Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Feminine Warrior: Toronto Mike'd #1116

Episode Date: September 21, 2022

In this 1116th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Helen Tansey and Dianne Wiseman, better known as The Feminine Warrior. They discuss a variety of subjects, from Elvis to the Queen. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

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today making their Toronto mic debut are Helen Tansey and Diane Wiseman better known as Feminine Warrior how the heck are you two we're good how are you feminine warrior. How the heck are you two?

We're good. How are you? Very good. Very good. I'm going to boost you now. Just remember to stay on that mic. That phone call that I got in the middle of my intro is from Fred Patterson from Humble and Fred. I should have taken it and put it on speakerphone and found out what's going on over there. Good to see you both. You're already FOTMs because we work together.

There's three ways to be an FOTM. You can be a listener, you can be a guest, or we can work together. So you got in through that backdoor loophole. But finally, on Toronto Mic'd, I'm really happy you're here. Well, we're happy to be here. Thank you for having us.

And Diane, I'm just going to let the listenership know that you are a little early because you have a further distance to travel to get here. So we're killing time on the live stream. So anybody at live.torontomic.com heard us spinning songs we loved in, what was it, in high school or grade school? And then talking about why we love the song.

So there was a whole bunch of like, there was Depeche Mode and there was Duran Duran and there was Tears for Fears it's a lot of excitement there Diane now let's find out who you guys are and then we'll dive in there uh okay let's start with you Diane who are you what would you like to know? Well, tell me about yourself. Like, who are you? And then I want to find out how you, and then I'm going to find out who Helen is.

And then I'm going to find out how you two hooked up. And then we're going to discover what the feminine warrior is. And then we're going to basically shoot the breeze about a bunch of topics. I'm curious for your perspective on it. But like, I know you're a world-class runner. Is that true or false? Back in the day, I was a competitive runner.

Absolutely. How competitive were you? Like, did you, were you like, like, give me a little more info. Like, you're not just a person who goes for a run every day to keep in shape. Like, you were competitively racing. I was. When I was about 12 and 13, I was a very fast runner. And I ran some pretty fast times and everybody sort of descended upon me

and I was really scared to sort of commit. So I shied away from it through my teenage years. Wait, what kind of distance? 1,500. Okay, okay, okay. And you shied away from it because you didn't like the spotlight at the time no it's just i wasn't ready to commit that sort of type of training so when i hit 25 i thought i'm getting old i don't know why 25 so i took up competitive running at 25 in university

and so after a year i approached the the Canadian middle distance coach to coach me. And he told me, I will coach you, but you will never be competitive. So in a year, I won double gold at university championships. And I won athlete of the year at York. And then a year later, I made a Canadian national team. World-class runner. Right? That's a big deal. It is. And just yesterday, sitting in that same chair, do you know who was sitting there? Another world-class runner. That's a big deal.

It is. And just yesterday, sitting in that same chair, do you know who was sitting there? Another world-class runner. Yes, Donovan Bailey. Who's faster, you or Donovan? I'm sure Donovan is. I bet you at 1,500 meters, you could beat him. Maybe, yeah, maybe at 15.

He does 100. Or maybe make it a little longer. Yeah. Although we were watching him race 150 meters at the Dome. You were probably tuning in as i was but yeah 15 what did he race he raced um he raced michael johnson okay remember johnson won the 200 in atlanta donovan won the 100 and they had this like like who's the fastest man in the world it's always been the 100 meter guy but johnson was uh shooting shooting off that he was the faster

runner because he won the 200 and then uh they agreed to like race 150 to decide who's the fastest man in the world. Anyway, Donovan won. Okay, we're going to talk more about you, Diane, shortly. But Helen Tansey is here. Hello, Helen. Hello. Helen Highwater. Okay, tell us a bit about like, oh no, Diane.

I know I said you're a world-class runner as if that defines your entire existence. We're going to get more from you in a minute. But who are you, Helen? I am a mom, a wife. I am a photographer. I've been doing it for 30 years. And I love what I do. I feel pretty blessed and privileged with my life.

So, yeah. Do you ever photograph famous people? I do. I have. Have you ever photograph famous people? I do. I have. Have you ever photographed Mick Jagger? No. See, no one knows

what we're talking about because before I pressed record we were playing Carly Simon's You're So Vain because singing in the chorus there, you know,

I bet you think this song is Mick Jagger. Yeah. And once you know it's Mick Jagger, you hear it so clearly but if you don't know it's Mick, you can miss it because yeah and once you know it's mick jagger you hear it so clearly but if you don't know it's mick you can miss it because it's kind of it's in the background there and whatever but uh so mick was on mine can you name are you allowed to name any famous people

you photographed um i guess but what people know what gordon ramsay very famous first of all can i also tell you if i think they're famous or not? Yeah. Gordon Ramsay is very famous. Jason Isaacs, who... Got those eyes, right? Yes. Good actor. Very good actor. Carrie Ann Moss.

From the Trinity, from... Matrix. Matrix. Her name was Trinity. Her name was Trinity. Yeah, and she was also in Memento, right? Was she in Memento? Yeah, that was such a good movie.

Okay, also very famous. Keep going. Oh my gosh, you're putting me on the spot. I love this game. Okay, Dean McDermott. Okay, so slow down. Okay. I talked to Dean on the reg.

Okay, first of all, so Dean sat right here because you invited Dean here to do an episode of Feminine Warriors, which we're going to do. Feminine Warriors, singular. We'll talk about that in a minute too. But we're going to talk about Dean being on Feminine Warriors, which we're going to do. Feminine Warriors, singular. We'll talk about that in a minute too. But we're going to talk about Dean being on Feminine Warrior. How do you know Dean McDermott?

So we go way, way back. We were friends, I think, since we were like 19. And yeah, we've just always been really close friends. And then I actually introduced him to Mary Jo, his first wife. Mary Jo Eustace. Yes. And then we've always sort of kept in touch over the years. And then he married Tori and he lives in LA,

but we still keep in touch. Yes. I'm explaining this to everybody knows these things. Okay. And he's a, he's a charmer, right? I mean,

this is a charismatic man. He's a great guy. Yeah. He is charming, right? I mean, this is a charismatic man. He's a great guy. Yeah. He is charming, but not charming in a slimy way. Like he's just like a really good kind person. Diane, is there a slimy charming? There absolutely is, but he's definitely, he's genuine. Yeah.

Okay. Avoid the slimy. But are you thinking like slimy charming is like Eddie Haskell and leave it to be over? Because that's, to me, that's just phony. Yes.

More than slimy. I would say Eddie Haskell, not him, but that's as an example of just trying to think what would be my, like, you see my reference only goes back 60 years. You can tell how old you are. I'm not,

I don't know if that, I think it's more like, you know, how men are charming and you know that they're just sort of putting something on to impress you to get something they have a bit of game and they're going to play it

Dean's got he's got game but it's not manufactured like he's not putting on the game it's just a natural game he's got it's a natural charm shout out to Dean McDerm uh and then any other famous people you want to name check here oh yeah i find this fascinating i mean you started with i mean these are all famous people uh but i mean uh who's the chef you had again what's his name gordon ramsay like i don't even like i don't

watch any food shows like i don't watch i know people love their food shows and stuff i don't actually watch any of them. But that name to me is like, I know this guy, I can recognize him, a very famous person. And he got photographed by you. How did that come to be? He was in town.

