LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for Aug 5th This week: Canadian tech, existential risks, and Canada-U.S. politics. h/t @jordanhr.bsky.social @eh-now.bsky.social @jbenbradford.bsky.social @npr.org @nprextra.bsky.social @ppforumca.bsky.social medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
Jordan Heath-Rawlings
@jordanhr.bsky.social
Earned media account director at Burson/H&K. Audio, digital, print journalist. Media specialist. Host of Cancon, former host of The Big Story/The Gravy Train.
Check out my old pal Jordan Heath Rawlings @jordanhr.bsky.social new (ish) podcast, 'CanCon'. Big thanks to Jordan and his team for featuring me on today's episode! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
CanCon
News Commentary Podcast · Updated Weekly · It's a fascinating time to be Canadian. This is a show that breaks all that wide open. Dangers. Opportunities. The stories that make this country what it is....
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@defector.com As a Canadian subscriber you guys need to get someone on the Canadian men’s team at least once in this World Cup. Triumph and tragedy today, more broadly a hockey nation becoming a soccer nation in real time. It’s a genuine Thing. Assign it! Or DM me if you just want a column. ;)
I sat down with @jordanhr.bsky.social a few weeks ago to talk about housing in Halifax and that episode of CanCon is out now!
Could Halifax's housing strategy be an example for Canadian cities?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · June 18 · 31m
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To our American friends. Even after all the… you know, when actual American citizens need Canada, we’re there for you without hesitation. I can’t imagine we’d never help American people who need us. Maybe think about that as we go along here… www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
Exclusive: The US relied on a spurned friend during the Iran war: Canada
The US embassy in the UAE had to improvise to help Americans without passports after its facilities came under fire.
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Incredibly weird to say this after the winter and spring we’ve had but boy I’m glad it’s cooling off tonight in Toronto. 🤷♂️
You probably remember the music chaos of the late 90s and early 2000s, when we went from paying $20 for CDs to $0 for on Napster and Limewire to $0.99 a song on iTunes. This is a convo about what happened in Canada, and how we almost led the way, but didn’t. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
When music went digital Canada was at the front of the line. What happened?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · April 23 · 30m
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Good morning! Can I interest you in a conversation between myself and @vassb.bsky.social about what exactly makes a company Canadian, and how fake Canadian companies keep getting billions in contracts from our federal government? It's ... quite something! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
What makes a company "Canadian" enough for government contracts?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · April 9 · 22m
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Good morning! Can I interest you in a conversation between myself and @vassb.bsky.social about what exactly makes a company Canadian, and how fake Canadian companies keep getting billions in contracts from our federal government? It's ... quite something! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
What makes a company "Canadian" enough for government contracts?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · April 9 · 22m
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As a Canadian gamer since… oh god I’m old, it was a pleasure to talk to @jonore.bsky.social about the huge industry we’ve built up here and why it doesn’t get the kudos that our other creative industries do. You’ve played Canadian games and not even known it! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Canada's a video game powerhouse. Why don't we ever talk about it?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 26 · 25m
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This was a fun conversation! Thanks for having me
As a Canadian gamer since… oh god I’m old, it was a pleasure to talk to @jonore.bsky.social about the huge industry we’ve built up here and why it doesn’t get the kudos that our other creative industries do. You’ve played Canadian games and not even known it! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for Mar 25th Transit lessons, the state of Canadian podcasting, and the hidden power of 311. h/t @glynbowerman.bsky.social @spacingradio.bsky.social @podthenorth.bsky.social @jordanhr.bsky.social @99pi.org @spacing.bsky.social medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
As a Canadian gamer since… oh god I’m old, it was a pleasure to talk to @jonore.bsky.social about the huge industry we’ve built up here and why it doesn’t get the kudos that our other creative industries do. You’ve played Canadian games and not even known it! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Canada's a video game powerhouse. Why don't we ever talk about it?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 26 · 25m
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Swiss Chalet should not be having a “seafood fest”. I’m sorry that is not right, stay in your lane. Ribs was a big big enough reach. Let’s leave it at that.
