Episodes
July 10, 2023
17. Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Ally Anderson)
Growing up in a small town ... A few reflections this week with our very good friend Alecia Anderson. Ally A and Boomer are both Huron County kids ... Milli is Bruce County raised ...different or the same? We'll also talk abo...
July 3, 2023
16. Goderich Celtic Roots Festival & College 2023 (Cheryl Prashker)
I'm not sure there's much I can say that I haven't said before. This is one of my favourite events of ...ever. The people, the music, the location all makes it feel like home. This week we're honoured to have the artistic dir...
June 26, 2023
15. Adventure in Scotland + Kincardine Scottish Festival
This week we (Boomer and Milli) kick off the show with a few memories of our recent honeymoon in Scotland. A lifelong dream for both of us :) And then ... an Irish guy walks into a radio studio in Canada to talk about a Scott...
June 19, 2023
14. Strawberry Fields Forever (Morrison Berries)
Fresh, locally grown food. It's the thing we do best around here. Thank you Farmers. I have a picture I love of my three kids picking strawberries at Morrisons Berries when they were little. It's not that it's a great photogr...
June 12, 2023
13. Conway Furniture ... "Highway 86 Just East of Listowelll"
This show is called "A Life That's Good" ... and focuses on things that have made life and my career in radio so incredible for close to 40 years. There's no way I could do that without talking to my guest today. He has been ...
June 5, 2023
12. PRIDE (Huron County & Kincardine)
June is PRIDE Month. Many people and communities across Canada recognize Pride Month. It is a time when we celebrate the diversity of LGBTQ+ communities, while acknowledging their history, the hardships they have endured and ...
May 29, 2023
11. A Season of Love @ Stratford Festival (Lee Siegel - RENT)
SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE ... sorry for yelling. My first guest is an actor I've been following for longer than I remember. Yes, I'm a fan of his work ... but also fan of the human ... he's a good guy ... a real good guy. Lee...
May 22, 2023
10. Summertime in The Prettiest Town in Canada
Some claim that Queen Elizabeth II once commented that Goderich was "the prettiest town in Canada" although to my knowledge ... no reigning monarch has ever visited the town on the shores of beautiful Lake Huron. And whether ...
May 15, 2023
9. I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Frosty Queen
Believe it or not, I used to be young. Whenever we studied Shakespeare in high school, I would wonder how language could have possibly changed so much in just a few hundred years. Now that I'm a little older, I have to smile ...
May 8, 2023
8. A Time To Plant - w Birch Creek Nursery & Mama Joan
May is a time to plant! Thanks to our friend Ally Anderson for suggesting we check in with Claire and Andy Roest from Birch Creek Greenhouse & Florals just North of Goderich to get to know them a little and talk about flowers...
May 1, 2023
7. How Are You ... Really?
A few years ago I got a message wondering how I was coping after a huge fundraising effort I'd been a part of. I, along with an incredible team of support staff and friends had run 120k spread over 5 consecutive days, to rais...
April 24, 2023
6. Dreams & Beans & Magical Fruit ~ Coastal Coffee
I've been loving this place for a few years now so it's exciting to finally have owners Ben & Bri Gingerich in our studio to chat about Coastal Coffee. We will get to know them both a little better as we discuss Coastal's inc...
April 17, 2023
5. Head Over Meals (Favourite Restaurants) AND Souper Saturday
In this one, Boomer & Milli talk about food and just a few of their favourite places to eat. There are many others but those will be for another podcast.
Also: A chat with Bill Wallace about "Souper Saturday" ... a huge fund...
April 11, 2023
4. Adopt a Pet - A Boomer & Milli Podcats with Kathi Newell-Nicholson
Podcats? ... A Freudian slip, maybe ... ;)
In this episode, Milli joins us for the first time. We will explore some of the dynamic between Boomers and Millennials ... some things we might question about each other ... and on...
April 3, 2023
3. Beer 101 with Jeremy Moore (Cowbell Brewing)
It's a fascinating place at the corner of 4 & 25 in the middle of nowhere ... and I love it! Check my Photoblog at Cool945.ca to see pics of some of what were discussing this week and to get a better feel for beautiful Cowbel...
March 27, 2023
2. All The World's a Stage - World Theatre Day
Sometimes I think that if all the world really is a stage ... then whoever does the casting needs to be fired. Since I was a very young man, theatre has been something that helped to pull me to a place of safety and belonging...
March 20, 2023
1. Life is Short, Eat Dessert First
A quick intro to the podcast and then a wonderful conversation with Karen Middleton-Meadham and Gerrit Sepers of Brod Bread & Pastry in Blyth and Chris Neamtu from Culbert's Bakery in Goderich. As we set off on this 65 week a...
March 3, 2023
An Introduction
It's been an incredible blessing to have lived and worked most of my life in Midwestern Ontario (Huron/Perth/Grey/Bruce and N. Wellington Counties). As I approach an age where some consider retirement, the thought of it fills...