He's like, I want your best photographer, Toronto. And they said, Helen Tansey. Is that your British accent? That's my Mick Jagger. Yeah, he was in town and his PR people got in touch with me and asked me if I would photograph. Fancy. Is that your British accent? That's my Mick Jagger. Mick it. Yeah, he was in town and his PR people got in touch with me and asked me if I would photograph him. And so he was selling a book and he was doing a talk here. Wow.

Is it a good photo? Turned out well? It turned out very well. And he's a really nice guy. He's a handsome guy. Okay. Yeah. All right. If any other names pop in your head, but I need to now find out if Diane is anything more than a world class runner.

Like, like, like, for example, you you run some kind of a fitness thing, right? Like, what are you doing there? I have a fitness business and. Don't bury the lead here. OK, so you have clients and you work them out. What do you do with them? I have clients and I sort of have a different perspective. I take a holistic approach to things. So I really believe that you have to correct imbalances so the body works as a whole together and stronger. You know, you're only as strong as your weakest link. And I really focus on a holistic type way of living.

So it's the connectivity of mind and body. I think that a lot of people don't realize your brain and how it works is just another organ in the body. So when you train it, you can actually train your mind with your body. I need to sign up because I've got lots of, I have lots of links that are in need of repair so that there are no weak links. Yeah, Absolutely. And once I'm in shape. Thanks to your efforts. I'm going to go straight to Helen Tansey's photography studio. Yes.

Exactly. And then she's going to take photos. She's going to work for magic. Of the new handsome fit mic. And it's going to be a big deal. I'm going to tweet those photos with pride. Okay. So how did you two meet each other?

I came to Helen to take pictures of me. And then when we met, we sort of had an instant connection. Is it the photo I'm looking at in the Feminine Warrior picture in the background? That's a Helen Tansey production. That's not the one. That was, we did specifically for our artwork, for our podcast. All right. But I think I photographed you three times.

Like I photographed you when you came in, then we did another session. Yeah. And then that one we did specifically for the artwork for the Feminine Warrior. When did you two start talking about creating content together? Like when did you first chat about, hey, maybe we should have a podcast?

I think we kind of spoke about it a little bit when we were shooting. I was telling Diane about a podcast that I was doing at the time. And then she had mentioned that she wanted to do a podcast. And I think I had said, maybe you could be a guest on mine and then COVID hit. Yeah. Right. And so we kind of didn't speak or we just sort of weren't back in touch. I think we kind of emailed each other and then one day Diane reached out and she said,

can I come and meet you? I think I'm ready to do the podcast. And so she came down and we spoke about it. And then, um, it was interesting cause we just sort of, all of a sudden we just connected and, um, it was, we, we spoke about a lot of things and through that we thought maybe we should join forces and create a podcast together. And how did I enter your lives? I know I think I know the answer.

Can I tell you what I think the answer is? No. Of course you can. What do you think? She's tough but fair. I think it's Terry Hart. Yes. Because I had reached out to you when I was doing my Sundari podcast and you had said, you had sort of given me your rates and I was like, okay, thank you. It's a bit expensive. You know what's funny? I don't actually remember this. Okay. Yeah. And because you know why I remember? I was outside F45 waiting to go. I was talking to you before I went and did a class there. And then I found a way to do it myself, which was very stressful. And then when Diane and I decided to join forces, I had told her about you and the conversation we had had.

So we set up a meeting with you through Zoom. Yeah, I remember that. Okay, but Terry Hart must have dropped my name at some point. So Terry Hart did tell me about you when I started doing the first podcast that I did. So definitely Terry Hart. Did you know sweet FOTM Terry Hart, who is threatening to return to this

program to kick out the jams which will be great but uh she here i gotta turn off my ringer uh you're so unprofessional it's my show ladies that's a good attitude it's my show if it was your show then it would be very unprofessional if I were doing that. But, actually, I don't even know where I was going there. Terry. Terry Hart.

Oh, yeah. Did you know she was hospitalized with COVID recently? Okay, so you know that. Well, she wasn't hospitalized. She had to go in and she got an IV, but she didn't stay.

Like, she just had a visit to the hospital. Because hospitalized to me means that you are in the hospital overnight. Well, I thought she spent

overnight there. Oh, did she? I thought so but maybe maybe i'm wrong okay i only know what i just put on uh social media but okay i thought she was overnight but uh she's better now and she attended all the tiff movies and she's doing well shout out to terry hart so i'm going to as we talk more about this podcast and we talk about all these things happening in the universe i'm going to play a little uh trailer that was put together for Feminine Warrior. You ready? As women with children, as women who are doing a podcast, as women who are yourselves rethinking what's going on on this planet, how you might participate more fully, your front lines.

There are certain special moments in life that you always will remember. And let's face it, life is about the moments. Synchronicity is when you meet what you've constructed. What's good and how can I magnify it instead of what's broken and how can I fix it? I like that. I've never said that before. It's good. Feminine warrior is just creating that balance, that unity of really coming that most subtle and dynamic. You know, it's not a threat.

You know, you call your podcast warrior women, you know, it's like even knowing that we, we have so much in common. I'm Helen Tansey. And I'm Diane Wiseman. And this is your Feminine Warrior podcast. We've created a space that brings you thought leaders, doctors, healers, authors, and seekers,

just like you and I. We're grateful to be able to speak with our incredible guests who share their wisdom, thoughts, and knowledge, because we believe that through conversation, we can learn and expand our own hearts and minds. Now, let's get to the show. Wow. Okay. That's awesome. Now, do you want to shout out those voices we heard at the beginning? Marianne Williamson. Okay. Marianne Williamson. I'm going to get back to her in a minute. Okay. Kathy Imray Megan Murphy

Rachel Hunter and Mariel Hemingway Some heavyweights there, Rachel Hunter come on, not only a great model but was once married to Rod Stewart Wow, and Mariel Hemingway Wow, okay, so I will say that your podcast has undergone from from my perspective, a bit of an evolution. Like, from your perspective, like, you guys thought I should know, right? Because this is

a very famous person. This is a famous person, Marianne Williamson. And I admittedly had to Google her and I had no idea. And it turns out, yeah, like, how am I missing this woman? She's like involved in politics and she's on, you know, there's the Oprah connection. She's very famous. But I, that episode blew me away. Like the guest was great. You guys handled it so well. And it was like, wow, like this is a wonderful conversation I'm witness to here. But which of you two want to talk about how this podcast has evolved

over the last little while? Well. I thought you were going to say, well, it hasn't evolved. It has totally evolved. I think that Helen and I are, I think, very much in alignment with an energy out there of women that are stepping more into their power, that are trying not to be defined by aging.

And the evolution happens. I think that Helen and I are both true to being feminine warriors. We both work hard on ourselves. We work on expanding and growing together. And I'm really proud of it, especially when I hear the last year, it just makes me feel really emotional because I can see how we've expanded

and grown from start to now. Do you concur, Helen Tansey? I do. And I think also just, you know, I mean, first of all, Mike, having you help us and produce this and guide us, I'm not going to lie. That's, that's, that's been very, very helpful for us. Um, and that's, I think, you know, when you want to do something, I think one of the things that Diane

is that we didn't want to, um, we didn't want to skimp corners. Like we really wanted to make sure if we're doing this, that we invested in it because it's really important to us. And, and not the, you know, not that doing it yourself is a bad way of doing it. But I think that, you know, out of the gate, we wanted to make sure that this sounded right, that it looked right, that we had amazing guests. And, and as we have continued to grow and build up our confidence. I think part of that is, is thank you to you, Mike, but also the incredible guests that we get. We have to step up our game also with them. Yeah. You get great guests because you got these big, you know, American stars like Mariel Hemingway and you got Rachel Hunter. I think she's Aussie. She's Aussie, but she's a big star.

