CFRU Mobile Community Radio

Original recording date: November 21st 2016 Guest: Eva, "Modern Mommy"/"The Dad Spot" Events This was a "bonus" episode of my show, where I spoke with Eva of "Modern Mommy" and "The Dad Spot" - both of which are events geared towards parents, to create a fun place to go on a night free of the kids. We chatted about two of her events: "Men's Trampoline Dodgeball Tournament & Beer Tasting" and "...

Original Recording Date: October 31st, 2016 Guest: Mike Mike and I meet on Halloween, and we talk about bullying, the collecting of friends, and building trust. We also talk about the trend of scary clowns. It was a fun one. I hope you like it! Today's episode features music by Jenna Kessler, as well as the "Guelph Theme Song theme song" encouraging ALL of you to write a Guelph theme song for our...

Original Recording Date: September 21st, 2016 Guest: Michael Gilbertson Michael Gilbertson is an environmental scientist/activist/detective. What started as a casual conversation - about his fascinating project investigating the correlation between environmental factors and breast cancer in a specific group of women - quickly escalated to a history of environmental activism in Canada from 1960 to...

Original Recording Date: October 17th 2016 Guests: Bev & Trudy, Gunsum, Moe, and Ferol This a wonderful cross section of the folks who utilize the Onward Willow Centre and dedicate their time to make the space run. Bev and Trudy have been married for 25 years, and have lived in lots of areas of Guelph, including the Willow Neighbourhood where they live now. They are incredible supporters of th...

Original Recording Date: October 12th, 2016 Guest: Christine Lafazanos This episode is a conversation with The Junction's Christine Lafazanos - we chat about the Junction, Guelph, and the role of ceremonies in our lives, about life, death, elders, retirement and transition. A super interesting conversation I'm really happy we captured! Christine runs Woven Threads - Handcrafted Ceremonies and spec...

Original Recording Date: October 12th 2016 Guests: Bev, Angel, Dana, Maram and Dan This episode is the FIRST EPISODE from Onward Willow, our new location for Mobile Radio! This episode is from our launch party and features five guests - Bev, Angel, Dana, Maram and Dan. Bev performed live at the studio and we featured those performances on this show as well. The show also features a recording of lo...

Original Recording Date: October 6th 2016 Guests: Barb Bryce and Deb Dryden In this episode I spoke with Barbara Bryce and Deb Dryden, two visual artists who were part of this year's Guelph Studio Tour 2016 which featured 44 different visual artists at 27 different locations. Pretty awesome. You can find more details about the Studio tour by going to http://guelphstudiotour.ca but also listen to t...

Original Recording Date: September 21st 2016 Guests: Nicky, Jess, Emily, Rowen, Luella This episode features Nicky - a woman visiting the Junction from Toronto to spend time integrating with urban gardens and the principles of Permaculture; and Jess and Emily, two Junction residents who live in the intentional-community apartment building on Meadowview. We cross into many interesting subjects arou...

Original Recording Date: September 14th 2016 Guests: Joy Sammy and Julia Grady, 10 Carden Show: an episode all about Ten Carden and all the exciting developments as they move towards their new space out of the old Ackers building in downtown Guelph on Carden St.! 10 Carden is a community hub where you can hold your events 10 Carden is a workspace where social change happens 10 Carden is a vibrant...

Original Recording Date: September 7th, 2016 Guest: Andrea Munk, Cedar Lily This episode features Andrea Munk, of "Cedar Lily". Andrea modifies bras to turn them into nursing bras - an incredibly useful and comfortable and affordable answer to the chaos that is nursing. We talk about her business a bit, but we also talk about childbirth, some of the struggles surrounding it, and some of the obstac...

Original Recording Date: August 3rd, 2016 Guest: Scott Mooney (Motomo Men's Group) I spoke with Scott Mooney, who chatted with me about the local chapter of "Motomo" - a "team" that offers men a safe space for support, project building, idea sharing and confidence-boosting. Of the group, Scott says "Men are often isolated, expecting themselves to go it alone in life. Here we can speak in confidenc...

Original Recording Date: July 20th 2016 Guests: Krysten "Krysh Mc'Flowin, Elias One afternoon while down at the Junction, I discovered there was a theme of "Flow Arts" - I had never heard this term before, but everywhere I looked there were people with hula hoops, and people juggling and and balancing on structures in the backyard. I was lucky enough to convince a couple of these people - a hooper...

