Canadian Civil

An honest show that shares the ideas and lives of people creating things in Canada. Each episode features two parts. The Cutting Room: Where we present the content we didn't get to discuss from a video, or the rough points of a video that isn't going to get made. Talk Shop: The inside story on making content and trying to contribute to Canada.

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J.J. McCullough's Long Road To Success

@PaigeMTL and @JJMcCullough look at the winding path and difficult decisions involved in a Canadian media career. Support This Thing: https://www.patreon.com/lovesmontreal Find J.J. https://twitter.com/jj_mcculloughhttps://www.instagram.com/jjmccullough/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhOl6uRlxryALlT5yifldw Find Paige: https://www.youtube.com/c/@PaigeMTLhttps://twitter.com/PaigeMTL...

Apr 29, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Is Streaming The Solution?

Paige and endurance poker athlete Jaime Staples talk about Canadian careers in streaming. Cutting Room: Moving on from Paige's most recent failure to get famous by becoming a thumbnail strumpet, could he instead become a streaming slattern? Does Paige have the lower back cartilage required to make it in the streaming world? Talk Shop: Dealing with the negative online environment and the issues with reddit. Support This Thing: https://www.patreon.com/PaigeSaunders Find Jaime: https://www.instagra...

Jan 05, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Could We Build A Walkup Today?

Paige went on a forum, hoisted his boombox, and waited until someone reluctantly came out. Cutting Room: Strange interviews are often a key part of Paige's video research, but this one was far less meandering than most. We slapped some dressings on it and offer it to you as inside-inside-baseball for a string of upcoming videos. Paige's Building Heights Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK7qX_d3Xts Support This Thing: https://www.patreon.com/lovesmontreal

Oct 18, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 6

Train Guys

Two rail enthusiasts talk about when that passion becomes counter productive. Cutting Room: You know them, you love them, they're why you spent your honeymoon crossing Siberia. They are the men who love trains. When talk about when that becomes a problem, because love knows no limits, but government budgets do. Reece paints a vision for a future where much larger numbers of Canadians take the train and how to build a network from that strong core. Talk Shop: We talk about hours lost to comment r...

Oct 02, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Paige's Clickbait Competition

We welcome in Dan of the New Travel for a very meta episode. Cutting Room: Paige has a clickbait problem. He doesn't want to do it, instead preferring a headache inducing firetruck aesthetic that some have described as "Hot Garbage". In response he's setup "The Thunderdome of Thumbnails" with the experienced clicksperts Reece Martin and Dan Vineberg. Talk Shop: The first part of a conversation with Dan about how he managed to do Bachelor of Arts work in a media ecosystem that had just been torch...

Sep 14, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Does Purpose Built Rental Do Anything?

Uytae survived his topical disease to talk about the extra details and thoughts following his experience making a video about purpose built rentals. Cutting Room: Purpose built rentals are a pretty hot solution at the moment, but does it really matter if your landlord owns a condo or a building? We talk about the wider issues from Uytae's latest video: https://youtu.be/0pzi10ThnvI Talk Shop: Talks about the social life post pandemic, the challenges of construction, how to color grade footage so ...

Jul 17, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Man With Covid Talks About Industrial Zoning

Fresh off a diagnosis with Covid Uytae Lee of About Here turns up the heat on his fever and issues with land redevelopment. Cutting Room: Uytae talks about the downsides of converting industrial lands. What happened to Vancouver when it was starved of its industrial lifeblood. Talk Shop: Paige gets the About Here from its PLANifax origins and the struggles of maintaining independent when you have a large household name as a client. Checkout Uytae's Vancouver based Urbanism Channel: https://www.y...

Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 2

New Zealand vs Canada's Pandemic Response

What's that world? You want a new video podcast? Too late world, you're getting one! Cutting Room: Paige dives shallowly into four different areas of pandemic response. Can two dual citizens brothers figure out what the real difference is between New Zealand and Canada? Talk Shop: Reece and Paige talk about being sensitive boys and the best way to request a topic get covered or disagree. Checkout Reece's Transit Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf4iKXL_SJQ5d0qsKkboRRQ...

Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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