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This Week in Anguish is the Canucks podcast that feels your pain out loud.

 

A weekly conversation about the only thing that really matters

with co-hosts Tristan and Ardella Thompson.

 

New episodes released each Sunday during the season,

some Sundays during the off-season.

Aug 31, 2020

This week in anguish:

- We talk through one of the most remarkable weeks for the hockey world in living memory. 

- We draft a letter to Francesco Aquilini, asking him to commit to supporting the initiatives of the Hockey Diversity Alliance.

- We educate ourselves about Black hockey history and racism's deep roots in the...


Aug 24, 2020

This week in anguish:

- The Canucks' fortunes soar as high as they have in almost a decade this week, while Tristan still found time in Games 3 and 4 to plumb those old familiar depths of despair.

- Two seconds: Proud as fudge of Travis Green. Enjoy him for a bit. Frankly correct. Turn the music up. 

- We revel in the...


Aug 16, 2020

This week in anguish:

- Is happily gobsmacked to be up 2-0 on the Blues, and especially to learn that Bo Horvat is able to do...that. 

- Acknowledges that underlying everything that's going well for the Canucks right now is one Quintin Hughes, just stirring the drink. 

- A micro-transcription of 27:50-27:56:

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Aug 9, 2020

This week in anguish:

- Is almost entirely anguish-free for the first time in the life of this podcast. The first honest-to-goodness, tangible team victory has us walking on air and has Tristan constantly bumping into his microphone with over-enthusiasm. (Sorry.)

- How Did We Not Know about Christopher Tanev's...


Aug 2, 2020

This week in anguish:

- Five years with the length of five years have passed since the last Canucks post-season game. We take our emotional temperatures and try to decide whether this feels more like 2015 or 2011.

-  Hearty applause for Matt Dumba and the Hockey Diversity Alliance, medium applause for HNIC's intro that...