The Stringer

Taylor Shold (Hockey Night in Canada)opens up his chat with Clay with some mad love for Ryerson's RTA program (5:58) before pondering the viability of a poorly thought out joint podcast venture (21:02). Clay gets called out for being an ass (24:31), we discover how a millennial removes a bat from his home (30:46), Taylor's rules for TV watching (38:13), that one time Taylor was on Suits (40:22), birthing Shold Media Group (49:51) and getting shoutouts from Ron and Grapes on Coach's Corner (59:25).

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Gareth Wheeler (TSN) and Clay talk about Wheeler's college years (10:23), story telling in the sports world (13:28), how social media is just weird (22:09), Gareth's 12 year battle with malignant melanoma (26:40), how Gareth and Clay are just steps away from being two old men sitting on a porch (33:04), Stranger Things 2 (39:18), Gareth's guilty pleasure (46:06), an ode to Looch & Eryn (55:12), Clay's embarrassing confession #6 (1:03:42) and Wheeler's words of wisdom (1:08:00).

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Hitting double digits is an accomplishment within itself, and there's no one better to be part of our big one-oh than Kat Stefankiewicz (NBA TV Canada). Please forgive the audio issues, because I'm sure you're absolutely going to adore the chatter about being half Pisces and half Aries (5:04), followed by the great debate over Kat/Katherine/Kasia/Kash (7:06), our discussion over the idea that the enemy of creativity is ego (14:21) or the term 'Everything Happens for a Reason' (18:11). We explore the Kash & Clay origin story (29:24), as well as the fact that we didn't plan this (36:10), before Clay's embarrassing confession (40:55) and recognition and discussion surrounding #MeToo (45:53). And then before closing out we discuss what Kat wants for Christmas (1:05:17) and something that's most certainly does not pass of a 'pickup line' at the bar (1:07:22).

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Long time friend Devang Desai (EA Sports) makes a special visit to Toronto and stops by the podcast to talk about that time our airplane got a flat tire (5:52), the days when Devang was in politics (11:41), getting too close to the DMZ (14:31), Baltimore, a prosthetic leg and Barack Obama (16:52), the Devang & Clay origin story (26:47), early days at the Score (27:44), how Roger Federer changed Devang's relationship with his dad (29:30), how most of us aren't shit heads (32:24), Devang's sisters being the coolest ever (35:35) and Devang's new podcast - The Sport Chronicle (38:42).

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World's collide as the boys from the Mike on Much podcast, Mike Veerman and Shane Cunningham, join Clay and Greg for 90 minutes of laughs. It's an anecdote laden podcast that starts talking about mutual friend and popular Mike on Much character "The Nut" (4:17), then pivoting to jorts in the desert (9:55), Teen Wolf 3: Return of the Wolf (25:29), the time Shane tried to fight Eddie Della Siepe (34:27), Trek Talk with Mike V (35:57), "Yes, And" - the sad anecdote game (42:15), and the Dustin Diamond story (59:14). Before we wrap up Shane tries to set Clay up with his sister (1:09:38), there's a Vince Carter story (1:13:03), the time when Mike was punked by Puddle of Mud (1:16:39) and then finally parting words of wisdom from Mike, Shane and Greg (1:25:11).

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Duane Watson (TSN / NBATV Canada) joins the podcast this week and takes us on a magical journey that spans almost more topics than Clay can keep up with. Starting with a subject we all wish was better enforced; sports scrum etiquette (4:51) we move to Lego, the building blocks of champions (11:03), then to the origin of Duane's nickname (15:46), TV binge habits (24:43), the Janet Jackson story (35:31), Duane's move to sports (41:18), Star Trek vs Star Wars (53:35), NBA talk (1:16:56) and then we end on Clay's firm belief that Saturday Night Live is an American institution that must not change (1:18:40).

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World travelling cinematographer Jeffrey Garriock (Know Your Onions) is on the podcast and boy oh boy you're in for a doozie. I'm not sure if there is another twist or turn this conversation could take as we start off rewriting the English language (9:21), move to scuba diving in Iceland (11:05), then we rewrite world geography (14:38), hear the story of when Jeff's plane was on fire (26:01), his being interrogated by Moroccan secret police (29:26), a big giant super secret Maple Leafs shoot (35:31), the time when Jeff was the George Clooney of Thailand (51:48), and we wrap up with a bunch of super nerdy film gear talk (57:35).

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If a gear, gadget and tech expert shacked up with a hockey reporter, their offspring would be David Alter. David takes us on a magical journey that involves tech talk (3:50), a love affair with U2 (11:30), what you should know about Toronto (27:33), digital timeouts (37:15), Alter the innovator (42:29), hacker renegades (46:01), Sandra Bullock and The Net (48:13), Nazem Kadri's cat (51:27) and some app and website talk (53:23).

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Emily Agard (MLSE Live) is this week's guest so that Clayton could find someone to talk Foo Fighters, Brittany Spears, N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls and Brand New with. Greg is back as cohost as the group of three (and Kylee) chat Emily's athletic aspirations (10:04), her musical aspirations (14:41), Foo'gasms (18:32), Emily's first live concert (23:37) another embarrassing confession from Clay (25:42), Emily's Ariana Grande story (30:54), when Emily met the Foo Fighters (55:17) and we create perhaps the greatest (and most eclectic) music festival lineup ever (59:16).

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Laura Armstrong (The Toronto Star) is the perfect blend of Country Music and The Wu-Tang Clan... huh?! Laura talks to Clay about all the fun stuff including sports travel as the rookie (12:07), what Hogwarts house she would be sorted in to (18:45), the Christmas gift that made her cry (24:00), not wanting your firstborn (37:25), her eclectic taste in music (46:45), the klutzy boat story (55:42), the Mormon story (58:13), her superpower (1:02:41), and Laura shares her social media horror story (1:14:01).

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