Afternoon Pint
REAL TALK. COLD PINTS. That was the basic premise of longtime friends Matt and Mike when they came up with their show over a few pints of their favourite craft beer.
Many pints later, Afternoon Pint has become a recognizable show on the East Coast of Canada celebrating the spirit of people from all walks of life. Most of their shows are recorded remotely at a pub table. Sometimes serious, sometimes funny, sometimes sweet and always good natured; Afternoon Pint is a podcast about having a beer after a long day, and taking the time to get to know a person that you thought you would never meet.
Episodes
169 episodes
Jess Creelman Keeps It Real
Grocery prices are out of control, everyone feels the squeeze, and social media somehow still expects us to live in spotless, perfectly styled homes. So we brought in Jess Creelman, a Halifax creator and new Bell Media voice on Virgin Radio and...
Dr Sylvain Charlebois On Food Inflation, Tariffs and Canadian Leadership
Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian professor, researcher, and media commentator widely known as "The Food Professor." His successful podcast of the same name is now into its seventh season. The focus is to talk at issues in the food business incl...
Summer Pints with Laura Flemming
Although our show is supposed to be on hiatus until September 15th, we spontaneously brought out the podcast gear to record this episode with Laura Flemming. In this episode we catch up with Laura on her new venture since she...
Afternoon Pint Presents: Dark Harbour Episode 2 - The Disappearance of Kenley Matheson
A person can disappear in plain sight, and Kenley Matheson’s case proves it. On September 21, 1992, the 20-year-old Acadia University student is seen walking along Main Street in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, wearing blue jeans, a purple T-shirt, his...
Afternoon Pint Presents: Dark Harbour - The Unsolved Murder of Shelley Denise Connors, Spryfield, Nova Scotia
Afternoon Pint Presents: Brand new true crime series, DARK HARBOUR. -- A teenage girl answers a short phone call, says “I’ll be right back,” and steps out of her Spryfield apartment in Halifax. She leaves behind her ciga...
Inside BrainStim: A Halifax Clinic Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to treat PTSD
A sci fi looking “helmet” that helps veterans sleep, feel calmer, and reconnect with their families sounds too good to be true, so we went to Brainstim Clinic in Halifax, which just celebrated its One year Anniversary to get a better understand...
Christine Brunsden Explains Why Many Eligible People Do Not Receive The Disability Tax Credit
The Disability Tax Credit is one of those Canadian programs that sounds simple until you’re staring at the forms, your medical records, and a list of criteria written in a language nobody uses in real life. We talk with Christine Brunson, CEO o...
Meg Brennan and Tenille Goodspeed Share Why Garrison Brewing and Jazzfest are the Perfect Pairing
40 years of Halifax Jazz Festival and nearly three decades of Garrison Brewing as a partner isn’t just a fun local success story, it’s a blueprint for how a city builds culture people actually want to stick around for. We’re at the Oxford Tapro...
Matt Stickland's Take on City Hall, The Mayor, Taxes and Transportation
Traffic, housing, and taxes are not separate problems. They are one big system, and once you see the wiring, you cannot unsee it. Over beers, we sit down at Quinns Arm Pubwith journalist Matt Stickland, a former Navy tech who has spent years wa...
Storm The Ballot Box And Fix Canadian Democracy with Joanne Roberts
Something is off when a government can win a “supermajority” while millions of Canadians stay home. We’re joined by Joanne Roberts, author of *Storm The Ballot Box: An Insider’s Guide to a Voting Revolution*, to dig into what low voter turnout ...
How Bioengineer Mina Mekhail's Startup Extends The Shelf Life Of Salmon
Fresh salmon can have around 14 days of shelf life if the cold chain stays perfect. The problem is real life is never perfect, and one small temperature slip can turn premium seafood into waste. We’re joined by Mina Mekhail from Dartmouth-based...
Halifax Is About to Boom Again — Mayor Andy Fillmore Says the Real Risk Is Saying No
Halifax is growing fast — and Mayor Andy Fillmore says the real danger is not growth itself, but being unprepared for it.In this episode of Afternoon Pint, we sit down with Mayor Fillmore at City Hall following his St...
Immunologist Jeanette Boudreau Shares How Their Lab Fights Cancer Back
Cancer research can feel like a distant world of microscopes and jargon, but the stakes are painfully everyday: can we help people live longer, feel better, and suffer less while they’re in treatment? We’re joined by Halifax-based immunology Ph...
Former NDP Premier Darrell Dexter On Leadership, Energy Policy & Transformational Government
Former NDP Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter walks us through what it’s like to govern when the economy melts down, revenues disappear, and voters still expect big change on a small budget. He’s candid about how fast a government can go from p...
Christina Black On Building A Winning Canadian Curling Team
You can learn a lot about high performance by listening to someone who lives in the details, and Christina Black lives there. Over pints at Jungle Jim’s, we talk with the Nova Scotia skip about how an eight-year-old in Sydney goes from watching...
Two Anonymous Young Immigrants Share The Hidden Costs Of Chasing Permanent Residency in Canada
A must listen episode to gain perspective on Canada's Immigration Crisis. Two young men from India sit down with us and tell a story we can’t shake. They came to Nova Scotia with a plan, followed the rules, studied hard, built careers, paid tax...
Former Canadian Intelligence Operator Mike Fournier On The Practicality Of Spycraft
A lot of people think “spy” means gadgets, fights, and glamour. We’ve got a different story for you, straight from a Canadian military intelligence operator who actually worked the Cold War and later returned to serve in Afghanistan. Mike Fourn...
Canadian Film & TV: Our Next Great Export with Taylor Olson, Bob Mann, and Adam DeViller
A pub table in Halifax is a strange place to map out a film and TV career, but that’s exactly where we end up with Taylor Olson, Bob Mann, and Adam DeViller. Between bites of a spice bag and a lot of laughter, we get into the real mechanics of ...
Canadian Home Ownership Matters With Habitat For Humanity CEO Donna Williamson
You can feel the difference between a “housing” conversation and a “homeownership” conversation the minute Donna Williamson walks us through how Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia actually works. We’re recording from the Burnside ReStore (with lo...
Sonja O'Hara Left Atlantic Canada For New York To Become a Movie Star
A kid from Williamswood leaves Nova Scotia at 17, lands in New York with no connections, survives the visa pressure cooker, and ends up directing heavyweight actors in Hollywood. That’s the real arc behind our conversation with Sonja O’Hara, an...
Dustin O'Leary On Establishing Trust In Nova Scotia's Gold Mining Sector
Nova Scotia has big resource potential, but the real question is whether we can turn opportunity into outcomes without repeating the mistakes that still haunt the province. We talk with Dustin O’Leary, a Nova Scotian working in gold mining busi...
Director Tyler Burns Shares His Secrets On Creating Comedy That Pushes The Limit
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.
Matt and Mike Have a Live Pint On YouTube For A Blood Cancer Fundraiser
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...
Matt and Mike Get Therapy With Registered Counselling 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...
Immigrant Basam Murtaza Tahoor Built A Marketing Busines In Canada By Establishing Trust
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...