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The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio)

s1.e10.GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – BACK IN THE FUTURE The fresh water seas, the largest source of fresh water on the planet, hold the keys to life to come. Can we envision the life of the Lakes decades from now?

Former Anishinabek Nation Grand Chief Patrick Madahbee educates on the Biinaagami initiative. Chevaun Toulouse is a biology student, language researcher and award-winning young leader of ecosystem protection. William, a 12 year-old city boy shares his thoughts on what he has learned about the world environment. Mark Mattson is a lifelong advocate for water protection and the founder of Swim Drink Fish. Music from Gord Downie, the Tragically Hip, Guy Smith with the Healing Lodge Singers, Isaac Murdoch with Christi Belcourt, and Tamarack.

s1.e9. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour Music & Art Credits

‘Young William’ Photo Credit – Adriano

Music Credits

Title – Big Five Water
Artist – Ray Bonneville

Title – The Dawn
Album – Watin
Artist – Aysanabee

Title – Bawating
Album – River of Song
Artist – Guy Smith feat. Healing Lodge Singers

Title – In The Sweet By And By
Album – The Pine Family Singers
Artist – Pine Family Singers

Title – Rise
Artist/Composer – Isaac Murdoch & Christi Belcourt

Title – Rolling Hills
Artist/Composer – Damian Damjam Binda

Title – Saga 1 Complete
Artist/Composer – Damian Damjam Binda

Title – Sept. 28th 2021
Artist/Composer – Damian Damjam Binda

Title – The Lake
Album – Introduce Yerself
Artist/Composer – Gord Downie

Title – Gilligan’s Island Take 1
Artist/Composer – Damian Damjam Binda

Title – Intensity
Artist/Composer – Damian Damjam Binda

Title – Choice
Artist/Composer – Damian Damjam Binda

Title – Now The Struggle Has A Name
Album – We Are The Same
Artist – Tragically Hip

Title – It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken
Album – In Violet Light
Artist – Tragically Hip

This program produced by GLOW Radio Partners in venture with The Borderline Events Co.

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Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the Great Lakes Odyssey World is a multi-national effort to strengthen and explore our relationship with the natural wonders known as the Great Lakes.

In this part of the project, we have created a multi-part audio series looking at the way the Great Lakes shape our lives, our livelihoods, our health and our culture.

50 years ago, folks in the media and elsewhere were ready to declare the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie “dead.”

The thought so appalled citizens in Canada and the United States, they forced their national governments to act.

Because, of course, the Great Lakes shape the life of both Canada and the United States. And, of course, the Great Lakes are a single system stretching from Duluth to Ottawa and down the St. Lawrence seaway. What happens to any of the Lakes will soon happen to the others.

So, the politicians of 50 years ago negotiated the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, “for the purpose of restoring, protecting and enhancing the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes basin.”

50 years later, we can see the agreement worked. We see more fish, cleaner water, and less pollution. Unlike the early settlers and colonials, who mostly saw the Lakes as a resource to tap, we now recognize, like the First Nations, the Lakes are part of our identity. They shape our relationships, our songs and celebrations of place, the way we eat, how we play, and what we make, or sell, or harvest.

50 years since the wake-up call of a burning river, Great Lakes Odyssey wants to learn how we live and love, hurt and restore the incredible gift which is the Great Lakes.

We will explore Great Lakes art and artistic expression, and meet the artists, writers, musicians who make it. We will also dip into Great Lakes history and lore – and learn from the people who have been here the longest and know it the best: The People of the Three Fires, the Anishinaabek.

On our Odyssey around the Great Lakes, we will also hear from people working to prevent poisonous algal blooms or stop the spread of invasive species. We will meet visionaries undoing decades of development that hardened shorelines, emptied marshes and wetlands, and destroyed critical spawning grounds. We will talk to people working to ensure all beings have access to pure drinking water.

Because none of us can live without pure drinking water.

In this wondrous place we call the Great Lakes, we know we are blessed by these Sweet Water Seas. We claim them as our H.O.M.E.S. as the emotionally accurate mnemonic says. They are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior, and they are our HOMES.

