In the fifty-first episode, “Upnorthisode 2 (Pt. 2)”, the Basement Placers return with the exciting conclusion to their week-long stay in Tobermory, Ontario with their voluntarily absent friend, Jorge Silva. This episode contains hot tubs, billiards, hiking and the aftermath of getting locked out of the cottage. Featuring a live acoustic performance of Planet World’s … Continue reading "Episode 51 – Upnorthisode 2 (Pt. 2)"

In the fiftieth episode, “Upnorthisode 2 (Pt. 1)”, the Basement Placers travel back up to Tobermory, Ontario with Jorge Silva to spend a week in the same cottage they stayed in last year. This episode contains discussions of appropriate roadtrip food, self-portrait poles, plastic surgery, dating apps, the parallel between trying to kill the two … Continue reading "Episode 50 – Upnorthisode 2 (Pt. 1)"

In the forty-ninth episode, “Big Brother 2”, the Basement Placers sit down with Steve’s older brother, JP, for the first time since Episode 5, Season 1. Oh boy,.. lotsa ground. Mushrooms, kidney stones, improper usage of a wake & bake joke just before losing consciousness, sharing a house with 5 females during quarantine (yikes), toilet … Continue reading "Episode 49 – Big Brother 2"

In the forty-eighth episode, “Etiquette”, the Basement Placers sit down with friend-to-the-show/friend-in-real-life/cousin-in-law, Dave Kubacki, to discuss tipping etiquette, wishing someone a Happy Anniversary etiquette, Uber Eats etiquette, fatherhood etiquette, losing your baby in the depths of an over-sized beanbag chair etiquette, raising children from behind a smartphone etiquette, etiquette etiquette. It’s got it all.

In the forty-seventh episode, “Now! with Headphones!”, the Basement Placers do some more experimenting with the Zoom recorder and celebrate the very first episode where they use headphones. Discussions range from Spishak products to comets to the Werner Herzog & Winnie the Pooh connection to Alexa being a witness to a crime to neon signs … Continue reading "Episode 47 – Now! with Headphones!"

In the forty-sixth episode, “The New Normal”, we sit down with friend to the show/friend in real life, Dave Kubacki, to discuss life in the new normal, opinions, facts, fictions, statistics, police brutality, the differences of how Canada & US is handling the pandemic, the benefits of the quarantine and maybe some lighthearted stuff peppered … Continue reading "Episode 46 – The New Normal"

In the forty-fifth episode, "In the Garage", we return after a YEAR of radio silence to bring you more podcast nonsense. Originally intended as just a sound test, topics that are aimlessly tackled range from synchronicities, time travel, Slaughterhouse-Five, Big Macs, relationships, break ups, mood music, rockstar deaths, death and living with an untrusting cat. The season premiere was experimentally recorded on a Zoom recorder during a rainstorm. NOTE: We have, for some time, been aware of the stark contrast in vocal bombasity between the two of us. We are aware of the unbalanced levels. It was an experiment. It'll get better. Forgiveness, please. #BasementPlaceRadio #IntheGarage #Episode45 #Season4 #podcast #bpr #itunes

In the forty-fourth episode, “Ask Us A Thing”, we sit down in the living room in the garage to answer YOUR questions. No query too dumb, no response too short. We answered whatever you asked. This episode features various species of birds chirping and a few neighbourhood dogs barking and is brought to you by … Continue reading "Episode 44 – Ask Us A Thing"

In the forty-third episode, “YouKube”, we sit down with our friend, Dave Kubacki, to discuss the trial & error & woes & growing pains of podcasting, Marilyn Manson vs. ABBA, the inevitable disappointment of series finales, losing the spark of creativity, nostaligic yearning & the greater good to grow, the age span of turtles & … Continue reading "Episode 43 – YouKube"

In the forty-second episode, “Upnorthisode”, we travel up to Tobermory, Ontario for our very first roadshow with unpaid semi-regular, Brigham Shearon, to discuss the drive up, roadtrip urinating etiquette, the large cottage we’re living in, calling in sick, the history of Tobermory & Big Tub, the hot tub, the pool table, Spyware, space stations vs. … Continue reading "Episode 42 – Upnorthisode"