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Random music news for Wednesday, April 28, 2021

You know those blue light blocking nighttime modes on devices that are supposed to help you sleep? Yeah, about them…

If you’ve finished Spotify and still haven’t found something avant-garde enough for your chill-out sessions, let me direct you to

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

This just goes to prove that you can do anything with Logo. You can read the entire story behind this

Okay, okay. We’ll restart the show. After an 18-month-ish hiatus and much whingeing by the general public, Michael Hainsworth and

The first-ever mobile cellular network was launched in the US on this day in 1983. Phones were the size of

Today is all about the Zika virus. Forty years ago today, we heard about the swine flu epidemic. The most

Second day in Australia. Still refusing to try Vegemite. This doesn’t bode well for Ontario finally having a place to

After a spring break, er, break we’re back! (Actually, I was here the whole time. It was Michael and Co.

A guy by the name of Adly Syairi Ramly has devoted his life–well, part of it, anyway–to creating Lego versions

This is now a thing, apparently. BONUS! KISS!

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 […]
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The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
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