Where's My Jetpack?
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Jan 21, 2022
Real AI for Sustainability
Real AI is making a real difference in shrinking the carbon footprint of generating electricity. Microsoft Sustainability Director Michelle Lancaster and Ontario Power Generation's VP of Energy Markets, Nick Pender, are working together to produce clean power for Canada's biggest province -- and to make consumption cleaner in New York State.
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Jan 5, 2022
CES 2022 with Rick Kowalksi
The CTA's Rick Kowalski joins Michael Hainsworth as they discuss how big Augmented Reality is going to get, how tech from self driving Indy cars will end up in your car, and how artificial intelligence is changing how we cook.
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Dec 10, 2021
Real Ai For Language Translation Podcast
Science Fiction’s “Universal Translator” is one step closer thanks to artificial intelligence. #RealAI is being used to protect the Inuit language in Canada’s far north and prepare us for the day when our smartphones will automatically translate a foreign speaker.
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Nov 10, 2021
Real AI for Accessibility
Many technologies we all take for granted today got their start as assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Today, AI is making the world a more accessible place. Dave Dame, Microsoft's Director of Accessibility, tells us he's optimistic about the use of Artificial Intelligence because he believes it's going to make the world a better place.
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Oct 28, 2021
The Future of Live Music, NTFs, and The El Mocambo with Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace
G&B SPECIAL: Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida on the band launching it’s latest album as an NFT. We’ll explain what it is and how it puts the power back in the hands of the artist. Michael Wekerle has turned venerated music venue the El Mocambo into a 21st century live streaming production house and Maida will break it in on opening night. We’ll find out why this is the future of live music. Plus: Virtual Reality has a real chance of making inroads by moving fans in the nosebleed seats to the front row.
This Geeks & Beats Special Presentation is brought to you by Where's My Jetpack: a series about the technology we were promised as kids, what we got, and what’s coming next.
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Oct 21, 2021
Real AI for Risk Prediction
Canada’s biggest life insurance company has seen a lot of change in its history. Not since the invention of the adding machine a year after Manulife first opened its doors in 1887 has the company had a more powerful tool at its disposal. And this tool predicts the future.
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Sep 11, 2021
Real AI for Missing Children
Every parent knows the heart-stopping experience of losing sight of their child at a park or that first time they go out into the world with their friends. More than 30,000 children disappear every year, and while most of them are found within 24 hours, time is critical for investigators compiling the case. Missing Children Society of Canada is leveraging artificial intelligence to comb through social media accounts looking for critical clues in a race against the clock. Our Michael Hainsworth spoke to @MCSCanada's @AmandaRightNow and Microsoft's @WirelessLife to learn how #RealAI is being used to reunite families.
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Aug 19, 2021
Real AI for Healthcare
Real AI is being used today to help stop a killer in its tracks, one that will claim 25% of Canadians in their lifetimes. At BC Cancer in Vancouver, Doctor Sam Aparicio says he has “huge optimism” over the role artificial intelligence is playing in cancer research and precision treatment. Meantime, AI is being used to make hospitals more efficient for patients, families, and staff.
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Jul 22, 2021
Real AI For Agriculture and Climate Change
"We're eating the planet to death," we're warned. But Real AI is being used today to fight climate change while feeding more of us more efficiently. Terramera's Karn Manhas and Ranveer Chandra of Microsoft show Michael Hainsworth how artificial intelligence is being used for the good of the planet and its people.
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May 20, 2021
Real AI for Sustainability in the Public Sector
Artificial Intelligence is being deployed to protect the environment by cleaning up abandoned mines, determining the best locations for electric vehicle charging stations, and keeping cheating appliances off the electrical grid. At Natural Resources Canada, Vik Pant is leading the charge, but he can’t do it alone. “That's not something that can be done humanly at any scale,” he says. There’s simply too much data to wade through.
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May 20, 2021
Geeks & Beats Announcement
Big news from the world's most popular podcast with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth!
