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29 episodes
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Bedard's Unofficial Podcast Pierre Bedard
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- History
This is the podcast version of Bedard's Unofficial Saint John's page, which I've kept up in some form for years. Three old boys talk about an iconic chain of Canadian schools, founded by Ted Byfield. I graduated in 1975 and am not affiliated in any way with the school. We make sure to keep it strictly from a student's perspective. In no way do I personally advocate replicating the challenges boys went through.
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Doctor Arnold In the House
Today we talk to the antithesis of Jordan Peterson, Doctor James Arnold, a retired psychologist who also happens to have attended SJSA. Doctor Arnold is very active in his local community (if you consider Saskatchewan a community) both as a serious Saskatoon biker and social activist. He read Toughest School in North America and keeps a copy in the washroom. Richard de Candole and I discuss things with the good doctor.
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Education @ St. John's: Discuss
As a core mission of any school, education is key, if not everything. Emma Croft-Biggs, an educator with 35 years experience and a Masters joins her husband Matt and myself, an overeducated bilingual St. John's graduate with a BA, a French DEUG, an MBA, and Juris Doctorate, to talk about Education @ St. John's.
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The Seinfeld Episode: Talking about nothing
Pierre and Crazy James talk about absolutely nothing: their past jobs, hobbies, and the impact of certain events like the demolition of the Tropicana in Las Vegas, movies, TV shows, and the St. John's culture, including the prevalence of a 'prison economy' and strict disciplinary measures (according to #722). They terminate the interminable podcast by talking about baseball cards from the late 1960s.
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First Day of Spring 2024
Pierre and Richard talk canned meat products, primarily. Other deep thoughts include personal anecdotes and confessions, family origins histories, and the impact of the fur trade route on canoe sizes. Listen while eating some Spam, or Klik, or whatever.
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Talking Immigration with Eswar
Immigration is a central theme of a new dystopian series, break the chain. Writer Eswar Priyadarshan and I share our immigration experience in this special edition of Bedard's Unofficial Podcast. Every immigrant has their own immigration origin story, and ours were no harder, nor easier than anyone else's. Readers of break the chain may recognize how our views on immigration manifest themselves throughout the storyline. You can get break the chain on Amazon.
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Talking Timiskaming, Part II
Matt had to work so it's just Pierre and Emma, talking about avoidance, selling honey and meat door-to-door, and the media, among other things. The theme is healing. It's a slab of back bacon snuck out of the meat room to get some needed calories in for lack of chicken soup. This podcast has calories. Something like that. Enjoy.