A year to the day since the last Description podcast episode, Valerie stands on a windy beach in Shediac, New Brunswick and tries to update you on stuff while fighting off pneumonia. Download directly from Archive.org Associated links The Second (Great) Canadian National Day of Podcasting Town of Shediac Description 75: Be...In This Place Description 73: The Dual Citizens (aka the one with the birth mother) Movies For the Blind Bayley on the Baize Demo of my day job "My City Was Gone" by The Pre...
Dec 02, 2011
For the Canadian National Day of Podcasting , Matt and Valerie review their National Podcast Post Month, with what they did and didn't learn. Concludes with Derek and Clive . Download directly or Subscribe What went on? Mission Statement...
Dec 02, 2010
With pauses edited out, Matt talks on the phone with his pub landlord friend Ben, who fills in the holes of a story in which Matt shoots himself and an old woman, gets thrown in the trunk of car and finds himself on a 100-foot-high cliff. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement (Note: there'll be one more episode tomorrow, to celebrate The Canadian National Day of Podcasting .)...
Dec 01, 2010
Elsewhere in Valerie's podcast world...audio-described scenes from the cult favourite Dementia 13 , part of Episode 148 of Movies For the Blind . Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 30, 2010
In Ohio, while watching a Manchester United game on tv, Valerie dad and Matt compare notes on their respective versions of football. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 29, 2010
Matt and Valerie walk through downtown Buffalo, New York and inevitably go into a Tim Horton's . Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 27, 2010
With pretty bad sound quality, Valerie finds out more about one of Matt's favourite songs as a spanner (British for nerd, as he means it), "Quark, Strangeness and Charm" by Hawkwind . Download directl y or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 26, 2010
In High Park, Matt and Valerie chat with two women taking care of a well-behaved Sheltie dog with a difficult home life. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 25, 2010
From another proper Description episode not completed, Valerie starts a soundseeing tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario and settles herself in the Henry Moore statue just outside. Download directly or Subscribe "Down by the Henry Moore" by Murray McLauchlan Wikipedia explains the Shmoo What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 24, 2010
After Matt finds himself onstage with seven other guys doing another podcast , he and Valerie (who gets too loud again - sorry) discuss credibility and the dynamics of male conversation. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 23, 2010
Matt talks about a stay in Blackpool, when a guest house owner had an unorthodox way of finding out who wrecked his stuff. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 22, 2010
Valerie meets up with Matt just after he discovers Canada's largest Christmas parade going on steps away from where they live. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 22, 2010
A voiceover artist with a terrible cold, Valerie finds herself being an announcer for one of the world's most famous series of infomercials. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 20, 2010
Two associated tracks from an album dear to Matt's heart, Clutching at Straws by Marillion . Download directly or Subscribe Singer/songwriter Fish on writing and recording the album What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 19, 2010
Maybe the prototypical episode: Watching the World Series, Valerie explains some baseball and Matt explains some cricket while everyone else in the bar is watching the hockey game. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 19, 2010
Matt talks about visiting a snooker tournament in Wales, complete with hand injuries, smoke-filled chalets, a drunken meeting with a hero and girl-on-girl action. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement
Nov 17, 2010
At Fynn's of Temple Bar before going to Podcaster LIVE Nite last week, Matt and Valerie discuss the wealth of Toronto stories left untold, and chat with one of the few non-immigrants remaining. Download directly or Subscribe Scarborough Dude's Dicksnjanes podcast "Caker" in the Urban Dictionary What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 16, 2010
Valerie reads from the newsletter by Bob Lefsetz about his most recent encounter with Lars Ulrich of one of Matt's favourite bands (though more in the past than now): Metallica. Download directly or Subscribe The post Valerie read: "Lars" What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 16, 2010
After discovering the combination of orange juice and beer, Matt discusses the Black Velvet in different cultures and the Purple Nasty in his. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement Okay, you can't really be Canadian and mention Black Velvet without thinking of the Alannah Myles song. Sorry....
Nov 14, 2010
In what was supposed to be Matt's official podcast debut in April, the Manchester United supporter and Valerie walk to their first TFC game, with a bypass and a stop at the loo. Download directly or Subscribe Belated thanks to Toronto Mike What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 13, 2010
Matt and Valerie introduce you to the happiest speed metal band ever: DragonForce . Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement (Btw, these guys are looking for a new lead singer. Check their site for details.) Valerie's favourite sequence starts about 3:23....
Nov 13, 2010
For Remembrance (Veterans) Day, Valerie and Matt talk about a Bristolian looking for her Canadian soldier birth father, Matt's dad in a field of poppies and the charms of Weston-Super-Mare. Download directly or Subscribe Description 47 - Remembrance Day What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 12, 2010
At Podcaster LIVE Nite , Matt and Valerie (beware of her audio distortions - sorry) are visited by Keith McNally , a Canadian who tried living in New York City and decided there's no place like home....or at least Toronto. Download directly or Subscribe What's going on? Mission Statement...
Nov 10, 2010