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Sep 30, 2020
Series Finale Intern Appreciation Livestream
COVID-19 killed Geeks & Beats. While Alan and Michael are still healthy, so is the demand for business to business podcasts and a documentary series. Join The Internet's Favourite Dad, Brittlestar, as he hogs the virtual open bar while we thank members of the World's Worst Intern Program one last time as we talk about 8 years of The World's Most Popular Podcast (with Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth)
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Sep 23, 2020
Raffi vs. Fascism, Black Lives Matter, and Augmented Reality
The children's musician Raffi on fighting fascism, supporting Black Lives Matter, taking piano lessons at 75, and the science of writing children's music. Plus: why he's not answering the Augmented Reality call on Bananaphone 2.0
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Sep 16, 2020
Neil Peart and the Apple Announcement
Rush fans don't need to be told Neil Peart is a percussive hero, but on what would have been his 68 birthday. A Chinese smartphone maker eclipses Apple after Cupertino fails to release a new iPhone. And an American fighter pilot claims aliens have committed an act of war. Wait, what?
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Sep 9, 2020
The Elmo is Back
It’s finally happening: A beloved Toronto music venue, the El Mocambo, is coming back to life, palm tree lights and all.
Delayed by COVID-19 and the cruel hands of fate, the El Mo will livestream its first concert on September 10, a performance from Big Wreck on the venue’s second-floor stage.
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Sep 2, 2020
How COVID-19 tech changed society and sex
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Sex Tech CEO Lora Dicarlo joins us to talk about what COVID-19 has changed in society and sex, and why the last thing you want is your Internet-connected dildo hacked by the Chinese.
QR Codes, Video Conferences and Sex: Covid-19 Really Did Change Everything
by Amber Healy
Think back on the state of the world in January. Filled with the optimism of a new year, all bright and shiny with possibility, we went about our lives, maskless, taking for granted things like going out for dinner or drinks, watercooler chats with coworkers and maybe even the giddy anticipation of first dates.
We were all unaware suckers.
With the type of fury saved for mothers whose children have hung up on them angrily, or the historic trope of the “woman scorned,” COVID-19 giggled at our innocence and optimism and smacked us all around.
We’ve changed since then. We’re weary and cautious, knowing germs are everywhere and anywhere. We…
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Aug 5, 2020
Digital vs. Analogue Audio with Glenn Schick
We take a deep dive into your Dad’s stereo with Grammy winner Glenn Schick. We also find out why Alan can’t listen to Classical music on Compact Disc, and discover why an audio format that couldn’t beat the CD in the ’90s may be the next big thing in the ’20s thanks to 5G.
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Jul 29, 2020
Mental Health and the Entertainment Industry with TSN’s Michael Landsberg
Wasn’t Kurt Cobain’s suicide a wakeup call? TSN’s Michael Landsberg knows how to talk about mental health issues. And on what would have been Robin Williams’ 69th birthday, the geeks speak about a topic that seems to have been largely swept under the rug by the entertainment industry. Robin Williams’ passing got us talking
The entertainment industry can be all flashy lights, glitter, limousines, and big homes. It could also be a dark, lonely, and depressing spot to be in. The stories of celebrities taking their own lives have been sadly common in the past few years. It’s sad to think that our larger than life favourites weren’t as happy as we thought. Let’s take Robin Williams – who would’ve turned 69 this week – as an example. After Williams died, we cried, laughed, and mourned. The reality set in and we were confused. How can arguably one of the most naturally gifted comics of all time take his own life?
This unexpected bombshell lit the helplines up like Patc…
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Jul 15, 2020
Before there was MTV with Tarzan Dan
MTV is pushing 40?!? Tarzan Dan from YTV’s Hit List drops by Studio 3B to talk about those in music television who came before him, he and Alan swap tops on how to interview a rock star, and we find out how he reacted to landing in the pages of Canadian music history.
MTV airing The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” to launch the network was not the first music video ever broadcast. Nor was it the first music video ever made.
It was far from the first time music appeared on TV, that’s for sure.
