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This week on Open Sources Guelph, election fever is becoming an election pandemic! (Too soon?) Now that Labour Day and Back to School is in the rearview mirror we can dedicate all of our attention to our local elections, and that's exactly what we're going to do on this edition with another quintet of candidates including a young person, another young person, a young mother, a business owner, and an incumbent. This Thursday, September 10, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Election Roulette Round #2. The 2026 municipal elections is underway, and by the time we get to the end of Election Day on October 26 there will be at least five new city councillors and a new mayor for Guelph. Like we did in 2022, Open Sources Guelph are dedicated to highlighting as many candidates as possible, and every week we are talking to five of the people running for a seat at city hall. On this edition, we're talking to Laura McQuillen, Dakota Cherry, Cathy Downer, Owen Martens, and Michael Barber. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits we get meta. Again. We're reviewing the satirical surrealist psychological slasher film Teenage Sex and Death and Camp Miasma, which you can still find in some theatres, and will be coming soon to Mubi, the curated streaming site. Along similar lines, we will dedicate the first part of the show to some of our favourite horror remakes from the 2000s. This Wednesday, September 9, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: The 2000s Horror Remakes Draft. It's still technically summer, but the weirdos already think it's mid-fall. It's that time of year to dust off all your favourite horror movies, warm up the Shudder app, and get rolling on spookiness as we talk about a very particular trend in the first decade of this century. At the time, there was no major horror title from the 1970s and 80s that could not be remade and to kick-off this week's show, we're going to draft some of them. REVIEW: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026). In the movie inside a movie, Camp Miasma features a box-headed killer stalking the horny young people at a summer camp. Sound familiar? This part might too, a hotshot young director fresh off Sundance success is recruited to resurrect some "zombie I.P." to update and relaunch a long since forgotten film franchise. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has a familiar story, but it's doing some weird and interesting things, so why might this quietly be the movie of the year? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're increasing the labour pre-Labour Day! Starting this week, and for the next several weeks, we will be covering the mayor and city council elections here in the Royal City by not just talking to some of the candidates... We're going to talk to all of them! Well, we're at least going to try and talk to all the ones that want to talk to us. First up, we've got five perspective city councillors, some who are incumbents and some who are challengers! This Thursday, September 3, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Election Roulette Round #1. The 2026 municipal elections is underway, and by the time we get to the end of Election Day on October 26 there will be at least five new city councillors and a new mayor for Guelph. Like we did in 2022, Open Sources Guelph are dedicated to highlighting as many candidates as possible, and every week we are talking to five of the people running for a seat at city hall. On this edition, we're talking to Troy Bridgeman, Kevin Bowman, Katherine Hauser, Morgan Dandie, and Phil Allt. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, we're cooking! We will head into the kitchen with the bio-pic about celebrity chef before he was famous in the new coming-of-age film Tony, which you can now see in a theatre near you. We will also talk about some other movies coming soon to theatres as we mark the last week of summer to talk about some fall movie releases. This Wednesday, September 2, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Fall Movie Preview. It's the most wonderful time of the year! To this day, Hollywood saves it's most daring, interesting, and yes, controversial, movies for the end of the last third of the year, and now that time is finally here!! From highly anticipated video game movies to foul-mouthed assassins on Easter Island to Robert Pattinson doing another funny voice, we will talk about some of our hotly anticipated movies coming soon in the next couple of months. REVIEW: Tony (2026). Before he was a famous chef, TV host and celebrated foodie, Anthony Bourdain was Tony. Set in 1975, and based on about 50 pages in Bourdain's best selling memoir Kitchen Confidential, Tony (played by Dominic Sessa) follows Bourdain in his first kitchen job at a quaint seafood restaurant in a New England tourist town. Directed by Matt Johnson, whose last movie was Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Tony tries to lampshade a lot of conventions of the bio-pic, but is it a good time at the movies? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

From climate change and food security to new technologiesand changing markets, farmers face increasingly complex challenges. On this episode of FoodFarmTalk on CFRU 93.3 FM, we discuss“The Importance of Agricultural Extension Officers in Modern Agriculture.” 

This week on Open Sources Guelph, the news - and the summer weather - is hotter than a match head! Perhaps you heard that we are now fighting a trade war, and everybody seems to think that this will work out to their favour. In any event, we will feel the impacts locally where there's an election coming up in a couple of months and we will talk about that too. And to wrap up, how are things going in the resistance benches now with wizards and superheroes? This Thursday, August 27, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: This Means Trade War. Shortly after last week's show went to air, the trade negotiations took a tick to the left and became a full-blown trade war. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he threw in the towel after too many last minute additions to undermine our sovereignty, and then people on both side of the border started having totally normal reactions. (See: Trump, Donald and Ford, Doug.) We will talk about the latest developments and the things the mainstream news is missing. Vote Local. The nominations for elections in Ontario's 445 municipalities closed last Friday, and the board is set for important local races this October. Guelph has 49 people either running for mayor or council, and we will talk about some of those prospects, but we will also look at some of the other compelling stories from around Ontario from re-matches in Waterloo and Toronto, to the new mayor versus old mayor showdown in Mississauga, and more! The State of the Resistance. Last weekend, Spider-Man took part in a counter protest against another racist rally hosted by a January 6 defendant. Last week, a dozen Gandalfs showed up outside Peter Thiel's new digs in Argentina. And this weekend, dozens of communities across Ontario will take part in another monthly Fight Ford protest. There's a lot of protesting, but is it any of it having an effect, and what can protestors do better in order to activate community power? Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, we're back! Refreshed from summer vacation, we're ready to tackle the fourth and final entry in "Hot Hathaway Summer" with Anne's latest movie The End of Oak Street, which you can now see in a theatre near you. That's one thing we've been watching over the break, so we're going to spend the rest of the show talking about other things we've watched!  This Wednesday, August 26, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: What We've Been Watching. As you may have noticed, End Credits has been on vacation the last few weeks, so we had some downtime. Yes, on this show we review movies semi-professionally, but we also enjoy them recreationally so on this first show back we're going to talk about some of the movies we've been watching in our spare time, from a Columbian movie on that curated streaming site to the underappreciated entry in "Hot Hathaway Summer". REVIEW: The End of Oak Street (2026). Imagine waking up one morning to find that your idyllic suburban neighbourhood was transported back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. What would you do? No phones, no electricity, no protection and no way out! David Robert Mitchell, director of It Follows and Under the Silver Lake, takes a left turn into Amblin-style family adventure (courtesy of producer J.J. Abrams), but if you're looking for a late-summer movie that mixes fun and suspense, can you do better than The End of Oak Street? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

