Signature Podcasts

Americans outside the MAGA cult have been warning that the country's democracy is in danger...but has the danger passed and moved full steam into dictatorship? Also, why the war with Iran isn't likely to end soon.

Warning: after this podcast, you will never think of 'Yogurt' the same way again! Plus, new evidence that Bigfoot is real and other fun stuff!   Listen to Liana on the It's Not Therapy podcast wherever you get your podcasts or nottherapyshow.com   Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show Live, midnight - 5AM (ET) on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm or 94.9 The Rock App!   Also check the On-Demand section of therock.fm or 94.9 The Rock app for daily posting of the previous night's show!  

WOKE - where the term originated and what it really meant before modern politics twisted it into a pretzel; is Canada going to ban social media for kids under 16, and if so, will it even work?; a man claims that a dead girlfriend made his car levitate, God sat on his bed to talk, Satan made him pour out his last drinking water on a long hot hike and more...is he receiving mental health counseling? No, he's a senior official in the Trump administration! That's this episode with Ed & Red! Listen to Liana on the It's Not Therapy podcast where you get your podcasts or at nottherapyshow.com Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show Live weeknights, midnight - 5AM (ET) on 94.9 The Rock, the rock.fm or 94.9 The Rock app! Find the recorded episodes at the rock.fm's On-Demand section in the Ed the Sock on The Rock category.

Trump's blunders and bedwetting puts world safety at risk...another TACO moment or will someone finally put him in a Hormuz straitsjacket? Plus, Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership, which is like being elected the new bandleader after the Titanic hit the iceberg and another Conversative crosses the floor to the Carney government - but this one has a stink on her, and the Liberals can likely form a majority without her, so why take her?

Today on Ed & Red: Rating the lethality of Nerf guns; how Knight Rider shaped Ed's psyche; why standardized school testing and IQ tests don't really map intelligence; a quadraplegic cornhole player shoots his passenger while driving the car...yup, for real. Oh, America. 

Steven thinks the Notwithstanding Clause is absurd and Stephen brings his legal experience to the fore to explain why the federal government's court challenge will FAIL; why Quebec's 'secularization' law is really a war against non-Christians under a less honest name; Pierre Poilievre is in a political straitjacket of his own making; how Doug Ford avoids accountability by ignoring problems and blaming the feds; the founders of Western Democracy's foolish belief in human beings.  NOTE: recorded before the Ford government's budget deficit was revealed.

Pierre Poilievre did Joe Rogan's show....why? Why aren't Canadian kids taught about Bob & Doug McKenzie? It's not about trans kids - 95% of breast reduction surgery on minors in the US is performed on heterosexual cisgendered boys; What's the difference between a Bop, a Banger and a Slap? These topics and more are explored in the way only Ed the Sock & Liana Kerzner can!  

Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner tackle current events, politics, entertainment and assorted other nonsense. Listen to Liana's peer counselor podcast It's Not Therapy wherever you get your podcasts or nottherapyshow.com Ed hosts Ed the Sock's All-Night Show LIVE (weeknights) and Best of (weekends) midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock, stream it on therock.fm or 94.9 The Rock app!  

This is what it sounds like when a sock cries - longtime caller/texter Michelle Guindon, aka 'Michelle from Bowmanville', passed away suddenly on February 27 and Ed, along with many callers, share their memories of Michelle. But it's not a funeral, it's more a Celebration of Life, as the laughter continues just like Michelle would have wanted it to courtesy of Jorge continuing his Don Juan bullsh*t, Triple T, Billy the Kidd, Trina the Truck Whisperer, Thelma and a return visit from Johnny in the Garage and his cast of idiots. Plus, peer counselor Liana Kerzner (It's Not Therapy podcast) talks about healthy grieving. Listen to the All-Night Show Live weeknights midnight - 5AM                      All-Star All-Night Show weekends midnight 5AM Find every episode at therock.fm/on-demand/ed the sock on the rock

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner talk about Pierre Poilievre's 'one year late' speech, Carney's diplomatic tightrope walk, Canada's fighter plane purchase and the mess in the US. *note: recorded prior to US/Israel attack on Iran

Ed gives both barrels to America's Mango Madman and the type of lazy thinking that put him in power; Olivia, an adult who sounds like a 14 year-old, and her idiot friends give Ed a headache; new caller Brett occupies the shallow end of the gene pool; Manchild checks in from the dump; Wayne, the Sultan of Sweep, shares a joke in a way only he can; peer counselor Liana Kerzner (It's Not Therapy podcast) talks with Ed about what to do if someone you know is thinking about suicide and still manages to make us laugh. Listen to Ed the Sock's All-Night Show LIVE weeknights midnight - 5AM (ET) Weekends, listen to the All-Star All-Night Show during the same time slot.