As long as humans have lived in, and of and through the Lakes, people have told stories about them, sung about them, and gloried in this great gift of the long departed Ice Age. Left by glaciers thousands of years ago, they are the World’s storehouse of fresh water. If they are drained… or ruined… or damaged, they can never be replaced.

So, as we travel around the Great Lakes basin, we want to see how we are doing – what we are doing – how we’re feeling and what we’re learning as we try to live as lovers and restorers – and children and family – of the being whom the Anishinaabek call Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin, the five freshwater seas.

We hope to galvanize, inspire, and motivate you to strengthen, support and steward the Great Lakes to a beautiful and healthy future.

So please join us on this magical, dare we say “magical mystery tour” of the Great Lakes basin and Great Lakes culture.

Date:29 June 2025 .

Chris Carr has devoted much of his time and energy to the Sault Ste. Marie sports world, whether with the Soo Greyhounds, the Sault Thunderbirds, the Sault Sabercats or one of the city’s high school football teams. His passion for helping others and his love of live sporting events intersect in ways that build stronger communities. It is the kind of story that seldom gets the glory but is essential to the development of youth involved in extracurricular activities. Chris helps build character in the athletes he comes across in his roles as equipment manager/gameday associate through his countless hours of volunteering over almost three decades.

Date:27 June 2025 .

LIVEWIRE BLUES POWER is powered by the support of Long & McQuade, 647 MacDonald Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

PIANO GIANTS

The Sheik Of Araby – Fats Waller
18th Street Stomp – Fats Waller
Bye Bye Baby – Fats Waller
On The Sunny Side Of The Street – Art Tatum
Flying Home – Art Tatum
Body And Soul – Art Tatum
‘C’ Jam Blues – Duke Ellington
Smiles – Duke Ellington
Poor Butterfly – Duke Ellington
Stairway To The Stars – Duke Ellington
Trio – Errol Garner
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Errol Garner
How Long Blues – Count Basie
Red Wagon – Count Basie
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Count Basie
Sent For You Yesterday – Count Basie

LIVEWIRE BLUES POWER with Host Danny Mott

The blues tradition began in North America, coming out of the very soul of the earth. Blood, sweat and tears enriched the fertile ground that formed the roots that fed the soul of the people. It exuded itself through the music, we are the blues.

Having grown up on the borderline of the USA, and picking up that great late night blues radio, coming clear from Detroit and Chicago, we grew up accustomed to blues power. It was coming from everywhere. It makes for a vast reservoir of musical knowledge and experience to draw from.

Livewire Blues Power plays classic recordings from the all-time blues greats, as well as blues from around the world rooted in the tradition, and Livewire Blues Power also introduces the music of the Soo’s blues artists to blues fans everywhere.

“IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE BLUES, YA GOTTA HOLE IN YER SOUL”

Danny Mott (with Jimmy Vaughan)

About Your Host

DANNY MOTT was born in England and raised in Canada. Danny has been involved in myriad recordings and in various countries, most notably in Jamaica and Cuba.

Danny’s music is released under the moniker, “Mocombo” where he acts as composer, producer, engineer and musician. Mocombo is a versatile band project that shifts effortlessly between world music, traditional blues, Cuban jazz and blues rock.

Danny has a rich academic background in music that includes various diplomas, degrees and certificates. Danny’s studies include; Classical guitar from the Algoma Conservatory of Music; Composition, performance, music history, music business and retailing from Humber College of Applied Arts; North Indian Hindustani classical music at the Academy Of Eastern Fine Arts; Adult teaching techniques for music at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology; Music education at the University of Victoria; Studio recording from the Institute of Recording and Arts; Music theory at the Royal Conservatory of Music; Music and anthropology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Dean’s Honour List; Religious traditions of Islam at the University of Waterloo.

Danny’s music performance and work history are also impressive. As a tour promoter, acts like Gordon Lightfoot and Ravi Shankar; as a music teacher at Nelson Music in B.C.; Music Marketing Director and music technician at Saved By Technology in Toronto, with a client list including the Rolling Stones, Rush, Barenaked Ladies, Jane Siberry, and many more; Marketing and Sales Director for On Publications Inc., a national distribution of music print medium company; Marketing Director for Roy Creations International in Montreal, for the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Danny has orchestrated several projects, including a film in the Cuban language, with the participation of Cuba’s National Dance Company.

