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  1. End Credits #432 - March 11, 2026 (The Bride)

    2D AGO

    End Credits #432 - March 11, 2026 (The Bride)

    This week on End Credits, we won’t say “It’s alive!” Our movie this week is ambitious, and it clearly has a lot to say, but how well it says it has been a matter of taste, and opinion. Regardless, on this show we will give our own thoughts on The Bride! and we will also talk about who we think should score one of those little gold men at a certain awards show… This Wednesday, March 4, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: If We Picked the Winners! This coming Sunday is Oscar night! The 98th annual Academy Awards has been a battle between Sinners and One Battle After Another for Best Picture, and a pitched battle between various different categories among other nominees, and while we don’t know the future, we can certainly talk about who we think should win in all the various categories Just like Siskel & Ebert used to do, we will pick the winners we’d vote for. REVIEW: The Bride (2026). Released in the 1930s, The Bride of Frankenstein is iconic, but would you be surprised to learn that The Bride herself is basically in only the last five minutes of the movie? Director Maggie Gyllenhaal makes The Bride her central focus in the movie of the same name, this time played by likely Oscar-winner Jessie Buckley as a gangster’s moll turned feminist revolutionary and icon in 1930s Chicago. With Christian Bale as The Monster by her side, can this Bride! write her own story, and can Gyllenhaal cash her first blank cheque? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

    58 min

  2. 4D AGO

    GUELPH POLITICAST #513 – We Got 99 Problems But Doug Ford's Got 10 (feat. Scotty Hertz)

    On Open Sources Guelph, we try our best to condense a week’s worth of news into a couple of topics to allow for some in-depth discussion, but when it comes to the work of covering the provincial government, sometimes that almost needs its own weekly show. As we gear up for the return of Ontario’s MPPs to Queen’s Park in a couple of weeks for the spring sitting, we will tee up the issues that await Premier Doug Ford, his cabinet, caucus and opposition. In the last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made news about wanting to build new artificial islands along the Toronto waterfront on which a new convention centre will be built, and he's floated the idea of taking over the Billy Bishop Airport, a move that would be pretty unusual because the province plays no role in airports. In both cases, Ford has not kept the City of Toronto looped in on these initiatives. It’s been observed before that Ford is acting like the Mayor of Toronto, but he's actually been elected three times to be the premier for the entire province of Ontario, and at the Ontario PC convention last month, he announced his intention to serve as premier into a fourth term and beyond. Right now though, he's facing an exhaustive list or issues, and it has some people wondering if maybe he's losing sight of the forest for the trees, including the ones he’s planting? Scotty Hertz, co-host of Open Sources Guelph, will join us this week to offer his take on the Top 10 issues we think are facing the Ford government. From maximizing Toronto’s waterfront, to the further crushing of our conservation authorities, and from the still unknown fate of school boards and to the use of private devices and accounts for government business, let’s dig into all the things that should be keeping Doug Ford up at night during the last few weeks of his winter break. So let's countdown Doug Ford's problems on this week's Guelph Politicast!  You can listen to Open Sources Guelph every Thursday at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm or cfru.ca, and on this feed every Monday. This week, we will have an interview with Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner. The Ontario legislature will return for its spring sitting on Monday March 23, and on Tuesday it was announced that they will release the budget on Thursday March 26. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

