Episodes

  • Listen Carefully - Music Lessons & Rock of Ages

    Listen Carefully - Music Lessons & Rock of Ages
    Oct 4 2024

    “The day Annie began violin lessons was the most exciting day of her life."


    This week’s episode is all about music. It was such an integral part of both the radio show and the touring show. We have two music stories for you today. The first story is about the trials and tribulations of music lessons. In the second, a departed friend is celebrated in song. You’ll even briefly hear Stuart’s dulcet tones as he sings along!


    For more information about the sound sculpture Forty-Part Motet see https://www.gallery.ca/whats-on/exhibitions-and-galleries/janet-cardiff-forty-part-motet-2


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    33 mins
  • Gone to the Dogs - Le Morte D’Arthur

    Gone to the Dogs - Le Morte D’Arthur
    Sep 27 2024

    “He was a great dog.”


    Today on the podcast, two stories about dogs – one of my favourite subjects! The first is about Dave’s two dogs: Scout and, of course, Arthur. The second is a listener story about a remarkably faithful friend.


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    36 mins
  • Change - Stephanie Goes to University & Carl’s Retirement

    Change - Stephanie Goes to University & Carl’s Retirement
    Sep 20 2024

    “Carl didn’t want to retire.”


    Today on the podcast, two stories about embracing change. Dave’s neighbour Carl Lowbeer (and his wife Gerda) get to grips with a major change in their lives: retirement! And Stephanie starts her new life at university.


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    48 mins
  • The Congregation of Adults - Sam’s Predictions

    The Congregation of Adults - Sam’s Predictions
    Sep 13 2024

    “I made predictions. They are all coming true.”


    This week, we’re talking about kids and independence. In our story, Sam gets guidance from an unexpected source: a fortune teller named Madame Nina. And we have a very special script: about trust, and hope, and goodness.


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    36 mins
  • Dave Goes Back to School - Dave Gives a Speech & Planet Boy

    Dave Goes Back to School - Dave Gives a Speech & Planet Boy
    Sep 6 2024

    “He came downstairs in a Grateful Dead t-shirt and a pair of bell bottoms.”

    Welcome back for Season 4 of Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe! This week, two stories about school: Dave gets nervous about presenting to a class at university; while Sam and Murphy go to their first school dance.


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    55 mins
  • Season 4 – Starting September 6th

    Season 4 – Starting September 6th
    Aug 30 2024
    We’re so excited to be back next week with Season 04 of Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe. Join us for hilarious Vinyl Cafe stories and inspiring scripts by Stuart McLean. Here's a sneak peek...

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    1 min
  • Bonus Episode: The Boy Who Went Over the Falls

    Bonus Episode: The Boy Who Went Over the Falls
    Aug 16 2024
    In this bonus episode you’ll hear my conversation with Roger Woodward, the boy who went over the falls. You loved hearing his remarkable story in our Niagara Falls episode (back in October 2023) and wanted to hear more. Roger and I had a great time catching up and I learned so much more about that momentous day.

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    48 mins
  • Bonus Episode: Bloopers II

    Bonus Episode: Bloopers II
    Jul 19 2024
    By popular request, for our first bonus episode of season 3, this is part II of Stuart and I in studio, back in 2011, talking - and laughing - about some of his most hilarious bloopers.

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    22 mins