When I worked as a radio News Director, I used to regularly receive emails and phone calls from people who pitched their ideas to me for a news story. I remember one such pitch involving the Coen brothers and a casting call scheduled to happen in my hometown of Kitchener, Ontario. Continue reading “The Coen Brothers”
Physician-Assisted Dying will become a reality in Canada in 2016. This episode deals with a town hall meeting that I attended in Toronto in January of 2016. Continue reading “Episode 8: Physician-Assisted Dying”
You’ve heard the old cliche, “everyone has a book in them”. Lucy Kraemer thinks so. Kraemer, a free-lance writer and librarian in the small town of Mount Forest, northwest of Toronto, conducts memoir writing workshops. Joe discusses the process of getting started on telling your own, unique story.
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“Good for you,” someone said that to me, this morning, while I was out for my run. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this, and while I’m thankful for the encouragement, I wonder what the person really means. Continue reading “Running and thinking”
When Daniel Alter was 17, he made a commitment to see the movie, Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Continue reading “Episode 5: Star Wars Fan Daniel Alter”
American activist, Gloria Steinem discusses self-esteem and “outrageous acts” in a 1992 interview.
Every year we buy a real Christmas tree to decorate our house for the month of December.
That tree, officially kicks off the holiday season for us.
Continue reading “Episode 3: In search of the perfect Christmas tree.”
After I absorbed the horrors of the November 13,2015 events that occurred in Paris, my thoughts quickly went back to a trip I took there. Continue reading “Paris, February 1985”
I first watched CBC television anchor Knowlton Nash deliver the news during the American hostage crisis in Iran in the early 1980′s. Continue reading “What I learned from Knowlton Nash”
While vacationing in New Orleans I came upon a police news conference being held in the cities historic French Quarter. Continue reading “Video: New Orleans Police News Conference”
While I spent most of my time in a radio booth, every now and then I made an appearance on television. Continue reading “A face for radio”
I was inspired to produce this feature after hearing the stories of 5 women who served in both World Wars.
Continue reading “Episode 2: Women in War”
Every Canada Day during my adult life, I would call my parents and thank them for moving to this country. Continue reading “Growing up Italian-Canadian”
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