But the two pop culture staples have often worked hand-in-hand for entertainment and cross-promotional purposes, a practice that dates back to at least the 1950s. How old are music videos?
What qualifies as the first music video is up for some debate.
For example, waaaaaaay back in 1894, a pair of sheet music publishers, Edward Marks and Joe Stern, hired an electrician named George Thomas, along with some musicians, to promote the sale of their new song, “The Little Lost C…
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Jul 1, 2020
The Future of Headphones is 3D
Audeze founder Sankar Thiagasamudram explains that the next big thing in audio is 3D in a way you didn’t know you were missing with your typical headphones today. The headphones of the future will be spatially aware, and adjust to your listening preferences using artificial intelligence. And the crazy thing is these headphones already exist.
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Jun 24, 2020
My Fake Band
What if that random joke you make turned into a party game? The Brothers Hermann of My Fake Band drop by Studio 3B to talk about kickstarting the Next Big Thing around the campfire. Plus: K-pop as the world’s conscience and a middle finger to Donald Trump.
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Jun 17, 2020
First Woman in Space
The United States might have put a man on the moon first, but it was the Russians who first sent a woman to space. The Vintage Space star and author Amy Shira Teitel joins the geeks this week on a supporters-only livestream recording session and Q&A about Valentina Tereshkova, a woman 20 years ahead of her US counterparts. Russia won the female space race 57 years ago
by G&B Senior Segment Producer Amber Healy
From the early days of the space race, research supported the idea of women serving as astronauts and cosmonauts. Women tend to have smaller bodies in every measurable way, and since spaceflight often has to account for every ounce considering the price of rocket fuel, it just made sense to send lighter, smaller bodies into orbit.
But in the 1950s and 1960s, sexism was still king in both the USA and the USSR. So women waited.
The first woman in space, on June 16, 1963, was Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. She was 26 at the time and one of several women recruited into an agg…
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Jun 10, 2020
Isolating Richard Crouse
Pop Life host and entertainment gadfly Richard Crouse is cramped in his spacious home office talking to celebrities in his fabulous hair while he waits for COVID-19 to pass and he can get back to making traditional television. We talk about new media and “In Isolation With”, the revenue power of funeral services announcements, and the secret to a successful interview. Oh, and Alan and Michael have a revolting idea on how to cash-in on Coronapocalypse.
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Jun 3, 2020
Mixing + Mastering with Glenn Schick
Multi-platinum, Grammy winning mastering engineer Glenn Schick drops by Studio 3B to talk about the evolution of getting a musician’s idea out of their head and into your ears. The digital nomad whose work has crafted the sound of Justin Bieber, Drake, and The Weeknd stuns Alan with an interesting revelation. Also: why men should want to be a grower, not a shower. Yes, that. This episode sponsored by Audeze.
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May 27, 2020
Don’t Stop Believin’ in Crowdsourcing
Music Producer Rob Wells drops by Studio 3B to talk about his crowdsourced version of a classic Journey hit by musicians from around the world. Plus, how the introduction of Pac Man 40 years ago marked the beginning of the end of the Pinball Wizard.
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May 20, 2020
Vintage Space Battle with Amy Shira Teitel
Amy Shira Teitel of Vintage Space drops by Studio 3B to tell the story of two female aviators fighting for control of a 1960s NASA astronaut program that did not exist. The space historian and YouTube star’s latest book, Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight hit store shelves just in time for COVID19. Awkward. Plus: the ultimate documentary for 80s Sci-Fi nerds flirts with a million dollar Kickstarter milestone and why Alan Cross won’t be going back to CES anytime soon.
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May 13, 2020
Instruments of COVID-19
Instrument online sales are through the roof, but returns aren’t. Cosmo Music’s Mark Hebert isn’t worried about a rash of regretful rocker wannabes. But it’s not all rosy: Amazon takes a huge piece of the action. What is Canada’s largest independent music store going to do?