And that you also have like for the local people, you know, this is Toronto Mike. So like Dina, Palaisi? Palaisi? You say it. From BT? Yeah. Palaisi? I don't know how you say her last name. Sorry.

I think it's Palaisi. But Dina is coming on soon. Is that right? Yes. Yeah. And then we've had Canadians, like we've had Kate Drummond, who has just been in, you would have seen her in Toronto Man. And then Dean, going back to Dean, he's a Canadian boy.

And Tara. And Tara. Oh, yeah. Yeah, from Corner Gas. Of course. And Callum Ockery and Demogras. We've had a lot of great Canadians. And I think that's one of the things, too, that Diane and I are working with a PR team in New York.

And we're really proud to be Canadian, right? And we like that we're, you know, two Canadian women that are doing this. And you're going to help me get Colin and Debra on Toronto Mike. Is that right, Helen? Yes, that's right, Mike. I recorded that. That'll be fine, actually. All right. Now, Helen, you're also at, again, we're going to bounce around here and then we're going to come back to the podcast, but you're also a TFC fan? Oh, yes. You seem surprised by

that. No, I wasn't. It's a segue. I told you we're bouncing around a bit. I am a TFC fan and I am a Raptors fan. I've gone to a game with her and she knows all the chants, all the cheers. It's a lot of fun.

I think the team will be pretty good next season. They will be. It's so funny when we went to the game, because Diane came, and we're a tall family. My son is 6'4". I'm 5'11". My husband's 6'2". Wow.

And it was packed. It was during the C&E, and we're walking, and Diane's with us. And I turned to my son, David, who's 6'4", and I said, can you just pick her up and put her in your pocket? She's so tiny. And she was like trying to keep up with us. And I turned to my son, David, who's six, four. And I said, can you just pick her up and put her in your pocket? She's so tiny. And she was like,

trying to keep up with us. Oh, that's funny. I'm actually going to the, the last, uh, regular season game, I guess it's next Friday.

Yeah. So I'll be in the supporter section. Ooh. Doing the chance with Elvis, friend of the show, uh, FOTM Elvis. And I'm looking forward to that,

but, uh, we're going to you. So you have, uh, pretty sweet seats too, uh, because I was lucky enough to sit in him with my, uh, sit in to that, but, uh, you, so you have a pretty sweet seats too, uh, because I was lucky enough to sit in him with my, uh, sit in them with my son, James, not too long ago. And, uh, you're only a few rows up there, midfield there. It's pretty

cool. Yeah. Yeah. Cool. Now, neither of you were able to attend TMLXX, but that's okay because, uh, you're still going to be benefiting from some of the good stuff that we had there. For example, you're going to take home with you a large lasagna, a large meat lasagna from Palma Pasta. Excellent. That box, I saw you trying to lift it, Helen, and you're like, why is it, is this just a prop? Why is it so light?

It's in the freezer upstairs. So I will do a swap and you'll actually bring some actual lasagna home. You're going to love it. It's delicious. And we thank Palma Pasta, palmapasta.com. They've been amazing to this program. And everyone I've recommended it to who has given it a shot,

they have four locations in Mississauga and Oakville. To a T, they've all said, this is the greatest Italian food I've purchased at a store. So I'm excited. And TMLXX was hosted by the good people at Great Lakes Brewery and they brew fresh craft beer

right here in Southern Etobicoke. And we love the good people at Great Lakes as well. I want to give you guys a flashlight from, I mentioned that at 4.30, Brad Jones is going to drop by. He's the funeral director at Ridley Funeral Home. And he has for you these flashlights,

like to keep you safe in the dark, you know. I don't want you guys tripping on anything or whatever. Are we getting beer too? Yeah. There will be, absolutely. You're getting some fresh craft beer. This light thing is very cool. And that's from Ridley Funeral Home.

Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. Shout out to Ridley Funeral Home. Thank you. I was chatting with Diane about her cannabis consumption. So she's not much of a smoker, but she enjoys an edible now and then. And if you're going to consume cannabis, Canna Cabana will not be undersold on cannabis or cannabis accessories. And these are like cozies for if you have a cold beverage. You can use the Canna Cabana Cozy.

Wow, you just hooked us up. And I'm not even done yet. So stickeru.com, okay? Stickeru.com is sent over Toronto Mike stickers for you guys and you're each getting a Toronto Mike sticker. Thank you. Are you guys going to try

and get Lisa Laflamme onto Feminine Warrior? That would be amazing. Because I'm trying to think of you, you talk to Feminine Warriors. By the way, why did we take the S out? I need to know now that I've got you live on my program. It was the Feminine Warriors with an S, but now it's the Feminine Warrior, right?

Actually, I think we never had it written as Feminine Warriors. It was always Feminine Warrior. But I just think it became because there were two of us. I'm assuming that's why it became plural. And it's called Feminine Warrior. Yeah. Is it like the word moose? Like you have, there's a moose.

There are moose. Right? Not meese? No, there's no meese. Right. It's not like a goose key is good yeah which makes you wonder like who came up with this language like why is there no meese there should be meese okay but it's like that right like you're using now warrior can be a

plural now so it works you're you guys are a warrior a feminine you are the feminine warrior it's like a collective like a like a Well, I think the title is Feminine Warrior, but if you were to say like, yes, Helen and Diane are feminine warriors, you could say that. Okay. Okay. I'll have to re-record the whole thing then. Okay. Um, where was I? Yes. Okay. So Lisa Laflamme. So I brought her up because, uh, now that I have feminine warriorsine Warriors in my studio, I'm dying to know your take on all this. What are your thoughts on CTV News parting ways with the woman who was anchoring the most popular news program in this entire country that also happened to be an award-winning news program.

Rather shocking. When I saw the tweet, I was rather shocked. Let's hear from you two. What did you think of Laflamme Gate? I don't, you know what, I don't know the whole story. I think that what I had when it first came out, it was that because she had gray hair that she let her hair go gray. I don't know if that's the full story.

I would hope that that is not the full story. I think it's sad. I think that she's an incredible journalist. And I don't know why they let her go. I don't think they've really given a full statement of why they let her go. No, they said it was for business reasons. They said, but that whole gray hair thing did not come from Lisa,

and it did not come from Bell Media. It was like somebody quoted an anonymous person as having witnessed this gentleman, Michael Milner, I think his name is. I always butcher that last name, but he was quoted by this anonymous, this person whose name was not revealed. He was quoted as saying something like

who let Lisa stop dyeing her hair? So then from that, I think it became like an easy spin to say that oh look, Bell Media fired Lisa Laflamme because she stopped dyeing her hair.

But I think there's a lot more to the story than that. But, like, I must ask, feminine warrior Diane, do you think there's any misogyny at play here? I honestly don't know enough about it, my God, is that there's a lot more going on behind the scenes than what we know. It's probably very political. I think you see this everywhere. You see in work environments right now, there's a lot of movement with people. You know, we're at the end of COVID, new starts, new everything. So I really don't have a full opinion about it, but I just think there's

probably a lot more at play here than her just not having dyed her hair. All right. Let me talk to you about who you might regard as the definitive feminine warrior of our generation and before. Okay. The Queen, Queen Elizabeth II. I don't know if you caught wind of this. The Queen passed away. Oh. Breaking news. Okay, so you might have missed it. There wasn't much coverage of it. I was a little surprised. I thought there'd be more coverage. But the Queen passed away, and now she's like a shout-out to Ridley Funeral Home.

