Let us take you into the pages of the Walrus as a chorus of vibrant voices bring to life essays, fiction, poetry, illustrations and photography from some of Canada’s best writers and artists.
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Winner, "Outstanding Music Series", 2022 Canadian Podcast Awards. In this passion project of a podcast, longtime Hockey Night In Canada and TSN broadcaster (and Beatles expert!) Paul Romanuk chats with great Canadian music people about the greatest band in the history of pop music - The Beatles. Each episode will feature a different guest, who will dive into their favourite Beatles or Beatles solo album, track by track. Some of the biggest names in Canadian music tell their stories about dis ...
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The Walrus & Philper Show is a bit hard to explain, but please don't ask Philper to explain it, unless you have all day. Classic Rock & More says it best. Enjoy some rare cuts, good old fashioned fun (usually at Philper's expense) and light hearted banter, balanced with Classic Rock stories, music, interviews and information. Pull up an ear and enjoy!
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This is "I Am The Walrus" that explores and shares the stories of a young boy growing up during the 1960s in the South. What could be call the most prolific decade in history has so many twist and turns that developed a young boy into a man...but not the one his Father thought he should be.
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Walrus takes on the intricate and wildly fascinating city that is Berlin. An exquisite adventure through one of the most exciting cities of the 21st century. “So, does that mean this is a serious podcast?” Oh yes, very serious. Walrus is no jester. He has round glasses and wears matching socks. Luckily, the show also has giggly guests, edgy editing and telling tales. All topped off with a down to earth, self-deprecating voice-over. “Now Walrus (is your name really Walrus?), another question ...
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How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class
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23:55The ‘80s haven’t gone away. Forty years later, policies to prop up the super-rich are still going strong. Lori Wilson reads How the 1980s Engineered the Collapse of the Working Class About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services,…
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S4 E13 - ARCHIVE EDITION - Let It Be - Musician Dave Bidini of The Rheostatics
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1:45:49Fifty-five years ago, The Beatles performed a legendary 42-minute set on the rooftop of 3 Savile Row in Central London during lunchtime. This iconic performance, as well as their Shea Stadium shows and appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, holds a special place in the hearts of Beatles fans worldwide. To commemorate this historic event, we’ve delved…
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Why the Law Fails Victims of Violent Partners
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26:48Without systemic reform of our justice system, more women and children will die from intimate partner abuse. Matt Speirs reads Why the Law Fails Victims of Violent Partners About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv an…
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The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining
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8:49Taxpayers will be stuck paying for the cleanup of the Eagle mine disaster. Lori Wilson reads The Spectacular Fall of Victoria Gold, Once the Darling of Yukon Mining About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-au…
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Why Is Canada Protecting the Names of Suspected Nazis?
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11:38Ottawa won’t disclose a list of alleged war criminals believed to have sheltered here after the Second World War. Lori Wilson reads Why Is Canada Protecting the Names of Suspected Nazis? About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast servi…
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Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell
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11:15Publishers are turning away from personal stories. Have readers stopped caring about each other’s lives? Lori Wilson reads Memoirs Are Almost Impossible to Sell About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio …
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Want to Raise a Kid in Canada? That’ll Be $293,000. . . and climbing
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27:36Millennials aren’t forgoing parenthood due to the cost of strollers or a second car. They’re thinking about the high cost-of-living, sky-rocketing housing prices and reliable childcare. Marjorie Nicolaou reads Want to Raise a Kid in Canada? That’ll Be $293,000. . . and climbing About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, inform…
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Cuts to Toronto Schools Are Carving into Bone
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22:06Mice and rat infestations, leaky roofs, a lack of staff and class supplies - inside the gradual erosion of public education in Ontario. Lori Wilson reads Cuts to Toronto Schools Are Carving into Bone About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three br…
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Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again
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22:09The Canadian Medical Association reports that more than 6.5 million of Canada’s 41 million people lack access to regular primary care. Why is family medicine dying? Paul Berry reads Your Doctor Won’t See You Now—or Ever Again About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially s…
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I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse
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10:24In Cape Breton, housing was never an issue. But now that she’s been priced out Emily Latimer is picking up the power tools.Lori Wilson reads I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three bro…
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Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up?
