Episodes

To some they’re just dogs but to many of us, they’re a whole lot more than that! They’re best friends, companions, part of the family and I think most of us, and especially our guest today, believe they deserve a little joy in life. Tiffany Jones provides all that and more at "Forest Tails", a doggy adventure camp set in an enchanted private forest. Tiffany was a guest on my Saturday morning radio show on Shoreline Classics. Here is our extended conversation.

These are the Radio Sessions for Saturday August 16th. The Radio Sessions are the extended versions of radio conversations heard Saturday mornings on Shoreline Classics between 7-11 am. the Executive Director of the AMGH Foundation, Kimberley Payne chats with us about the importance of a local hospital and the upcoming Long Table Dinner. And ... Leah Noel (Deputy Mayor - Town of Goderich) will talk about her love for the town of Goderich, her role with Goderich Rotary Club and the upcoming R...

This episode features a few of the artists who’ve been in town this week for the Celtic College and will remain over the weekend for the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival at Harbour Park in Goderich. It's wonderful to have had a chance to get to know these people (and many others btw) this week. One of Canada’s best storytelling singer/songwriters James Keelaghan chats with us. And then Alanna Jenish from Peterborough and Ryan Young, talk about growing up with Celtic music, the Festival, their l...

The Radio Sessions are extended versions of interviews and conversations heard on The Phil Main Show, Saturday mornings on Shoreline Classics FM. For programming purposes, we try to keep the conversations on air to a length that allows room for lots of great music and also so we can cover more topics and hear more from the community. This week: The extended version of a chat I had with Shannon McGavin about the new Well Community Collective, (An Integrated Youth Wellness Hub that has or will ha...

He's one of the great producers of our time, maybe of all time. Daniel Lanois has produced records for artists like: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, U2, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and so many others. It was a real blessing to have a few minutes to chat with this Canadian born and raised musician, singer/songwriter and producer who has sculpted so much of the soundtrack of our lives. He is embarking on a small venue tour of Ontario in August and will be stopping in at...

This was one of our favourite experiences with the podcast, a live recording with platinum selling, singer/songwriter from Denmark, Tim Schou. The show was recorded by our good friend and engineer extraordinaire, Brendan Couture as part of the Goderich BIA Concert Series on June 5th, 2025 and features a lot of wonderful live music and fan interaction with one of our new favourite artists. Thanks B & Tim for making this happen. It was a remarkable experience that we're so glad we were able to h...

It was our very first podcast back in March of 2023 but a few things have changed so we thought maybe the time was right to do an update on one of our all time favourite places. Since the early 1800’s, it has dispensed joy to all who've passed through its doors. Though the bakery has been around now for well over two centuries it was in 1942 that Mel Culbert took it over, soon passing it on to his son Berry and then eventually to Darin who ran it until 2022, when our guest today took ownership....

This episode of the Radio Sessions features extended conversations from the Shoreline Classics Saturday morning radio programs on July 21st and 28th. Part 1: My friends from the Huron County Historic Gaol, Sinead Cox and Benjamin Baker dropped by to talk about the history of this amazing local treasure and shared details of a big celebration coming our way on July 5th this year. Part 2 of this episode features a chat I had recently with Ivet Loder, the president of the newly formed Goderich Optimist Club.

We love this time of year for a lot of reasons not the least of which is, it's THEATRE SEASON! In this episode, we get to catch up with one of our favourite people, the Artistic Director of the Blyth Festival Theatre, Gil Garratt. Gil gives us a complete run down of all the shows and all that's happening this season!

This week on the Radio Sessions, a discussion that includes some info on a food drive that may be over by the time you're listening but it also includes information that sadly, will not be over any time soon, and that's information on the local food bank, the need and how you can help. Kendall Strome joins us for that. And because the Kinsmen and Kinettes are helping with that, we thought we'd have them join in to chat about their respective clubs and some of the other things they do, not the l...

The Extended Interviews from Shoreline Classics Saturday Morning for June 7th, 2025. Alex Jebson , Chair of Huron County Pride was in for a chat and some of what we talked about is specific to today’s (June 7th) Pride Festival in Goderich but we also talked about a lot of things that are important beyond today and beyond PRIDE Month so I hope you’ll have a listen. And also in on the show today, Trevor Bazinet … Mayor, Town of Goderich who came in to bring us up to speed on the dig happening...

This week on my radio show we talked with my friend Lynn Beatty of the Goderich BIA … edited of course to fit a radio program that’s kind of like a variety show with lots of music, local info and a few dad jokes. For those that want to go a little deeper, here is the extended and unedited conversation with Lynn. The BIA is such an important part of our community and they are up to a LOT in the coming months … lets dig in

First a picture, then a letter followed by more letters, then a book, then a play and now a feature documentary! Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz, co-authored by one of our guests today, Bonnie Sitter, is the amazing story of the Ontario Farmerettes! We are so excited to bring this to you! It's a tale built on too many serendipitous moments to mention including the one that led Bonnie to meet Colin Field, a banker turned film maker. Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz … We Lend a Hand … and The Ontario Farmeret...

