Afternoon Pint
Afternoon Pint is a laid-back Canadian podcast hosted by Matt Conrad and Mike Tobin. Each week they meet at at a craft brewery, restaurant or pub with a surprise special guest.
They have been graced with appearances from some truly impressive entrepreneurs, athletes, authors, entertainers, politicians, professors, activists, paranormal investigators, journalists and more. Each week the show is a little different, kind of like meeting a new person at the pub for a first, second or third time.
Anything goes on the show but the aim of their program is to bring people together. Please join in for a fun and friendly pub based podcast that is all about a having a pint, making connections and sharing some good human spirit.
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Episodes
148 episodes
Comedy Director Tyler Burns Shares How To Create A Great Dynamic On Set
This week we are having a drink at Jellies on Quinpool Road in Halifax with screen writer and director Tyler Burns, and the conversation goes from bar stories and many random interjections to the real deal on making Canadian comedy.
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Season 4
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Episode 147
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1:18:56
A Spontaneous Pint On YouTube Live For Saint Patricks Day
St. Patrick’s Day turned into a surprise live show when we crack a couple drinks at home and decide to hit YouTube with zero guest and no safety net. The result is a classic Afternoon Pint mix: real conversation, dumb games, and a chat that kee...
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Season 4
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Episode 146
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1:52:14
The Colours Of A Spicy Brain With Art Therapist Gabriella Rizkallah
Gabriella is an art therapist who once refused to read out loud in ninth grade, met a teacher who really saw her, and discovered dyslexia and ADHD were the reasons school never fit. That shift—from “lazy” to “misunderstood”—set her on a path th...
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Season 4
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Episode 145
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1:06:37
Trust Over Tactics: Basam Murtaza Tahoor on Rebuilding from Zero in Halifax
Founder Basam Murtaza Tahoor shares how he rebuilt his marketing career from scratch in Halifax—ditching gimmicks, mastering Canadian business basics, and proving that trust is the only real currency. From landing his first client to crafting a...
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Season 4
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Episode 144
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1:08:22
Claudia Chender on Building a Nova Scotia We Can Afford to Live In.
We sit down with Nova Scotia NDP leader Claudia Chender for a candid, ground-level conversation about what’s really driving the affordability crisis—and what can actually fix it.Claudia shares her journey from law to politics, shaped by ...
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Season 4
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Episode 143
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1:10:52
Inside ISANS with CEO Paula Knight: How Nova Scotia Welcomes, Trains, And Retains Newcomers
What makes someone plant roots instead of moving on? We sit with Paula Knight, CEO of ISANS, to unpack the real work of turning arrivals into neighbours—and why belonging is the quiet infrastructure that powers Nova Scotia’s future. From first ...
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Season 4
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Episode 142
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1:03:18
Quentrel Provo's Mission To Stop The Violence Needs More Support Than Ever
A single march in the rain changed everything. After losing his cousin to a senseless act of violence, Quentrel Provo turned grief into a mission: Stop the Violence, Spread the Love. We sit down with Q to unpack how a community showed up, how f...
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Season 4
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Episode 141
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1:12:31
The Mental Intelligence Behind Football with Coach Micah Brown
We sit down with Coach Micah Brown — former pro quarterback, founder of BATLX, and a leader in Atlantic Canada’s football development scene. Micah breaks down the mental intelligence behind football and why the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 140
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1:12:26
Putting It All On The Line With Singer Songwriter Christina Martin
A forgotten shore, a loud crowd, and a quiet life that fuels a very big record—Christina Martin joins us for an unvarnished look at building a career that actually holds together. From quitting university to nannying in Austin, signing a dead-e...
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Season 4
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Episode 139
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1:00:22
Tia Upshaw Went From Convicted to CEO. Now She Builds Companies and Empowers Black Women.
We sit with Tia to trace the unvarnished path from teen motherhood and convictions, a string of rejections from employers due to her criminal background check to her $50 start up cleaning company that scaled across Halifax. Tia shar...
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Season 4
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Episode 138
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1:05:47
How Culture Will Tame Artificial Intelligence Digital Anthropologist Giles Crouch
Ready for a clear-eyed look at AI that doesn’t lean on buzzwords or doom? We’re joined by digital anthropologist Giles Crouch to unpack how these systems really work, what they cost in the physical world, and why culture—not code—ultimately dec...
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Season 4
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Episode 137
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1:13:37
Andy Fillmore On The Highs And Lows Of His First Year As Mayor Of Halifax
We sit down with newly elected Mayor Andy Fillmore after his first year for a wide-open conversation about what it takes to steer a city that’s growing in every direction: more people, more jobs, more pressure on streets and services. He talks ...
