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(09:40) Steve Patterson, award-winning host of CBC's The Debaters, discusses the show's 20th anniversary holiday tour hitting five BC cities including Nanaimo and Victoria in December. Patterson reveals about what makes the debate format work and how Canadian comedy's self-deprecating humor creates magical unplanned moments. Event details: https://debaterslive.com/
(32:37) Andy Kim, Officer of the Order of Canada and legendary singer-songwriter behind "Sugar, Sugar" and "Rock Me Gently," brings his celebrated Christmas charity show to Vancouver's River Rock Casino for the first time. Kim discusses the lineup including Tom Cochrane, while sharing his journey from leaving Montreal at 16 with $40 and a cracked guitar to creating songs that sold 30 million records. Having raised nearly $3 million for charity over 20 years, this show benefits Variety, the Children's Charity of BC. Contains the song “Whatever happened to Christmas”. Event details: https://www.andykimmusic.com/live
Episode Highlights & Quotes
"Canadians have just a way of laughing at ourselves that most countries don't. When you can fit a real fact into an argument that's also funny, to me, that's the best thing in the world." - Steve Patterson on Canadian Comedy
"Receiving such an award from my country of birth—I wept because my parents never really understood my dream, never understood why I had to leave home, why so much of my life was spent away. And this moment in time was not a gold record. It wasn't up and down the charts. It was Canada, my place of birth." - Andy Kim on the Order of Canada
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