AMI Today

Courtney Gilmour joins Jacob to talk about her comedy career ahead of the recording of her new album on August 28th. Courtney and Jacob have an insightful conversation about criticism, being heckled, and how she became a comedian. 

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Coming Up… Courtney Gilmour (1:15)
• Welcome Courtney Gilmour (3:33)
• How did Courtney become a comedian? (4:41)
• What was Courtney’s first show like? (6:54)
• The craft of comedy (8:19)
• Sometimes audiences laugh at the wrong part of the joke (10:04)
• Does Courtney get extra attention because of her visible disability? (13:26)
• Does Courtney feel pressured to talk about her disability as a comic? (16:15)
• How has Courtney’s comedy changed since her early career? (19:45)
• Has Courtney had any poor experiences with heckling? (22:14)
• How does Courtney recover from a bad show? (24:52)
• Courtney’s new comedy album (27:35)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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Today on the AMI Today Digest, host Jacob Shymanski and hosts from across the AMI-Audio network talk about the effects of personal attacks in political campaigns, and shrinkflation! There’s even more on the rest of the Digest today! 

Courtney Gilmour joins Jacob to talk about her comedy career ahead of the recording of her new album on August 28th. Courtney and Jacob have an insightful conversation about criticism, being heckled, and how she became a comedian. Listen to that interview here!

Highlights:

• Show Intro (00:00)
• Globe & Mail – does anyone actually enjoy negative political ads? (1:38)
• Voices of the Walrus – Engineering the ocean (6:09)
• The Guardian – Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s long interview (11:20)
• Double Tap – Making payments with your smart wallet instead of a physical credit or debit card (18:32)
• Kelly & Ramya – Where do we notice ‘shrinkflation’? (22:48)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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Today, Amy Amantea steps in as host for Jacob Shymanski and talks to hosts from across the AMI Audio network about the lack of funding to tackle homelessness and the opioid crisis, plus a new Ojibway-dubbed version of Star Wars. All that and more on today’s edition of AMI Today! 

Due to technical difficulties, we unfortunately couldn’t speak with our feature guest Mattmac.

Highlights:

• Show Introduction (00:00)
• Globe & Mail – Mayors ask for more funding to combat homelessness and the opioid crisis (1:00) 
• Podcast Preview – The Pulse’s “Star Wars in Ojibway” episode (6:21)
• The Guardian Daily – Mike Ross brings an interesting perspective on running mates Donald Trump and JD Vance (12:56)
• Double Tap – Google and Microsoft are still accessible software despite keyboard shortcut change (20:55)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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On Friday’s edition of AMI Today, host Jacob Shymanski spoke with audio describer JJ Hunt. They talked about all things audio description, including the process, highlights, and evolution of the industry. 

Highlights:

• JJ Hunt Introduction with Nisreen Abdel-Majid (00:00)
• Welcome to JJ Hunt (3:20)
• What is audio description? (4:00)
• How did JJ’s career begin? (5:45) 
• What was the first piece of audio description that JJ created? (9:30)
• Step-by-step walkthrough of how to describe a movie (11:56)
• Special skills that audio describers need to do their job (19:28)
• What needs to be described, and what doesn’t? (21:54)
• Audio description philosophies (25:18)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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Today, our host Jacob Shymanski and hosts from shows across the AMI Audio network talked about an author from The Washington Post who ditched their smartphone, and whether robots make a good alternative to humans for companion ship. All that and more on today’s episode of AMI Today!

In the second half of the show, Jacob spoke with audio description expert JJ Hunt. You can listen to the full interview here. Or watch it on YouTube.

Highlights: 

• AMI Today Introduction (00:00)
• Globe & Mail Today – Protection for actors with the rise of AI (2:01)
• The Washington Post This Week – Putting away your smartphone and picking up a dumbphone (6:32)
• The Guardian Daily – Will Trump get young male voters through podcasts? (15:25)
• Double Tap – Is a robot a good substitute for human companionship? (18:51)
• Kelly & Ramya – The link between liking coffee and having a green thumb (25:15)

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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Today, our host Jacob Shymanski speaks with hosts from shows across the AMI Audio network about how Canada’s house of commons has turned into a Tik Tok studio, and an interesting story from the UK about the influence sports has on us as the Olympics come to a close this weekend! Plus, much more from Double Tap and Kelly & Ramya! 