What does it mean to be a farmer in Ghana compared with Ontario, Canada? In this episode of Food Farm Talk on CFRU 93.3 FM, Isaac Quansah sits down with Paul Smith for an engaging discussion exploring the similarities and differences between agricultural systems in Ghana and Ontario.We discuss who farmers are, how people enter farming, farming methods and technologies, major crops and livestock, government and NGO support, and the key challenges farmers face in both contexts.From Ghana's predominantly smallholder farming systems and reliance on rainfall to Ontario's highly mechanized and technology-driven agriculture, the conversation highlights how farmers in different parts of the world respond to issues such as access to land, finance, climate change, markets, technology, and succession.Tune in for a conversation about farming, food systems, innovation, and the future of agriculture in Ghana and Ontario.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're back! We might have been on vacation for the last couple of weeks, but the news certainly didn't take a break and we will try to catch up on some it. We first look at Ontario where scandal never sleeps, and then we will head to federal politics where trade wars stalled and support for at least one federal leader is lagging. And finally, we will talk about the latest from the White House, a never ending source of the wackest drama! This Thursday, August 20, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems. When we last left Doug Ford, he was trying to explain why so many of his ministers enjoyed taxpayer-funded hotel stays, but now he's being asked about why the budget for the Ontario Line is now three-times the proposed cost in 2019, and why PC Party spies were following Bonnie Crombie to Jamaica using the company credit card. We will catch up with Ford's follies, from AMO to A.I., which included a stop in Guelph by the way! Un-Commons Cause. On Wednesday, Trump TACOed. The President of the United States gave Canada a three-day reprieve from the implementation of new tariffs as the two countries try to negotiate trade deal. Mark Carney was elected to lead Canada's response to the shifting economic tides, but his main competitor Pierre Poilievre keeps trying to make a case for his leadership, and its very much not working even in his own caucus. How are things lining up when Ottawa gets back to work in the fall? It Ain't Over When It's Over. The 60-day MOU that was supposed to be the beginning of the end of the War in the Iran expired this week, and guess what happened? The fight for the Strait of Hormuz looks more and more like a stalemate, and in the meantime President Trump is losing control of the story between his flight from a decoy Air Force One to the growing morale crisis on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. So what comes next in this war/not-war in the Middle East? Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, you are here but we are not. What's playing in a theatre near you? Don't know. What's streaming right now? Look it up yourself! These are the dog days of summer, and we don't feel like working anymore. Not unusual, we do this every August, and now the time has come for you to review your own darn movies!! Taking a Break from all Our Worries. Here on End Credits, we don't like our jobs, and, uh, we don't think we're gonna do it anymore. For two weeks. Yes, it is time for the annual End Credits summer vacation break, we're getting out of our cubicles – er, recording booths – and enjoying some exercise and being outside, or maybe watching some movies recreationally. So quit dealing with the TPS reports, stop listening to your eight bosses, and enjoy the bliss of doing nothing all day, at least for the next 14 days and then we'll be back with a brand new edition! Programming Note: End Credits will return with new episodes on August 26. End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're on vacation. No, seriously. Sure, someone once said that there's no rest for the wicked, but here at OSG headquarters on Snake Mountain, we believe that a restful two-week summer vacation makes our biting political commentary even more biting. As we rest and recreate, we're pleased to bring you some previously enjoyed episodes of the show, and you may still enjoy them indeed! Proof of Life. Many you come here to learn what we're talking about on Open Sources this week, or maybe you always come here when the podcast version of the episode is posted. You may now be concerned to learn that there is no episode these two weeks, and you maybe be concerned that something has happened to Adam and Scotty that now makes them unable to deliver a high-quality sardonic take on the news plus engaging interviews with local newsmakers, but take our word for it, we'll be back! *Programming Note: Open Sources Guelph will return with new episodes on Thursday August 20. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

As of this recording, The Odyssey has made over $1.1 billion at the worldwide box office, and that's not bad for a movie based on a story that's been told for thousands of years. A lot of people were excited about The Odyssey, many of them Christopher Nolan fans just excited about the Oscar-winning filmmaker's next opus, but many people were excited to see a full-blown, big budget adaptation of the source material and we're talking to one of them! Dr. John Walsh, who is the director of the U of G's School of Languages and Literatures and a professor of classical studies, teaches first years the written version of The Odyssey, and as you will hear, he loved the story of Odysseus' journey home since before he was old enough to go to school at all. Unlike other classical scholars you can think of, Walsh is a fan of the film even if it's not the version of The Odyssey he would have made if were the director.  So in this edition on End Credits Conversations, we will talk to Dr. Walsh about the origins of The Odyssey, whether there was a real Homer or not, the changes Nolan made to modernize the story, the thematic details he brought to the fore in this version, why adaptation means more than a strict re-telling of the story, and whether or not he sees The Odyssey in every movie or story he encounters.  Let's head off into the unknown on this edition of End Credits Conversations! The Odyssey is still in theatres everywhere, including the two Guelph Galaxy Cinemas. You can listen to the End Credits review of The Odyssey in episode #451, you just have to scroll down a little in this podcast feed to find it. End Credits Conversations returns next month on the fourth Saturday. End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on End Credits, you are here but we are not. What's playing in a theatre near you? Don't know. What's streaming right now? Look it up yourself! These are the dog days of summer, and we don't feel like working anymore. Not unusual, we do this every August, and now the time has come for you to review your own darn movies!! Taking a Break from all Our Worries. Here on End Credits, we don't like our jobs, and, uh, we don't think we're gonna do it anymore. For two weeks. Yes, it is time for the annual End Credits summer vacation break, we're getting out of our cubicles – er, recording booths – and enjoying some exercise and being outside, or maybe watching some movies recreationally. So quit dealing with the TPS reports, stop listening to your eight bosses, and enjoy the bliss of doing nothing all day, at least for the next 14 days and then we'll be back with a brand new edition! Programming Note: End Credits will return with new episodes on August 26. End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're on vacation. No, seriously. Sure, someone once said that there's no rest for the wicked, but here at OSG headquarters on Snake Mountain, we believe that a restful two-week summer vacation makes our biting political commentary even more biting. As we rest and recreate, we're pleased to bring you some previously enjoyed episodes of the show, and you may still enjoy them indeed! Proof of Life. Many you come here to learn what we're talking about on Open Sources this week, or maybe you always come here when the podcast version of the episode is posted. You may now be concerned to learn that there is no episode these two weeks, and you maybe be concerned that something has happened to Adam and Scotty that now makes them unable to deliver a high-quality sardonic take on the news plus engaging interviews with local newsmakers, but take our word for it, we'll be back! *Programming Note: Open Sources Guelph will return with new episodes on Thursday August 20. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits we say "goodbye"... for two weeks. Next week, we're taking our usual summer vacation, and we can think of no better way to leave things than to review the massive superhero sequel Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which you can now see in a theatre near you. We're also going to dig into a list of powerful directors, and the summer movies... of 2027! This Wednesday, August 5, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Influence Peddling. Recently, Vulture published a list of the 100 most powerful directors in Hollywood, and - spoiler alert! - Christopher Nolan is number one! That was the least surprising part of the list. We will dig in and talk about some of the more surprising choices and placements. Never Too Early For Next Summer. Although summer's not technically over till Labour Day, we're going to dedicate some of our time this week to looking forward to next summer. From a new Star Wars starring Ryan Gosling, a Minecraft sequel and a prequel for Rambo and Ocean's 11 respectively, we will draft some of the (currently) hottest picks. REVIEW: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026). It's been nearly five years since Spider-Man defeated a rogues gallery of his villains (not to mention the Omicron wave of COVID) to save the world, but what it cost him was a magic spell that made everyone forget Peter Parker. Now, in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Peter confronts his isolation, his mutating powers, a deceitful government agency, and an antagonist from an entirely different Marvel franchise (?!). History shows us that you can never bet against a Spider-Man movie, but is there more to this than money? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm. *Programming Note: End Credits will be running previously enjoyed episodes on Wednesday August 12 and 19. We will be back with new episodes on Wednesday August 26.

