March 1st, 2025 The State of BC Wine -With Winemakers, Owners, Wine Growers and Master of Wine Opinions
Looking back on a volatile year in BC Wine. 2024 featured wildfires, floods, COVID, road closures, price, tax and wage increases and two cold snaps over two Winters. Vineyards were damaged or destroyed by the Winter freeze. Wineries and growers were facing a 2025 with little or no wines to cellar and sell. The Wine...
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Mulligan Stew March 1st 2025- 2 hours of Hand Harvested Hits!
It started with a donor note from the back of an Uber. Suggested music for a Birthday (Happy bday Graeme) Some Tom Petty, also The Cash Family, John Mayer and a return to the early days of rock and roll. Perfect. Back-to-back you get The Coasters Youngblood Little Richard Lucille Fats Domino, I’m in love...
EP 339 | The Stew Welcomes back Colin James
One of the true pleasures in a lifetime in music and broadcasting is connecting with artists at the very beginning of their careers. If the connection is a strong friendship, emotionally you get to go along for the ride. On the downside, you must be prepared to lose those friends along the way through attrition,...
February 22nd, 2025: Headed for Hanks and Kurtis Kolt explains all…
Heading for Hanks Cowichan and Kurtis Kolt explains “Everything”! THE SHOW Hank’s – Provisions from The Cowichan Hank’s was originally going to be called “Hank & Ludo” named after our dog Hank and a gigantic bull mastiff named Ludo. Then the name was shortened to just Hank’s. Hank, the dog, is named after one of...
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Mulligan Stew Feb 22nd 2025- The Stew welcomes back Colin James
One of the true pleasures of a lifetime in music and broadcasting is connecting with artists at the very beginning of their careers. If the connection is a strong friendship, emotionally you get to go along for the ride. On the downside, you must be prepared to lose those friends along the way through attrition...
EP 338 | Becoming Led Zeppelin Documentary. The Filmmakers Guest on The Stew
Special Guests are Allison McGourtey- Producer Bernard MacMahon. Director Makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin A documentary about the first 18 months of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy, Robert. John Paul and John Bonham. Before it all exploded, and their lives got CRAZY. And………it’s in IMAX. The complete story can be heard on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube...
February 15th, 2025-Interview with Grant Stanley – Winemaker at Spearhead #1 Winery. And the BC Ale Trail
Interview with Grant Stanley – Winemaker at Spearhead. #1 Winery in Canada. And the BC Ale Trail (Mid-Vancouver Island!) THE SHOW Grant Stanley – Winemaker and GM Spearhead Winery (Kelowna) Grant Stanley is the winemaker and general manager at SpearHead Winery, on the south eastern slopes just outside Kelowna, BC. Grant...
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Mulligan Stew Feb 15th 2025-Becoming Led Zeppelin Documentary. The Filmmakers Guest on The Stew
Two donated hours. First-hour donors, from Banff, suggested Colin James, Duke Robillard, Blue Rodeo, and Eric Burdon. Hour Two. Comes from the legendary Ritchie Thursday Ladies Night Group. They will gather around the nearest speaker and share the tunes with sips of B.C. Wine. A great request list doesn’t really surprise me because they’re all lifetime...
EP 337 | Part 1-Victoria Whisky Festival 2025 Davin De Kergommeaux – Graeme Macaloney- Grant Stevely-Jason MacIsaac-Brennan Colebank
It’s early January. It’s Victoria. It must be Whisky Season!! THE SHOW It’s the first of two Whisky Specials from the 2025 Canadian Whisky Awards and the 2025 Victoria Whisky Festival. There are always headlining whiskies and star whisky makers in attendance! Whisky fans want to taste and explore the new releases from...
February 8th, 2025- “Part Two of The Victoria Whisky Festival”
Part Two of Victoria Whisky Festival THE SHOW It’s the second half of the 2025 Canadian Whisky Awards and Victoria Whisky Festival Our guests this week are: The Sons of Vancouver: (East Van) Jenna Diubaldo – Blender and Whisky Program Manager James Lester – Founder-Blender-GM. (Middle) Jenna – A grad...
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Mulligan Stew Feb 8th 2025-It Takes Two
Month #2 2nd week of Feb 2 donors 2 hours of tunes. THE SHOW We salute and remember Bob Marley – with Calgary Symphony Sat Night. We salute Amy Winehouse. With 2 hits New music from Corb Lund Taj Mahal Kathleen Edwards Amanda Rheaume Classics from REM Robert Plant Los Lobos Live in NYC Black Crowes Marianne...
EP 336 | Is Blackie Back?
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are one of the most interesting bands working anywhere today. Sometimes they’re in a recording studio time warp with more songs to choose from than Gabriel. Followed by tours and festivals everywhere. Then they disappear The punch line to the tale is, the Blackie guys have their own lives,...