Ed the Sock (and Friends)

As Americans notch their country's 250th birthday, is there much for them to celebrate? Whereas in Canada, our 159th birthday rides a wave of Canadian pride. Plus Stephen and Steven discuss CUSMA, the Gordie Howe Bridge (to nowhere, thanks to Trump) and other issues in the news

Seth Rogan is re-booting the classic Canadian TV show "The Littlest Hobo" - and Ed explains why he HATES the original series! Why does Rotten Tomatoes let movie reviews from random nobodies sink movie scores? And which was the best "Ernest" movie? These and other vital topics on this week's Ed & Red Show!   Listen to Liana on the It's Not Therapy podcast, wherever you find podcasts.   Listen t...

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner do a deep-dive into the lesser-talked-about impacts of online and social media and why the future with artificial intelligence isn't looking any better. Find Stephen Lautens on Bluesky and Facebook Find Steven J. Kerzner on Facebook

Social media bans for kids under 16, solution or distraction? Plus other bits and bobs and Ed & Red weave through the week's news and general trends contributing to the world's dumpster fire!   Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy wherever you get podcasts.   Listen to Ed the Sock on The All-Night Show, weeknights LIVE midnight - 5am (ET) on 94.9 The Rock, the rock.fm or 949TheRock app.

Genetically-engineered Korean boybands, lonely people talking to KITT knockoffs, the tedium of self-appointed internet superheroes, eating the rich, Ed saves a cat from her owner's stupidity, the surprising Pixar movie Hoppers and Ed and Liana share their chilling experience watching a movie in a theatre full of overstimulated Gen Alphas.

Fear of the antics of pro-Palestinian protesters have caused events in schools and public places to be canceled - should these intimidation tactics go unchallenged?  Neither Steven nor Stephen are welcoming FIFA to Toronto with open arms. They explain why!   Find Stephen Lautens on Facebook and Bluesky Find Steven J. Kerzner on Facebook

Ed and Red cover the worlds of politics, pop culture and the theology of Star Wars in this week's episode. Listen to Liana's solo podcast It's Not Therapy wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to Ed weeknights from midnight - 5AM (ET) on The All-Night Show Live on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm

Alberta is the new angsty teenager of Canada, but no matter how much they whine and slam doors, their referendum on separation from Canada is an exercise in futility. The messaging from Trump seems to have changed from seeding hints of a possible coup to talk of who will succeed him in the Oval Office at the next election. Though the overt planning to disrupt the US midterm elections continues una...

Steven speaks as a Canadian Jew about the video of Israeli cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir abusing Pro-Palestinian captives, how The Right eats The Left's lunch in American electoral politics, China's leader owns Trump at their press conference, Mark Carney's record and lots more on the table in this episode.   Find Stephen Lautens on Facebook and Bluesky. Find Steven Kerzner on Facebook.

Revealed - why Ed smokes cigars; are boys really falling behind girls in school, or is that more alarmist crap?; Kid Rock, Muchmusic and strippers; what to tell your kids if you want them to become abject failures and more! Listen to Liana on her podcast It's Not Therapy at nottherapyshow.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to Ed on his All-Night Show Live weeknights from midnight to 5AM...

Americans outside the MAGA cult have been warning that the country's democracy is in danger...but has the danger passed and moved full steam into dictatorship? Also, why the war with Iran isn't likely to end soon.

Warning: after this podcast, you will never think of 'Yogurt' the same way again! Plus, new evidence that Bigfoot is real and other fun stuff!   Listen to Liana on the It's Not Therapy podcast wherever you get your podcasts or nottherapyshow.com   Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show Live, midnight - 5AM (ET) on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm or 94.9 The Rock App!   Also check the On-Demand section of the...

WOKE - where the term originated and what it really meant before modern politics twisted it into a pretzel; is Canada going to ban social media for kids under 16, and if so, will it even work?; a man claims that a dead girlfriend made his car levitate, God sat on his bed to talk, Satan made him pour out his last drinking water on a long hot hike and more...is he receiving mental health counseling?...