    1 hr

  3. 6D AGO

    Open Sources Guelph #559 - March 5, 2026

    This week on Open Sources Guelph, we get déjà vu. Once again, the United States is at war with a country whose name begins with I-R-A, and so much has happened on this file in the last few days we have to dedicate half a show to it. In the other half, we go local to talk to a Guelph business owner about the issues facing your favourite local restaurants and how using a popular app on your phone might be doing them more harm than good. This Thursday, March 5, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: This Again?! It was a surprise to all us waking up last Saturday morning that the United States and Israel had launched a full-scale war on Iran, which in the opening hours killed the Cleric and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In the days that followed, we've received a confusing mix of reasons and rationales about the goal of the attacks, how long they've been planned, and what their ultimate reason it started in the first place. So why has the so-called "Peace President" Donald Trump plunged his country into another Middle East forever war, and what comes next? Gaffe Priced Apps. A recent report from Restaurants Canada painted a dire picture of the economics at the nation's restaurants: 4,000 of them cross-country are at risk of shutting down for good at the end of this year. There are many reasons for that including the increasing price of food and rent, but there's also pressure from third party apps like Skip the Dishes and Door Dash who take a big portion of the profit but take on none of the risk. This week, we're joined by Guelph restaurateur Hitesh Jagad, co-owner of Kirtida’s Kitchen, to talk about the need to rethink the use of these apps and how they're more hindrance than benefit to local businesses. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

    41 min

  4. MAR 6

    End Credits #431 - March 4, 2026 (Scream 7)

    This week on End Credits, March comes in like its Halloween! To kick off the third month of the year, we will dig into an all-horror episode by marking an important birthday for the Scream franchise! Before digging into the latest entry in the series, which you can now see in a theatre near you, we will talk about Scream's legacy, and that of the franchise's creator.  This Wednesday, March 4, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: I Scream, You Scream... This year marks the 30th anniversary release of the first Scream movie. An instant sensation, the movie awoken the horror genre from its 90s malaise, led to a dozen imitators, and has still managed to innovate for new generations of horror fans to new levels of success. Before digging into the next chapter, we will look at the ongoing influence of the Scream franchise and the career of its creator Kevin Williamson. REVIEW: Scream 7 (2006). $64 million at the box office can't be wrong, right? The opening weekend haul of Scream 7 indicates that the franchise still has its fans, and so does the returning final girl Neve Campbell. After sitting out Scream VI, Campbell's Sidney Prescott takes centre stage again as her quiet family life in a small town is shattered when Ghostface re-enters the chat, and this time Sidney's daughter Tatem will learn what it takes to be a Scream Queen too. Intriguing, but can Scream still slay in its seventh outing? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

    59 min

  5. MAR 4

    GUELPH POLITICAST #512 - "Do Your Own Research" Comes For Local Crimes (feat. Dr. Ahmed al-Rawi)

    In this space and others, we’ve talked a lot about the effect of misinformation and conspiracy theories on our political culture, but there’s a growing and pronounced impact on our legal system as well. From local missing person’s cases to crimes so heinous that they capture the consciousness of a country, can our online culture be trusted with their role in law and order matters? Last week in Guelph, a photo of a father and his daughter at a local coffee shop was shared on social media as part of a human trafficking inquiry, and a few months ago, CTV News Kitchener reported that the search for a missing Kitchener man was being hampered by online sleuths who had some very peculiar ideas of what happened to the man. Both of these cases are local, and so are their impacts, but what happens when online detectives focus their fire on a national tragedy? This happened last month in the case of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. In the immediate aftermath, people scoured the internet and social media to find information about the shooter, and as fate would have it, an Ontario woman with the same last name as the shooter’s mother was misidentified as Jesse Van Rootselaar. How does something like this happen? Are we overlooking how conspiracy theories and online detectives with an agenda are affecting crime coverage? If anyone might have some insight into this issue it's Dr. Ahmed al-Rawi, who is an associate professor of News, Social Media, and Public Communication and the director of the Disinformation Project at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. He will talk to us about the current state of the information ecosystem when it comes to crime reporting, why context matters in any reporting, and whether our obsessions with true crime primed the pump for all these amateur detectives online. So let's talk about the dangers of crime and conspiracies on this week's Guelph Politicast! You can learn more about The Disinformation Project at the Simon Fraser University website. You can also visit Dr. al-Rawi’s personal website. You can check out the straightforward, community reporting at their website. The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

