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Looking for Samples for Your Next Song? Here Are Some Actual Sounds from Space

In space, no one is supposed to hear you scream. Or hear anything else for that matter. That, however, is

What happens if you take the Beatles’ “Across the Universe” and mix it with some of the audio collected by

When the Rosetta probe’s little brother, Philae, landed on Comet 67P, a instrument called SESAME-CASSE recorded the sound vibrations of

We rarely take up social or political causes on the show–frankly, we just can’t be arsed–but we’ve finally found a

This story mixes two of my favourite areas of nerdom: music and astronomy. Today scientists hope to land a one-cubic-metre-sized

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 […]
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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 […]
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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