Actor, broadcaster and comedian Jonathan Torrens returned home to P.E.I. this week to record an episode of his latest project.

Though he's best known for a variety of TV roles, on shows such as Street Cents, Jonovision, Trailer Park Boys and most recently Mr. D on CBC-TV, it was his popular podcast Taggart and Torrens that brought him back to the Island.

During a visit to CBC, Torrens told Compass host Bruce Rainnie that his career really started in Charlottetown.

"In Grade 1 I played the rabbit in The Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings at Sherwood Elementary School, thanks to the tutelage of my teacher, Sister Marie Arsenault," Torrens said. "So the legend goes, as my parents went outside to have a smoke at the intermission, some other parents were saying, 'That kid could write his own ticket if he tried.'"

He's still writing his own ticket, and his new podcast is about a love of all things Canadian, or "Canadianity," as he and his partner Jeremy Taggart call it.

"It's kind of a warts-and-all environment," he said. "We don't edit ourselves at all, it's essentially a weekly phone conversation. Jeremy was the drummer in Our Lady Peace, I'm the guy from that show, he's that guy from that band."

The pair even met on P.E.I., at a Canada Day show Our Lady Peace was playing.

"I was wearing an 'I heart Gordon Lightfoot' t-shirt, and he called me a Father of Confederation because of my hair, and we just bonded right away over lobster in Charlottetown, as a matter of fact," said Torrens.

While the acting roles are still his main job, Torrens is thrilled that the podcast has taken off, attracting a loyal audience.

"We don't do podcasting for the money," he said. "I know that will surprise you, but it's something that we're doing for genuine reasons, because we love it, has genuinely gotten some traction, and that's exciting."

You can find the podcast at www.taggartntorrens.ca