The Langdon Auger Show
March 11th 2026
Featured Artists: REO Speedwagon, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Them
What a great way to kick off todays show with REO Speedwagon’s song “Roll With The Changes” a song that is a rock anthem about embracing life’s inevitable transformations and moving forward with resilience. That is the power of music and we just can’t get enough of it. This show is my mental health therapy where we listen non judgmentally. I wish to think of myself as a simple man just like the Lynyrd Skynyrd song because i have such fond memories of my grandmother Violet and sitting in her kitchen having tea and “pantry” cookies which is a flat molasses cookie which todays standard just does not measure up, but the main theme was just her giving me guidance as a very young man. My love for Granny is to large to actually put it into words and i miss her daily. In fact i miss her so much that i had to try and bring her words and guidance back to life. Thanks to the team at Casthost.net we have tried with our AI mental health companion on the website. Stop by and give Violet a try.
This edition of the Langdon Auger Show opens with a welcome and an invitation for song requests. The host talks about hearing different mental-health stories without judgment, jokes about his hair and day job, then introduces a dance set and a song he and a friend called “Tunnel Mountain.”
About this episode
He describes Mental Health Radio as a place for music and conversations about mental health. He says people handle things differently, invites song requests through live chat, and says he wants to listen without judgment.
He acknowledges listener requests, jokes that a haircut would leave him bald, and says a friend wrote a song to music that they called “Tunnel Mountain.” He closes by thanking listeners and wishing them “happy mental health.”
Full spoken transcript
Transcribed from the recording and lightly edited for readability. Song lyrics and recorded interludes are omitted. Some audio could not be transcribed; those gaps and unclear words are marked in brackets. Timestamps are approximate. The comments reflect the speakers’ own experiences and views.
Full spoken transcript (click to collapse or expand)
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A great song there from REO Speedwagon.
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Welcome to mentalhealthradio.ca. This is the Langdon Auger Show.
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We're going to be here for the next couple hours because this is kind of like my therapy, playing music and trying to talk about mental health, because mental health needs to be spoken about, needs to be talked about. We need to hear different stories of people because not everybody handles it the same way, and that's what we're here for at Mental Health Radio. We want to be able to listen to you non-judgmentally. Maybe we can play a song for you. You know, maybe you haven't heard a song and you really got a song like that. It's a very, very upbeat song. REO Speedwagon had a couple of them, but that was definitely one of them.
Let's get back to some music, and if you do want to request a song, just go into the live chat, just scroll down a bit. It's right there. Put your username in, make sure you save it, and just say, 'Hi, I'd like to hear this one.' If I have it, I will play it. It's that simple. Here we go. Speaking of simple, just like myself, 'Simple Man.'
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Our country's in a little bit of a jam every once in a while, so you guys are going to know this one, okay?
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We need to get that song for so very long. [Timing uncertain.]
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I'm so happy that I actually got it. Blood, Sweat, and Tears. 'Lucretia McEvil,' Van Morrison, and them in there before that with 'Gloria.' And Lynyrd Skynyrd started off the show with 'Simple Man.' How are y'all doing? 14 minutes after 5. Thanks for tuning in today to the Langdon Auger Show. We're going to be here until 7 p.m., and we're going to be playing tunes. We've got a request coming up right away. Oliver wanted to hear some Country Joe and the Fish, which we don't have a lot of. And, of course, we just lost Country Joe in the last day or so. So we're going to play that one for Oliver. Here it is.
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That's, of course, the Eagles from their Hell Freezes Over album in 1994, and 'Life in the Fast Lane.' Aerosmith in there as well with 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' from the Armageddon soundtrack. And Country Joe and the Fish from Woodstock started off with rock and soul music. I did it again. I can't help it. What is it, 28 minutes after, 29 minutes after 5? Let's get back to some music.