In the second half of the show, we present an episode of the AMI Podcast Tripping On Air, hosted by Ardra Shephard and Alex Hajjar. Today’s feature episode is titled “Getting Your Groove Back: Navigating MS & Sexual Dysfunction”

You can watch that podcast on Youtube here.

Or listen to it wherever you download your podcasts. 

Highlights

• AMI Today Intro (00:00)
• Globe and Mail Today – Conduct in the House of Commons (2:25)
• Podcast Preview – Tripping On Air (7:34)
• The Guardian Daily – What effect do sports have on us? Is it good? (11:21)
• Double Tap – Google’s new streaming service (19:04)
• Kelly & Ramya – AppleVis is shutting down (21:38)
• Preview of Tripping On Air (27:25)

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Today, our host Jacob Shymanski speaks with hosts from shows across the AMI Audio network about Kamala Harris’ pick for VP, UK reality TV shows that feature visually impaired ballroom dancers, and more! 

Corinne Van Dusen from the Globe and Mail presents an interesting perspective on Kamala Harris’ pick for VP from the newspaper. 

Amy Amantea brings us an article from Voices of the Walrus that discusses how to get people to use less power in the province where electricity is the cheapest. 

Andy Frank fills in for Mike Ross on The Guardian Daily, and previews two stories from the UK. First, Andy and Jacob discuss an article about the race riots taking place in the UK. Second, they have a fun discussion about reality TV shows that feature blind ballroom dancers from the BBC! 

Our friend Steven Scott from Double Tap is on the show to tell us about what’s making headlines in the world of Accessible Tech! Today, it’s Steven Scott against the television industry. 

Following the apparent television theme, Kelly MacDonald joins Jacob to preview what you can hear from Greg David on today’s episode of Kelly and Ramya.

Highlights

• AMI Today Intro (00:00)
• Harris’ pick for Vice President (3:18)
• How to get people to use less power in Quebec (5:59)
• Race riots in the UK and representation on reality TV (13:45)
• Why is the television industry suffering? (19:19)
• The longest running soap opera in television history (22:49)

In the second half of the show, Sara Hillis joins Jacob for an Audiobook Review! Today, they reviewed the book "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride. You can find that part of the show on the AMI Audiobook Review feed 

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On today’s Digest, Jacob Shymanski is joined by hosts of AMI-audio shows: The Globe & Mail, Maclean’s Magazine, The Guardian Daily, Double Tap and Kelly & Ramya to preview today’s episodes.

Segments: 

• AMI Today Intro (00:00)
• Globe & Mail - Corinne Van Dusen previews Danielle Smith’s Plea to Ottawa for More Aid for Jasper Evacuees (3:17)
• Macleans Magazine - Amy Amantea on Olympic Athletes who Juggle High-Level Competition, Families & Parenting (8:38)
• The Guardian Daily - Mike Ross on the Connection Between All-Meat Diets & US Politics (13:51)
• Double Tap - Steven Scott on Why He Got Banned from Twitter / X (20:55)
• Kelly & Ramya - Kelly MacDonald Previews Today’s Episode (24:32)

On AMI Audiobook Review Jacob & contributor Michael Feir review “The Making of Another Motion Picture Masterpiece” by Tom Hanks. Find the episode on your favourite podcast platforms or via this link.

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AMI-today is a daily live show launching on AMI-audio and AMI's YouTube Channel on Tuesday August 6th!

Hosted by Jacob Shymanski, catch new episodes every weekday at 11:00 AM ET for the latest in audiobooks, podcasts, technology, and advocacy.

AMI Today airs weekdays on AMI-audio in Canada and streams on the Accessible Media Inc. YouTube Channel.

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AMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

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