It may be the most remarkable season ever in North American pro team sports. The Las Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL are into the Western Conference Finals. One of the people responsible for helping draft the NHL’s expansion-draft philosophy is Laurence Gilman. Laurence has been in the management of the Winnipeg Jets, the Phoenix Coyotes and the Vancouver Canucks. He’s now working on the dark side, doing radio in Vancouver.
Read MoreActivist and author Warren Farrell says, “Whenever only one sex wins, both sexes lose.” Farrell has been stressing the challenges to men and boys for decades. His latest book, The Boy Crisis, cowritten with John Gray, is an eye-opening examination of what has happened to males in the era of ascendant feminism. Farrell joins Bruce this week on The Full Count.
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This is the 1st official podcast episode of 2018 here on the Sound & Groove Podcast. It's long overdue but no need to worry, as this will be followed by 5 more during the calendar year. This is the 1st in a 2-part theme on songs that discuss songs with first names in it, ie Rick or Jack or Emily or Alice, except none of those names are used here (but you get the idea!). So check out some of my favourite tracks that fit with this motif I've come up with this time around.
Read MoreHeather MacDonald has been called a fascist, a white supremacist, a warhawk, a transphobe, a queerphobe, and a classist. Except, it’s also been said of her that, “If you believe that the criminal justice system is racially biased, you need to know (her). She’ll mess with your mind and make you either up your politico-cultural game or admit you were wrong.” This week on The Full Count, author and social critic Heather MacDonald returns to the show.
Read MoreThis is the first episode of Hit Your Second Shot First: The essential new Podcast from Paul Horton, PGA of Canada Coach and Instructor of the Year. Paul’s Pointers, Handicapping With Horty and unlocking the mental game from beginner to Tour pro.
Read MoreResearchers recently announced they may have come up with way to map the damage done by concussions. They’ve developed a portable brain imaging system that uses light to detect and monitor damage in the brain from concussion. It’s called a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.
Dr. Jeff Dunn is the director of the Experimental Imaging Centre at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM). His team is responsible for this new technology, He joins us on this
episode of The Full Count With Bruce Dowbiggin.
As we speak Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is watching his net value sink by billions of dollars. Companies such as Cambridge Analytics, a British company, have been used by political parties on both sides of the aisle to target their voters. That’s why we have invited our friend Jess Hirsh back to the Full Count. When we don’t understand the world of data, tech and social media we call on Jesse, who lectures and writes on these subjects.
Read MoreThis week on The Full Count, author Daemon Fairless. Author and broadcaster Daemon Fairless examines the role of masculine violence in his new book Mad Blood Stirring, The Inner Lives of Violent Men. He begins a journey with an incident from his own life to study the topic.
Read MoreThis week on The Full Count, Bruce is joined by Peter Menzies, one of his old bosses at the Calgary Herald (and whatever the parent company is called this week). He has been a reporter, editor and publisher in his career. Recently he left the CRTC after sitting on its board for X years. He’s currently the director of the RoyalSaskatchewan Museum.
Read MoreRhys and Allan recap their Oscar picks and talk their highlights from the show as well as the biggest snubs and winners.
Read MoreThe Academy Awards are this weekend. Rhys and Allan discuss four of their favorite categories - Best Foreign Film, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Screenplay - and their favorite films to have ever triumphed in those categories (or got the shaft).
Read MoreStress is an everyday fact of modern life. The pace of life today leaves everyone a little
frazzled. We are told that stress is also a contributor to a number of illnesses— which
helps raise our stress levels even more. Jaideep Bains of the Cumming School of Medicine
at University of Calgary joins Bruce on this episode to talk stress and how we can
better understand to control out own levels of it.
The Pogues brought a punk energy and sensibility into the traditional Celtic music world after their arrival on the London music scene in the early 80s, unfortunately becoming almost as famous for the drunken exploits of rotten-toothed lead singer Shane MacGowan than for their music. Though this led to his sacking in 1990, the Pogues had a tremendous run with him as the face of the group (writing and singing-wise). Their onstage performances could be sloppy, unhinged and frenetic yet chaotically beautiful like a massive wall of Irish whimsy and spirit in sound. And it actually was some of the most heartfelt, inspired work to come out of the UK in the entire 80s (a decade often marred by style over substance, image over message and gloss over honesty).
This is the 6th official podcast episode of 2017 here on the Sound & Groove Podcast. It's long overdue but no need to worry, as this is the last one owed to all you great fans out there. This is the 2nd in a 2-part theme on songs that discuss colours in the lyrics or just the title if you want to get looser about it. So check out of some of my favourite tracks that fit with this motif I've come up with this time around.
Read MoreWhile nearly everyone agrees with the overarching principle of the #metoo movement, many are growing concerned with the methods used to achieve these ends. National Post columnist Barbara Kay says it’s time to pause for a breath.
Read MoreWhether it’s a single-payer system such as Canada operates or a mixed private/ public system as used in the United States, delivery of services has become paramount. This week on The Full Count with Bruce Dowbiggin, our guest is Dr. Tom Feasby, the CEO of the Airdrie and Area Health Benefits Cooperative in Alberta. This is a community-led venture aiming to improve the health of the 70,000 residents of Airdrie and to improve the delivery of health care. He was also recently named to the Order of Canada.
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The Winstons were a Washington, DC outfit that didn't have a long time in the spotlight as although they had two top 10 hits, they were only separated by a year. The A side of their biggest single, "Color Him Father," is featured here on this first of 2 themed episodes to round out the 2017 compliment (here in early 2018!) on the S&G Podcast. The B-side "Amen Brother" featured a drum break groove that later lived on in infamy as one of the most sampled in the history of hip-hop & electronic music. They may be the most obscure artists on this episode but their hit featured here does live on as a soul classic with a wholesome, heartwarming message in a time of acid, protest and war splitting apart the USA
This is the 5th official podcast episode of 2017 here on the Sound & Groove Podcast. It's long overdue but no need to worry, as this one will be followed up soon enough because it's part 1 of a 2-part theme on songs that discuss colours in the lyrics or just the title if we want to get looser about it. So check out some of my favourite tracks that fit with this motif I've come up with this time around.
Read MoreUFC 219 was supposed to end the year on a bang after a difficult 2017 for the UFC. It did all those things. Funny how meeting expectations can be really underwhelming.
Read MoreThere's never enough MMA news to talk about! The week in MMA was loaded, from news about Conor McGregor and GSP to title fight announcements at UFC Middleweight and Heavyweight. Bellator had a title fight (that no one saw) while the UFC had a nice little Fight Night card (with some excellent highlights). The cherry on top was a boxing fight for the hardcore fans out there with Vasyl Lomanchenko taking on Guillermo Rigondeaux. But what got Rhys really going? His awe of the lighter weight classes.
Read MoreUFC 218 had not one, but two Fight of the Year candidates with Alex Oliveira and Yancy Medeiros putting on a show alongside Justin Gaethje and Eddie Alvarez. Even if the rest of the card had been a dumpster fire, that's enough to put it up there among the best of the year. But guess what? The rest of the card wasn't a dumpster fire! It was on fire! We have Max Holloway, who officially ended any thoughts of Jose Aldo reigning again, and Francis N'Gannou, who hit Alistair Overeem so hard Overeem nearly did a backflip, to thank for that.
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This here is the 4th official episode of 2017 for the Sound & Groove Podcast but of course it's way overdue. Don't fret though. Another 2 will still follow here in the rest of 2017. This particular edition is the 2nd of a 2-episode theme dealing with songs I enjoy from artists I typically don't or ones who were often the target of the music critics' revulsion for various reasons.
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