    40 min

  6. MAR 2

    Open Sources Guelph #558 - February 26, 2026

    This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're feasting on news as we leave much of Canada to its own devices for a week. In the United States the continued revelations of a certain dead criminal's emails are having global implications, and one of the places feeling the heat is inside Westminster, seat of power for the government of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. As for that criminal's best friend who's now President of the United States, he's got problems too. This Thursday, February 26, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Jeffed Up. Revelations from the Epstein Files continue to reverberate around the world, from former prime ministers in Norway to advisors to the current prime minister in the U.K. to one of the co-founders of the Perimeter Institute up the road in Waterloo. But you know who hasn't been feeling the burn from these revelations? This week, we will talk about the latest insights from Jeffrey Epstein's emails and whether everyone mentioned in them will face accountability. State of the Furious. U.S. President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union on Tuesday and essentially turned it into an awards show. It was about the only highlight in a week that included bad economic numbers, a Supreme Court verdict that went against him, and a potential war against Iran to obliterate the nuclear program that had already been obliterated. We're used to the proverbial fire hose when it comes to Trump news, but is the act finally wearing thin? Keirs of a Clown. One of the big takedowns of the Epstein Files is Peter Mandelson, former ambassador to the U.S. and an advisor to several U.K. governments, including the present one under Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party. The scandal has galvanized a growing malaise in a government that's not even two years old, and there are rising challenges from both within Labour and inside the rising racist Reform Party. Is it time to get out the lettuce for Keir? Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.

    55 min
  7. End Credits #430 - February 25, 2026 (Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie)

    FEB 27

    End Credits #430 - February 25, 2026 (Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie)

    This week on End Credits we go back in time, figuratively and literally! In the review, we will go back to 2008 with two Canadian boys in the sure-to-be classic Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, and we will take one last ride through Black Heritage Month by honouring a director who is no longer with us (although his films always will be).  This Wednesday, February 25, at 3 pm, Adam A. Donaldson and Peter Salmon will discuss: Black Heritage Month Special: The Movies of John Singleton. In 1991, John Singleton released his first film Boyz in the Hood, and he became the first Black person to get nominated for the Best Director Oscar and the youngest. It was the start of a promising career, one that was cut short when Singleton passed away at the age of 51 in 2019. This week, we wrap up Black Heritage Month by paying tribute to two of Singleton's movies, Poetic Justice and Shaft. REVIEW: Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie (2026). For years, Matt and Jay have done everything possible to get a show at Toronto's legendary Rivoli venue, except for the most obvious. In Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie they hatch their most daring scheme yet as the popular webseries makes the jump to the big screen with big ambitions, and the most faithful homage to Back the Future you've even seen, but can the director of BlackBerry make his cult favourite show (band?) a CanCon blockbuster for the ages? End Credits is on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca Wednesday at 3 pm.

    58 min

  8. FEB 25

    GUELPH POLITICAST #511 - Gab Fest and Scrambled Eggs (feat. The Breezy Breakfast Gang)

    Breezy Breakfast has been one of the primary venues for local political discussion and information for the last 10 years. Now, not everyone can take time out first thing in their busy day to have a sit down breakfast and chew the fat about the doings at city hall, so presented here thanks to the miracle of digital recording tech is all the hot goss and chit chat that you missed when maybe you were on your way to work, or were maybe already there... To put this succinctly, the guest of last week's Breezy Breakfast was some guy named Adam A. Donaldson. The point was to offer some thoughts on Mayor Cam Guthrie's recent State of the City speech, but that was only the beginning of the conversation. In the course of about 60 minutes, we touched on the State of the City, the state of the coming election slate, trying to go behind the curtain of closed meetings of council, the water capacity issues in Waterloo and what it means for Guelph, and the still lingering questions about what went down with the daytime shelter issue over the holidays.  So let's grab some breakfast, and politics, on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast!  There will be another edition of Breezy Breakfast this Thursday at 8 am at the Uptown Grill, and the special guest will be Guelph MPP Mike Schreniner. You can learn more about Breezy Breakfast by following them on Facebook, where you can find a link to sign up for the newsletter. You can also get more information by email at breezybullhorn [at] gmail.com.  The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, TuneIn and Spotify . Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday.

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  • Creator
    Adam A. Donaldson
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    300
  • Rating
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