The Tragically Hip Podcast Series

The shuffle lands on *'Bobcaygeon'* - a love song built on a race riot, and the track one fan ties to losing Gord Downie. --- "This is the song I think of when I think about coming to terms with the fact that Gord Downie was going to die." Dave from Montreal --- Episode Summary The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream is back after a week off, and the shuffle lands on *'Bobc...

Fully & Completely: Redux Man Machine Poem The last record. "Man Machine Poem" arrived in June 2016 wrapped in the worst news imaginable - and somehow it was still everything. Episode Summary: jD and Greg LeGros sit under a pear tree - bees and all - for the final entry in Fully & Completely's full Tragically Hip discography run. The album in question is "Man Machine Poem&#...

The Tragically Hip Top Forty Countdown: Song Thirty-Four – Tyler from Etobicoke Hey, it’s jD, and this week I’m joined by Tyler from Etobicoke — a Hip historian with a well-worn cassette copy of  Road Apples  and a tale or two from the Phantom Power tour in upstate New York (plus a Barry Manilow origin story we didn’t see coming). Tyler’s Hipstory is a slow burn that turned into a full-blown obses...

One night in El Paso, the cops go into the crowd - and somehow, 32 years later, we're still unpacking what that means. This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream, the shuffle landed on 'Yawning or Snarling' from "Day for Night" - and it pulled 76% Love It in the community poll. Add in the Like Its and you're sitting at 95%. Not bad for track four on a record t...

jD, Pete, and Tim are back and this week they're listening to the 2002 release In Violet Light. Transcript Track 1: [0:00] As I sit at my computer to write this introduction, I've really had to rack.  [0:05] My brain for anything specific about In Violet Light.  It has nothing to do with the brilliance of the record, but I had pretty much left the missionary zeal phase of my hip fandom and...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Country Day One random shuffle lands on the last song on "We Are the Same," and the panel ends up arguing about Bob Rock, Canada Day, and whether Gord wrote a love letter to his producer. Episode Summary   On this week's The Tragically Hip On Shuffle live stream, jD and the panel pull  'Country Day' , the closing track from 2009'...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Wheat Kings A campfire singalong that's secretly about a wrongful conviction, a cassette thrown out a car window, and a tiny Eiffel Tower in Saskatchewan. EPISODE SUMMARY  This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream, the wheel landed on  'Wheat Kings' , and I had a couple of Andrews riding shotgun to break it down. This is the s...

This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle, we cracked open 'Coffee Girl' - the fourth track and second single off "We Are the Same" (2009), produced by Bob Rock. On the TTHTop40 Countdown, it clocks in at number 53. It's been played live 78 times, last appearing on the final tour on July 30, 2016. Joining me for this one were two members of west coast tribute act Gift Shop - C...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: 'Let's Stay Engaged' The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: 'Let's Stay Engaged' jD, Alan from Federal Way, and Justin from Bridport unpack 'Let's Stay Engaged' from "Trouble at the Hen House" - and the band's new live album announcement. Episode Summary The shuffle lands on 'Let's Stay Engag...

podList 7: The Classics - Shownotes podList 7: The Classics - 18 Hip Covers from 1987 Through "Day for Night" podList 7 is here. 18 tribute artists tackle The Tragically Hip's earliest era - from the 1987 EP through "Day for Night." Summary: The seventh installment of podList drops with a focus on the foundational years of The Tragically Hip's catalogue - the 1987 self-titl...

A Forest Of Whispering Speakers - The Book Two writers. Ten years of trust. One Tragically Hip catalogue. Episode two is the story of how the book got written without flattening the band. Episode Summary A Forest Of Whispering Speakers is the oral history of the Theatre Aquarius world premiere of  It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken , the new musical built on the music of The Tragically H...

podList SIX – A Fan-Made Hip Mixtape From the Deep Cuts Up Welcome to  podList SIX , the sixth annual  fan-powered  Tragically Hip mixtape — lovingly curated, courageously sequenced, and now spun into podcast gold. Each year, listeners submit tracks based on a theme. This year’s twist?  No Top 40 allowed.  That’s right: every single pick comes from songs ranked  #169 to #41  in  The Tragically Hip...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Looking For A Place To Happen A Halifax 2015 live cut, a 40-person Off Ramp show in 1991, and a panel that pulls the deep American Hipstory out of "Fully Completely." Episode Overview This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle, host jD spins 'Looking For A Place To Happen' - track two from the 1992 Chris Tsangarides-produced "Fully C...

