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Our friends at Ted Rogers Hot Docs Cinema in Toronto are offering SC-CC’s audience FREE tickets to two live Podcast tapings: The Allusionist Live and Canadaland presents: The Backbench!

The Allusionist Live: "Your Name..…..HERE..….."

Sunday, December 11, 1:00 PM | Hot Docs Cinema 506 Bloor St W, Toronto

Returning to Toronto for the first time since their sold-out shows at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival in 2018 and 2019, award-winning entertainment podcast The Allusionist is back with an all-new stage show exploring the hidden stories of words. In ‘Your Name Here,’ the show’s linguistic pincers get stuck into words that come from people’s names: eponyms. Eponyms find themselves all over menus, hats, exercise maneuvers, streets, towns, measurements, flowers, space, guns and diseases! Sometimes they’re an honour, sometimes they’re an insult, but they’re always a good story. Join host Helen Zaltzman and house band Martin Austwick for a fascinating and irreverent adventure into the chaotic world of words.

FREE ticket code for The Allusionist: HDEPONYMCOMP

*Please select the Complimentary ticket to get the offer. 

**Any questions with using the codes can go to boxoffice@hotdocs.ca 

Canadaland presents: The Backbench: The Year in Review

Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 PM | Hot Docs Cinema 506 Bloor St W, Toronto

Canadaland’s hit political podcast The Backbench is coming to you live and in person! Join host and Jeopardy super champion Mattea Roach and a panel of special guests for an evening of political shit talking and sharp commentary. We’re going to look back on a year of highlights and lowlights, from the Freedom Convoy, to Justinflation, to the Liberal-NDP ”woke” coalition, not to mention our new opposition leader – there’s a lot of ground to cover! You’ll hear about the funniest, most significant, and strangest moments from the year in political news, and who better to guide you than our trusted and hilarious Backbench panelists? Bring your most absurd questions for an evening of “serious” political discourse. Come talk shit about the news! 

FREE ticket code for Canadaland: The Backbench: HDPOLITICSCOMP

*Please select the Complimentary ticket to get the offer. 

**Any questions with using the codes can go to boxoffice@hotdocs.ca