Isaac Quansah is a graduate student in international development in his Capacity Development and Extension Program at the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph. Isaac is joining Food Farm Talk on CFRU as a host and producer, with Paul Smith.Isaac is from Ghana in west Africa and hopes to play a role in rural development back in Ghana. He grew up in rural Ghana, farming casava, maize, and cocoa with his family. First attending university in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, Isaac came to Canada to study at Conestoga College and then University of Guelph.Isaac's work at Food Farm Talk on CFRU forms part of his academic studies and reflects his interest in communications and extension, or knowledge mobilization, for rural communities.Isaac and Paul discuss Isaac's background, interests, and hopes for future career development. They also discuss food security, improving farming practices, and empowering local farmers and rural people in Ghana as well as the roles of central government, municipalities, non-profit organizations, and other actors.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're building bridges. And speaking of bridges, we will talk about a famous new bridge down in Windsor, which may now be a monument to the latest phase of the Canada/U.S. trade war. In other news, we will talk about a new study that paints a worrying picture of Canada's healthcare system (again!), and in the interview we will focus on local matters and the end of the council term with a member of Guelph city council. This Thursday, July 30, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Howe You See Me. The Gordie Howe Bridge spanning Windsor and Detroit finally opened this week, but only after Canada capitulated to Trump administration demands, and in the midst of a renewed trade war no less with President Donald Trump seeking supposed payback for Canada's hard line on American alcohol, lumber and dairy products. Canadians, especially opposition Conservatives, are now wondering if Mark Carney has a plan to take on Trump and his cronies, but when, if ever, will we see it? Emergency Care. A new report released this week shows that 1-in-10 emergency room doctors are thinking about quitting their specialty. Why? They feel like they're not being given the support they need to give patients the care they deserve. This comes a week after Canada's first ministers released a statement demanding more stable funding from the federal government, and yet it's the provinces that are in charge of healthcare spending. So is anyone listening to doctors or are they just passing the buck? Term Limits. Guelph City Council is now on summer break, and when they return in September there will be only two more meetings before the election. So we're essentially at the end of the term, and who better to indulge in a little self-examination that Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt? Allt will join us to talk about the ways this term of council will be remembered, plus he will wax on some of the breaking news this week including the sale of the Niska lands and the repeated appeals of police officer Corey McArthur. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday. Programming Note: Open Sources will be running previously enjoyed episodes on Thursday August 6 and 13. We will be back with new episodes on Thursday August 20.

This week on End Credits we get topical. We're tackling two movies this week, one new and one old, and they both have the state of society on their minds. First up, from 1976, we will continue with our ongoing series and a satire that's still razor sharp, and for the review we will get into the latest film from a provocative filmmaker that was recently in theatres for too short a time. This Wednesday, July 29, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: 6 For '76: Network. Continuing on with our series dedicated to the movies of 1976 we come to the pièce de résistance: Sidney Lumet's Network. Hailed for the last 50 years as a stinging satire, and a prescient polemic, Network has one of the most famous scenes in movie history when Peter Finch as network news anchor Howard Beale declares, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore." How does this movie still hit so hard in 2026? REVIEW: I Love Boosters (2026). It's been eight years since Boots Riley's first film, Sorry to Bother You, a stunning and star-studded debut that was bursting with ideas and a point of view. Get ready for I Love Boosters, which is also full of ideas but this time it focuses on a group of organized shoplifters - called Boosters - practicing "fashion forward filanthropy" (branding!). That's just the beginning though because the plot gets so much more complicated, and weirder, than you can possibly imagine. So the question of the hour is, do we love I Love Boosters? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph we get suave. There's always controversy to be had in these late summer months and no one does controversy bigger than the Ontario government and this one might be their biggest blunder yet. Meanwhile in London, the prime minister hopes to avoid controversy with effectiveness, but can he succeed? As for the interview, it's going to be lit because we're talking to a expert on wildfires for some very timely insights. This Thursday, July 23, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Accommodation Tax. Another spending scandal at Queen's Park has scooped up over a dozen government members and has already cost one cabinet minister his position. The revelation that members of the PC Party have been enjoying stays at downtown Toronto hotel rooms despite the fact that they live a short (and in some cases very short) drive from the legislature has rocked a government that normally doesn't get rocked by this sort of thing. Will "Hotelgate" bring down the Ford government? Fine and Andy? In the space of about a month, Andy Burnham has gone from Mayor Manchester to MP of Makerfield and now he's the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party. Such a meteoric rise would be notable if not for the fact that Burnham is the seventh PM in the last decade, and before him are all the same problems that stymied his predecessors and pushed them all to an early retirement. Can the so-called "King of the North" rise to the occasion? The Quest for Firefighting. The smoke has cleared here in southern Ontario but the fires still burn up north, and all the reports say that this is going down as the worst year for wildfires there's ever been in Ontario, and the University of Guelph's Dr. Ze'ev Gedalof  agrees. The director of the Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics Research lab joins us to talk about why this fire season is so bad, the ways that climate change is making the problem worse, and what governments should be doing to make sure we're better prepared. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, we go big *and* go home! It feels like we've been waiting for it forever, and last weekend it finally arrived on all the biggest screens available. That's right, we're talking about Christopher's Nolan's epic re-telling of The Odyssey, now definitely in a theatre near you, and sticking with Nolan, we will talk about one of his forgotten(?) classics. This Wednesday, July 22, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Tenet and the Mind of Christopher Nolan. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christopher Nolan insisted that they release his sci-fi action flick Tenet in theatres no matter how limited the attendance restrictions could be. That's one of the reasons Tenet is seen as a rare Nolan misfire, but as we look ahead to The Odyssey, and Nolan's status as a Hollywood blockbuster juggernaut, we will re-examine Tenet and what it can tell us about the director. REVIEW: The Odyssey (2026). Hotly anticipated for well over a year, we are finally delivered The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's follow-up to his Oscar-winning magnum opus Oppenheimer. The story is well-known, Trojan War hero Odysseus undertakes a decades long quest to return to his home and his wife, while Penelope is being courted by a large group of suitors who want to replace him on the throne of Ithaca. Matt Damon leads an all-star cast who all fill parts big and small, but is Nolan's epic "too big to fail", or is it worthy of all the hype? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we... [coughcoughcough]! Ugh! This air is just [cough]! I mean really you can't [coughcough]! without [coughcoughcough]! Yes, the air is bad, but then again, so is the news. We're heading back to Iran, and then we're heading back to Alberta for our first showdown with data centres. And if we can spare the air, we will spend the second half of the show talking to a Farmer who has some Climate Solutions! This Thursday, July 16, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The Strait Story. It's been almost five months since Donald Trump launched his two-week war against Iran and this week peace seemed more elusive than ever. After reports about a standing threat against Trump's life by Iran, the United States went back to nightly bombings, and Trump began pondering war crimes again like bombing critical infrastructure. How many do-overs does Trump have left in order to stop the war he so foolishly started? Data Centre Stage. Last week, Meta announced that they're building a new A.I. data centre in a small Alberta town. Premier Danielle Smith thinks that this is great news, but an increasing number of Canadians don't like the sound of more data centres opening, or the potentially negative impacts on power and water supplies. Is there a hope that the people might have a say in how much time, effort and energy is put into these data centres, or is this project the first domino to fall? Farming Out Climate Solutions. Notice something strange about the air and sky this week? Once again the signs of the climate crisis are all around us and interest in solving it seems to be at an all-time low, but there are people who's livelihood depends on having an environment in good working order, and the livelihood of all us depends on them too. This week, we're joined by Brenda Hsueh of Farmers for Climate Solutions to talk about how farmers are working the problem, and why they need more help to get it done. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, we're doing a clip show! Taking a break from the summer movie madness, we will revisit our reviews for what are objectionably the best movies of the year so far, one is a buddy space adventure to save the world, one is a buddy movie about suffering for your art, and the last one is a buddy film about pushing your buddy too far. Well, sort of. This Wednesday, July 8, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson, Tim Phillips, Peter Salmon and Candice Lepage will discuss: The Best of 2026 So Far. Critics can have different ideas about what does and doesn't make a "Best of the Year" list, but for 2026 so far, there seems to be three picks that just about every critic agrees are the best of this year! On this week's show we will go back to space with Tim for Project Hail Mary, try and get a show at the Rivoli with Peter and Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, and we will break a One Wish Willow and get obsessed all over again with Obsession. Relax this week as we get mentally ready for the next big thing... End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.  

