The fortyish & unfiltered Podcast

This episode started with a social media post — the kind that stops you mid-scroll because it’s casual, comfortable, and quietly racist. Not shouted. Not dramatic. Just said like everyone would agree. And somehow, that moment dragged North of 60 back into my head. So we talk about it. Not as nostalgia. Not as a TV recap. But as a show that asked Canadians to sit with discomfort long before we had...

This week on Fortyish & Unfiltered , we’re going deep into Canadian music — not the quota version, the memory version. From Barenaked Ladies and Alanis Morissette to The Tragically Hip, Sarah McLachlan, Bif Naked, and Jann Arden, this episode isn’t about rankings or charts. It’s about the songs that showed up quietly in our lives and somehow stayed. We talk hits, regional roots, live shows tha...

In Episode Two of Fortyish & Unfiltered , Matthew takes a coffee-fueled walk through the history of Degrassi , from its quiet beginnings to the moments that changed Canadian television. From Spike’s pregnancy and Erica Farrell’s abortion to Claude Tanner’s suicide, Wheels’ unraveling, and School’s Out , this episode explores how Degrassi trusted young people with the truth — and why that still...

In the first episode of Fortyish & Unfiltered , Matthew reflects on growing up in a small Northern Ontario town and making the leap to life in Toronto at forty-something. Through late-night coffee, personal stories, and dry, self-aware humour, he talks about nostalgia, anonymity, city chaos, and what it means to finally feel at home in a place where no one knows who you’re “supposed” to be. It...