Danny’s ongoing music experiment, Mocombo, has issued seven outstanding CDs: Odyssey, Zubie Zubie, Dreamscape, Flophouse Daddy, Flophouse Daddy Returns (Boldly Going Nowhere), Global 360 and Mocombo in Habana Project (2 CD set).

“And here’s to the blues, the real blues— where there’s a hint of hope in every cry of desperation.”

Date:26 June 2025 .

S2.E14: NEW BEGINNINGS

Change in life is the constant reality, yet making changes is where a lot of individuals get stuck, they just want to stay put. Maria, with Fidgal, delve into ways to initiate new beginnings and create change from a spiritual perspective. Is becoming a better pre-angel a simple challenge?

THE NEW NORMAL PODCAST – Maria Iuliano with Fidgal

Maria guides a successful business called Fidgal, named after Maria’s guardian angel. They met when Maria was 5 years old.

Maria is a Peace Therapist, graduated with Honours in Peace and Conflict Studies from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology. With this knowledge, along with her expertise in the afterlife and her ability to see auras, Maria helps others find and create peace in their lives.

Visit: fidgal.com

“Be a victim of selfish love.”

Date:24 June 2025 .

Take the Front Seat by John De Lorenzi, unveils an extraordinary journey of connection, discovery, and transformation set against the backdrop of a rideshare program in 1990s Canada. This compelling novel follows Boris Bonch, a Russian immigrant with a troubled past, and Did Spencer, a young university student battling narcolepsy and a unique stutter, as they navigate the roads between Ottawa and Toronto. Through chance encounters and shared rides, a series of vivid characters enter their lives, each leaving a lasting impact. From the depths of personal struggle to the heights of newfound relationships, De Lorenzi crafts a narrative that explores the essence of human vulnerability and the strength found in companionship. As Boris and Did’s stories intertwine with those of their passengers, including the intuitive Greta Visser and the explorative Eli Bobov, Take the Front Seat takes readers on a memorable ride through the complexities of identity, the challenges of adaptation, and the courage required to take control of one’s life. John De Lorenzi masterfully captures the spirit of adventure and the quest for belonging in this poignant tale of friendship, love, and the search for home.

John De Lorenzi owns and operates a coffee business in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Allora Espresso Imports, which makes him an entrepreneur. He is also the drummer for a band called Man Feelings.

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“I call shotgun.”

Date:24 June 2025 .

Michael Burtch is a sculptor, sound artist, writer, set designer and an art historian, with an extensive exhibition history. Michael engaged in a major research project with Gary and Joanie McGuffin on the Group of Seven for a documentary film entitled, Painted Land: In Search Of The Group Of Seven. The project entailed extensive research and field study with the goal of identifying, documenting and interpreting exact sites in Algoma and Superior’s north shore where members of this famous group of artists painted their iconic works.

This extensive research resulted in a documentary film, commissioned by TVO and produced by White Pine Pictures, which was released in October 2015 for broadcast.

Hinterbrane Project Transient Phases is an Experiment by Michael Burtch and Dan Nystedt. It is a collaboration involving artists and musicians. That soundscape appears on this podcast.

Running time: 53 minutes.

Date:21 June 2025 .

LIVEWIRE BLUES POWER is powered by the support of Long & McQuade, 647 MacDonald Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

HOME & AWAY

> No Place Like Home – Michael Yurich

> The Losing Game – Michael Yurich

> Cadillac Assembly Line – Albert King

> Cold Shot – Shuggie Otis

> Boppin’ With The Blues – Powder Blues Band

> Jump and Jive – Louie Prima

> Double Trouble – Eric Clapton

> The Healer – John Lee Hooker & Santana

> Lonely Avenue – Delbert McClinton

> Habana Libre – Mocombo in Cuba

> Still Raining, Still Dreaming – Jimi Hendrix

> Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It – Paul Butterfield Blues Band

LIVEWIRE BLUES POWER with dj Danny Mott

The blues tradition began in North America, coming out of the very soul of the earth. Blood, sweat and tears enriched the fertile ground that formed the roots that fed the soul of the people. It exuded itself through the music, we are the blues.