This week on Open Sources Guelph we're maximizing profit. We're just following in the fine example of Canada's governments with all the money we're putting into pipelines, and all the money were spending supporting big league soccer. We're maybe not so sure if we can make money off of dissecting incel culture, but after a thousand years, it and other regressive positions have got to be showing a profit by now, right? This Thursday, July 9, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Don't Believe the Pipe! Just before Canada Day, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada is not going to meet it's climate change commitments, which was followed by announcements about two big new pipeline projects heading west and east from the oil sands, all in the same week as extreme weather and heatwaves here hitting parts of Canada and other places around the globe. Have we completely abandoned climate action for pure fossil fuel profit? Cup Half Full? The FIFA World Cup has a couple of more weeks left in it, but they've played all the games scheduled for Canadian venues. So was it a success? Depends on how you mean. The early numbers from hotel stays and restaurant receipts don't show much of an impact, but on the other hand the community investments are paying off and there's been no major impact on traffic flow, transit or city life. So was hosting the World Cup money well spent in the end? Party Like It's 999. A manifesto left behind by the suspect in a shooting last month outside the headquarters of the corporate owners of PornHub in Montreal had a certain familiarity, combining Marxist and incel ideologies in one 104-page document. While the tone is familiar in these modern times, it's also familiar to those who study gender politics in Medieval times. This week, we're joined by University of Guelph history prof. Dr. Jacqueline Murrary who will tell us why the misogyny promoted by the man-o-sphere isn't at all original. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits we promise you fireworks! If the sparks are flying, then you can probably blame the movie we're reviewing this week, which is the new romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline, which you can now rent on VOD, Fireworks are also for special occasions, like the 30th anniversary of 1996's biggest blockbuster hit, which we will revisit. This Wednesday, July 8, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Independence Day at 30! This past weekend, America celebrated the 250th anniversary of its Independence Day, but we would rather mark the 30th anniversary of the *real* Independence Day, the Roland Emmerich alien invasion movie of the same name. From the iconic special effects to the rising star power of Will Smith to the peak hotness of Jeff Goldblum, we will revisit ID4, and why it's still so totemic 30 years later! REVIEW: Carolina Caroline (2026). Two lovers meet and then go out on the run and commit crimes together on their way to a tragic end. Been there, done that, right? Maybe. Adam Carter Rehmeier's follow up to Snack Shack follows con man Kyle Gallner and his very willing apprentice Samara Weaving as they make their way across the American South graduating from small change cons to bank heists while becoming more and more the focus of the police. So why is a movie that seems so familiar winning so many fans, and are we among them? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, like so many people, we are not going to the fair. As Americans looks for alternative plans to celebrate their 250th birthday, we will use the occasion to create a fake awards show for someone that really, really loves fake awards. In the realm of real accomplishments though, we will talk to one of the people that wants to lead Ontario's third place political party back to the number one poll position. This Thursday, June 25, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The Trumpies. It's a summer holiday week, much of the news is taking some time off, so why don't we catch up with everyone's favourite political disaster and some of his latest dumpster fires. And, as a bonus, let's make an awards show out of it! As we all know, Donald Trump is retired from annual year-end awards, but what if we make up a mid-year awards show entirely in his honour? For the first, and hopefully last time, we'll hand out The Trumpies (TM)!! Built Fairclough. Lee Fairclough was one of the first people to enter the Ontario Liberal leadership race, and was one of a handful of new Liberal MPPs to return the party to official status in last year's election. While the Liberals are holding their own in the polls, they're still struggling for an identity and struggling to build a team that will carry them back to power, so what's the prescription to the party's problems from the woman who led St. Mary's hospital in Kitchener through the COVID-19 pandemic? Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits there's no holiday. While you may be enjoying the show in the midst of a midsummer holiday week, we're still cranking out content but not the way the Jackass gang is still cranking it out! We will review the final (?) entry in the franchise, Best and Last, which you can now seen in a theatre near you, plus, let's talk about Can-Con!  This Wednesday, July 1, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: The Canada Day Canadian Movie Draft! This week's episode goes live on Canada Day, so is there a better way to celebrate our nation's 159th birthday than to gift us all with a game about Can-Con? Obviously not! We're drafting again with some unique new topics including the covers non-Canadian movies set in Canada, Canadian horror movies, low-budget or indie Canadian flicks. Plus, there's the eternal question: Cronenberg versus Eqoyan as Canada's film king?! REVIEW: Jackass: Best and Last (2026). It's all been leading to this... Sort of. Johnny, Chris, Steve-O, Dave, Wee-Man, Danger Ehren and the whole gang are back for one last ride in Jackass: Best and Last. This fifth entry in the franchise reckons with old age, the guys can't do those same old body breaking stunts the way they used to, so instead they're doing some less traumatic stunts, reminiscing about old times and playing some never-seen-before B-sides. So are we ready to let Jackass go after one more round of genital trauma? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're doing our homework. We've got another pair of interviews for you that will hopefully shed light on issues in the news. First up, we will talk to a verified young person about their thoughts on a matter that could be facing young people soon, and then we will talk to a lawyer who recently won their case in court even though two levels of government don't like it! This Thursday, June 25, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Youth About Youth. Earlier this month, the federal government announced that they were going to ban social media for anyone under the age of 16, but no one who's a Member of Parliament is that young, so how do the youth feel about it? Why don't we ask one? Joining us this week is Wyatt Sharpe, an independent journalist with his own YouTube channel, which he started long before he was 17. Wyatt will tell us what he thinks about the ban and why he believes it won't work. Appeal Plan. Two times now, Waterloo Region has tried to evict a homeless encampment on the site of proposed transit hub project in Kitchener, and twice an Ontario court has upheld the Charter rights of the people living there. Now, the Region and the Ontario government are trying to take things to the Court of Appeals, but will they have any greater success there? Waterloo Region Community Legal Services executive director Ashley Schuitema, who represents the residents, will tell us why she's holding all the cards. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