It's something a little different today as we share with you the extended conversations from this morning's Saturday morning Shoreline Classics FM radio show, hosted by your's truly. For radio purposes I like to shorten the conversations in order to get more in and to make room for lots of great music but for those who may want to go a little deeper, here are the longer chats from today's show: John Smallwood on the Menesetung Bridge Project Warren & Eleanor Robinson on their new play "Saving...

Last week we had a chat with Cara Loft about the Livery Theatre and Nina Reynolds, director of the new production , “The Play That Goes Wrong,” opening on June 5th. If you haven’t heard that episode, may I suggest you listen to it before this one, it will give you some background on this week’s episode. Joining us today are Ian Rutherford, Bruce Williamson, mother/son combo Isaac and Leigh Anne Van Aaken, all actors in the show, and the set designer/builder Paul Cook.

One of the things near the top of my "Reasons to Retire" list last Fall was freeing up some time to be more involved with Goderich Little Theatre. People in the arts are my people: Weird, wonderful, creative, sometimes insecure, sometimes so full of themselves they need to be taken down a notch but always the people that at least for me, make life worth living. I’m full of happy adrenaline today to be chatting with two of those people! We set out to promote the latest show for Goderich Little ...

This week on the podcast, a chat with an old friend and a new friend about a festival that started in Kincardine back in 1999. As we get set to celebrate 26 years this year, Tony Doherty and Kristine McMahon are here to chat about the Kincardine Scottish Festival & Highland Games and their mandate to preserve, enhance, and celebrate Kincardine’s Scottish roots! It's a weekend of great music, competitions and cultural workshops … Highland athletes and dancers, pipe bands and as always some incr...

It’s a bit of an update for you this week! We had my buddy Patrick Armstrong back in November of 2023 to chat about The Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund but they have some great things happening over the next few months including: The Run Around the Square in Goderich, Dancing with the Stars of 911 and 100k in a Day! Honestly, this organization is the epitome of so much that we’re trying to do with our podcast. It’s all about community doing good things FOR the community in the name of an incredible ...

The BIA Concert Series kicks off on Thursday, May 22nd this year and continues most Thursdays until it wraps up on September 18th. We’re going to get to know the guy who put it all together for us on the pod today. Brendan Couture is here with his daughter Maggie (a pretty decent performer in her own right) . We're going to chat about music, dreams, life in a small town AND we'll hear some music too :)

We're excited this week to welcome David Yates back to the studio for a quick chat about his new book, “Challenge & Change in Huron: The People and Events that Made Us, 1890-1919.” which in my humble opinion is a must read for these precarious times we live in. Returning to a time when Canadians were undergoing great technical change, threats of war and challenges to our sovereignty, David tells us a few quick stories from the book and shares details on the book launch coming soon to the Huron ...

This week, a 5 minute interview for my Saturday morning Shoreline Classics radio show, turned into a 1/2 hr podcast. I’d seen a whole bunch a stuff on social media about things the Goderich Kinette’s were involved with and thought having someone over to the studio to chat about a few of those things would be a good idea. Enter, Patti Lamb, who I discovered grew up down the street from me in Goderich. We did finally get around to talking about Kinette stuff and there are some really great comm...

I think a lot of us, maybe most of us think of Hospice as the saddest of places but our guests today say it's a whole lot more than that. It's also a place to live, make memories and maybe even experience a little joy. Manager, Fund Development Christopher Walker and Hospice Nurse Lindsay Nuhn are with us to shed a little light on all of that. We'll talk about the ups and downs, self care in an emotionally taxing job and a story or two about some of the kinds of things that can happen at Hospic...

My favourite thing about the podcast is when we have the chance to get to know people better and make new friends as a result of it. It happened again this week as we dug in a little with Steve & Mary from Steve & Mary’s OTS in Goderich. It’s a place I’ve eaten often and I love the casual, comfort food environment and the overall vibe which is just so welcoming.  Where they grew up, childhood dreams, how they met and how they ended up owning a restaurant in the prettiest town in Canada. We’ll find out all of that and how they manage to run a successful business while still offering themselves up to the community in so many amazing ways. All the highs and lows of restaurant life this time around on A Life That’s Good.

It’s without doubt one of our favourite weeks of the year. This August it will be the 33rd annual Goderich Celtic Festival! In the studio today, our friend and the festival's artistic director Cheryl Prashker who will let us know more about this year's artists and has also promised to let us in on a very special announcement!