Afternoon Pint
Afternoon Pint is a laid-back Canadian podcast hosted by Matt Conrad and Mike Tobin—recorded where the best conversations happen: craft breweries, local pubs, and great restaurants around Canada
Each week, they sit down with a surprise guest—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors, entertainers, politicians, and everything in between. You never quite know who’ll show up, and that’s exactly the point.
Every episode feels like meeting someone new over a pint—sometimes for the first time, sometimes picking up right where you left off. The conversations are real, unfiltered, and always a little unpredictable.
Because at its core, The Afternoon Pint is about bringing people together—sharing stories, perspectives, and a bit of good human spirit along the way.
So grab a drink, pull up a chair, and join the conversation.
Episodes
155 episodes
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...
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...
NDP Leader Claudia Chender On How Smart Policy Can Make Nova Scotia Livable Again
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 ...
Why Helping Immigrants Belong Builds A Stronger Country With ISANS CEO Paula Knight
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 ...
Quentrel Provo Lost His Cousin To Gun Violence. How His March Sparked A Global Mission.
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...
From Florida Fields To Global Gridirons - Football 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Entrepreneur Matt Thomson Explains How He Leads Toward Love In Business & Family
This week we sit down with Matt Thomson - TEDx 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 his shift from hu...
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...