Terry and Ted

Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast

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Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast is a weekly Montreal-focused podcast co-hosted by Terry DiMonte and Ted Bird, whose personal friendship and professional collaboration spans five decades and two centuries(!). Smart, irreverent and topical, Standing By puts a uniquely Montreal stamp on the podcast landscape - intensely relatable to people who know the city and easily accessible to those who don’t. Montreal: live it/learn it/love it with Terry and Ted on the Standing By Podcast.

Author

Terry and Ted

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Society

Podcast website

www.terryandtedpodcast.com

Latest episode

Jun 24, 2026

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Episodes

Montreal Christmas Memories 17.12.2025

Terry and Ted set the stage for Christmas present by exploring the traditions, institutions and characters of Montreal Christmas past, including the Ogilvy's Window and noted Yuletide percussionist Spoonman.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Sammy | sugarsam...

Terry's CJAD Birthday Invitation Gets Lost in the Mail 10.12.2025

Terry is gracious and philosophical about being snubbed by CJAD for the radio stations's 80th anniversary celebration, while Ted demonstrates why he has never been actively recruited for the diplomatic corps.      👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Sammy | sugar...

Stories from the Rink and the Road 03.12.2025

Only a handful of aspiring play-by-play announcers have made it to the pinnacle of hockey broadcasting, and one of them is our guest this week. There were no shortcuts for John Bartlett, who worked his way up from local cable TV to Hockey Night in Canada, and stayed grateful and humble for the entire ride.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧...

Squeak, Rattle and Roll — From Here to the Hammer 26.11.2025

Terry's train travel travails, suits and sneakers, Ted's Happy Gilmore/Bob Barker moment with a Hockey Hall of Famer, and it's never too late to celebrate World Toilet Day.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Sammy | sugarsammy.com Merson Auto |  mersonauto.co...

My Name Is Jessica, and I Am a McCartney-holic 19.11.2025

This week, we discuss Mrs. DiMonte's "McCartney problem". Also, it's never too late to learn the guitar (until it is), and there's nowhere to pee.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Sammy | sugarsammy.com Merson Auto |  mersonauto.com Acutech Electric | acute...

Colonel Petty, in the Studio, with the Podcasters 12.11.2025

No, it's not a game of Clue. It's Honorary Lt-Col. Ginger Petty of the Canadian Grenadier Guards in-studio to talk about Remembrance Day and her annual Toy Tea Christmas charity - a highlight of the social season in Montreal.  Also, Franz Kafka as a football coach, and Terry gets disenfranchised at the voting booth and isn't happy about it.   👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple...

Good Day, Good Luck and Good Feathers 05.11.2025

World Series reflections - are we happy or sad the Blue Jays lost? Also, Expos Fest founder Perry Giannias on who killed the Montreal Expos, Ted gets force fed a bullshit traffic ticket to help the SPVM meet their quota and Terry invents a new salutation.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Stor...

Survival of the Most Delicious 29.10.2025

A favorite DiMonte haunt and staple of Montreal's vibrant restaurant scene celebrates a milestone anniversary, two World Series games for the price of one, who killed the Expos and fist bump or handshake?    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Sammy | sugarsammy....

We Will Never Forget the Guy with the Thing 22.10.2025

Epic brain farts, best hate mail ever and it's not that hard to be humble.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Sammy | sugarsammy.com Merson Auto |  mersonauto.com Acutech Electric | acutech.ca Robert Richer Jewellers | robertricher.com Playground | www.playgr...

Montreal All-Dressed, No Sour Grapes 15.10.2025

It's another big, fat slice of Montreal this week, including follow-up on a viral clip from last week's episode, a brush with greatness at the old Forum  and a local family's leadership in tackling a worldwide health challenge.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Su...

Go Habs Go and Also Blue Jays, We Guess 08.10.2025

Terry and Ted preview the Habs’ season, reluctantly embrace the Blue Jays and discuss their favourite childhood breakfast cereal and cookie brands, all while deftly avoiding the pressing existential issues of our times.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsstore.ca Sugar Samm...

Beauty and the Beasts 01.10.2025

With a list of credits a mile long, disarming charm and authenticity to spare, Rigaud native and accomplished television and movie actress Maxim Roy captivates the boys with insights and anecdotes from behind the scenes on both the big and small screens.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store...