Trump's blunders and bedwetting puts world safety at risk...another TACO moment or will someone finally put him in a Hormuz straitsjacket? Plus, Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership, which is like being elected the new bandleader after the Titanic hit the iceberg and another Conversative crosses the floor to the Carney government - but this one has a stink on her, and the Liberals can likely form a m...

Today on Ed & Red: Rating the lethality of Nerf guns; how Knight Rider shaped Ed's psyche; why standardized school testing and IQ tests don't really map intelligence; a quadraplegic cornhole player shoots his passenger while driving the car...yup, for real. Oh, America. 

Steven thinks the Notwithstanding Clause is absurd and Stephen brings his legal experience to the fore to explain why the federal government's court challenge will FAIL; why Quebec's 'secularization' law is really a war against non-Christians under a less honest name; Pierre Poilievre is in a political straitjacket of his own making; how Doug Ford avoids accountability by ignoring problems and bla...

Pierre Poilievre did Joe Rogan's show....why? Why aren't Canadian kids taught about Bob & Doug McKenzie? It's not about trans kids - 95% of breast reduction surgery on minors in the US is performed on heterosexual cisgendered boys; What's the difference between a Bop, a Banger and a Slap? These topics and more are explored in the way only Ed the Sock & Liana Kerzner can!  

Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner tackle current events, politics, entertainment and assorted other nonsense. Listen to Liana's peer counselor podcast It's Not Therapy wherever you get your podcasts or nottherapyshow.com Ed hosts Ed the Sock's All-Night Show LIVE (weeknights) and Best of (weekends) midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock, stream it on therock.fm or 94.9 The Rock app!  

This is what it sounds like when a sock cries - longtime caller/texter Michelle Guindon, aka 'Michelle from Bowmanville', passed away suddenly on February 27 and Ed, along with many callers, share their memories of Michelle. But it's not a funeral, it's more a Celebration of Life, as the laughter continues just like Michelle would have wanted it to courtesy of Jorge continuing his Don Juan bullsh*...

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner talk about Pierre Poilievre's 'one year late' speech, Carney's diplomatic tightrope walk, Canada's fighter plane purchase and the mess in the US. *note: recorded prior to US/Israel attack on Iran

Ed gives both barrels to America's Mango Madman and the type of lazy thinking that put him in power; Olivia, an adult who sounds like a 14 year-old, and her idiot friends give Ed a headache; new caller Brett occupies the shallow end of the gene pool; Manchild checks in from the dump; Wayne, the Sultan of Sweep, shares a joke in a way only he can; peer counselor Liana Kerzner (It's Not Therapy podc...

Dougie Ford drops a bomb on current and future Ontario university students - and Canada's future; the difference in how Liberals and Conservatives decide what "judicious spending" is; the Quad God can't beat the odds and more with Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner. Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show Live, Monday - Friday, midnight - 5...

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner discuss the ways in which Canadians, Canadian politicicans and Canadian media responded to the Tumbler Ridge tragedy - and the ways in which we didn't. Also - Trump is clearly planning to disrupt or invalidate US midterm elections - what happens next?   Find Stephen Lautens on Bluesky and Facebook Find Steven Kerzner on Facebook

Pierre Poilievre's pay-to-play leadership 'victory'; Liana's nightmarish journey through our health care system - just to get a medical check-up; The Muppets finally re-capture the magic; Wonder Man breaks the Disney/Marvel TV mould - so it doesn't suck; why can't AI identify bicycles? Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy wherever you get podcasts or notttherapyshow.com Listen to Ed on The All-Nigh...

Steven Kerzner and Stephen Lautens discuss their newfound love of the winter hermit lifestyle, Pierre Poilievre's illusory leadership 'victory', how 'America First' is putting America last, the federal Conservatives' full-on embrace of MAGA madness, why Canadian police tend to be better public servants than American cops plus immigrants, DEI and Alberta's smoke-and-mirrors 'separatist' movement.