I've long been a fan of his shows, so it was a privilege to welcome @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social to Cancon to discuss the (troubling) state of Canada's emergency rooms six years after covid hit. You would think we'd have learned a lesson or two, but... Anyway: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
Inside Canada's struggling emergency rooms, six years after Covid struck
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 19 · 28m
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Was an absolute pleasure to chat with @338canada.bsky.social this week on Cancon about the (latest) surge in the polls, if we're effectively a 2.5-party system and the state of polling in the age of misinformation. Please have a listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
A year after a major flip, Canada's polls are shifting again
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 12 · 24m
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Was an absolute pleasure to chat with @338canada.bsky.social this week on Cancon about the (latest) surge in the polls, if we're effectively a 2.5-party system and the state of polling in the age of misinformation. Please have a listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
A year after a major flip, Canada's polls are shifting again
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 12 · 24m
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If anyone here is interested in a difficult discussion about the Canadian podcast industry and if it’s actually viable, I had one with @podthenorth.bsky.social on CanCon this week. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
If anyone here is interested in a difficult discussion about the Canadian podcast industry and if it’s actually viable, I had one with @podthenorth.bsky.social on CanCon this week. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Is Canadian podcasting in trouble?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 5 · 27m
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This was an awesome convo, and if you’ve ever wondered why this country is full of monopolies… well, we were literally built on them.
Big thanks to @jordanhr.bsky.social for having me on the CanCon podcast to talk about Do Not Pass Go and Canada's problem with three companies in a trenchcoat. Check it out here: elbows-up.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
If anyone here is interested in a difficult discussion about the Canadian podcast industry and if it’s actually viable, I had one with @podthenorth.bsky.social on CanCon this week. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Is Canadian podcasting in trouble?
Podcast Episode · CanCon · March 5 · 27m
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This was an awesome conversation. I thought I knew and appreciated Canadian whisky, but Emily Osborne schooled me. I figured the largest distillers were internationally owned by now, but almost none of serious size that are still independent? Wild. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
The past, present and future of
Podcast Episode · CanCon · 2026-02-05 · 19m
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The NFL is going to start the 2026 season in a country with suspended elections and killing in the streets and the guys in the booth are going to say things like “with all that’s going on we’re just happy to be a place where Americans come together regardless of our differences.”
The thing that will stay with me about this headline is that, oh, we’re just calling them “Agents” now?
I am BEGGING parents to let their kids play on their own and figure things out. I had my daughter with me all day today while I was working and the best 90 minutes of her day was when I kicked her out in the snow to go play in the backyard, Calvin and Hobbes mom style.
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more. via The Economist
For those of you who wondered if Elbows Up was ever coming back…. It’s not. At least not as it was. But if you haven’t deserted the feed yet, you’ll find something new in your podcast app tomorrow morning. Hope you’ll check it out!
For those of you who wondered if Elbows Up was ever coming back…. It’s not. At least not as it was. But if you haven’t deserted the feed yet, you’ll find something new in your podcast app tomorrow morning. Hope you’ll check it out!
I am firmly on the left—ask anyone!—and I think she looks nice! Great holiday outfit, nice lighting, perhaps an excessive amount of boobs but very pretty! Hope she’s happy! I am sorry to report I guess that I am the opposite of enraged. The culture war has entered a strange new dimension recently
All the dollars I lost happily hedging against the Jays earlier this year are coming back to me and bringing friends and I honestly hate that. Might have to up the ante. Either we win the division or I make enough money to buy a Switch 2. Gotta go do some math.
I have to tell you folks. I enjoy emotional hedging as basically my only form of sports betting. And I’ve probably lost about $60-80 betting $3-5 against the Blue Jays every day since they got hot and it’s the best money I’ve ever spent.
A lovely tribute to Ken Dryden by Paul Wells. Very much worth your time today. open.substack.com/pub/paulwell... Also, if you’ve never read The Game, now is the time to fix that.
Team player
Ken Dryden and politics were an uneasy fit, but we can still learn from him
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