The funeral's over, apparently. It just ended, maybe. It went on for many, many hours. What are your take? Are either of you two monarchy fans? I'm curious. What are your take? Are either of you two monarchy fans? I'm curious. What are your thoughts on the monarchy? What are your thoughts on Liz?

And what are your thoughts on the coverage of her death? Did you think it was appropriate? Did you think it was a little excessive? I just need to know what feminine warriors think about the queen. So I'm from England originally. How old were you when you moved to Canada? I was five. Okay. Um, my family, we're from Manchester. They're not big fans of the monarchy. Manchester. Um, so I have, I mean, I think I, I have a lot of mixed emotions. I think that

what a remarkable woman that, you know, that she reigned for 70 years. But I also think that, I mean, I do think that the funeral went on way too long. That's just my personal opinion. 11 days, I think? And I think that there's a lot of stuff that I didn't, like I feel that there, I think that the monarchy has done a lot of bad things. And even when you look at that Andrew was there and that he got pardoned for the crimes that he did. And I just think that it's,

I don't know. I think that she was a remarkable woman. Do I like the monarchy? No. And I also, and I also found it really upsetting how they try to like make more Megan Markle to be this monster and that they're pitting her against Kate and they're trying to villainize people. And it's just like, why are you doing this? Like I just, that sort of stuff just gets under my skin. What say you, Diane, about all this? Elizabeth herself, I think as a person, I admire her commitment to a role and her sacrifice throughout her life but as for the monarchy i'm not a fan of it i see this as the end of an era i don't think um charles will be able to do what she did and i think we're moving into a new way of being i think that it's just yeah the end of the patriarchy what a sacrifice i mean going off to the castle in scotland with her dogs and having those you

know those nice uh nice uh hikes that she enjoys doing. I mean, let's get some perspective here. Maybe she had no life. Well, in a row. She had no choice. She had no life. Her role was first. Okay, well, she wasn't in front of cameras 24-7.

She had to make a lot of appearances, sure. But there was a lot of downtime, I think, where she could roam her estate and just shoot... What are they, peasants? I don't know. Maybe all my info's coming from the Crown. Pheasants, not peasants. It's probably not good if she shot the peasants.

Both the peasants and the pheasants, okay? But you know, it's interesting because when she passed, I was shooting and my makeup artist... Pheasants? What were you shooting?, I was shooting and my makeup artist... What were you shooting? I was taking photos. And my makeup artist said, oh, the Queen just passed. And I said something and I said, oh, that's sad.

And she said, yeah. And because she's indigenous. And so she has a whole other take on this. Oh, that's another thing I noticed. Okay. Everybody mourning the monarchy, not all, obviously, but generally speaking they seem to be like uh white people of british descent or whatever and i know there's a lot of them hanging around including some people in this room right here from madchester i know you guys didn't love your queen but uh i uh i think if you if you step back and think it's 2020

so first of all yeah we were this queen has been around since, she's been the queen since 1952. All of us were born after 1952. We're all Gen X in this room here. And if you think back that this woman was born, like her bloodline, because of who she was, what family she was born into and her bloodlines, that she was crowned queen in 1952. And yeah, she took the responsibility seriously and she gave her all okay and you

know 70 years is a long freaking time for so many people you know she's on our money her how many arenas would you go into in canada and see the picture of the queen right like the queen oh my gosh the queen forget to say she was in the naked gun did you see that so whose snort was that? It was me. Was that you, Helen? Where do you pull

these things from? Like the dark parts of your brain or, like, it's amazing. There's no dark part. I'm just, okay,

so, so, are they going to put Charles on our money now? I think there, there's no, I mean, that would have been

the plan, but I don't, I think they're going to not do that. I don't think cash is in vogue anymore anyways. I can't even use cash

at these TFC matches and all this stuff. You notice that? No cash. Okay. Hepsi's upset because loony hot dog day at the dome doesn't accept loonies. Okay. You have to tap.

Okay. But where am I going? Okay. So she's born into this role and then she's now, even though it's figuratively and it's symbolic, her rule, but she needs to be consulted on things over there. She is theoretically, not in practice, but theoretically she's the leader of this country right now. This is a constitutional monarchy right here.

We have these governor generals that are like the queen's voice in Canada or whatever and then they have to go. There's a whole process when you want an election. It's kind of gross is what I'm saying. This whole monarchy is antiquated from a whole different era. This is 2022.

Our leaders are democratically elected to fulfill the general will. This is a colonist. This is a byproduct of an era that we need to say goodbye to. I think it's gross. If it wants to be some kind of a tourist attraction in England, well, that's their thing. But let's cut the ties here in Canada. Come on.

I think a lot of people share um your point of view so when she dies at 96 by the way because uh i'm i'm not happy she's dead i wanted her to live to be 196 oh why not right let's go for it but she's 96 she dies of natural causes and suddenly every this this process goes into play where all of our news networks are going uh going to london and we're going to be there like for 11 days to cover this that and the other and man i'm just saying i i didn't have a stomach for it like i'm like i i understand i mean i had paken over here steve paken yesterday and we talked about he's like well it's a big news so i'm like yeah it's

a big news story because for 70 years this has been the queen of england that's a big news story but 11 days really so when you should ask your funeral friends like would her body not start to like i know that i know and then all the fluids uh i watch six feet under okay i feel like i could do it but they drain all the fluid and they embalm them and i think that no i know that but does it last that long like i'll ask i'll ask brad why don't you stick around at 4 30 ask brad i got questions too but i'm sure that uh i'm sure that whatever they do of the embalming i think that you can go 11 days i think wow but uh but yeah okay so i i i did tweet my thoughts that like oh we're on day

nine of coverage of this thing and i didn't last nine minutes and i realized that's super subjective because a lot of people probably uh loved every minute of that night the nine days or whatever but I had like interesting some people kind of like yeah like this is excessive and then there's people like how dare you like that's our mom that's like our queen mom I'm like I I don't I just I just think that's almost a bit of Stockholm syndrome like we've been groomed from birth that this picture is on our this person on our money this person on our money, this person is our queen. All hail the queen. Like long live the queen.

Like this is something we've been living with our entire lives. So I don't know if it's sort of like, I, you know, she's not our mother, you know, she's a very, very rich old white woman in England who lives in a castle.

Anyway, is that going to get me in trouble? Okay. And we have our Hazel McCallion who's like a hundred, right? She's got it. I, you know what?

I almost did. I had scheduled one. Yeah. She's a hundred and one. I was going to do a phone call with Hazel for Toronto Mike, and then we had to reschedule it. And then I ended up deciding, I just put her on humble and Fred instead,

let them chat for 50 minutes. And I took a pass because I can't have a honest chat with Hazel McCallion because I don't want to like get get all at this point in her life like I don't want to be on the phone asking her about like this scandal and this this this dirty like I don't want to have a real talk with Hazel McCallion you know what I mean yeah like she's 101. Like thank you for your service. I hope you live to be 201. But I couldn't, I just, I tapped out of the phone call

with Hazel McCallion. But we should get Hazel on Feminine Warriors because she is absolutely a feminine warrior. She is. She's, she's,

yeah, she's queen of Mississauga. Yeah. How is she, how is it with, because I know she doesn't hear very well. How is it with Humble and Fred? It was fine.

