188: Tom Merritt
While Mark flew the friendly skies to San Diego, Bob and Tom Merritt managed to connect over Skype to talk about Tom’s return as a PAB-two-timer (not as bad as it sounds), his experience with storytelling and the JOLT! he will deliver this coming weekend on audience engagement.
Remember, PAB2011 is just four days away. Register as soon as possible to ensure you have your choice of menu options for the Saturday sit-down lunch.
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Register now
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Photo courtesy of Tom Merritt.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:06 — 16.6MB)
187: Mare Swallow
Mare Swallow, the PABster formerly known as Etiquette Bitch (insert crazy squiggly line here) drops by to talk about her speaking session, JOLT!, hot husband and fan club.
IN THE SHOW
- We don’t trash the Skype interface
- Boat cruise update (now a 2 hour cruise, 9pm-11pm)
GUEST: Mare Swallow
- Mare’s PAB2011 talk: Your Story Deserves to be Told Crappy
- Mare will also JOLT! us on what makes PAB great (can’t wait)
- Mare’s hot husband will be on the PAB2011 boat cruise
- Mark’s older daughter is a fan of Mare’s (ahem) singing
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Register now
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:35 — 21.7MB)
186: Bruce Murray, the Zedcaster
Bruce Murray joins us this time around, yes, to discuss PAB, and other fun things! 
IN THE SHOW
- Chef Linguini-something-whatever from PAB2006 (Full episode link)
- Great stories can happen anywhere
- PAB talk, surprised?
- What brings people back to PAB
- Advice for PAB newbies
GUEST: Bruce Murray
- Bruce’s PAB2011 Talk: History – The Good Parts Version
- He will also JOLT! us by getting the PAB Audience to Improv
- Watch Bruce as Professor Potphaida from PAB2008
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Register now
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:02 — 34.8MB)
185: John Meadows
We catch up with longtime community member John Meadows who talks about his most recent creative pursuits and teases us into his PAB2011 talk.
IN THE SHOW
- Trying to navigate the Skype interface
- The Skype interface is much worse than we thought it was
- Bring back the old Skype interface
PAB2011 SPEAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Joyce Hostyn: It’s all invented: narrative as an inside-out approach to designing change
- Christopher Griffin
PAB2011 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
- Mark Poirier (IMAX Director of Photography)
GUEST: John Meadows
- John’s PAB2011 Talk: Applied Synesthesia; What photography has taught me about storytelling in audio
- Watch a video of John’s PAB2010 JOLT
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Register now
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:45 — 31.9MB)
184: Dude Schmude
Another show closer to PAB2011. We’re joined this week by a PAB lifer, who’ll also be JOLTing us this year at PAB2011.
IN THE SHOW
- So many years in, still plugging in wires
- Keynote speaker announcement NEXT EPISODE!
- PAB Lifers
GUEST: Scarborough Dude
- Dude’s PAB2011 JOLT!: Story Schmorie – What me Worry?
- Bluffer’s Park Mayorship on FourSquare
TECH TALK
- Audio Interfaces : Delta 1010, M-Audio MobilePre, SoundBlaster Live 64, M-Audio 1814, Steingberg CI-2, Yamaha AudioGram 6
AUDIO COMMENTS
- Stephane Deschenes clarifies the ‘Naked podcasting challenge’
- NAC Dance Podcast
- BaladOCNA
- Comedy Above the Pub
- Dotto Tech
- Don’t see your submission here? read Why didn’t my show get listed?
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Register now
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:44 — 41.0MB)
183: Anthony Marco, 5-show podcaster and PAB2011 presenter
We’re stepping up podcast production between now and PAB2011. This is the first in our two-episodes-per-week effort and features a PAB sophomore and a speaker in this year’s program.
IN THE SHOW
- PAB2011 registrations picking up
- Keynote speaker announcement STILL forthcoming
- Finalizing the PAB2011 program
- Figuring out Skype’s new-old interface
GUEST: Anthony Marco
- Anthony’s PAB2010 JOLT! A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures (video)
- Anthony‘s five podcasts
- Northern Voice
- Oscar Peterson statue
- Anthony’s PAB2011 session: The Unattended Moment in the Communication Jam
- Anthony DOES listen to CPB
- Making Dyscultured happen with 5 members of the team scattered across the country
- Maximizing the PAB experience
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Register now
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:56 — 31.2MB)
182: The meat of the show
We’re stepping up podcast production between now and PAB. So, expect (and hold us to) two episodes a week.
