It's the day after the Podcasters Across Borders 2009 Conference, so both topics in this week's show tie back to this incredible experience. First, I talk to Adam Gratrix of Suburban Transpondency about digital tribes, followed by some thoughts on the Friday night keynote from Jowi Taylor regarding the Six String Nation Canadian Guitar project.

This week, I speak with Jay Moonah of the Media Driving Podcast, and the bands The McFlies and Uncle Seth about the impact of recorded music on musicians and music listening.

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This week, two topics, each a matter of life and death, in its own way.

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What better day than the Victoria Day Holiday to take a rip at the monarchy?

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This week, the concluding part of an interview with film student Paul Lyzun
and veteran film maker Yvonne Erlichman and film-making and how the
shift from traditional film to digital has affected it.

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This week, the first part of an interview with film student Paul Lyzun and veteran film maker Yvonne Erlichman and film-making and how the shift from traditional film to digital has affected it

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More information on Yvonne

More information on Paul

A sample of Paul's work

This week, a discussion with a number of recent immigrants to Canada; their views on colutural identity and the immigrant experience.

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Episode photo by laffy4k, used under creative commons license.

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It is easy to get the feeling sometimes that everyone is a journalist these days. If anything happens, out come the cellphone cameras, and up go the twitter and blog posts. The online world becomes one big eye witness. But in this age of the instant unfiltered eyewitness account, where do we go for context, background, and a deeper understanding?

This week, I look at cultural ethnocentricity, specifically at the impact of Bollywood in the west, in an interview with Katherine Matthews. Katherine is a veteran of the Canadian social media scene, and has recently started a new podcast called totally filmi, about her love for Indian film.

Katherine will also be speaking at this year's Podcasters Across Borders conference!