why it's not even based in reality, the Calgary Flames vs Ottawa Senators matchup dominating the schedule for the next two weeks, why the Claude Julien firing maybe have been a little non-sensical, whether the pandemic impacted who the Habs would select as their new Head Coach, the possibility that having already had and recovered from COVID-19 might actually make you more valuable to teams down the stretch and we announce our next guest.

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TCA 1000!

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On today's show Matt and Michaela are joined by Chris Hofley and the brand new Ottawa REDBLACKS QB Matt Nichols!

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We kick it off where we always do - going around the horn with which craft beers everyone has brought to the table and Nichols makes it known right away he's going to fit in nicely here.

Conversation turns to how Matt felt when first confronted with the notion of coming to Canada and what that adjustment was like, after years in Canadian football hotbeds what lead him to Ottawa, his unique relationship with REDBLACKS coach Paul LaPolice and how it will impact his adjustment to the team, which guys on the Ottawa D he's pumped to no longer be facing off against, what he knows about his new home and things he's looking forward to when he gets here, spending time through the pandemic as a more stay at home Dad and so much more.

The new guy under centre for RNation was a pleasure to talk to and seems real excited to get to work in the Nation's Capital. Football isn't that far down the road so join us here to get to know your new quarterback, Ottawa!

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Mentioned in this episode:

TCA 1000!

Don’t forget that the thousandth episode of Tall Can Audio podcast will drop Monday August 8th. Matty Laing, Michaela Schreiter, Rob Christy and Matt Robinson will all be in the TCA Studio together for the very first time. Don’t miss it!

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man oh man what a jam packed show!

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Today we get in to our usual craft beer nonsense, the Tragically Hip's "Road Apples" album, the anniversary of Team Canada winning gold at the Salt Lake City Olympics Women's Hockey Tournament, the Buffalo Sabres falling apart and why it hasn't worked with

Taylor Hall, Jack Eichel's future, Auston Matthews' chase for 50 goals in this shortened season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sidney Crosby's place in history as he hits a thousand games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the NHL's upcoming US tv deal and how ESPN

could factor in and so much more.

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Mentioned in this episode:

TCA 1000!

Don’t forget that the thousandth episode of Tall Can Audio podcast will drop Monday August 8th. Matty Laing, Michaela Schreiter, Rob Christy and Matt Robinson will all be in the TCA Studio together for the very first time. Don’t miss it!

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On today's episode of the show Matt and Michaela go in depth on this week's series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators and all the weirdness that's gone in to it.

Also inside: our usual craft beer chatter, breweries you might want to visit when restrictions lift, early thoughts on Major League Baseball's Spring Training, excitement levels for this year's Toronto Blue Jays, the mammoth deal the San Diego Padres signed this week with Fernando Tatis Jr and we announce our next big guest.

It's a jam packed show so let's go!

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Mentioned in this episode:

TCA 1000!

Don’t forget that the thousandth episode of Tall Can Audio podcast will drop Monday August 8th. Matty Laing, Michaela Schreiter, Rob Christy and Matt Robinson will all be in the TCA Studio together for the very first time. Don’t miss it!

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