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Carpool Karaoke? The Offspring one-ups that with Cockpit Karaoke

James Cordon’s signature comedy piece is Carpool Karaoke, a feature where he and a celebrity drive around in a pretty

Apple Music might end up in more places in the near future. Here’s why. Deezer is offering samples of its

The Offspring song “Come Out and Play” has that part in the chorus is when some guy comes on and

Next to supply issues, the biggest obstacle to getting through the pandemic is vaccine hesitancy. Far too many people either

One of the best songs on the new Offspring album Let the Bad Times Roll is “We Never Have Sex

The story goes that while working in a university lab, Dexter Holland of The Offspring saw an experiment ruined when

I supposed if you grow up in a creative household, something is inevitably going to rub off, whether it be

Fans of Tiger King know that Joe Exotic commissioned a Vancouver group called the Clinton Johnson Band to write and

We begin this episode with a reading from Ecclesiastes, chapter three, verses 1-3. Ish. To everything there is a season,

A couple of weeks back, I moderated an EntertainmentTO panel on the subject of AR and VR. There was much

It was on this day in 1956 that Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. Fast-forward

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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