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Josh McIntyre and Nick Marian
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Josh McIntyre and Nick Marian discuss the deep corners of pop culture, music, art and everything in between. https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

  1. JAN 23

    Ep176 - "Art School Envy" with Brian Borcherdt

    Brian Borcherdt is a Toronto based musician and founding member of the band Holy F**k. Brian also releases solo music under the name Dusted. Holy F**k's upcoming album "Event Beat" drops March 27th. Brian sat down with us to discuss moving to the Catskills, NYC drinking water, growing up in Nova Scotia, grumpy small town folk, how Toronto has changed over the years, the club district, joining his older brothers band as a teen, sharing a phone line with his neighbours, taping music videos, Burnt Black, Bloor and Landsdowne in the early 2000's, Outside Music, replacing Feist in By Devine Right, his many aliases, the origins of Holy Fuck, sync licensing, The Beaver, Dusted, not knowing he had a song in "The Substance", using Holy F**k as a scapegoat to cut arts funding, the coffin factory, cheap keyboards, revisiting old songs, noise complaints, Holy Fuck's upcoming album and much more! Brian Borcherdt Holy F**k Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to unlock all episodes and one on one pods.

    1h 49m

  2. JAN 16

    Ep175 - "Listomania!" with Chloe Li-Chapman

    Fan favourite guest Chloe Li-Chapman returns to the pod to deep dive into our 2026 In's and Outs lists. In this episode we discuss Guiness 0.0, 90s burritos, The Golden Globes, driving in the city, Nick's Bonito's incident, complaints, The Central, whether or not anyone is banned from Bowie, dining and dashing, DJ's who can't read a room, M. Night Shyamalan, Drake loving Linny's, streets interviews, doom scrooling, screen time, create mode orange, Google reviews, the fake Montreal Bowie and much more! Chloe Li-Chapman Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to unlock all episodes and weekly one on one pods!

    1h 45m

  3. JAN 9

    Ep174 - "Auxiliary People"

    The first 40 minutes of this episode are free! Join us on Patreon to listen to the full pod. We're back with our first solo pod of 2026 after a much needed break. In this episode we discuss dry January, icy streets, wearing Converse in the winter, Uggs, Josh's B-day party, DJing 'fun music', Midnight Mass, the guy on Dundas who wears all white, the death of Boxing Day, going out during a snow storm, New Years Eve being stressful, Oysters Rockefeller, addictive personalities, Marty Supreme, Martin Scorsese falling off, coming around on Geese, 2026 musical trend predictions, one last dinner at Mandarin, Global Warming being good for your mental health and more! Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD

    39 min
  4. Ep173 - "Year In Review - Part 1" with Tony Price

    12/26/2025

    Ep173 - "Year In Review - Part 1" with Tony Price

    We're back with our annual year in review pod with everyones favourite cultural critic Tony Price! In this episode we discuss the spectacle of Cameron Winter and Geese, the rock & roll side of indie sleaze, people dressing like Martin Rev, Jack White, algorithm reactionaries, the inaccuracy of Spotify wrapped, platform capitalism, AI slop, Toronto having its moment, music people vs fashion people, Rick Owens, west end fatigue, "Nimby" vs "Gench", Justin Trudeau dating Katy Perry, Coldplay kiss cam, favourite parties of 2025, performative taste content, the Maximum Exposure newsletter, thinking outside of the internet, 2026 predictions and much more! Tony Price Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to access all episodes and weekly one on one pods!

    1h 35m

  5. 12/19/2025

    Ep172 - "Dark Was The Night"

    The first 40 minutes of this episode are free! Join us on Patreon to listen to the full pod! In this episode we discuss Gen Z's rejection of gatekeeping, Millennial optimism, bone shaker bikes, proto steam punk, Cruising (1980), Mac Demarco live at Massey Hall, $20 beers, Panago Pizza, Josh going to Nicks house for the first time in six years, the art of making rice, NGHT MRKT, the Conditions holiday party, learning to enjoy readings, the East Room holiday party, anxiety attacks, bad trips, The Mandarin and much more! Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to access all episodes and weekly one on one pods!

    45 min

  6. 12/12/2025

    Ep171 - "Open Source Culture" with Luster

    Luster are an elusive new band from Toronto consisting of producers sopretty and prayinsecret. Their debut live show is this Saturday with Evilgiane and AL P (MSTRKRFT) at The Mod Club. Luster sat down with us to discuss bonding over Crystal Castles, moving to the city right before Covid, house parties, 888 Dupont, event photography, identity shifting, trend cycles, flat design, scanning books at the reference library, live visuals, minimalism, uniform dressing, restraint, couch surfing, their upcoming record, metting AL-P at a Justice concert, going to parties as a form of research, supporting local, Esdeekid, Boketto, the death of gatekeeping, their debut live show and more! Luster prayinsecret sopretty Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to access all episodes and weekly one on one pods

    1h 35m

  7. 12/05/2025

    Ep170 - "Sagittarius Season"

    After taking a much needed week off we decided to make this week's one on one pod free on all streaming services! In this episode we discuss musicians being the best people to help you move, weird U-Haul pick up spots, people who eat in bed, Josh's trip to Montreal, French Onion Soup, Pino Grouchios, "Rock Night", Beck, Bar Italia live at The Concert Hall, Geese being overhyped, divorced dads drinking at Hemingways on Christmas Eve, break ups, Nick chaperoning a DJ, the Bynk Media holiday party, 9million's album release party on the Danforth, Christine's live debut, Athens Restaurant, Matt Johnson's signature look, the Spotify Wrapped debate, Sagittarius season and much more! Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD Join us on Patreon to access all episodes and weekly one on one pods!

    1h 2m

  8. 11/20/2025

    Ep169 - "Bloke Core"

    Listen to the full episode here! We're back with our weekly one on one pod to discuss Josh's trip to London, Paddington In Peru, raw dogging a flight, pub culture, British food getting a bad rap, Walkers Prawn cocktail chips, Hoops, the spiciest food we've ever eaten, bars vs pubs, meeting Peaches at Dalston Superstore, Clothesline From Hell, Londoners not being afraid of rain, Fontaines D.C., watching boxing with LA timpa at a Nigerian bar, the last show at Expo Warehouse, Leeds and much more! Josh McIntyre Nick Marian ---- COLD POD

    27 min
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Josh McIntyre and Nick Marian discuss the deep corners of pop culture, music, art and everything in between. https://www.patreon.com/coldpod

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  • Creator
    Josh McIntyre and Nick Marian
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    170
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Josh McIntyre and Nick Marian
  • Show Website
    Cold Pod

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