George Stroumboulopoulos

Topics

Presentations

Through A Pop Culture Lens

A Canadian Success

The World According to George

Summary Profile

George Stroumboulopoulos is the host of The Hour, the only late night talk show in Canada. The program has won five Gemini Awards (Canada's equivalent to an Emmy Award), two for best talk series in Canada; two for best host in a talk program or series; and a Gemini for the production design of The Hour's set. The Hour is unlike any program on television. It is a hybrid of news and celebrity, reflected through in-depth conversations and dynamic production. He's personal and provocative, entertaining and informative, diverse and authentic. George covers politics, the arts, entertainment, the environment, human rights, sports and more. George is one of the most respected journalists in Canada, equally comfortable speaking with a world leader as he is a rock star. He has interviewed many of the most influential and recognized people in the world: 

Al Gore, Bono, Jean Chretien, Salman Rushdie, Stephen Harper, Bob Geldof, Jesse Jackson, Barbara Walters, Noam Chomsky, Matt Damon, Vicente Fox, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jamie Oliver, Stephen Lewis, Sheryl Crow, Samuel L. Jackson, Bryan Adams, Sir David Frost, Coldplay, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Nigella Lawson, Kenneth Cole, Robert Kennedy Jr., Gordon Lightfoot, Mohamed Al Fayed, John Cusack, Sir Richard Branson, Ricky Gervais, Lewis Lapham, Kim Cattrall, Gordon Ramsay, Deepak Chopra, Foo Fighters and more.

The Hour is the most successful multi-platform show at the CBC. The new website is the CBC's most popular site, with more than 3 million views this season. Their podcast is ranked in the top 5 in Canada and was voted the top video podcast in Canada on iTunes. And George has one of the top 100 YouTube channels in the world, with over 7 million views to date.

George is a broadcast veteran with more than 15 years of experience in radio and television. He began his journalism career in 1993 at a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia. He has worked at Toronto sports radio station 'The Fan 590,' at rock radio station 'The Edge 102.1, and at MuchMusic - Canada's music video station - as producer and host of The NewMusic, and MuchNews. In 2007, George returned to radio, with a three hour, weekly and nationally syndicated, cutting edge, music and talk show, called The Strombo Show. 

Prior to joining The Hour, George participated in a special feature series on CBC, 'The Greatest Canadian' in history. More than 1.2 million votes were cast over six weeks, as each of 10 advocates made their case for the Top 10 nominees. George made a personal and passionate case for Tommy Douglas, Canada's 'father of medicare,' and Douglas won. That passion has guided George's career, taking him around the world on a wide range of assignments. He has traveled to the Arctic for a special on literacy, youth culture and the loss of Inuit identity. He has been to Sudan with War Child Canada, and Zambia for a World AIDS Day special documentary.

The Hour is broadcast across Canada Monday through Friday, at 11 p.m. on CBC Television. It is taped in front of a live studio audience and reaches every home in Canada.  The Hour's website is cbc.ca/thehour.

Client Testimonials:

"Thank you so much for suggesting George for our campus - he absolutely rocked!! He was so calm and cool, his talk was incredible. We had quite possibly the largest student turn-out ever to see him. George is one of the most intelligent, educated speakers I have ever seen. He knows his music and he knows the world around him."

SAMRC