Podcast Episodes

Dini Petty: still blazing trails at 80

Episode 212

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In the '60s, Dini Petty broke ground with Toronto radio station CKEY as Canada's first female traffic reporter to fly solo in a helicopter. After 5,000 hours in the air she landed her p…

Published on 8 hours ago

Michael MacMillan goes public (again)

Episode 211

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The Blue Ant founder and CEO and former Alliance Atlantis chief rang the bell earlier this month on the Toronto Stock Exchange. His company's reverse takeover of Boat Rocker delivered m…

Published on 1 week ago

CBC Archives: documentary dream factory

Episode 210

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Where do documentary filmmakers go to find that historic clip or interview nobody else has? Many turn to the CBC Archives in Toronto. 

The vast, climate controlled vaults at the CBC Broa…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Fun for All Ages host Frank Santopadre

Episode 208

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If you are a fan of comedy, film, television, movies, music, or even Bazooka Joe bubble gum jokes, join me this week in conversation with Frank Santopadre. 

For over eight years and 600 …

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

More Fun for All Ages with Frank Santopadre: Pt. 2

Episode 209

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If you've already listened to Part 1 of my conversation with writer-producer-podcaster Frank Santopadre, you just know there was more  to explore. This is the second half of our terrifi…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

FROM THE VAULT: 3 TV stars from the '60s Dawn Wells, Bob May and Monty Hall

Episode 207

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I went into the vault this week to create a 3-Pack of favourite TV stars from the '60s. Two are from interviews conducted in 1997 at a Hollywood Collectors autograph show.

First up is Da…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Ed Sullivan doc producer Margo Precht Speciale

Episode 206

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Back in the 1950s and '60s, every Sunday night, families would gather around their living room TV and watch The Ed Sullivan Show.

The variety hour ran 23 seasons, ending 54 years ago in …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Do not overlook Jennie Bovard

Episode 205

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Meet the star of the new series Pretty Blind. As described in her AMI-tv bio, Jennie Bovard is a running, beer-drinking, thirtysomething with albinism. She loves making people laugh and…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Spend Canada Day with Jonathan Torrens

Episode 204

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Here is why Jonathan Torrens is the perfect Canada Day Weekend podcast guest:

As a producer, he is behind two new Canadian TV comedies: Pretty Blind, starring Jennie Bovard as a legally …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pat Ferns sees The Big Picture

Episode 203

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 In the digital age, the question is not only which tools are still available to support Canadian content production but which ones are still relevant. One with an insider's perspective…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago