Episodes

After an estimated 25,000 interviews, Carol Off leaves CBC Radio's As It Happens as its longest-serving host to move on to other projects. We're pleased to welcome Carol to this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast where the venerable host talks about everything from her early influences and favourite interviews to regaining trust in media.

With the recent misinformation controversy around the Joe Rogan Experience that led Spotify to jettison more than 40 episodes of the podcast, Signal Hill Insights decided to dig deeper into the court of public opinion and so on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome back Jeff Vidler to talk about their latest research, Spotify, and the state of podcasting in Canada.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Billie Jo Ross and Candice Kaye, along with Star 95.9 Calgary Content Director Julisa Ly on reimagining the Adult Contemporary format, putting another crack in the glass ceiling with the introduction of the city's first female-led morning show, the evolving Calgary radio market, and more.

You probably know Dave Trafford and daughter Erin Trafford from their work in news/talk radio and television news, but the father-daughter duo is now part of the growing number of former media who've moved into podcasting, collaborating on the Story Studio Network, a podcast production and branded content studio they co-founded last May.

In this sponsored episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, Tieline Technical Sales Associate Jacob Daniluck discusses The Gateway 4, a powerful DSP-based 1RU IP codec designed for live remote broadcasting applications, as well as STL or SSL links.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast we welcome Julie Adam, Head of News & Entertainment at Rogers Sports & Media, and first-time author to talk about her new book, Imperfectly Kind: Why Kindness Is The Must-Have Superpower You Need To Lead.

On our year-end podcast for 2021, James Wallace, our outgoing in-house digital strategist and Jeff Lush, our incoming Director of Digital Media, debate the state of the industry, predictions for the New Year, and more.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to Twitter Canada "tweeps" Conor Clarance, Head of Sports Marketing, and Shay Thiyagarajah, Partnerships Manager, on the big year that was 2021 for the social platform, including a raft of product updates, how Canadian media is leveraging Twitter for live events, and tips for getting that elusive little blue "verified" checkmark.

We welcome Hilary Brown, ABC News' first female foreign correspondent, to this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about her new memoir War Tourist, which documents a well-lived life as well as some of the baggage that comes with a lifetime of covering conflict.

Q101 Merritt Program Director Roger White took time to speak to Broadcast Dialogue about weathering a year of wildfires and water, on top of the challenges of the pandemic.

South Asian broadcasting trailblazer Shushma Datt will be recognized at the upcoming Jack Webster Foundation Awards with the 2021 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award, which honours an exemplary B.C. journalism career.

Women in Film and Television - Canada Coalition (WIFT-CC) in conjunction with Reel Families for Change, has released the results of its Family Care Report—a cross-Canada survey highlighting how the pandemic has compounded child care challenges for women in film.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Michael Fraiman, Executive Director of the Canadian Jewish News (CJN) Podcast Network, and journalist and author Ellin Bessner, the host of The CJN Daily, to talk about the publication's digital-first relaunch, its challenges, and the advantages of being niche media.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome sports media veteran Dave Cadeau to talk about the future of pro-sports media content and the ever-changing sports radio landscape.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, David Rusch talks with Keith Pelletier, General Manager of Dielectric, about the ramifications of a proposed rule change for broadcasters in both the U.S. and Canada that paves the way for the first directional FM pattern verification rule change in 58 years — a rule change that passes the torch from physical to AI-driven simulated modeling.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to International Podcast Day co-founder Dave Lee on how you can take part - whether you're a listener looking to share your favourite shows - or a podcaster wanting to find a unique way to connect with your audience.

As cult kids' series Hilarious House of Frightenstein celebrates its 50th anniversary, Michelle Melanson and Ken Cuperus of Headspinner Productions talk to Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast about the debut of new pre-school adaptation Happy House of Frightenstein, and the responsibility of caretaking a Canadian pop culture institution.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to Chris Brown, the National Association of Broadcasters' Vice President and Managing Director of Global Connections and Events, on the challenges of staging the NAB Show in-person, Oct. 9-13, amid consistently changing health orders and what vendors and attendees, including those taking the show in virtually, can expect from this year's event.

In this sponsored episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, NewTek Sales Engineer Chris Burgos talks about IP Video Technology and how it provides every storyteller a voice through video.

Wayne Harrett, who founded Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia community radio station Seaside FM in 2002, lost a lengthy battle with cancer earlier this month. This episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast is for anyone who has been told they don't have a voice for or a future in radio, because Harrett didn't let that stop him from starting and growing his own station, fuelled by his sheer passion for the medium.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Brother Jake Edwards and Gerry Forbes to talk about where radio has been, where it's headed, and why they're betting on podcasting.

BANFF Executive Director and Playback publisher Jenn Kuzmyk and BANFF Content Director and Playback Editor Liza Sardi on recent BANFF Spark whitepaper "The Next Normal" and why despite ongoing uncertainty, this is an era of optimism for the Canadian screen industries.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk with documentarian and lawyer Joel Bakan about his lawsuit against Twitter, corporate power, regulating big tech, and why he thinks Bill C-10 didn't go far enough.

We welcome producer/poet RC Weslowski (aka Randy Jacobs) to this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about his love for all things spoken word and audio, and his newly-released book of poetry "My Soft Response to the Wars."