In this special bonus episode, Steve, Diana and our technical producer, Donovan, recap some of the best answers from Season One to the question, ‘The Canadian star system is…’ Guests such as Allanah Harkin, Griffin Cork, Fred Penner, Bruce McCulloch, Terry O’Reilly, Colin Mochrie and Deb McGrath weigh in with what they think the Canadian star system is, should be and could be!
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We Need More Cowbells: How Nostalgia Keeps Us in the Present
Nostalgia allows us to bring to mind past relationships and experiences.It’s a substitute and what sometimes people refer to as a social snack. It’s not the real meal but it can help us get through times when we’re by ourselves – alone. The direct way that nostalgia counters loneliness is it can motivate us to want to connect with people so when you’re feeling lonely, perhaps you go through old photo albums and it makes you want to reach out to someone you haven’t talked to in years.
S11E02 – Perry Mason Moments: The Most Unexpected Ads of 2021
In this episode, we talk about the most unexpected ads of 2021. Quite a few commercials made eyebrows rise last year.
Turn Up the Heat: How Temperature Affects Relationships
Temperature can regulate our loneliness and how we warm up or cool down is based on social interactions. Huddle around this episode, where it’s warm and cozy-or cool and refreshing–depending on your needs at this moment.
BONUS: Terry O’Reilly
Welcome to the special bonus episode of The Canadian Star System, where our featured guest is none other than author, podcaster, keynote speaker, advertising guru, and *technically,* Steve and Diana’s podcast boss – Terry O’Reilly. If you’re a fan of Terry’s insanely popular CBC Radio show and podcast, Under the Influence, then you’re going to love this bonus episode.
S11E01 – Number Fever: Surprising Stories of Bottle Cap Marketing
Under the Influence is back! Kicking off Season 11, we wade into the wacky world of Bottle Cap Marketing.
The Loneliest Wolf: Lessons Learned From Leaving The Pack
In the animal kingdom, there are lone wolves – animals who, for reasons, break off from their families, their relatives and even their own offspring in order to form a new family of one. For lone wolves, it’s better to go it alone, than as part of the pack. Humans are no different.
Dave Rosenthal, Part 2
Dave Rosenthal’s life in rock and roll is filled with stories so many of us musicians envy. Dave is in the full meaning of the phrase: a musician’s musician. In this Part Two of my chat with Dave, we go onstage with some of the greatest artists of all time.
Hello Silence My Old Friend: The Quest For Quiet
We live in an age of sound and we’re bombarded with noise, from text messages, from Tik Tok, from traffic, from voices always heard around us, through thin walls, constant activities. It is unnerving to feel silence — the absence of all the noise around us. But silence is necessary – it’s positive–because it’s a recognition of all the thoughts that are going on within us when we are alone.
Dave Rosenthal, Part 1
Now going strong into his 28th year as keyboardist and musical director for none other than Billy Joel, Dave Rosenthal is, and will always be, pure musician. There has never been something for Dave to be – to aspire to. He’s a musician, that’s it. But of course that kind of focus combined with no small amount of talent has seen him on stage and in the studios with everyone from Paul McCartney, Steve Miller and Peter Frampton to Cindy Lauper, Steve Vai, Itzhak Perlman and Bruce Springsteen.