CFRU Mobile Community Radio

Original Recording Date: June 2019 Guests: Various students from College Heights  Today is a show featuring a bunch of interviews between students at College Heights - I showed up to teach them some introductory interview skills, and they chatted about their hobbies and things that make them curious. This is a throwback - shortly after these interviews these same students were totally excelling at...

Original Recording Date: June 2019 Guest: Ted, Village of Arbour Trails This episode featuresTed from over at The Village of Arbour Trails retirement residence. We talk about his life in the outskirts of Toronto, Saskatoon, and Guelph, and how by a funny technicality he only recently received his diploma from the University of Guelph.

Original Recording Date: May 2019 Guests: Various grade threes and grade sevens from Willow Rd. PS, Kindies from Paisley Road PS SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE!  This episode features two sets of Grade Threes from Willow Road Public School, two sets of grade sevens from Willow Road PS, and the Kindies from Mr. Senitt's class at Paisley Road Public School.  And they basically talk about everything!  Tune in!

Original Recording Date: May 2019 Guests: A couple living over at the Village of Arbour Trails, Kindergarten Students from Paisley Road PS In this episode I chat with a lovely couple who live over at The Village of Arbour Trails  We talk about how they met working together at a glass company in Ohio, and their shared love of tennis and golf.  Later in the episode is a segment from the loveable kin...

Original Recording Date: May 2019 Guests: Willow Road PS (Grade 2s, radio club/Duncan), Kim This episode features the grade twos at Willow Road Public School, then their radio club (where Duncan and I talk about video games) and then an interview I recently did at City Hall, where I talk to Kim from over at Brant Ave Neighbourhood Group's Youth Group, about their upcoming participation in The Mudd...

Original Recording Date: May 2019 Guests:  Jim Hunt (Village of Riverside Glen), Paisley Road PS Kindergarten Students This episode sees the return of Jim Hunt at The Village of Riverside Glen - we chat about downtown Guelph and public art, the historic pieces and what a future could look like. Last part of the show I return to Paisley Road Public School to read some books with Aaron Senitt's kind...

Original Recording Date: April 2019 Guests: John (Village of Arbour Trails), Willow Road PS Grade Threes, and Radio Club This is part 2 of my return visit to John from Arbour Trails, followed by a joke show from Willow Road Public School's Grade threes, and their Radio club talking about video games. Music today is by Sarah Hiltz and Friendly Rich

Original Recording Date: April 2019 Guest: John (Village of Arbour Trails), Grade threes and grade twos (Willow Road PS) Today I return to The Village of Arbour Trails to revisit John, a retired Civil Engineer with a passion for community theatre, then I head over to Willow Road Public School and featured some grade threes and grade twos, telling jokes, and talking about kindness. Music today is b...

Original Recording Date: April 2019 Guest: Jack Today's show is Jack, a retired landscape architect professor from the University of Guelph. Bry and We met up at The Village of Riverside Glen and chatted about his career and life. He's a sweet guy. Tune in! Music is by Carew and Brad De Roo's "Lonely Party 2"

Original Recording Date: March 2019 Guest: Ann For this episode I connected with Ann at The Village of Arbour Trails. Ann and I connected on a really special level, she was initially a little guarded with me in a way that I really appreciated. When she trusted that my intentions were good, we talked about the challenges of traditional models of education, the importance of having other people to t...

Original Recording Date: March 2019 Guests: Grace (the Village of Riverside Glen), Paisley Road PS (Mr. Sennit's kindergarten students) This episode is a great one! I head over to The Village of Riverside Glen for my first guest, Grace, who is a woman who came over to Canada from Holland when she was 19 - she talks about the boat ride over, and her early days in Canada, and she is also HILARIOUS....

Original Recording Date: Feb 2019 Guests: Jim Hunt (Village of Riverside Glen), Willow Road PS Grade eight media class Tune in today at 1pm to CFRU 93.3 FM or stream at cfru.ca for the newest episode! Today returns to The Village of Riverside Glen where I speak with Jim Hunt - Jim has become a dear friend at this point, he has been on the radio in the past, talking about his history in Guelph, and...

Original Recording Date Feb 2019 Guests: Village of Riverside Glen (Sonya, from Long Term Care), Willow Rd PS (Tanya & Sydney, talking about Mental Health, and various members of the Willow Road Radio Club) This episode starts at The Village of Riverside Glen, where I chatted with Sonya from Long Term Care - we chat about our mutual love of mac and cheese and country music, and she speaks of h...

