Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast is a weekly Montreal-focused podcast co-hosted by Terry DiMonte and Ted Bird, whose personal friendship and professional collaboration spans five decades and two centuries(!). Smart, irreverent and topical, Standing By puts a uniquely Montreal stamp on the
After a five year run at our original studio in Montreal's old schmata district, the podcast goes suburban with our first episode from our new digs in Laval. Does this studio make us look fat? Terry's Weekly Recommendations: The Oprah Podcast: The Financial Mistake We Keep Making and How to Stop (Guest: Andrew Ross Sorkin),Pressure (Starring Brendan Fraser, Amazon Prime), Neil Peart: No One's Disciple (CBC Gem), Slow Horses (Apple), MobLand (Paramount). Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS…
Like the Allied forces in World War II, Terry and Ted launched a two-pronged assault on Europe last week, with Terry probing the soft underbelly of Italy and Ted driving straight to the heart of Paris. There were no survivors. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: Article: John Cleese Is Serious About Laughter (The Main), Nobody 2 (Prime), 500 Miles (Apple/Rental), Ted Lasso (Apple), Scrubs (Disney or Crave), Charlie Hustle & the matter of Pete Rose (Crave) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS…
It's not every week that Terry and Ted have difficulty getting a word in edgewise, but this is one of those weeks for all the right reasons, as former radio colleague, longtime friend and raconteur extraordinaire Tommy Schnurmacher drops in to raconte extraordinarily. Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Robert Richer Jewellers (robertricher.com) | Matelas Princesse / Au Marche du Lit…
On this week's episode, Terry and Ted talk about their underwear and call out Sunday drivers who won't get out of the passing lane. Good luck finding THAT conversation anywhere else. Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Robert Richer Jewellers (robertricher.com) | Matelas Princesse / Au Marche du Lit (matelasprincesse.com/en/) 📬 Stay connected: Website: www.terryandtedpodcast.com | Instagram:…
Terry and Ted were on the air when the first plane went into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and their memories of that morning remain hauntingly vivid. It's not all gloom and doom, though, and we promise the requisite number of belly laughs on this week's episode or we'll refund double your misery. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: Tribeca 25 (Netflix), Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis Documentary, IMAX) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar…
Terry and Ted are back from vacation with tales of travel east and west of Montreal, from the Maritimes to Manitoba. Ted also sneaks in a dad brag about his newly-minted social media influencer son, Sam, who went viral on Instagram and TikTok over the summer. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: The Rest is Football (Netflix), Brian Williams "We're Back" (Netflix), Quarterbacks (Netflix), Celtic City (Crave), Lorne (Prime), Sheep Detectives (Prime), Remakably Bright Creatures (Netflix), Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes (Netflix) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧…
This week, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys comes back from the dead to co-host the season finale…stand by, being told that’s Terry in a Hawaiian shirt. Looks like we’re getting out of here just in time, but not before a few parting laughs, thank-yous and summer suggestions. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: Kings of Coke: The Legend of Rory Shayne (Crave) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Acutech…
This week, we exchange des bon mots with a national treasure - political cartoonist and author Terry Mosher (aka Aislin) who has a new book marking the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Olympics. Also, a new way to fly and to nosh or not to nosh - ca c'est la question en esti. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: Maternal Instinct (Netflix), Rivals (Disney+), Good Hang with Amy Poehler Podcast: Tom Holland (Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube), The Rewatchables Podcast: Steven Spielberg (Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube), Alice and Steve (Disney+), Kings of Coke: New Blood (Crave) Stream: YouTube:…
This week, we gush about Rush and their triumphant return to the concert stage, Terry has a bee in his bonnet over bureaucracy, and a salute to cow plop bingo. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: Not Suitable For Work (Disney +), The Four Seasons (Netflix), Hacks (Crave), Clarkson's Farm (Prime), Office Romance (Netflix), Rafa (Netflix) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Acutech Electric (acutech.ca) |…
Who thought Standing By hats and coffee mugs would be so popular? Certainly not us, because we have temporarily fallen short of demand, as we lament in this episode. Also, a brief Habs post-mortem, adventures in grillade country and summer drinks of yore. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: The Boroughs (Netflix) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Acutech Electric (acutech.ca) | Robert Richer Jewellers…
Better late than never, we have organized some Standing By podcast merchandise. Also, Ted dusts off Revisionist History and we look ahead to ALS Awareness Month, which has special meeting in Montreal. Terry's Weekly Recommendations: The Other Mrs Jordan (Britbox/Prime) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Acutech Electric (acutech.ca) | Robert Richer Jewellers (robertricher.com) | Playground…
Terry describes the unsettling experience of being summarily sanctioned for innocuous Facebook content in an online world increasingly ruled by robots. But the Canadiens won so who cares? Terry's Weekly Recommendations:Marty: Life is Short (Netflix) | The Crash (Netflix) | Untold: Chess Mates (Netflix) | Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Acutech Electric…
