The Tragically Hip Podcast Series

Fully & Completely: redux - We Are the Same The Hip's most divisive record. The one that feels beige on first listen and breaks your heart on the fifth. jD and Greg LeGros go track by track through "We Are the Same" - and they don't hold back. jD and Greg LeGros return for the 17th anniversary episode of the "We Are the Same" deep dive. The album nobody fully agreed on...

Eight songs. One vinyl pressing so rare most fans have never held it. And a song that — based on all available evidence — was played live maybe three times before The Hip quietly let it go. jD, Joe from Toronto, Andy from St. Thomas, and Justin from Bridport dug into the self-titled EP and found something they weren't expecting. Episode Summary 'I'm a Werewolf Baby' clocks in at nu...

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The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Train Overnight This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle, jD pulls 'Train Overnight' from "Music @ Work" - the twelfth track on the eighth album, a deep cut that earned exactly zero votes in the TTHTop40 fan-sourced countdown, landing in the company of only four other songs in The Hip's entire catalogue with the same distinction. &...

The Tragically Hip Podcast Series presents - "March 25th, 1995" (A podUMENTARY) The Tragically Hip Podcast Series - TTHTop40 Countdown March 25th, 1995. Saturday Night Live. Dan Aykroyd walks out, the band plugs in, and Canada holds its breath. Thirty years later, we went and found the people who were watching. "I finally felt like we - maybe as a nation, as a people, as a culture - ar...

Fully & Completely: Redux - World Container Bob Rock, a divisive record, and the Tragically Hip song that might just be their best. jD and Greg came around. Hard. October 17th, 2006. The Tragically Hip released "World Container" - their first of two records with producer Bob Rock, and one of the most divisive albums in the band's catalog. Twenty years later, jD and Greg LeGros are...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: 'Vapour Trails' Episode Date: March 19, 2026 Panel: Ryan from Toronto • Patrick from Toronto • Adam from Tampa Intro There’s nothing uglier than a man hitting his stride - and there’s nothing better than a panel that doesn’t agree on what that line even means. This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle , jD pulled ‘Vapour Trails’ from “Phantom P...

Fully & Completely: Redux "In Between Evolution" Hosts: jD & Greg LeGros | Guest: Toronto Mike | Fully & Completely: Redux The Episode There are records you fall into immediately - and then there are the ones that sneak up on you. "In Between Evolution" is absolutely the second kind. The Tragically Hip's 2004 record is one of their most slept-on, most politically ch...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: 'We Want To Be It' Hey, it's jD here. Every once in a while, the shuffle lands on a song that feels like it found you on purpose. This was one of those weeks. 'We Want To Be It' - track four off "Now For Plan A" - doesn't get talked about the way 'Bobcaygeon' does. It doesn't get the bar rock reverence of the...

FULLY & COMPLETELY: REDUX "In Violet Light" - The Tragically Hip Episode Show Notes —————————————————————————————————— Fully & Completely: Redux | "In Violet Light" - The Tragically Hip (2002) —————————————————————————————————— Hey, it's jD here. Some albums don't just meet you where you are - they find you exactly when you need them. **"In Violet Light" is...

Honey, Please — Deep Cut or Hidden Gem? Sometimes the Shuffle Gods reach deep into the catalogue. And sometimes what they pull out sparks a conversation you didn’t see coming. This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle , we landed on “Honey, Please” , the second track from We Are the Same — The Tragically Hip’s 2009 album produced by Bob Rock. Clocking in at four minutes even, it’s one of those so...

Fully & Completely: redux – Music @ Work Guest: Rob Johannes 🎧 Episode Overview In Episode 9 of Fully & Completely: redux , we dive headfirst into Music @ Work , The Tragically Hip’s 2000 studio album — a record often misunderstood, occasionally maligned, but undeniably pivotal. Joined by musician and longtime Hip devotee Rob Johannes , we unpack why this album may represent the band’s se...

Discovering Downie:  Live at Six  (Gord Downie + The Sadies + The Conquering Sun) — Track-by-Track on Release Day On launch day, jD reunites with  Craig Rogers ,  Kirk Lane , and  Justin St. Louis  to break down  Live at Six , a newly released live record featuring  Gord Downie ,  The Sadies , and  The Conquering Sun . It’s an  eight-track collection  drawn from  four shows  (Sarnia, Fredericton,...

