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The world of entertainment through a Canadian lens with your hosts Sarah Hanlon and Richard Crouse.
Update frequency:
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Average audio length:
43 minutes
English
United States
28 episodes
since Nov. 22, 2025
episodic
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This week on Entertainment Is Broken, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon open the mailbag and get into the big questions... and, because this is us, also several deeply specific side quests.
Is Canada finally building a real star system? Sarah makes the case that something is shifting, with shows like…
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Are movie theatres finally back?
This week on Entertainment Is Broken, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon look at the return of audiences to cinemas, the rise of younger moviegoers, and why Canadian films may be benefiting from a renewed love of the big-screen experience.
From indie theatres as commun…
Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon open the Entertainment Is Broken mailbag to answer listener questions about the strange machinery behind show business.
Richard shares what celebrity junkets are really like, from exhausted movie stars answering the same question 40 times in a day to memorable encoun…
Is late night television dying, or has it just been chopped up into clips, podcasts, TikToks, and celebrity interviews designed for the algorithm?
This week on Entertainment Is Broken, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon look at the past, present, and uncertain future of late night TV. Sparked by conve…
Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon take on comedy as an art form… and why it so often gets treated like drama’s unserious cousin.
They discuss the craft behind great comedy, from timing and rhythm to improv, physical performance, writing, surprise, and the invisible work that makes a joke land. They a…
Mick Jagger is 82. Paul McCartney is 83. Ringo Starr is still making music. So are we witnessing a creative renaissance... or rock’s most determined refusal to retire?
Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon discuss legacy artists, nostalgia, concert ticket prices, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Wings, B…
What if the best concert you’ll ever see… only has 50 people in the room?
This week on Entertainment Is Broken, Richard and Sarah explore the phenomenon of massive artists going small — from secret shows and fake band names to surprise appearances in tiny venues.
Inspired by stories like The Rollin…
A new Michael Jackson biopic raises a familiar question… do audiences actually want the truth, or just a great show?
This week, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon unpack the new film Michael and the growing trend of biopics that trade accuracy for spectacle. When a story as complex as Michael Jackson’…
This week, Richard Crouse and Sarah Hanlon explore the thrill—and fragility—of live performance.
From Broadway productions like Rocky Horror and Chicago to the high-wire act of Saturday Night Live, they ask: what makes live entertainment feel so different… and why does it matter now more than ever?…
What is Angine de Poitrine… and why is everyone suddenly talking about them?
This week on Entertainment Is Broken, we break down the viral Quebec band turning heads by doing the exact opposite of what modern fame demands: staying anonymous.
With triangle masks, a made-up language, and music that fe…
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