Canada is Boring

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  Thetis Lake Monster 17.08.2026 27min

  In this episode, Rhys and Jesse dive into the soggy saga of the so‑called Thetis Lake Monster—a five-foot fish-man allegedly terrorizing teens near Victoria in the 1970s. From the original reports by Robin and Gordon to the “supporting” sighting by Russell Van Nice and Mike, the story quickly unravels into exactly what it is: a teenage attention grab that somehow survived for decades online.Along the way, the hosts compare it to Ohio’s Loveland Frog, talk escaped lizards, TV creature features, and why obviously debunked stories still thrive in the age of clicks, TikToks, and conspiracy content. Plus: black‑eyed children, porn-title brainstorming, and a peek into Rhys’s workaholic routine vs. Jesse’s summer slump.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Eastern Cougar: Extinct Cat or Government Cover‑Up? 10.08.2026 31min

  Rhys and Jesse dive into the mystery of the “extinct” Eastern Cougar in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick—sharing sightings, sketchy government responses, dubious DNA tests, and why officials might prefer this big cat to stay officially dead. Along the way, they detour into conspiracy vans in Vancouver, wild listener theories, dating updates, autobahn anxiety, and the surprising sex lives of kangaroos.0:00 – Sleep Tracking & Being Exhausted1:00 – Introducing the Eastern Cougar “Cryptid”2:20 – Cold Open: Conspiracies & Canada Is Boring Intro3:38 – Back from Break: Rhys and Jesse Reunite4:05 – Ridiculous Cryptids & Livestock Jokes5:00 – What Is the Eastern Cougar, Really?6:00 – Sightings, Photos & “It Just Looks Like a Cougar”7:30 – Dashcam Cougar, Trail Cams & Blurry Evidence9:30 – Government Takes the Tape (Conveniently Lost)10:30 – “Mistaken Identity” Animals & Official Charts11:55 – Cougar Bar Jokes & Karaoke Research13:00 – Biologists, DNA Evidence & Exotic Pets14:20 – Snake Pets, Smells & Listener Call to Action16:40 – More DNA Evidence & Jesse Calls Out Bad Science18:05 – Extinction, Habitat Loss & Elusive Big Cats19:00 – Why the Government Won’t Admit Cougars Exist20:16 – Nova Scotia Politics & Reluctance to Change20:57 – Condos, Empty Buildings & Rich Investors21:29 – Do We Believe in the Eastern Cougar?22:07 – Small Talk Dimension Intro (STD Zone)22:56 – Rhys’s Europe Trip & Autobahn Anxiety24:57 – Jesse’s Dating Life Update25:34 – Listener Jess’s Top 3 Conspiracies27:26 – Heartfelt Comment from Listener in Australia28:00 – Kangaroos, Three Genitals & Weird Biology29:26 – Googling Kangaroo Anatomy Live30:19 – Teasing the Next Lake Monster EpisodeFor premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Project Magnet: Canada’s Secret UFO Program 03.08.2026 33min

  In this episode of Canada Is Boring: The Tinfoil Touque, Rhys Waters and Jesse dive into Project Magnet, Canada’s secretly funded UFO research program from the 1950s, led by government engineer Wilbert Brockhouse Smith.They unpack how a respected radio and broadcasting expert went from establishing ionospheric monitoring systems and TV allocation standards… to claiming telepathic contact with “space brothers” and linking UFOs to psychic phenomena.Along the way, they explore:How Project Magnet tried to harness geomagnetism as a propulsion systemWhy Smith believed UFOs were intelligent extraterrestrial craftThe mysterious status of never-fully-declassified Canadian government filesParallels with Star Trek’s Prime Directive and modern UFO loreWhat happens when a serious scientist appears to lose his grip on realityThe episode wraps up with small talk in the Small Talk Dimension, including ADHD, trying Vyvanse, near-miss pool-water drinking incidents, and a tease for the next East Coast cryptid/conspiracy story.If you’re into UFO history, Cold War weirdness, Canadian conspiracies, or just well-crafted rants, this one’s for you.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The TikTok Giant 27.07.2026 45min