If you watch film reviews on YouTube, what do you see? There are a thousand reviews of the biggest releases and the hottest franchises, and it normally comes down to a question: Does it rock, or does it suck? Can anyone do nuance in film criticism anymore? Can nuance stand out in the noise and conflict of influencer culture? You may be surprised that the answer is yes. On this edition of End Credits Conversations, we're joined by Adam Manary, who is a former teacher turned corporate videographer and film critic. His site, Points of Review, does long form written criticism and film festival coverage, and he does video reviews on YouTube too, but he's doing criticism the hard way. He will talk to us about trying to stand out among the critics chasing click bait, the challenges of building your own outlet, and what makes a good film festival. You can read Adam Manary's reviews and film festival coverage at Points of Review. End Credits Conversations returns next month on the fourth Saturday. End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on End Credits, we're all about disclosure. Having said that, you can probably already guess that the movie this week is a little number called Disclosure Day, an entry from a real up-and-comer named Steven Spielberg, and in other disclosures we will share some of the movies we believe have stood out so far among the 2026 releases. This Wednesday, June 24, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: The Best of the Year... So Far. It's been a big year at the movies so far with some pretty predictable hits like Super Mario Galaxy Movie, to some out of nowhere game changers like Backrooms. Are these some of the best movies of the year so far? Maybe (well, probably not in the case of the former), but the movies that do make out Best of the Year so far list will have many familiar names, from a fictional Canadian band to a real survivor situation. REVIEW: Disclosure Day (2026). Some of Steven Spielberg's biggest movies have been about aliens - Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., War of the Worlds - so it makes sense that he'd go back to that well as he goes back to blockbuster filmmaking. In Disclosure Day, a group of do-gooders are attempted to release proof that aliens are real and that the government is covering them up, but anything worth doing is going to make you the target of malicious black ops agents. Still, this is Spielberg we're talking about, so this one has to be a winner, right? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

Does this one feel a little slow? There's no doubt that there's a lot of passion in the community for a variety of issues from affordability to housing development in this election, and there are a lot of new faces eager to take the reins around the council horseshoe, but a little over halfway through the nomination process, do the races this fall feel exciting, especially the open mayor's race? Is there change in the air? Are people paying attention? Last week, there was finally a break in the mayor's race. Ward 6 Councillor Ken Yee Chew submitted his name to become the next Mayor of Guelph and thus presented a challenge to his colleague, Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Caron. Now technically, there are four people in the race, but if this comes down to past council experience, for now, this is Caron versus Chew to lead Guelph into its post-Guthrie years. But that's just the mayor's race. If you look at the list of competitors in the six ward races, some of them are busier than others, especially Ward 1, which usually attracts a large variety of candidates in every election. There's still a question mark around two seats, one in Ward 4 and another in Ward 5; Councillors Christine Billings and Cathy Downer have yet to announce their intentions. And what about the school board races? Only four people have signed up across the four different school boards, why is that?  To break down some of these questions, and more, we will be joined by Open Sources Guelph co-host Scotty Hertz. We will talk about whether this is a slow start to an election, why candidates need to have those social media accounts ready, and why no candidate can rest on social media alone. We will also talk about the top issues being discussed on the campaign trail, why candidates need to be ready to talk about cuts if they're running against high taxes, and we will make a pit stop to talk about Mississauga politics.  So let's talk about the election, two months down four to go, on this week's Guelph Politicast!  You can see the full list of candidates running in all the races here. You can listen to Scotty and I talk every week, Thursday at 5 pm, on Open Sources Guelph, which airs on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca. We will be ramping up our election coverage there later this summer, and in the meantime, you can stay up to date on election stuff on Guelph Politico and by subscribing to the Tip Sheet newsletter. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

