#142 - Torontopia Revisited (w/ Jonathan Goldsbie) (Patreon)

It's the Toronto episode, folks! Luke and Will came of age during the 2003-2010 tenure of left-wing Toronto mayor David Miller, and saw their illusions broken by his successor, Rob Ford. Against this backdrop, they were profoundly influenced by Toronto's alternative media, particularly such alt-weeklies as NOW Magazine, Eye Weekly (R.I.P.), and The Grid (R.I.P.). With alternative media now in a state of decline and/or transformation, we reflect on this formative era through several key alt-weekly articles. We invited legendary Toronto journalist Jonathan Goldsbie (news editor at Canadaland, former staff writer at NOW Magazine, and host of the Doug Ford podcast "Wag the Doug") for a free-flowing discussion of Toronto and its media. PLUS: we remember the day the Rob Ford "crack scandal" broke, and reflect on the most important movie of the 20th century, Tim Allen's JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE.

Check out Jonathan's podcast "Wag the Doug" -  https://www.canadalandshow.com/shows/wag-the-doug/