On The Other Side with Julian McKenzie

On burnout, Busta Rhymes, and the Bachelorette

Hello friends, welcome back!

For this week's On the Other Side, we interviewed Julian McKenzie! 

Julian covers the Calgary Flames for The Athletic and is a podcaster host on The Chris Johnston Show from SDPN and Zone Time on Yahoo Sports. 

Our new bit is trying to guess our interviewee's sun sign (because we’re Astro girlies!) without looking anything up - just vibes and wild assumptions. Luckily, we're two for two, but we'll create a new segment when we get one wrong.

For Julian, his passion and high energy got us guessing Aries, and because we're never wrong, we were right! 

Since we love talking, this one is also a bit long, but as always, worth it!

N.B.: Some questions and answers have been edited for length and clarity. 

How and why did you end with hockey as your main focus in the media? 

Growing up in Montreal, hockey's like the thing to talk about. During elementary school, I conversed with my friends as young as 8-9; we just talked about whatever Canadiens game was on the other night…