Episode 14 – Arpon Basu and The Athletic MTL

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I had the absolute pleasure of having Arpon Basu on the podcast to talk about his new venture to bring The Athletic, the prominent subscription sports journalism service, to Montreal this September, and we got into a wide range of topics.

From what kind of content The Athletic MTL will be, to the challenges it faces in defining itself in both languages, to how the Montreal Canadiens have changed and what to expect next season, to the tragedy in Charlottesville that has shown how serious the Neo-Nazi threat is right now in North America.

Also we talked a little Netflix to bring it back to Ice Level days. We went off on tangents about Subban, Weber, Plekanec, and Pacioretty, and ended up chatting for nearly two hours. Enjoy!

Episode 11 – Marc Dumont and the Habs Post-Mortem

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This week on the podcast, Marc Dumont from Eyes on the Prize joins me to do some playoff predictions for the second round, and then we go deep into what went wrong with the Canadiens this year, and whether they can recover from it.

We also referenced an article on EOTP from Kyle Medeiros on the Canadiens’ inability to break in drafted players, which you can read here.

Episode 5 – Arune Singh and Comics

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After a couple weeks off to enjoy the holidays, the podcast is back with special guest Arune Singh, former executive director of TV communications for Marvel, and current VP of marketing for BOOM Studios.

Arune is a Habs fan from Toronto now living in Los Angeles, so of course we had to talk about the Montreal Canadiens this season, the trade of P.K. Subban to the Nashville Predators, and feelings about the team going forward.

From there we moved on from hockey to talk comics, touching on Arune’s history with Marvel and love of DC, as well as adaptations from page to screen, small and big.

We debate 90’s cartoons, Fast and the Furious, and our favourite comic runs, before getting into your questions, Netflix suggestions and tips for comics to pick up.

Episode 2 – Robyn Flynn and Feminism

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This week on the Andrew Berkshire Podcast, it’s a mini Ice Level reunion as I was joined by Robyn Flynn of TSN 690’s Centre Ice, also a producer at CJAD 800, and the official colour voice (and sometimes play-by-play) of Les Canadiennes de Montreal.

Robyn and I start the podcast with a cathartic discussion about the end of Ice Level, and how the P.K. Subban trade changed our perspectives then and now. We got into women’s hockey and the battle for supremacy between the CWHL and NWHL, when players will be paid living wages, and which league seems to have a better framework going forward.

From there, we shifted to the online harassment of women in sports media and told some horror stories of our own, and talked about the importance of being empathetic with those who experience it, not just shrugging it off.

After that we answered some questions, made Netflix suggestions, and called it a day.