Sleeping With The Elephant

This week we’re joined by Kerry, or better known by the TadPool as Cleeo! At the start of the show we attempt to steer clear of World Cup talk but fail miserably. In the news North Korea is upset about the new Franco/Rogen joint called The Interview, Supreme Court enforces a little common sense when […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The World has World Cup fever, and what comes as a surprise to Paul and Ryan, so does this podcast! We spend a good chunk of time talking about the World Cup going on currently in Brazil, as well as it’s history in relation to the United States of America and Canada. Afterwards we break […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast we’re joined by fellow podcaster Dave Nelson, who recently moved from the United States of America to Canada. Dave brought a cool Tumblr blog with him to the show called What’s Different in Canada, he says it’s been a valuable tool as he transitions to Canadian living. In the news […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan starts us off this week by sharing the sad news that the Montreal Canadians are out of the playoffs. This makes Canadians and Youppi very unhappy. 🙁 Paul rubs it in by saying his hometown team, the LA Kings, are in the finals and he really doesn’t care. In the news, Glenn Beck takes […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the end of May folks! With June around the corner Paul and Ryan share their versions of the holiday long weekend: Memorial Day and Victoria Day. After some holiday banter they dive head first into a couple of crazies running for Governor in Idaho who showed their true colours in a televised debate. […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies to the Boston Bruins fans as Ryan starts us fresh from the big Game 7 win in the Montreal/Boston match up with a story about how Boston cream donuts aren’t too popular at a Montreal Tim Hortons. Now that the good news is out of the way, we have some bad news: Earth, it’s […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we get the British perspective with special guest James “Iyagovos” Bartholomeou of Indie-Love, InitCheck and soon to be Funderdome fame. Each host submitted a story from their country this week, so it’s the best of all three worlds. Starting things off out of the US, Paul brings us a story about a California […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have three words to describe this episode: Crazy, Racism and Drugs. Paul and Ryan conclude the month of April with the crazyness that is Sarah Palin at a NRA rally, the racism behind LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and finish the show with breaking Rob Ford drug news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a one week hiatus the Canadian/American duo return to discuss the Easter long weekend and the NHL playoffs. In the news we have an article claiming the middle class in Canada is better off than in America, Russia kicked out a Canadian diplomat, Netflix prices are on the rise for North America, and finally […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have an article proving that 70% of the time Fox News is full of shit, using bar graphs and everything, so you know it’s legit! Next up we take a look at a stabbing victim who took a selfie and finally we close out the show with Rob Ford adding a Trailer […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Spring Break in the states so after Ryan references Spring Breakers Paul uses a video from Fox News to explain the difference between good cocaine and bad cocaine (quality education programming coming out of the folks at Fox). Next up we have House of Thrones, a mash up between House of Cards and Game […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan was a not feeling so well this week but braved an ear infection to describe his experience with a walk-in clinic and Canada’s amazing healthcare system. Spoiler alert, it was worth the wait because all it cost was time. 🙂 In the show proper we examine a video where someone pretends to be Obama […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does Rick Mercer, Jimmy Kimmel, Obama and beer have in common? Well they’re all featured on this weeks Sleeping With The Elephant of course! First up Ryan matches America’s Two Ferns with Rick Mercer being put to sleep by Harper but then promptly confuses Paul by talking about Quebec separatism. Also on the show […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have a heavy comedic focus as Obama has not only created Iron Man but he appeared on Between Two Ferns to promote HealthCare.gov. After that we have a Cadillac commercial that insists Americans work hard to buy them, Rob Ford was on Jimmy Kimmel and Kimmel tore him a new one, old […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Olympics are now over and Paul faces Ryan after the show Canada put on for the world as the Men’s and Women’s team dominated in Curling and held on in Hockey for GOLD! Obama also faced the music and paid up on his case of beer bet with Harper. Canadians everywhere celebrated the Gold medal win on the final day of the Winter Olympics, including Rob Ford who got so excited he took a hydrant to the groin. After the Olympics talk Paul finds out that Canadians have hilarious politicians on Twitter, including Naheed Nenshi of Calgary and Jim Watson of Ottawa. Finally we close out the show by celebrating the return of Roll Up The Rim To Win at Tim Hortons with a song by Jef Vandertogt called Please Play Again. Thanks to Butane Prophet for letting us include the full song at the end of the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan has returned from his vacation in Mexico and has a few stories to share with Paul and the listeners. After a trip down Mexico lane Paul and Ryan get into a little Olympic talk with friendly competition between Canada and the United States and Rob Ford wants the Pride Flag removed from