Having grown up on the borderline of the USA, and picking up that great late night blues radio, coming clear from Detroit and Chicago, we grew up accustomed to blues power. It was coming from everywhere. It makes for a vast reservoir of musical knowledge and experience to draw from.

Livewire Blues Power plays classic recordings from the all-time blues greats, as well as blues from around the world rooted in the tradition, and Livewire Blues Power also introduces the music of the Soo’s blues artists to blues fans everywhere.

“IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE BLUES, YA GOTTA HOLE IN YER SOUL”

About Your Host

DANNY MOTT was born in England and raised in Canada. Danny has been involved in myriad recordings and in various countries, most notably in Jamaica and Cuba.

Danny’s music is released under the moniker, “Mocombo” where he acts as composer, producer, engineer and musician. Mocombo is a versatile band project that shifts effortlessly between world music, traditional blues, Cuban jazz and blues rock.

Danny has a rich academic background in music that includes various diplomas, degrees and certificates. Danny’s studies include; Classical guitar from the Algoma Conservatory of Music; Composition, performance, music history, music business and retailing from Humber College of Applied Arts; North Indian Hindustani classical music at the Academy Of Eastern Fine Arts; Adult teaching techniques for music at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology; Music education at the University of Victoria; Studio recording from the Institute of Recording and Arts; Music theory at the Royal Conservatory of Music; Music and anthropology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Dean’s Honour List; Religious traditions of Islam at the University of Waterloo.

Danny’s music performance and work history are also impressive. As a tour promoter, acts like Gordon Lightfoot and Ravi Shankar; as a music teacher at Nelson Music in B.C.; Music Marketing Director and music technician at Saved By Technology in Toronto, with a client list including the Rolling Stones, Rush, Barenaked Ladies, Jane Siberry, and many more; Marketing and Sales Director for On Publications Inc., a national distribution of music print medium company; Marketing Director for Roy Creations International in Montreal, for the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Danny has orchestrated several projects, including a film in the Cuban language, with the participation of Cuba’s National Dance Company.

Danny’s ongoing music experiment, Mocombo, has issued seven outstanding CDs: Odyssey, Zubie Zubie, Dreamscape, Flophouse Daddy, Flophouse Daddy Returns (Boldly Going Nowhere), Global 360 and Mocombo in Habana Project (2 CD set).

“Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.”

Danny Mott

Date:18 June 2025 .

S2.E13: THE MAN AT THE GATE

The man at the gate is Jesus. It’s the gate to heaven and Jesus is there to greet a 5-year old girl. Maria, with Fidgal, share their experience together at the gate speaking with Jesus. It’s a meeting that still teaches Maria new things even years later. What will we learn about Jesus?

THE NEW NORMAL PODCAST – Maria Iuliano with Fidgal

Maria guides a successful business called Fidgal, named after Maria’s guardian angel. They met when Maria was 5 years old.

Maria is a Peace Therapist, graduated with Honours in Peace and Conflict Studies from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology. With this knowledge, along with her expertise in the afterlife and her ability to see auras, Maria helps others find and create peace in their lives.

Visit: fidgal.com

“Only you can find yourself.”

Date:17 June 2025 .

A diverse group of photographers will explore and document various facets of Sault Ste. Marie, including urban landscapes, natural settings, industrial areas, and community life. Their creative process will be shared in real-time, with images uploaded to a central server and displayed on public screens throughout the city. This approach allows residents to engage with and witness the evolving portrayal of their community.

Following the photography phase, writers from different genres—such as poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and Indigenous storytelling—will draw inspiration from the captured images to create original written works. These literary pieces will be published online, offering diverse narratives and perspectives that complement the visual representations

A curated selection of photographs and writings will be compiled into both an e-book and a printed volume, slated for release by August 1, 2025. Contributors will retain intellectual property rights to their creations, and proceeds from book sales will be equitably distributed among all participating artists.