anyone under the age of 16 and introducing new regulations around A.I. chatbots including a responsibility to direct people with suicidal ideation to places they can get help. With Australia's own ban struggling to take hold, and Canada's history of chickening out when tech companies push back, is this the answer people have been waiting for? No Big Deal. Nearly four months after promising the war would only take two weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that one of his birthday presents was a deal to end the "skirmish" he started. With still 24 hours left to screw it up before the Friday self-induced deadline, we will talk about what we know about this still unknown (at press time) deal, and whether or not it means peace in our time or peace for short time. The Responsibility Sandwich. It was a busy week last week at city council with a divisive debate about securing more of the Niska property, a new charitable hub project with some big unknown unknowns and the long awaited renoviction bylaw and vacant home tax. To help us talk about how it all went down, and what comes next, is Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton, who will also join us to talk about the "responsibility sandwich" when it comes to filling gaps in local shelter programs. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits we get obsessed. Finally, about a month after the fact, we will dig into a verifiable summer sensation, that other low-budget horror from a YouTube trained filmmaker.You guessed it, we will be reviewing Obsession, which is still in theatres, and then we will look even further back at the long history of an animation powerhouse.  This Wednesday, June 17, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: Three Decades of Toy Story and Pixar. It was over 30 years ago that Pixar became a household name thanks to Toy Story, the first fully CG animated movie. The next Pixar movie, which is Toy Story 5, comes out this Friday, so to mark the occasion we will talk about the strange journey of the Toy Story franchise, the creative ups and downs of the studio over the last few years, and why you need to see Pixar's other 2026 hit, Hoppers, if you're an activist. REVIEW: Obsession (2026). It's the box office phenomenon of the summer, a horror movie morality tale about being careful what you wish for. Bear loves Nikki, but he's not so sure that he loves her back, so he foolishly one night makes a wish using a "magical" doodad called a One Wish Willow to make Nikki love him more than anyone else in the world. And that's where everything starts to go wrong. In its fourth week in theatres, Curry Barker's Obsession still sits pretty with audiences, but now our team will offer our two cents about the biggest movie of 2026! End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're splitting our time between politicians and activists. On the one hand, we will talk to our local representative at the federal level about matters local and international, and on the other, we will talk to two housing advocates out of Toronto who are taking a break from coping with the World Cup to talk about their uphill climb on the issue that's important to them. This Thursday, June 11, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Federal Dollars. Unlike their Ontario counterparts, reps in the House of Commons will still be sitting for another couple of weeks, but in the mad dash to finish up before summer vacation, we will be joined by Guelph MP Dominique O'Rourke who will talk to us about recent funding announcements for Guelph Transit, the present economic picture as Canada enters trade talks, and the highly combative discourse over Canada's response to the genocide in Gaza. Housing Advocates Assemble. For years, we've been waiting for all levels of government to make substantial progress on getting more affordable homes built, but some advocates are now wondering if maybe working within the present system is worth their while. We will be joined by Matt Whitfield and Gaetan Heroux, organizers of the People's Assembly for Housing Justice, who tell us why fighting Toronto's housing crisis may not involve getting involved in the local election this fall. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, there's a chill in the air. No, it's not the weather, because it's finally fairly warm outside, but in the movie theatre, that's not just the air conditioning you're feeling. For the review we will finally check out the Backrooms, which is currently making bank, and we will also go back to 1976, and high school, for a lesson in kindness.  This Wednesday, June 10, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: 6 For '76: Carrie. Returning to our series about the movies from 1976 we arrive at what might be the scariest. Brian De Palma, still looking for his first hit, took a gamble on the first novel from a new author named Stephen King about a mousy high school student who is pranked one time too many by her classmates. We will talk about the enduring appeal of Carrie, De Palma's trademark style, and the repeated efforts to try and remake perfection. REVIEW: Backrooms (2006). This may be the story of the year: A 20-year-old first-time filmmaker, Kane Parsons, turned the YouTube series he made in high school into a movie starring two Oscar nominees that's presently outstripping a new Star Wars movie at the box office. Not too shabby, so let's talk about the movie itself, which finds a strung out man played by Chiwetel Ejiofor discovering a vast, magical enclosed space beyond the wall of his furniture store. Why does Backrooms work for audiences, and does it work for these reviewers? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph we boogey! And yet, there's not much time to celebrate because the news keeps on coming. We will see who won the B.C. Conservative leadership race and talk about what the next steps, and then we will look at a certain prime minister's weak spot when it comes to a very green issue. Closer to home, we have a guest from Guelph city council to talk about, among other things, the next council. This Thursday, June 4, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Findlay's Wake. Last weekend, Kerry-Lynne Findlay become the new leader of the B.C. Conservative Party, and there's a lot of hope that this former Harper government member and current subject of an Elections Canada probe might be the unifier that this upstart political party is looking for but, as we've seen, unifying a party of made of small 'c' conservatives and fringe-y cranks is easier said than done, so has Findlay got what it takes? Carney, Climate, Catastrophe? In the year since he's became prime minister, Mark Carney has undone a lot of the climate action policies by his predecessor Justin Trudeau, and we were reminded of that last week when all of Trudeau's old environmental ministers were together in the same room, including Steven Guilbeault who just quit the caucus. Does Carney care about his lack of a climate plan, and does he care about the growing number of objectors in his own party? Ward One is Enough. When it was announced that Mayor Cam Guthrie was not running for re-election, many people looked to Ward 1 Councillor Dan Gibson as a potential replacement. He's not doing it, but he is looking to run again for this current seat, and this week we will tell us why he made that call. Gibson will also talk to us about what he hopes to achieve these next four years, the realities of municipal budgeting and his thoughts on council's closed meeting politics. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, we've got pitch! Our movie this week combines a love and appreciation for both classical music and classical crime in the new indie thrill Tuner, which you can now see in a theatre near you. And for something completely different, we will take the opportunity to mark some our favourite war movies as a new one also enters theatres.  This Wednesday, June 3, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: War Movies Are Hell. This week marks the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, and not coincidentally there's a new movie in theatres that's about the weatherman who provided the forecast for the invasion (it's called Pressure by the way). So in that spirit, we will talk about some our favourite war movies, but with a twist: each of our picks have to be from a different war! From the trenches of the Great War to the deserts of Afghanistan, we will prove again that war movies are... you know. REVIEW: Tuner (2026). It's a story that's been told several times: Down on his luck guy with a special skill finds success in a life of small time crime until things go horribly wrong and he wants out! In Tuner, that's Niki who's extreme hearing sensitivity makes him an excellent piano tuner... and an excellent safe cracker. From Academy Award winning documentarian Daniel Roher (though it's not a documentary), Tuner is being sold as a crime movie with a heart with a talented new leading man at it's centre, but is this new take on an old story pitch perfect, or does it hit a sour note? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph we get into some trouble, but not the kind that bars you from campus. The strange doings of YouTube pranksters and influencers is one of the topics this week, and so is the reaction to the latest court decision about encampments and their legality. For the interview, we will talk to a transit advocate about a piece of provincial legislation that you might have missed in the news. This Thursday, May 28, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Cockamamie, Notwithstanding. Last week, an Ontario court said again that the Region of Waterloo can't evict an encampment of unhoused people from the site of a proposed transit hub in Kitchener. To say that Premier Doug Ford was apoplectic about the decision is something of an understatement, and that he's open to using the notwithstanding clause to make the eviction happen, but are we really just this devoid of ideas about how to help the homeless? Off Campus. Last fall, a YouTube prankster came to campus at Ontario Tech, crashed a lecture and made some curry on a portable hotplate before starting a food fight. Probably not a great time for anyone in that classroom, and it wasn't the first time Fique Ayub Fique made a nuisance of himself at Ontario Tech. Now the university is threatening to sue him for damages, but is that the right response to this kind of disruption, and what is the impact on the openness of campus life for everyone else? 98 of the Furious. Have you heard about Ontario's Bill 98, the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act? The main point was to find new ways to accelerate housing construction, but buried in the act were some incredible new powers for the Ontario government to hold over regional and municipal transit agencies. We will be joined by August Pantitlán Puranauth from TTC Riders to talk about why we should all be concerned about what Bill 98 is cooking up for transit users in Ontario. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, for the first time in a while, the Force is with us! If you haven't guessed already, we will be reviewing the 13th entry in the sci-fi adventure franchise, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, which you can now see in a theatre near you. And if we're watching a new Star Wars movie, then what better time is there to hand out The Star Wars Awards?! This Wednesday, May 27, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: The Star Wars Awards. How can we celebrate the return of Star Wars to theatres everywhere? we could do a ranking of all 12 previous movies in the franchise, but that seems kind of simple, and we have to recognize that Star Wars isn't just a movie series, it's a cultural touchstone. So to mark this week's new release we will hand out the first annual (?) Star Wars Awards in five different categories, from Best Lightsaber Fight to Star Wars MVP! REVIEW: Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu (2026). It's been seven years since we last saw a new Star Wars movie in theatres, and this one is about a masked bounty hunter and his little buddy. Based on the Disney+ series, The Mandalorian and Grogu follows the continuing adventures of Din Djarin and his sidekick sometimes known as "Baby Yoda" as they chase warlords, gangsters and sometimes fellow bounty hunters across a galaxy far, far away, but does this first big screen outing for the franchise re-establish Star Wars former box office and creative glory? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

How did Janan forget to upload...AGAIN??? Here is what you missed if you didn't listen live on CFRU 93.3 FM – featuring a whole tribute to Ronda Rousey and her legacy. Girl POWER!!!!

