Best Quebec Authors Podcasts (2025)

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Encounters With Creeps - Volume 28 1:09:06

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In Encounters with CREEPS, Nighttime listeners are invited to share their unsettling experiences with the many CREEPS lurking in everyday life. In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne unpack the 28th volume of your Encounters with CREEPS. This time we’ve got a CREEP in who saw a UFO, a CREEP doing science, CREEPS watching videos online, and so much m…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 177 - 2025/08/29 - Justin Bieber Impersonator, The Asylum Seeker, Missing Swans, and Banning Norm 54:58

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the Justin Bieber impersonator who disappointed attendees at a Vegas night club the American asylum seeker who arrived in Canada via kayak Stratford Ontario’s missing swans the potential banning o…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 10: Sixteen Weeks Missing 1:32:54

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan, who were reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home on the morning of Friday, May 2. In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne examine a game-changing investigative report published by the Globe and Mail and explore …

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD MAILBAG - Vol 8 54:17

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The Keep Canada Weird Mailbag is a collection of listener mail that, for one reason or another, was unable to fit into the weekly weird news round up. Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird⁠ Send a voice memo: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact⁠ Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: …

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 175 - 2025/08/15 - a $28K walk in the woods, the Nicki Minaj Challange, the BC Osprey Bombing 58:27

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Timmy the mini pigs bacon gets saved a $28K walk in the woods the viral “Nicki Minaj challange” the BC Osprey bombing Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-…

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the Release of Doug "The Pictou Sadist" Worth 1:14:01

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In this episode, we unravel the story behind a recent high-risk offender release notice issued by the Nova Scotia RCMP. The notice revealed that Douglas Worth, a man convicted of the brutal 1987 rape, murder, and decapitation of 12-year-old Trina Campbell in Ontario, has been released from custody and is now living in Nova Scotia. We unpack the det…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 175 - 2025/08/07 - assault via fireworks, another bakery burglary, save the pig in Montreal 47:25

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; DON’T GO IN THE WOODS! assault (with fireworks) in New Brunswick another bakery burglar the fight to save a pet pig in Montreal Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 174 - 2025/08/01 - Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry, camera lens/staples, ebike drugs, and Montreal's trash lady 52:36

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry a camera lens made of staples trafficking drugs on Ebikes Montreal’s trashiest lady is Aaron’s soul mate (https://www.instagram.com/trashyladymtl/) Series Links Keep …

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 9: Thirteen Weeks Missing 54:58

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode Jordan and Madelayne discuss the updates and developments that occurred during the ei…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 173 - 2025/07/25 - Tesla, What Tree, Torbo the fake, Rob Robinson 1:03:54

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a Tesla that fell off a ferry in Quebec a Toronto developer who asked “what tree?” Torbo the fake missing cat the retirement of Rob Robinson Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nig…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 172 - 2025/07/18 - Rotten racoons, rats in Alberta, a maniac in a Saskatoon attic 57:21

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a Canadian goose vs the Colorado cops a rotten racoon in Toronto Alberta: 75 years rat free the maniac in a Saskatoon attic Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com…

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The Summer of UFOs: Canada’s 1975 Wave (with Chris Rutkowski) 1:02:04

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In the summer of 1975, Canada experienced one of its most intense and widespread waves of UFO activity. From glowing orbs lighting up the skies over Manitoba to structured craft witnessed by RCMP officers in Saskatchewan, hundreds of reports flooded in from across the country. Some sightings even left behind scorched earth and damaged vegetation—ta…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 8: Ten Weeks Missing 44:19

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode Jordan and Madelayne discuss the updates and developments that occurred during the ei…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 171 - 2025/07/11 - Gross Canada Places, and three stories of mischief, madness, and misfortune 57:03

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; KFC’s SWIMMING POOL OF DOOM Goose poop in Nova Scotia Pantless chaos on a BC ferry Chopping down trees in Quebec Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canad…

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The Three Cape Breton Boys on the Tracks (the deaths of Kenny Novak, David Burrows, and Terry Burt, 28:25

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In this episode, we revisit the tragic and puzzling deaths of three Cape Breton teenagers, Kenny Novak (15), David Burrows (17), and Terry Burt (20), who were struck and killed by a freight train in the early morning hours of July 10, 1970, in the remote woods of Maine. Officially ruled an accident, the case was quickly closed by authorities who co…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 170 - 2025/07/04 - Tim Hortons, recycling, cats on a leash, a ghost story 50:37

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Tim Horton’s possible buying MANY boats the proposed recycling lottery cats on a leash another ghost battles the Canadian Revenue Agency Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nightti…

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Invitation to Reparative Reading - An Interview with Canisia Lubrin About Code Noir 57:01

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In this episode, Linda interviews the phenomenal Canisia Lubrin - the acclaimed writer, critic, professor, poet, and editor. Her first book Voodoo Hypothesis (Wolsak & Wynn, 2017) was named a CBC Best Book. Her second book, The Dyzgraphxst (M & S, 2020) won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry and the overall Literature prize, the Griffin Poetr…

