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Tyler Kotowski tries his hand at a solo podcast episode wherein he discusses the upcoming Just for Laughs showcase in Winnipeg, some great things happening at Rumor’s Comedy Club, and a new bit he’s excited to work on. Let us know what you think!

We’ve unlocked our first Patreon exclusive post to give to the masses. This is a live show from Luci’s Comedy Club called Bad Advice, created and hosted by Tyler Kotowski and featuring guests Tim Gray and Karlee Liljegren. In the show, the audience is encouraged to write down anything they want advice on. And the advice is usually very bad.

This is not an Episode of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast. Tyler Penner is away on assignment, starting with the Superbowl and then the Olympics. We keep telling him we’re not a sports show, but' he’s committed to the bit. So, while Tyler is away the Tyler will play… with guest Chad Anderson. Chad is a touring headliner who performs raw, honest and hilarious stand-up comedy in towns and cities on all 3 sides of this beautiful country sitting on stolen land.

Episode 42. Andy Noble, surgery survivor, joins the podcast to talk about going viral, inventions, staying fit, and having fun.

Episode 41 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast kicks off with a banger. We discuss Kid Cudi and TI getting into stand-up comedy, cock removal operation procedure, acronyms, Winnipeg reddit, a cute cat we found, transit problems, Heated Rivalry, and Sandra Schmirler the curler.

Episode 40 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast is finally here. Our esteemed guest Jordan Welwood joins us to talk about Tattoo Conventions, stand-up comedy gigs from hell, nipples, Just for Laughs, the kindness of Pete Holmes and Nate Bargatze, and then we discuss the Winnipeg General strike of 1918, Bloody Saturday, and the start of a major labour movement across Canada.

Episode 39 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast. We discuss Tesla, the couch, the stand-up comedy film "Is this Thing On?", Jesse Plemons vibe check, Dr. Odyssey, a British Airlines pilot that was sucked out of the cockpit, politics of war, Lino cut prints, and more. The lore this is week is the story of the Gimli Glider, a plane that ran out of gas on it's way from Ottawa to Edmonton and had to make an emergency landing on a small runway in Gimli, Manitoba. Thank you to our sponsor Rumor's Comedy Club. Hit us up for tickets to shows on our Instagram. Check out our Patreon to see a couple live shows hosted by Tyler Kotowski and now the boys review the iconic internet video Cake Farts.

The dawgs have a lot to catch up on since we last spoke. We’re touching on goals for 2026, we’re discussing George St. Pierre’s speaking tour. We hope to talk to Shaun Murphy about his upcoming stand-up special. Check out our sponsor Rumor’s Comedy Club. Jeff McEnery is there this week. The second half of this episode we revisit special moments in 2025 for the t-boys. Tommy Prince, Gerald Blanchard and a rant about Louis CK’s show in Winnipeg. Check out our patreon to support the show, lots of great exclusive content planned for this year.

Episode 37 is here, we’re wrapping up 2025 and setting some serious goals for 2026. Was Tesla a good guy or a dweeb loser? What happened when the pilot took mushrooms before a commercial flight? All this and a brand new Prairie Lore.

Are you ready? Episode 36 is a good one. Tyler Kotowski and Tyler Penner discuss their recent celebrity hang at Luci's Comedy Club featuring Johnny Pemberton, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Paul Walter Hauser and others at Luci's Comedy Club. Other topics: little person basketball team, playing it cool, and more. Sponsored as always by Rumor's Comedy Club.

Episode 35 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast is brought to you by Rumor’s Comedy Club. This episode features guest dawg Dan Duvall, who’s father’s family has roots around Wayburn and Cut Knife Saskatchewan. The Prairie Lore this week covers the Battle of Cut Knife Hill, fought on May 2, 1885, during the North-West Rebellion, occurred when a flying column of North-West Mounted Police, Canadian militia, and Canadian regulars attacked a Cree and Assiniboine teepee settlement near Battleford in the North-West Territories' District of Saskatchewan. First Nations fighters forced the Canadian forces to retreat, with losses on both sides.

In this episode of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast our hosts record on the highest floor in Winnipeg (ignore any taller buildings in the background, those are deepfake). Pogo sticks come up a lot, but the recreational bouncing pole and the battered hot dog on a stick. This week's prairie lore is about Piercy Augustus “Percy” Haynes. Thanks to our sponsor Rumor's Comedy Club.

Episode 33 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast - ‘Double Down: The Real Pinball Wizard’ with guest Emmanuel Lomuro. We’re getting into all sorts of hot topics like asian accents (again), smoking weed, corporate jobs, making friends, t pain might be racist, and our amazing Prairie Lore story about legendary Winnipeg basketball phenom Todd MacCulloch. Sponsored by Rumor’s Comedy Club.

Episode 32 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast. We discuss Filipino Diving Team, Asian accents (again), deep dive into Conspiracy Theory culture, and the prairie lore is all about famous Winnipeg sculptor Leo Mol.

Episode 31 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast features some great riffs about Toronto Slang, the word Wigga, gang handshakes, Got Milk, Big Daddy Tazz, Clapter, and another great lore about the Mad Trapper of Rat River, criminal Albert Johnson who evaded capture for a month in the Canadian wilderness.

Ep 30 of the PDP features world renowned comedian and viral sensation Benji Rothman. He talks about acting on a canadian tv show with TK, going to Toronto for Game 7 of the World Series, Hutterites, and a thrilling prairie lore filled with war stories.

Episode 29 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast. Tyler Kotowski and Tyler Penner touch base on an overweight Polynesian island, Dentists, Remembrance Day, the crushing Toronto Blue Jays loss to the Los Angelos Dodgers, Japanese accents, karate class awkwardness and the prairie lore is about 3 war veterans from one block in Winnipeg’s west end who all received the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery during World War 1. Sponsored by Rumor’s Comedy Club, go check out Benji Rothman headline there this week!

It's episode 28 of the Prairie Dawgs Podcast. No guest this week, but that doesn't make it any less special. We discuss an array of topics like pop punk band names, controversial Halloween costumes, Both, and in the Prairie Lore segment we go over the Falcon Lake, Mb UFO incident. Pretty interesting stuff! Join the patreon to hear the bonus alien chit chat. Sponsored by Rumor's Comedy Club.

Episode 27 is a gasoline fever dream, stay til the end to find out why! It’s just the T boys this time. They discuss tip culture, subway and the artists they employ, remembering Mr. Sub, and an incredible piece of spooky lore - Dr. T.G. (Thomas Glendenning) and Lillian Hamilton's investigations of psychic phenomena in their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba between 1918 and 1945.

Comedian Chris Locke joins Tyler Kotowski and Tyler Penner to talk about comedy in Canada, classic TV shows, conflict in the bathroom, philosophy, tattoos, and a great prairie lore that’s in A League of Their Own. Sponsored by Rumor’s Comedy Club.