This is the 300th episode!!! For this special episode I recruited longtime friend and radio host Scotty Hertz for a co-interview: He interviews me about the history of the show, its specific origins born out of covid, and the mobile community radio philosophies that led to it, and we talk about my ten+year mobile radio history at CFRU and what has been learned and expanded on along the way, in terms of creating radio opportunities for folks in our communities who may go underrepresented and/or experience barriers to access. And in turn I interview Scotty, because he has just started a project that is very much inspired by the same gaps and needs: “Down on the Corner”. Down on the Corner is a radio program, in the form of a radio show that airs Tuesdays at 1:30 on CFRU's airways, but it is also a grassroots, hyper-local project aimed to get physical radios in the hands of our most vulnerable community members. They can listen to CFRU, and specifically Scotty's show, to access crucial information about resources available in our community, to hear interviews radio docs on political issues, and/or to make requests and hear music they might enjoy - but they can also use the radios to listen to whatever they want.This episode was originally recorded on May 11, 2026 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bridgingthesocialdistance.substack.com

This week on Open Sources Guelph we manage the chaos. Even a simple candidate nomination meeting in the Toronto area did not go as planned for any of the people involved, and that's to say nothing of the reporting of war crimes against Palestinians in the so-called "paper of record". But if you're looking for provincial chaos, look no further that one of our western provinces, and our guest this week is going to lend some of his insights into it. This Thursday, May 21, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: South By Scarborough Southwest. A simple nomination contest in a Toronto riding to fill a vacancy at Queen's Park has turned into a tale of dysfunction and possible skullduggery. For Nate Erskine-Smith, winning the nomination was supposed to be a lift off of sorts to becoming the new Liberal leader, but now he's throwing around accusations that his 19-vote loss for the Scarborough Southwest nomination was a hatchet job. Are the Ontario Liberals okay? From Israel with Lawfare? After long being only the subject of reports from U.N. and human rights groups, allegations of sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners by Israeli Defence Forces finally made the pages of The New York Times, which has prompted Israel itself to cry, "lawsuit". In other news, a group called the Israel Law Center has threaten to sue the Canadian Museum of Human Rights because of a new exhibit about the creation of Israel from the Palestinian perspective. So this is lawfare, right? Wild Wild Rose Country. A couple of weeks ago, we tried to dip into Alberta politics but it was hard for two Ontario lads to make heads or tails of that crazy scene, so now we've brought in a stringer. For this episode, we're joined by Jeremy Appel of The Orchard newsletter, the man who broke the news about the Alberta voters' list and The Centurion Project, to lend his perspective on the state of Alberta politics, what Danielle Smith is thinking, and why Naheed Nenshi can't seem to make a play. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits we're going to work it. No one would accuse this podcast of being fashionable, but with this episode we head work our way back to style in addition to our usual substance by reviewing The Devil Wears Prada 2, which is now in a theatre near you. And since we're going back, let us also go back in time to the Summer of 2006 for another draft! This Wednesday, May 20, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Summer Movies of 2006 Draft. Twenty years ago from this summer, we watched as the Pirates of the Caribbean fought for a dead man's chest. Tom Hanks raced around Paris search for the Da Vinci Code. The X-Men took their last stand (not really). Superman returned, and so did the clerks. The house was a monster, the ex-girlfriend was super and the Devil wore Prada. These are among the movies we might draft as we go back to the Summer of 2006! REVIEW: The Devil Wear Prada 2 (2026). Based loosely on legendary (infamous) Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the original The Devil Wears Prada followed an aspiring journalist played by Anne Hathaway going to work for a demanding magazine editor played by Meryl Streep. Now, 20 years later, Hathaway and Streep, plus co-stars Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt, all return for an encore as Streep's Miranda needs Hathaway's Andy to rescue her reputation, and her magazine, in the midst of PR crisis, but is The Devil still as delicious with the second bite? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, things get heavy. We've got back-to-back interviews today with two different guests, both of who are going to get into topics around sexual violence and need to do more for survivors. First, we will talk to an advocate who wants to give survivors more options to get justice for themselves aside from the court system, and then we will talk to a provincial politician trying to improve the criminal justice system we have now. This Thursday, May 14, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Listener discretion is advised: Today's show contains conversations about sexual violence and the effects of sexual violence. When the Justice System Isn't Enough. Recent high profile sex assault trials involving Hockey Canada players, Jeffrey Sloka, and Frank Stonach have shown that justice is still hard to obtain for survivors using the system as its presently built. To help us mark Sexual Violence Prevention Month, we will be joined by Lola Graham from the Ontario chapter of Survivors 4 Justice Reform about why survivors should have the option to seek restorative justice and not just the court kind. The CONestoga Game(?). Last week, the Ontario government announced that they were putting an administrator in charge of Conestoga College due financial mismanagement, and one of the people caught off-guard by the move was Catherine Fife, who's the MPP of Waterloo. Fife will join us again to talk about the fallout from Conestoga, the impact on students, and her legislative quest to get justice in the legislature for survivors of sexual assault. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, we get international. The review today comes from Spain, with a universal take of family dynamics that just so happens to be in Spanish in 53 Sundays, which you can now stream on Netflix. Along similar lines, this entire show will be about a language other than English, at least so far as the movies are concerned!  This Wednesday, May 13, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Tim Phillips will discuss: Películas en un idioma distinto al inglés. This roughly translates into "films in a non-English language", which might also be called "international movies" or "foreign language films" depending on who you're talking to. Since this week's selection is in Spanish, we will take the opportunity to talk about other non-English films we enjoy, from serious dramas to silly genre fare, we will travel the world cinema in around 30 minutes before the main review... REVIEW: 53 Sundays (2026). The new Spanish film 53 domingos plays out a conversation that probably happens in many families: What do we do about an aging parent that can't fully be trusted to live on their own any more? Writer and director Cesc Gay stages a chamber dramedy about three siblings trying to answer that question, but really they're more interested in twisting the knife and sticking one of them with the exclusive responsibility for their father. Was 53 Sundays the darkly cynical balm we needed for this past Mother's Day weekend? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're straining to do some explaining. How can you make sense of the news when the news barely makes sense? This is going to be really put to the test this week as we get into the ups and downs of the War in Iran, and then we will turn our attention to this race to referendum in Alberta. Maybe things closer to home will be easier to understand and we have a guest that will help us do that. This Thursday, May 7, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: The Skirmish to End all Mini Wars. It's now been over two months since the U.S. and Israel started a war with Iran, but don't call it a war! If you've been confused about President Donald Trump's justifications and goals for this "skirmish" before, that's nothing compared to the roller coaster in the last week alone. Up first, we will try to make sense of the blockade that's either working or not happening and the war that's either over or just beginning. Separation of Glowers. Take Back Alberta believes that it has more than enough signatures to finally put the question of separation before the voters in the Wild Rose province, but it's not that easy. David Parker, one of the leaders of the movement, is being accused of having inappropriate access to Elections Alberta's list of electors, and there's also reports of interference being stoked from the U.S. and Russia, so can we have a good, decent debate on this without the skullduggery? Summer in the City Hall. The 2026 municipal election is now underway, but that doesn't mean that our current city council isn't putting out any new hits. This week, we will be joined by Ward 3 City Councillor Michele Richardson, who has already announced her retirement, to talk about some the latest business at city hall including construction complaints, fiscal pressures, traffic calming questions, and the upcoming receipt of the renoviction bylaw and vacant home tax. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits we're listening. For the movie review today, we will get into a movie you don't just have to watch because it's also a listening experience. Yes, we are going to talk about the new horror movie Undertone, and speaking of not-so-easy listening, we will continue on with our "6 For '76" series with a story about love and music! This Wednesday, May 6, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Candice Lepage will discuss: 6 For '76: A Star Is Born. Not for the first time, and definitely not for the last time, director Frank Pierson remade the 1937 movie A Star Is Born in 1976. This one shook up the formula, moving the action from the movie industry to the music industry and telling the story of the ill-fated romance between a falling star played by Kris Kristofferson and a rising star played by Barbara Streisand. Our "6 For '76" series rolls on with the second biggest movie of that year! REVIEW: Undertone (2026). Called "The scariest movie you will ever hear," Undertone has a lot to live up to. Director Ian Tuason, inspired by his own experiences caring for his dying parents, crafted a sonic experience of a movie about a podcaster caring for her comatose mother while slowly coming to the realization that her childhood home might be haunted. Or maybe it's in her mind. This low-budget horror is the latest in a line of successful Canadian movies that have come out so far in 2026 and this week we take our chance to talk about it. End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

