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Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 57 | October 8, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna steps up to defend the PM’s Tofino mini-break, but grouses about the incorrigibility of a certain washed-up Brit podcaster; Dick considers taking up pole dancing, but only if you throw money; Hugo’s not sure he’ll be taking the TTC any time soon if he’s required to sing; krystal recounts the sordid details of the worst day ever; Buster makes a heartfelt appeal to young thieves not to let their stupidity get the better of them; Roy’s lawyers force the Gazett...2021-10-0703 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 56 | September 24, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Dick claims that the only thing better than de-extincting woolly mammoths would be Elton John singing about them; Edna offers the only common-sense election recap you’ll read this week; Dick embraces the cause of economic justice for soy latte drinkers; krystal wonders why nobody ever noticed how scary cabbage patch dolls are; Buster congratulates Brighton’s big-time salmon celebrities; Heddi ponders the life-extending properties of martinis, and the uniqueness of her own labia; Holly ponders potty training for cows; Hugo exposes the intestinal arti...2021-09-2418 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 55 | September 10, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Buster offers a post-Sinatra critique of Abba’s virtual concert announcement, Edna advises young ladies on the earthworm invasion threat, Dick dreams of seeing the Gazette logo in the night sky, Shirley provides a damage assessment from a friendly crocodile attack, Hugo ponders the literary merits of a British court case while urging suburban drug dealers to stop clogging their toilets, krystal ponders the cute little pee-pee of the Nevermind baby, Buster ponders Canada’s rising geezer divorce rate, Heddi lets it all hang out...2021-09-0923 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 54 | August 27, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the PM drops into Cobourg for a quickie; Artie has no idea what to make of the election campaign; Edna ponders the proliferation of generators along the shores of Little Lake; Dick takes aim at the Elmer Fudds in New Zealand who are intent on wasting wascally Canada geese; krystal advises young people to treat marijuana gummies as they would substitute teachers; Buster wonders if Tim Hortons’ massive expansion plans for China will include prison canteens; Heddi fantasizes about being the first middle-aged sexpot in...2021-08-2622 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 53 | August 6, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette defends women’s ongoing struggle for top-free justice; Edna pens a love letter to subscribers; Dick defends F-150 drivers against the Army of the Twelve Grosbeaks; Shirley reminisces about her mummy; Jeff offers some suggestions from the man cave on hosting the BROlympics; krystal worries about the mental health of monkeys; Buster regrets that youthful vanity seems to be bubbling up to the geezer crowd; Heddi just says no to remote cohabitation; Hugo recounts the exploits of the Big Bird banditos, and th...2021-08-0526 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 52 | July 23, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette celebrates its first-anniversary collectors’ edition but, sadly, without any swimsuit models; Edna wonders whether Elizabeth May is ever at a loss for words; Dick’s being followed by a moon wobble; Shirley reminisces about a Little Lake tugboat race that ended in disaster; Jeff explains how to take the roughage out of roughing it; krystal thanks all the cool kids for reading the Gazette; Buster challenges Cobourg dog owners to clean up after their mutts; Hugo ponders a massive model of Canada, and...2021-07-2220 min

Radio Free EdvilleIssue 51 | July 16, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette congratulates Canadians for becoming millionaires; Edna concludes that British insect-rights activists are completely bonkers; Dick assesses the merits of various guitars as bludgeons; Heddi recounts a chilling case of attempted murder by pastry; Jeff daydreams about fast, cool boats he has no chance of ever owning; krystal discusses the mysteries of tooth-brushing as seen on TikTok; Buster grouses about the feds bribing geezers; Hugo explores the aesthetics of nothingness, and the artistry of a lawsuit filed as a graphic novel.2021-07-1619 min