Get ready for a blast from the fucking past! We’re revisiting the first five years of podList episodes and bringing them back to the feed—your chance to re-live the magic of TTH fan covers, back-to-back. We’re talking incredible fucking renditions of classic tracks by The Tragically Hip tracks brought to life by listeners just like you. So there’s that. Each year, devoted Hip fans from all walks o...

The panel digs into a quiet, jammy deep cut from "In Violet Light" - and finds a father-daughter scene, a Bahamas-recorded slow burn, and one of the most conversational lyrics in the catalogue. Episode Overview This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle, host jD pulls 'Throwing Off Glass' - track six from the 2002 Hugh Padgham-produced "In Violet Light." Joining the virtual...

Get ready for a blast from the fucking past! We’re revisiting the first five years of podList episodes and bringing them back to the feed—your chance to re-live the magic of TTH fan covers, back-to-back. We’re talking incredible fucking renditions of classic tracks by The Tragically Hip tracks brought to life by listeners just like you. So there’s that. Each year, devoted Hip fans from all walks o...

A Forest Of Whispering Speakers - The Idea A new musical featuring the music of The Tragically Hip is about to open in Hamilton. Episode one is the story of how it got there - from one phone call to a world premiere. Episode summary A Forest Of Whispering Speakers is the brand new podcast from The Tragically Hip Podcast Series, charting the world premiere of "It's a Good Life If You Don&#3...

Join Greg and Jamie as they celebrate the wonderful world of the Tragically Hip. This episode is fully & completely composed of fan submissions. Listen to your favourite Hip tracks in a whole new way! Evil Tom Hanks - Montreal Fifty Mission - When the Weight Comes Down Craig Rogers & Yvette Drews - Now For Plan A Totally Hip - The Luxury Roadside Attraction - Ouch Shamus Gunn - Get Back Ag...

Join Greg and Jamie as they celebrate the wonderful world of the Tragically Hip. This episode is fully & completely composed of fan submissions. Listen to your favourite Hip tracks in a whole new way! Grace, Too - Tim Porterfield  In View - Shemus Gunn Looking for a Place to Happen - 50 Mission Lake Fever - Rico Borrego Ahead By A Century - Broadtree Scared - Cory Smith/Steve Cameron Poeti - L...

All the best of the season from Greg & Jamie! Enjoy the work of Hip tribute bands and fans alike. Thugs - Myles Erickson Something On - Rico Borrego Every Time You Go - The Tragically Hits Little Bones - Simply Hip Poets - Shamus Gunn Wheat Kings - Adam Ruzzo The Stanger - Maria King Emperor Penguin - Jamie Dew & Jason Kirby Scared - Craig & Mark Rogers Trick Rider - Darrin Cappe Ahead...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: An Inch an Hour What does a song about slow-moving things sound like at 150 BPMs? Apparently, it sounds like this. jD and the panel dig deep into 'An Inch an Hour' — track 11 from "Day for Night," one of the most layered records The Tragically Hip ever made, and one that keeps revealing new angles the harder you look. This week's pan...

An Evening For Sara J - The Podcast Patrick Downie doesn't show up to talk about the band. He shows up to talk about his brother. That's what made An Evening for Sara J - a community fundraiser held April 11, 2025 at the Firkin on Yonge in Toronto - something a little different. Patrick joined jD on stage in front of a room full of Hip fans, and what followed was one of the most honest, wa...

It started as a punishment. In 2016, jD heard Greg LeGros pitch "Now For Plan A" on See You Next Wednesday - not as a bad pick, but as something deeply underappreciated that deserved a real listen. jD listened. Came back. And somehow, without either of them knowing it yet, that was the moment Fully & Completely was born. Full circle, ten years later. Here we are. About This Episode jD...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: 'The Luxury' 'The Luxury' sits in the middle third of "Road Apples" and somehow that's exactly where it belongs. Track four of twelve. It doesn't announce itself. It doesn't demand anything from you. It just settles in - dark, jazzy, a little snarling - and waits to see if you're paying attention. Turns out, a lot...

Getting Hip to the Hip - "We Are the Same" Pete and Tim hear "We Are the Same" for the first time. Bob Rock, big strings, and a campfire album that divides fans right down the middle. EPISODE SUMMARY Released in 2009 and produced by Bob Rock, "We Are the Same" was the first record in over 20 years that made Tragically Hip fans wait longer than two years for new material. It...