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There’s a U2 conference this weekend

U2’s Achtung Baby turned 30 this month. This is the theme of the U2 Conference happening virtually right now. Here’s

November 18 marks 30 years since U2 released Achtung Baby, arguably the high point in the band’s career. To commemorate

Watching the Olympics? I miss Brian Williams keeping me up to date on the time in Newfoundland. (If you don’t

U2 is one of those bands that fans may only like one particular album in their career or a particular

Warm? The coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet was on this day in 1983 at Vostok Station in Antarctica

If Jeff Buckley were still alive, be would have turned 50 today. And in music news… There are more rumours

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver