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Co-host Open Sources Guelph, 17h Thursday CFRU 93.3FM Podcast version Mondays -> https://opensourcesguelph.com/ Bricoleur, undergrad, street librarian, occasional strummer, Diaspóra na nGael

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Open Sources (Ep. #541) Show Notes for October 30, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting more literate. While we go to air on the eve of All Hallow’s Eve, the only think that’s really haunting is the growing threat of mi…

Interview(s) with the (non) vampire(s) Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm Matthew Johnson Director of Education for MediaSmarts on modern media literacy - Pt.2 (5.30) Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt on the looming city budget and more opensourcesguelph.com/2025/10/30/o...

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Open Sources (Ep. #540) Show Notes for October 23, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph we work hard, but not as hard as the Ontario government, which is trying to do a year’s worth of legislating in seven week or (likely) less. And since we&#821…

Play ball! with Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm Testy fall at Queen's Park #onpoli - surprise election (for some) in Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 2 Councillor Carly Klassen on the Elect Respect pledge and more opensourcesguelph.com/2025/10/23/o...

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Open Sources (Ep. #539) Show Notes for October 16, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re eating news leftovers. First, we will catch up with the latest develops in Gaza where there’s now a precarious peace, and we will also talk about…

Talk turkey with Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3 fm A (fragile) peace in #Gaza - Federal #NDP leadership race - Pt. 2 (5.30) Kitchener Centre MPP and Deputy #GreenParty leader Aislinn Clancy on what's on (and off) the agenda at Queen's Park this fall opensourcesguelph.com/2025/10/16/o...

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Journalist Walid Batrawi on assignment in the early 2000s. He is wearing a blue press vest, helmet and speaking on a cell phone. An oncoming tank can be seen over his shoulder.

Journalist Walid Batrawi on assignment in the early 2000s. He is wearing a blue press vest, helmet and speaking on a cell phone. An oncoming tank can be seen over his shoulder.

Press on with Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm - BC Conservative civil war #bcpoli - Alberta teachers on strike #abpoli Pt. 2 (5.30) veteran #Palestinian journalist Walid Batrawi on the perils of life as a war correspondent #gaza #palestine

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Open Sources (Ep. #537) Show Notes for October 1, 2025 This week’s Open Sources Guelph is going to the birds! Both of our main topics this week intersects with the Supreme Court of Canada, which is presently tackling the extent of federal and pro…

Certified AI free Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Notwithstanding clause clarifications - Save the Ostriches (or not?) Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 6 City Councillor Ken Yee Chew talks development and more (worldwide at cfru dot ca) opensourcesguelph.com/2025/10/02/o...

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If someone makes a Nazi salute at municipal council, does it make a sound? On January 20, 2025, Elon Musk made a Nazi salute during a speech.

My latest! I dive into Quebec City's biggest culture war -- The Car -- and the role that doing a Nazi salute at a city council meeting has had to juice this narrative as we head to elections in November.

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Open Sources (Ep. #536) Show Notes for September 25, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going to meetings. There’s a big one at U.N. headquarters in New York this week, and Canada sent the new kid to dazzle everyone. Meanwhile, close…

31 flavours of Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm Carney and Co. #Palestine and the UN #cdnpoli - Crombie out, Stiles stays #onpoli - #DrawTheLine protest(s), is change in the air? opensourcesguelph.com/2025/09/25/o...

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Quote graphic featuring the following quote from Prime Minister Carney’s statement on Canada’s recognition of Palestine: “Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

Quote graphic featuring the following quote from Prime Minister Carney’s statement on Canada’s recognition of Palestine: “Canada recognises the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.”

#BREAKING | Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada:

"Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine."

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Open Sources (Ep. #533) Show Notes for September 4, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we catch up on our reading. In this all-news edition of the show, we will learn about the current condo crisis in Canada, and while we’re learning about alli…

Vicious compliance at Open Sources #guelph 5pm #cfru 93.3fm Condo market crash - book ban backfire in #alberta - #Trump lives! (worldwide at cfru dot ca) opensourcesguelph.com/2025/09/04/o...

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Open Sources (Ep. #531) Show Notes for August 21, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re back! After taking a midsummer break, we come back with some of your favourite characters from this past season including the buffoonish U.S. President…

Take off with Open Sources #guelph 5pm #cfru 93.3fm - Flight attendants double down #cdnpoli - the Fordist approach #onpoli - #RussiaUkraineWar summit(s) but when will it end? opensourcesguelph.com/2025/08/21/o...

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I'm so excited for Trump's nuclear reactor on the 🌕

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Was highlighting the formerly subtle fasces motif over the door an intentional move?

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Open Sources (Ep. #530) Show Notes for July 31, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting ready to go on summer vacation, but before that we’ve got some serious business, and in the case of one topic we mean really, really seri…

Strike a deal with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm The Gaza Crisis - Ontario's education Bill 33, reform or overreach? Pt. 2 (5.30) Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife on the fight for seniors rights and more - worldwide at cfru dot ca
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Open Sources (Ep. #529) Show Notes for July 24, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph everybody is fighting! Our national and provincial leaders are gathered to strategize and fight back in a trade war, while the leader of the opposition (in exile) i…

Cool down AND heat up with Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm - Trade and Tariff talks - #BattleRiverCrowfoot by election Pt. 2 - Chief Todd Cornelius of #Oneida Nation of the Thames on consultation and #reconciliation opensourcesguelph.com/2025/07/24/o...

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The Urban Park Guelph logo shows a Great Blue Heron flying past the old bowstring bridge (on Stone Road) with Urban Park Guelph in bold letters - by Lind Design

The Urban Park Guelph logo shows a Great Blue Heron flying past the old bowstring bridge (on Stone Road) with Urban Park Guelph in bold letters - by Lind Design

Time and a Half 11am CFRU 93.3fm P. Brian Skerrett on the potential for the Ontario Reformatory to become Urban Park Guelph. Worldwide at cfru.ca

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Open Sources (Ep. #528) Show Notes for July 17, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going down the rabbit hole. In Canada, and down into the United States, it seems like a lot of people are losing their minds and some of that might be …

You've been added to our group conversation Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm Extremists in Canadian Forces - #MAGA's #EpsteinFiles meltdown - Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 3’s Michele Richardson on City Hall's busy summer - worldwide at cfru . ca opensourcesguelph.com/2025/07/17/o...

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Black and white scene of the 1950s riot at the Ontario Reformatory. Inmates are gathered in the flooded courtyard avoiding the water

Black and white scene of the 1950s riot at the Ontario Reformatory. Inmates are gathered in the flooded courtyard avoiding the water

Time and a Half 11am #cfru 93.3fm P. Brian Skerrett on the history of the Ontario Reformatory - final weekend to catch the Civic Museum exhibit!

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Open Sources (Ep. #527) Show Notes for July 10, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph we’re doing a Law & Order riff. With political barbecue season underway, we look to the police beat by talking about potential civil rights violations in …

Turn on & tune in to Open Sources #guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm Chronic issues in Ontario's prisons #onpoli magic mushroom shops spring up - Pt. 2 Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Caron on an action packed summer at City Hall opensourcesguelph.com/2025/07/10/o...

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Open Sources (Ep. #526) Show Notes for July 3, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re hung over. Not from imbibing too much over the Canada Day long weekend, but from all the news we had to process in the first six months of 2025. We sur…

Everyone's a winner/gangant with Open Sources #Guelph 5PM #CFRU 93.3fm It's our first annual Mid Season Awards Show, featuring the best (and the worst) of the year in politics (so far!) streaming worldwide at cfru dot ca opensourcesguelph.com/2025/07/03/o...

