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Kacy reads the Communist Manifesto for the first time. Aster calls in with a really good question. Asher accidentally shows off how much he has read, even though he feels like he has so much more reading to do. SPECIAL GUEST: Todd Cretien! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/communistpotatosalad/message
Your hosts, Lynn, Marc, with guest Stephane Parent, host of RCI's French language programme (video of show at bottom) The Link: this week talks about the Canadian election leader's debate, a new much simpler, faster early detection method for Alzheimers, and a long time Canadian TV show that makes fun of politicians, and they like it.EN_The_Link-20191011-WEE15 Canadian election, debate of the leaders in French Host Patrice Roy from Radio-Canada, centre, introduces Federal party leaders, left to right, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet before the Federal leaders French language debate in Gatineau, Que. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS) There have now been two official debates among the record number of federal party leaders. The English debate was at times a raucous affair, and the French language debate (Canada having two official languages) was held Thursday night. After criticism, the format was changed somewhat to provide a somewhat better event although there were still moments of people interrupting each other, which a certain numbero f Canadian viewers don't appreciate. Stephane. Lynn, and Marc talk about the debate Eye scan may soon permit early detection of Alzheimers A specialized camera and software analyzes the back of a person’s eye to detect patterns specific to Alzheimer’s disease before the symptoms develop. (Cole Burston/RetiSpec) A new technology may hold the promise of detecting Alzheimer's disease at a much earlier stage. Current tests are much more expensive and invasive, involvinig PET scans or spinal taps. But a new technology has been developed involving a simple eye exam that could be done during routine eye checkups. Lynn spoke with Dr. Sharon Cohen, medical director of the Toronto Memory Program A funnier side of politics In 1996, then Prime Minister Jean Charest from Shawinigan Quebec, grabbed a noisy protester blocking his path, by the neck and shoved him aside. The "Shawinigan Handshake" became a long-standing on-camera joke between Cretien and Critch who says Cretien loved to play along (CBC) The programme 22 Minutes is one of the longest running comedy shows on Canadian TV. The comedy/satire show makes fun of celebrities, society, and especially political figures. The latter group of course wants to be taken seriously, but somehow they are inspired to play along . Cast member and host Mark Critch talks about how they manage to ridicule political figures but leave them and audiences smiling. THE LINK- video of show 2019-10-11 (starts at 0.41)
Geïnspireerd op de super succesvolle Amerikaanse podcast 99% invisible maakte Laura Stek en Tjitske Mussche de serie Ongesigneerd: radio over vormgeving. Geurdesign is booming business. Er zijn steeds meer bedrijven die de kracht van de neus onderkennen en hun klanten met geur in de watten leggen. Hoe groot is de invloed van geur precies en hoe ver kunnen ontwerpers daarin gaan? Een verhaal over het aroma van de wereldvrede. Met geurexpert Tanja Deurloo (Annindriya), psycholoog Cretien van Campen en parfumeur Christophe Laudamiel. De vertelstem is van Laura Stek. Zie meer en vindt de podcast: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/ongesigneerd.html? Nagekomen bericht van de redactie: er komt in 2018 een tweede reeks Ongesigneerd!
Where does the ear meet the eye? “Seeing and Illustrating Music” includes the voices of Cretien van Campen, Ben Street, Sherry Turner DeCarava, Chia-Jung Tsay, Richard Brody, Christian Wolff, Ryan Vigil, Robert Simpson, Jonathan Sterne, Carlene Stevens, Patrick Feaster, Karen Topp, Eric Wahlforss, Nicholson Baker, Berthold Hoeckner, Petr Janata. Produced by Zack Ezor, Conor Gillies, Qainat Khan, and Dan Mauzy. Special thanks to Deanna Archetto and Tom Richards for providing audio from the Daphne Oram Collection at Goldsmiths, University of London. Editing help from Katherine Gorman and Erika Lantz. Artwork by Robert Beatty. From WBUR, Boston’s NPR News Station.
Geurdesign is booming business. Er zijn steeds meer bedrijven die de kracht van de neus onderkennen en hun klanten met geur in de watten leggen. Hoe groot is de invloed van geur precies en hoe ver kunnen ontwerpers daarin gaan? Een verhaal over het aroma van de wereldvrede. Met geurexpert Tanja Deurloo (Annindriya), psycholoog Cretien van Campen en parfumeur Christophe Laudamiel. De vertelstem is van Laura Stek. Geurdesign is de laatste aflevering van Ongesigneerd, een achtdelige serie over onopvallend design. Ongesigneerd is gemaakt door Tjitske Mussche en Laura Stek en is geïnspireerd op de Amerikaanse radioshow ‘99% Invisible''. De serie werd gemaakt voor Woord.nl en kwam tot stand met steun van het Mediafonds.
Geurdesign is booming business. Er zijn steeds meer bedrijven die de kracht van de neus onderkennen en hun klanten met geur in de watten leggen. Hoe groot is de invloed van geur precies en hoe ver kunnen ontwerpers daarin gaan? Een verhaal over het aroma van de wereldvrede. Met geurexpert Tanja Deurloo (Annindriya), psycholoog Cretien van Campen en parfumeur Christophe Laudamiel. De vertelstem is van Laura Stek. Geurdesign is de laatste aflevering van Ongesigneerd, een achtdelige serie over onopvallend design. Ongesigneerd is gemaakt door Tjitske Mussche en Laura Stek en is geïnspireerd op de Amerikaanse radioshow ‘99% Invisible''. De serie werd gemaakt voor Woord.nl en kwam tot stand met steun van het Mediafonds.