Todd Shapiro interviews Strombo

George Stroumboulopoulos opens up to his friend, Sirius XM radio host Todd Shapiro, on Canada Laughs.
They talk about everything from Radio, hockey, motorcycles, politics to relationships...  enjoy!

George Stroumboulopoulos debuts as host of Sportsnet's HNIC

 Great review on George's debut! There are of course the online negative 'nits' but people with good taste support our Strombo.

George Stroumboulopoulos debuts as host of Sportsnet's Hockey Night in Canada

Hockey Night in Strombo starts!

This weekend you can see George Stroumboulopoulos talking hockey. He loves hockey and is geared up for the new job on Hockey Night in Canada. Lots of nay sayers will soon realize it's really a natural fit.

Read more about the big changes in NHL coverage here

Tonight on The Strombo Show!

George’s  guests on the show tonight include Grandmaster Flash,

Comic Russell Peters, 

Jesse Keeler of Death From Above 1979, 

Nick Sewell of Biblical 

and Torquil Campbell of Stars.

 
As always, there will be Ten O'Clock With Tom (Waits).

Lastly, George tucks you into bed for The Big Lie Down, or The Collective Horizontal, with the mellowest of tunes.

You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm. See you there!  ;)

Welcome Back! The Strombo Show Sunday, September 21st, 2014

A huge welcome back to a new season of The Strombo Show!  Also making a return tonight is the illustrious Bob Mackowycz, who rejoins George on the air to once again chat about "The M word" .. music.

Tonight, the talk will focus on this year's Polaris Music Prize Short List.  This year's gala will take place on Monday, September 22nd. 

Care to wager on who will take away this year's prize?

Of course, it wouldn't be The Strombo Show without a nod to the gods of Rock and Roll ...

... Ten O'Clock with Tom (Waits

... and of course, The Big Lie Down, when George tucks you quietly into bed with the mellowest of tunes ....

You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm.  

See you there.  ;)

Tonight On The Strombo Show - Dan Mangan And The Crackling

Tonight on The Best Of The Strombo Show!

Dan Mangan And The Crackling join George in The Broom Closet for a chat and an acoustic set.

Alex "The Can Con Don" Narvaez  will join George in celebrating twenty years of Rage Against The Machine.

 It wouldn't be The Strombo Show without the Nod To The Gods

... The Magnificent Seven, the top seven tunes of the week ...

.. Ten O'clock With Tom (Waits) ..

.. and lastly, the Big Lie-Down or the Collective Horizontal, where George tucks you in to bed with the mellowest of tunes.

You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm.  

See you there.  ;)

Strombo, among others, Stands Up To Cancer

Strombo along with a long list of entertainers and celebrities will be participating in a combined prime-time TV special.

Canada’s entertainment community and visiting celebrities at the Toronto International Film Festival will combine efforts Friday in a prime-time TV special dedicated to cancer research.
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Broadcast run is done.

There is still the Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 Sunday nights but the TV show is done now.
This is the message on strombo.com

After 10 seasons on CBC, we've finished our broadcast run. Love and gratitude from the whole GST team.

Strombo is still on CBC Aug 25 - 29

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week 
GST is still on at 11:30 pm on CBC and there is not much time left to catch it! 

Monday Aug 25 is politician Justin Trudeau 

Tuesday is Canadian actor  Yannick Bisson

Wednesday features author and friend of the show Margaret Atwood.  
Panel has Emma Hunter, Mark Forward and Arthur Simeon

Thursday everyone's fav astronaut/author/inspiration Chris Hadfield 

Friday is the man, Peter Mansbridge 

We talked with George Stroumboulopoulos recently when he interrupted his Motorcycle road trip out west and flew in to town to sign the deal that assures The Strombo Show will continue on CBC Radio. The radio show features a lot of very cool and eclectic music chosen by George and his team. He will include occasional music related interviews that may be featured on CBCMusic.ca in a visual way, but he wants to focus on bringing you more music in the spirit of what radio should be. This year he will be seen on HNIC on weekends because he loves hockey but he never stops listening and sharing his first love, good music.  The Strombo radio show begins anew mid September from George's home studio. Turn it up!

This week in Strombo July 21 - 25

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week.
You may be wondering how long will they be showing GST on CBC TV. I can only tell you it will be at least until August 1. I don't know beyond that. Enjoy it while it's still here!


Monday July 21
English-Canadian actress Kim Cattrall

Tuesday July 22
From Breaking Bad's Gus Fring or actor Giancarlo Esposito

Plus Canadian actress Rachelle Lefevre

Wednesday July 23 
The Muppet with the piggest heart Miss Piggy!

