INSIDE THE VILLAGE: That is the closest we may get to Taylor Swift

This week on the podcast: As Canadian Swifties collect for the live shows of a lifetime, TorontoToday reporter Alex Flood is aware of all too effectively what to anticipate

Welcome again to Contained in the Village, a one-of-a-kind podcast the place all information is native — and no subject is off-limits.

On this week’s episode: Did you land Taylor Swift tickets?

Greater than a yr after first asserting her Canadian tour dates, the music icon is ready to kick off a six-show set on the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

How loopy will these live shows be? Toronto is predicted to welcome 500,000 folks to the town, producing an estimated $282 million in financial impression.

VIDEO: Heading to Toronto for Taylor Swift? You might need to thank this man

Alex Flood — a reporter at our newly launched TorontoToday — joins us on the podcast to speak all issues Taylor. Spoiler alert: As tempting because it was, Alex didn’t lease out his sofa within the hopes of reaping a few of that financial profit.

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Contained in the Village — hosted by Scott Sexsmith and Michael Friscolanti, the Editor-in-Chief of Village Media — is a information and present affairs podcast that gives a weekly window into a few of the greatest native journalism from throughout our chain of Ontario newsrooms. Produced by Derek Turner, this system additionally explores bigger-picture points that impression folks throughout the province.

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