Terry and Ted
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A Montreal morning radio staple is back. Terry DiMonte and Ted Bird have reunited for “Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast”, and like the longtime friends and old pros that they are, they haven’t skipped a beat despite a 14 year professional separation. WARNING: infectious fun; could be contagious. Do not listen to Terry and Ted while operating heavy machinery, performing delicate surgery or herding livestock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Terry DeMonte and Ted Bird turn Montreal life, guests and conversational wrong turns into relaxed comedy with an enjoyably exposed studio rhythm.
Terry DeMonte and Ted Bird build Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast out of teasing, quick corrections and detours that become funnier than the subject they interrupted.
Terry and Ted can take you from spring dog shit to Bill Burr without changing seats.
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A hot-season closer that moves from easy local banter into a wartime story without losing its loose, lived-in charm.
Standing By ends its season in the middle of a sweaty Saint-Jean week, and Terry and Ted lean right into that. The heat, the holiday, and the usual sponsor chatter all get folded into the banter, along with the small stops and starts that make the show feel more like people…
Sponsor chatter and a Tim Hortons gripe give way to a reflective, memoir-minded conversation.
Standing By opens with sponsor chatter and a familiar Tim Hortons gripe before easing into a looser comic rhythm. From there, it shifts toward memory, childhood, and the oddly delicate task of turning a life into a book.
Holiday-morning banter that turns weather gripes, Leafs talk, and celebrity headlines into easy company.
This episode opens on Victoria Day Monday and settles quickly into the oddness of recording on a holiday, with cold, rainy spring weather and light studio traffic setting the mood.
A relaxed Alan Parsons conversation that links concept albums with a Montreal charity concert and a clear local purpose.
The segment treats Alan Parsons as the veteran producer, performer, and concept album maker he is, but it keeps the tone easy and unforced. It moves from his work on concept albums, including From the New World, into the Montreal concert tied to the Neuros Brain Tumor Research…
A plainspoken talk-radio debate that is strongest when Terry and Ted stop circling and say it directly.
Standing By moves with the loose, familiar rhythm of two voices who know how to fill a room. It opens lightly, then settles into football, entitlement, and the racism charge around the draft debate, with the sponsor reads and sign-off giving the episode a tidy frame.
Weather gripes, sponsor banter, and a ghost story keep the chat loose and grounded.
Standing By keeps to familiar ground: weather grumbling, sponsor banter, and a conversation that never seems in a hurry. The April 23 recording date gives Terry's snow complaints some seasonal bite, and that opening complaint sets the tone quickly enough.
A late snow gripe rolls into a loose Bill Burr hang, with the red-carpet pushback landing well.
Terry and Ted open with spring getting briefly knocked off balance by a sloppy late snow, then move into Bill Burr and his new Netflix special, The Drop Dead Years. The red-carpet question follows, and Burr does what he does best: he refuses the neat, easy answer.
A loose, local chat about timing, live rooms, and why comedy needs space to breathe.
The piece settles into pacing as its main concern, which fits a show shaped by two familiar voices talking through the craft. Terry chooses not to hurry things along, and the discussion moves at an easy clip as it looks at why pauses matter on stage and on radio.
Famous friends, softer truths.
Joe Rogan's marathon one-on-one talks, from UFC judging debates to Bob Lazar's UFO claims.
Bateman, Hayes, and Arnett riff, then talk shop with guests like Adam Sandler.
Peter Sagal leads NPR's live news quiz, pairing celebrity guests with listener call-in games.
Comedian Chris Gethard takes one anonymous call a week and can't hang up first.
Terry DeMonte and Ted Bird open on Election Day, joke about having "a staff of none," and explain Ted is filling in mornings this week at K103 in Kahnawake.
It opens after a snowstorm in Montreal.
Fête Saint-Jean lands hot.
A provocative episode that leans into collective anxieties about society going off the rails, using dark humour and candid storytelling to explore what it means to keep showing up when everything around you seems to be falling apart.
Montreal opens with Grand Prix talk.
Terry and Ted discuss charity events, Montreal's changing neighborhoods, and live music experiences, then feature an interview with guitarist Mike Campbell about his career with Tom Petty and songwriting.
Monday knocks them sideways.
Terry and Ted discuss Montreal food culture, including debates over Greek vs.
Alan Parsons talks about Abbey Road, Pink Floyd, and the Alan Parsons Project, and the hosts frame him as a major figure in record production and concept albums.
Terry opens with the show’s familiar back-and-forth, including the running joke about trying to change the podcast title.
Standing By opens with Terry and Ted still on the weather, and the week of April 23 feels a lot more like October than spring.
Terry and Ted chat about Montreal's spring weather, nostalgic local restaurants, and the dramatic Masters golf tournament.
Terry and Ted open with a spring snow complaint and a small celebration of pastel microphones.
Terry and Ted discuss April Fool's radio pranks, share listener emails, and interview actor Larry Day about his career and the Strangers in the Night charity event.
Terry and Ted spend much of "Still mad about the mountain" arguing about Montreal’s plan to close the Mount Royal road to traffic, citing Josh Freed’s column, reader letters, and Terry’s own drive over the mountain.
Terry has new glasses.
Terry DeMonte and Ted Byrd welcome Chris Nyland and playwright Vittorio Rossi to discuss a one-man show built from Nyland's life, including childhood hockey, addiction, and recovery.
The hosts open by wondering how podcasts are even supposed to start.
Terry and Ted open with a joke about wanting a musical intro.
Terry welcomes Ted back and they swap travel jokes right away.
Terry and Ted move from birthday talk about Terry's mom turning 89 to a long stretch on aging, falls, and how "a lot of seniors" are done after an accidental fall.
Terry and Ted discuss personal stories like Ted's sobriety, explore Montreal's coffee scene, review TV shows, and interview guests about a Super Bowl fundraiser for spinal cord injury support.
Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast spends much of “Christmas-y episode” on Montreal news, including Angela’s Pizzeria closing after 54 years and continued street changes on St.
Terry and Ted catch up on life updates, including Ted's recent dental surgery and recovery, reflections on adjusting to retirement, and highlights from local charity events like Toy T Montreal.
Terry and Ted discuss listener emails, the postal strike, and anti-Semitism in Montreal, while sharing TV picks like 'Landman' and promoting local businesses and charity events.
Terry and Ted open with their usual loose in-studio banter.