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May 6, 2020
News Not Noise with Jessica Yellin
Veteran CNN reporter Jessica Yellin on how COVID19 is changing newsrooms, her Instagram-based news service, and why Fox News isn’t solely to blame for the Untied States of America. News Not Noise By Christa Sampson What happens when the news you consume comes from a live stream vs. the mainstream? There are no special effects. […]
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Apr 29, 2020
COVID Killed the Streaming Star with Zack Zalon
A blessing in disguise? Cardi B is suffering a 17% drop in online streaming amid COVID-19. But are we really turning to radio as we WFM? Zack Zalon of Super HiFi joins Alan and Michael to discuss the intersection of old media and new while the pair bicker like the Costanzas over the idea that anyone would turn on the radio at home in the first place.
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Apr 22, 2020
The Car Man vs. COVID-19
How does a car company switch to producing ventilators in the age of COVID-19? Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) joins us to talk about marshalling his members to convert production lines from making car parts to medical equipment. Plus, Volpe’s choice of bitchin’ tunes to play while burning rubber in […]
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Apr 15, 2020
COVID-19 vs IROC-85
It’s 1985, you just bought this bitchin’ IROC-Z. What’s the first song you play as you drive off? We put that to the listeners and came up with #possiblyfakefacts about each entry then turned the tables on Alan Cross to see if he could tell if we faked it. Plus: Canadians have gone sex-gadget crazy […]
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Apr 1, 2020
The Future of VR is Sound
Nobody cares about audio until they can’t hear it. But when it comes to VR, what makes the virtual real is as much the sound as the three dimensions around you. Overworld XR founder Jonathan Rowden joins us in self-isolation at his home studio to talk about sound engineering in 3D as Michael goes on […]
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Mar 25, 2020
Take 2-Coronapocalypse AI: The Panic Index
(Fixes missing audio) What Pornhub analytics tells us about how we’re “working from home.” The Coronavirus Panic Index claims its A.I. saw this coming by analyzing the emotion of our social media posts. Cognovi Labs CEO Dr. Beni Gradwohl introduces us to his machine. Plus: Half-Life is back and only in VR. Guess who’s super […]
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Mar 18, 2020
My Corona
Legendary Tragically Hip manager Jake Gold tells us why COVID-19 will make SARS look like the sniffles for the music industry. And actual doctors are recommending we switch from shaking hands to the “Live Long and Prosper” sign. Remember when you had concert tickets for shows in March and early April and were so stoked […]
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Mar 11, 2020
The Future of Music Has Arrived: MIDI 2.0
The man behind MIDI 2.0, Mike Kent, drops by Studio 3B to talk about why an update to a 37 year old technology is going to revolutionize the way music is produced, and how it’s so powerful, we have no idea what we’ve unleashed once artificial intelligence gets a hold of it. Plus: Alan was […]
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Mar 4, 2020
History of Headphones
Your AirPods are thanks to grunge musicians of the 1990s. Your dad’s headphones came from the U.S. Navy. And Grampa? The invention of the telephone. Headphone wizard and CEO of Audeze Doctor C. joins us to look back at the history of cans. Plus: how to direct a live music video.
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Feb 26, 2020
Any Night of the Week
Music fans in Toronto can easily club and hall hop on any given night and see a lineup of incredible homegrown and internationally known bands, from tiny rooms to a major arena. That wasn’t the case even 50 years ago, when “rock bands (were) playing in tiny coffeehouses in Yorkville,” says Jonny Dovercourt, author of […]
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Feb 19, 2020
The B Material
What do Mark Hamill, Wutang Clan, James Spader, Pearl Jam, Pokemon Go, Spotify, Augmented Reality, Samsung, and a vinyl pressing plant fire all have in common? This episode.
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Feb 12, 2020
Married Valentine
Valentine’s Day shouldn’t just be for new couples, amirite? Pol Gerbeau of Desire Games on his “Dare” app for married couples, Michael browses “the best edibles for a romantic evening” while Alan fears his wife’s reaction to the app.