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12:01NDAs are silencing whistleblowers and sexual assault victims. Lori Wilson reads Seven Years after #MeToo: What Is the Cost of Speaking Up? About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-tél…
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In Gaza, Language Is All We Have Left
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15:20Every day, Palestinians mourn in the Arabic language. If the world understood the beauty of their words, perhaps they might care about them. Lori Wilson reads In Gaza, Language Is All We Have Left About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broad…
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Tech Titans Should Pay to Save Canada’s Newsrooms
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25:29It’s time to take seriously the idea of using digital taxes to rebuild journalism. Matt Speirs reads Tech Titans Should Pay to Save Canada’s Newsrooms About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English…
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Lori Wilson reads The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick
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21:02Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything.Lori Wilson reads The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us SickAbout AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audi…
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An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion Impossible
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20:17Racialized professors at the University of British Columbia say they were underpaid, bullied, and ignored.Marjorie Nicolaou reads An Elite Law School Promised Reforms, Then Made Inclusion ImpossibleAbout AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadca…
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Lori Wilson reads Blaming Immigrants Is a Gateway to Far-Right Extremism
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16:25As Canada cuts down on the number of newcomers, anti-immigration rhetoric could fuel something more sinister.Lori Wilson reads Blaming Immigrants Is a Gateway to Far-Right Extremism.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI…
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S4 E12 - A Hard Day's Night (Side Two) - Songwriter Luka Kuplowsky
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56:10In Part Two of their conversation about The Beatles 1964 album A Hard Day's Night, songwriter Luka Kuplowsky and host Paul Romanuk dig into Side Two of the record, track-by-track. You can check out Luka's work on his Bandcamp Page or his YouTube Channel. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privac…
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S4 E11 - A Hard Day's Night (Side One) - Songwriter Luka Kuplowsky
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1:00:01Songwriter Luka Kuplowsky talks with host Paul Romanuk about The Beatles fantastic 1964 album A Hard Day's Night. In this episode they talk about Side One of the album. Also, lots of talk about Luka's fantastic record How Can I Possibly Sleep When There Is Music. A couple of great places to find Luka's work are at his Bandcamp Page or his YouTube C…
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The Quebec Secession Crisis Is Coming, and Canada Isn’t Ready
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15:58Why Quebec sovereigntists see their chance now, is Canada prepared for another referendum fight? Paul Berry reads The Quebec Secession Crisis Is Coming, and Canada Isn’t Ready About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv…
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The $20 Sandwich That Could Topple Trudeau
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16:32Consumer rage is real—and it’s shaping the next election, but blaming Liberal policies is misguided. Paul Berry reads The $20 Sandwich That Could Topple Trudeau About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio …
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My husband wanted to have a child. I didn’t. Here is how it went.
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15:43Looking back on her early life helped Nicole Louie understand that not becoming a mother had presented itself as a magic shield that would protect her from the bad experiences of her mother and grandmother. Lori Wilson reads My husband wanted to have a child. I didn’t. Here is how it went. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entert…
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S4 E10 - 2024 Christmas Special - Looking Back on The Beatles' 1964
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47:19It's that time of the year! In this year's edition of The Walrus Was Paul podcast Christmas Special, host Paul Romanuk takes a look back at The Beatles' 1964 - sixty years ago and the year they broke in America. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy…
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Too many bears are becoming casualties in the battle of the bins. Lori Wilson reads How We Treat Bears in Cities Is Trash About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’…
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The Carbon Tax Is Good for Canadians. Why Axe It?