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Of course from their Trusted by Millions album. That's 54-40 and 'Love You All.' In before that, Michael Jackson from the Bad album, and helping out on guitar is Mr. Steve Vai. And we heard 'Dirty Diana,' but I'm thinking if Steve Vai played that well instead of what he did in Crossroads against Ralph Macchio, then he might have actually won. I'm just throwing it out there. Van Halen in there as well with 'Jamie's Crying.' How are you all doing? 20 minutes to 6 now. Thanks for the request. We got some more requests coming your way, but we're going to try to go out and get a haircut right now.
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Linda Ronstadt in 'That'll Be the Day.' And in before that, .38 Special with 'Caught Up in You,' and George Thorogood started off that set with 'Get a Haircut, Get a Real Job.' If I got a haircut, I'd still be bald, and I do have a real job. And it's not all that it's cracked up to be. That's correct. How are you doing? Just before the hour of six, we are very close to the dance portion of our show. So we got one more set to go before we get to that dance portion. So it gives you some time to stretch out, get your core working, you know, get some hydration in you and all that kind of stuff. But we have a much more serious thing to talk about right now. And it's regarding the Canmore Bunny situation.
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…is, of course, Canada's very own Saga, and 'On the Loose.' Foreigner, and before that, playing a little 'Head Games' and 'The Last Days' from their 2006 album Disbelief, talking about the Canmore bunny situation. And if you don't know about that one, look it up. It was quite an interesting story. Yes, it was. What is it, six minutes after? Robin just showed up. Nappy time went a little longer than hoped, but she's here. That's the main thing, just in time for the dance portion of the show. So let's hope she's hydrated, let's hope she's stretched out, and we're going to get to the dance portion of our show right after this song.
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From the '50s dance style party, 'Let's Go to the Hop.' 30 years later, head into David Bowie and 'Let's Dance.' Started all off with Moby from the Bourne soundtrack, all three movies, pretty much the end movie, and 'Extreme Ways.' 17 minutes after six, thanks again for tuning in. We are here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday starting at 5 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, and then Thursday it's a little bit later show. It starts at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, where we play just a little bit different stuff, a little bit B-side, if you will, not necessarily as commercial as we do Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but if you got any time at all to come on by, please do. We had this song. A friend of mine wrote this song to this music, and we called it 'Tunnel Mountain,' and it was where all the [narkers?] and colored tents would be because we spent some time on Tunnel Mountain. It's called Neil Young, 'Sugar Mountain.'
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'96 album, If There Was a Way, that, of course, Dwight Yoakam. 'Turn It On, Turn It Up, and Turn Me Loose.' Rodney Atkins before that with 'If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows).' And we started off that set with Neil Young and 'Sugar Mountain.' Got about a half hour left in the show. Thanks for tuning in. Thanks for the requests. You guys now have been countrified. Wonder if there's gravy on that. I don't know. I'm just, I just, that just came to my mind. Sorry about that. Flash in the Pan next.
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One of the great voices of music, and she should have been in last week's show on Thursday, but it's just really hard to get them all in, in a two-hour show. That is, of course, Carole King and 'I Feel the Earth Move.' Paper Lace in before that, 'The Night Chicago Died.' Flash in the Pan in there started us all off with 'Hey, St. Peter.' Well, that's just about it for me. I got time for one more set. Thanks, everybody, for tuning in. Thanks for your request. Hopefully you enjoyed the show today, but we're going to get to this set and we'll come back and say our goodbyes.
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Oh, another great female voice in rock and roll music, of course. That is Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. But don't get me wrong, Tears for Fears in there with 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World.' And the Rolling Stones started off that set from the Steel Wheels album and 'Rock and a Hard Place.' That's it for me. I'm out of here. I got time for one more song, but we got great time tunes coming up. We've got some Kate Smith a little bit here within the next half hour. We got some Nana Mouskouri, Amy Winehouse, Bad Religion up as well. Want to wish you happy mental health. And we're going to end today's show with a song I used to play drums to: Sweet and Sweet F.A. Have yourselves a good evening. Well, it's Friday.
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