Mullinger's Weekly Ramble

James has hit four provinces in seven days and has a lot to get off his chest. The big story is that Campbellton has the best new comedy festival in Canada, and best of all, it's bilingual! He shares how and why CBC's The Debaters host Steve Patterson learned that Saint John has the best airport in the world. The return of Jimmy Kimmel and what it says about consumer power. All this plus: Charlie Sheen and Heidi Fleiss, Barry and Eddie Hearn, The Morning Show Season 4, Cochrane Comedy Festival, playing tour dates in Fredericton and Kingston this week, the absolute genius of Tam Dean Burn, the new issue of [EDIT] magazine, the return of Rick Moranis, ADHD brain, UK clubland in the 60s and why Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? A Comedian’s Guide to Autism by Pierre Novellie is one of the best books you will read this year.Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities, please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

James has six gigs in three provinces this week but is squeezing in therapy with you to ramble about... Charlie Kaufman, Audi Halifax, Hosting the Atlantic Interior Design Awards, Halifax's new MillerKnoll showroom, the Sandman in Dartmouth and he answers all of your questions about: Fears, Garbage, Normal Vs Abnormal, what makes a great show, getting into festivals, Men In Love by Irvine Welsh, The Girlfriend, Cornhill's Cedar Cafe, Tootsie Licks, East Coast Witches and so many tangents, rambling and sidetracks!Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

It's James and his wife's 19th wedding anniversary and he has just an hour before he hotfoots it to Halifax for multiple shows and appearances, so he is spending this precious time with you lovely ramblers! It's an eventful week with shipwrecks, humpback whales, earthquakes and more, but thanks to a team of heroic New Brunswickers, the phenomenal musical Come From Away is bringing joy to thousands in the province and the timing couldn't be better. Also this week: Cow Bay, Highest 2 Lowest, Platonic, Weapons, the genius of Kelly Lawson and so much more! James' 2026 Halifax tour date at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium goes on sale next week but exclusive pre-sale is available now! Just click here and use the code CANADAPlease send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

Brought to you by Floyd's Appliance Centre in Hampton, New BrunswickIt's 5.45 am and James has a lot to get off his chest: World affairs! Cat transportation! Eyebrow trimming, The Salty Fisherman, Yip Cider, Kill Tony at Madison Square Garden, Andre Rieu's latest cinema experience, Venice Film Festival standing ovations, making people happy, kayaking, The Waterfront, and why you should go and see: Brad Rice! Brady Manderville! Cive Lucas! Josh Kotsabasakis! Michelle Lynn Petite! Adam Blanchard! All this plus much more rambling...Follow Floyd's on Facebook by clicking herePlease send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities, please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

Brought to you by Floyd's Appliance Centre in Hampton, New BrunswickBosh! And we are back after a brief summer hiatus and James is packing the past four weeks of crazed gig action into 80 minutes of rowdy rambling! Visitors from England, kayaking regattas, comedy festivals, comedy club closures, rampant elbows down behaviour, fire bans, the world's best lobster roll and everything that is right and wrong with the world! Reeds Point Pub, Saint Andrews, the Egg Farmers of Canada, The Naked Gun reboot, Marc Maron, Louis CK and so much more... It's all here in the big return of Mullinger's Weekly Ramble, brought to you by Floyd's, a family owned New Brunswick institution.Follow Floyd's on Facebook by clicking herePlease send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email info@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

Brought to you by The Lighting Lounge in Rothesay, New BrunswickIt's Episode 62 and Mullinger is recovering from extreme pain and turning into The Elephant Man last week, but after a blistering and eventful gig at Hampton Brewing Company the night before he is still able to enthusiastically ramble about Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson dating, the Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund, bullies, root canal surgery, meeting Lady Catherine, Colin Fowlie, Corn Hill Nursery, Reeds Point Pub, crossing the border, Epstein, Lola Young and more...Follow The Lighting Lounge on Facebook by clicking herePlease send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities, please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

