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GUELPH POLITICAST #425 – Understanding Homelessness...

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/07/03

Our daily news is overflowing with stories about the breadth of the housing crisis, and governments are responding with new measures and funding, but these actions are based in a system that wasn’t designed to handle a problem this massive, or this complicated. This partially explains why nothing we’ve tried so far has had the impact we’ve wanted, so do we truly understand homelessness on a systemic level?For too long, homelessness and poverty has been phrased as personal choices or, more likely,

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Open Sources Guelph #475 - June 27, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/07/01

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're bummed. Our long weekend plans collapsed like so much roofing that may or may not be a threat to some school kids on a class trip! Fortunately, there is lots of news and politics to chew on including surprise closures of tourist attractions, a surprising electoral victory and even a not-so-surprising one out west. As for the rest of the show, we've called the police, and they're here to talk!! This Thursday, June 27, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A

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End Credits #347 - June 26, 2024 (The Bikeriders)

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/28

This week on End Credits, we take a ride. With the long weekend coming it's a good time to get out on your bike whether it's motorized or not, and for this episode of the show we're going to head out with the gang in The Bikeriders. But the ride only ends there, we get things started in Beverly Hills with three movies about a Detroit Cop who can't stay out of their business. This Wednesday, June 26, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Run the Series: Beverly Hills Cop. In

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GUELPH POLITICAST #424 - Inside Hillside (feat. Kate...

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/26

Hillside Festival. Have you heard of it? Every July, the population of Guelph decreases, and the population of the island in Guelph Lake radically increases. They’re all drawn there for an annual celebration of music and community that’s still going strong after 40 years, and this is despite changing musical tastes, changing economic concerns, and even a global pandemic. So what's the secret to their ongoing success? Hillside is the little festival that could and by it's fourth year it was too big

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Open Sources Guelph #474 - June 20, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/24

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're beating the heat with hard hitting punditry. To that end, we're knocking off some of the circus politics to talk about serious issues like foreign interference in our politics and the seemingly increasing gulf between police and reporters while they're on the job. For the interview this week, we're talking to one of the newer members of the Ontario legislature about how she's spending these 120 some-odd days of summer.This Thursday, June 20, at 5 pm, Scotty

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End Credits #346 - June 19, 2024 (The Great Escaper)

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/21

This week on End Credits, we escape. Greatly! No we're not talking about the classic 1963 John Sturges' movie staring Steve McQueen, but it is about World War II and it is about an escape, and it was kinda great. Today, we're going to review the new bio-pic conveniently called The Great Escaper, and we're also going to talk about other movie escapes. This Wednesday, June 12, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Great Escapes. Movies are full of great escapes, and this week's

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GUELPH POLITICAST #423 – Why Do We Care?

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/19

There’s a presidential election this year in the U.S., maybe you’ve heard about it, and like so much of American culture it threatens to block out the sun here, not to mention a lot of serious political issues we’re dealing with here in Canada. Why are we so obsessed with American politics and is it to the detriment of our own political enlightenment in this country? We could intellectualize this by saying that what goes on in America is a sneak preview of what’s coming in Canada. The neo-liberal

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Open Sources Guelph #473 - June 13, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/17

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we won't say that democracy doesn't work, but it certainly seems to be malfunctioning. We will look to our friends in the EU who seem to be increasingly embracing authoritarianism, but things aren't too rosy on our own shores where a beleaguered Indigenous community here in Ontario has to take the government to court to get action. For the interview this week - and don't hate us - we're talking about landlord issues with a landlord. This Thursday, June 13, at 5 pm,

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End Credits #345 - June 12, 2024 (I Saw the TV Glow)

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/14

This week on End Credits, we watch TV. Sort of. Our movie in this episode is about people who watch TV and maybe watch a little too closely, but that's okay because there's allegory in them there hills! We're going to talk about the new sure-to-be cult classic I Saw the TV Glow, and we're also going to talk about summer movies the best way we can, with a draft! This Wednesday, June 12, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: The Summer of '89 Draft. Without hyperbole, the Summer

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GUELPH POLITICAST #422 – Walk The Line

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/12

For this week’s podcast, we’re taking it on the road! There are two big protests of a sort happening in Guelph right now, one is technically a strike, and the other is an encampment on campus. Both are local stories with implications beyond the city limits, both are examples of renewed interest in direct action, and both started at around the same time. So how are things going out there, and are these actions having an impact?On May 27, nearly 1,000 workers at the Cargill plant on Dunlop Drive went

