North Pole Radio

Matt is joined by another Mrs. Claus, the delightful Ellen Terpening!

Matt is joined this week by Kimmie, a newer Mrs. Claus who is spreading her wings and finding new, fun things for Mrs. Claus to do!

Matt is joined by Becki Stratton, who is not only a Mrs. Claus, but a teacher of other Mrs. Clauses!

Matt is joined by Sabrina Halvorson, a wonderful Mrs. Claus, who chats with him about the growing role of Mrs. Claus in Christmas lore.

Matt is joined by his Christmas Podcast Network Pals Gerry and C.J. to talk about the 1979 Rankin Bass movie "Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July".

Matt is joined this week by Hunter Woodson who started as Santa rather uniquely young and had the neat experience of coming up in the Santa world with some Santa Claus Hall of Fame mentors pretty much right out the gate.

On this week's episode, Matt is joined by Kat Imhausen, a Mrs. Claus who teaches American Sign Language to Santas and Mrs. Clauses across the country!

This week, Matt is joined by a new Santa who made a splash in the Santa world by daring to be different and bring his own twist to the Santa legend, Rosario Smirne, better known as Santa Maverick!

This week, Matt is joined by his friend Bill Barnsley, who talks about how he loves to create memories and traditions with the families he sees.

Mat is joined by his friend Chris Elzinga, who plays Santa on a local access show in his town and has a story about being on the set of one of, if not THE best, Christmas specials of all time!

Matt is joined by one of the leaders of SatBOBS (Santa and the Business of Being Santa), Bob McMasters!

Matt is joined by the Head Elf at Hire Santa, Mitch Allen, to talk about how he helps people find the best Santas around and get Santas gigs.

Matt is joined by his friend and first Mrs. Claus guest, Carol Nickles, to discuss her journey to becoming Mrs. Claus and her upcoming first novel!

Matt welcomes his very first British Santa, Sammy Brooks, to the show! Sammy Created and toured his very own Santa show around England and tells us all about it.

This week, Matt is joined by Joey Marsocci, who performs as The Grinch and Krampus, taking pain from Christmases past and turning it into performances that help others find joy in the holiday who may otherwise not have by showing them they are not alone.

Professional storyteller and head of the Christmas Performer Workshop Santa True joins Matt on this episode to talk about the art of storytelling and how all Santas can improve our art to benefit those we serve as well as how we can bring more people into our community instead of waiting for them to come to us.

Matt is joined by Santa Bruce Kotowich, who brings his wealth of knowledge and the traditions of his personal heritage to the show to discuss St. Nicholas, Santa Claus, and the joy of having a season full of celebrations.

This episode Matt welcomes another Matt to the show, Matt Marberry, who had the fun and unique experience of performing Santa in Dubai.

Three of Matt's podcasting pals join him to talk about the strange Rankin & Bass special that is "The Easter Bunny Is Coming To Town." Kind of a sequel, kind of a remake, completely weird.

Matt is joined by his good friend and fellow Christmas podcaster, Anthony Caruso of 'Tis The Podcast, to discuss all things Santa on film. What makes a good movie Santa? Who are the best ones? Who has the best North Pole? The best sleigh? All the important stuff!

Matt is joined by Santa Derek Dugan to discuss some wonderful memories of portraying Santa, the importance of Santa to families and Derek's awesome "casual Santa wear" company, Sleighdriver Apparel.

Merry Christmas 2, listeners! In this episode, Matt is joined by Gerry D, host of the podcast "Totally Rad Christmas" to look back on the underappreciated 1985 film "Santa Claus: The Movie".

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day as Matt is joined by his friend Michael Lyons to discuss the forgotten Walt Disney classic "Darby O'Gill and the Little People". 

Matt is joined by fellow Santa performer and good friend Michael Howe to discuss the benefits of continuing to learn new things in the Christmas community, as well as the benefits of passing on what you have learned. As Michael, and the title of this episode, says, together, we're better.

Matt is joined by his friend Santa Zeb to discuss how he created a fantastic Santa experience for his community on his farm in Virginia.