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Feb 5, 2020
The Return of High Fidelity
The rise of the iPod marked the decline of the dominance of the Home Stereo. But as streaming audio dominates, HD audio is making a comeback - and Apple should be worried. Mark Cohen of Audeze joins us to talk about the return of High Fidelity. Plus: Ground Zero for the Coronavirus is also the home of China's punk scene, and why we've been KICKED OFF SPOTIFY
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Jan 29, 2020
Doctor AI
A new study has found AI is better at spotting breast cancer than a doctor. A super team of researchers from Google Health, Imperial College London, the National Health Service and Northwestern University have trained an AI model on X-ray images from almost 29,000 women.
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Jan 22, 2020
Neil Peart
The geeks look back at the creative force behind Rush, why Star Trek Picard may determine the future of CBS All Access thanks to subscription fatigue, and Dr. House in Spaaaace….
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Jan 15, 2020
The Technology of Getting High, David Lee Roth Review
Cannabis journalist Jameson Berkow joins us to talk about why the best gadget at CES 2020 may have been a Vape Pen from CES 2016. Plus, the founders of high-tech marijuana humidor maker Keep Labs walked away from CES 2020 and an award after being told they couldn’t tell attendees their biometric security device was […]
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Jan 11, 2020
Live from CES 2020
Join the geeks as we eat our way through CES 2020, Michael discovers IOT-powered diapers, field reporter Andy Baryer finds a Samsung TV that rotates itself to portrait mode for vertical video, and Alan uncovers a doggy door that keeps you from getting out of bed in the middle of the night for your pooch. […]
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Jan 1, 2020
The Original “Down Under” by Men At Work
We close 2019 with our good friend and music producer Brent Bodrug to talk all about Men At Work’s song, “Down Under” – and not the version that was the hit song of the 1980s. Released in 1981 by Australian band, Men At Work, the song reached Platinum certification in the US and the UK, […]
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Dec 18, 2019
2019: The Year in Streaming, Search, and Sex
It was a weird year. And not just that a Canadian tops the streaming charts, the Raptors were the most searched term, or that the world’s biggest porn site reports Grandma watches for longer than her grandkids. 2019 in Music Let’s look back at music of 2019. Spotify is notorious from having AMAZING analytics at […]
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Dec 11, 2019
Kevin McDonald’s Rock Opera and Other Oddities
1/5th of the Kids in the Hall joins the geeks from the block-heater capital of Canada to talk about getting the band back together, why he’s not the least bit qualified to write and sing in a rock opera, and why the hell he’s living in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Dec 4, 2019
Social Media North
Social Media Guy Stewart Reynolds tells us why Tik Tok doesn't get sued for music sampling, his inaugural Social Media North conference, and why U2 is just getting big halfway around the world.
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Nov 27, 2019
Entertainment Intelligence
The music industry is locked in a cold war for gold records. And in the digital streaming age, the weapons are algorithms. Entertainment Intelligence founder Greg Delaney joins us from the London bureau to talk about how an avalanche of data is burying artists who don’t adapt to the modern age.
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Nov 20, 2019
Orange Juice for the Ears with Beatie Wolfe
Beatie Wolfe wants you to get excited about listening to music again. Here's how she's going to do it.
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Nov 13, 2019
Can You Smell What the WWE is Cooking?
Back in August, World Wrestling Entertainment dropped the news that they'll be getting into the podcast game. Just let's say it's a brand new endeavour. Unlike their film studios - WWE Studios, the podcast network might be more successful for them creativity and financially.
