Shed Dogs

This power packed episode sees your favourite Shed Dogs lurching grimly from politics to the pandemic until suddenly RJ lights up the day with...collector cards?! Not only do you get away from humdrum topics of the day but you can get involved and even (hold onto yourself here) win a prize! A real prize with actual monetary value, brought forward intact from the late ‘80s! If that’s not a pleasant distraction we don’t know what is, and you can thank us later. Enjoy your gum! Bonus: KJ’s opportunity

Like the rest of the world, we’re preoccupied with the pandemic, though mostly its lesser aspects, like driving behaviours, checkout rules, and where all the flour and yeast went. But we also care about which is our favourite Beatles album, RJ’s adventures in home handiness, and KJ’s cookie making prowess. We inexplicably both lament and are amused by the loss of the Land O'Lakes mascot and we look at the BC College of Physician's take on the old “one issue per visit” problem at doctors’ offices

This is our final pre-pandemic Shed session. It was recorded in late February, when our biggest worry was when Art Jenkins down the street was going to return the torque wrench. This week we hold forth on Lyft, Uber, cellphone costs, teen-made cabins, kids these days, more Ticketmaster evil, the emergency goalie from Toronto, and a recommended podcast that’s almost as good as the Shed Dogs! As a bonus we have a surprise guest drop by for ten minutes, more shuttle tales, and some dire political

This episode hearkens back to a time before the Distancing, before remoting in, before video Dogs, when shares in Zoom were still affordable. We were all in the same room on February 24, talking about our medical experiences, PJ’s bittersweet Twitter life, politics north and south of the 49th, and even Art. You can be in that room with us...but you can’t see us in there.Links: Shed Dogs; Simon & Garfunkel’s Mrs. Robinson; Ken Lum & STEVE; more on unceded lands; tactical voting; The Monkees;

LInks: Mercury thermometers; impacts of the pandemic on the concert industry, tourism, and theatre; Clear Eyes Collective (the mural crew that painted the Shed doors); The Retired Draft Horse and The Last Pulled Log; the little-known Museum of Vancouver.

The Dogs are not—repeat!—NOT in the Shed this week! Except one of them. In this special and atypically timely episode (recorded just three days before we’re posting it) the dogs get together via videoconference and chat about tons of listener mail, our positive feels for how Canada is handling the pandemic, tumbleweeds, morning glory, Sons of the Pioneers, and a Shuttle creep.We used Skype this episode and as a byproduct you can watch us on YouTube! Guess which one of us remembered to look at the

Episode 80, recorded well before The Great Lockdown, encapsulates three world views around how well recycling is working. As usual RJ defends the most upbeat view, and the show note links support it—have a look as good news is hard to come by in these difficult days. There’s lots of other content here, too, in particular coronavision recommendations, medium rare whale meat, plus the usual modicum of laughs—enlightenment and fun will both be found. A great way to fill the hour from a social

The dogs spend some time discussing COVID-19, because they believe you haven’t heard enough on the topic. Just a sec… ah… AHCHOO! Excuse us, we’ll be sure to sneeze into our elbows next time. Please, have another nacho. Other topics: Lynn Beyak goes toxic on residential schools, fun jokes for strangers, The Masked Singer, PJ is run ragged chasing the shuttlecock, and a shuttle tale or two to round out another eclectic podcast. Enjoy the show!Links: Shed Dogs; Posterior vitreous detachment; BC’s