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End Credits Conversations: What Does a Film Critic...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/25

What does it mean to review movies today? How do professional critics stand apart from the pack between Rotten Tomatoes and Letterboxd? Does a film critic even matter when measured against social media publicity and influencers? In this new monthly side series, we will talk to critics, vloggers or podcasters about the state of modern film criticism, why they do it, and why it still matters indeed!To kick off this series, we talk to an old fashioned newspaper film critic. Barry Hertz is the deputy

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End Credits #438 - April 22, 2026 (Mile End Kicks)

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/24

This week on End Credits, we grow up. The movie this week is another coming of age story about a young person finding themselves but the twist is that it's a Canadian movie about a Canadian in Canada. We will review Mile End Kicks, which you can now (and should) see in theatres everywhere, and we will also talk about *that* festival in France! This Wednesday, April 22, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Yes We Cannes. In a couple of weeks, Hollywood heads to the south of

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GUELPH POLITICAST #520 – Earth Day Politics (feat....

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/22

Today is Earth Day if you’re listening to this promptly on Wednesday, but it’s hard to think of a time in the last 30 years where it seems like the environment has been less of an issue. Despite the increasing frequency of dangerous weather events, the rapid loss of farmland, and concerns about ground water, environmental issues seem less and less to be a priority, and few people know that better than the Green Party of Ontario leader. This interview was recorded on Friday, which was coincidentally

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Open Sources Guelph #565 - April 16, 2026

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/20

This week on Open Sources Guelph, the winds are changing. There's a lot of hot air about the result of three federal byelections this week and what that means for Canada, and there's some good news from eastern Europe where some other election results might paint a positive picture. Closer to home, we will talk to a member of city council about working collaborative with other governments and an election closer to home. This Thursday, April 9, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will

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End Credits #437 - April 15, 2026 (Pretty Lethal)

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/17

This week on End Credits, things are going to get dangerous! For the movie this week, we get hardcore with ballerinas that kill as five young women have to take out a bar full of bad guys in Pretty Lethal on Amazon Prime. We will also mark Earth Day (or is it month now?) by talking about some of our favourite environmentally-themed movie... except for the obvious ones. This Wednesday, April 15, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Green Movies. Earth Day is next Wednesday,

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GUELPH POLITICAST #519 - Habitat's Silver Anniversary...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/15

It’s an interesting time for someone new to take on the reins of this organization, and not just because of the housing crisis. This is the 25th birthday of Habitat for Humanity in Guelph and Wellington, so it’s a time of celebration, along with a time of tremendous challenge. In the overwhelming crunch of the crisis, how does the brand name in affordable housing celebrate its silver anniversary?You can’t say that when Habitat for Humanity became an officially registered charity in 2001 that Guelph

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Open Sources Guelph #564 - April 9, 2026

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/13

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we recover from the Easter weekend. See the guy in this picture with the Easter Bunny? He made it very hard to relax with some very vivid saber-rattling over the pointless war he started in the Middle East. Closer to home, we will talk about trains and plans for trains, plus the attack on the newest federal leader that might indicate a greater degree of confusion in the discourse. This Thursday, April 9, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: This

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WELLINGTON COUNTY POLITICAST #518 - Gently Down the...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/11

Wellington County's Ward 9 is the Town of Erin, the eastern most end of the county and it faces a number of issues that might sound kind of familiar to politically tuned in Guelphites. How much do we have in common with our friends from Erin? That is a one of the questions that will guide this first entry in a brand new side story of the Guelph Politicast adventure as we start digging into the politics our our next door neighbours... Erin is caught in the middle in a very real way. It’s a rural

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End Credits #436 - April 8, 2026 (The Drama)

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/10

This week on End Credits, things get dramatic. We will skip the blockbuster of the week for the more nutritious meal in the form of the star-studded indie The Drama, which you can, and should, see in a theatre near you. We will also talk about the phenomenon of the video game movie, a kind of sequel itself from our last conversation on the subject nearly eight years ago! This Wednesday, April 8, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Game On! Maybe you were one of the millions of

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GUELPH POLITICAST #517 - Pump Up the Volume for...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/08

Campus and community radio stations are under pressure from all sides: provincial governments, student governments, activists, advertisers and big tech. There’s a growing spectre of doom for campus media, and the people charged with supporting radio stations across Canada are looking to bolster themselves with help from a newly fiscally prudent federal government. So has time run out for your campus radio station?The pressure is real. Last week, the student union of Memorial University in