It's a guest-free episode this week, which means plenty of time for meandering tangents down multiple Montreal-themed avenues, including one of Terry's worst (but undeniably hilarious) CHOM memories, Ted's first visit to a St. Leonard landmark and the city's best weirdos. Terry's Weekly Recommendations:Should I Marry a Murderer? (Netflix) Stream: YouTube: @standingbythepodcast | 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Listen on Spotify | 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio Our Sponsors: The UPS Store Canada (theupsstore.ca) | Sugar Sammy (sugarsammy.com) | Merson Auto (mersonauto.com) | Acutech Electric…
We've got Habs fever and the only prescription is more winning! Also, a whirlwind visit from the busiest man in Montreal, and reflections on the enduring authenticity of the Plateau. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook:…
On a special entertainment edition of Standing By, Terry and Ted sit down with Montreal comedian Pino Pirillo, whose sardonic takes on his RDP upbringing have resonated with audiences across North America, and Nick Gagnon - front man for Quebec-based bilingual punk/pop rock recording artists Kamakazi. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground |…
The “okay boomer” backlash from last week’s Angine de Poitrine segment, expert hockey analysis on the Habs’ playoff debut and a look ahead to the 2026 Just For Laughs comedy festival. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook:…
Terry and Ted pay tribute to the late and legendary Donald K. Donald, promote the Montreal Ride For Dad prostate cancer research fundraiser and ponder the worldwide phenomenon that is Angine de Poitrine. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast…
Pooing in space is not the focus of this week's episode but it's definitely the catchiest hook, and it's not particularly close. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook: @terryandtedpodcast X: @terrytedpodcast
It's the April Fools edition of the Standing By Podcast, with your hosts Dyl Doe and Holden Magroin. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook: @terryandtedpodcast X: @terrytedpodcast
The bell tolled for a number of cultural icons this past week, and we paid what we hope was appropriate tribute. Also, the magic of vinyl and take down your goddam Christmas decorations. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook:…
This week on the podcast - a cautionary tale on the online manosphere, cemetery showbiz, Oscar night reflections, and a from-the-heart fundraiser organized by a guy who's had more than his share of family adversity. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram:…
We mark St. Patrick's season in Montreal by exploring a defining event in the long and rich history of city's Irish community - an event that's finally getting the official acknowledgment it deserves. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast…
Terry is back from holidays just in time for the time change, which is becoming harder to figure out than new math. Also, a fall down funny reenactment of women’s Olympic curling and Ted can’t get through the Tweet Sheet. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram:…
Hilarity and minimal domestic conflict ensue when Terry and Ted are joined in-studio by Terry's wife and our executive producer, Jessica Dionne. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook: @terryandtedpodcast X: @terrytedpodcast
A deep dive on the developmental and lifestyle side of Canadian hockey with Bobby Dollas, who brings more than four decades of experience as a player, coach and broadcaster at multiple levels, including 16 seasons in the NHL. Includes bonus anecdotes from the locker room, the back of the bus and the plane. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground…
Nepotism Month on the Standing By podcast kicks off with a guest appearance by Ted's broadcaster/podcaster/content creator son, Sam Bird, two weeks before we welcome our executive producer and Terry's wife, Jessica Dionne. Produced by Mano Maropakis, whose uncle Pantelis owns the studio. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground |…
Parking tickets, credit card fraud, and the marathon wait for customer service. Other than that it was a good week. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram: @terryandtedpodcast Facebook: @terryandtedpodcast X: @terrytedpodcast
Terry brings down the curtain on the short-term grieving process after the passing of his father, reflecting on what it means to be on the receiving end of condolences and the power of community in adverse times. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite: www.terryandtedpodcast.comInstagram:…
Without being maudlin or self-indulgent, the podcast strikes a sombre note this week with a tribute to Terry's dad, who passed away January 10th after a long and productive life dedicated to family and old school work ethic. Needless to say, the episode is not steeped in hilarity, but there are multiple moments of mirth because that's the way Lou DiMonte would have wanted it. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech…
This week, we tap into the underrated local online news magazine The Main to learn one of the great untold World War II stories with a uniquely Montreal angle. Also, line brawling for tykes and celebrity blowhards at the Golden Globes. 👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts🎧 Listen on Spotify🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 💡 Our SponsorsThe UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.caSugar Sammy | sugarsammy.comMerson Auto | mersonauto.comAcutech Electric | acutech.caRobert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.comPlayground | www.playground.ca 📬 Stay connectedWebsite:…
About Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast
Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast is a weekly Montreal-focused podcast co-hosted by Terry DiMonte and Ted Bird, whose personal friendship and professional collaboration spans five decades and two centuries(!). Smart, irreverent and topical, Standing By puts a uniquely Montreal stamp on the
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