Radio Free EdvilleIssue 50 | July 9, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, an Edville man is the first Canadian in decades to read a history book; Edna frets about robots taking over the care and feeding of students; Dick offers an unbiased assessment of driverless vehicles; Shirley is freaked out by targeted dream incubation; Heddi celebrates the 75thanniversary of the bikini; krystal thanks the academy for recognizing her as an artiste; Buster discovers that geezers really are the future of the space program; Hugo ponders the self-uninstallation of John McAfee, while divining the impact of paranormal...2021-07-0820 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 49 | July 2, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette editorial board tells Queen’s Park what to do about the pests formerly known as gypsy moths; Edna ponders the mysteries of paintings discovered at dump sites; Dick takes bird-name activists to task; Shirley waxes nostalgic about the romaines of the day; Jeff offers D.I.Y. tips for surviving heatwaves; krystal share the awesome fantastic amazing news that the Brighton skatepark is now open; Buster wonders about geezers who join the hipster RV crowd; Hugo ponders the rhetorical antics of a U...2021-07-0219 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 48 | June 25, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette wishes a warm and sincere Canada Day to one and all; Edna wonders whether these new-fangled NFTs can save our fall fairs; Dick wonders if Peterborough’s prototype micro-EVs are the future; Shirley suggests that you think twice about getting facial tattoos; Jeff reflects on how he would have liked to spend Father’s Day; krystal calls on Canadians to relieve the American cookie crisis; Buster is fed up with Jays crybaby George Springer; Roy dissects some Misty Mountain Hoppers; Hugo ponders a eu...2021-06-2421 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 47 | June 18, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, no news is not good news in Cobourg—it’s just a bummer; Edna gets pig farmers shaking their booties and their vaccines; Dick wonders why the G7 leaders can’t count; Shirley explores alien life forms in Edville; Heddi sympathizes with Euro cattle who have to postpone their vacations; krystal prefers the G7 Pikachus to the politicians; Buster promotes Cobourg’s Painted Picnic Table Initiative so his missus can win; Hugo fetes a mine-sniffing rat on the occasion of his retirement, and wonders why NASA...2021-06-1718 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 46 | June 11, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Little Lake ladies spot a genuine celebrity; Edna reminds amateur ornithologists that backyard chickens make bad pets; Dick explains to exurban newbies how to fix a leaky faucet; Shirley tries out a robotic eye and likes what she sees; Jeff explains how to turn your cottage into party central; krystal would rather see a massive Mexican sinkhole in person than go to the prom; Buster offers sage advice on what to do if you see a bear; Heddi wonders about the wisdom...2021-06-1021 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 45 | June 4, 2021This week, Buster blames Bob Dylan for funny geezer protests; Edna pities MP William Amos for getting caught on-cam again, red-handed and red-faced; Hugo worries about the full bladders proliferating in post-pandemic Toronto; Shirley offers some timely reminders about restaurant etiquette; Jeff gives Leafs fans several reasons to believe in unicorns; krystal is so fed up with littering that she’s thinking of recycling; Buster wonders about Germans’ self-driving drive for world domination; Hugo welcomes time travelers from the future, and pities Austrians who have had the wrong leg amputated.2021-06-0321 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 44 | May 28, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, a minor alleged to be a Gazette columnist crashes her mom’s car at the Edville Tim’s; Edna wonders about the armies of angry rural voters who are destroying democracy; Bertie lobbies the Ford government to resume bribing the rich to buy EVs; Shirley offers a piping hot history of pizza, without pineapple; Jeff offers some tried-and-true D.I.Y. hangover cures; krystal worries about Eurovision and the Russians; Buster decides that virtual yoga with Sophie Grégoire Trudeau wouldn’t be right; Hugo fo...2021-05-2719 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 43 | May 21, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna frets about the cancellation of the Ex and an unrelated outbreak of pig diarrhea; Dick is triggered by the