MARK CRITCH + ERIC MCCORMACK + MAGGIE LACASSE

MARK CRITCH + ERIC MCCORMACK + MAGGIE LACASSE

Author: Richard Crouse December 14, 2025 Duration: 39:08
On the Saturday December 13, 2025 edition of The Richard Crouse Show spend some time with Mark Critch. For twenty-three years he has starred on CBC’s popular political satire show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes.” He adapted his first book, “Son of a Critch,” into a hit TV series, co-staring movie legend Malcolm McDowell, and airing on the CBC in Canada and Netflix in the United States. Today we talk about his latest book, “Sorry, Not Sorry.” In the book, which is available now wherever fine books are sold, Mark delves into the heart of what it means to be Canadian at a time when national pride is on the rise. He examines everything from the historical decision of Newfoundland to join Canada, to the modern-day implications of the Freedom Convoy, the evolving symbolism of the Canadian flag, and of the many reasons Canada is worth fighting for. Then: Eric McCormack, you know him as Will Truman of the TV series Will & Grace, a role that won him won a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy Award stops by to talk about his new Hollywood Suite show “Hell Motel.” On the creep new show, 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved Satanic Mass Murder. History repeats itself when the guests get start getting knocked off one by one. Eric plays Hemmingway, a chef with a wickedly sinister flair. In this interview we talk about Hell Motel, and how to play dead on camera. Finally, we’ll meet singer and actor Maggie Lacasse who is bring a brand new, edgier interpretation of the character Killer Queen to the new Mirvish production of “We Will Rock You.”

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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GREG HUDSON + ANNE EWEN + DESMOND SEAN ELLINGTON [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:15
On the Saturday September 19, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet award-winning Canadian journalist Greg Hudson. He is the author of the memoir “The Missionary: A Memoir of Superheroes, Sin & Saving Souls for…
ERIC JOHNSON + VICTOR WALLACE [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:46
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PETE FERRIERO + JAKE DAVID SMITH [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:10
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ANDREW BARR  + DON LEVERS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:58
On the Saturday August 8, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet stand-up comedian Andrew Barr. A recovering addict who turned his struggles into powerful, hilarious material, Barr has built a reputation for fea…
JESS GIBSON + DIVINE BROWN [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:37
On the Saturday August 1, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Jess Gibson. She is a Canadian-born writer (daughter of Margaret Atwood and the late Graeme Gibson), art historian with a Yale PhD, who has liv…
ALISON ELWOOD + EDWARD CHISHOLM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:38
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SUZIE MACNEIL + LIV ALBERT [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:40
On the Saturday July 25, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we meet Suzie McNeil. She has built a career spanning television, stage, touring, and recording. She first broke through as the last woman standing on CBS’…
ANTIDIVA: CAROLE POPE + MICHELLE MAMA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:01
On the Saturday July 15, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we spend the hour with with director Michelle Mama, and the subject of her new film, music icon, provocateur, queer trailblazer and Rough Trade singer Caro…
DARRAGH MCGEE + JOHN FELLNER [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:38
On the Saturday July 4, 2026 edition of The Richard Ccrouse Show we meet Darragh McGee, a University of Bath sociologist, BBC New Generation Thinker, and expert on the globalization of sports gambling—especially its digi…
LINUS O'BRIEN + PATRICK RADDEN KEEF [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:56
On the Saturday July 11, 2026 edition of The Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Linus O’Brien, director of “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror,” a documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of “The Rocky Horror Sho…