Dougie Ford drops a bomb on current and future Ontario university students - and Canada's future; the difference in how Liberals and Conservatives decide what "judicious spending" is; the Quad God can't beat the odds and more with Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner. Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show Live, Monday - Friday, midnight - 5am (ET) or find previous shows at therock.fm/On-Demand/Ed the Sock on The Rock

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner discuss the ways in which Canadians, Canadian politicicans and Canadian media responded to the Tumbler Ridge tragedy - and the ways in which we didn't. Also - Trump is clearly planning to disrupt or invalidate US midterm elections - what happens next?   Find Stephen Lautens on Bluesky and Facebook Find Steven Kerzner on Facebook

Pierre Poilievre's pay-to-play leadership 'victory'; Liana's nightmarish journey through our health care system - just to get a medical check-up; The Muppets finally re-capture the magic; Wonder Man breaks the Disney/Marvel TV mould - so it doesn't suck; why can't AI identify bicycles? Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy wherever you get podcasts or notttherapyshow.com Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show LIVE, weeknights midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm/94.9 The Rock App Find the shows in podcast form at therock.fm On-Demand section, look under Ed the Sock on The Rock All-Star All-Night Show featuring the best of the week Saturdays & Sundays, midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm/94.9 The Rock App  

Steven Kerzner and Stephen Lautens discuss their newfound love of the winter hermit lifestyle, Pierre Poilievre's illusory leadership 'victory', how 'America First' is putting America last, the federal Conservatives' full-on embrace of MAGA madness, why Canadian police tend to be better public servants than American cops plus immigrants, DEI and Alberta's smoke-and-mirrors 'separatist' movement.

What is the secret shame of Ed's newly-rediscovered cassette tape library?; Which (4.9 The Rock show is the *real* Morning Show?; Tammy and Ed share their stories of Bingo trauma; Sasha tries to sweet-talk Ed into playing The Tragically Hip (can she do it?); Triple T's miniature wife lays down the law; peer counselor Liana Kerzner helps us in Getting Through the Night with some wise advice. Catch The All-Night Show LIVE weeknights from midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm/94.9 The Rock app.

DId Beavis & Butthead kill music careers? Ed and Liana have very different opinions; how a classic 70s TV show used a real-life tragedy for entertainment; what calling a woman "HOT" reveals about a man's intelligence and more with Ed & Red. Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy wherever you get podcasts or notttherapyshow.com Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show LIVE, weeknights midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm/94.9 The Rock App Find the shows in podcast form at therock.fm On-Demand section, look under Ed the Sock on The Rock All-Star All-Night Show featuring the best of the week Saturdays & Sundays, midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm/94.9 The Rock App

Liana Kerzner looks at the difference between guilt and gratitude and the power each has over us.

Has anyone ever offered you a Steamie or a Whoopie Pie? And if someone does, should you smile or punch them? Ed & Red talk about Canadian foods Americans don't understand, fake apologies, the yodeling guy from Price is Right, snot dimensions, smell-o-vision and more essential topics as only they can. Listen to Ed the Sock on The All-Night Show, weeknights LIVE midnight to 5am on 94.9 The Rock/therock.fm/94.9 The Rock app   Listen to Liana's mental health podcast It's Not Therapy wherever you get your podcast or nottherapyshow.com

Steven Kerzner and Stephen Lautens discuss Prime Minister Carney's Davos call to arms and right-wing manipulation of the fears of Canadian Jews. Note: recorded before Trump's '100% tariffs against Canada' threat.