idea of a battery-powered F-150; Shirley loves all the little children, even the illegitimate ones; Jeff offers some D.I.Y. tips on growing weed more or less within the law; krystal explains how babies are lit; Buster explores the link between Covid and E.D.; Hugo exposes roid abuse in thoroughbreds, and the vaccine clinic at Castel Bram.2021-05-2021 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 42 | May 14, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Missy penetrates the hidden horrors of pandemic celibacy (lube optional); Edna pontificates on cows in the news but wishes they were pigs; Dick welcomes Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez into the inner sanctum of the profane hoi poloi; Shirley discovers wondrous objects in the retreating snow cover; Jeff offers his best D.I.Y. tips on manscaping without bleeding out; krystal is sad about the loss of beloved pets; Buster ponders the implications of waiting four-to-six hours for an EV charge; Hugo Joshes around, while...2021-05-1321 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 41 | May 7, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Canadians face up to the fact that they’re pandemic lard-asses; Edna wonders about the need for a new Brighton Alert system; Dick ponders the clap outbreak in Belleville with maximum empathy; Shirley grouses about the vandals who keep stealing her lawn ornaments; Jeff reveals the dos and don’ts of gender reveal parties; krystal lights up the Brighton bat signal; Buster explains the essentials of geezer dating; Heddi gets naked in the garden, except for her rubber boots; Hugo explores the ethical implications of t...2021-05-0620 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 40 | April 30, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Canada prepares to finally annex Saint Pierre & Miquelon; Edna challenges the mad scientists creating human-monkey embryos; Dick ponders carbon-emission taxes from the comfort of his F150; Shirley extols the virtues of walking because you can smoke and fantasize about Viggo; Jeff shares his D.I.Y. recipe for making emergency casseroles; krystal assesses the risk to civilization of beavers and other toothy critters; Buster recounts a dramatic standoff between Cobourg police and geezer protesters; Hugo explores the movement to restore Anglo-Saxon architecture in...2021-04-2923 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 39 | April 23, 2021This week, the Minister of Finance finally delivers her “Hell or High Water” budget; Edna queries why tardy naked parliamentarians are such crybabies; Dick wonders what in the world Belleville did to deserve fourth place; Shirley ponders paleontological pudendas so you don’t have to; Jeff builds a D.I.Y. sauna with cash left over for beer; krystal examines the interface between humans and coyotes; Buster calculates how many Cobourgians it would take to feed all the world’s T-Rexes; Hugo explores the safest place in the galaxy to live, while anticipating hypersonic air travel here on Earth.2021-04-2221 min

Radio Free EdvilleEdville Gazette Issue 38 | April 16, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Holly frets about the impact of the global chip shortage on rural Ontario; Edna recalls Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, Jr., with fiscal fondness; Dick ponders Alex Salmond’s future in Scottish politics; Shirley and Jeff share their wisdom on how to make the most of virtual education; krystal confronts bored teen pyros who burn down buildings; Buster explains how physicists got the universe all wrong and have to start over; Heddi protests Madonna’s theft of her own luscious curves; and Hugo explo...2021-04-1619 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 37 | April 9, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the world’s biggest painting spawns imitators and paint shortages; Edna ponders the grave national question of conventional eggs versus organics; Dick advises the feds on improving rural transit; Shirley skewers candles that smell like women’s body parts, and wonders whether the future of archives really is digital; krystal hopes that badass mafia types continue to post tasty recipes online; Buster recounts the glamorous tale of a young Bonnie & Clyde on the lam in Cobourg; Heddi congratulates herself on having magnificently symmetrical boob...2021-04-0922 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 36 | April 2, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Bertie worries that the elimination of fax machines might cause a human extinction event; Edna ponders the symbolism of the C.N. Tower’s declining