The Backline
Hosted by Adam and Rob · The Sonar Network
4.9from 108 ratings
- 265
- Episodes
- 32
- Transcribed
- 108
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
- 28K
- YouTube views
About The Backline
Canadian Comedy Award winners Rob Norman and Adam Cawley discuss weekly improv-based topics based on a theme.
- Publisher
- The Sonar Network
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 18 Jul 2014
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
32 of 265 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Untenable Position
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Choice Not Taken
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Improvise Like a Canadian
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Untenable Position
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And now I'm halfway through the scene and I'm trying to play with offers. I don't know. I don't, I don't remember what you said about that thing. It happened too quickly. You gave me six offers in a row and I could only respond to one of them. And now I'm in a scene trying to reach back and remember what you said six minutes ago. And I just don't have it. And that is for me the opposite or the, the perfect place in which I am paralyzed. There's nothing I can do. I have no idea how to move forward. There's in life when there is too much to do, when it's like, hey, there's something on the stove. […]
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- YouTube views
- 27,866
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 48 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 60 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 60
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts The Backline?
Adam and Rob host the show. Published by The Sonar Network.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Backline take guests?
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