This week: Insidious winter colds, big dumb 'manly' man-children, who really 'rigged the system' against you, the news media as the enemy of the people, the resurgence of "commie", the death of facts, R.I.P. Dilbert and the return of the R-word'.   Listen to Ed on The All-Night Show, Monday - Friday LIVE, midnight - 5AM (ET) on 94.9 The Rock or 94.9 The Rock app.   Listen to Liana's It's Not Therapy podcast where you get your podcasts or nottherapyshow.com

Ed and Liana have a 'vigorous discussion' about men who 'stand up' for their woman, without her asking or wanting him to; Liana's recent bad medicine from the health care system; Ed explains why he hates the Foo Fighters and likes Green Day while Liana counters with why she isn't a fan of Green Day; Ed talks about his unpleasant encounter with Red Hot Chili Peppers' Anthony Kiedis; Trump is an idiot and what Ed has learned from his cats. Listen to Liana's It's Not Therapy Podcast wherever you get your podcasts Listen to Ed the Sock LIVE weeknights, midnight - 5AM, on 94.9 The Rock/therock/94.9 The Rock App

Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner answer many questions this episode, including: whatever happened to "Real Men"?; what is a parasocial relationship and are you in one?; ever heard a dog speak with a foreign accent?; did feudal Japan have an African samurai?; what are 'villain colours'?; is there such a thing as too much Village People?  Listen to Liana on It's Not Therapy at nottherapyshow.com or any podcast platform Ed the Sock's All-Night Show LIVE is on weeknights, midnight - 5AM on 94.9 The Rock, therock.fm or The Rock app.

Canada/US relations, US diplomat not diplomatic at all, the lack of rational voice in media and more are discussed by Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner.

In this episode, Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner talk about Facebook death notices, the probable truth behind Toronto synagogue vandalizing, why The Left self-destructs, Gay Pride, feminist slut-shaming ,is the news media sinister or sloppy and Ed defends the Doug Ford government (though he hates the Doug Ford government).  

This episode with Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner: Blue Jays are hot, Mark Carney is cool as a cucumber, Doug Ford is slippery as an eel, wax lips, the worst Hallowe'en candy, Ed's memory hole, non-stick pans, Aerosmith and Liana gets really really nauseous talking about candy corn.

Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner wade into why people can't communicate anymore, hiding in your comfort zone, crappy media role models for boys, Elon Musk's robot army and Ed creates a really bad metaphor.    Listen to Liana on her podcast  It's Not Therapy at nottherapyshow.com or wherever you get podcasts. Listen to Ed Monday - Friday (ET) LIVE on 94.9 The Rock, therock.fm or The Rock app.

What the hell is "67" and why are kids yelling it out to disrupt classrooms? It's Ed vs Red as they go toe-to-toe (not a sock joke) on young students' lack of respect in the classroom and what to do about it - if anything. Liana understands where the kids are coming from, Ed thinks they need a dose of STFU juice. Who will you agree with?!    

Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner press some hot buttons discussing the N-word and the B-word, 'conniving' women and 'strong' men and the potential Israel/Hamas peace deal.  

The differences between Canada and the US as functioning democracies keep widening, and the reasons are baked-in to our history. Plus, Carney's handling of Trump and Canada Post can't read the room.   Stephen Lautens can be found on Facebook: stephen.lautens                                                        Bluesky: @stephenlautens.bsky.social Steven Kerzner is on Facebook:  StevenJKerzner

Was Jimmy Kimmel faking his emotional moment on his Tuesday night 'return' show? Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner are on opposite sides of the fence. Plus, mango madman Trump declares Christians the most persecuted people on Earth (besides him, of course), how Christian nationalists love for Israel is like that Twilight Zone episode 'To Serve Man' ("It's a cookbook!"), the problem with principles and a boat ride to Hell!

Steven Kerzner and Stephen Lautens do a reality check on Donald Trump's Tylenol 'revelation' that 'cures' autism and frank talk on Israel, Hamas, Netanyahu and the two-state solution in the Middle East. Plus, Steven feels lied to by the Carney government.

Jimmy Kimmel thrown under the bus by Disney, America surrenders and Trump meets King Charles. That seems enough for Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner to chew on.   Listen to Liana's podcast It's Not Therapy at nottherapyshow.com or any podcast platform.   Listen to Ed Monday to Friday LIVE from midnight to 5AM on The All-Night Show on 94.9 The Rock or stream on therock.fm or The Rock app. Best of episodes air Saturday and Sunday, midnight - 5AM and can be found in the On-Demand section of therock.fm

Liana dissects one of the most pernicious and absurd accusation made about men - that every man wants to commit a sexual assault but most just don't act on it.

