11.10.2010

Description Daily 10

At Podcaster LIVE Nite, Matt and Valerie (beware of her audio distortions - sorry) are visited by Keith McNally, a Canadian who tried living in New York City and decided there's no place like home....or at least Toronto.

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11.09.2010

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At Graffiti's Black Metal Brunch in Kensington Market, Matt and Valerie talk drink: types of beer, perceptions of trendiness and getting take-out from the pub.

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11.08.2010

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Coming back from a memorial Guinness to mark the anniversary of his best friend's death several years ago, Matt tells one of many stories of their exploits, this time involving the dispatch of a co-worker and a pretty girl.

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11.07.2010

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Valerie goes back one year to continue her soundseeing tour of the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, where a man just learning about his culture has been accidentally left to play substitute guide.

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11.06.2010

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As part of a full Description episode which may never be finished about Aboriginal people in Canada, Valerie re-records the beginning of a soundseeing tour of the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. (We think "ahneen" means "hello".)

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11.05.2010

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Matt and Valerie somewhat inaccurately remember (remember) the 5th of November as he looks up things he didn't know about Guy Fawkes Night. (Note: he found out later Fawkes broke his neck before getting drawn and quartered.)

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11.04.2010

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In New Brunswick, Valerie's fellow dual citizen birth mother (celebrating a birthday today) drives her to a very porous border with Maine, with tales of skinny-dipping, the loss of rural towns and getting stuck on an icy hill.

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11.03.2010

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Matt introduces us to The Wurzels, and Valerie inserts a song from her American childhood that they did with typical West Country lyrics.

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11.02.2010

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While making breakfast, novice podcaster Matt and not-novice podcaster Valerie discuss talking while being recorded, gauging the knowledge of the audience and live versus cut-and-paste.

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11.01.2010

Description Daily 01

Valerie and Matt happen upon a punk band outside Miss Cora's Kitchen in Kensington Market on Halloween day.

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