The Dutch Hall with Pete Van Dyk

Episode 37!  Pete has his wife, the lovely Dr. Jane Van Dyk into to a newly remodelled Dutch Hall to help figure out why people keep taking pictures of themselves.  Spoiler Alert, we don't figure it out.  Go F@%k Your Selfie!

Live From the Dutch Hall tries to define itself as the show that tries to change the world between dick jokes.  Dave Charters co-hosts and talks to Pete about how to take control of your own life, how corporations and Greenpeace are anti-human, and we try to teach dirty girls how to behave on an airplane.  See how it works?

California Dreaming!  Mark and Sonja Rowen, super fans and great friends make the trip from Northern California to the Dutch Hall.  Pete accepts the ALS ice bucket challenge, tells a story about about how he said "f&!@ you" to his boss, getting married in Vegas and how to use vomit as a weapon to win a tricycle race. And VG Meats joins us as a Sponsor!  Great Meats for everyone!

Taco Thursday!  Pete tricks Tom Bowen and his wife Laura to record a podcast where we talk about another heroic act by a Van Dyk in Turkey Point, how Tom got a lap dance from a Disney cast member with BO and Dutch Hall and we pay tribute to Robin Williams.

Bonus Episode from Live From Turkey Point!  My nieces and nephews as well as my kids come in to test out the podcast equipment before we record the Live From Turkey Point episode of Live From the Dutch Hall.  We sit down and talk about our best memories of going down to Turkey Point as a family.  And Pete finally gets a sound board engineer. If you would like to support Live From the Dutch Hall, p...

Family Vacation at Turkey Point, so Pete does a live podcast with his family.  The show starts with a must hear performance of the Florence and the Machine song, “Shake it Out’ by Maddie Ball and Kaitlyn Van Dyk.  The adults proceed to kick the kids out of our make-shift Dutch Hall and the family talks about spending time at Turkey Point, we tells stories about how we are all heroes and we discuss...

Pete goes down to Detroit to see Jack White at the historic Masonic Temple and tells the stories of cab drivers, elevator operators and prostitutes that come with a night like that.  Mike Bouw co-hosts.

The Dutch Hall welcomes local entrepreneur, Tom Bowen to the show.  Tom and Pete sit down to discuss midget penises and medical marijuana.

This week, Live From the Dutch Hall welcomes comedian, Jason Allen to the program.  Jason sits down with Pete to discuss how to get started in Stand-up,  the comedy business and we compare who makes less money, a comic or a podcaster.

On this episode we discuss the week that was with the one and only Dave "the Rooster" Charters.  Dave comes in to discuss Holland's brilliant performance in this year's Wold Cup, the pope's role in the outcome of the final and no matter what happens, how Pete has already won the World Cup.

This year Live From the Dutch Hall celebrate's the day Canada reluctantly started to govern itself without mommy England to help.  And how to we celebrate?  With pulled pork, french fries, fireworks, campfires and of course lots of live music.  We play performances from Maddie Ball, Dave Charters, Mike Bouw from Crown the Lion and Kaitlyn Van Dyk.  Please Enjoy!

This is not the Greatest Show Ever, this is The Show About the Greatest Show Ever!   On Thursday June 19th, Live From the Dutch Hall recorded what came to be known as "The Greatest Show Ever".  Craig Franklin, Paul Van Dyk, Jamie Barham, Derek Van Heugten and Kevin Van Dyk, created a masterpiece that could have changed the world as we know it forever.  Tragically, the show experienced a catastroph...

Live From the Dutch Hall heads to Port Dover for the Friday the 13th bike rally.  Pete goes out Thursday night and spends too much time at the beer tent only to come back to record the show to an empty room.  Listen to Pete babble about the biker community, the Ontario election and hear about how he was almost witness to Hulk Hogan throwing a guy of the roof of a building.

It's World Cup time again and we get a bunch of Canadians together to pay tribute to our ancestors by trash talking the other countries of the world.  Marco Lunghi, Mike Bouw and Dave Charters join Pete to go through all the groups and offend as many people as we can.  

We are back going again at the Dutch Hall!  This time I didn't feel much like coming up with anything myself so I let the makers of Cards Against Humanity do all the writing for us.  Our guests this week are my cousin Craig Franklin, my sister Laurie Ball, and my lovely wife, Jane Van Dyk.  We play the game, discuss third base and learn about Pete's shortcomings in the bedroom from his wife.

Re-release of Episode 10. Out of respect to my uncle, John Van Dyk, The Dutch Hall will remain quiet this week.  Instead, please enjoy a re-release of my cousin Kevin's favourite episode.  I know it's dated a bit because we talk about the Olympics, but I think the jokes still work. Paul Van Dyk and Craig Franklin stop by the Dutch Hall to celebrate Canada's golden day.  We talk olympics, how Pete...

We are back at the Dutch Hall and this time we are talking magic with illusionist, Lucas Wilson.  Lucas is a 3 time Guinness Book world record holder, he has appeared on Canada's Got Talent and The Dragon's Den.  We talk about some of the greats in the World of Magic (use your best Doug Henning voice), how to get out of a straight jacket and Pete sells a new trick to Lucas.  And this one was magic...

Shop Tour #1 - Shinnanigans on St. James, The Dutch Hall hits the road for the first of many shop tours.  This one lands us in the beautiful town of Waterford, Ontario Canada, to the back yard Irish Pub of Jeff Ball.  After a severely botched monologue, Pete talks to the Waterford boys about growing up in Waterford, Pete's "trip" to Colorado, and whether there is a girl between the ages of 16 and...

Episode 20! I have some old friends of the show, Dave Charters, Mike Bouw and Mike Ostapchuk come by to talk about how far the Dutch Hall has come in 20 weeks.  We also breakdown the Fred Eaglesmith episode, talk about music and tell you where the show is headed.

Pete welcomes one of Canada's great renaissance men, Fred Eaglesmith to the Dutch Hall for a lesson on how to make it in Rock and Roll the Eaglesmith way.  Fred has been making music for over four decades and has just recently released his 20th studio album, Tambourine.  His songs have been covered by Toby Kieth, Miranda Lambert and Alan Jackson.  His Travelling Steam Show is aggressively making i...

Episode 18.  Pete's siblings, Laurie Ball, Paul Van Dyk and Lisa VandenBussche visit the Dutch Hall to celebrate Holy Thursday.  We talk about what it was like growing up together, Egg fights and which one of us is Ringo.

Episode 17.  Mike Bouw, Adam Hill and Craig Franklin return to the Dutch Hall to attempt the Dutch Hall's first ever TopicPalooza!  We talk about the death of the Ultimate Warrior, how big a dick the John Lennon clone would be and what would drive you to stab your boss.

Episode 16.  We prove Oprah is full of crap and that there are a lot of hard working dads out there too.  Billy Salman, Jeff Klunder and our bartender, Dave Charters talk about what it's like to be a dad in the modern era, Rob Ford and how to give birth on your basement floor.

Finally we silence our critics and have a Ladies Night at the Dutch Hall.  Pete and the girls managed, amongst the chaos, to talk about breastfeeding, the Toronto Mayor's Race and how to lose 60lbs in 10 months.

Episode 14.  We have former NHL forward and junior and minor hockey coach Ryan VandenBussche and former Bantam select Paul Van Dyk in to talk about the life of a hockey parent.  We do what we do and then the boys bust my balls and then we issue a challenge to our listeners.