This week on Open Sources Guelph, it's a lot. There was another disaster involving guns in America, but this time the target was some of the most powerful people in the country. Here in Canada, the Premier of B.C. seems to have stepped in a deep puddle with Indigenous people, but perhaps we can find some salvation with a good economy news story? Out special guest this week will help us make sense of that last one. This Thursday, April 30, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: My Dinner With Decay. Saturday's White House Correspondence Dinner was broken up by sadly familiar American tradition of its own, an attempted mass shooting. The WHCD, or "nerd prom" is a big deal for a certain upper echelon of Washington, and it was super special this year with Donald Trump himself making an appearance. From the conspiracies about false flags to commentary about the self-importance of the event, we need to ask the question: Will we ever learn? DRIPA-Lash. In the span of a month, British Columbia Premier David Eby went from on the attack to full retreat. After a court found that the government's mineral claim was inconsistent with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Eby proposed amending the act to allow the project to proceed, but First Nations leaders in the province called it an "absolute betrayal". Eby eventually backed off, but what does this do for the cause of reconciliation? Spring Bling! On Tuesday, the Government of Canada unveiled the spring economic update and it was a good news story! The deficit for this year, and the unemployment rate, are slightly less than what we thought they were going to be. Cool. There were announcements too: more money for skills development in the trades, more investment in national sport, and something called a sovereign wealth fund(?!). David-Alexandre Brassard, chief economist of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada returns to lend his insights. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

This week on End Credits, things get real, which is to say that we're going to put the best face on reality. The prime example this week is the new music bio-pic MIchael, which is about the life of Michael Jackson and getting darts and laurels depending on what side you're on. There's no doubt that Michael is going to be a big hit, but good news, we are entering a season of big hits! This Wednesday, April 22, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Summer Movie Preview. It's finally here! Summer Movie Season!! The next few months are reserved for some of the biggest, boldest, blow-up-iest movies of the year from superheros to super troopers, and from ancient Greece to the Met Gala. As usual, we will talk about the summer movies worth waiting for, but we will frame it through a new game. What movies are worth investing in, from the sure-to-be blockbusters to the dark horses with potential. REVIEW: Michael (2026). After years of trying, a bio-pic about Michael Jackson is now in theatres with all the requisite controversy that conjures up. Antoine Fuqua's film looks at the early years of Jackson's life, from growing up under his authoritarian father Joseph in the Jackson 5, to his his breakout solo albums, but then stops the story right before certain allegations emerge. Produced by the Jackson family themselves, and starring Michael Jackson's own nephew, there's reason to wonder if Michael is just all about the music (revenue)? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

Aram Scaram returns with round two, picking up right where the last session left off. Blending reggae, dancehall, dub, afrobeats, and global grooves, this mix is a deep dive into sound system culture. Featuring selections from his weekly radio show Sound So Nice, airing Saturdays 9–10 PM EST on CFRU 93.3 FM in Guelph, Canada, and streaming online at cfru.ca. PLAYLIST 1. Sound So Nice, King Of The Airwaves feat. Tréson 2. Manu Chao, Mr. Bobby 3. Bob Marley, Three Little Birds 4. Cocoa Tea, The Toughest 5. Johnny Osbourne, No Ice Cream Sound 6. J Star, Fan Ying Dub feat. MouseFX 7. Rob Symeon, Prosper Dub (Phillip Smart Dub) 8. Sanchez, If I Ever Fall In Love 9. Willie Williams, Armegideon Time 10. Ammoye, Sound So Nice Intro (acapela) 11. Members Syndicate, Set Me Free 12. Jesse Royal, Natty Pablo 13. Ky-Mani Marley, Protoge & Da Professor, Rub-a-Dub Soldier 14. Johnny Osbourne, Little Sound Boy 15. Bob Marley, I Shot The Sheriff (Roni Size remix) 16. Quantic, Spark It feat. Shinehead 17. Salmonella Dub, Love Your Ways 18. Boozoo Bajou, Take It Slow feat. Joe Dukie & U-Brown 19. Midnight Rider, Hypocrite 20. Michael Palmer, Hypocrite In A Dancehall 21. Nitty Gritty, False Alarm 22. Marcia Griffiths, I Shall Sing 23. Barrington Levy, Here I Come 24. Eek-A-Mouse, Ganja Smuggling 25. Cocoa Tea, Tune In 26. Tanya Stephens, Its A Pity 27. Luciano, Stay Away 28. The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby (Doctor's Darling Riddim) 29. Gregory Isaacs, Night Nurse 30. Anthony B, Waan Back 31. Gregory Isaacs, Night Nurse Dub 2 32. Bob Marley, Soul Rebel (Aphrodisiac Soundsystem remix) 33. Miguel Migs, The System feat. Capelton 34. Zady Boy, No Pay 35. Busy Signal & Jahsnowcone, My Circle 36. Poirier, Pale Mal feat. Fwonte 37. Captain Planet, Ghost Dance 38. Niney, Blood & Fire

On a recent Kreative Kontrol episode, Mark Molnar mentioned his fondness for a radio interview I once conducted with Tom Holliston, John Wright, and Rob Wright from Canada's greatest band, Nomeansno. And so, here's that interview, which occurred over breakfast at the By the Way Café in Toronto, Ontario on April 5, 2011. It's one of my most cherished work life experiences, so thank you again to Nomeansno, whose entire catalogue is now available on streaming services, and Alternative Tentacles is reissuing their catalogue in physical forms too.To hear this entire conversation, subscribe to Kreative Kontrol on Patreon at the $6 U.S. tier or higher (a reminder that an annual subscription includes a discount compared to a monthly one).Related episodes/links:Nomeansno's Rob Wright (2009)Ep. #1048: Mark MolnarEp. #854: METZEp. #782: Dead BobEp. #707: Ian Blurton's Future NowEp. #476: Ford Pier live at CFRU!Ep. #227: John Wright & Frank Barnes of CompressorheadSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.