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Cross Talk: Season 2 Episode 4

On podcasting, on Podcamp weekend.  From February 21, 2019.  Podcamp Toronto runs this weekend.  I will be presenting a session called "Not the same old Story:  One-offs, Serials, and Seasons".  It's all about strategy for telling your story, and how to lay it out across time.  This week's episode hints at some of the areas I will cover in-depth in the presentation.  Is the story one episode of your show alone? Does it need to play out in a serialized fashion? What about a pop-up serial of a limited number of episodes? Do you have enough material and access to more, to go more than one season? And how can you keep so much audio and other material organized? Let's talk about it!

Cross Talk: Season 2 Episode 3

On World Radio Day.  From February 13, 2019. February 13th is designated "World Radio Day" by UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.  It's great to see messages from Radio workers, celebrating their Radio experiences and some from listeners, too.  But the idea behind the day is even bigger.  This year's theme is Radio's role in fostering Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace.  Here's my look at World Radio Day -- with some input from my Radio friend Jonathan Teye in Ghana.  Also makes use of audio made available by UNESCO; you can find a bank of audio from them on soundcloud under World Radio Day. 

Cross Talk: Season 2 Episode 2

"On reporting extreme weather".  From January 31, 2019.  Includes Six Simple Rules for weather forecast reporting on Radio.  Maybe you wonder where Radio stations get their weather information from; or what a forecast is supposed to mean.  Fair use application of bits of broadcast audio from 680News, Global NewsRadio AM 640, NewsTalk 1010 and AM 740, all in Toronto.  Reference to Environment Canada. 

Cross Talk extra: Snow Day!

On Making a Podcast on a Snow Day.  From January 29, 2019.  What if the electricity goes out? Radio and the land-line phone are still good to go; let's make a podcast on battery power! Along the way, I get some advice from my son, about managing a frustrating situation with a snowblower.  I know I'm not alone on that one! Just for fun today.  #snowday

Cross Talk: Season 2 Episode 1

On 100 years of Radio.  How licensed Radio broadcasting originates in Canada in 1919.  References to U-S Library of Congress, XWA Montreal, KDKA Pittsburg 1920, BBC 1922. From January 17, 2019.

Cross Talk: Season 1 Episode 15

On the Canadian Christmas eve broadcast that gave Radio to the World.  From December, 2018.  Fair use application of bits of broadcast audio from BBC, CBC, CNR Radio, NPR, HistoricaCanada.

Cross Talk: Season 1 Episode 14

On Radio's lessons from the Ice Storm.  From December, 2018 produced for the fifth anniversary of the great ice storm of 2013.  Fair use application of bits of broadcast audio from CP24 tv, CBC tv, Global tv, Newstalk 1010 CFRB Toronto.  

Cross Talk: Season 1 Episode 1

On Talk Radio and its lack of outrage over violation of constitutional rights in Ontario. From September 13, 2018. Commentary. 

Note: late in the podcast I make a reference to "supreme" court; of course what I meant to say -- and is shown in the script in keeping with the facts of the story -- is "superior" court.

 

Cross Talk: Season 1 Episode 13

On podcasts and podcasting in the postgrad RAMP program at Humber College, Toronto.  From November 27, 2018. Fair use application of bits of Serial, The Shadows, The Daily, Ways of Hearing, Murder Was the Case, Bronzeville, Someone Knows Something, Podcast Playlist, Our Fake History.  A podcast about the growing importance of podcasting.

 

Cross Talk: Season 1 Episode 12

On what we learned from live reporting on JFK - 55 years later.  From November 22, 2018.  Fair use application of bits of audio from KBOX, Associated Press, CBS Radio, ABC Radio, NBC television.