the top of […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Ryan is away in the land of sun and tequila, Paul gives us an update on how the good old USA is doing in the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Note: This was recorded over the weekend when Canada was in fact ahead of the United States. I guess giving your country a hard time […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the Super Bowl behind us Ryan once again reminds Paul that Canada does indeed care about it, also commercials. First up we take a swing at all the idiots who are calling out Coke on their fantastic ad, which concludes with something that should really fire those folks up. Second we talk a bit […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Paul fills us in on what we missing in the State of the Union we jump into a whole grab bag of stories! First up we answer the question of what you should do when someone is dying at your doorstep (Clue: Don’t ask your supervisor), then we take a look at why Steve […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Paul and Ryan return to talk about weather, the Olympics, and Justin Bieber. Thanks to listener Aubrey Peabody we analyze a map showcasing the US population split up into units of Canada. Next up we have a look at the Nanny knit US Olympic uniforms, Obama believes Marijuana […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hard to believe it’s been an entire year of Sleeping With The Elephant and what a crazy year it’s been! We start the show off covering the little things that dominated the show, including Tim Hortons, the Heritage Minutes and of course Nerdtacular (which was the first time Paul and Ryan met in real life). […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2014 has started and like any other Winter month on the show we start things off with weather talk, mainly focusing on how cold it is for Ryan and how comfortable it is for Paul. In the “news” the American media seems to have a fascination with following their President’s on vacation, as we get […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the holiday season so Paul and Ryan discuss some news and annoying Christmas songs, complete with annoying clips! First up, it wouldn’t be an episode of Sleeping With the Elephant without Rob Ford, and this time he keeps with the holiday theme by saying he knows exactly what women want at Christmas. Our main […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Paul and Ryan take Sleeping With The Elephant out for a rip. Starting off the show Ryan introduces Paul to Canadian rap with Out For A Rip by Shark Tank (hear the full track at the end of the show). Afterwards Paul swings it back to America with talk of the National Liberty Foundation […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve got a grab bag of news this week featuring a Governor (sans eye patch), a Mayor, and a President of the United States. First up, a Governor, Paul LePage of Maine thinks global warming is good. Second is a Mayor, and you guessed it, Rob Ford is back in the news who said women […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this holiday edition of Sleeping With The Elephant Paul and Ryan kick off the cheery season by talking about the Rob Ford porn parody (WHAT?!?). After that weirdness Paul shares how his Thanksgiving was, we talk about Black Friday sales starting a day early, check in on the Black Friday death count, and wrap […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back with more Rob Ford talk, but we vow to try and ignore Mr. Ford from here on out (unless he does something incredibly stupid). In the news, Rob Ford is getting plenty to eat at home, the Mayor of Toronto is also getting the spotlight on pretty much every single American comedy show […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant how could we NOT talk about Rob Ford and his admission of smoking crack (Paul certainly wouldn’t let Canada get away with that). First off, Rob Ford admitted he smoked crack at some point, which gave us a Taiwanese computer generated news clip and a dance remix! Before […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this spooky edition of Sleeping With The Elephant, Paul and Ryan talk about their respective Halloween evenings, check in to see if the government is open yet, a North Dakota woman gives up on raisins and moves on to strongly written notes, a racist ad on Facebook, and finally Congress needs to take a […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Ryan starts things off by explaining Canadian Thanksgiving, Paul still thinks he’s a time traveler. In the news the crew check in on the Government to see if they’re open yet, they take a look at the most depressing shutdown photo, Fox News makes yet another mistake, ObamaCare […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we’ve all been made aware by every single news outlet, the US government is currently shut down. Paul does his best to explain to Ryan how one of the superpowers of the world still has the ability to throw a tantrum and walk away from the table. But before all that madness, Ryan fills […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week starts off with more wedding talk as Ryan recently found out a poutine bar was an option for a midnight snack. This comes as no surprise to Paul. In the news Texas Senator Ted Cruz talks for 21 hours straight, Rob Ford (allegedly) smoked crack and is still popular amongst voters, and finally […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The episode starts off with talk of weddings as Ryan has been knee deep in planning. Also it turns out weddings are very similar and equally complicated between the US and Canada, at least according to Paul. In the news this week Canada is in a bit of hot water over a cold beverage promotion, […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Ryan asks Paul how America is doing on 9/11 week while Paul gives us an update on Syria. Also