On this episode of The Tragically Hip On Shuffle , we landed on “Fully Completely,” the title track from The Tragically Hip’s landmark 1992 album Fully Completely , and brought together Toronto Mike, Joe Cad of Forever Hip, and Duxoop Douglas to unpack it properly. This is a song that finished #13 in the fan-voted Top Forty Countdown and continues to hold a unique place in the Hip catalogue — not...

🎙️ Fully & Completely: Redux Phantom Power  (1998) — Remastered. Revisited. Reconsidered. Originally released in 2018. Re-edited, remixed, and reintroduced in 2026. July 14th, 1998. Steve Berlin at the helm. The band at full stride. The ice storm still in the trees. Hockey still in the bloodstream. And somehow — almost impossibly — The Tragically Hip delivered a “comeback” record that never ne...

🎙️ The Tragically Hip On Shuffle Episode:  Nautical Disaster (Day for Night) This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle , we pulled a heavyweight. Nautical Disaster. jD is joined by Scott from Lunenburg and Dave from St. Louis for a deep dive into one of the most cinematic, structurally daring, and emotionally layered songs in The Tragically Hip catalogue. From that opening Gord Sinclair bassline...

Live Between Us – Essential Tracks, Layered Lyrics & Hip Obsession Fully & Completely – The Tragically Hip Podcast Series This week on Fully & Completely , jD and Greg dive into Live Between Us , The Tragically Hip’s electrifying 1997 live album — and they’re joined by music publicist, historian, and walking encyclopedia Eric Alper . Together, they unpack what makes these tracks “stone...

The Tragically Hip On Shuffle This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle , we pull “At Transformation” from Now For Plan A and let it breathe. Is it about Gord Downie’s wife’s cancer battle? A marriage unraveling? The band’s own evolution? Or something more universal — the moment when life tilts and you realize you’re different now? jD is joined by Tim (Columbus) , Shawn (Edmonton) , and Jeff (Vau...

Fully & Completely: Redux Episode 6 —  Trouble at the Henhouse (1996) In this episode of Fully & Completely: Redux , we land in 1996 and crack open Trouble at the Henhouse — one of the most misunderstood, emotionally loaded, and quietly radical albums in the catalogue of The Tragically Hip . What should have been a victory-lap record turns into something stranger and braver: stripped-back,...

🔀 The Tragically Hip On Shuffle Fire in the Hole  (Day for Night, 1994) Every Wednesday, The Tragically Hip On Shuffle spins the wheel and lands on a random song from the Hip catalogue—then assembles a panel to tear it apart, stitch it back together, and see what still smoulders. This week’s draw: Fire in the Hole —a blistering, confrontational cut from the band’s 1994 masterpiece Day for Night ....

Fully & Completely: Redux —  Day for Night  (1994) A presentation of The Tragically Hip Podcast Series Hosted by:  jD & Greg LeGros Release:  Monday Format:  Album deep dive (Redux edition) Runtime:  ~1h 45m In this episode of  Fully & Completely: Redux , we turn our full attention to  Day for Night  — the record many fans point to as  the  moment  The Tragically Hip  stopped chasing e...

Fully & Completely: Redux —  Day for Night  (1994) A presentation of The Tragically Hip Podcast Series Hosted by: jD & Greg LeGros Release: Monday Format: Album deep dive (Redux edition) Runtime: ~1h 45m In this episode of Fully & Completely: Redux , we turn our full attention to Day for Night — the record many fans point to as the moment The Tragically Hip stopped chasing expectations...

Every Wednesday, we spin the wheel, land on one randomly selected Tragically Hip song, and then do the only sensible thing: discuss, debate, and dissect it from top to bottom. That’s The Tragically Hip On Shuffle. That’s the game. So there’s that. This week’s shuffle pull: “Wild Mountain Honey” (Track 11 on Music @ Work ), a song that got exactly zero votes in the Tragically Hip Top 40 Countdown u...

Fully & Completely: Redux Episode 104 — Fully Completely (1992) A presentation of The Tragically Hip Podcast Series Hosted by jD and Greg LeGros Class is officially back in session. In Episode 104, Fully & Completely returns as Fully & Completely: Redux — our weekly, album-by-album wander through the studio catalogue of The Tragically Hip . This week: Fully Completely (1992). The one t...

Every Wednesday night at 8pm ET , we spin the wheel and land on one randomly selected Tragically Hip song — then we discuss, debate, and dissect it with three panelists and a very opinionated live chat. This week, the wheel landed on “Leave” from In Violet Light (2002) — and we got into the groove , the two-part structure , Gord’s bird-heavy storytelling , and where this track sits in the album’s...