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Adam A. Donaldson

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GUELPH POLITICAST #484 – The Devils Building a God...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/09/03

We’ve been told that Artificial Intelligence is coming for all our jobs, that it will create fake news so real looking there will be no room for doubt, and in the worst case scenarios it will supplant human beings as the dominant lifeform on planet Earth. It’s scary stuff, and yet our fate depends on the same tech bros that have turned social media and the internet into a few concentrated monopolies. Is there still time to rein in A.I.?In the movies, artificial intelligence is almost always bad,

57:44

Open Sources Guelph #532 - August 28, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/09/01

This week on Open Sources Guelph, just in time for the last weekend of summer, we're taking a trip. We join our prime minister as he's taking the world by storm, or at least parts of Europe anyway, and then we're heading to Gaza again where nobody is taking a vacation because the war continues and its costing more lives. The stakes aren't as dire closer to home, but there's controversy up the road in Wasaga Beach that we need to discuss. This Thursday, August 28, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A

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End Credits #404 - August 27, 2025 (Weapons)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/29

This week on End Credits, we're back! Summer vacation is over for us, even though there's still technically one week left, so we will say goodbye to summer by talking about the last great movie from the Summer of 2025, the new horror mystery Weapons. Also on the topic of saying goodbye to summer, we will talk about our summer movie memories. This Wednesday, August 27, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: The Best Summer Movie Moments of 2025. It's been a long summer, at least

43:29

GUELPH POLITICAST #483 – The Labour Day Special...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/27

We return to work at the Politicast just in time to mark Labour Day next Monday, the unofficial end of summer, and the official day to mark the sacrifices and accomplishments of workers and labour leaders. We talk a lot about how work is changing with the impact of technological change and the rising cost of living, but policy has to change too, and that’s where activism comes in.This year’s commemoration of Labour Day is especially well-timed just a few weeks after a major labour victory: Air

55:26

Open Sources Guelph #531 - August 21, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/25

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're back! After taking a midsummer break, we come back with some of your favourite characters from this past season including the buffoonish U.S. President, and our oafish Ontario Premier, and in the third topic, just in time for Labour Day, we'll have some genuine labour news to get excited about! We might have taken some time off for the last couple of weeks, but the new sure didn't!!This Thursday, August 21, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will

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End Credits #REPEAT - August 20, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/22

This week on End Credits, there is no End Credits. Well... there's going to be a show, but it's going to be an episode of End Credits that you've heard before, or probably heard before. Yes, if you've seen the calendar lately then you know it's time for our midsummer break. As usual, we're taking a couple of weeks off for August so that we can enjoy some summer sun! See You at the Beach! It's been a busy year at the movies; we sinned with Sinners, flew with Superman, and we caught up with at least

48:29

GUELPH POLITICAST #Repeat – New-ish Year, New-ish CAO...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/20

The CAO position is the highest ranking official in local government that doesn’t have the job title of either mayor or city councillor, and it’s the only staff position at city hall that’s hired by a committee made up of the mayor and councillors. So yes, it’s a pretty important job, and it’s not like there’s any shortage of issues or needs for the new woman in charge as she nears the end of her first year in charge. In January, we got a chance to sit down with City of Guelph CAO Tara Baker. At

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Open Sources Guelph #REPEAT - August 14, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/18

This week on Open Sources Guelph, you are here, but we are not. The time has come for our annual summer sabbatical. Unlike certain former prime ministers we still have work to do, so we can only afford to take a quick two-week break before coming back with what will surely be a drama-packed fall schedule of scandals, near-scandals and straight up crises. So let's take a break from the craziness before it catches up to us again. Be Normal. Welcome to summer vacation! We've made it through a lot in

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End Credits #REPEAT - August 13, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/15

55:12

GUELPH POLITICAST #Repeat – The Good Old Guelph...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/13

Guelph loves its cultural heritage! As we count down to the 200th anniversary of the city in 2027, we're seeing more and more of a focus on our local history, but there's something else happening in 2027... the elimination of the heritage registry. Any property listed, but not designated, on January 1, 2027 will be deleted. The stakes, and the workload, have never been this high!That's the primary reason why it seemed fitting last fall to talk to members of heritage planning staff. Since the