It was on a phone. I don't know if she had an earpiece in or something, but it was fine. She's actually, she was fine. I just, I was going to say, she seems to have her wits about her. Totally. And her hearing was fine for the phone call. I'm just glad she's not driving around anymore because, you know, I'm out there on a bike. I don't need Hazel running me over.

I can't trash the queen and Hazel on the same episode. Okay. I'm curious about something. Since we're all Gen X here, I think you gals have like a year or two on me, but we're all in the same ballpark here. What is the very first news event that you remember in your life like news event

not a family thing but an actual news thing oh and you can think on it for a couple of seconds i mean big ones like well maybe just just a news event that you remember typically those are typically they're big things yeah i remember i remember, I remember being in school and when Ronald Reagan got shot. Oh, yeah. See, I'm before that then and I'm younger than you but I have an earlier memory

than that one. What's yours? John Lennon getting killed. No, John Lennon was after I thought, wasn't it? No. No, I think, because isn't it early 80s

when Reagan gets shot? Because he doesn't become president until 1980. Lennon gets shot in 1980. I think you're probably, I'll Google it in a minute, I think that the shooting of Reagan is 82, 81, 82. Oh, okay. So then that would be John Lennon for me too.

I thought that Reagan was before that. Diane, do you have a first memory? And again, you can think on it a little here, but John Lennon is our answer. Both of us. Yeah. I'd say John Lennon would have been my first as well. But I remember I was upset about Reagan because I came home to watch general

hospital and it was preempted with Ronald Reagan. I'm like, Oh, you know, watch my general hospital. Okay. So I have it here. March 30th,

1981, Helen Tansey cannot watch her general hospital okay so i have it here march 30th 1981 helen tansey cannot watch her general hospital because ronald reagan uh they attempted to assassinate ronald reagan and you know this guy hinkley right his name's john hinkley jr he was trying to impress an actress jodie foster yeah who is another great feminine warrior. From the movie Taxi. Yep. You talking to me, Helen? You talking to me? There's no one else here. So I was just wondering, like, that whole, like, because I was thinking, what was it?

My kids, my youngest two were talking to me about Elvis Presley. I remember that. See, okay, that's what I was going to ask you. That's 77. Yeah. So I was, I blew their mind when I told them I was on the earth at the same time as Elvis Presley. Because I think they now think of Elvis Presley as like some historical figure from like, you know, it's like I lived at the same time as Elvis Presley. But I have zero memory of his death because I was just too young to retain this memory.

But you're telling me you remember. So this is now the new answer for you, Helen. Yeah, it is. What year did he die? 77. I was 11 and I remember I was walking home

and there was an apartment building and I remember there was a woman crying or something because Elvis had died and she was a big Elvis fan. That's a big one.

But you know what's interesting? Diane and I went and saw the Elvis movie which we loved. Baz Luhrmann. I didn't realize how young, for some reason,

I guess when you're 11, like 44 seems really old. But I was shocked. He was quite young. And he didn't age well. Like that early 40s Elvis looked like, you know. He lived hard. He popped a lot of pills. Yeah.

It's very sad. When you see the movie, you kind of, it's. I saw the movie. Oh, did you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's streaming now on Crave, if anyone's got Crave out there. But did you find, you know what I took from that movie? What?

Is that when he stayed true to his art, when he stayed true to his voice, he was unstoppable. Like he shone. And when he had to conform, when he had to sort of change his things for, for business, for Christians, it's like, that's when the depression came in. That's when the drugs came in.

Like when he wasn't living his truth, I just thought that was powerful. Can I be your Colonel Tom Parker? I think you already are. He took 50% you know of everything so yeah I mean the whole Elvis story

is you've got that whole Colonel Tom Parker element to it where I think it is most unfortunate there's several examples but his movie career without a doubt Elvis wanted to do real movies like have a chance to do what Frank Sinatra did Sinatra was a great example of a guy who was a hitmaker.

Shout out to Steve Bacon. His favorite musician in the world is Frank Sinatra. But, you know, hitmaker on the charts, but also in real movies and getting, you know, critical acclaim for, I think he won an Oscar, for goodness sakes, okay? So this is sort of the model. But Elvis was in the worst movies. acclaim for i think he won an oscar for goodness sakes okay so this is sort of the model but elvis

was in the worst movies like uh these these these uh you know the sing song blue hawaii and all that like he never as far as i know elvis never did a real film it was all this like and it was all part of a racket for the music in the movies and padding the wallet of Colonel Tom Parker, who wasn't even a colonel. I would have loved, I wish they had brought Anne Margaret into the movie, but they didn't. They cut that whole thing out,

which I thought would have been really interesting. You're educating me now here. But, you know, my buddy Elvis, who I'm going to this TFC match with, he's named Elvis, not because it's on his birth certificate, because it's on his heart. He adores Elvis Presley, which is interesting.

But he's, anyway, a lot of people love Elvis. They sort of, Elvis is sort of like one of those figures, like the Queen, Queen Elizabeth II. These icons, like these larger than life icons that are more symbols than they are human beings at some point. Like Elvis still makes a lot of money for the Graceland, the family estate. Favorite Elvis song? Okay, if I'm going to an Elvis,

I find myself gravitating to his mid to late 50s stuff. Like I would say maybe like a Heartbreak Hotel. Okay. What about you, Helen Tansey? Suspicious Minds. Suspicious Minds. We you, Helen Tansey? Suspicious Minds. Suspicious Minds. We're going to work together, Suspicious Minds. Actually, that's a lovely song.

Later Elvis. What about you, Diane? Suspicious Minds. I think that's the best one. Okay. Do you remember when they were putting Elvis on the stamp and they had like a vote or something in America? Do you want 50s Elvis or do want a like Vegas Elvis or whatever?

When he put us, when he puts on the jumpsuits. Yeah. I forgot about that. I can't imagine anyone wanting any, like wanting the Vegas Elvis over the fifties Elvis. But, uh,

but we were even saying, Diane was saying when we saw the movie, like when you think like he was wearing eyeliner and he was wearing like, you know, pink shirts and tight leather. Like he was way eyeliner and he was wearing like you know pink shirts and tight like he was way ahead of his time he was something else yeah and in that last scene you know that's the real elvis in the final scene where he's on the piano singing at that that last show uh canada kev is on the uh pirate stream and he says his first news memory was the 76 Montreal Olympics.

So you've got so just to recap here we've got Helen's and again your age is a big significant factor here but 77 death of Elvis and then 19 what was yours again Diane? 80? Is it John Lennon? John Lennon yeah.

Okay so you and I are on the same thing there. So I wanted to ask you that because a I was curious but also I find myself uh with a nostalgia for an event I do not remember okay so I don't know if there's a name for this phenomenon but I at this point I feel like I watched the 1972 summit series like I feel like I watched it in 72, which is impossible because I could not have watched it in 1972. So that did not happen. But it's kind of interesting to me

how much I feel like I was a part of that experience in this country, even though I could not have been. So I was pausing for reaction, but that's okay. I'll keep going. I need like a applause thing here. Actually, I have one.

Hold on. Oh, please, guys. Please. You're embarrassing me, ladies. You're embarrassing me. Please. Stop it. So recently on Toronto Mic, I had Scott Morrison on.