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Encounters With Creeps - Volume 27 59:32

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In Encounters with CREEPS, Nighttime listeners are invited to share their unsettling experiences with the many CREEPS lurking in everyday life. In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne Klein unpack the 27th volume of your Encounters with CREEPS. This time we’ve got a CREEP in a mall bathroom, another dog who could sense CREEPS, a CREEP who likes wet l…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 169 - 2025/06/27 - the disobedient driver, excavator vs bank, robbing the dead, mall managers 53:06

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Canada’s most disobedient driver an excavator vs a bank in Scarborough why you shouldn’t rob the dead in Nova Scotia the secret lives of Canada’s mall managers Series Links Keep Canada Weird Serie…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 7: Seven Weeks Missing 1:08:30

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We continue our coverage of the still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan who were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode Jordan and Madelayne discuss the updates and developments that occurred during the seventh week of the children’s…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 168 - 2025/06/20 - Drake, modern man does research, the SLIDE TO HELL, and the 84 year old and her escort 55:26

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Drake vs. Jagmeet Singh the ‘modern man does research’ art installation the SLIDE TO HELL the 84 year old woman and the escort she left her fortune to Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https…

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That Kind of Meta: The Double Life of Benson Yu - An Interview with Kevin Chong 44:50

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In this episode, Linda chats with Kevin Chong about his novel The Double Life of Benson Yu (Simon & Schuster) shortlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize. It's a "meta" novel, in some ways - a concept that Linda explains in this episode - but it also had Linda thinking about the social media platform, Meta (formerly, Facebook). Whatever insights you migh…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 6 - Six Weeks Missing 43:02

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode Jordan and Madelayne discuss the updates and developments that occurred during the fo…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 167 - 2025/06/13 - Tim Horton's fight, cow wedding, a headless deer, THE FENCE 58:49

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the senior vs teenager fight at Tim Hortons the cow wedding a headless deer in Calgary the fence in Kitchener Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 166 - 2025/06/06 - Kenzie gets caught, a creepy misunderstanding, and two ghost stories 52:31

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Kenzie is no longer on the lam a creepy misunderstanding in Guelph an inconvenienced ghost a tearjerker of a lotto win Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep…

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the Murder of Valerie Stevens (Toronto, Ontario - 1989) 1:09:38

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In September 1989, 19-year-old Valerie Stevens kissed her daughter goodnight and left their Toronto apartment for a night out. She never made it to the nightclub—and never came home. Three years later, Valerie’s remains were discovered in a wooded area near Brantford, Ontario. Her death was ruled a homicide, but the case remains unsolved to this da…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 5 - Four Weeks Missing 43:36

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode Jordan and Madelayne discuss the updates and developments that occurred during the fo…

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We, the Subplot (or Flying Monkeys) - An Interview with Michael Crummey about The Adversary 48:42

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What are flying monkeys?, Linda wonders - until her friend illuminates their place in relation to narcissists. Narcissism is key to understanding the Widow and Abe Strapp, two deliciously terrible main characters in Michael Crummey's novel, The Adversary (Knopf) -- which just won the Dublin Literary Award for 2025; this psychology is also key to un…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 165 - 2025/05/30 - Toronto's psychic fugitive, kenzie on the lam, a moose attack, Air Canada 58:38

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; how the psychic fugitive got caught how Kenzie got on the lam a moose attack an Air Canada pilot’s rant Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird⁠ …

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 4 - Three Weeks Missing 49:48

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lily and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode Jordan and Madelayne discuss the updates and developments that occurred during the thi…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 164 - 2025/05/23 - cows on a highway, psychic fugitive, armed donair robbery, and the cringy escaped inmate 58:14

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; cows on an Ontario highway armed donair robbery in New Westminister, BC a psychic fugative Canada’s cringy escaped inmate Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/k…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Bonus - Case Discussion with True North True Crime 1:19:35

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lily and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode we are joined by Graeme and Caitlin, the hosts of True North True Crime podcast, for a…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 3 - Two Weeks Missing 50:01

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lily and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. In this episode we unpack the key developments during the second week of the search for Jack and Lilly…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 163 - 2025/05/16 - psychic scammers, meth racoons, periodic sewer smells, and an old man and his dog 1:03:19

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; two tales of psychic scammers the meth racoon of Ohio periodic sewer smells in Newfoundland an old man and his dog vs. the Montreal Police Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nightt…

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Adding People to a Family Isn't a Minus - Recalculating the Math Around Stepmothers (With Rachel McCrum and Amélie Prévost) 35:24

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It's Mother's Day - and, while Linda considers how the mother is represented in several books (specifically Rachel Deustch (6:30), Boum (5:50; 6:55), and Mary Thaler (5:47), in their respective works, The Mother, Jellyfish, and Ulfhildr), she turns her attention to the figure of the stepmother, inspired in part by her conversation with the authors …

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 2 - One Week Missing 1:11:42

