North Pole Radio

North Pole Radio

Each week podcaster, life long Christmas nerd and professional Santa Matt sits down with one of his fellow Santa performers or Christmas lovers and talks about all things Christmas including the art of representing Santa, movies, music, decorations and more.

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June 24, 2026 62 mins

This episode, Matt is joined by Liz and Tracy Ruch, who, in their short time as Santa and Mrs. Claus, have found themselves in charge of the biannual Santa Family Reunion in Gatlinburg, TN! They also appear in the documentary "Behind the Beard: Making Santa Real"

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On this episode, Derek Dugan takes over hosting duties as he asks some questions of your usual host! Learn more about Matt in this reverse interview!

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May 15, 2026 58 mins

This episode, Matt welcomes documentary filmmaker Brandon Rice, whose upcoming film, "Behind the Beard: Making Santa Real", explores some of the heart and motivation of the people who make Christmas magic.

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This episode, Matt is so excited to welcome some of his most requested guests, Steve and Deb Gillham! We talk all about storytelling and teaching and some of the most unique Christmas traditions ever!

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On this episode, Matt is joined by one of the most supportive and nicest guys in the Christmas performing community, Glenn Hamilton.

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Matt welcomes his friends Doug and Jenny Vanderweide who share their story of becoming Christmas performers and talk about their new show "Santa's Workshop".

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February 20, 2026 67 mins

This episode, Matt welcomes Chris Terry, whose upcoming show, "Santa's Workshop," aims to provide an interactive learning experience where the hosts and the audience can learn things together and show that, as a community, we can all help each other no matter how novice or experienced we are.

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February 12, 2026 131 mins

Matt sits down with another brand new Santa, this one all the way from New Zealand, Duane Bailey, who recaps how becoming Santa dragged him out of a dark place, brought him newfound joy, and what his first season was like.

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Jeremy Phelps returns to the show to tell us about his new online shop.

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This episode, Brendan Low returns to talk about his new children's book "The Boy Who Became Santa", a wonderful book to help explain why so many Santas are around at Christmas time.

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This episode, Matt chats with author Pamela McColl, author of "Twas the Night" and "Wondrous Mrs. Claus", and the co-author of "What Would Mrs. Claus Do?"

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After a long hiatus, Matt's back! This time he is joined by the bubbly, creative Lindsay Stewart who talks about being Mrs. Claus and her brand new book!

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This episode, Matt is joined by his first guest from Bolivia, Italo Badani!

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This episode, Matt welcomes Gerry from Totally Rad Christmas and Jeff from Lost Christmas to talk about the film "Rise of the Guardians".

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March 19, 2025 86 mins

Matt welcomes back his good friend Brendan Low, who has been on his Santa journey the past few years and has talked about it before on the show. Now he's here to talk about a lot of the fun and exciting things he has done in the last couple of seasons!

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On this episode, Matt welcomes back returning guest and recent Santa Claus Hall of Fame inductee Chris Parada to talk about his new company, Santa Claus Suits & Equipment Company, which is offering new versions of the classic, nostalgic Charles Howard suit from the original pattern!

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February 20, 2025 53 mins

On this episode, Matt welcomes his friend Lincoln Crum, who talks about the opportunities being Santa can open up in life as well as about his children's book.

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On this episode, Matt is happy to have on Bryton Taylor, who has crafted 75 recipes based on the Christmas classic, "Elf", and published them all in her new book "The Unofficial 'Elf' Cookbook".

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October 22, 2024 57 mins

It's been a bit since the last episode, but Matt is back with his buddy Jeremy Phelps, who, interestingly, became Santa by way of wrestling!

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September 10, 2024 78 mins

This episode, Matt is joined by Robert Baker of the "Festive Foreign Film Fans" podcast to discuss the Finnish Santa origin film "Christmas Story". Not to be confused, of course, with "A Christmas Story".

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