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This week on Open Sources Guelph there’s cause for celebration! Not only is this our annual year-end (or year-beginning in this case) awards show, but it’s also our 500th episode and the start of year 11 for OSG! It’s a good thing we have all that to look forward to because this revisiting of 2024 had us bummed in a major way. Enjoy the fun gang, because it might be the last we’ll have for a while! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #500) Show Notes for January 2, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we box! It is Boxing Day, isn’t it? So we’re going to be boxing up all kinds of things, but the one thing we will be unboxing is our annual political movies show! For the tenth annual edition, we will look at four important films that cover a lot of political ground, from a documentary about a famous writer to the nightlife of Berlin just as things started getting Nazi, and from the end of the world in 2027 to a David Vs. Goliath courtroom fight! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #499) Show Notes for December 26, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we were all but ready to take off for the holidays but they had to squeeze just a little bit more breaking new out of us. From Ottawa, there may be a change in government, or a change in prime minister, or a change in something, we don’t know! We also don’t know what happened with the Canada Post strike that was suddenly over this week, but we’re going to find out about that too!! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #498) Show Notes for December 19, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re not done with 2024 yet, and it seems like the year is not done with us! Out of the Middle East this week some good news for a change, or at least some less bad news depending on what’s next. We will also talk about the reaction to a very specific crime on the streets of Manhattan, and closer to home, we’ll have a city councillor do a little year-end recap with us! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #497) Show Notes for December 12, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re reminded that the history of this show is haunted by an orange-coloured goon in a Florida beach club. Yes, we’re heading back to Mar-a-Lago this week, and we’re also heading back to Queen’s Park to talk about accountability, our favourite topic! For the interview, we’re talking to a friend of the show about how we can help people not go hungry this Christmas and beyond. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #496) Show Notes for December 5, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we wish we could shake it off. It would be our wildest dream to come on the radio one week and have something normal to talk about, but we knew this was trouble when we saw it cross our newsfeeds this week. We’re going to discuss what happened in Montreal last weekend, an arrest warrant for a controversial world leader, and final thoughts about the 2025 Guelph budget with one of our councillors. Hopefully, no bad blood there. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #495) Show Notes for November 28, 2024”
This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re stuck in the middle with you. If you’re feeling stuck, you’re not alone and it’s safe to say that the entire government apparatus at all levels seem stuck these days. This edition of a show will be a recital of being stuck, from gridlock in Ottawa to impasses at the annual international climate change summit. Our provincial government seems stuck on bail reform, while our greatest Christmas parade is just strapped… for cash. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #494) Show Notes for November 21, 2024”
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