virility; Dick gives Russian researchers credit for kicking our asses on Sputnik—again; Shirley relocates a deceased cat; krystal skewers the corporate geniuses who put shrimp tails in cereal boxes; Buster gets to the bottom of systemic constipation at the Department of Finance; Mabel offers D.I.Y. unbeauty tips for the irredeemably perfect; Heddi laments all the medically risk...2021-04-0323 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 35 | March 26, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, yet another Barrie man sinks yet another F150 in Lake Simcoe; Edna takes issue with an NDP proposal to import the Brits’ nanny state; Dick takes the National News Awards’ snub in stride, entirely without malice; Shirley unclogs the mysteries of retro clogs; krystal wonders why J Biebs used a big yikes sample on his new album; Buster probes the Van Life movement in a sensitive and empathetic manner; Mabel patents a fake pink-eye fix for pandemic peer pressure; Roy goes banahnahs over people’s insu...2021-03-2624 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 34 | March 19, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Ottawa subsidizes meat markets to avert a national fertility crisis; Edna floods her column with pig feces; Dick develops an appreciation of French cinema; Holly ponders the sudden popularity of all things goat; Shirley reminisces about records and 8-tracks, and offers her vague recollections of (other people) tripping on psilocybin mushrooms; krystal passes a big birthday milestone and wonders if it’s really necessary to do her taxes; Buster offers a mindful and empathetic reading of a brawl in a jetliner; Heddi skewers a Br...2021-03-1922 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 33 | March 12, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette joins the Canadian media herd and announces plans to subsidize quality journalism with online gambling; Edna goes all dreamy at the thought of an in-person 2021 Royal Winter Fair; Dick insists that if he’s to remain humble and grounded, he needs a private island; Shirley archives her secret stash of vintage plastic straws for posterity; krystal is both scared and scarred by online shopping; Buster ponders the economics of yard sales; Heddi skewers Google for claiming that German women are not racy; an...2021-03-1222 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 32 | March 5, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna ponders the spreadability of the Buttergate scandal; Dick marvels at Hasbro’s marketing strategy for Mr. Potato Head; Edna explores the multicultural mysteries of beach-volleyball couture; Holly coaches married couples on spicing up their sex lives; Shirley remembers the Great Canadian Badass Emily Carr; krystal wonders whether Vampire U is worth the investment; Buster explains the symbiosis of geezers and garbage tags; Mabel shares some D.I.Y. “landscaping” tips with shaggy pandemic shut-ins; Heddi ponders the prolific procreation of the royals, and compar...2021-03-0526 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 31 | February 26, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, two happy Canadians are selected for Covid vaccinations, possibly with even more to follow; Edna explores the seminal impact of A.I. and robotics on farms; Dick has a change of heart about Prince Edward County’s tourist boom; Hugo recounts a goldfish invasion; Shirley unearths the unlikely origins of the Canadian toonie; krystal promotes school field trips to the local 7-11; Buster challenges the condescending stereotype that ice-fishing attracts boozers and potheads; Jeff offers babysitting tips from the man cave; the U.S. Na...2021-02-2622 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 30 | February 19, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Tragically Hip lawyers up; Bertie has a bad feeling about Sunday Gun Hunting; the CBC discovers the remains of a politically-correct pirate; Paris orgy aficionados are booked for wearing the wrong sort of masks; Heddi has a close encounter with a sexy Zoom boy; krystal assesses the impact of Gorilla Glue Girl on youth culture; Buster ponders the mysteries of Sudbury’s Get-Off-My-Lawn Standoff; Mabel offers some DIY tips on the application of faux freckles; three Earthling probes crowd onto Mars; and Hugo sa...2021-02-2022 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 29 | February 12, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, anti-natalist saboteurs are accused of disrupting global flower supply-chains; Edna weighs in on Victoria Beach and men in Speedos; Dick goes full James Bond