Michael Howie

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Michael Howie is an award-winning journalist and the host of the Defender Radio and The Switch podcasts for The Fur-Bearers, a Canadian wildlife charity. Michael also appears as Eggerton, the flightless fairy, in the TTRPG improv podcast, The End of Time and Other Bothers (www.OtherBothers.com). He lives in Hamilton, Canada, with his family.

Nov. 4, 2022

"Twirl, baby! Twirl!" - I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME AT HOUSE HARKER (2016)

Halloween may be over, but the horrific hijinx continue with the delightful vampire comedy I HAD A BLOODY GOOD TIME AT HOUSE HARKER (2016 ). The bumbling descendants of Jonothan and Mina Harker must raise $50,000 to save thei...

Guests: Christopher Gronlund , Michael Howie

March 25, 2022

"I'm Not Investing in a Murder House..." - THE SELLING (2011)

Prepare your funny bone for some otherworldly ticklin', because for Episode 332, I unearthed a hidden gem of a haunted house comedy. In THE SELLING , a too-nice-for-his-own-good real estate agent is tricked into buying a hous...

Guest: Michael Howie

March 12, 2021

EXTRA ORDINARY (2019) with MICHAEL HOWIE

"Why does everything have to be so unnecessarily gross?!?" For our Salute to Irish Horror , we'll be discussing the utterly charming supernatural comedy, EXTRA ORDINARY . Rose, a mild-mannered driving instructor with an abili...

Guest: Michael Howie

Nov. 25, 2019

CUBE (1997) with MICHAEL HOWIE and CHRISTOPHER GRONLUND

MICHAEL HOWIE from DEFENDER RADIO and CHRISTOPHER GRONLUND from NOT ABOUT LUMBERJACKS and I are trapped in this weird cube thing. Our combined beards are taking up a LOT of the space in here, but feel free to squeeze on in wh...

Guests: Christopher Gronlund , Michael Howie

March 29, 2019

GRABBERS (2012) with MICHAEL HOWIE – “T’is no feckin lobster!”

IRISH HORROR MONTH comes to a grand conclusion with a look at the brilliant sci fi horror comedy GRABBERS from 2012, directed by JON WRIGHT starring RICHARD COYLE , RUTH BRADLEY and RUSSELL TOVEY When a tiny Irish island is o...

Guest: Michael Howie

Oct. 12, 2018

228: DAVE MADE A MAZE (2017) with CHRISTOPHER GRONLUND “Not About Lumberjacks” & MICHAEL HOWIE “Defender Radio” [Pod-a-Thon: Day 2]

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 2 It seems the dark and dangerous path we must travail through this haunted labyrithian forest on our journey towards Halloween includes an actual labyrinth! For this leg of our voyage through the ...

Guests: Christopher Gronlund , Michael Howie