Did Trump and Auston Matthews ruin our launch?

If you have ever quietly muttered "SPORTS, why do you make it so hard to like you?" then we have an episode for you.

We spent the past month and half getting ready to launch a program that is a celebration of our city, called Toronto Appreciation Nite!

It's a creative digital town square, that celebrates teams, memes and past scenes. A weekly friend hang, with a seat at the table open for you... and then American politics entered the chat.

Learn about our hosts Dan Speerin, Vince Kesavamoorthy and Meagan Dingman, and their long history of existing as the friendliest outsiders in the Toronto media bubble. From being ghosted by Rob Ford to being the left ones, left out on right wing radio, you'll get a better and more introspective look on the hurdles of just trying to be a fan, when you aren't the chosen profile.

Instead of dropping the usual trailer, we gave you our group chat. Listen as we vent about fandom, Canadian media, and why the future of sports media, depends on new voices, and more perspectives.

On this special episode zero:

How can so many talking heads in Canadian media, look the other way, with Team USA's MAGA field trip?

How do you feel about a TSN panel mocking the controversy?

Why women and bipoc folks, find hockey and sports fandom in Canada, a less than friendly place.

Can love for a con man, stay cancon? Will Canadian fans boo their captains?

Can Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews really believe he didn't do something political?

Dave Bidini was right, this was cowardly - but where was this opinion on tv or YouTube, in the days following the event?

Can a sports show cater to a different audience? Or is sports media doomed to be dominated by guys who like to call each other O-Dog?

And deeper dives.

Before we launch the show, please accept our invitation to be our neighbour and join a new kind of Toronto sports show!