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner discuss the skewed debate about the murder of US right-wing agitator Charlie Kirk, why America is losing to China and also the real reason there is no end to the war in Gaza.

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner tackle news , politics and current events from a Centrist viewpoint.

This week, a banned Disney movie, Octopus farms, why we should stop looking for Aliens, why British TV from the 70s - 90s gave Ed nightmares and more!    Don't forget to check out Liana's excellent podcast It's Not Therapy at nottherapyshow.com or wherever you get your podcasts.   Ed is LIVE Monday - Friday, midnight - 5am, his All-Night Show on 94.9 The Rock, therock.fm and The Rock app! And yes, you can call him live!

In this week's episode, Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner talk about people who speak with confidence but are full of sh*t, why Gen X were the last generation to have a real childhood, misleading product names, that new & improved is typically the former not the latter and other subjects they use to swing between topics like Tarzan using vines in the jungle.

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner discuss bike lanes - or Doug Ford's hatred of them; Pierre Poilievre is sinking....will the by-election on August 18 turn his status to 'sunk'?; the reason top legal firms, media corporations and elite universities are bowing to Trump's demands; the Trump takeover of Washington D.C. and what it means for the rest of the US; and more.

The best of the week from the All-Night Show! This show goes in an unplanned direction as Ed's mention of a somewhat common injury a man may accidentally inflict upon his manhood leads to Sherry, Donna and Triple T adding to the discussion...which was never intended to be a discussion. Also, Chuck in the Truck is back with more tales of 'psychic occurrences' he has experienced recently and yes, he believes it. And Liana Kerzner's Getting Through the Night discussion of 'Persuasion vs Manipulation' turns into a bit of a tug-of-war with Ed!        

This week Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner break down the diplomatic masterstroke of PM Carney's statement on recognizing Palestine, bust-up the notion that "Judeo-Christian" is a real thing, talk about Hollywood reboots vs revivals, Superman vs Fantastic Four at the movies and sundry other topics along the way.

As nations, universities, legal firms and more capitulate to Donald Trump's bullying, Canada has been refusing to bend the knee. Will this work out in our favour or not?

"It's like the 80s died this week!"says Liana as she and Ed talk about the passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Hulk Hogan and Ozzy Osbourne before wading into the problem of boys being a-holes, the Hockey Canada verdict and why they both loved the new "Superman" movie (it wasn't just the dog).

From her Wellness Wednesday episode of last week, Liana Kerzner discusses the interplay between people's sense of morality and their pre-release attitudes towards James Gunn's new Superman film (note, this was recorded before Liana saw - and loved -the movie. Twice.)  

This week Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner talk about how the new Superman movie is a handy way to identify MAGA morons, how learning from monkeys could bring an end to gun violence (hint: poop) and Killer Whales showing some really shocking new behaviour toward humans!   UPDATE: Ed and Liana each saw "Superman" and loved it. Listen to Liana's podcast It's Not Therapy at nottherapyshow.com or all podcast platforms!

Prime Minister Carney is successfully drawing the support of conservatives away from Poilievre's Conservative Party, but not all Liberals are happy about it. This and more as Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner bring their moderate, centrist analyses to Canadian politics.

"I am Woke - come at me!" Ed the Sock challenges in the week's episode, as he and Liana Kerzner look at how the term Woke means nothing and everything at the same time, deconstruct a New York Times ranking of the 21st century's most 'important' movies and how they pale in comparison to movies from the 1980s, the Hollywood hypocrisy of the Diddy verdict and why American Christian Nationalists would deport Jesus.

Under Donald Trump and a cadre of billionaires, America has cast millions of Americans into a greater spiral of poverty while the ultra-rich laugh. It looks like Game Over for US democracy. Is America's decline irreversible? Also, has PM Carney's brand of blue Liberalism pushed Pierre Poilievre past his best-before date? And how does Doug Ford successfully keep distance between his record and his popularity?

This episode Ed the Sock and Liana Kerzner discuss bra sizes, acceptable euphemisms for female breasts; George Carlin's 7 Words You Can't Say on Television, Boxcar Willie, The Three Stooges and Hammy Hamster, And more,

Stephen Lautens and Steven Kerzner discuss Israel's bombing of Iran's military and nuclear targets, Iran's response and Trump weighing in to play with his toys.