Telecommunications company Motorola was marketing a really cool product in the early 1990s called SportsTrax that allowed you to receive real-time action from a Toronto Blue Jays game to wherever you were. Continue reading “Episode 14: The Toronto Blue Jays go digital in 1994”
Former history librarian Susan Hoffman described Oral History as:”the ultimate example of grass roots social history.”
This episode of Station to Station focuses on the voices from the past, preserved in the Oral History Tape Collection at the Kitchener Public Library. (KPL) Continue reading “Episode 13: The Oral History Collection”
All the workout but without the sweat; I hang out at the gym and speak with two of my ‘coaches’ who I met through wellness programs at the YMCA where I am a member. Continue reading “Episode 12: The Gym”
The Philadelphia Media Network is operating under a new business model. The owner of the newspapers, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and the web portal, philly.com, is a for profit company, owned by the non-profit Philadelphia Foundation. Joe speaks with Publisher, Terrance Egger about the organization’s shift to: “keep journalism alive.”
Continue reading “Episode 11: Publisher of the Philadelphia Media Network, Terrance Egger”
Nel giugno del 1987 , lo chef in pensione , Luigi Pavia ha ottenuto il concerto culinaria di una vita ; è stato assunto per cucinare per cantante leggendaria , Frank Sinatra . (continua a leggere cliccando qui sotto.)
Continue reading “Episodio 10: Cucina per Frank Sinatra (Versione Italiana)”
In June of 1987, retired chef, Luigi Pavia got the culinary gig of a lifetime; he was hired to cook for legendary crooner, Frank Sinatra.
Continue reading “Episode 10: Cooking for Frank Sinatra (English version)”
In 1994, “The Raptors” was one of ten contenders, in a contest to name the newly formed, Toronto NBA team. The day the list of names was released, I was given the radio news assignment to ask people what their choice would be. Continue reading “Episode 9: How the Toronto Raptors were named”
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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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”
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”
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The uncensored history of Rolling Stone Magazine
A book by Robert Draper.
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Rolling Stone Magazine was the first magazine I had ever subscribed to. It was my “go to” source to get the stories and photos of my favourite musicians.
In 1991, author Robert Draper went behind the scenes and wrote the book, Rolling Stone Magazine:An Uncensored History.
It was a book that magazine founder, Jann Wenner did not like.
Draper explains why Wenner disapproved in this interview that originally aired on DC 103.5 in Orangeville.
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