Home | Under The Influence with Terry O'Reilly | CBC Radio

Skip to Main Content Accessibility Help

Under the Influence Returns January 4th
Under the Influence returns to the airwaves January 4th with a brand-new season.
Radio Under the Influence September 29
The New York City Library once refused to carry Goodnight Moon
Radio Under the Influence June 8
The only scene HBO asked David Chase to change in The Sopranos
Radio Under the Influence June 1
Dolly Parton entered a Dolly Parton look-alike contest. And lost.
Radio Under the Influence May 18
How one carmaker used tiny billboards to get inside its competitors' vehicles
Radio Under the Influence May 4
This brand made a fortune blowing bubbles for 75 years
Radio Under the Influence April 27

Goodyear once believed its blimps could be sold as "air yachts."

Radio Under the Influence April 20

This Michigan couple spotted a lucrative lottery loophole

Radio Under the Influence April 13

That time the Saskatchewan Roughriders played the Ottawa Rough Riders

Radio Under the Influence April 6

This New Zealand ad agency is fighting gender inequality one Google search at a time

Radio Under the Influence March 23

The Red Cross produced a horror commercial for blood donations

Radio Under the Influence March 2

This chill movie theatre wants you to keep your phone on

Radio Under the Influence March 9

How a chimpanzee brought Xerox to the masses

Radio Under the Influence February 23

How spinach became Popeye's secret weapon

Radio Under the Influence February 14

IKEA recruits employees using 'inside the box' thinking

Radio Under the Influence February 3

Thou shall change church signs during Covid -Hygenesis 24:7

Radio Under the Influence January 26

L'Oreal changed its slogan for the first time since 1971

Radio Under the Influence January 19

The real reason Charlie became Willy Wonka

Radio Under the Influence January 12

The four-word code that signalled the end of a long reign

Radio Under the Influence January 5

How many French fries did the boy in the 1987 McCain ad really have to eat?

Radio Under the Influence June 23, 2022

Burger King found a way to offer Whoppers at McDonald's

Radio Under the Influence June 23, 2022

This 1960s toy brand set a record year for sales in 2018

Radio Under the Influence June 2, 2022

How a waffle iron inspired the Nike shoe

Radio Under the Influence June 9, 2022

This burger chain showed mouldy food in its advertising

Radio Under the Influence May 26, 2022

Why plain old vanilla is the world's favourite ice cream flavour

Radio Under the Influence May 19, 2022

Inmates in a Brazil prison shorten their sentences by writing book reviews

Radio Under the Influence May 7, 2022

now