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- TSP109 - Transcendent Tunes: Non, Je Ne Regret Rien - The little sparrow’s anthem.No other singer has as powerfully embodied their music as did Edith Piaf. Rising from her hard scrabbled life, spanning two world wars, she sang her way to international stardom, until her untimely death at 47.
Duration - 26:32
VoxBox: YouTube interview on Je Ne Regret Rien
Music Credit: Edith Piaf - Je Ne Regret Rien27 min - TSP108 - The Undefinable Spirit: Stefan Wiesen - Painting the world green.Dufferin - Caledon federal Green Party candidate Stefan Wiesen says, quote, “We must take a holistic approach to build a modern state that leaves nobody behind.” His obvious passion and commitment for the environment and people is evident in his clear-headed and grounded approach to the issues we all face.
Duration - 35:21
VoxBox: On YouTube, 2 clips from ‘This Hour Has 22 minutes’
Music Credit: Louie Armstrong - Wonderful World36 min - TSP107 - Time Trek: The Yo-Yo - Spinnin’ wheel got to go round.Surprisingly, the modern toy called the Yo-yo has a long venerable history. From ancient China, to Napoleon’s France, to Richard Nixon at the Grand Ole Opry, this toy for all ages continues to fascinate and entertain.
Duration - 22:03
VoxBox: On YouTube, Doctor Lucky Meisenheimer - Inside The World’s Biggest YoYo Collection
Music Credit: Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel23 min - TSP106 - The Undefinable Spirit: Michael McCreary - Punching up, never down.Brampton born and Orangeville raised Michael McCreary is an ‘aspie’ of a different colour. With a mind as agile as a whippet, Michael navigates his life with humour and humility, bestowing on us a deeper understanding of what it means to be autistic.
Michael McCreary: https://www.aspiecomic.com
Duration - 35:48
VoxBox: Compilation of Michael McCreary bits and clips
Music Credit: Isley Brothers - It’s Your Thing36 min - TSP105 - PH Factor: Freezing footprints.The impulse to archive has been aided and abetted by the exponential advance in recording technologies, which begs the question: What have we sacrificed in pursuit of our never ending desire to preserve memories?
Duration - 24:06
VoxBox: YouTube segment with comedian Norm MacDonald on the Evolution of Photography
Music Credit: Fastball - G.O.D. (Good Old Days)25 min - TSP104 - Digging Words: CONSERVATISM - Trapped in amber.The nature of conservatism is more complicated than current polarized thinking would suggest. From its political beginnings after the French Revolution to populist America and Britain, the impulse to remain true to inherited tradition is both a stabilizing force and one prone to ossification.
Duration - 35:19
VoxBox: Rowan Atkinson - excerpt from Conservative Conference on YouTube
Music Credit: The Kinks - Well Respected Man36 min - TSP103 - Transcendent Tunes: Woody and Arlo on the ‘rails’.Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land Is Your Land’ and his son, Arlo Guthrie’s ‘City Of New Orleans (written by the under appreciated Steve Goodman) can be considered anthems of a nation. The first being a response to the status quo - ‘God Bless America’ and the second an homage to life on the rails.
Duration - 33:02
VoxBox: Compilation of various artists performing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ and the ‘City Of New Orleans’
Music Credit: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land Is Your Land & Arlo Guthrie - The City Of New Orleans34 min - TSP102 - Time Trek: Encoding, foreboding?Starting with Morse code in the mid 19th century the beginnings of encoding technology eventually evolved into the ubiquitous use of barcodes today. This mini revolution has ramifications well beyond retail convenience and routine record keeping.
Duration - 24:44
VoxBox: YouTube segment with comedian James May rambling about barcodes and supermarkets
Music Credit: The Five Americans - Western Union25 min - TSP101 - The Undefinable Spirit: Andrea Bird - Dancing on the curve of life.Accomplished artist Andrea Bird connects art to love and death. Her theme of ‘holding loosely’ infuses Andrea’s work and positive world view.
Andrea Bird: http://andreabird.com
Duration - 30:22
VoxBox: William Shatner - from the CD ‘Has Been’
Music Credit: Belle Starr - This Must Be The Place31 min - TSP100 - PH Factor: The little ‘cast’ that could!Our special celebratory milestone moment where we reminisce across 2 years of podcasting and what led up to it. Our conversation includes podcast excerpts, special moments, joys and challenges along the way.
Duration - 38:13
VoxBox: Compilation of interview snippets from our ‘Undefinable Spirit’ series of podcasts
Music Credit: John Denver - The Little Engine That Could39 min
About The Sill
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From Canada, with Peter Noce, a media producer and technology trainer/tutor and Harry Posner, a writer, author and former Poet Laureate; sharing our interests and passions with you, on 'The Sill'. The…
original concept of our podcast was to explore areas relating to Art and Technology, evolving into a virtually ‘no limits’ conversation. Neither of us are experts, nor profess to be. We are on the same level as the listener, offering up ideas and thoughts that come from our life experiences, inviting listeners to eavesdrop on what we hope is an enjoyable and interesting dialogue. We discuss artificial intelligence, the power of poetry in the digital age, explore the worlds of tea and coffee, aging, death and dying, and interview a range of fascinating people. The whole point is to both educate and entertain, and to re-enliven the art of conversation.