IN THE SHOW
- Standing desks
- Increasing production (now 100% more CPB every week)
- Remembering Derek K. Miller audio comment from Tod Maffin (music: The Burning Moon by Derek K. Miller)
- Promo: Cynastry
- Audio comment from Stephane of Bare Oaks
PAB2011 JOLTS
- Dave Brodbeck: You Story Deserves No Attention Whatsoever
- Robin Browne: Why you should help people with no voice tell their stories well
- Adam Gratrix: Transcoincidentalism – a manifesto of the posthuman raconteur!
- Tom Merritt:
- Sue Murphy: Just Hit Publish – No more excuses
- Bruce Murray: Let’s tell a (collective) story..
- Andrea Ross: Your Story Deserves to be Bold
- Scarborough Dude: Story Schmorie – What me worry
- Mare Swallow: What is PAB worth?
PAB2011 SPEAKING SESSIONS
- Sylvain Grand’maison: Family Jewels
- Anthony Marco: The Unattended Moment in the Communication Jam
- Sean McGaughey: Sunday Serman – Letters from Rome
- John Meadows: Applied Synesthesia; What photography has taught me about storytelling in audio
- Bruce Murray: History – the good parts version
- Mare Swallow: Your Story Deserves to be Told Crappy
PAB2011 KEYNOTE
- Announcement coming
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Photo: Saving Tod Maffin’s bacon via cross-country tech support: live! by Derek K. Miller
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:52 — 30.1MB)
181 – Same upside down
Bob’s 1940 Stromberg-Carlson Console
A bit different this time around, Mark drops in on Bob (a couple of weeks ago), and of course, when these two are together, audio is recorded.
It’s kind of a ramble-cast, we talk about Night Court, Bob’s antique radios, parenting, stuff… back to a normal show next time..
More PAB2011 Speaker annoucements!
- Sylvain Grand’Maison – Family Jewels
- Bruce Murray – An Improvisational JOLT!, & History: The good-parts version
- Adam Gratrix – Transcoincidentalism: a guide for living faster than the speed of thought
Don’t Miss it!!
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- More announcements coming in the next episode!
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:07 — 29.2MB)
180 – Buff ‘Eh
Picture is unrelated, it's all I had -Bob
Hosts Robin Browne and Sean McGaughey join forces on this week’s episode of the Canadian Podcast Buffet!
Tech Talk
- Recording Techniques
- Skype recorders: Sean uses 2 free windows recorders
- Double Ender recording.
- Gear discusssion
Other Topics
Sean is manning the podcasting table at an internal Media Day at his school board.
Robin attended the National Conference on Media Reform in Boston two weeks ago.
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- More announcements coming in the next episode!
OTHER EVENTS
- Northern Voice
May 13-14, 2011 - CreatorCamp Chicago 2011
May 14, 2011 - Vancouver Home Recording Meetup
- MESH – May 25-26 Toronto
- MARCOM – June 1-2, Ottawa
- Podcamp London: June 11: There is now a $1.99 registration fee.
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:05 — 37.4MB)
179: Audio Hijacking PAB2011
Mark’s sound card is dead and Bob’s studio was dismantled. So, we improvised and rediscovered Audio Hijack Pro and the power of Mac OS X internal audio routing.
IN THE SHOW
- Audio Hijack Pro and the Mac OS X reinvention cycle
- PAB2011, book your room at The Lord Elgin Hotel (amazing deal)
- Promo and Profile: Healthy Money Podcast
- Remembering the first registrants for each PAB
- We take a few cheap shots at Dave Brodbeck
- Back to Me (by Robert Farrell and Mark)
- Robin Browne on Social Ed., the new name for his podcast
PAB2011 SPEAKING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS PART 1
- Anthony Marco: The Unattended Moment in the Communication Jam (click here to see his PAB2010 JOLT!)
- Dave Brodbeck: You Story Deserves No Attention Whatsoever (a JOLT!)
- John Meadows: Applied Synesthesia; What photography has taught me about storytelling in audio (click here to see his PAB2010 JOLT!)
- Andrea Ross: Your Story Deserves to be Bold (click here to see here PAB2010 JOLT!)
- Dates: June 24-26, 2011
- Location: National Arts Centre, Ottawa
- Theme: Your story deserves to be told. Well.
- Thanks for all the proposals! We’re in the process of trickling out the program announcements. Stay tuned!
OTHER EVENTS
- Northern Voice
May 13-14, 2011 - CreatorCamp Chicago 2011
May 14, 2011 - Vancouver Home Recording Meetup
CONTACT US
- email: canadianpodcastbuffet@gmail.com
- feedback: +1-267-220-3701
- Canadian Amateur Podcasters Facebook group
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (39.1MB)
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