He wrote a book about the 72 Summit series, which is now 50 years old. And then just last week, Dave Bedini dropped by from the Rio Statics. And he's part of a team that put on this documentary series that's airing on CBC right now. I watched the first episode on CBC Gem. And I guess they're dropping new episodes every week, but that's going on.

And I just wanted to shout out somebody else. I don't think I'm going to be able to put this gentleman on Toronto Mike due to scheduling. And to be quite honest think I'm going to be able to put this gentleman on Toronto Mike due to scheduling. And to be quite honest, like I'm all 72 summit series out, like with the Scott one I did. And then now the Bedini one,

like, I just don't feel like doing another 72 summit series episode, but I did promise this gentleman's name is Robbie Hart. Okay. And I'm going to just read something here. September 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, the iconic hockey tournament that pitted the best players from Canada against the best from the Soviet Union. It was a defining event in Canadian history.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of this historic event, two award-winning filmmakers, Robbie Hart, what's going on over there? Almost done this, and then you're going to tell me what you're laughing at. Robbie Hart and Peter Raymond teamed up to produce the groundbreaking feature documentary Icebreaker, the 72 Summit Series.

So I want to just let people know that Icebreaker, which I have watched, I got an advanced screening of this thing, and it's 90 minutes and it surmises everything. There's something fun. I'm going to find out what's going on here, but this is going to premiere at the hot docs cinema on Wednesday, September 28th at 7 PM.

That is the actual 50th anniversary to the day of when we won that eighth game in Moscow. So again, September 28, 2022, 50 years after the eighth game in Moscow. So again, September 28, 2022, 50 years after the big game in Moscow, they're going to premiere Icebreaker, the 72 Summit Series, and I thought it was great.

I enjoyed it. And in a different universe, I'd have Robbie Hart on to talk all about it, but I am all 72 Summit Series out. It's also going to be at Hamilton's Playhouse Cinema on October 4 and Kitchener-Waterloo's Princess Twin Cinemas on October 5th. And there's going to be more showings across the country. Tell me, Feminine Warriors, what's so funny over there?

We have no idea what the Summit Series was. I Googled it on my phone. And showed me. Really? Wow. I could do 90 minutes on that. You guys don't like hockey. I don't dislike it.

But you're indifferent to hockey. Okay, so you'd never heard of Paul Henderson scoring for Canada in Moscow? Be honest with me. No. Okay, so there's not a lot of sports scoring for Canada in Moscow? This is, I mean, be honest with me. No. I'm very interested.

No, no. Okay, so there's not a lot of sports talk on Feminine Warriors. No, no, no. You can talk about basketball and soccer and running. And track and field. Yeah, yeah. And swimming.

Oh, that's funny. I was like, what are they giggling at? And I never considered that maybe the Summit series was news to you. Okay, well, it's 50 years ago and we won. Yay! Yay, Canada! Do the applause thing was news to you. Okay, well, it's 50 years ago and we won. Yay! Yay, Canada!

Do the applause thing. Oh, yeah. We won, everybody. But do you remember in that Simpsons episode where school's out for summer and then the teacher runs out, all the kids run and the teacher runs out, but I never told you how it ended.

And he's got this book about World War II or whatever. And he goes, we won! And then the kids all celebrated because they never got to the final who won in World War II. Okay, yeah, so Canada won that series. Fantastic. Okay, well now if you have CPC Jam, and it's free to all Canadians,

so go watch this Summit 72. And heck, you ladies should go. You guys should have Robbie Hart on. I don't know if there's a lot of feminine warrior activity with the 72 Summit Series now that I think about it, but people can see this premiere at the Hot Docs Cinema on September

28th at 7pm. Shout out to Robbie Hart, who I'm trying to think of all the great hearts. There's a lot of great hearts. I even have a client named Dr. Mike Hart. There's a TV show Heart to Heart. Oh, that was good. Right.

Yes. Robert Wagner and Stephanie Powers. I think you got it. Yes. Okay. Now we're cooking with gas here. Yeah, absolutely here. I was thinking of Corey Hart as a great singer.

Oh, I love him too. That was my first concert. Okay. Well, my next two questions. That was my first concert. Okay, well, my next two questions, okay, wow, okay, so I'm going to ask, the first question is what's the first album that you remember buying, like you buying, not like having it bought for you, like, so you can't say like

there's a hippo in my bathtub or like Sesame Street fever or whatever. What's the first album you remember buying? Grease. Okay. Grease. I love that album. Yeah, I was little but yeah, Grease. Well, you can be little. That's okay. And my first 45 was

Whip It, you know. Devo. Yeah. That was my first 45. Crack that whip. That explains so much. What about you, Helen? I think it's a toss up between the Bee Gees and ABBA. I can't remember which one first.

I can't remember which came first, but that Heart of Disco there. Okay. I think that Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, is that the one? Yeah. Yeah, that's a big one. It inspired my Sesame Street Fever, which I owned at the time, Sesame Street Fever, with disco uh was grovers on the cover and like disco like you still have that no oh are you kidding me

i wish i had that right now okay the uh follow-up question is what's the first concert you remember attending and don't say raffi i mean like an actual. Yeah, mine was Corey Hart. Mine was you too. Josh Archie. Okay. Which Corey Hart, like what era are we in here? Sunglasses at night. Wow. Okay.

Was Boy in the Box out yet? Is this post Boy in the Box, which had. I think it was post Boy in the Box. Never Surrender. Where was he playing? Do you remember? Okay. Do you remember when you would see concerts or you probably like, like where you'd go to the CNE

and it was the CNE stadium and it was all outdoors? The Grandstand. Yeah, the Grand's all torn down now, but that's where I saw him and it was on the floor. And the guy's name was Frank who took me. So this was a date. It was a date. I didn't think it was a date, but I guess it was a date.

Was there a kiss at the end of it was. I didn't think it was a date, but I guess it was a date. Was there a kiss at the end of this night? I don't think so. Might not have been a date. Okay. Did you hold hands? No. Do you think he thought

it was a date though? I don't know. I was like, how old was I? Was my brother? I was like 17, 18, 17. And Diane, you said you too?

And this is the Joshua trees. That's like 87. You were older. You were in your 20s then. No, I was 18. Oh, 17. And Diane, you said you too? And this is the Joshua Trees. That's like 87. You were older. You were in your 20s then. No, I was 18. 17, 18. Yeah, yeah. That matches up here.

Shout out to future FOTM, Daniel Lanois. But this is, yeah, the Joshua Tree was a monster. I remember seeing that concert too. I loved Bono. So good. So I feel like we talked on the recording but we didn't Diane but let me ask Helen about the music

of her youth. What bands or what artists would you be listening to on high rotation in high school? In high school. It would have been Queen. Shout out to Liz. liz yeah rest in peace um i'm just trying to think oh like michael jackson's thriller was huge lionel richie

was huge was that his dancing on the ceiling? Yeah. Yeah. And, um, Hey, uh, hello. Yeah. Is it me? You're looking for the video where he was doing that sculpture. Blind woman.

Yeah. Exactly. Making a bust of him. Yeah. Right. You mentioned queen. I'm going to play something and then I want the feminine warriors, uh,

reaction to this. And I want this to be a real talk. I want to know the real deal here. Let's listen for like 14 seconds. Okay. That's all we got, unfortunately, here. Now, do you know what you're listening to there, Diane? I don't know the name of it. What the hell, Yen?

