Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast

Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast is a weekly Montreal-focused podcast co-hosted by Terry DiMonte and Ted Bird, whose personal friendship and professional collaboration spans five decades and two centuries(!). Smart, irreverent and topical, Standing By puts a uniquely Montreal stamp on the podcast landscape - intensely relatable to people who know the city and easily accessible to those who don’t. Montreal: live it/learn it/love it with Terry and Ted on the Standing By Podcast. 

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Episodes

6 days ago

This week, we tap into the underrated local online news magazine The Main to learn one of the great untold World War II stories with a uniquely Montreal angle. Also, line brawling for tykes and celebrity blowhards at the Golden Globes. 
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Ho Ho Hum

Tuesday Jan 06, 2026

Tuesday Jan 06, 2026

In the inaugural episode of 2026, Terry and Ted ponder their unintentional dearth of Christmas spirit over the holiday season. Also, Habs at the ODR, the West Island's burgeoning restaurant scene, and an overdue shoutout to rotisserie chickens. 
 
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Montreal Christmas Memories

Tuesday Dec 16, 2025

Tuesday Dec 16, 2025

Terry and Ted set the stage for Christmas present by exploring the traditions, institutions and characters of Montreal Christmas past, including the Ogilvy's Window and noted Yuletide percussionist Spoonman. 
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Tuesday Dec 09, 2025

Terry is gracious and philosophical about being snubbed by CJAD for the radio stations's 80th anniversary celebration, while Ted demonstrates why he has never been actively recruited for the diplomatic corps. 
 
 
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Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

Only a handful of aspiring play-by-play announcers have made it to the pinnacle of hockey broadcasting, and one of them is our guest this week. There were no shortcuts for John Bartlett, who worked his way up from local cable TV to Hockey Night in Canada, and stayed grateful and humble for the entire ride. 
 
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Tuesday Nov 25, 2025

Terry's train travel travails, suits and sneakers, Ted's Happy Gilmore/Bob Barker moment with a Hockey Hall of Famer, and it's never too late to celebrate World Toilet Day. 
 
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Tuesday Nov 18, 2025

This week, we discuss Mrs. DiMonte's "McCartney problem". Also, it's never too late to learn the guitar (until it is), and there's nowhere to pee. 
 
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Tuesday Nov 11, 2025

No, it's not a game of Clue. It's Honorary Lt-Col. Ginger Petty of the Canadian Grenadier Guards in-studio to talk about Remembrance Day and her annual Toy Tea Christmas charity - a highlight of the social season in Montreal.  Also, Franz Kafka as a football coach, and Terry gets disenfranchised at the voting booth and isn't happy about it.
 
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Tuesday Nov 04, 2025

World Series reflections - are we happy or sad the Blue Jays lost? Also, Expos Fest founder Perry Giannias on who killed the Montreal Expos, Ted gets force fed a bullshit traffic ticket to help the SPVM meet their quota and Terry invents a new salutation. 
 
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Survival of the Most Delicious

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

Tuesday Oct 28, 2025

A favorite DiMonte haunt and staple of Montreal's vibrant restaurant scene celebrates a milestone anniversary, two World Series games for the price of one, who killed the Expos and fist bump or handshake? 
 
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