and suggests shuttering CSIS; Shirley recounts Edville’s role in the Great Canadian Flag Debate; Hugo weighs in on the Doug Ford Spring Collection; rumours that groundhog Wiarton Willie is on life-support have the world on edge; a twiggy sculptor brightens up a Burnaby park; krystal reminds old people over 20 that kids are stressed; Buster tries his hand at mindfulness; Je...2021-02-1223 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 28 | February 5, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Ottawa takes aim at all those stubborn Canadian snowbirds; Edna ponders seaweed as a yummy human food source; Dick considers upgrading his credentials at U-Haul University; Shirley excavates Edville’s proud line of prognosticating groundhogs; Heddi gives Gwyneth’s vagina-scented candles two thumbs down; krystal complains about the horrors of exams; Buster shares his feelings about a bitcoin loser; Mabel offers some no-nonsense D.I.Y. skincare tips for the housebound glamour girl; a U.S. congressman wants to cash in on Bigfoot; Hugo pond...2021-02-0524 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 27 | January 29, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Ottawa launches a meme war with Brussels over vaccine delays; Bertie explains why he loves the Guardian; Dick pretends not to want to be nominated for Governor General; a Montreal restaurant owner tells it like it is; Heddi reminisces about a yogurt massage from a cabana boy; krystal_bb trashes scientists for stating the obvious; Buster gives myopic teens some excellent advice; Jeff offers tips for families on back-yard fire pits; Hugo explores why classical music makes pigs happy; and lawyers for Roy sue...2021-01-2923 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 26 | January 22, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Mr. and Mrs. Bingle assess a cave painting that set off warring tribes of art critics; Edna ponders mealworms as a tasty human food source; Dick alerts lottery addicts to a massive unclaimed prize certain to make them batty; Heddi wonders about an “adult” massage parlour in Peterborough that eschews sex and alcohol; krystal_bb and Buster meet at the skate park for inter-generational dialogue; Jeff offers DIY tips for home beer brewers; a modern-day King Arthur removes a sword from a stone; and Hugo...2021-01-2219 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 25 | January 15, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Gazette exposes the vicious U.S. persecution of Canadian celebrity Caillou; Bertie is seriously disappointed by Bill Gates’ green-washing; Dick and Foz get to the bottom of Tweed’s new sewage-treatment lagoon; Jeff offers some excellent D.I.Y. barbecuing tips from the man cave; krystal_bb and Buster recount some hair-raising driving mishaps; Hugo ponders killer squirrels in New York and dancing robots in Boston, while completely ignoring the riot in the U.S. Capitol; and Dick gives two thumbs up to the...2021-01-1519 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 24 | January 8, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Roy wades through the fog of the global dry-ice shortage, double-necked guitar in hand; Edna un-friends Dr. Tam; Dick diplomatically questions the need to wear masks even after the pandemic; Jeff offers some excellent D.I.Y. vehicle-maintenance tips; krystal_bb and Buster assess the socio-cultural impact of Brighton’s new skateboard park; Mabel solves an ancient banana mystery; a Russian man discovers a coin in his nose; Scouting finds itself mired in a gender debate; and Hugo ponders the medical miracle of “awake surg...2021-01-0820 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 23 | January 1, 2021Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, bandleader Guy Lombardo rings in 2021 at the Little Lake Pavilion; Edna wonders if chichi “snow beef” is a lot of bull; Dick ponders the wisdom of cycling in snow-bound Canadian cities; krystal_bb worries about the health of really old people in their forties; Buster worries about the post-pandemic prospects of young people; Abigail throws out her Christmas tree entirely without remorse; Jeff offers more sober safety tips for winter adventurers; Roy reports on the covert war between major record labels and bootleggers; Hugo asse...2021-01-0121 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 22 | December 25, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, France’s privacy watchdog fines Big Tech for cookie abuse; Edna defends rural Canadians’ claims to the feds’ carbon-tax booty; Dick explains why the “local news crisis” is bollocks; Jeff has a