Original Recording Date Feb 2019 Guests: Students from Willow Road PS (radio club), Sidney and Nancy (Village of Riverside Glen), Paisley Rd PS kindergarten class This episode features Willow Road Public School's Radio Club, two residents from The Village of Riverside Glen retirement residence (Nancy and Sidney), and the kindergarten class from Paisley Road Public School. Music from Jealouspainter...

Original Recording Date: Feb. 2019 Guests: Willow Rd. PS grade 8s, Jeremy (Vocamus Press), two residents of Village of Riverside Glen, Paisley Road PS Kindergarten students This show features students in the grade 8 media class at Willow Road Public School interviewing Jeremy from Vocamus Press, followed by a lovely interview with a pair of residents from The Village of Riverside Glen retirement f...

Original Recording Date: January 2019 Guests: Willow Road PS students Kylie and Kassandra, artists Gillian Wilson and Gregory Pepper; Kindergarten Students from Paisley Road Public School This episode, Willow Road Public School grade 8 media students Kylie and Kassandra interview Guelph's own incredible artists Gregory Pepper and Gillian Wilson.   Second half of the show heads back over to Paisley...

Original Recording Date January 2019 Guests: Canadian Mental Health Association, Immigrant Services, Guelph Little Theatre, Autism Dog Services, and Guelph Dance, and also Kindergarten Students from Paisley Road Public School This episode includes a series of interviews from a volunteer fair at the University of Guelph. Many different organizations including Canadian Mental Health Association, Imm...

Original Recording Date: January 2019 Guests: Kylie and Kassandra, and various members of the Willow Road Radio Club In this episode, Kylie and Kassandra discuss what they did over winter break, talking about art, drawing, creative writing, and their time with their families.  These two are fun :) . The second part of the show sees the return of the Willow Road Radio Club, featuring many students,...

Original Recording Date: January 2019 Guest: a resident from Village of Arbour Trails This episode features an interview with a wonderful French-Canadian resident over at The Village of Arbour Trails. I just LOVED this woman. Her story was inspiring, putting her foot down to continue a life of new surprises by insisting her and her husband move to Ontario when she was fifty and offered a transfer...

Original Recording Date: December 2018 Guests:  Various Grade eight media students from Willow Road PS, and their interview guests: a Willow Road PS custodian, a University of Guelph History Professor, a Willow Road Alumni/University of Guelph athlete, a cancer survivor, and a teacher whom they asked to compare "Apple Vs Samsung" This is a special episode from Willow Road Public School - it's the...

Original Recording Date: December 2018 Guests: Grade four students from Mitchell Woods PS, seniors from Long Term Care at Village of Riverside Glen This is a special Christmas eve episode of the show - Tune in to hear grade four students from Mitchell Woods Public School singing carols and meeting their penpals from the Long Term care facility at The Village of Riverside Glen. It's a perfect one f...

Original Recording Date: December 2018 Guests: Willow Road PS radio club, Hugh (Village of Arbour Trails) Today's episode starts with a small segment from Willow Road Public School's Radio Club, then heads over to The Village of Arbour Trails where I was reunited with Hugh: a retired northern Canadian doctor. It was lovely to get more of glimpse into his interesting history, and chat about what li...

Original Recording Date: December 2018 Guests: A couple living at Village of Arbour Trails This episode Bry and I visited The Village of Arbour Trails and spoke with a lovely couple, who shared stories of being teens after the war, dating "everybody", card parties, working on a farm, and ending up together after being childhood sweethearts, marrying other people, having a happy life with those par...

Original Recording Date: November 2018 Guests: Willow Road PS Radio club and grade 8 media class (various students), Lazlo (of "Cambridge Gaming Community" at "Old Post Office") Today starts over at Willow Road Public School, first their radio club, and then members of the grade eight media class. Second half of the show returns to Idea Exchange, specifically Idea Exchange - Old Post Office, where...

This is a special two-hour radio episode I put together of the CFRU Mobile Community Radio show - today's show includes a conversation with Kelly McCullough of the urbanartsguelph.ca MADE program and Dan Evans of the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition. I brought these two on the show because all three of our projects explore the value of breaking molds, exploring accessibility through a lens t...