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Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe
Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe welcomes listeners into the warm and comforting world of the Vinyl Cafe. Each episode features stories about Canada’s favourite fictional family: Dave, Morley and the kids, narrated by the late Stuart McLean and recorded live in concert. For the first time ever,...
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More Arthurs!
It’s our annual Thanksgiving tradition – the Vinyl Cafe Arthur Awards. More treasures from the Vinyl Cafe archives about some amazing acts of kindness...
Quebec Connection - A Trip to Quebec
“The Pensionne du Quebec was lit up like a party ship”
We’ve got a Quebec selection for you on today’s podcast. A story about Sam’s school trip...
Cakes Gone Wrong - The Birthday Cake & Arthur Takes the Cake
“Surely Mary wouldn’t miss one of those little buttercream shrubs…”
On this week’s episode of Backstage, two stories about cakes, those special...
Rodentia - Dave and the Mouse & Rat-a-tat-tat
“PPMS. Phantom peripheral mouse syndrome”
Jess and Dave have something in common: rodent phobia! Jess shares how she got over hers. And in two h...
Compromising Positions - The Bare Truth & Yoga Retreat
“Mary had never ever been downstairs with no clothes on. Never. Ever.”
We’ve got some classic Dave and Mary Turlington adventures on this week’s...
September - School Days
“Every year on the first day of school, to the great amazement of the kids in kindergarten…Miss MacNeal would burp the alphabet from A to Z.”
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Season 6 - Starting September 5th
We hope you'll join us next Friday for Season 6 of Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe! We’ve got more Dave and Morley stories for you, more of Stuart McLean’...
We Regret to Inform You: Rejecting Monty Python
This week, more from our Apostrophe Podcast Network family! We think you will enjoy, "We Regret to Inform You: The Rejection Podcast." Sidney O’Reilly...
REWIND WEDNESDAY: Bloopers
Something special for you for our first bonus episode. From one of my absolute favourite Vinyl Cafe radio shows, from 2011, this is Stuart and I in st...
REWIND WEDNESDAY: Summertime – Mexican Climbing Mint & Summer of Stars
“There is nothing like a neighbour throwing money about their garden to make you feel bad about yours.”
It's summer all the way on this...
REWIND WEDNESDAY: Road Trip! – Cat in the Car
“Whenever the cat is around, things seem to go wrong.”
This week, Dave discovers a stowaway on the family road trip, with hilarious cons...
The Beatlology Interviews: Actor Mark Hamill
Something a little different this week that we think you’ll enjoy. From our friends at the Apostrophe Podcast Network: Terry O’Reilly’s “The Beatlolog...
REWIND WEDNESDAY: The Mistakes We Make – Petit Lac Noir & Dog Pills
Bonjour,” he said. “Je m’appelle Dave.”
Yup, sometimes things go wrong. It happens to the best of us. Especially on the Vinyl Cafe, as you’ll he...
REWIND WEDNESDAY: Summer – A Letter from Camp & The Waterslide
"This waterslide was the waterslide to end all waterslides”
We are taking a break over the summer, so in honour of our final episode of...
Bonus Episode: Meet Greg!
For this summer bonus episode, my conversation with long-time Vinyl Cafe and Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe recording engineer, Greg DeClute. Greg has so...
Summer Trips - Canoe Trip & The Summer Cottage
“There is nothing like a 20th wedding anniversary to drive home the point that you are no longer 20 years old”
For our final episode of...
Childhood - The One and Only Murphy Kruger & The Great Train Adventure
“When are you supposed to let your children march off alone? When are you supposed to let them learn from their mistakes”
On today’s epi...
Summer Things - Dave and Morley, Dancing
“Dave said, you’re thinking about dancing, aren’t you?”
We’re looking towards summer on today’s episode. We have a script Stuart wrote a...
Toys - Rhoda’s Revenge & Planet Stuart
“When Dave was a boy, dolls terrified him”
Something a little different on today’s episode: two stories about kids' toys -- the good, the bad an...