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Season 4
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Episode 136
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52:26
Afternoon Pint Christmas Special 3 - A Pint Christmas Carol, The Ghost House & Chip's Wish
For this years Holiday Special, The Afternoon Pint presents a radio-play reimagining of A Christmas Carol —written in-house and brought to life with the help of the three 48 Hour Film Festival winners known ...
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Season 3
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Episode 135
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27:42
Steve Murphy Helps Us Ponder What Will 2025 Be Remembered For
What did 2025 really change? We sit down with Steve Murphy for a clear-eyed year-end that swaps noise for signal. The conversation starts with community—Christmas Daddies turning 62 and a bold decision to sell seized U.S. liquor to fund food ba...
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Season 3
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Episode 134
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1:42:45
Don Mills On How Atlantic Canada Can Pay It’s Own Way To Prosperity
We sit down once again with Don Mills for a frank, energized conversation about a new private-sector panel tasked with one job: raise productivity and close the prosperity gap with the rest of Canada. No spin. No bureaucratic maze. Just a focus...
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Season 3
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Episode 133
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1:08:00
Dr. Andrew Travers Explains How Nova Scotia Is Helping Redefine Emergency Health Care
We sit down at Garrison Brewing with Dr. Andrew Travers, Nova Scotia’s EHS medical director, to unpack how a care-first 911 system can calm panic, deliver treatment faster, and often avoid an unnecessary ambulance ride. From text-to-video asses...
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Season 3
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Episode 132
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1:10:23
Matt Thomson Explains How He Leads Toward Love At Work And In Life
This week we sit down with Matt Thomson - Recent TEDx Halifax speaker, entrepreneur, and children’s book author—to unpack what it really takes to “lead courageously toward love” in work, relationships, and community.Matt traces hi...
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Season 3
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Episode 131
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1:21:50
Jon Mann Borrowed A Stephen King Story for $1, Which Got Him To The Academy
A one-dollar licence changed a career. We sit with filmmaker John Mann to trace how Stephen King’s Dollar Baby program led to Popsy, a nine-minute moral sledgehammer that cut backstory, ditched empathy, and focused on pure dread. John lif...
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Season 3
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Episode 130
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1:25:37
Chef George Elias On Building A Beloved Lebanese Restaurant In The Heart Of Halifax
With two pints of Garrison Red and a milky looking glass of Arak, we cheers (or Bisehtak) to Chef George Elias of Au Liban Lebanese Restaurant. We dig into the textures of Lebanese cuisine—silky hummus, smoky baba ganoush, ro...
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Season 3
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Episode 129
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1:01:54
Marketing Pro Laura Flemming Wants To Be Halifax's Vibe Doctor
Pull up a chair at the Oxford Taproom and meet Laura Fleming—marketing and events coordinator at Garrison and the creative force behind You Found Flora. We trade festival stories, and unpack how a great night out is actually built: clear incent...
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Season 3
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Episode 128
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1:23:15
Joe D'Annunzio Went From Relentless Cold Calls To CEO Of A 5000 Employee Insurance Company
Joe is a national brokerage president whose early days cold calling in the White pages may have proven to be the perfect guide to show how insurance really works today—human first, tech-enabled, and built for the moments you hope never happen. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 127
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59:35
Jennie Bovard Is Leading A Comedy That Share Realities Of Living With Low Vision And Albinism.
The funniest stories aren’t the ones built on clichés—they’re the ordinary slip-ups we all share. Think: hopping into the wrong car, or reaching for the bus pole and accidentally grabbing someone’s hand. That’s exactly the kind of humour Jenny ...
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Season 3
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Episode 126
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1:01:00
Jeff Douglas Keeps It Canadian From Wood Fired Saunas To Hockey Haircuts
What happens when a single commercial catapults you into becoming a national symbol? Jeff Douglas, the face behind Molson's iconic "I Am Canadian" rant, sits down with us to explore his remarkable journey from reluctant beer spokesman to respec...
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Season 3
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Episode 125
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1:14:55
Leah Parsons On Empathy In a Digital Age, 12 Years After The Loss Of Her Daughter
Twelve years after the tragic death of Rehtaeh Parsons, her mother Leah joins The Afternoon Pint for a conversation about trauma, institutional failure, and finding purpose after unimaginable loss.Leah paints a vivid portrait of Rehtaeh...
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Season 3
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Episode 124
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46:31
Rudi Brooks Shares The Spicy Secrets Of A Family Hot Sauce Business
Rudi of Rudi's Hot Sauce shares his family's journey from the Bahamas to becoming Nova Scotia's top hot sauce specialist, revealing how his father's transformative experience with wild peppers led to a multi-generational passion for crafting co...
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Season 3
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Episode 123
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49:42