Episodes

Dec. 3, 2021

Hilary Brown on new memoir 'War Tourist'

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 ba…
Nov. 25, 2021

Q101 Merritt's Roger White on a year of persevering through wildfires and water

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.
Oct. 23, 2021

Indo-Canadian broadcasting trailblazer Shushma Datt

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.
Oct. 16, 2021

WIFT-CC & Reel Families for Change on parental discrimination in the screen industries

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 ch…
Oct. 9, 2021

Michael Fraiman and Ellin Bessner from the CJN Podcast Network

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 ta…
Oct. 1, 2021

Dave Cadeau on the evolution of sports 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.
Sept. 29, 2021

Dielectric Introduces AI-based FM Signal Pattern Verification

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 …
Sept. 24, 2021

International Podcast Day co-founder Dave Lee

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 wantin…
Sept. 17, 2021

Headspinner Productions on adapting Hilarious House of Frightenstein as the cult kids' series turns 50

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 a…
Sept. 11, 2021

NAB Show's Chris Brown on returning in-person in Las Vegas

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 N…
Sept. 1, 2021

NewTek Sales Engineer Chris Burgos on providing storytellers a voice through video

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.
Aug. 28, 2021

Seaside FM & the community radio legacy of Wayne Harrett

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…
Aug. 14, 2021

Brother Jake Edwards & Gerry Forbes on radio, podcasting, and the cult of personality

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.
Aug. 7, 2021

Jenn Kuzmyk & Liza Sardi on 'The Next Normal' for the screen industries

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 …
July 24, 2021

Filmmaker & lawyer Joel Bakan on suing Twitter, corporate power and regulating big tech

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.
July 17, 2021

Producer/Poet RC Weslowski on his love of spoken word

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 Respons…
June 25, 2021

Chris Kelly of Kelly&Kelly on podcasting and the future of creative audio

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we catch up with Kelly&Kelly creative content studio Co-founder and Creative Director Chris Kelly to talk about his creative journey, predictions on where podcasting is he…
June 24, 2021

Brian Olson of Vizrt on visual storytelling in the remote production age

On this special, sponsored episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to Brian Olson, Vizrt's Sales Director, U.S. Group Stations, about visual storytelling in the remote production age.
June 19, 2021

Vanessa Loewen of Animiki See Digital

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome executive producer Vanessa Loewen of Animiki See Digital Production, to talk about bringing this year's Indigenous Day Live event, one of APTN's flagship broadc…
June 4, 2021

Inferno Pictures' Ian Dimerman on Big Sky Studios & Manitoba's film boom

Pre-Covid, Manitoba's film and television industry was booming. Ian Dimerman of Inferno Pictures is hoping to get some of that momentum back with the opening of Big Sky Studios later this year - a full service production hub…
May 29, 2021

Todd Hoffman of Storied Media Group on the future of storytelling and transactional IP

Todd Hoffman, the founder and CEO of Storied Media Group joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about the future of storytelling and transactional IP.
May 21, 2021

Susie Hedrick, CEO of vCreative

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, our publisher Shawn Smith talks with Susie Hedrick, CEO of vCreative, one of the industry’s leading broadcast workflow software providers.
May 17, 2021

Ross Video's Shawn Snider on the advantages of cloud-based solutions

The cloud allows for access from anywhere, flexibility, and scalability. Stuart Russell discusses cloud-based solutions with Shawn Snider, Ross Video VP for Production Workflow and Cloud Services.
May 15, 2021

Dean Blundell & Matt Cundill on deprogramming broadcasters for the podcast age

Dean Blundell and Matt Cundill join us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about helping first-time podcasters and other former broadcasters transition their talents into the digital media space, and …