Electric Sky
Electric Sky produces podcast programs that feature engaging, creative and critical ideas... and great music.Portrait is a short format program. Each edition offers a narrow field of view about a particular subject, person, event or theme, in 10 minutes or less.Landscape is a 30 minute program in which individual segments contribute to a more broad view of a subject. Each edition is in the form of a magazine, documentary, or investigative radio show.
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Stephen Gritt on Art Restoration and Conservation
Its amazing who you can meet in a park during your childs soccer game. I was introduced to Stephen Gritt on one such occasion last summer by someone who knew that Stephen would make a great guest for Electric Sky. They were right. Show ID and intro Interview with Stephen Grit National Gallery of ...
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Jennifer Barnaby and Cakes for a Cause
During the annual Great Glebe Garage Sale (a huge community garage sale in Ottawa), my family stumbed on Jennifer Barnaby, a Cordon Bleu Chef who was serving baked goods shed made while her husband, Jim, brewed up espresso and handled the transactions. Every single cent collected from the sales wen ...
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Brad Blanton and Radical Honesty
Ive wanted to produce a documentary on honesty for almost three years. In preparation, I gathered some street audio on honesty and dishonesty, definitions of the ideas and self-analysis (unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced some of this audio). I also conducted an incredibly insightful intervie ...
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Bracelets of Hope
While in Perth, ON last August, I learned about Bracelets of Hope, an initiative to raise the money necessary to build a medical clinic for a Village of Hope in Harare, Zimbabwe all by selling handmade bracelets. Even more impressive is that the initiative was dreamed up by a ten-year-old. I met w ...
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Whale Watching on the Jolly Breeze
Our family vacation in August 2007 was a two-week, unplugged, extravaganza down the Fundy side of New Brunswick. The camping was fantastic and we were able to witness the awesome vertical tides of the Bay of Fundy. The highlight of our trip was a whale watching expedition on the Jolly Breeze, a tal ...
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Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity and Education (part 2 of 2)
In the conclusion of this two part series, Sir Ken Robinson explains what back to basics means, offers ways in which parents can help foster creativity in their children, and outlines his ideal school. Show ID and Intro Interview with Sir Ken Robinson (part 2 of 2) I recommend Sir Robinsons book, ...
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Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity and Education (part 1 of 2)
I first learned about Sir Ken Robinson and his research on creativity and the decline of creativity in education when I saw a video of a presentation he delivered at the TED conference (Do Schools Kill Creativity?). His book Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative is an in depth analysis of educa ...
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Promo: Recovery Program Documentary
In March 2006, I took a day off of work to spent time with the residents of Harvest House, a recovery program based in Ottawa. It was an incredibly educational and emotional day. I am currently producing a thirty-minute documentary based on my experiences that day. The program will be available at ...
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Relaxed release schedule for summer 2007
You may have already noticed that I havent been releasing shows regularly for the last few months.?? I needed to forgive myself the weekly production schedule during a particularly busy spring.?? I plan to produce a few shows over the summer on no particular release schedule and will be back into re ...
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Michael Kositsin and his amazing honey bees
Ottawa Valley Honey is one of the popular attractions at the Ottawa Farmers Market. Children and adults flock to this booth to study the section of beehive that is always a part of the display. I had the opportunity to interview Michael Kositsin, one of the beekeepers, about his amazing honey bees. ...
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William Hawkins and connecting with people
In the same way that many people figured Wayne Gretzky would always play hockey, I cannot imagine a time when William Hawkins, Bill, will no longer be driving his cab. And driving a cab is only one of the many lives he has led. Bill was part of the Ottawa music scene that centered around the Cafe H ...
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Tod Maffin made me do it
I released my very first Podcast on April 29, 2005. Tod Maffin made me do it. That is to say, I heard him talk about podcasting during a technology segment on CBC Radio. That, combined with Brent Bamburys announcement that he was leaving CBC Ottawa resulted in the launch of Electric Sky. Electric ...
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Alex Overwijk and the perfect freehand circle
In many respects, Alex Overwijk reminds me of my own high school math teachers - passionate, a good sense of humour and a unexpected skill that everyone knows them for. Alex is an unlikely celebrity for a viral YouTube video of him drawing a perfect freehand circle. Show ID and Intro Interview wit ...
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Scrabble Tournament for Multiple Sclerosis
Since 2002, Pam Hunter has been organizing annual Scrabble tournaments to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. I dropped in on this years event and learned that, like baseball, Scrabble is rich with strategy and language including speed games, board-vision, heavy tiles and box scores. Show ID and I ...
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Jeannie Hunter and the World Voices Choir
Quite by chance, my family and I learned about the CD release party for The World Voices Choir, an event that took place just over a month ago. We made it a family event that includes our two daughters ages five and seven. It was an amazing and inspirational experience, and it raised money [...]
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June Creelman on creating museum exhibits
On a recent visit to the Canadian Museum of Nature, we were polled for our opinions on a proposed exhibit on water. A display of four concepts were on display for public comment. I had never considered how museum exhibits were conceived, planned and pulled together. Show ID and Intro Interview wi ...
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Thomas Wartenberg and Philosophy for Children
Thomas Wartenberg has created an entire program for his philosophy class at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The program teaches his students how to facilitate a philosophical discussion with grade 1 through 5 students using picture books. The results are amazing. Show ID and ...
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Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner George Da Pont
For no apparent reason, I have always assumed that any coast guard operation was a military outfit. It turns out I was wrong. To learn more, I sat down with the Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, Mr. George Da Pont. Show ID and Intro Interview with Commissioner George Da Pont Search and R ...
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Happy Holidays
This is an unusual episode of Electric Sky in which I cut loose with my other Rogic Conglomerites to bring you a festive song. Thank you very much for being a part of the Electric Sky audience. All the best to you and yours for a happy, healthy and safe holiday season - no matter how you [...]
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Stephen Hardiman on storytelling as a business tool
During a recent conversation about social media, my friend, Stephen Hardiman, started to talk about storytelling as a business tool. It was one of those times when I cut people off and tell them to save it for when the tape is rolling. Since Stephen has a radio background having hosted Expert Radi ...
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