halloween

123. Pumpkin Bread

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) talk about Pumpkin Bread, quick breads, pureed squash, and the joys of a quick slice of cake on the go. Surprisingly great for gluten-free baking, super easy to make, and infinitely versatile, you should make quick breads a staple of your home baking! Happy National Pumpkin Bread Day!

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122. Chocolate & Candy Bars

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) get into the Halloween spirit by talking about all of our favorite chocolate candy bars!

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157 – Top 5 Halloween Cocktails

This is Halloween.

Just when we thought we ranked every Halloween topic on this show, a spook of inspiration came to us! So move aside that chocolate/candy and get your cocktail shakers because this week Tuong La, Samantha Leggatt, Bradley Sales, and Laura Gordon are concocting some ghastly, bone-chilling, and delicious drinks in our cauldrons with Top 5 Halloween Cocktails.

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139 – Top 5 Witches

Double, double Top 5 lists and trouble, fire burn and ranking bubbles!

Spooky season is not yet over in the PodCavern as we get talking about dark magic, broom sticks, and pointy hats on this week’s episode of Ranked! So join Tuong La and his Coven of Cuties Hayley Kellett (Scary KILL-IT), Braeden (BOO-den) Etienne, and Simone Dorie (GORY) as they cast a spell on our audience while conjuring a Top 5 Witches list!

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75. Halloween Candy ft. Matt Cole

This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) talks to haunted house expert & friend of the show Matt Cole (@mc_dj_mc) about the behind the scenes of the haunted house world, the best halloween candies, and the ways we set kids up to fail on Halloween! Plus, test your knowledge with a riveting game of 50 Shades of Brown!

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138 – Top 5 Movie Monsters

Creatures making their spooky podcast feature!

The spirit of Halloween is upon us once again and for this year’s bone-chilling episode we wanted to celebrate our favourite creatures in cinema! So join Tuong La and his Ghastly Ghouls Angus MacDonald, Sarah MacDonald, and Samantha Leggatt as they lock themselves in a haunted house and won’t emerge until they come up with a list of Top 5 Movie Monsters!

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Best Of Season 1 – Volume 2

Dare you enter the Cocktagon?! Please enjoy another collection of some of Paul’s favourite stories from the first season of The Pen Is Mightier – featuring performances by Clare Blackwood, Maddox Campbell, Kat Letwin, Matt McCready, Rebecca Reeds, and Velvet Wells.

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Best Of Season 1 – Volume 1

Dare you enter the Cocktagon?! Please enjoy a collection of some of Paul’s favourite stories from the first season of The Pen Is Mightier – featuring performances by Jon Blair, Andrew Bushell, Bridget Cann, Taylor Davis, Erin Pim, and Carley Thorne.

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Season 2, Episode 1 – The Post-Halloween Special

Featuring Taylor Davis (Parkdale Haunt, Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival), Kat Letwin (1623,Good Morning Tonight), and Cassie Pyatt (Paw Patrol, Babar and the Adventures of Badou). In the debut of Season 2, the panel discusses what everyone did (or didn’t do) on Halloween, what sexual escapades would result from a Jason Voorhees/Michael Myers crossover, and which of our competitors has inescapable “Stanley-Tucci-energy.”

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121 – Top 5 Things Featuring Ghosts

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Spooky season may technically be over but before the spirit of Mariah Carey comes bursting into your timelines, we have one more belated Halloween special coming your way! So join Tuong and Castle Rockettes’s Spencer Dunn, Kate Ethier, and Cas Knihnisky as they use their ranking ouija board to summon a list of Top 5 Things Featuring Ghosts!

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