  In this episode of Tinfoil Touque from Canada Is Boring, Rhys and Jesse dive into the viral case of Andrew Dawson, the TikToker who claimed to film a giant on a BC mountainside—then later posted strange follow-ups about government agents, mysterious helicopters, and being stalked… before tragically dying a few months later.They unpack:The original “giant on the mountain” video near Valemount / Canoe Mountain, BCPossible mundane explanations (CBC transmitter mast, SkyTram station, firefighting / survey helicopters)How a creator’s mental health struggles got erased by conspiracy narrativesWhy people are so drawn to giants, UFOs, Freemasons, and secret societiesThe limits of public power even when we “catch it on camera”And how Dawson’s follower count exploded after his death, just like a modern myth in real timeAlong the way, they go on classic Canada Is Boring tangents about:TikTok view inflation and opaque social media metricsWhether governments even need to cover things up anymoreFreemasons, “gentlemen’s clubs,” and real vs imagined influenceRhys’ family trip to Germany and Jesse’s secret Fantasia film fest dateThis episode balances dark humor, skepticism, and empathy, ending on a reminder that behind every viral clip is a real human being.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Cattle Mutilations: Aliens, Cults, or Maggots? 20.07.2026 30min

  Are aliens surgically mutilating cattle across the Canadian prairies… or is there a far more grounded (and grosser) explanation?In this episode of Tinfoil Touque, Rhys Waters and Jesse dive into decades of bizarre prairie cattle mutilation reports from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and BC. We talk missing eyes and tongues, vanishing sex organs, no blood at the scene, strange surgical cuts, and RCMP files that still aren’t fully released.Along the way we explore:Classic conspiracy explanations: UFOs, secret government bioweapons, and satanic cultsWhat ranchers, vets, and pathologists actually say about these casesThe infamous “intergalactic vagina explosion” quoteHow scavengers like ravens, magpies, and blowflies can create “surgical” woundsWhy some cases still don’t fit the natural explanationPlus, in the STD (Small Talk Dimension) Zone, Rhys talks about joining a new gym in Halifax, Jesse preps for a mystery biker-dive-bar date, and they tease next week’s story about a TikToker who filmed a “giant” in the Rocky Mountains.Is it aliens, cults, or just maggots doing what maggots do?For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Burned by a UFO? The Falcon Lake Incident 13.07.2026 48min

  In this episode of The Tinfoil Tuque, Rhys and Jesse dive into one of Canada’s most famous UFO cases: the Falcon Lake incident.Was Polish immigrant and amateur prospector Stefan Michalak really burned by a UFO in 1967—or was it a bizarre self‑inflicted hoax?Along the way they rant about conspiracy theories, flat‑Earthers, media bias, cops, and how the internet turned every would‑be investigative journalist into an online conspiracy-hunter. They also talk about the legacy of the case, from government investigations to a literal glow‑in‑the‑dark Canadian coin, and finish off in the Small Talk Dimension with vacation chaos in the Alps and smoked cocktails.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Time-Travel Hipster 06.07.2026 34min

  In this debut episode of Canada Is Boring Presents: The Tinfoil Touque, Rhys and Jesse dig into one of Canada’s most famous “evidence of time travel” photos: a 1941 crowd scene at a bridge reopening in British Columbia featuring a mysterious man in wraparound shades, a logo sweater, and what looks like a modern camera.Was he really a time traveler… or just a fashion-forward hockey fan with a new Kodak? The pair break down how this single image went viral in the 2010s, why people are so eager to see the fantastical instead of the obvious, and how gravity makes “unsexy” time travel (a.k.a. time dilation) very real.Along the way, they riff on aging and fashion, internet conspiracy culture, superhero flame wars on Reddit, and Rhys’s new favourite church-parking-lot ice cream stand, Holy Cones.Stay to the end for a tease of next week’s story: the Falcon Lake incident, a classic Canadian close encounter of the second kind.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Kelly the Bear (PREMIUM) 29.06.2026 5min

  In this premium “special friends” episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys shares a surprisingly heartwarming Disney-level story from his own Nova Scotia neighborhood: a mother black bear and her two cubs, one of which, soon christened Kelly the Bear, ends up roaming alone through suburbia and ultimately being “relocated” to a wildlife park.Rhys also announces their upcoming summer mini-series, “Tin Foil Touque” a run of conspiracy- and paranormal-themed episodes featuring UFOs, frogmen in lakes, radiation burns from glowing aircraft, and even a real-life legal battle involving Bigfoot.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Introducing the Tin Foil Touque! 26.06.2026

