Category: Show Notes

Open Sources (Ep. #551) Show Notes for January 8, 2026

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we enter the new year like we left the old year: chaotically. For this first episode of the year, we will catch you up with all the news you might have missed either intentionally or on purpose during the holidays, and split into three distinct areas. We will tackle the latest drama south of the border, the travel plans of Canada’s prime minister, and whatever the heck in going on with the leader of Ontario. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #551) Show Notes for January 8, 2026” →

Open Sources (Ep. #550) Show Notes for January 1, 2026

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we kick off 2026 by kicking out 2025. As usual on New Year’s Week, we will hand out the annual awards in the four categories we mark at this time every year. We cover the good, the bad and ugly as we look at the people who made us hopeful, the people who made us weep, and the issues that keep us warm because the fire from the rage burns so bright! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #550) Show Notes for January 1, 2026” →

Open Sources (Ep. #549) Show Notes for December 25, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph we ask, “What day is this?” And we answer, “Why it’s Christmas Day, sir.” And since it’s Christmas Day, or there abouts, the time has come for our annual entry the political movies special. As usual at this time of year, we’ve lined up four new politically-themed movies to discuss including two comedies, a French movie in black and white and an Academy Award-winning documentary! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #549) Show Notes for December 25, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #548) Show Notes for December 18, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting our passports ready for a hour-long trip around the world. First, we will go to Australia where holiday celebrations turned to terror, while in this hemisphere it’s looking more and more like a war is coming for one oil rich South American country and you-know-who’s to blame. For the interview, we will talk to one of our federal representatives who definitely has some worldly thoughts of his own. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #548) Show Notes for December 18, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #547) Show Notes for December 11, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going to jail! “Finally,” some would say. Well too bad because we’re not actually going to jail, but we are going to talk about jail and who is going there in the first part of the show. Also, in this all news episode, we will look at the aftermath of lower international student enrollment and then head to a land down under and a great social (media) experiment underway there now. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #547) Show Notes for December 11, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #545) Show Notes for November 27, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph it’s all going according to plan. Sort of. At least that’s what the Prime Minister of Canada wants us to think as he seeks out foreign investment around the globe. Closer to home, trouble is brewing for his provincial counterparts in Quebec, while even more closer to home we will talk to the head of Guelph city council about all the things he can’t or won’t do when it comes to the city budget. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #545) Show Notes for November 27, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #544) Show Notes for November 20, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re thinking globally and poding locally. Environmental issues are on our minds this week as we tackle a new pair of interviews, first with a delegate at the annual climate conference where there’s so much hope for an organized action on climate change, and then, closer to home, we will talk to the Green Progressive that wants to make fighting climate change the backbone of a new political union. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #544) Show Notes for November 20, 2025” →