
Famous Lost Words
Bell Media
Famous Lost Words” unearths the greatest interviews of all time. Hosted by songwriter and legendary MuchMusic Veejay Christopher Ward and longtime CHUM radio producer (and archivist) Tom Jokic, “Famous Lost Words” is a weekly podcast on the iHeartRadio Canada app. It’s a deep dive into the extensive iHeartRadio archives – featuring classic interviews that haven’t been heard since they first aired.
Categories: Music
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This episode of Famous Lost Words is dedicated to legendary Canadian broadcaster John Donabie, who passed away a few days ago. John’s interviews have been prominently featured on Famous Lost Words and he also joined us on a couple of occasions to share his incredible stories. And great broadcaster and a wonderful man, John Donabie will be missed.
For this, the last episode of season 10, we have quite a collection of artists. First up is a rather feisty 1988 interview with Canadian legend Gordon Lightfoot. We already have lots of Lightfoot content in the archives, which we put together for our tribute to him upon his passing in 2023 – one of our most listened to episodes. But we came across this 1988 interview just a few days ago – and it’s a good one. Gord is looking back on his career as he approaches his 50th birthday. But Lightfoot is pretty spirited in this chat with Gord James.
Next up is a fascinating chat with Todd Rundgren. We’re date stamping these clips at about 1979 as Todd talks about his solo music, his work with the band Utopia and his fascination with new technology, including the early days of music videos. This guy’s mind never stops.
Then we have an early ‘80s chat with Pat Benatar as she chats with broadcaster Ingrid Schumacher about life on the road and the price of fame. Plus, we have a special bonus cut as Pat ponders her long-term influence on other aspiring musicians.
And we finish up with some Cool Song Facts, and we run the gamut here – with information spanning centuries, from Beethoven to Paul Simon to Earth Wind & Fire.
Famous Lost Words, hosted by Christopher Ward and Tom Jokic, is heard in more than 100 countries worldwide and on radio stations across Canada, including Newstalk 1010 Toronto, CJAD 800 Montreal, 580 CFRA Ottawa, AM 800 CKLW Windsor, 610 CKTB St Catharines, CFAX Victoria, AM1150 Kelowna and 91x in Belleville. It is in the Top 20% of worldwide podcasts based on the number of listeners in the first week.
Previous episodes
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164 - 1010 - Gordon Lightfoot, Pat Benatar, Todd Rundgren & Cool Song Facts Fri, 14 Feb 2025
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163 - 1009 - Pink Floyd, Nickelback, Gwen Stefani, Black Eyed Peas & '60 Girl Groups! Fri, 31 Jan 2025
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162 - 1008 - MuchMusic: the early years, plus Bowie and Peter Gabriel, on music videos. Fri, 17 Jan 2025
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161 - 1007 - Elvis at 90: A celebration Wed, 08 Jan 2025
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160 - 1006 - '70s Rock pt 3 w/Aerosmith, KISS, Heart, Steve Miller and more! Fri, 20 Dec 2024
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159 - 1005 - '70s rock pt 2 - Foreigner, Journey, Styx, ELO and more! Fri, 06 Dec 2024
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158 - 1004 - '70s Rock w/Boston, Doobies, Jethro Tull and BTO! Fri, 22 Nov 2024
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157 - 1003 - Supertramp, Natasha Bedingfield, Yoko Ono, Julian Lennon and '70s Soul! Fri, 08 Nov 2024
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156 - 1002 - Lindsey Buckingham, Eric Carmen, how "Beth" became a hit, and the most important woman in hip-hop history! Fri, 25 Oct 2024
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155 - 1001 - Robert Plant, "Purple Rain", BB King and our fave rock stars! Fri, 11 Oct 2024
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154 - Season 10 preview! Fri, 04 Oct 2024
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153 - FLW Special - Purple Rain at 40! Sat, 27 Jul 2024
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152 - FLW - Taylor Swift Special! Fri, 09 Feb 2024
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151 - 910 - Carly Simon, Train, Gary Wright, Triumph... and the FLW Drinking Game?? Fri, 26 Jan 2024
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150 - 909 - CSN, The Hollies, Peter Tosh, Lee Aaron and the worst breakup ever! Fri, 12 Jan 2024