  Picture this: it’s too hot to think, the news is depressing, and your brain wants something fun and strange that still feels entertianing. That’s Tin Foil Touque.This summer series is Rhys and Jesse taking a detour from “respectable” Canadian history into all the stuff your high school textbook pretended didn’t exist.It’s not the usual “9/11 was an inside job” sludge or hour-long Illuminati diagrams. It’s the fun side of paranoia, a weird Canadian summer of conspiracies, cryptids, and campfire stories you probably shouldn’t believe… but definitely should hear.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The One-Eyed Welshman Who Mapped Canada 22.06.2026 50min

  In this episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys and Jesse dive into the life of David Thompson, the Welsh-born orphan who became one of the most important mapmakers in North American history. Along the way, they detour through tales of the Lake Louise Tea House, roast the bizarre social-media energy of Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry, and debate whether Thompson was more cat or rat on the Katy-cat/Katy-rat spectrum.You’ll hear how Thompson:Went from a charity school in Westminster to an apprentice with the Hudson’s Bay CompanyBroke his leg, wrecked his eyesight, and still became a master surveyorQuit HBC when they tried to pull him off mapping and walked 130 km through a snowstorm to join the North West CompanyHelped define key sections of the Canada–US border and mapped huge swaths of the West, including the Saskatchewan River system, the Rockies, and the Columbia RiverBuilt a long, complicated life with his Cree-Métis wife Charlotte, traveling and mapping as a teamPlus: a small-talk detour featuring awkward chats with other people’s kids, Kenny vs. Spenny live, and aging sketch comics still acting like teenagers.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  A Gentle Crime: The Man Who Fed the Cats 15.06.2026 29min

  When 33-year-old Christopher Hiscox ran out of money halfway across Canada, he didn’t rob a bank—he stole a truck, found a ranch, fed the cats and horses, did some laundry, made coffee, and settled in like he lived there. Rhys and Jesse dive into the viral “gentle crime” that captured headlines, what it says about desperation, comfort, and mental health, and why the weirdest part might just be the toothbrush.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Shrinking PP 08.06.2026 46min

  In this episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys and Jesse wade back into Canadian politics to unpack Pierre Poilievre’s slow slide from “inevitable” prime minister-in-waiting to a guy desperately trying to stay relevant against Prime Minister Mark Carney. Through a series of clips, they look at PP’s shifting persona, from attack dog to awkwardly “human” and back again, his bromance moment with Joe Rogan, and his current strategy of going after Carney’s biggest strength: his economic reputation. Along the way, they talk centrist politics, privatization, why Carney is hard for Conservatives to hate, and how much of this is really about policy versus pure political identity. Plus: bike-safety video confessions, dad bods, and a detour into capoeira, cold McCafé, and pressure-washing as a personality type.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  The Psychic Scam King 01.06.2026 40min

  In this episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys and Jesse dive into the bizarre, lucrative world of psychic mail-order scams led by one of Canada’s most successful fraudsters, Patrice Runner.Starting with his obsession with old-school magazine ads and get-rich-quick schemes, we follow Runner’s journey to partnering with celebrity psychic Maria Duval, licensing her name for North American “psychic predictions,” lucky talismans, and vibratory crystals. Over two decades, his company Infogest Direct Marketing raked in more than $175 million USD from mostly older, vulnerable believers across Canada and the US—selling false hope, fake artifacts, and rigged “personal” letters.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  CSIS, Oil, and the Pipeline Protestors (Premium) 25.05.2026 4min

  In this special friends–only episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys and Jesse dig into the story of how CSIS, Canada’s spy agency, allegedly spied on Indigenous and environmental activists protesting the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, and then shared that information with oil companies and the National Energy Board.They walk through the BCCLA’s decade‑long legal battle, heavily redacted court documents, and the cozy hospitality events between petroleum companies and Canada’s intelligence service. Along the way, they wrestle with the line between “national security” and corporate protection, and, of course, veer off into compost toilets, subway etiquette, and renting excavators.Made possible by our wonderful special friends who support the show.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Bear-Proof Dreams: The Legend of Troy Hurtubise 18.05.2026 46min