Fresh Eyes 2025: A New Perspective on Sault Ste. Marie

Our City is confronting several challenges. What 2025 has in store for our community is likely anyone’s guess – ‘plus ca change, plus ca meme chose’ …

But there are some things where we Sault creative community stakeholders can make a difference by simply doing what we do best – telling great stories. This reality gives a unique Sault creative project its impetus – ‘Fresh Eyes – Sault Ste Marie in 2025’. Imagine this …. commencing Wednesday, May 7 and concluding on Sunday May 11, 2025, 8 photographers (4 local, and 4 from out of town) will be tasked to ‘shoot the Sault’. These artists will have full liberty and creative licence to capture the Sault from any and all perspectives … urban, suburban, industrial, Nature, people and places – no creative limits

Next imagine that these photographers’ work is being continually uploaded to a publicly accessible physical location (perhaps a downtown Sault hotel space) and a dedicated website where the work can be viewed by anyone – 100s of images will be shot in 5 days … in the Thursday through Sunday period, the City (students / classes, interested citizens – anyone) can visit, speak to some of the photographers about their work – see the art unfold before their eyes … a free and fulfilling experience for all. And the City will win, too – it is proposed that Sault Tourism can acquire any images shot during this ‘Fresh Eyes’ period under a free copyright license…. a promotional win!

And the writers? Imagine again how a selected creative group will be tasked to supplement the visual images with their literary impressions about what the work … and what the City means in 2025. Once again, there will be writers on hand to meet with any of the public coming to see the photographs in person. These visitors will be given their own opportunities to comment on anything they have viewed … comments that will also contribute to our ‘Fresh Eyes’ creation. An editorial team will oversee the final production.

This ‘Fresh Eyes’ approach with its fixed time frames and clear creative objectives has never been undertaken anywhere else (to our knowledge) – but why not here? And why not now?

Running time: 30 minutes.

Date:17 June 2025 .

MUSICOLOGY is powered by Long & McQuade, 647 MacDonald Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

MUSICOLOGY with dj Danny Mott

Musicology is a form of music analysis that emphasizes culture, sociology, and music history. When musicologists study music, they go beyond the notes on a page. Among other things, they track the history of music, the evolution of musical instruments, cultural contexts of various genres, and performance practices associated with certain types of musical ensembles.

About Your Host

DANNY MOTT was born in England and raised in Canada. Danny has been involved in myriad recordings and in various countries, most notably in Jamaica and Cuba.

Danny’s music is released under the moniker, “Mocombo” where he acts as composer, producer, engineer and musician. Mocombo is a versatile band project that shifts effortlessly between world music, traditional blues, Cuban jazz and blues rock.

Danny has a rich academic background in music that includes various diplomas, degrees and certificates. Danny’s studies include; Classical guitar from the Algoma Conservatory of Music; Composition, performance, music history, music business and retailing from Humber College of Applied Arts; North Indian Hindustani classical music at the Academy Of Eastern Fine Arts; Adult teaching techniques for music at Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology; Music education at the University of Victoria; Studio recording from the Institute of Recording and Arts; Music theory at the Royal Conservatory of Music; Music and anthropology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Dean’s Honour List; Religious traditions of Islam at the University of Waterloo.

Danny’s music performance and work history are also impressive. As a tour promoter, acts like Gordon Lightfoot and Ravi Shankar; as a music teacher at Nelson Music in B.C.; Music Marketing Director and music technician at Saved By Technology in Toronto, with a client list including the Rolling Stones, Rush, Barenaked Ladies, Jane Siberry, and many more; Marketing and Sales Director for On Publications Inc., a national distribution of music print medium company; Marketing Director for Roy Creations International in Montreal, for the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Danny has orchestrated several projects, including a film in the Cuban language, with the participation of Cuba’s National Dance Company.

Danny’s project, Mocombo, has issued seven outstanding CDs: Odyssey, Zubie Zubie, Dreamscape, Flophouse Daddy, Flophouse Daddy Returns (Boldly Going Nowhere), Global 360 and Mocombo in Habana Project (2 CD set).

Danny Mott

Date:16 June 2025 .