Sleeping With The Elephant

Sleeping With The Elephant is back and with it brings the discovery that there is a Paul the Beaver! In the show proper we have The Muppets singing about Canada, a list of 12 quirks when it comes to Canadian English, a rap about the Canadian Prime Minister, and finally a Virginia Attorney General wants to outlaw […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Ryan drops the gauntlet and challenges Paul to drink Tim Horton’s this July at Nerdtacular! After a little top of the show fun Ryan and Paul focus on a single topic this episode, the Death Penalty. It’s no longer a thing in Canada, but very much a thing in the […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Paul proposes an interesting experiment in SimCity where both hosts will play their respective countries as a city of a SimCity region. Stay tuned for more details on that! Ryan then takes things to a sad note as the Canadian legend Stompin’ Tom Connors has passed away. After Paul is awe […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That’s right fellow Canadians! Tim Hortons is back with their Roll Up the Rim to Win campaign, where you can win plenty of prizes like delicious coffee! The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper got in on the fun by winning on his first cup. After the Tim Hortons talk we move into a story […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks episode of Sleeping With The Elephant Ryan opens up with talk of Hockey Day in Canada. For a second there Paul thought we celebrated it as a national holiday, which Canadians don’t, it just happens to fall on a Saturday. After that it’s a whole bunch of stories starting off with the […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim Hortons has once again taken over How I Met Your Mother, Vancouver is the most expensive city in North America to live in, and the President of the Treasury Board hasn’t found any treasure. A very Canadian heavy episode this week, which involves a lot of confused Paul. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this weeks Sleeping With The Elephant Paul and Ryan tackle the Super Bowl! While Paul wonders if Canada even has any professional sports, Ryan reminds Paul that football isn’t the only sport out there. Hockey is pretty big in Canada with the Stanley Cup pretty much being the Canadian Super Bowl. That being said, […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Ryan bought an XL Tim Hortons coffee in a hospital, two hilariously confusing news stories, and finally our first listener feedback! First up in the news we have Prime Minister Harper meeting with reality stars. Second we have Chuck Norris endorsing a Prime Minister… In Israel! Finally Lou “The Busy Zombie Lord” Page sends […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode Paul has a story about pamphlets being left on his car and Ryan has been watching The Newsroom (and is learning!!!). In the news the United States of America will NOT be building a death star, and unlike other governments, gives a pretty darn compelling reason on why not to build a giant planet destroyer. Also […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks Sleeping With The Elephant is packed with talk of Lincoln, trillion dollar coins, and a crazy gun guy. Ryan shared what he thought of Lincoln, which makes him wonder when a Canadian equivalent will be out. Paul tries to explain the concept behind a trillion dollar coin, but there’s no fooling anyone, Simpsons did it […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sleeping With The Elephant crew are about to tackle Christmas! Evidently in the US there is a War on Christmas (Canadian Note: Really? You guys need another war?) and in Canada there is a movement to put Christ back in Christmas (American Note: That’s the same thing as our war!). After getting past the […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Sleeping With The Elephant Paul and Ryan tackle the fiscal cliff! Paul does his best to explain to Ryan just what’s going on in the United States and why December 31st was the real Mayan apocalypse. Also Paul finds out Canada owes chump change in relation to what the US owes. All that […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the very first episode of Sleeping With The Elephant! Join Paul and Ryan as they sort out just how much they know about each others country. You’ll soon find out it’s not much… We hope you enjoy the new podcast and be sure to let us know what you think! You can do […] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.