couple of brews and offers ice-fishing safety tips; Cobourg cancels New Years; Aunt Millie hopes a midnight stranger will put something in her stocking; a male model is incapacitated by a banana peel; the German city of Bielefeld claims to actually exist; a man with psychic powers does exceptionally well on the lottery; H...2020-12-2521 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 21 | December 18, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna ponders the politics of meat-eating and cannibalism; Jen totally doesn’t judge other mothers who hire photographers; Dick urges investors to hoard garbage tags; krystal_bb craps on those awful gamer boys; Buster explains how boys cannot become real men without Hot Wheels; the editors of Time Magazine are sent to remedial math class; Bruno recounts the embarrassing tale of a pene piccolo; a German restaurateur protests lockdown by pandering to pandas; and Bruno tracks a storm of tenacious tumbleweed in Australia.2020-12-1817 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 20 | December 11, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the feds deploy ice-cream trucks to distribute pandemic vaccines; Edna queries the need for emotional-support chickens; Dick marvels at Prince Edward County’s clandestine real-estate boom; krystal_bb_diamondz16 recounts a rowdy raccoon brawl; Buster ponders the need for CCTV cams in low-crime Cobourg; Tim Hortons joins Port Hope police to thwart impaired driving-thru; Bertie reluctantly endorses Christmas-tree deforestation; Heddi straddles the mysterious disappearance of a big wooden penis; Roy skewers “pandemic” as word of the year; Hugo wonders whether big ugly spiders make worthy...2020-12-1220 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 19 | December 4, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, the Earl Spencer ditches overpriced Edville for affordable Muskoka; Edna ponders Dr. Tam’s political future; Dick laments the end of double-cupping at Tim Hortons; krystal_bb_diamondz16 lampoons a deranged boomer who destroyed a gumball machine; Buster busts the feral mall rats in Calgary; Bertie worries about the fitness of otter penises; Canadians take fluctuating lettuce and cheese prices in stride; Canadian tourists lament the decision to rename the village of Fucking, Austria; and Hugo wonders about the origins of a monolith in Ut...2020-12-0418 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 18 | November 27, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Canadians fight food waste by overeating during the holidays; Karen puts non-Karens on notice about the Karen meme; Dick ponders the mystery of Canadians hoarding cash and debt; Edna reprises the great Edville windstorm of 2020; Abigail challenges pandemic doomsters to have a Merry Zoom Christmas; Hugo ponders the silencing of profane parrots in the UK; Heddi wonders if 15-minute audio-book summaries enhance literacy; and P.J. ponders Washington’s climate posturing.2020-11-2718 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 17 | November 20, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Missy unpacks Bill 666, An Act for the Enforcement of Domestic Tranquility; Edna toasts the Gazette’s ground-breaking coverage of oversized vegetables; Roy lampoons self-censorship at the Associated Press; Dick offers Ben Affleck a lime-green RFE toque; Bertie frets about BC’s worm shortage; Hugo traces a hamster’s recycling odyssey; Hugo ponders Elon Musk’s call for lawlessness on Mars; Heddi muses about meat in the German diet; Sara reports on French parents catapulting their kids into school yards; and an extinct African chameleon is disco...2020-11-2018 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 16 | November 13, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna celebrates the balmy summer weather; Dick skewers light pollution; Edna frets about Toronto’s sad unpainted candy canes; the editorial board ponders bloater fish in Lake Ontario; Roy airs his dirty laundry on music royalties; Ottawa flounders in the face of the Nova Scotia lobster dispute; Parks Canada promotes caribou sexy time; Marcus Gee waxes sentimental about grosbeaks; P.J. cheers the robust health of democracy in the U.S.; and Hugo ponders a big iron space potato.2020-11-1318 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 15 | November 6, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna ponders the world news shortage; Dick filets Bob McDonald on Halloween spending; Edna proposes the introduction of Edville Standard Time; Dick instructs children on how to bamboozle their parents into giving them more screen