Yeah, yeah. It's Trudeau, right? Yeah, that's Justin Trudeau. No. A few nights before the funeral. He's in London. Yeah. Before the funeral.

And he's at some hotel bar, I guess. He's in the lobby of the bar. There's a famous Quebecois pianist. I've got to be careful how you say that word. But there was a famous Quebecois pianist playing. Pianist. Right. That guy too.

And then Justin Trudeau was filmed, was recorded, singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. And those who don't like Trudeau are disgusted that he embarrassed us in the world stage. And then those who don't mind him seem to be less upset about it. But I'm curious what do the feminine warriors think about Justin Trudeau

singing Queen like that three nights before the burial of Queen Elizabeth II? Do you want to go first or do you want me to? You go first. Okay. I don't get what the big deal is, honestly. Like I think first of all, so the group is

called Queen. But I don't get what the big deal is. Like he was having fun. He was singing a song. He I mean, I don't know what people expected him to do like did they like or is he not supposed to have fun for a while like until the queen is but i don't i don't know unless we forget

uh the queen passed away of natural causes at the way of 90 at the age of 96 so i mean i'm of irish descent you should see these wakes okay it's all singing it's all like singing and partying and celebrating the dead person or whatever like i don't it wasn't i don't think this was such a somber occasion that it was inappropriate for him to relax one night singing at a but why are people is it because the song was by the group no they feel like if you're if you're in london on a you know uh on our taxpayer dollar to uh be there for the funeral that that it would be embarrassing to be caught, you know,

having fun one night. I personally don't, I'm not upset at all. And I could care less. Like I asked Pagan about yesterday and he's like, well, we got bigger fish to fry. Like who,

who gives a fuck? I don't care. I was just curious what the feminine warriors thought of JT letting loose with some queen in London. I don't have a problem with that. It almost makes him human. Relatable. Like it almost makes you kind of like, yeah, like you can relate to this. This is a real guy.

You know, like it's not all phony baloney, you know, pomp and circumstance from this guy. But yeah, interesting, interesting polarizing times that we live in. All right, ladies, did either of you ever listen to The Humble and Fred Show on CFNY? Yes. Okay, you did. Okay. Now, prior to Howard arriving in Toronto, he was on the air in Montreal with Jeff Lumby, who's also an FOTM.

Freddie P was part of the morning show since Pete and Ge an FOTM. Freddie P was part of the morning show since Pete and Geet. So he's always been a part of the morning show. And I, so I'm not a hundred percent sure if this is a pre Howard or if it's when Howard went to the mix for nine, 18 months in 1990, but I got a piece of audio from Hal Harbor. He's a recent guest on Toronto Mike, and he was at CFNY, uh, like late eighties, early nineties. And he, he's a recent guest on Toronto Mic'd, and he was at CFNY, like, late 80s, early 90s. And he started sending me some, like, really rare audio. So I got a lot of cool pieces of music from that era that was recorded at CFNY.

But one of them ties in with the Humble and Fred show because, I mean, I'm going to play it, actually. But it's a Mr. Goo Head pump up the jams remix, I think. And Hal Harbour was part of the production team on this. But I don't think this has been heard in many... Maybe there's a reason for that. You can be the judge. But I don't think this has been heard

in many, many decades. Are you ladies ready for an... I was going to play this on Humble and Fred this morning, but I got on the Zoom and then Howard's like, we've got to wrap up. He had to go do something or whatever, and I realized there was simply no time to do it.

But are you ready to hear? First of all, do you know who Mr. Goo Head is? No. Okay. So Fred Patterson from Humble and Fred had a character named Mr. Goo Head, and basically he would make almost like crank calls or whatever. He would make these crank calls and record them and they'd become these funny bits.

Mr. Goo Head. Okay? Okay. All right. So I'm going to play it and then we'll react. You can Google Mr. Goo Head, but if you Google Mr. Goo Head,

you're probably going to end up on torontomic.com. I'm just warning you right now. I might be the definitive source of all things Goo Head. Here we go. Check this out. That's Fred.

Hey, turn it up. Pump it. Pump, pump, pump it up. Pump up the jam. Pump it up while the bread is toasting. That's where my breakfast is at. Turn it up. Pump it.

Pop it. Hey, turn it up. Strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, gooseberry makes me funky. Pop, pop it up, Mr. Goo, Mr. Goo. Pop it, pop it up real good. Pump the jam on my burnt toast every day. Why does every pump always stick on me? Hey, this pump is sticking.

This jam is too thick. Oh, my hand hurts. Pump, pump it up, pump it up, Mr. Doohan. Pump that jam, pump it up real good. Check this out. Lucky I didn't have a chick stay over, because my pump doesn't work. this might be one of those you had to be there yeah yeah so but you did tell me you listen to humble and fred it's's just, you just don't remember any of the goo head bits there, but okay. So those who do listen to Humble and Fred, that's a very rare piece of audio

courtesy of Hal Harbour. I've got more, but I just thought I'd share that one because I had it loaded up, ready to go for Humble and Fred this morning, but we never got around to it. We'll see how they receive it. Maybe I'll try to get it in next Thursday when I pop on their program.

And you two have been on Humble and Fred show. Yes. The Feminine Warriors. Yeah. Were they nice to you? It was very quick. Yeah. But they were nice.

They brushed you off quickly. Shame on them. Okay, well, sometimes they get anxious to to howard to get on to the next bit so i got i got brushed i got the same treatment this morning so i think i came on and i was ready to do my uh my goo head bit from the hal harbour rare cfny audio and i thought oh this is gonna be fantastic and it was like okay we gotta go who's on next week and that was it so i know how you feel i know exactly how you guys feel there. Okay.

So before we say goodbye here and before I get your lasagna out of the freezer, I want to just get back to feminine warrior again. So it goes without saying this show is how, how, how many episodes do you have in the can? Do you know approximately? 39.

39. Okay. So you've got a bunch of episodes on the Pit Cannon. We heard some of the names of like people that have been chatted with, you know, you drop big names like Hemingway, but not, not,

you know, Ernest Hemingway. No, that would be wild. Shadow of the Redleaf Funeral Home. So Mira Hemingway, you got Rachel Hunter, Marianne Williamson,

a whole bunch of other big names like that but there are some episodes I listen to and you have interesting people on talking about like that they're talking to dead people okay so I'm just going to briefly touch on this because a lot of your stuff I think oh that's fascinating that feminine warrior stuff and then you'll talk to somebody who

is a psychic and then I'll listen to you chat with a psychic and or medium and I'll hear that oh you guys are all in on this like this is something you guys aren't like oh you believe in strange stuff you're like oh that's a thing like that I believe in too like what are your thoughts on mediums and psychics mediums and psychics yeah like already that that stuff I don't know I'm lumping them all together because i'm uneducated like people who can talk to people that aren't there you know because i think we live

in a world that's beyond just our 3d experience but you believe people can talk to people who have like somebody could theoretically be talking to queen elizabeth ii right now just to pick a random dead person. Sure. You've got to own it, right? If you believe it, you believe it. I'm not saying you're wrong. I think anything is possible.

