Podcasts about Beakerhead

“While there are many beloved mutant vehicles out there, El Pulpo, in both of its incarnations, is the most beloved.” ~Chef Juke, Communications lead for the Department of Mutant VehiclesEl Pulpo is a 28-foot tall giant octopus, a demented windup toy, a mobile kinetic sculpture with articulating legs, eyes and mouths. It spews fire from its extremities and it has been stealing the limelight for a decade now, first at Black Rock City, then everywhere from LoveBurn to EDC to fire festivals and engineering events.It's merely the newest and largest expression of artist Duane Flatmo and his team of kinetic engineer artists. Many years ago, he gave up music to pursue art, which he has pursued from New York to London to China. He's a hardworking, paperwork-doing, idea person. Duane shares how his influences inspired his innovations and got him to perform on The Tonight Show, open for Carlos Santana, and compete in Junkyard Wars and the Kinetic Sculpture Race. His curiosity and his resourceful team create surprises for people all around the world. Hear the stories of El Pulpo's predecessors, origins, and worldly adventures!www.elpulpomecanico.comkineticgrandchampionship.comBurning Man LIVE: Chef Juke's Wild Art Car R.I.D.E. LIVE.BURNINGMAN.ORG

On today's show: as we enter the second day of the public hearing on the City's proposed housing strategy, we find out how the first day went at City Hall; Naheed Nenshi and Jeromy Farkas are back with a look at the politics of housing; and Beakerhead turns 10 with a bang!

On today's show: there have been 97 shootings so far this year. Calgary's police chief Mark Neufeld on the city's rise in shootings; when a coal mining company is bleeding money, who will pay for it to clean up its roads and drill sites; and we hear about Beakerhead's latest robotic creation that's coming to Calgary next month.

Hanan Chebib has worked across corporate events and tech industries, always looking for the next project she could tackle and complete, which she quips as always on the lookout for her next “mechanical, fire breathing Octopus” - a callback to an impossible project she took on. We had an enlightening conversation about the attrition rate of women in the tech-industry, how role-models are significant to stimulate growth, and how mentors play a role in guiding an industry. Hanan now works at Chic Geek, a Calgary-based non-profit building a welcoming, supportive community for women in tech. For the transcription of this episode please visit: https://www.rainforestab.ca/yyc-blog/podcast-episode-156-transcription Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by Rainforest Alberta. The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta. Host: Adam Casole-Buchanan is the Director of Partnerships at Briefbid, a free media planner that helps marketers make smart media investments. He writes poetry in his spare time, and he's huge fan of logic puzzles. Guest: Hanan Chebib has had the honour of working across multiple industries in her career but in every case, she enjoyed being in the heart of figuring out "how" with strong, insightful people. Through her work, Hanan led brave and innovative change by bringing together unique perspectives and expertise. She provided a thoughtful, open, collaborative environment to solve new challenges. Hanan is currently Program Specialist at Chic Geek. Some of Hanan's most recent achievements include:  • Artistic Producer for a series of dance films at the Alberta Ballet available online for a digital audiences during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.  • As the Head of Innovation at the Alberta Ballet, Hanan led a team of production crew, an architect/designer, a metal fabricator and multiple industry leaders, in the development of a new product that addressed the waste, storage and transport of large-scale set pieces, called the Set Assembly Kit.  • As a key part of a lean and highly productive team at Beakerhead, Hanan was the Director of Creative Experiences building spectacles of art, science and engineering for the streets of Calgary every September. Over four seasons, she had the pleasure of working with artists, scientists, inventors, and community builders to bring one-of-a-kind experiences to delight and inspire Calgarians. Please be sure to share this episode with everyone you know. If you are interested in being either a host, a guest, or a sponsor of the show, please reach out. We are published in Google Podcasts and the iTunes store for Apple Podcasts We would be grateful if you could give us a rating as it helps spread the word about the show. Show Quotes: "A lot of the research that we have done shows that 2x more women are leaving tech than men - and that's primarily women in their mid-career." "I recognize how important it is to have people advocating for you, and who want to see you succeed, be part of your professional life" "If we know that women don't see themselves in higher levels of the company - and if we can provide a mentor...that's a huge gain." "I can imagine all of the steps that are needed and all of, maybe the resources that are needed in order to come to the end point. So whether that's a photography gig, a corporate event, you know, building out a festival. Plopping a fire-breathing mechanical octopus in the middle of Inglewood, you know, four or five days." "So what I get to do right now within the team is sort of exploring what those programs look like and how do they operate online. And having really great, beautiful discussions with women in tech about the challenges that they're facing and the things that they want to see change as well as, like providing them with some really good services, you know, hoping that they'll stay within tech instead of leaving tech." Credits... This Episode Sponsored By: Assembly Coworking Space Episode Music: Tony Del Degan Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan  

Steve keeps Will in check while he complains about Calgary's science festival Beakerhead. Also, they talk about a book or something.   Subscribe to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chapterbychapterpodcast Visit our website: www.chapspodcastnetwork.com   Follow Us!   @ChapbyChap on Twitter @chapterbychapterpod on Instagram   New Music By Mark Ferguson! (Thanks Mark!)