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Open Sources Guelph #472 - June 6, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/09

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we don't take the law into our own hands, we go to court with some popcorn. On this episode, many of our news items intersect with justice matters as we talk about the deportation of a national pariah, the trial of a serial killer, a plea deal for a would-be mass murderer, and the unexpected result of a corruption trial in the U.S. Also, because a week can't go by without him sticking his foot in his mouth, we'll talk about Ontario's Premier. This Thursday, June 6,

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End Credits #344 - June 5, 2024 (Hit Man)

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/07

This week on End Credits, we're being careful about what we're pretending to be. Sly references to Vonnegut aside, things aren't quite that serious today as this episode tackles the lies we tell when we fall in love while pretending to be a contract killer in Hit Man. But the fun doesn't stop there because we're going to Tatooine and back with a return visit to the galaxy far, far away! This Wednesday, June 5, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: The Phantom Menace at 25! It

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GUELPH POLITICAST #REPEAT- Have You Considered "Dark...

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/05

There's been a lot of discussion recently about boosting Guelph's tourism profile. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities are working hard to rebuild their shattered tourism industries and Guelph is no exception, which is why the City of Guelph this week launched the Tourism Grants Program, designed to support the development and attraction of new tourism initiatives across Guelph. So here's an idea...Last fall, Guelph Politico explored the possibilities of dark tourism in Guelph for a

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Open Sources Guelph #471 - May 30, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/06/03

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're all about elections. We're not having one across Ontario anytime soon, but the premier didn't rule it out last week. However, they are having an election right now in Mississauga, they're going to the polls next month to choose a new mayor. For the interview this week, we look to the United Kingdom where they're also having an election, and our guest has thoughts. This Thursday, May 30, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The Sum of All

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End Credits #343 - May 29, 2024 (Furiosa: A Mad Max...

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/05/31

This week on End Credits, we're speaking French to power! Well, not really. This episode is definitely France adjacent though, because there's a big annual film festival that just wrapped up there, and they premiered a great many movies over the last few weeks. One of them is the movie we're reviewing today, a prequel to a 10-year-old movie and a sequel to a 45-year-old one.This Wednesday, May 29, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Yes We Cannes. Every year, the centre of the

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GUELPH POLITICAST #421 – This is Not a Drill Hall!

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/05/29

At next week's Committee of the Whole meeting, Guelph City Council will look at the fate of the Drill Hall; staff wants to put it up for sale, but there's at least one group in Guelph that wants to do something with it now. It's an idea called the Guelph Centre for Visual Art, and it could feature exhibition space, artist studios, educational and meeting space, and so much more. But does city hall share their vision?This is a tale of two long-term projects. The first is a story about creating a

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Open Sources Digest - May 23, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/05/27

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're looking for change. Everyone who's ever been a politician started out as something else, and as we're looking to next year's federal election, and an open seat here in the riding of Guelph, we've already got a couple of people looking for a career change. This week, we're talking to a labour activist and a city councillor who both want to be your next MP. This Thursday, May 23 at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Folk-Dawson’s Creek. The

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End Credits #342 - May 22, 2024 (Fight Movies)

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/05/24

This week on End Credits, we put up our dukes! Join us as we celebrate violence with three movies that we've reviewed recently, all of which taught us again and again that sometimes all it takes fix things is to break stuff. So stop, stretch, and line-up your knuckles because when we get into this week, we really get into. Let them fight! This Wednesday, May 22, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson, Tim Phillips, Peter Salmon, and Candice Lepage will discuss: Fight Movies! Sometimes you've just got to punch

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GUELPH POLITICAST #420 – The Year at Council So Far

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/05/22

Time flies when you're having fun in the council chambers, which brings us to the first recap podcast of the year. We started off slow with one meeting in January, and then things go really busy in February and March, including one meeting that was really two meetings, but all together they were 12 hours long. Remember what that one was about? Remember what any of them were about? So there was one meeting in January and it cued up a meeting in February, the one about the Public Spaces Uses Bylaw

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Open Sources Digest - May 16, 2024

Guelph Politicast ·

2024/05/20

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we've got a digest for you. As we lean back on an ant hill, touch grass and love life, we're treating you to two recent in-depth conversations with fascinating and insightful activists in their respective fields. First, just in time for Pride Month, we're going talk about trans equality, and second, just in time for Victoria Day planting, we're going to talk about farm workers. This Thursday, May 16 at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The

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