Tod Maffin uses Google autocomplete to answer questions about himself: he's 55, married to Jocelyn for 12 years, spent a decade at the CBC as a tech host, changed his name from Todd to Tod at 19, and has severe sleep apnea. He debunks celebrity net-worth sites and describes himself as mostly atheist, pro-decency, and anti-assholery.
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Someone is Googling me right now. I know this because Google's autocomplete is a merciless little snitch, and it has been quietly assembling a dossier of public curiosity about me that is both flattering and somewhat humiliating. So let's go through them. Is Tod Maffin old? Uh, well, I used to keep my age private, and then I blurted it out at last year's Infusion that it was my 55th birthday, and the media were there, wanted to put it in the story. Now it's like in the bowels of Wikipedia or something. So there you go. Is Tod Maffin married? Yes, Jocelyn. She shows up in videos here and there. She also works from home, but for nonprofit, which objectively makes her a better person than me. We've been married for 12 years now. Tod Maffin children? Oh, well, uh, we can't have children, and I think the reason why is obvious. We have white carpets. Nah, I'm kidding, we have kids. Otis and Churro. Is Tod Maffin with the CBC? Not anymore. I used to be. I spent a decade there as a national host and producer. I filled in for radio hosts when they were on holiday, uh, I hosted two of my own shows, and sometimes I showed up on the national news as the network's technology columnist.
Keeping an eye on that, Tod Maffin, the CBC's technology Todd Maffin, real name?
Fair point. I changed my name when I was about 10. My parents named me Todd with two Ds, but when I was a kid, I got it in my head that my name really should have been one D. I think they played along. I think they thought like it was a phase or something, but it wasn't. I knew, and when I turned 19, I had it legally changed. Tod Maffin disability? Oh, okay, well, sleep apnea. I got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I did one of those like sleep tests and apparently stopped breathing 31 times an hour, which is You know, alarming. And I have a CPAP, and sometimes I even use it. "Tod Maffin net worth." Hahaha! Well, the celebrity net worth websites have answers to this question, and I can tell you, as someone who now writes fiction, that those answers are completely fiction. No, we do not own a yacht, we do not own a second house or a cabin. We have a roof over our heads, and that makes us very fortunate in my books. "Is Tod Maffin religious?" When I was younger, I spent a lot of time around Anglicans, but I'm mostly atheist with like a small agnostic Asterisk, which means I'm 98% certain that there is no God and 2% certain that I probably should not be so smug about that. Is Tod Maffin a liberal? I look, I try to cover Canadian politics evenly. I have said kind things about politicians from multiple parties and unkind things about politicians from multiple parties, and both groups have written me to complain, which I consider to be a reasonable performance review. But I do not think it'll surprise people that I am pro-decency and anti-assholery. Now, as for how Google Google gets these. It's just what people type in a lot. So can we try something? Go to Google and search for this: "Why is Tod Maffin so handsome?" And if this works, I will come back and show you.