Hey! We’re Podcastin’ Here! 24.09.2025

Ted comes back from Gotham awash in New York stories, Terry plays tourist in his own town in search of the most cost-efficient hot dog, and - in the absence of a trained magician - we speak with an author and educator who actually makes Canadian history interesting.    👉 YouTube: @standingbythepodcast    🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio   💡 Our Sponsors T...

The Elephant in the Room and Then Some 17.09.2025

We are overwhelmed by circumstances that compel us to indirectly break our self-imposed "no politics" rule, however briefly, before returning to the mandatory lighthearted and community-related banter, including the Tweet Sheet, Terry's recommendations, charity mentions and the bread cartel. Thank you for your attention to this matter.      🎧  Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧  Listen on Spotify   🎧 ...

Making the Best of a Worst-Case Scenario 10.09.2025

Along with the obligatory bonhomie and tomfoolery, this week’s episode offers a profile in strength, courage and finding purpose from unthinkable personal loss. We also reflect on the legacies of two fallen cultural icons with deep Montreal connections, and Terry harkens back to the good old days of almost being eaten by polar bears.  🎧  Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧  Listen on Spotify   🎧  Listen...

What We Did on Our Summer Vacation 03.09.2025

Terry and Ted are back to kick off a new season, fraught with self-loathing and insecurity over their ability to communicate effectively with an audience after taking the entire summer off. After all, they've only been at this for 47 years.  ----more----   🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Spotify   🎧 Listen on iHeartRadio 📺 Watch on YouTube 💡 Our Sponsors The UPS Store Canada | theupsst...

Season finale: Harden the F*ck Up 25.06.2025

Description: In our last show before the summer break, we speak with Canadian Forces Afghanistan veteran, author and Hard to Kill podcast host Dave Morrow about his new book "Harden the F**k Up" - a fitness guide for ex-military and civilians alike. Also, Terry channels Mike Love in his Strangers in the Night Beach Boys review and Ted has another Old Man Bird moment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Hop into the hand basket - we’re going to Hell. 18.06.2025

Description: Are we just old guys pining for the past or is society in a period of decline? Terry and Ted ponder whether things really were better back in their day - or just different. Also, a look back at Grand Prix weekend, and peach cobbler: the other shoemaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saving Liam 11.06.2025

Just ahead of Father's Day, a Montreal dad talks about his fight to save his son in a health battle that's taken on a life of its own. Also, the STM transit strike, Grand Prix Week sticker shock and the bagpipes (this time for real). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gallivanting while the gallivanting is good. 04.06.2025

Reluctant retirees Terry and Ted capitalize on their free time and mobility to blanket Montreal with their presence at various and sundry charity and entertainment events. Also, when he's not flitting hither and yon, Terry is anchored to the couch for hours on end, watching multiple streaming services and taking copious notes for his weekly viewing recommendations, and this week he's got some dand...

Whoever said “it’s not the destination, it’s the journey” didn’t fly commercial 28.05.2025

Terry revisits Vancouver and suffers the slings and arrows of commercial air travel. Also, summertime goings-on in Montreal, the mechanics of standup comedy and why no one asks us to name TV shows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Montréal through the DiMonte lens, unfiltered 21.05.2025

Terry's warts-and-all review of a very busy social calendar in the week leading up to Victoria Day, which can itself be a trigger for an English boy from Verdun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The uncomfortable truth: Greeks make the best Montreal pizza 14.05.2025

The uncomfortable truth: Greeks make the best Montreal pizza. Also, don't cut in front of Ted in line at Costco. In an episode fraught with controversy, the boys shoot from the lip on their preference for Greek Montreal pizza, Terry calls out a pool company that tried his patience beyond the breaking point, and Ted almost turns Costco Pointe Claire into the Octagon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

The Alan Parsons interview project: mission accomplished. 06.05.2025

Terry and Ted conquer technology by successfully conducting an online interview with progressive rock legend Alan Parsons ahead of his charity fundraising show next week at Place des Arts. Also, the ban on phones in school, putting the Habs to bed for the summer and Ted gets something to cry about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Allez Canadiens allez! And get a haircut, ya hippies. 30.04.2025

The Habs are down but not out, a heartwarming story of love lost but not forgotten, and what's with the old guy rock star hair? That and more on this week's episode, including a pee-pants funny Tweet Sheet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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