Original recording date: Saturday August 13th, 2016 Guests: Various performers and organizers of the Junction Porchfest This was a live broadcast from the Junction's Porchfest festival - the festival was a one day music festival featuring two porches, a shed, and "The Golden Bus" as stages. Nine performers performed on these four stages throughout the day, and CFRU live broadcasted from the event....

Original Recording Dates: July 13th, July 27th, & August 3rd 2016 Guests: Seb (Zócalo Organics), Jesse (Polestar Hearth), and Bryan (Junction Porchfest Organizer) This was a great episode capturing several of the things that make these Junction potlucks so special. First was Seb: Seb comes to the Junction as part of the CSA vegetable share drop offs for his and his partner Bethany's farm "Zóca...

Original Recording Date: July 13, 2016 Guests: Alex Chapman - Energy Manager, City of Guelph, Yvette Tendick - President of the Guelph Coalition for Active Transportation I came down to the Junction and discovered a parade! It was the "Celebration of Active Transportation" - there were bikes, wagons, and many people proudly marching on foot, winding their way through the streets of the neighbourho...

Original recording date: July 6th 2016 Guest: Kyle Corbin, "Summer Chef School" Kyle came on the radio to talk about the program he helps run, called "Summer Chef School" This conversation blew my mind in terms of what these folks are teaching and presenting to children - totally inspiring and mind-opening, and made me reallllly exciting to save up some funds to enrol my kids! Here's the descripti...

Original Recording Date: July 6th 2016 Guests: Luca, Caitlin McClaren and Annie Corbin My first guest Luca was a fantastic young boy who used to live in the Junction, but recently moved to Windsor with his family. He starts as my interviewee, but quickly moves on to the role of "Interviewer" and between that and his Walkie-Talkie antics we had a really enjoyable time. For the second part of the ep...

Original Recording Date: June 22nd, 2016 Guests: Lemonade Sellers Anna and Rowan, and Mike and his son River This episode was recorded on my debut visit to the Junction - the first part is my chat with the young folks selling lemonade, and the rest of the episode is my conversation with Mike. Mike and his wife organize the weekly potluck, and own the house that hosts it. They also own the apartmen...

Original Recording Date: June 22nd 2016 Guests: Daniel, and Megan This was my debut episode out of the "Junction Neighbourhood Group"! Every Wednesday evening this neighbourhood has an outdoor potluck, Polstar Breads sells bread, Zócalo Organics hands out their vegetable shares...children run through the back yards, and the community hangs out - it's beautiful! I caught local Urban Geographer Dani...

Original Recording Date: June 1st, 2016 Guest: Uncle Leo This was my final episode from Parkwood Gardens. And it's the return of "Uncle Leo"! Leo came over on a bus, all the way to Parkwood, just to catch up and it was lovely. He's been through a lot, but he is recovering and doing great. What a fantastic final guest! Parkwood was lovely and hospitable - thank you so much for being such gracious h...

Recording/Air date: Friday June 10th 2016 Guests: Parkwood Gardens community members On Friday June 10th Parkwood had an amazing BBQ/party to celebrate their 20th anniversary of being a Neighbourhood Group. I came out with the radio to help celebrate, and to live broadcast radio, in the hopes of capturing enough voices to reach our goal of "20 voices - one to represent each year of Parkwood". And...

Original Recording Date: May 31 2016 Guest: Barb McPhee, Director of the North End Harvest Market Barb is an incredible woman in Guelph who is responsible for and integral to many of our amazing initiatives, including the Poverty Task Force, the Better Beginnings Program, and the "North End Harvest Market" We could have talked for HOURS about all the various projects she's part of, and I very much...

Original recording date: June 2nd 2016 Guest: Brendan Johnson, Executive Director of the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition Brendan Johnson of the Neighbourhood Support Coalition came by Parkwood and we had a powerful discussion around food security, poverty, and the complexity involved in assisting people while recognizing no two struggles are the same. Here is the pitch: "What if we ran a Fo...

Original Recording Date: May 4th 2016 Guest: Tracey Tracey grew up in Guelph, over in the Parkwood neighbourhood back when Imperial Rd. was divided by the railroad tracks, and back when there were trees and ponds where the West-End-Community Centre now stands. We had a conversation about how the parks used to look, reminisced about our childhood playground equipment, and talked about the variety o...

Original Recording Date: May 4th 2016 Guest: Yasmeen Yasmeen is a mother of five who moved to Canada 15 years ago from Pakistan. We spoke about her masters education in Home Economics and our shared love of crafting, as well as her childhood in Pakistan and the changes her life in Canada has brought about. Fingers crossed Yasmeen and I will see a Parkwood Gardens Crafting Club in the future.