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Open Sources Guelph #563 - April 2, 2026

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/06

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're trying to go for the under-reported stories. First, we will journey to Cuba where somehow things have gotten even worse for the people that live there even without a war (yet). Then, we will consider an important court case out of the United States that might start to generate some accountability for the harms of social media. For more physical harms, like hunger, we have a special guest to discuss those issues. This Thursday, April 2, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz

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End Credits #435 - April 1, 2026 (Project Hail Mary)

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/03

This week on End Credits, we're got hope and pessimism. The former comes from a new movie in theatres everywhere about a literal one-man quest to save the world, but with some alien help in the new sci-fi adventure Project Hail Mary. As for the latter, we head half-a-century into the past for the start of a new series about a big movie year and some of the most consequential releases. This Wednesday, March 25, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: 6 For '76 Part 1: Taxi Driver

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GUELPH POLITICAST #516 – A Snapshot of Food...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/04/01

There’s no escaping just how crushing the increasing cost of groceries is, and it’s even been affecting the people we might consider affluent, so how tough is it for the organizations we depend on who are trying to level the playing field, and can they overcome those same economic pressures themselves? On this holiday week, we tackle the essential questions on local food security with two people who know about it.More people are feeling food insecure, and Feed Ontario’s last Hunger Report said that

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Open Sources Guelph #562 - March 26, 2026

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/30

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we go federal again. It's been a busy week for three of the country's main parties, and there are busy times to come in at least one case. On this edition of the show we will look ahead to this weekend and one party's crucial vote, we look back at a federal leader's busy itinerary abroad making new friends, and we will consider the last year under Canada's first-time politician turned first-term PM. This Thursday, March 26, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A

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End Credits #434 - March 25, 2026 (Good Luck Have Fun...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/27

This week on End Credits we get a-political, with the "a" standing for "apocalypse". Our movie of the week is now on PVOD after a brief theatrical run and given it's about the dangers of A.I. and social media, it's no wonder. We will review Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, and in the same corner of streaming we will revisit a different dark future now 20 years later in V For Vendetta. This Wednesday, March 25, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: V For Vendetta at 20! Two

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GUELPH POLITICAST #515 – To Form a More Perfect...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/25

Last Saturday, the group Resistance and Resilience Guelph gathered over 50 people on the fourth floor of 10C to cook up possible directions for a union to represent renters in the city. Over one-third of Guelph residents rent the place they live, and those residents are under incredible pressure with some of them under a very real threat of losing their homes. Is unionizing Guelph’s renters the best way to fight back outside of government action?The stories in Guelph have become quite familiar

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Open Sources Guelph #561 - March 19, 2026

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/23

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we let others do the talking. The news is just too damn busy, so we're going to double the number of special guests we usually have on this episode with one local politician and one labour organizer from Ottawa. First up, a member of city council will talk to us about a surprising development in the coming local elections, and after that we'll talk about the back and forth between the federal government and federal government workers. This Thursday, March 19, at 5

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End Credits #433 - March 18, 2026 (She Was Here)

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/20

This week on End Credits, we've got true Hollywood stories! For the first half of the show, we will talk about our thoughts fresh from watching this year's Academy Awards and what we think of the winners and losers. For the review, we will tune in to AppleTV to check out a documentary about a young actress, which comes, in part, from a Guelph filmmaker. This Wednesday, March 18, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: One Oscar After Another. The awards season showdown between One

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GUELPH POLITICAST #514 - White Nationalism in Our Own...

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/18

It was something of a surprise last week when Niagara Region chair Bob Gale announced his sudden resignation less than four months after being appointed by the Ontario government, but it was even more surprising when we found out why: He purchased a signed original copy of Adolf Hitler’s memoir and manifesto, Mein Kampf. Gale said he was a history buff, but anti-racism activists saw an entirely different explanation amidst the growing boldness of white supremacy in the region.From a fight at the

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Open Sources Guelph #560 - March 12, 2026

Guelph Politicast ·

2026/03/16

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're still thinking about war and peace. There's a lot of the former, which makes the latter seem rather fleeting, but if you're confused about what you're seeing on the news, or in your social media feed, imagine how the leaders of American and Canada's governments are feeling. We will catch up on the situation in Iran, and then we will catch up on the situation coming to Queen's Park with our special guest! This Thursday, March 12, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam

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