Brought to you by The Lighting Lounge in Rothesay, New BrunswickIt's Episode 61 and Mullinger is back from an off-the-grid vacation on Prince Edward Island finishing his book as well as a trip to Toronto to see Coldplay live at the new Rogers Stadium and he is rambling about the National Lampoon Vacation movies, Pierre Novellie's hilarious and potentially life changing book, Such Brave Girls, the new and definitive tome on the creation of Anne of Green Gables, Sandspit Amusement Park, loving the waltzer, island biking, upcoming shows, How To Have Sex, the final season of Squid Game, Celine Song's The Materialists, Carley Fortune's beachside novels, PEI Brewing Company's Beachchair Lager, Blackbust Beach Resort and where to find the very best lobster rolls on the island. Oh and also so, so many tangents! Follow The Lighting Lounge on Facebook by clicking herePlease send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

Brought to you by The Lighting Lounge in Rothesay, New BrunswickIt is a very special Canada Day episode of the podcast with James rambling about appearing to The Good Stuff With Mary Berg in Toronto this week, an eventful weekend in Fredericton, new neighbours, local takeouts, the organizations displaying elbows down tendances, We Were Liars, the books of Sophie Mcaloon, Picaroons, Yennah Hurley saving dating in Canada with The One Connection, being both big and unbooked in Alberta, bingo cards, sex shops, where to spend Canada Day, owning part of the Kingston Peninsula and so so much more! Follow The Lighting Lounge on Facebook by clicking herePlease send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.ioProduced by Podstarter

Bosh! A record number of questions this week including the origins of the word "Bosh!" Plus yachts, new comedians, Eric Scouten's world class cocktails at Kakuteru Lounge, Jesse Vergen's culinary genius at Saint John Ale House, ADHD, soup, local journalism, small modular reactors, his Avengers superpower, Heidi White's birthday, best takeouts, Swamp Bear Art, Shadow Lawn Inn, New Brunswick's best beaches. And he rambles about his week of union gigs, rural gigs, being heckled by a cow, Shawn Lawler's Boom Road, why This City Is Ours is better than Mobland and how the Audi S3 might be his favourite car ever, even in Python Yellow! Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.com (mailto:comedy@jamesmullinger.com) For podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io (mailto:jon@podstarter.io)

James is just back from a rollercoaster research mission for his next book and he rambles about all of the plane delays, train debauchery and automobile action as well as Tim Key's The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Salt Path, The Newt in Somerset, The Creamery and muses on friendship, family and fondness for frivolity.

It's episode 57 and right before hot footing it to Blackpool via Castle Cary, James is rambling about the new Mission Impossible movie, The Studio, his shows at Harvey Hall and Algonquin Resort and Trade & Convention Centre this week, Julie Wood's 30-year career of joy-giving, Lulujo founder Dawn Pottier, Taylor Sheridan's Land Man, June Bugs, drugs and sex in movies and his beloved aunt. 

Mullinger is back from Toronto and is rambling relentlessly about the Leafs Vs Panthers game he attended on Sunday night, why watch parties can be better than live games, why Sushi Blossom in Rothesay is better than Nobu in Toronto, chirping Brad Marchand, Katherine Ryan's new stand up tour show Battleaxe, what happened to newspapers in Toronto, grasping joy, Graydon Carter, his brother's birthday, the lack of EV chargers in Bouctouche, pickleball, wishing away ADHD, Bell Center Vs Scotiabank Arena, grenades in school at show and tell, greed and so many more tangents! Oh and stay until the end to hear his verdict on the brand new Final Destination movie! Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.com For podcast advertising or sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io 

It's a beautiful day and James is rambling about partying with MobLand star Geoff Bell, his show for CBCL in Halifax last week, touring with CBC's Ali Hassan, having a pedicure at SP beauty clinic, next week's big Centre For Youth Care fundraiser, Danny Dyer's BAFTA, companies exploiting Canadian goodwill for financial greed, sperm banks, gunmen, Campbellton Comedy Festival and he answers all of your pressing questions about monarchy, tourism, fiddleheads, wishing ADHD away, disk golf, dreaming of comedy, the monarchy and so much more!Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