time; Janelle reports on the salmon migration crisis in Port Hope and Europe; P.J. analyzes the crucial Malarkey swing vote in the U.S.; Hugo wonders why the moon is so blue; Roy despairs at Merriam sanctioning the word irregardless; and Heddi reports on trains resting on whales...2020-11-0618 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 14 | October 30, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Missy reports on entomologists, murder hornets and killer bees; Edna ponders the blight of abandoned trailers; Dick challenges the removal of parking privileges for veterans; rowdy Port Hope seniors protest in the streets; Cobourg considers becoming a wrestling Mecca; Canada undertakes secret talks to annex Cuba; Abigail probes pineapple scents for the ladies; Hugo discusses NASA’s mission to the asteroid Bennu; and Sara exposes gluten-shaming in the UK.2020-10-3014 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 13 | October 23, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Missy reports on the mysteries of heavier-than-air flight; Edna ponders Prince Edward County’s gift for self-promotion; Dick advocates for an Edville coat of arms; statues of Canadian prime ministers are repurposed as anti-bear weapons; Tim Hortons takes the UK by storm; the moon gets overpriced cellular service; IKEA’s buy-back program boosts couples’ therapy; Hugo wonders why the Artemis Space Accords are losing thrust; and Heddi ponders the crack epidemic in Brazil.2020-10-2316 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 12 | October 16, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Dr. Tam offers her best Halloween advice; Edna instructs city folk on closing up their cottages; Dick asks why Canadians drive SUVs; Colborne is rocked by a conspiracy theory; Canadian border agents crack down on lettuce; Sara wonders about making ATVs street legal; Italians cock up barriers for flood control and tourist traffic in Venice; Bavarian postal workers make an embarrassing discovery; a new international space race targets the moon; and Hugo worries about bad omens sealed in ancient sarcophagi.2020-10-1612 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 11 | October 9, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna wonders whether pandemic rules scapegoat strippers; Dr. Tam offers her best Thanksgiving advice; Dick suggests “Have Great Sex in Edville” as a new town motto; Brighton town council ponders an outdoor skating rink; the HKPR District Health Unit confronts frothy dogs and humans; Heddi explores the mental-health risks for parents of home schooling; the international MOSAiC Arctic expedition confronts charges of sexism; blue lobsters explain why everyone loves Canadians; a Russian cat grants wishes; Justin Bieber makes Crocs great again; and Bob Dylan sell...2020-10-0912 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 10 | October 2, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, a French teacher tests the limits of tolerance for demonic tattoos in the classroom; Edna unravels the mysteries of World News Day; Bertie frets about the Feral Swine Bomb; unpopular musicians are right at home in empty bars; Holly wonders why Canada is lagging in the new space race; Janelle fleshes out the great Canadian Optimum caper; Alpacas are enlisted in new soccer-based sport; Hugo gauges the impact of high-level impulse noise on WiFi in Wales; and Roy explains why fans think Rolling Stone’s...2020-10-0213 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 9 | September 25, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Belleville officials crack down on painted rocks; Edna wonders why a big Canadian diamond has everyone agog; Dick goes full potty humour on the question of stool transplants; Gucci brings out jeans that are pre-grass-stained; Bertie is embarrassed by Dick’s potty humour; Janelle recounts the great Canadian hot tub caper; a BC man is charged with not driving a self-driving car; Sara ponders an airborne porta-potty; Barbados calls it quits with Queen Elizabeth; and Hugo explores moon-based asteroid defence.2020-09-2511 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 8 | September 18, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Bertie frets about mice being genetically engineering for space colonization; Edna skewers Brighton’s obstruction of the Edville CNE scheme; Dick explains how Edville would be transformed by a 401 off ramp; the new Rolls Royce Ghost brings out Dick’s inner Marxist; Dick explains how Cobourg delinquents can become artistes; Heddi ponders naked soccer; Hugo skewers the man in the sky with balloons; Roy