Unfortunately, I lost my brother when I was quite young. He was quite young. I believe I've had times where I feel his young and he was quite young. And I believe, you know, I've had times where I feel his presence and I feel he's near me and, and sort of things have happened. So I don't, I personally don't believe when we die that it's over. And I do think that there are people out there who have, um, I don't know if I call it a gift, but that they can connect to, um, whether you call them spirits or souls or whatever it is. And yeah, I do believe in that. And I think I've seen, I've been around a lot of deaths. I've

been around where people have passed, loved ones, and you can see how when they pass, they look different. They look completely different. So I, I personally, without a shadow of a doubt, believe we move on to something else. We're not just our bodies. And you look at kids when they come in, and children are not so jilted by the world and values. They're more open to stuff like that. You can talk to kids, and it's fascinating what they talk about.

Spirits, past lives, all sorts of stuff, because they're not, yeah, jilted by the world. Okay, what about psychics? These are people who claim they can see the future. I think the future, you're in charge of the future. So sometimes psychics are reading one down one timeline, but I think that everybody's ability to create their own future, you can change in a dime.

So they're just reading one possibility. Have you, Diane Wiseman, ever paid somebody to perform a psychic? What do they do? Like a reading. A reading. Yeah.

I see it in movies a lot. Yeah. Back in the day I've had, I haven't in probably 10 years. Did they have a crystal ball? No crystal ball. Okay. What about you,

Helen? Uh, what are your thoughts on psychics? Yeah, I think that there are people that, that are connected and have gifts in that for sure. And I, and if people don't believe in that,

that's okay too. Right. It's, it's, I don't think that, um, I think what I have learned over the years is that what my beliefs are or other people's beliefs are, are, are theirs and they just need

to be respected. And I don't think that, you know, if you said, oh, I don't believe in anything, I'm not going to make fun of you or put you down for it. And I think the same respect should be, if we believe in psychics or we believe in something else, I think that we should just respect each other or try to convert them. You don't want to convert anybody. Let's just agree to disagree. And that's totally cool. Beautiful. Cool. Like a room full of Fonzies here. Okay. Now, Diane, you still run, right? I do still run. Absolutely. What kind of distances are we running every week? I run about 70 kilometers a week. I do it because it keeps me sane. So what's your long run? Like what kind of distance

is the long run that you would do in a week? Well, last Saturday I ran 18K. Okay. That's almost a half marathon. Yeah. Yeah. Good for you. Okay. And you're putting up good times. Like, I know these times are all relative to your, to your age, but can I still call you a world-class runner? I think I'm good times age-related for sure. I mean, she's going to be competing for worlds for your age category, which is incredible. Thanks, Helen. You're welcome.

Okay, so hold on. That's amazing. So you're, like, what is that? You're in a race with other 29-year-olds? What's going on, Diane? I'm a master's runner. I'm in a age with anyone over the age of, I believe it's 30. You're considered a master runner. So I've been, I've been, yeah, I've been in a race. I'm racing against

30 year olds and 50 year olds and 40 year olds. It's a master's race. Okay. Uh, that's amazing. I think that's, that that's wild. I, for some reason, my legs don't like it when I run. So I don't do a lot of running, but I do a lot of biking. But Helen, let me ask you about meditation. You still regularly meditate? Oh, can I just say, Helen works out a lot too.

Like Helen's an athlete. Helen really is. But is she a world-class athlete? It doesn't matter times. That doesn't matter. It's about the fact that she trains hard. She works hard. Well, she a world-class athlete? It doesn't matter times. That doesn't matter. It's about the fact that she trains hard. She works hard. Well, she's clearly in excellent shape.

Well, it's kind of tying in. Okay, I was going to start with meditation. But I wanted to add that in there. It's the truth. But I know. And Diane meditates too, Mike. Are you the same person? Is that why you singularized the word warrior?

Because there's only one of you. Okay. Tell me a little bit about your meditation, if you don't mind, Helen. And then we'll take a beautiful photo by the tree. And then I'll give you your FOTM medals that you're now FOTM-ing. Because you're a guest. I want my lasagna. Listen, you're getting the lasagna.

We just came here for the lasagna. You have to invite me over. You're getting the lasagna. Actually, that's a shout out to Paul Mopasta because the guy who hooks me up with lasagna, which is my freezer only holds four at a time. So I get deliveries of four. It just so happens a crazy amount of people

have come by this studio lately. Like for example, there was an episode last week where there were three people there. So you got, there's Bedini, there's Gere Joyce on the same, right back to back. And then three people came over Friday because it was Stephen Stanley, Ron Hawkins, and Chris Brown. So, I mean, that's like six or seven different people

who came in last week. And meanwhile, Anthony Petrucci from Palm Apostle is in Italy right now celebrating his wedding anniversary. And last night I realized I don't have enough lasagnas for the feminine warrior. And I was doing the math and I realized I screwed up. And I'm like last night okay this is like he's sleeping in italy and i'm like this is an emergency i need a delivery asap because i'm not letting the feminine warriors

leave the toronto mic studio without palma pasta lasagnas they were delivered today for you you know it's so funny do you remember the movie jaws he said, I think we need a bigger boat. Of course I do. So I think you need a bigger freezer so you can put more lasagnas in. We're going to need a bigger freezer. I love that line, of course, but yeah, that's a great line. Meditation. So how often do you meditate? Every morning. How long is a meditation? So you know what? I don't have a formula to it. I get up in the morning and I take my dog out and then I come home and I make a cup of tea. And then I go and I have an area in my house where I meditate. And sometimes it's half an hour, sometimes it's 45 minutes.

If I'm rushed, maybe it's just 15 minutes. But I would say 90% of the time i i meditate every day i have to it's sort of it grounds me um it sort of sets my intention for the day it's a way to sort of um just even release things right like we can kind of carry things like whether it's sadness or stress so it's just a way of releasing that and then i just meditate and i love it it's it's sadness or stress. So it's just a way of releasing that. And then I just meditate and I love it. It's, it's, and I have, I'm a practicing Buddhist too. So there's like chanting that I do also. But, um, but yeah, but it's, and Diane does the same. She, um, has a meditation contemplation practice also. I did. Okay. That's amazing. Okay. Okay, did you know Lisa Simpson was a Buddhist? Yes. Hey, very good.

And Lisa's also a vegetarian. Yes, and Apu, right? Is that Apu? Yeah, because he's Hindu. He went up on the roof of the store, didn't they? Yes, but Lisa is a vegetarian to this day because a promise was made to Paul McCartney that if they wanted Paul McCartney,

she had to be a vegetarian or something. Anyways, they've upheld that. But the Buddhist is because of Richard Gere. Richard Gere is the reason she's a Buddhist. If I remember correctly, have you ever met, have you ever photographed Richard Gere?

No. Have you ever had him on your show? No, I have not. Gordon Ramsey has not been on the show either. So please take a moment here before I play some Lois of the Low and tell everybody how can they follow the adventures of the Feminine Warrior? Well, they can listen to us on any of their favorite podcasts.

Podcasts. Yes. And then we have our website, femininewarrior.ca, which we also have our podcast and they can follow us through Instagram which is femininewarriorship and if they subscribe, if they go to our site

and they subscribe then they can keep up on information and we also have a newsletter also there's a lot going on with the femininewarrior it's a great image, I'm looking at it in the back wall there. It looks fantastic. You guys look fantastic.

You sound great. I love your, what is it, weekly? How often do these episodes drop? It was weekly. But now it sort of seems bi-weekly because I think just with summer and everybody getting back to work and school. So hopefully we will get back to being weekly.

Summer ruins everything. Okay. And that... And that brings us to the end of our 1,116th show. You can follow me on Twitter. I'm at Toronto Mike.

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