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18:52Pierre Poilievre’s sloganeering ‘Axe the Tax’ is based on a false premise. But the Liberals fumbled a smart carbon policy. Lori Wilson reads The Carbon Tax Is Good for Canadians. Why Axe It? About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast s…
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The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
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24:41Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life? Marjorie Nicolaou reads The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-…
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S4 E9 - ARCHIVE EDITION - Tug Of War - Steven Page
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1:30:55We dig into the archive for this episode, featuring the great Steven Page (founding member of The Barenaked Ladies, solo artist and part of The TransCanada Highwaymen supergroup). Steven talks to host Paul Romanuk about Paul McCartney's 1982 number one album Tug Of War. Here's an interesting interview McCartney did for his Club Sandwich newsletter …
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Artificial intimacy is taking over the dating world—and leaving us lonelier than ever. Lori Wilson reads When your lover is a bot About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in Fren…
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The inside story of one of Canada’s most brazen, baffling, and mysterious art heists and how the police cracked it. Paul Berry reads Stealing Winston Churchill About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio i…
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Why Canada Should Worry about Trump's Second Coming
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14:29The alarming cross-border influence of America’s political turmoil.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé inFrench, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadiansw…
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As its population booms, Atlantic Canada grapples with hate crimes, a housing crisis, and shattered dreams.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé inFrench, AMI’s vision is to esta…
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How to Talk to People When You Live Alone
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21:28Conversations for people who live alone, regardless of relationship status, must be actively initiated by some party, often through technological means.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English a…
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S4 E8 - Great George Martin Arrangements Pt. II - Songwriter/Arranger Robert Armes
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1:05:49This is Part II of a two part episode. Host Paul Romanuk talks with multiple award winning Canadian writer and arranger of commercial music (as well as composing and performing his own music), Robert Armes, about George Martin's incredible contributions to The Beatles' work as an arranger and orchestrator. In his prime, Robert worked with the best …
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Jonathan Pruitt was a rock-star ecologist — prolific, influential, charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé inFrench, AMI’s vis…
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As tourists turn to “underexplored” ports, luxury fleet operators are sailing through environmental loopholes.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé inFrench, AMI’s vision is to e…
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Remembering Lytton, the Town Wiped Out by Wildfire
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18:37Lytton B. C. had a long history of fires, but nothing like this. The picturesque little town in the mountains was suddenly a poster child for global climate disruptions.About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs andempowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating threebroadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-a…
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S4 E7 – Great George Martin Arrangements – Songwriter/Arranger Robert Armes
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1:06:29This is Part I of a two part episode as host Paul Romanuk talks with the multiple award winning Canadian writer and arranger of commercial music, Robert Armes, about George Martin's incredible contributions to The Beatles' work as an arranger and orchestrator. In his prime, Robert worked with the cream of Canadian session players to bring his compo…
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How Not to Ask Your Dad about Family Secrets
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17:04Sadiya Ansari tried to get answers about her grandmother’s mysterious past. Turns out, she still had a lot to learn about herself. Lori Wilson reads How Not to Ask Your Dad about Family Secrets About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcas…
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Why did Canada’s top art gallery push out a visionary curator? Paul Berry reads The AGO Vs. Wanda Nanibush About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to …
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Pilling sweaters, stretched-out socks, flimsy denim. How we came to live in the golden age of garbage clothing. Lori Wilson reads Terrible Apparel . About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English a…
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A Troubled School for Troubled Teens
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29:15Robert Land Academy promised to reform boys into “good citizens.” Former students allege it subjected them to years of humiliation, degradation, and abuse. Matt Speirs reads A troubled school for troubled teens . About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Opera…
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Long before iMessage and WhatsApp could capture an instant voice message, the writer would record audio on her phone and send the files via email as memory. Lori Wilson reads My Guilty Pleasure - Voice Notes by Pacinthe Mattar. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially…
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It’s become upsettingly commonplace to concede that publishing is inhospitable to minoritized writers . Is there hidden racism in book cover design? Lori Wilson reads Bad Impressions About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services,…
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When the Taliban retook power in 2021, Canada promised Afghanistan’s female soccer players sanctuary and safety. Did it betray them? Marjorie Nicolaou reads Left on the Battlefield . About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services,…
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S4 E6 – Great Ringo Drum Performances – Lightfoot Band drummer Barry Keane
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1:19:35Veteran Canadian session drummer, and longtime drummer with The Gordon Lightfoot Band, Barry Keane talks about some of his favourite Ringo Starr drum moments. Barry also shares some stories, with host Paul Romanuk, about what it was like to be on the drum stool behind Canadian musical giant Gordon Lightfoot for almost 50 years. Find out what The Li…
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The Fastest Way to Lose a Court Case? Use ChatGPT.
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10:00Burnout and heavy workloads are driving lawyers to AI—and into big trouble. Lori Wilson reads The Fastest Way to Lose a Court Case? Use ChatGPT. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and A…
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The Walrus continues its political series on Pierre Poilievre. He’s promised to shake up Canadian politics if he and the Conservative Party win the next election. He speaks in punchy slogans but what would he actually do in power? This week’s topics cover: Conspiracy theories, Reconciliation, Polarization and the Canadian Identity. Paul Berry reads…
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Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine
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10:57It’s a dire time for Canadian media: only 37 percent of English-speaking Canadians trust the news, a decline of twenty percentage points since 2018. Lori Wilson reads Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine. About AMI AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighte…
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