BPR's Curiosity Morning (CANADA)

Curiosity Morning Today, We're Curious About... Canada 🇨🇦 Today on Bit Public Radio, host Jane Kane welcomes border officer Mark Hadley to answer one simple question: What exactly is Canada? The answer, it turns out, is... surprisingly complicated. As Jane and Mark explore our neighbors to the north, BPR correspondents uncover an international bagpipe smuggling operation, questionable border security practices, suspicious hockey interference, and the diplomatic complexities of pouring maple syrup on complete strangers. Along the way, listeners learn almost nothing about Canada—but quite a bit about stereotypes, curiosity, and why you should never underestimate the power of a well-played bagpipe. 👀 What You'll Definitely Not See Coming: A multinational war on illicit bagpipes. Operation Bagpipe Hockey... and its even worse sequel, Operation Baggy Waggy. A tourist who mistakes Canada for Europe. The surprisingly dangerous legal consequences of making poutine jokes. A prison sentence involving hot cocoa, public healthcare, and an alarming number of Timbits. Switzerland somehow becoming collateral damage. About Today's Guest Mark Hadley joins Curiosity Morning as a veteran U.S. border officer whose entire understanding of Canada has been assembled from conversations at a border crossing... despite never actually setting foot inside the country. His professional philosophy: 👉 Curiosity is important. 👉 Crossing the border is easy. 👉 Crossing your own assumptions is considerably harder. Today's Closing Thoughts Curiosity crossed the border. Stereotypes forgot their passports. Everyone owed Canada an apology. Apologies BPR apologizes to the people of Canada, Canadians living abroad, border patrol officers, customs officials, RCMP officers, hockey players, hockey pucks, bagpipe players, Scotland, Braveheart, Tim Hortons, Timbits, maple trees, maple syrup producers, poutine enthusiasts, Lake Louise, Southern lawyers, Swiss immigration officials, Switzerland, multilingual citizens, horses named Joke, breakfast diners, ant colonies, prison wardens, public healthcare systems, and anyone who has ever attempted to smuggle anything inside a bagpipe. Also... anyone who genuinely tuned in hoping to learn something about Canada. Credits Director and Creator: Billy Merritt Producer, Editor & Graphics: Hill Kane Featuring: Billy Merritt - Himself Hill Kane - Jane Kane, French Canadian Judge Mark Hadley - Border Tooper U.S.A. (Also, Mark Daganal, The Baggoning Dater #1, Swiss Border Official #1) Amber Bellsdale - 1st Station ID Brent Kohler - Number Picker, U.S./Canadian Border Officer, Hockey Interview Show Host, Luke's Friend back home in the South, Sascatchawan Jailor #2 Don Slovin - Himself, Bagpipe Houligan #2, The BaggoningDater #2, Bagpipe/Drug Smuggler, Offender of Canada and Switzerland Flannery Wilson - Detective Janice, Scottish Bagpiper, Wounded Bagpiper #2, Sascatchawan Jailor #3, Swiss Border Official #2 Jim Tripp - Bagpipe Houligan #1, Breakfast Server #1, Bagpiper ER Doc, Don's Lawyer Luke Bovard - Himself, Underground Bagpipe Vigilante, Humble Southern American Lawyer, Southern Ontarian Prosecutor, Sascatchawan Jailor #1, Swiss Person #3, 2nd Station ID Music: BPR Theme Song: Lyrics Hill Kane, musical composition created on SUNO AI Hosting: Libsyn "The BIT" and "The BIT Improv Comedy Network" are trademarks owned by Billy Merritt. © 2024–2026 Billy Merritt. All rights reserved. Inquiries: [email protected] Website: BITComedyNetwork.com Production + Graphics: Hill Kane, Raising Kane Media + Marketing