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Nov 6, 2019
Kiss This Guy: The Business of Lyrics with LyricFind
Lyrics are the most popular and most widely searched music content on the Internet. When listeners bought physical albums, finding lyrics wasn’t a problem; they were usually printed on the inside of the CD, cassette or record insert. But since the dawn of the digital download, the lyric has been left behind. One Canadian company […]
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Oct 30, 2019
Smells Like Clickbait
Music producer and longtime friend of the show Brent Bodrug helps deconstruct what makes Nirvana’s Smell’s Like Teen Spirit the ultimate Grunge Rock track, Sound City was its legendary home, and we learn the track has its roots in the last vestiges of Boomer hair-metal bands, the Pixies, and BOSTON!?? Knowing nothing about Nirvana, a […]
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Oct 23, 2019
The Flyer Vault unlocks 150 years of Toronto concert history
“There’s this big emphasis on Toronto as a music city now, but I’m more interested in ‘how did we get here?’ Well, man, it didn’t just happen overnight. That shit started in the 1880s.”
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Oct 16, 2019
Gord Downie’s Secret Path Revisited
Gord Downie was just 2 years old when Chanie Wenjack died, but the Secret Path united them 50 years later.
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Oct 8, 2019
Cause Songs are a Lost Cause
The inspiration for this week’s episode was the release of Robbie Robertson & friends’ cover of “The Weight” for “Playing for Change”. But as long time music industry exec Eric Alper tells us, the interest in rock icons rallying around a cause has been lost, and the 80s may get the blame. The video came […]
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Oct 2, 2019
Rave and Drool, the 90s Documentary Gets a Podcast
The dream of '90s Canadian rock bands is alive and well, thanks to the devoted effort of the man behind Rave & Drool.
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Sep 25, 2019
Little Green Men
Rumours of Alan Cross’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. He’s back from the (walking) dead and convinced little green men are watching us. We’ll review the UFO footage recently confirmed by the U.S. Navy and the connection to the band Blink 182. Plus, Abbey Road Studios opens its doors for 50% of The World’s Most […]
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Sep 18, 2019
Alan Cross’s Last Show
By the time this podcast airs, Alan Cross could be dead. Also, this is the episode that happens when we tread water waiting for a guest who never shows.
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Sep 11, 2019
Virtual Music Reality with Dark Slope Studios
Turning the graphic novel Scary Girl into a VR world was a tall task for Dark Slope Studios. Author and creative director Nathan Jurevicius and COO Dan Fill discuss the lessons learned in this new storytelling form, how music is integral to the success, and how “VR music” moves beyond crappy 360 degree concerts. Plus: […]
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Sep 4, 2019
The iPhone from 1990: General Magic with filmmaker Matt Maude
General Magic invented the Emoji. Text messaging. Mobile communication. If it wasn’t for the biggest Silicon Valley failure nobody’s heard of, we wouldn’t have the iPhone we have today. It laid the groundwork for the modern mobile device only to have Apple pull the rug out from under it. Documentary filmmaker Matt Maude joins us […]
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Aug 28, 2019
Not Live from Black Lab Brewing
Thank you all who joined us live on location at Black Lab Brewing for the big fundraiser show! We managed to squeeze $1,200 out of you wonderful people, so we’re 12% on our way to CES 2020! Missed the live show? If only we had recorded it. We did manage to salvage the Q&A and […]
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Aug 21, 2019
Bubblegum Pop Turns 50
The first major manufactured band designed to cash-in on this new demographic called the “Teen-Ager” just turned 50. We talk to Andy Kim, the singer-songwriter behind the 1969 hit “Sugar Sugar” by “The Archies.”
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Aug 14, 2019
That Night at Massey Hall
Most music fans in Toronto have them, but one man is behind an effort to collect stories of That Night at Massey Hall.
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Jul 31, 2019
Political Cartoons with Pulitzer Winner Adam Zyglis
When they're needed most, editorial cartoonists are facing an increasingly hostile world where their work is being shelved or putting their jobs at risk.
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Jul 24, 2019
Picard
The best Star Trek captain ever is out of retirement and back on the small screen. We’ll break down what we know. Data’s job before he was on the bridge? Worm farmer. We’ll tell you how it landed him in court. Star Wars Fan Michael teaches Alan something salacious about his favourite Borg. And an […]
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Jul 16, 2019
One Giant Leap
It was 50 years ago this week mankind’s greatest achievement was made. But did Neil Armstrong blow his big line? And what music were we listening to in July of 1969 as he stepped onto extra-terrestrial soil for the first time? Plus, an update on our Live on Location show Friday August 23rd in Toronto.
