The next time I hear a host on CBC say “y’all” I’m going to cross check that person in the teeth with a hockey stick dipped in maple syrup.

I am from Canada and my partner is from the US. We both listen to the CBC World Report podcast almost daily. Today, Thursday Jan 30, when I spoke to him about the segment on the farmers in Canada anticipating the US tariffs, he didn't know what I was talking about. We realized the story had been omitted from his episode, and another story was played in its place. I am wondering why he has a different version of the episode than me? Are episodes modified to appeal to different countries?

Growing up (late 80's to early 90's) my mom and her best friend always made "Hot Sauce." They both credit this recipe, which was sort of a tomato sauce - salsa hybrid, to something they heard and wrote down one day listening to Morningside. We loved it - put it on EVERYTHING - but neither of them can remember how to make it. Does anyone have a record of this? It would be awesome to make it for them again...and for my own family!

Hi everybody,

I worked for CBC Radio from 1998 to 2017…. life long listener as well…. I admit after retiring, I stopped listening as much, sort of like eating too much ice cream, I guess…

But I still consider CBC Radio an important asset for this country….

If the Tories get a majority, which does not seem quite as certain as a few weeks ago, do you think they will shut it down, reduce funding or go to a listener supported stripped down model? I would be interested in knowing what you dedicated listeners and advocates for public radio have to say…. Thanks….

Every morning while listening to the CBC morning show I’ve noticed something strange. When Saroja Coelho says “Have a great day”, a second later it echoes. Sometimes you just hear “day” again, sometimes the whole thing. Why don’t they fix this glitch?

In the early 90s, I was listening to CBC as I drove thru New York and caught part of an interview Vicki Gabereau did with Andrew Jones, a paleoscatologist who had just put a value on the famous large piece of fossilized poop known as the Lloyd's Bank Coprolite. Ever since then I have searched for a copy of this interview. It was one of the funniest things I have ever heard (and I am old and have heard a lot!).

I can find info on Vicki, Andrew, and plenty on the coprolite, but have failed to find a copy of the interview. I've searched in the online bowels of the CBC, of the Paleopathology Association, Ask MetaFilter, Reddit, and Facebook. Can anyone help?

Referrals it to CBC torrento or through go public?

I know the regional news reporter. Submitted my story to CBC Toronto desk.

But I'm curious how often does such story's get covered?

I really need an investigative journalists like CBC go public etc for help with my legal issues.

I used to love listening to Disc Drive with Jurgen Goethe, he was so charming and funny ❤️ There's no recordings online of him or of the show, does anyone have any leads?

Would love to hear again.

I have fond memories of driving with my mom as a kid and listening to Definitely Not The Opera. Anywhere I can find it?

Is anybody else not able to listen online?

Really enjoyed listening to this at the 5:00 am hour. I hope it is a permanent feature. Rachel Aviv in conversation about her recent piece on Alice Munro. Can we still love her? I do. A flawed human being who wrote about flawed human beings, and maybe had always preferred them in real life.

Hinton’s warning is serious & ominous. But check out Yann LeCun’s thoughts on regulating AI, aired on Kara Swisher’s 21dec podcast.

Anyone notice this strange typo?! I just saw it 🤔

World Report cautioning skiers to be aware of their surroundings in the backcountry… this group was brought up by a company who have experienced guides on board. It’s they that need to be looked at.

I'm hoping someone might be able to help me find something.

I remember one Christmas in the 90s while driving to Quebec to spend the season with family we listened to CBC Radio while driving through New Brunswick. During it, there was a recording of a story about a goat that ate dynamite, and the locals trying to figure out what to do about it.

It was hilarious. We laughed the entire way through. It was so good that once we crossed over the border at Campbellton and the time zone shifted back an hour we listened to it again.

Its been something that comes up every so often when reminiscing about Christmases past, and searched as I have I haven't found it. I'm wondering if anyone else remembers this, or knows where a recording might exist? Many thanks in advance.

Ironically, it used to be funnier when they didn’t have a live audience. Now it’s just Andrew Phung yelling (shouting ≠ funny), and Ashley Botting and Chris Siddiqui being chronically unfunny try-hards. I miss the old BN, and thankfully, Gavin Crawford is as great as he ever was. Controversial?

Working a lot on the road 15 odd years ago (give or take a few years) gave me ample time to listen to some great programs on CBC radio. In one particular segment Shelagh Rogers interviews a man who was a violinist that made a trek to South America with perhaps his father, brother, or friend and one of them had terminal cancer.

The goal of their journey was to record the violinist play in several churches along the way. The one recording that was played on the show was the most profound piece of music I'd ever heard.

Does anyone remember this segment? I've been trying to find the recordings and even reached out to the CBC and directly to Shelagh Rogers herself, but neither responded.

Hi everyone! I don't know if I'm the only one having this issue, but when I listen to the CBC podcast "white coat black art", regardless of with or without headphones, I hear this laser-like background noise, which makes it unbearable to listen to the podcast. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue and/or figured out how to fix it? Thanks for your input!

Is anyone else experiencing constant skipping with https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio ? I've tried the lite streaming as well (https://www.cbc.ca/lite/radio/live-radio) but the same thing happens. Every other second or so the sound skips out or speeds up... it's so disruptive I can't continue to listen. I did try turning it off and on again!