Thursday July 24
Actor R. H. Thomson 

also Canadian author Miriam Toews

Friday July 25
Home renovating star Scott McGillivray

and from the F-Word Zoe Karzan

Bruce Springteen's High Hopes and Deltron 3030 On Best Of The Strombo Show

It was January 23^rd, 1981. Sitting in the nosebleed section at the Montreal Forum, we watched excitedly as the rocker in the blue t-shirt with the rolled up sleeves walked out onto the stage. Followed by his band, he threw his guitar onto his shoulder and stepped up to the mike. After a few seconds, the house lights dropped, the spots came on, and the Montreal Forum exploded with the magic of the Asbury Park, New Jersey band. When he finally left us that night, after a set list  twenty seven songs long , and another four for an encore, we were almost as exhausted as he must have been. We were, however, anything but disappointed. This .. this is why he was known as The Boss.

It is now 32 years later, and Bruce Springsteen is set to release his 18^th studio album. He will be accompanied on the album by the E Street band, including tracks recorded by Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici before their deaths, as well as featuring Tom Morello on guitar. The album is scheduled to be released on January 14^th. The first single, High Hopes, was released on November 24^th.  Tonight, Darby Wheeler returns to the show and will be chatting with George in the broom closet about Bruce Springsteen and the upcoming album.  Welcome back Darby!

One of my favourite albums of 2012 was an album called 12 bit blues by Vancouver DJ Kid Koala. Kid Koala just happens to have joined up with producer Dan the Automater, and Del the Funky Homo Sapien to form supergroup Deltron 3030. They will also be joining G for a chat in the broom closet tonight to talk about their second album, Event II.

It wouldn't be the Strombo Show without a weekly nod to the Gods of Rock and Roll.  On the 33rd anniversary of his death at the hands of an assassin, the life and music of John Lennon is celebrated.

... The Magnificent Seven, the top seven tunes of the week ...

.. Ten O'Clock With Tom (Waits) ..

.. and lastly, the Big Lie-Down or the Collective Horizontal, where George tucks you in to bed with the mellowest of tunes.

You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm.  

See you there.  ;)

This Week in Strombo July 14 - 18

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week
The show is not going to be interrupted this week by FIFA World Cup overtime! It's back at 11:30 and many of these interviews have NOT been aired previously.  Yes, New Shows!


Monday July 14
Friend of the show Mike Holmes is in the house!

Tuesday July 15
Missy Peregrym of Rookie Blue

Also Marine turned actor Lance Corporal Cassidy Little

Wednesday July 16
Actor Tom Wilkinson

Thursday July 17
You will be seeing more of actor Adam Driver

Plus a fascinating, not to be missed interview, with transgendered punk band Against Me!'s lead singer Laura Jane Grace

Friday July 18
From George's fav show (The Wire) among many other credits actor Idris Elba talks about playing Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2014 NHL Awards hosted by Strombo

2014 NHL Awards returns to Las Vegas  June 24
Broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos is hosting tonight's NHL Awards!

LAS VEGAS -- The National Hockey League announced today the order of the presentation for tonight's 2014 NHL Awards. Hosted by renowned television and radio broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos, the 2014 NHL Awards will broadcast live from the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas at 7:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN in the U.S. and CBC online but at 8pm on CBC TV in Canada.
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George is in Las Vegas now and  tweeting about hosting the NHL Awards show. In previous years Strombo, a huge hockey fan, has presented at the show but this year it's all his!

StroumboulopoulosVerified account ‏@strombo

My Whip! #NHLAwards starts soon. @CBC @NBCSports @NHL #vegas pic.twitter.com/pTlfit2AL6

Paradise, NV

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This week in Strombo June 9 - 13

*Sad news about a member of  the GST show's family. Our condolences to Ken Wanninger's loved ones. 

George Stroumboulopoulos (from Strombo's facebook page in his own words)

June 9th 2014

Hi,

Incredible sadness and disbelief.

We lost a dear friend and colleague a couple of days ago. Ken Wanninger was engaged with the world and enjoyed great conversations on so many topics and his loves and passions came through in his work. He had a deep love of film and music and his creativity was on full display in the radio and TV show.

We are honoured to have been in his company, and if you enjoyed our shows, you should know that Ken played a major role in making them sing. Just weeks ago, he worked on the Prince Charles special staying late to ensure the bio was the best it could be - working until he was completely happy with it. It is even still unbelievable to have to write in the past tense as this has been shocking news. A life cut too short.

Much Love and condolences to his family and friends,

George, Tania and the GTonight team-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week
Look for the show at 11:30 pm on CBC.

Monday June 9
Canadian crooner Micheal Buble

Tuesday June 10
Actress Megan Follows 

Actress/model Shay Mitchell

Wednesday June 11
Star of Orphan Black Tatiana Maslany

Indian yogi, mystic, philanthropist and author Sadhguru

Thursday June 12
Land before Time actress Helen Shaver

Singer/songwriter Sam Roberts

Friday June 13 
Children's entertainer Raffi

Actress/producer Meaghan Rath

A look at the archives of George's interview with Alan Alda