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Jul 10, 2019
The Day The Music Burned
The New York Times recently exposed what could be possibly the most devastating cover-up of the music industry in recent history. In 2008, there was a massive fire at Universal Music… and no one knew about it until now. Thousands upon thousands of original masters were obliterated leaving many well-known artists at a loss with […]
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Jul 3, 2019
The Death of iTunes
iTunes is dead. Long live iTunes.
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Jun 26, 2019
The Science of Drumming
Doctor Nadia Azar drops by the G&B studios to talk about her work at the University of Windsor on the impact a lifetime of drumming has on the human body. Plus, we learn how Michael lost a $1,000 bet with his teenager thanks to technology.
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Jun 19, 2019
Auto-Motives
Why the battery electric autonomous car isn’t guaranteed, and what could replace the internal combustion engine as Donald Trump rattles his sabre at the only country with the key ingredient for the industry. Plus, plans for our Season 7 live fundraiser for CES 2020.
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Jun 13, 2019
Uncensoring Sex at CES
A sex toy designed for and by women was set to be honoured at CES. Until it was deemed indecent. But hey, look at those sexbots!
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Jun 5, 2019
Live on Location at CosmoFEST 2019
Join Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth and 14,000 of their friends, fans, and musicians at CosmoFEST 2019! We’ll find out if Drake can be blamed for the Raptors’ performance in the NBA Finals, we’ll definitely not listen to a Donald Trump tribute CD, and we’ll find out what Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales told Michael about the […]
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May 22, 2019
Making Music with U2
Recording engineer, mixer, and producer Mark Howard drops by the G&B studios to talk about how U2 starts off sounding like a garage band, and ends up selling Platinum records. Plus, life in the studio with Gord Downie, Bob Dylan, and why Tom Waits doesn’t like his drums “beige.” Plus, how to make music in […]
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May 15, 2019
Dadbod Garage Band
Most who played in a garage band dodged the Wedding Singer bullet. But they’re the inspiration for your favourite music, and some of the biggest albums were recorded in garages. We’ll play you the original version of Springsteen’s recording of Born in the USA. It’ll blow your mind. Shaun Jette, G&B’s live truck director and […]
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May 8, 2019
Toto’s Rosanna, Deconstructed
Music producer Brent Bodrug drops by the G&B studios to protest Michael’s claim the 1982 track is little more than corporate rock written by committee. At least Michael softened-up Brent with his classic dry Dirty Martini, first.
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May 1, 2019
Muse VR
Microsoft’s Amy Sorokas on the pre-concert VR experience by Muse, Michael’s VR space simulation addiction, and Jerry Seinfeld’s night at a party leads to a book. We read it. We’ve recently talked on the big show about artists like American DJ, Marshmello, hosting a live concert in the video game, Fortnite. We’ve also talked over […]
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Apr 24, 2019
Algorithmic Anarchy
When X + Y = Conspiracy. This week's latest misogynist trolling campaign targeted a 29 year-old female computer scientist and the algorithms embedded in popular social media channels allowed it to happen.
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Apr 17, 2019
Game of Thrones Season 8
Remixes happen, a lot, but not all of them are done legally. Dubset wants to help DJs get paid for their work while the original artist gets the credit (and payment) they're due.
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Apr 10, 2019
All That Jazzcast
Once the Province of Ontario softened up their liquor laws in 1946, Toronto came alive. This is when Toronto’s jazz scene really started to flourish. The city grew a large base where it became a regular stop on the Jazz tour circuit. Jazzcast is a new venture in music, born from the creative brains of Dani […]
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Apr 3, 2019
The Ongoing History of Michael Hainsworth Part 2
It’s the 1 year anniversary of walking away from a steady mainstream media career and Michael. Lessons learned about management styles, what he actually does in a day, and why the Boomer generation is to blame for destroying the news business. On Medium, Michael wrote: 1 year ago today I jumped from an airplane […]
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Mar 27, 2019
Dashboard Decision: The Evolution of In-Car Entertainment
From basic radio to seamless smart phone connectivity, in-car entertainment has gone from luxury option to standard feature.
