The Hale Brothers Podcast

After 28 years and roughly 50,000 kilometres, British adventurer Karl Bushby finally made it home. The five Hale brothers try to understand the rules, border problems, frozen seas, jungle crossings and marathon swims behind one of the strangest endurance feats ever attempted.

Then, naturally, they eat chocolate.

This week, Whoppers face Maltesers, Bounty takes on Dollarama’s Island Bar, and a simple taste test turns into an argument about whether taste or texture matters more. That leads to frozen gravy, tarantulas, paper straws, chewing toilet paper, hot chocolate with ice cream, bread soaked in milk and a chicken nugget left to stew in chocolate milk.

Troy also tells the story of drinking an entire glass of mustard water because he thought it would make him throw up. It did not. Elsewhere, Dad accidentally drinks bleach, Troy tests hot-tub pH with his mouth, and one brother finally discovers a texture he cannot defend: pig brains with the consistency of pudding.

None of this should be considered nutritional advice.

The Hale Brothers Podcast features five brothers from Medicine Hat, Alberta, with sixteen children between them. You may also remember them from their three-episode run on Family Feud Canada.

Hosted by Troy Hale, Bradley Hale, Brock Hale, Tyson Hale and Tanner Hale.

Our guys’ night, recorded.

Listen and meet the brothers: https://troyhale.ca/podcast

What’s the best Halloween candy? Which treat deserves to stay at the bottom of the bag? And does the ridge on a Tootsie Pop run around the equator or from pole to pole?

Before tackling those important questions, the five Hale brothers celebrate the news that their Family Feud Canada episodes are now streaming on Netflix Canada, debate the greatest Canadian television shows, admire Ted Lasso and accidentally invent “trickle treat.”

Then it’s time to raid the kids’ Halloween bags. We debate Coffee Crisp, Mr. Big, Kit Kat Chunky, Arrow, Twix, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and some suspiciously good Dollarama chocolate bars. Along the way, we investigate the Caramilk secret, compare Whoppers with Maltesers, question whether liking black licorice is simply part of aging and remember the homemade puffed-rice balls handed out in our childhood neighbourhood.

Plus: molasses kisses, Dots, Crunchie bars, Hawkins Cheezies, cans of pop and the annual question of whether parents are entitled to steal their children’s best candy.

The Hale Brothers Podcast features five brothers from Medicine Hat, Alberta, with sixteen children between them. You may also remember us from our three-episode run on Family Feud Canada.

Hosted by Troy Hale, Bradley Hale, Brock Hale, Tyson Hale and Tanner Hale.

Our guys’ night, recorded.

Listen and meet the brothers: https://troyhale.ca/podcast

Why do we call Bradley “Beavis” when we weren’t even allowed to watch Beavis and Butt-Head? How did a hockey goalie inspire Troy’s nickname? And what did Brock type into someone’s phone to become “Chark J”?

In this short bonus episode of The Hale Brothers Podcast, we explain our birth order and the nicknames you’ll hear throughout the show. Some have stories. Some are spelling mistakes. One of Tyson’s lasted just long enough for Mom to shut it down.

Meet the five brothers from Medicine Hat, Alberta, who appeared on three episodes of Family Feud Canada. Same parents. Sixteen children between us. A surprising number of names to keep track of.

Hosted by Troy Hale, Bradley Hale, Brock Hale, Tyson Hale, and Tanner Hale.

Our guys’ night, recorded.

Listen to the full episodes and meet the brothers: https://troyhale.ca/podcast

Five brothers plan Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, nobody knows whether the plans are official, who likes turkey, or what pumpkin pie actually is.

In this Canadian Thanksgiving episode of The Hale Brothers Podcast, we debate the best holiday foods: stuffing versus dressing, turkey versus ham, pumpkin pie and whether sweet potatoes covered in marshmallows count as dinner.

Then we revisit Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa’s house: jumping into piles of leaves, playing Monster and a mysterious path into Kin Coulee that apparently only opens once a year.

Along the way, Troy explains his ice-based approach to hydration, we disagree about making everyone announce what they’re thankful for, and childhood plates of beige food lead to a conversation about picky eating.

Five brothers from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Sixteen children between us. You may remember us from our three-episode run on Family Feud Canada.

Our guys’ night, recorded.

Hosted by Troy Hale, Bradley Hale, Brock Hale, Tyson Hale, and Tanner Hale.

Follow the show for more sibling arguments, family stories and questionable opinions.

Listen and meet the brothers: https://troyhale.ca/podcast

Troy calls The Odyssey one of cinema’s greatest accomplishments. His brothers would like him to explain himself. Preferably without quoting another podcast.

This week, The Hale Brothers Podcast gets into the movies, music and comedy we love, and why we don’t always understand each other’s taste.

We debate Ted Lasso’s appeal, compare Coyote vs. Acme and The End of Oak Street, and question Troy’s movie-rating system. Then we revisit our favourite “Weird Al” Yankovic songs, from Amish Paradise and White & Nerdy to Albuquerque and Frank’s 2000" TV.

Along the way: a teacher’s surprisingly treasured sticky-note birthday gifts, Milli Vanilli and lip-syncing, Michael Bublé live, Nathan Fielder’s uncomfortable comedy, and a viewing of The Pelican Brief that left a few things unresolved.

Five brothers from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Sixteen kids between us. You may remember us from our three-episode run on Family Feud Canada. This is our guys’ night, recorded.

Hosted by Troy Hale, Bradley Hale, Brock Hale, Tyson Hale, and Tanner Hale.

Follow The Hale Brothers Podcast for more conversations, sibling arguments and questionable opinions.

Five brothers from Medicine Hat, Alberta. Three episodes of Family Feud Canada. $10,695 in winnings. And a few answers we’re still trying to explain.

We tell the story of how we got on Family Feud Canada, from a Backstreet Boys audition video filmed in one take to meeting host Gerry Dee and facing the pressure of Fast Money.

Along the way: Brock buzzes in before his brain catches up, Tanner defends “specifically chickens,” and a question about microwaving hot dogs becomes a lasting source of disagreement.

We share what happened behind the scenes, including travel and hotel arrangements, lunch with Gerry, keeping the results secret from our wives, and why we split the winnings with our sister, Shelby. Our dad also calls mid-recording to discuss an electrical outlet and a toilet seat. Naturally, we answer.

And six years later, Troy and Tanner discover they’ve both been blaming themselves for losing the final game. At least we got some GIFs out of it.

Hosted by Troy Hale, Bradley Hale, Brock Hale, Tyson Hale, and Tanner Hale.

Who was the favourite child?

Who caused the most trouble?

And how do five brothers grow up in the same family with such different memories?

In the first episode of The Hale Brothers Podcast, Troy, Brad, Brock, Tyson and Tanner compare notes on growing up together in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

You might recognize them from their three-episode run on Family Feud Canada. Now they have their own questions to argue about.

It started when youngest brother Tanner moved home and wanted to spend more time with his four brothers, learn from their experiences as fathers and make those hangouts happen.

With 16 children between them, there’s plenty to discuss. First, though: what kind of family produced these guys?

This episode includes:

• ​The favourite child, the troublemakers and the brother who defended everyone
• ​A paper route that secretly became an excuse to meet a girl
• ​Becoming the oldest brother at home when the older ones moved away
• ​Inheriting your brothers’ opinions about basketball and punk music
• ​Happy childhoods, difficult teenage years and things siblings don’t always notice
• ​Disney soundtracks and the ’90s songs their own kids now love

F​​unny family stories, sibling arguments and a few unexpectedly honest moments.

It’s our guys night, but out loud.