James is in the best mood ever so it's the longest episode ever! He's rambling enthusiastically about the naughtiest thing he ever did as a child, Shediac, Lesley Choyce, The Write Cup Cafe & Bookstore, Landman, Marshall Button, Tim Hortons Smile Cookies, Frozen Junior - The Musical, Sushi Blossom, Revival, hamsters, Stanley Cup playoffs, the Saint John Public Library, Carney as well as answering all of your amazing questions. Is Red pepper hummus really hummus? Are hot dogs sandwiches? What makes a good MC? Should we bring back distancing? Skip or DoorDash? Cats or dogs? All this plus wise advice from Pope Francis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Rock. Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

It's 6.15am this morning and James is rambling about Tim Dillon's new special, Tom Hardy in MobLand and Havoc, the Saint John High School Choir, his five nerve-wracking shows last week, Centre For Youth Care, the difference between work-in-progress shows and big theatre shows, the genius of Patricia Gallagher, Juror #2, joke selection, cancellation, ads on streaming services and his son roasting him. Buy tickets for Echo Podcast Summit here:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/echo-podcast-summit-tickets-1292900463089Learn more about Centre For Youth Care and book tickets for the fundraiser show featuring James and the Saint John Youth Orchestra here:https://cycinc.ca/Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

James is rambling about New Brunswick realtors, upcoming shows, barking dogs, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, teachers, English literature and women’ studies, Rachael Kilgour, soccer, Jon Hamm's new show, hockey on Easter, churches, Toronto ferries, The Apprentice finale, little bitta politics plus all of your questions including best European cities, dating services and elections. Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

This week James is almost exclusively answering all of your hot questions! Where does he see himself in ten years? Why did he cancel his Maine shows? Dulse, Marmite, gifts, The Kids In The Hall, The Algonquin Resorts's new Chef, Fight League Atlantic, dreams and aspirations, single brothers, elections, Paddy The Baddy, MC-ing, strap-on vaginas and, well, a heck of a lot more! Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

It's Episode 50 and Mullinger is rambling about Putin's Alex Ovechkin Vs Trump's Wayne Gretsky. Why The White Lotus Season 3 finale was disappointing, but how The Minecraft Movie makes up for it with Jennifer Coolidge stealing the show! Bus trip to see the Montreal Canadiens win twice! Meeting Lane Hutson and getting him to sign a rookie card! Exploring Montreal's subways! Cheap Thrills Records! Emil Heineman and his dad! All this plus Kate Beaton's lecture, the problems with the NHL, the greatness of hockey, being reunited with Cole Caufield, Tie Domi's 333 fights, Mark Blagrave's Felt, Reuben's sandwiches, this weekend's shows in Saint Andrews and on Grand Manan Island and so much more! Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

It's episode 49 and James is recording this week's podcast live from the beautiful Podstarter Studios in Downtown Halifax and he has a very special guest with him... it's bestie Nancy Regan! James and Nancy are in the throes of filming an episode for the second season of her hit television show and tomorrow... Nancy will be - with James' help - performing her first ever stand up comedy show! What could possibly go wrong?! Listen to James' advice and coaching and hear how a television icon is still pushing boundaries and taking risks. Please send any questions to comedy@jamesmullinger.comFor podcast sponsorship opportunities please email Jonathan Burns at jon@podstarter.io

It's Episode 48 and for once James is rambling at a sensible time! Which means he's even more manic than ever. So strap in! The episode is shorter than normal because James is talking faster than ever about appearing on Nancy Regan's new TV show, Best Picture Winner Anora, The Alto Knights, Champions Of Magic, being reunited with his very first agent Alex Jarrett, television presidents in Prison Break and 24,Trump's Gold Card, boycotting American magazines, the ridiculous weather, the excellence of Unbound Media and the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation's game changing, life saving Medical Innovators' Challenge 2025!