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Mar 13, 2019
Hit Songs Deconstructed
Has the art of writing a hit song become a matter of science? Hit Songs Deconstructed tracks the latest trends.
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Mar 6, 2019
Pop Song Shrinkage
Once upon a time, the belief was that pop songs should be short, catchy, inoffensive and lighthearted. That time has returned. But the reason why is dramatically different this time around. In 1957, the first year of the Billboard Top 100 Chart, the song of the year was Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up,” which ran […]
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Feb 27, 2019
Oscars Uncovered
The best compliment you could pay 2019 Oscar winner Jos Stam is that you didn’t see his work. And you’ve seen a movie in the last 5 years, you’ve watched his films. The artist turned computer geek went from Holland to Hollywood and turned computer generated film into an art form. We’ll find out why […]
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Feb 20, 2019
Bohemianly Rhapsodizing
Have you ever actually listened to the song? It’s SO WEIRD. And it was even weirder when it was released on Halloween of 1975. Music producer Brent Bodrug joins us to deconstruct why almost 45 years later, it’s every headbanger’s favourite song to rock out with in the car. Alan explains the theory it’s Freddie […]
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Feb 13, 2019
Small Town Dicks
Yeardley Smith of the Simpsons and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Zibby Allen join us to talk about their True Crime podcast, why the genre is so appealing to women, the hottie detectives they talk to, and how Smith managed to break her neck.
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Feb 6, 2019
Superbowl Fortnite
#podcast
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Jan 30, 2019
eSports & The Spoons
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Jan 23, 2019
Rad Lab Rat
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Jan 16, 2019
CES 2019, Part 2: Electric Boogaloo
We covered so much ground in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, we just had to do a two-parter. This week we visit the “Apple Store of Weed” for insight into what Canada can expect when stores open April 1st, we played a modern day Pinball machine made by industry guru Gary Stern, and […]
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Jan 9, 2019
Live from CES 2019
The boys made it down to Sin City for the world’s biggest geekfest, spoke to BMW’s head designer about the future of the self driving car’s interior once we don’t have to pay attention to the road, we’re introduced to an app-controlled wireless and silent breast pump “you can use in a board meeting”, meet […]
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Jan 2, 2019
Happy Bandersnatch Year
Welcome to the new year, just like the last year. Everyone’s going nuts over the Netflix interactive movie Bandernsnatch, unless you’re in Apple’s Walled Garden. 2019 will be a year to please both Trekkies and Star Wars fans. And we’ll look back at what Isaac Asimov predicted this year would look like 35 years ago.
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Dec 19, 2018
2018 Gadget Gift Guide
Before you get on that plane to Grandma’s house, we’ve got a few gadgets to help get you through the holidays — and insight into why it’s taking so long to board to the goddamned plane. Plus: the secret behind an iconic track from The Clash, and our plans for CES 2019. Read the gift […]
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Dec 12, 2018
The Short Episode
Why Will Ferrell will be remembered not for Ron Burgundy or his work on Saturday Night Live, but for the movie “Elf.” Michael reveals his revealing Buddy-related undergarments, and we learn how to give Clark Griswold a run for his Christmas light money thanks to a G&B listener.
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Dec 5, 2018
Christmas Music Creep
We learn why Christmas music is arriving earlier and earlier, how it works on our brains as we shop, and what we can do about it with Dr. Brynn Winegard. Plus, the geeks reveal their favourite holiday songs, although it seems Michael is largely trolling Alan. Christmas music too early can be bad for you. […]
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Nov 28, 2018
Atari’s Nolan Bushnell
#Atari
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Nov 14, 2018
Don’t Fear the Reefer
#420
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