The Tragically Hip Podcast Series

Get ready for a blast from the fucking past! We’re revisiting the first five years of podList episodes and bringing them back to the feed—your chance to re-live the magic of TTH fan covers, back-to-back. We’re talking incredible fucking renditions of classic tracks by The Tragically Hip tracks brought to life by listeners just like you. So there’s that.
Each year, devoted Hip fans from all walks of life have picked up their guitars, banjos, pianos, and yes, even synthasysers to reimagine The Hip’s legendary catalog. It’s a celebration of artistry, community, and the music that unites us. So there’s that.
And don’t forget, podList SIX is just around the corner on May 26th. But first, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Listen, enjoy, and maybe even start practicing—your song could be featured next!
Track Listing:
In View - Shemus Gunn
Morning Moon - Uzbekistani Denzel
Lake Fever - Fandom Power
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - Tristan Armstrong
Silver Jet - Smug Rooster
The Last Recluse - Beej
It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken - Mik Perlus
Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park - Field of Porters
The Darkest One - Gift Shop
If New Orleans is Beat - Rico Borrego
Now For Plan A - Craig Rogers & Yvette Drews
Pretend - Marc Harwood, Tim Clarke & Ben Wallace

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A Forest Of Whispering Speakers - The Idea
A new musical featuring the music of The Tragically Hip is about to open in Hamilton. Episode one is the story of how it got there - from one phone call to a world premiere.
Episode summary
A Forest Of Whispering Speakers is the brand new podcast from The Tragically Hip Podcast Series, charting the world premiere of "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" at Theatre Aquarius. The musical is built on the music of The Tragically Hip and tells the story of an exiled Iraqi journalist building a new life in Kingston, Ontario. Act I: The Idea is the origin episode - the cold-call, the pitch, the band Zoom, the moment a single CBC story unlocked the whole concept.
Host jD sits down with manager Jake Gold and producer Michael Rubinoff ("Come From Away") to trace how a Tragically Hip musical went from a polite email to a full production. Along the way, three lifelong theatre fans - Jen Towndrow, Armand Baksh-Zarate, and Autumn Tuffin-McDonald - help frame what makes a jukebox musical actually work, and what happens when the source material is a band that means this much to this many people.
This is a spoiler-free, behind-the-scenes podcast. The production is the hero. The musical is the subject. jD is the listener in the room.
Featured voices
Jake Gold - Manager, The Tragically Hip
Michael Rubinoff - Producer, "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" ("Come From Away")
Jen Townrow - Lifelong musical theatre fan
Armand - Musical theatre devotee
Autumn Teffen-McDonald - Theatre fan, seven shows deep into 2026 already

What's covered in Act I
The original pitch (and the original story - which wasn't Iraq)
The Zoom call with the band that started it all
Lindsay Perigoe's viral 2020 CBC piece on Gord Downie, 'Wheat Kings,' and discovering Canada through The Hip
How the title "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken" landed
Why The Tragically Hip do not exist inside the world of the show (and where the Easter eggs live)
The difference between previews and an official opening night

About the show
A Forest Of Whispering Speakers is a six-episode oral history of the Theatre Aquarius world premiere of "It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken." New episodes drop weekly on Thursdays.
Resources & references
Theatre Aquarius - theatreaquarius.org
Lindsay Perigoe's 2020 CBC piece on The Tragically Hip and discovering Canada
Hipbase, HipMuseum, This Is Our Life - the standing TTH Podcast Series sources

Listen & follow
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever fine podcasts are found
Network home: home.tthpods.com
Community: community.tthpods.com
Email jD: [email protected]

Also happening - podList 7: the classics
Submissions for podList 7 - a fan cover compilation of Tragically Hip songs from the 1987-1995 catalogue, EP through "Day for Night" - close April 30. Drop date is May 15. Submit at podlist.tthpods.com or email [email protected].
Tip jar
If the work hits, throw a couple bucks at the battery: buymeacoffee.com/tthtop40. Editing is hard. Coffee helps.
Socials
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Join Greg and Jamie as they celebrate the wonderful world of the Tragically Hip. This episode is fully & completely composed of fan submissions. Listen to your favourite Hip tracks in a whole new way!
Evil Tom Hanks - Montreal
Fifty Mission - When the Weight Comes Down
Craig Rogers & Yvette Drews - Now For Plan A
Totally Hip - The Luxury
Roadside Attraction - Ouch
Shamus Gunn - Get Back Again
Field of Porters - Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
Mark & Norah - Flamenco

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Join Greg and Jamie as they celebrate the wonderful world of the Tragically Hip. This episode is fully & completely composed of fan submissions. Listen to your favourite Hip tracks in a whole new way!

Grace, Too - Tim Porterfield 
In View - Shemus Gunn
Looking for a Place to Happen - 50 Mission
Lake Fever - Rico Borrego
Ahead By A Century - Broadtree
Scared - Cory Smith/Steve Cameron
Poeti - Luca Taddia
It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night - Tristan Armstrong
Fully Completely - Craig Dougan
Bobcaygeon - Kevin Foster
Apartment Song - Jordan Venn
Daredevil - Craig Rogers
Chagrin Falls - The Strictly Hip
Fiddler’s Green - The Tristones

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All the best of the season from Greg & Jamie! Enjoy the work of Hip tribute bands and fans alike.

Thugs - Myles Erickson
Something On - Rico Borrego
Every Time You Go - The Tragically Hits
Little Bones - Simply Hip
Poets - Shamus Gunn
Wheat Kings - Adam Ruzzo
The Stanger - Maria King
Emperor Penguin - Jamie Dew & Jason Kirby
Scared - Craig & Mark Rogers
Trick Rider - Darrin Cappe
Ahead by a Century - Pineo Loeb
Thompson Girl - Roadside Attraction
Grace, Too - Fifty Mission
Fiddler's Green - Dean Hutchings
The Depression Suite - The Strictly Hip

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