We begin with our weekly conversation with Mayor Naheed Nenshi. We ask the Mayor what was behind City Council's decision this week to add a City Bylaw to the Province's newly announced Vaccine Exemption Program. Next, we look at research into a ‘non-traditional' form of treating Mental Illness that's shown a lot of promise. We hear details on the new study focusing on ‘psychedelic pharmaceuticals'. Then we head Stateside – for our weekly catch up with Jackson Proskow, Washington Bureau Chief with Global News. We get the latest on the COVID-19 situation in the U.S. and take a look at President Joe Biden's not so ‘positive' current approval rating. Finally, it's a collaboration between two of Calgary's most popular annual events. Why “Beakerhead” has joined forces with the “Calgary International Film Festival,” and the spectacular visual art display the two have planned for this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right now we are in event purgatory, we are still two weeks away from things opening up completely but in the meantime there are only a handful of things going on. BUT that doesn't mean we can't buy tickets for things coming up in the next few months. :D  In this episode I talk about a concert at Hotel Arts, I give updates on Folkfest, RibFest and Beakerhead and I tell you about a big 80's dance party.  There are 3 new restaurant openings to discuss and a sweet local market happening this weekend. Thank you to Food Works Craft Catering for sponsoring this episode! Follow them on instagram @foodworksyyc and look for their upcoming event June 25 & 26 a Salvadorian Street Food Pop-up! If you are looking for a smart way to advertise your small business to locals, do it with us! Email info@yycsociables.com and we'll hook ya up.

Join me as I chat about the re-imagined transformation of TELUS Spark with Mary Anne Moser, CEO of Telus Spark and Co-Founder of Beakerhead.

Dennis Cahill is the Artistic Director of the world renowned Loose Moose Theatre Company and is an all around fun and creative guy. He took some time out of his schedule to talk about how he first got involved in theatre and the road he traveled to running one of the most recognized improvisational theatre companies in the world. We talk music, teaching, history, the elegance of the touch typewriter, how (not) to write a book, and his current passion for teaching scientists to be better communicators through improvisation. LINKS FOUND IN THIS PODCAST Loose Moose Theatre Company Loose Moose History Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Science Communicators of Canada Keith Johnstone Special Thanks to our RebelRebel show sponsors: Make More Creative: Doing cool and weird stuff with cool and weird people.  Friday Sock Company: Ethically Made, Purposefully Mismatched Socks Join Photographer Colleen MacLean and become a Patron of RebelRebel for as little as $5 a month! Check out our page on Patreon.com/rebelrebelpod RebelRebel Theme Song by EMRE CORDS

Welcome to the show Lizzie MacNeill. Lizze is the head of parnterships at Later, a media and marketing platform to help people organize, plan and schedule their social media content. She has worked in PR and social media for 10 years and started social media accounts and strategies for businesses like Beakerhead, the University of Calgary, Saje wellness and Hockey Canada. So she knows a thing or two about running successful accounts. We dive deep into social media marketing, the best practices for creating a great account and how to grow your followers and engagement. We talk about the misconceptions of social media such as the fear of overpromoting yourself or not taking social media seriously as a marketing tool. Lizzie gives her advice for how poeple should create an Instagram strategy, batch content creation and focus on growing your community engagement rather than followers. www.later.com www.instagram.com/latermedia/ www.instagram.com/lizziemacneill/

We are joined this week by Braden who is a singer-songwriter from Calgary and is know best as TROO KNOT He is a master at thought provoking lyricism and backs it with Futuristic Jungle Jazz sprinkled with Hip-Hop and Humor. He is also a host and performer for True Rhythm and has graced the stage with such artists as Mat The Alien, Dub FX, Mac Lethal, Mayday, AFRO, Shawn Desman and many more! Also check out his other band Fermented Beet Orchestra for a completly differant vibe. A mix of fusion funk with a slight taste of hard rock. We can't forget that he is also heavily involved with the youth and disability communities in Calgary He has teamed up with Woods Homes, Beakerhead, Science Genius, GlobalFest, Movement With A Message and many more to work with people of all ages and abilities. It doesn't get more down to earth then this... Make sure to check out his socials... Instagram: www.instagram.com/trooknot Website: http://trooknot.com Fermented Beet Orchestra https://www.facebook.com/fermentedbeetorchestra/ !!New Album Out Now!! "Mixtape 2: Same doo doo" can be found on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play and SoundCloud Dont Forget to Rate-Review-Subscribe

What happens when art, science and engineering are mashed up into one big spectacle? In this episode I sit down with Mary Anne Moser, co-founder and president of Beakerhead, a five-day spectacle in Calgary, to talk about the intersection of technical and creative streams, being fascinated with life and changing a culture one event at a time. Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

Here we present the extended version of Kris Abel's interview with Leslie Cramer of The Blazin' Lily Girls, a Calgary-based artistic collective who wowed the crowds at this year's Beakerhead art & science festival with large, LED-decorated, flame-shooting metal flowers. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/blazinlilygals/ https://beakerhead.com/

I'm really excited to share this interview with you!   Jay Ingram is one of the most accomplished people I ever met. He's been on radio for 12 years, hosting CBC's Quirks and Quarks - later transitioning to host The Daily Planet on The Discovery Chanel.   He's also a prolific author of 13 books, for which he won numerous literary and science awards. On top of that, he's also received 5 honorary doctorates!   Jay recently co-founded Beakerhead - a 4 day smashup (I call it a festival) of science, art, and engineering. It's an amazing, unique event that attracts people from all over the world to Calgary in Alberta, Canada.   We recorded this interview in a coffee shop in Kensington, and Jay shared his views on life, work, and passion projects. It's an amazing story of a Canadian icon.   I'd love to hear what you found the most interesting! Let me know on Twitter at @ebarbaric, or by email at hello [at] ernestbarbaric.com.    

Mary Anne Moser, BSc’88, BA’92, PhD’05, is the President and Co-Founder of Beakerhead. On this episode, we talk about the upcoming third annual Beakerhead event, and explore the science of everyday life.