  Rhys and Jesse dive into the legendary Canadian documentary Project Grizzly and the life of its unforgettable star, Troy Hurtubise—the man who spent years and thousands of dollars building bear-proof armor so he could safely get face-to-face with grizzlies. They cover: Troy’s near-fatal first encounter with a grizzly and how it sparked a lifelong obsession The evolution of his absurdly overbuilt Ursus bear suits, tested with trucks, swinging logs, and baseball bats His later inventions, from fire-resistant paste to the dubious Angel Light x-ray beam The Trojan ballistic armor suit that looked like Halo meets RoboCop—and still failed to sell His tragic, cinematic death and why Quentin Tarantino calls Project Grizzly one of his favorite films Plus: cinema verité rants, powdered wigs and blues dancing in Montreal.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Red Ryan: Canada’s Fake Reformed Gangster 11.05.2026 37min

  Rhys and Jesse dive into the wild life of Red Ryan, a Toronto-born hooligan who grew into one of Canada’s most notorious early 20th‑century criminals. From leading street gangs at 10, to hard labor in Kingston Penitentiary, to a wartime desertion and a “most daring” prison break that even inspired Ernest Hemingway, Ryan’s story is packed with chaos.They unpack how Ryan pulled off a decade‑long scam as a “reformed” model prisoner—writing a book, sculpting Virgin Mary statues, charming a prison chaplain, and emerging as a media darling with his own radio show—while secretly robbing banks on the side. It all ends in a bloody liquor store shootout in Sarnia that shocks a country that thought it had found its redemption poster boy.Plus, in the STD (Small Talk Dimension) zone, Jesse recounts a ridiculously elaborate 1745 powdered‑wig dinner party, complete with questionable Scottish accents, Jacobite plotting, and a near “diplomatic incident” over a misunderstood signature.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Our 2026 Show Trailer 06.05.2026

  Hosted by Rhys, a new Canadian with an outsider’s obsession for the country’s strangest stories, and Jesse, a proudly disengaged average Canadian, the show digs into the weirdest moments in Canadian history, politics, crime, culture, and folklore. From mystery tunnels and dead raccoon vigils to government “gaydar” machines, border brawls, Olympic snowboarders turned cartel figures, and the time the U.S. Army gassed Winnipeg, Canada Is Boring turns the overlooked, absurd, and unbelievable corners of Canadian life into addictive, hilarious storytelling. Part history show, part comedy podcast, part national identity crisis, Canada Is Boring is for anyone who likes their learning with jokes, their politics with chaos, and their Canadian facts deeply, deeply strange. The show has built a loyal audience by making Canadian stories feel surprising, accessible, and genuinely entertaining, earning recognition as Canada’s No. 1 Politics Podcast on Goodpods, breaking into the Top 5 Podcasts in Canada on Apple Podcasts, hitting No. 1 Trending on Spotify Canada, and reaching No. 3 in Canada for Comedy.Whether you’re Canadian, new to Canada, Canadian-curious, or just looking for weird stories to annoy your loved ones with, Canada Is Boring offers a hilarious weekly reminder that this country is not dull. It is bizarre, dramatic, petty, dark, ridiculous, and occasionally on fire.Canada is boring? Nope. Canada is unhinged.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  From Olympic Snowboarder to Cartel Kingpin 04.05.2026 38min

  A Canadian Olympic hopeful walks away from the slopes and into the heart of a violent international drug cartel. Rhys and Jesse trace Ryan James Wedlake’s path from Thunder Bay ski kid to Sinaloa lieutenant, weaving together family privilege, failed glory at Salt Lake City, cannabis grow ops, Hawala money transfers, and FBI most‑wanted status—plus an eventual takedown that netted tonnes of cocaine and millions in assets.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Toronto's Mystery Tunneller 27.04.2026 38min

  Rhys and Jesse dig into the bizarre true story of Toronto’s 2015 “mystery tunnel” near York University. What started as a three‑metre‑deep, hand‑dug hideout with plywood supports, a generator, rosary beads, and a poppy quickly spiraled into global speculation: terrorist bunker for the Pan Am Games? Gang weapons cache? Something far worse?For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  Toronto's Dead Raccoon Vigil 20.04.2026 37min

  Rhys and Jesse return to with one of the most delightfully absurd Canadian stories ever told: the 2015 Yonge Street dead raccoon memorial. What begins as a sad little scene on a Toronto sidewalk turns into a full-blown public vigil—complete with Post-it notes, roses, sympathy cards, candles, a Jesus candle, a collection box, and even a parody Twitter account. It’s internet weirdness, and heartfelt stupidity all rolled into one episode.For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.