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We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lily and her 4-year-old brother Jack Sullivan. The siblings were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia on the morning of Friday, May 2nd. One week later, we unpack the key developments since our initial episode, including the RCMP’s first p…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 162 - 2025/05/09 - Modeling, Geese Invading, RCMP, and Keeping Canada Romantic 48:21

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Canada’s next top model? the geese invading a Canadian military base RCMP vs heavy equipment Keeping Canada Romantic Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-c…

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan (Children Missing in Nova Scotia Since May 2, 2025) 1:01:34

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In this episode of Nighttime, we delve into the troubling and still-unfolding case of Lily and Jack Sullivan—siblings aged just 6 and 4—who vanished without a trace from their rural Nova Scotia home on the morning of Friday May 2nd. What began as a presumed case of two children wandering off has evolved into something far more puzzling. Despite an …

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Why Vigilance Matters - Carol Off's At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage 41:33

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In this episode, Linda speaks with the award-winning CBC journalist of As it Happens, Carol Off, about her new (and fifth!) book, At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage (Listeners, keep your eye out: A new edition of Off's book will be available in the fall!). Published in 2024, Off wrote the book as a "cautionary tale," as she observe…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 161 - 2025/05/02 - BATS, HUMS, TEENAGERS, and senior's playing oh Canada 1:00:36

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; senior citizens playing oh’ Canada on Kazoo BATS invading New Brunswick a weird HUM invading Windsor, Ontario TEENAGERS invading Kelowna, BC Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nigh…

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the Lapu Lapu Day Festival Tragedy - the 2025 Vancouver Vehicle Attack 33:14

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On April 26, 2025, what was meant to be a celebration of Filipino heritage in Vancouver turned into one of the city’s darkest days. During the Lapu Lapu Day festival, a man drove an SUV into a crowd gathered along Fraser Street, killing 11 people and injuring more than 20 others. It now stands as the deadliest attack in Vancouver’s history. In this…

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Encounters With Creeps - Vol. 26 56:24

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In Encounters with CREEPS, Nighttime listeners are invited to share their unsettling experiences with the many CREEPS lurking in everyday life. In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne Klein unpack the 25th volume of your Encounters with CREEPS. This time we’ve got a CREEP with a basement apartment, a CREEP who needed a witness in court, a dog who cou…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 160 - 2025/04/25 - election ads, golf brawling, TTC, and a wedding in jail 53:14

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the worst political ads of the 2025 Canadian election golfers brawling in Kelowna Should the Toronto Transit Commission be romantic? a wedding at the Dorchester jail Series Links Keep Canada Weird…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 159 - 2025/04/18 - Tires, Rona, Geese, and Keeping Canada Romantic 50:30

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; those tires in Scarborough, Ontario Rona, and how they hate donkeys Canadian Geese in Waterloo the next Keep Canada Romantic participant Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttim…

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Revisioning the Three Rs - Michaela Di Cesare's Successions 48:30

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In this episode, Linda revisits and revisions the three “Rs” – reading, writing, and arithmetic – to reformulate a new triad. Why? Because, in her interview with Michaela Di Cesare about her play Successions, Linda learns more about Anthony, one of the main characters, and his disorder, known as prosopagnosia. Di Cesare explains that she thought of…

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the Murder of Alexandra Wiwcharuk - 2 - a discussion with author Sharon Butula 59:25

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Saskatoon, SK - May 1962 In 1962, 23-year-old Alexandra Wiwcharuk—a vibrant nurse, beauty queen, and beloved daughter—went for a walk along the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon and never came home. Her body was discovered weeks later, buried in a shallow grave not far from her home. She had been brutally assaulted and buried alive. In this epi…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 158 - 2025/04/11 - puking on planes, tires in scarborough, a phallic statue, assault at Value Village 1:02:41

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; puking on planes in Cancun tiremageddon in Scarborough a phallic statue in Ontario a gross assault at Value Village Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-can…

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the Murder of Alexandra Wiwcharuk - 1 - the Girl in Saskatoon 1:06:57

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Saskatoon, SK - May 1962 23-year-old Alexandra Wiwcharuk—a nurse at Saskatoon City Hospital and a local beauty queen—left her home to mail two letters. Thirteen days later, her body was discovered in a shallow grave near the South Saskatchewan River. She had been brutally assaulted and buried alive. Despite an intensive investigation that continues…

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 157 - 2025/04/04 - Drumheller's Dinosaur, Hot Dog Mystery, McBarge, and Peeing on Cars in BC 1:00:05

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In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the death of Drumheller Alberta’s last dinosaur Vancouver’s hot dog mystery the McBarge McSinks the salesman who pee’d on a car in BC Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepo…

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"Now is the Time that Artists Must Get to Work" - Zilla Jones' The World So Wide 42:26

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As a result of Zilla Jones’ The World So Wide, slated for publication with Cormorant Books on April 26, 2025, Linda reflects on opera (specifically Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino) – historically an elitist art form, but one that Felicity Alexander, the protagonist of Jones’ novel, in part challenges and overcomes through the very successes of her car…