56:53

Open Sources Guelph #REPEAT - August 7, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/11

58:31

End Credits #403 - August 6, 2025 (Happy Gilmore 2)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/08

This week on End Credits, we're hitting the links. Well, we're not hitting the links, at least not yet, but we will watch other people hit the links in the sporting sequel comedy Happy Gilmore 2, which you can now stream on Netflix. And since we're back in the realm of Adam "Sandman" Sandler, we will talk about the empire he built! This Wednesday, August 6, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: The Happy Madison Movie Draft. Adam Sandler is a movie-making machine. His production

49:13

GUELPH POLITICAST #482 – Three For Fringe (feat....

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/06

The Guelph Fringe Festival unfolds this weekend with 10 companies performing in three different venues over four days in downtown Guelph with 100 per cent of the ticket prices going back to the artists. These shows are experimental, personal, and unlike anything you will ever see anywhere else, and this week’s show is going to highlight three interviews from three different shows to tell you why Guelph Fringe is a can’t miss event for theatre fans and the theatre curious.First, we will talk to

57:31

Open Sources Guelph #530 - July 31, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/04

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're getting ready to go on summer vacation, but before that we've got some serious business, and in the case of one topic we mean really, really serious. We will once again tackle the ongoing tragedy in Gaza before coming back home to Ontario where education is on the menu again, from your local school board to post-secondary education. Also, we'll keep the education conversation going with this week's guest. This Thursday, July 31, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam

57:52

End Credits #402 - July 30, 2025 (Superman 2025)

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/08/01

This week on End Credits we are faster than a speeding bullet and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Get ready to pump iron, or make that steel, with the cinema's newest superhero in the bright and cheerful Superman. But is it one of the best movies of the year? TBD, in the meantime though we're going to talk about some other contenders! This Wednesday, July 23, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: The Best of 2025... So Far! So we're a little late with this given

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GUELPH POLITICAST #481 - The Business Climate (feat....

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/30

Donald Trump’s return to the White House promised economic disturbances if not outright challenges, and this is on top of the challenges that already existed like supply chains, wages, turnover, and the high cost of housing and real estate. It’s also worth noting that these are not Guelph-specific challenges, but that's okay because the new president of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce is not from Guelph. What will be impact when Trump slaps 35 per cent on tariffs on Friday? On the other hand, maybe

56:53

Open Sources Guelph #529 - July 24, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/28

This week on Open Sources Guelph everybody is fighting! Our national and provincial leaders are gathered to strategize and fight back in a trade war, while the leader of the opposition (in exile) is fighting for his political life so that he can get back into the national debate. Meanwhile, we will talk to an area Indigenous leader who's helping to lead the fight against legislation they got no say in by taking two different levels of government to court. Can't we all just get along?! This

58:44

End Credits #401 - July 23, 2025 (I Know What You Did...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/25

This week on End Credits we're nostalgic. Not for our own past now 401 episodes in, but for our collective movie past. First we stop in the 80s and talk about everyone's favourite movie about accidentally getting seduced by a parent after travelling back in time, and then we will go to 90s where someone will always know about what someone else did last summer! This Wednesday, July 23, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Back to Back to the Future... at 40! So for the first

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GUELPH POLITICAST #480 – The Encampments You're Not...

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/23

It’s been almost a year since Guelph City Council approved the Public Space Use Bylaw. You may not see as many tents as you once did, especially in the open in places like St. George’s Square, but don’t think that they’re gone. There are still many people in Guelph who are unhoused, unwell, and are still searching for help that’s hard to come by, and this week will talk to one of the helpers.In the wake of the growing number of encampments downtown council adopted the Public Space Use Bylaw to

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Open Sources Guelph #528 - July 17, 2025

Guelph Politicast ·

2025/07/21

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're going down the rabbit hole. In Canada, and down into the United States, it seems like a lot of people are losing their minds and some of that might be dangerous. We will looking at a quartet arrested in Canada for terrorist activity, and the clash over conspiracies in the MAGAverse, plus, for something a little more normal, we will talk to a city councillor about Guelph stuff (no lie). This Thursday, July 17, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will

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