A lovely festive broadcast with Old Man Luedecke.

A year ago, at about this time, I posted a list of some my favourite older CBC Christmas-themed shows that were available for streaming. As Christmas is quickly approaching, I thought I would do the same again this year. Here’s my list of CBC Christmas goodies to listen to this season. I hope you enjoy listening to them as much I did.

MORNINGSIDE: The Christmas Tree Debate - Real or Artificial?

This REWIND episode has a great segment from a December 1990 Morningside show with Peter Gzowski. The show had a regularly occurring piece called the Morningside Debating Society where invited guests would debate on a particular topic with Gzowski acting as the moderator. The topic for this debate was Christmas Tree - Real or Artificial? The segment begins at about 33 minutes into the episode.

One of the debaters was the excellent journalist and author Ian Brown. I still miss his CBC radio show, Talking Books, which was a panel discussing new books and literary trends. It was cancelled in 2008 to make room for The Next Chapter, hosted by Shelagh Rogers, whom I also love. I just found the panel structure of Talking Books to be much more entertaining and engaging than the typical standard interview form of the Next Chapter.

AS IT HAPPENS:

I know, I know, AIH will be replaying several of ‘Fireside Al’s excellent Christmas stories. So, you won’t find them on my list here. I always look forward to listening to ‘The Shepherd’ on Christmas eve. It’s a long-held Christmas tradition for me. Here’s a couple of other episodes to listen to.

Roch Carrier reads 'The Hockey Sweater'

As It Happens often airs The Hockey Sweater each season, but it was first recorded and aired on Peter Gzowski’s Morningside show 40 years ago! That’s where I first heard it, just a few years after it was recorded in 1984.

This recording includes a story by Peter about his very own childhood hockey sweater. It sure is nice to hear Peter’s voice again after so many years without.

Alistair MacLeod’s ‘To Every Thing There is a Season’

This is a sweet but melancholy story of a Cape Breton family whose eldest son is trying hard to make it home in time for Christmas from work in Ontario. The younger brothers and sisters are excited for his arrival and the Christmas gifts he may be bearing.

The story is read by Les Carlson, a Canadian actor, who appeared in many Canadian film and TV shows. He acted in two of Canada’s best Christmas movies: Black Christmas (1974) and A Christmas Story (1983).

THE SUNDAY EDITION: Christmas music of Black America

Robert Harris presents the Christmas music of Black America with Michael Enright from 2015. Although not a part of their series, “20 Pieces of Music That Changed The World”, it makes a nice companion piece. From the website:

All through December, we are awash in a sea of Christmas music -- much of it sentimental, over-wrought and just plain awful. Robert Harris makes the case that black America is one community that has always loved Christmas and respected its music. Artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones and Billie Holiday grew up singing and playing music in church. Robert has chosen some fine examples of gospel, blues and jazz; Christmas music that is original, tasteful and heartfelt.

IDEAS: Ordinary Magic - The Musical Genius of Jerry Granelli

Canadian, Jerry Granelli, was best known for being the drummer of the jazz group the Vince Guaraldi Trio, and instrumental in the creation of my favourite Christmas album, A Charlie Brown Christmas. This 2021 episode from Ideas is a wonderful profile of the artist, covers his growing up in a musical family and why he chose to not play the Charlie Brown Christmas music for a long time.

MORE Christmas Stuff

For a longer, and I think better, list of other vintage CBC Christmas radio shows, please see my post from last December.

Have a very merry CBChristmas!

I would love to watch some of the videos on YouTube that CBC posts. But as long as comments are disabled on their channel I refuse to, out of principle.

...it's too bad. Some videos are about really interesting topics

Edit: loving the downvotes. I’m beginning to see why the CBC audience shouldn’t be allowed to comment on YouTube videos. Really open minds here

If the polls are to be believed, Pierre Poilievre may very well be the next Prime Minister, and he's expressly stated he plans to de-fund the CBC immediately. Doug Ford has proven that there's no low present-day politicians won't sink to and as much as I want to think "well he wouldn't actually do that! It's a national institution you can't just cancel something as important and storied as the CBC", I don't know if that's true anymore. I'm really struggling with this on so many levels, CBC radio has been the soundtrack to my entire life. I've lived from coast to coast and the programming connects me to all the places I've seen and been, and places I hope to go someday. It would be a huge loss if it were to be shuttered. I honestly think about this threat quite often and I'm just wondering if anyone else is feeling down about it and if so, how they're coping?

Edited to add: just want to add a welcome to all the trolls who felt like someone posting about how they’re feeling grief about something that’s been important to them was an opportunity to try to shit on that thing or spew some delusional bullshit. You’ve been blocked and I want to thank you for making yourself known so that I can block you and move on with life oblivious to your idiotic nonsense.

Does anyone remember a group called "Touch and Goes" with a song called "Christopher"?They may be from BC. I heard on David Wisdom's show "Nightline" in the 90's and have it on tape. They seem to have vanished without a trace

This morning instead of the familiar nasal whine of Geo Cummings that we all know and love, there was some guy literally whispering the news. The volume difference between him and the clips only made it more drastic and hilarious.

Haven't laughed this hard at a CBC news briefing since "omocroms" from a few years ago. Love you guys!!

I’ve only been to the one taped for radio. It’s pretty clean. Wondering if it’s safe to bring the parents to the other shows they have