it’s a sad episode with what could be the final Weekly Weiner segment as Carlos Danger flips the bird at the end of his campaign for NYC Mayor. If you want to nominate someone […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The episode starts off with a delicious discussion of how Taco Bell differs between the US and Canada. Afterwards Weiner is up to more shenanigans by yelling at New Yorkers in the Weekly Weiner. In the news a Canadian man has been charged with assault over a Tim Hortons coffee transaction, Syria is next on […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Paul equates the Miley Cyrus controversy to Americans and Canadians getting a little too chummy. The Weekly Weiner segment is still standing (this time with a brand new bumper) and we have an interesting clip of Weiner claiming to be pro-woman. In the news this week we discuss […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant we start things off with a discussion on what it takes to be the greatest country in the world. Afterwards we touch base with Carlos Danger in our Weekly Weiner segment where Anthony described low income jobs as “poor people” jobs. Will someone please get this guy a […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More creepy Mayors this week, but first we start things off on a controversial topic: Anti-Abortion Protests. Ryan has been experiencing some local occurrences of anti-abortion protests which sparks a discussion. In our Weekly Weiner segment, Mr. Danger seems to be in hot water with Hilary Clinton as he made comment on her 2016 Campaign. […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sleeping With The Elephant returns with a very American heavy episode. But first up Ryan talks about his experience at a Canadian Country Music Festival that featured an awful lot of American singers. We check in with Anthony Weiner in our new Weekly Weiner segment (hilarious bumper pending). In the news Maine Governor Paul LePage […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Immigration takes centre… Er.. Center stage this week as Paul and Ryan start things off with the views of an Iowa Congressman. After that we revisit the Weiner debacle with the Communications Director calling an intern a slutbag… Classy! Finally we end things off with some quick fire covering the fact that Obama having lunch […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan introduces Paul to the most famous Canadian WWE fighter: The Mountie! After the shock wears off Paul leads us into some talk on Americans requiring an average of $10.20 an hour to survive, McDonald’s tells their employees how to budget, more Anthony Weiner drama, and finally the Canadian saints in the making: Coffee Angels. […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan had a great time in America, until he went to McDonald’s at the SLC airport and they didn’t carry carrot muffins! HERESY! Also some serious stuff happened like a joke being told at a murder trial, Americans having their voting rights invalidated, and finally the language police bust a Quebec Frozen Yogurt restaurant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan and Paul met on neutral grounds in Snowbird, Utah to record a live episode of Sleeping With The Elephant. Ryan shares his experience of traveling from Canada to the United States for the first time and tells a story of the most talkative shuttle driver ever. Enjoy the episode folks! We had a blast […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that Superman was invented by a Canadian? Ok, ok, Paul has reminded us that he was invented by a Canadian AND an American… In AMERICA! Anyways, after our Heritage Minute we discuss Canadian security, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair running a few stop signs and we talk a bit about that whole PRISM thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Paul is astounded by Canadian liquor laws! Also we have another Heritage Minute focusing on the anniversary of D-Day (which was on June 6th). In the news Paul’s worst nightmare has come true: Beaver kills a man! Also man fights off a cougar with a skateboard, Martin Short […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starting us off this week is yet another Heritage Minute featuring the origins of Winnie the Pooh. In the news we have Grade 5 students letting Harper know he’s a bully, an IndieGoGo campaign to show off the Toronto mayor smoking crack, Michele Bachmann is not running again, and finally Colbert says we owe Chine […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a weeks break Sleeping With The Elephant is back! Round 1 of the NHL Playoffs are over and Ryan gives us an update on the Canadian teams (I think the week break was due to the Toronto loss). In Playoffs talk back when the Canucks were still in the game one fan canceled a […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The NHL Playoffs are here and Ryan is super excited to note FOUR Canadian teams are in the running. Speaking of hockey, a Conservative MP took a minute in the House to congratulate the Toronto Maple Leafs, but set a new record for quickly switching targets. Next we discuss a couple of funny Obama related […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sleeping With The Elephant is back, and Barbara Bush does not approve… No, we’re just kidding! She’s a huge fan (we assume)! Anyways, this week Justin Trudeau is back with a response ad to last weeks Conservative attack ad. Fox News isn’t a big fan of how Canada organizes it’s press conferences. Finally Barbara Bush […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been a busy and crazy week, but Sleeping With The Elephant is back to discuss it all! We start off with the story that Justin Trudeau was recently elected the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and one day later the Conservatives released their first attack ad. AOL has a video of a […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.