wonders whether London really needs a Rolling Stones retail shop; and Hugo measures a Megalodon.2020-09-1812 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 7 | September 11, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Premier Ford and Mayor Tory conspire to relocate the CNE to Edville; Edna takes issue with Dr. Tam’s advice on how best to copulate; Dick skewers the twin crises of overpopulation and depopulation; Mabel reports on undercover MNR agents surveilling Port Hope anglers; Heddi explores Swiss tunneling in the Alps; a gender-reveal party ignites controversy; Jane Fonda revels in a lifetime of superficiality; and Mabel deflates the sexual prowess of sensitive feminist men.2020-09-1111 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 6 | September 4, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna laments the state of broadband internet access in rural Canada; Dick skewers melodramatic Prince Edward Country film-makers; Edna challenges Dr. Tam’s pandemic prohibition on dancing; Cold Spring farmers fight the power; Dick discovers how to game the high-school volunteer-hours requirement; Sara ponders stunt-driving in Toronto; Hugo reports on a Jetsons-style jet-pack; Bertie pontificates on wild gardens and even wilder journalistic ethics; Hugo ponders Elon Musk’s cyborg swine; and Dick reflects on our polar bear obsessions.2020-09-0412 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 5 | August 28, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna reflects on the closing of fall fairs; Dick marvels at the transformation of public libraries; Edna notes that CBC HQ is home to the wrong kind of bees; Mabel takes a circular look at the Bailieboro roundabout; Dick’s wife’s bold Gazette magnet campaign revolutionizes direct marketing; Roy wonders why the Maple Leafs are not Leaves; Edna takes a slap shot at Hockey Barbie; U2 frontman Bono finds what he was looking for; Sara traces the relationship of topless French women and teen...2020-08-2813 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 4 | August 21, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna reports that the tale of the nudist and the boar has taken a dark turn; Dick sees opportunity in Brighton’s flooded shoreline; Edna reports on the impact of fencing off Little Lake beach; Bertie frets about climate and lake-water levels; Dick reflects on the lumber shortage; Edna doubts whether patrons of strip clubs are social distancing; Abigail weighs in on the Brits’ Don’t Kill Granny campaign; Sara reports on renaming Death Valley, California; and Michael Jordan gets rid of his old runner 2020-08-2110 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 3 | August 14, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Dick ruminates on the urban refugees piling into cottage country; Bertie frets about the demonization of cormorants; Dick come out in favour of destigmatizing fat guys; Abigail visits Aunt Millie; Colborne is hit by an asteroid and no one notices; Trenton trains gypsy moths to fly north to Sterling and Marmora; Edna wonders if the garbage crisis is exaggerated; Holly proposes establishing a Canadian wheat cartel; Edna ponders the case of the boar and the nudist; Dick corrects his earlier insult to Australians with...2020-08-1409 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 2 | August 7, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Edna wonders about alien life forms decamping in Edville; Dick sees the future of shameless self-promotion in Prince Edward County; Edna doubts the appeal of edible crickets as a holiday entrée; Abigail visits Aunt Millie; Dick is feted for his exposé on the Colborne stop sign fiasco; Dick’s boy discovers that Duran Duran makes deer flies go brain dead; Plainville man says Edville town name sucks; Dick rants about smug Aussie winemakers challenging Canada at the WTO; Heddi reports on the German choc...2020-08-0714 min

Radio Free EdvilleRadio Free Edville 1 | July 31, 2020Join host Roy Thomas Padgham for your weekly hit of wisdom and wit. This week, Dick and his boy ponder the mushroom cloud over Kingston; BC premier John Horgan welcomes out-of-town cyclists; Heddi reports on a better-late-than-ever meteorite discovery in Germany; Dick rescues a toad; Edna takes aim at artful Brighton folk; Abigail visit Aunt Millie; Reddick Road speedsters are shamed; Edville solar farm joins the provincial grid; Edna reports on Little Lake gate crashers; cottage-country mayors warn of mounting urban insurgency; British orgy organizers get a pandemic loan; Dick exposes the phantom stop-sign menace; and Heddi calculates the...2020-07-3114 min