Out and About - Cousin Dorothy & Have Snake, Will Travel
“Murphy was terrified of snakes”
Today’s episode features two stories that take place out and about, further afield. Dave’s Cousin Dorot...
Birthdays! - Sam’s Birthday & Morley’s 40th Birthday Bash
“I don’t want a birthday party, said Morley. I hate birthday parties”
Some vintage Stuart McLean this week, as Morley celebrates a miles...
Old Friends - The Wedding Dress & Jimmy Walker of Foggy Bottom Bay
“Dave was still a kid the night he and Jimmy met.”
Stuart loved to write about old friends. This week we’ve chosen two of our favourite...
Car Trouble – Driving Lessons & Car Wash
"Thank God, he thought, help has arrived.”
Today on the show, Jess shares a back story about a Vinyl Cafe tour bus adventure. Plus two Dave and...
Stories from Way Back - Walking Man & Why I Buy 8-tracks
“Dave was going to see Morley. He was trying to find the courage to ask her to marry him.”
Some vintage Stuart McLean this week with two...
Obsession - Blood Pressure Chair & Dave’s Truck
“It was not as if they *needed* a 1948 red panel truck…”
On today’s episode, two hilarious Vinyl Cafe stories that highlight Dave’s tendency to,...
Mechanical Mutiny - The Jock Strap & Dave and the Vacuum
“Morley thought she was the Athletic Support”
We’re all about equipment failure on this week’s pod. Those everyday items that make life...
Parents
More about parenting and family life this week, with two moving essays by Stuart McLean.
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Kids - Susan is Serious & Sam Goes Green
“I think I have an alien.”
This week, two wonderful stories about kids… and their parents. And Jess admits to a surprising source of ins...
The Power of Song - Dave's Last Kind Word Blues
“He didn’t understand that the organic confusion that’s at the heart of the Vinyl Cafe is, in fact, the thing that makes it work.”
Is th...
Stealing - Sam Steals & Emil
“Crimestoppers. It’s synonymous.”
We’ve got two of Stuart’s older stories on today’s episode. One from the very early days of the show;...
The Movies – Sam’s First Kiss
“Of all of the theatres, in all the complexes, in all of the towns, she walks into mine.”
This week on the pod we’re at the movies, bask...
Deception - Dave and the Sourdough Starter & A Day Off
“I have a genealogy, said Carl. Of the starter. Like a family tree. I have it in a frame in the den.”
A pandemic favourite on this week’...
People from the Past - Whatever Happened to Johnny Flowers & Morley and the Century of Wind Theatre Company
“In celebration of 100 years. Big Narrows, Cape Breton. Centennial Baby.”
In our first story this week, Dave is jolted back in time by a...
Love – Love Never Ends
“It’s funny the things that you miss.”
For you love birds out there, we’re playing one of our most requested love stories today. The cho...
Cape Breton Tales - The Black Beast of Margaree & The Roundabout
“I didn’t know you were a fan of Mr. Bond…”
On this week’s episode we’re spending time in Dave’s childhood neighbourhood: Big Narrows, C...
The Neighbourhood - Kenny Wong’s Contest & Late Date
“How could he explain skulking around their property when he was supposed to be inside eating”
Oh Dave, how do you manage it! This week, two mor...
Postcards from Canada - Whitehorse & Annapolis Royal
We’re on the road again! On this week’s episode, two of Stuart’s popular postcards from Canada, from two memorable spots across the country that we vi...
Growing up - Dream Bunnies & Sam is Home Alone
“It’s a tricky thing to negotiate, the war of independence”
Today on the pod, Sam and Stephanie step towards independence, while Dave an...
Winter – Minnedosa & Jim’s Toboggan
“Two men who should have known better, climbing onto an old wooden toboggan”
Happy New Year and welcome back to Season 5 of Backstage at...
Season 5 - Starting January 10th
Happy New Year everyone! Join us in 2025 for a brand new season of Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe - featuring heartwarming and hilarious stories and essa...