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149 - 908 - Soul, Disco & Hip-Hop pt 2 w Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Arrested Development and more Fri, 22 Dec 2023
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148 - 907 - Soul/R&B/Disco/Hip-Hop special w EWF, Aretha, Beyonce, Smokey, Chic and more! Fri, 08 Dec 2023
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147 - Special - Myles Goodwyn of April Wine (1948-2023) Mon, 04 Dec 2023
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146 - 906 - Daryl Hall & John Oates, Steven Page, Brandi Carlile and the greatest debut albums ever! Fri, 24 Nov 2023
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145 - 905 - Prince, Jimmy Buffett, former Much VJ Bill Welychka! Fri, 10 Nov 2023
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144 - 904 - New Wave pt 3 - Human League, Pretenders, OMD & When Rock Stars Attack! Fri, 27 Oct 2023
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143 - 903 - New Wave pt 2 - Talking Heads, Kate Bush and the best New Wave album ever! Fri, 13 Oct 2023
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142 - 902 - New Wave spectacular w Duran, Blondie, Devo, Spoons & more! Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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141 - 901 - Season 9! Paul McCartney, Robbie Robertson & The Spinners! Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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140 - Season 9 is coming soon! Thu, 31 Aug 2023
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139 - Special - Robbie Robertson (1943-2023) Thu, 10 Aug 2023
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138 - Special - Tina Turner (1939-2023) Fri, 26 May 2023
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137 - Special - Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) Tue, 02 May 2023
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136 - 812 - Loverboy, Chuck Berry, The Sex Pistols! Fri, 03 Mar 2023
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135 - 811 - Bee Gees! Heart! Michael Buble! Fri, 17 Feb 2023
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134 - Special - David Crosby tribute Fri, 20 Jan 2023
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133 - Special - Lisa Marie Presley (2005) & Priscilla Presley (2006) Sat, 14 Jan 2023
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132 - 810 - Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Warren Zevon and the greatest lyric ever! Fri, 13 Jan 2023
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131 - 809 - Meatloaf, Olivia, Jerry Lee and the Greatest Year Ever! Sun, 01 Jan 2023
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130 - 808 - Tragically Hip! Cheap Trick! Bo Diddley! Nick Lowe! Fri, 16 Dec 2022
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129 - 807 - Madonna! Pretenders! Zappa! TJ vs The VJ! Fri, 02 Dec 2022
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128 - 806 - Tina Turner! Cher! Melissa Etheridge! Fri, 18 Nov 2022
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127 - 805 - Van Morrison, Byrds, Carole King & more on The '60s, pt 3! Fri, 04 Nov 2022
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126 - 804 - Simon & Garfunkel, Mamas & Papas, James Brown and more from The '60s! Fri, 21 Oct 2022
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125 - 803 - The '60s! Aretha! Beach Boys! Righteous Bros! CSN & more! Fri, 07 Oct 2022
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124 - 802 - Keith Richards! Cyndi Lauper! Steve Miller! (plus more Keef!) Fri, 23 Sep 2022
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123 - 801 - Sting, Cool Song Facts, and the Greatest Time Capsule Song! Fri, 09 Sep 2022
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122 - Season 8 is coming soon! Mon, 29 Aug 2022
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121 - Motown legend Lamont Dozier - special tribute Tue, 09 Aug 2022
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120 - Olivia Newton-John (circa 1978) Mon, 08 Aug 2022
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119 - Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode - 2005 Fri, 27 May 2022
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118 - R&R Hall of Fame Special - Carly Simon Tue, 10 May 2022
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117 - R&R Hall Of Fame Special - Lionel Richie Mon, 09 May 2022
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116 - R&R Hall Of Fame Special - Pat Benatar Sat, 07 May 2022
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115 - R&R Hall Of Fame Special - Duran Duran Fri, 06 May 2022