Cold Pod

Josh McIntyre, Nick Marian

josh@itsaneasylife.com

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Booking Overview

Cold Pod is a culture-focused podcast where the hosts dig into the messy intersections of pop culture, music, and art. It’s a strong booking target for comedians, musicians, and Toronto/scene-adjacent creative professionals who can speak to their work and influences with specificity.

Metrics

Episodes: 195

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: Canada

Contact Information

josh@itsaneasylife.com

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Host

Josh McIntyre - Co-host of Cold Pod (with Nick Marian), discussing pop culture’s “deep corners” across music, art, and related topics.

Nick Marian - Co-host of Cold Pod (with Josh McIntyre), discussing pop culture’s “deep corners” across music, art, and related topics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Working comedians, musicians, and members/founders of independent or underground bands; creators with credible scene history (often Toronto-based) and recent releases (albums/comedy albums).
Required Achievements:  
Released comedy album(s), Founded or performs in hardcore/independent bands, Participated in notable indie/underground music circuits and festivals, Built a recognizable niche audience through scene work

Recent Guest Discussions

Nick Flanagan - Hardcore/comedy Scene; Toronto West End Upbringing; Comedy Album And Music Background; Venue/bookstore/culture Touchpoints; La/moving; Influences And History With Bands/stand-up.

Recent Topics

Pop Culture, Music, Art, Comedy, Hardcore

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Cold Pod
:

Ep200 "Bender" (Part 2) with Austin Hutchings

June 30, 2026

We're back with part two of our 200th episode! After answering your questions in part one, Austin stopped by to tell us what he's been up to since leaving the pod in 2025. In this episode we discuss quitting drinking for 9 months, traveling to Mexico alone, script writing, seeing a psychic, his short film "The Fan Man", Slamdance Film Festival, Toronto having its moment, GenZ optimism, Canadian identity, condos, dating apps, quitting smoking, The Strokes going to Mickey Limb...

Ep200 - "Bender" (Part 1)

June 26, 2026

Thank you all for listening! 200 episodes is crazy. Heres to 200 more!In this weeks one on one pod we discuss the soft opening of Mickey Limbos, Nicks upstate New York trip, Community Wines final party at Bather, the Knicks championship win, Taste of Little Italy festival, World Cup Fever, Josh's five day DJ tour of Toronto, the Nomad Nike party, Rum vs Rye, the term 'bender', Kat Duma's release party, Rob Gordon drilling holes in his records during his live set and we answer ...

Ep199 "Easy Access" with Nick Flanagan

June 24, 2026

Nick Flanagan is a Toronto based comedian and founding member of the hardcore band Brutal Knights. His latest comedy album 'Mortal Komedy' is out now! Nick sat down with us to discuss Q Bar, Rotate This, Arcadia Books, growing up in Toronto's west end, learning to drive later in life, thrifting in the outskirts of Toronto, Vietnamese restaurants, cultural generalisations, the Annex in the early 90s, daycare co-ops, Suspect Video, The Vinyl Museum, BMV, Honest Eds, his first band H...

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