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Last Monday, Colorado Edition host Erin O’Toole started getting a flood of new Twitter mentions and follows. She soon realized all those messages were not exactly meant for her. A quick search of the news revealed there is another Erin O'Toole, north of the border, who was just elected leader of the Conservative Party in Canada. The two had a chance to meet via Skype to discuss their unlikely connection.

On Sunday night, Canada's Conservative Party chose Erin O'Toole as their leader in the upcoming election for prime minister of Canada. Many Canadians took to Twitter and accidentally found not the Erin O'Toole north of the border, but KUNC's very own Erin O'Toole, co-host of Colorado Edition. We sit down for a virtual Q&A to give the rest of the world a glimpse into the life of a public radio host in Colorado.

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