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Open Sources (Ep. #525) Show Notes for June 26, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, our hats are on our heads, not in our hands! Our glorious premier stuck his foot in his mouth again, just in time for National Indigenous Heritage Month, and speak…

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO Open Sources #Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm - The #12DayWar - Bills 5 and C-5, rule skirting, bending or breaking? Pt. 2 (5.30) Guelph MP Dominique O’Rourke with the latest from Ottawa #onpoli #cdnpoli opensourcesguelph.com/2025/06/26/o...

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Open Sources (Ep. #524) Show Notes for June 19, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re trying to keep all our paper’s straight. Once again, it was a busy news week as the world came to Canada, or at least the heads of the biggest an…

Clocking to you Open Sources #Guelph 5PM #CFRU 93.3fm G7 - #Israel v #Iran (& #Gaza) (feat. #Trump #USA) Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 4 City Councillor Linda Busuttil with a City Hall/Quattro update opensourcesguelph.com/2025/06/19/o...

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Black and white photo of Charlie Angus as a young person playing bass in his band L'Etranger, The bass has WAKE UP written on it

Black and white photo of Charlie Angus as a young person playing bass in his band L'Etranger, The bass has WAKE UP written on it

Time and a Half 11am CFRU 93.3fm ICYMI Charlie Angus on his Elbows Up/Resistance tour, post MP life and more

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Former NDP MP Charlie Angus is shown on his Elbows Up tour with a slightly stern look on his face wearing a T Shirt that says "Elbows Up" that has a classic table top hockey player on it

Former NDP MP Charlie Angus is shown on his Elbows Up tour with a slightly stern look on his face wearing a T Shirt that says "Elbows Up" that has a classic table top hockey player on it

Cut red tape with Open Sources #Guelph 5pm #CFRU 93.3fm cfru.ca worldwide - Legislation cavalcade at Queen's Park #onpoli - Trump's overreach tests American democracy #uspoli Pt. 2 (5.30) Elbows Up with Charlie Angus on resistance, resilience and more #cdnpoli

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Photo of punk band The Clash up against an industrial wall looking tough

Photo of punk band The Clash up against an industrial wall looking tough

Time and a Half 11am (Sat) CFRU 93.3fm Guelph - Part one of Delphine Blue's radio doc The Clash - Revolution Rock (30 min) worldwide at cfru.ca

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Open Sources (Ep. #522) Show Notes for June 5, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going dull. You can’t make friends with salad? We disagree! And to help prove that we’re going to get out the scorecards for the first two …

Cut the haze with Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm Carney's first month - Starmer's first year Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 2 councillor Rodrigo Goller on the downtown and more opensourcesguelph.com/2025/06/05/o...

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Who gave him the black eye?

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Scotty Hertz speaking with Amy Goodman on stage in Rozanski Hall at the University of Guelph in October 2017 (photo credit Troy Bridgeman)

Scotty Hertz speaking with Amy Goodman on stage in Rozanski Hall at the University of Guelph in October 2017 (photo credit Troy Bridgeman)

Time and a Half 11am Saturday CFRU 93.3fm - from the archives Amy Goodman in #guelph (2017) on building movements, life under Trump, the Flint water crisis and more cfru.ca

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Open Sources (Ep. #519) Show Notes for May 15, 2025 This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re making a sad face. Not just about the condition of our New Democratic Party, but also because there’s another flashpoint in the world that’…

To the Sourcemobile! Open Sources Guelph 5pm CFRU 93.3fm cfru dot ca Kashmir kicks off (again) Wither the NDP? Is there any hope? Pt. 2 (5.30) Ward 5 City Councillor Cathy Downer on the action packed City Hall task list opensourcesguelph.com/2025/05/15/o...

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Jeff Bridges says he’s ‘feeling good’ nearly 5 years after cancer diagnosis, but dealing with ‘long-term’ Covid effects | CNN Jeff Bridges is sharing some good news pertaining to his health.

“my dance with Covid makes my cancer look like a piece of cake.” www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/e...

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