Canadian Made Audio Productions Podcast

Welcome aboard Air Canada and the CanadianMade podcast produced exclusively for this airliner by Flatlands Avenue Productions. For those listening via iTunes, PodBean, iOS or Android, thanks for flying with our sounds today. In this story, we're talking the differences between Defence and defense, colour and color and why people in Western New York speak strikingly different from their cousins across the Peace Bride in southern Ontario province.  Torontonian linguist and author, James Harbeck loves to talk and write about English. We hope you listen and are entertained and informed.

Visit our website at CanadianMade.audio and our Facebook Page at CanadianMade Productions.  

Hear more of our stories on board Air Canada-Search for CanadianMade, on that carrier's in-flight entertainment system. 

Thanks for listening.

Rita Rich

A conversation with Cougar’s President and CEO President Steve Sedlbauer. Sedlbauer explains why his dad and uncle emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1948 to work for a Czech company's footwear factory in Canada.  He proudly talks about why Canada is famous for its quality footwear, and why millions around the world put their trust in Cougars to keep dry and warm, even under the harshest of conditions.

Visit our website at CanadianMade.audio and our Facebook Page at CanadianMade Productions.  

Hear more of our stories on board Air Canada-Search for CanadianMade, on that carrier's in-flight entertainment system. 

CanadianMade Productions'sends its sympathies to those in western Canada and the western U.S. who've suffered the effects of this summer's wildfires.

We reflect on all of this by sharing some heartfelt bluegrass music, with a particular song written by Patricia "Trish" Gagnon, with "John Reischman & The Jaybirds." It's from the album "Stellar Jays," and the song title is "Fire On The Mountain." Hence the title of our story. 

Additionally, CanadianMade interviewed Kresse Wesling, (who grew up in Alberta) about her company Elvis & Kresse. She manufactures bags, belts and accessories from old fire hoses, that otherwise would go to the dump.

So, the thought of sharing an excerpt from our interview with you while the effects of the wildfires are still being felt just seemed to be the right thing to do.

Our complete interview will be heard in a few weeks on board Air Canada, as part of a two-hour long program that highlights Canadian influences and gifts to the world. 

We hope you enjoy the pride Kresse feels about being Canadian in this podcast excerpt, as well as the great bluegrass voices.

You can follow Elvis & Kresse on Twitter @elvisandkresse. And, here's a link explaining their great social enterprise and how they got started.

If you like the music, please tell John Reischman that Rita Rich sent you. You can write him via www.thejaybirds.com or www.johnreischman.com. 

Please like CanadianMade Audio on Facebook and share this podcast with your friends and family. 

In this report we talk with power-lifter, and world games veteran, Jackie Barrett, who is looking forward to the World Games that are being held in Los Angeles, from July 25th through August 2nd.  

Please visit the Canadian Special Olympics Society website for more information. 

Tess Trojan is a seasoned olympian, having played women's Ice Hockey for Canada in the Special Olympics.  She's coming to Los Angeles, along with thousands of other athletes from 177 countries, to compete in the Special Olympics World Games, which run from July 25th through August 2nd.  www.la2015.org

Listen to our latest interview with Tess, and you'll hear that this 26 year old from St. Catherines, Ontario has the passion to win a medal or two for her country. But, if she cannot win, she's proud to be able to say she was in L.A. She might even take in a studio tour or two to see where her favorite TV shows are made.  But, even better, she'd love to say hello to Will Smith, who she loves as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

David Usher is many things, a musician, artist, author, public speaker, entrepreneur and activist. David is a British-born Canadian, and CanadianMade Audio talks with David about his new best-selling book, Let The Elephants Run.  To read more about David visit our blog at www.canadianmadeaudio.com

Richomond Hill Native, Torontonian Ava Lee is back again with another mystery. Canadian Made's Rita Rich talks to Ava Lee's creator, Ian Hamilton about how he can write as if he's an up and coming foresic accountant, who travels throughout China and uses her charm to get millions of dollars back for her clients, while earning the respect of Chinese gangs and their masters.

Read more about Ian Hamilton and Ava Lee on our blog at www.CanadianMadeAudio.com

Producer Rita Rich of Canadian Made Audio chats with Canadian designer Lisa Drader-Murphy about some of the behind the scenes work that goes on before and during the Oscar parties, and some of her charity work as well.   Lisa Drader-Murphy has gone to the Oscars to get celebrity endorsements. And, this year she's the one who is being asked to endorse the work of other fashion designers and artists!   For instance, American Radar Watches is on its way to Turbine shops.  

To read our blog about Lisa and other great Canadians, please visit us at canadianmadeaudio.com

CanadianMade's Rita Rich explores the real life influences behind novelist Nina Berkhout's novel, The Gallery of Los Species.  Rich says, "Reading this novel, from this award winning poet, is like taking a trip in the families station wagon.  You feel as if you're looking out the window as the rich Canadian landscrapes, including rich forests, plains, and mountains, as a family deals with its struggles with addiction; parents trying to live their dreams through their children, and sisterhood." 

Read more about Nina Berkout at our blog at CanadianMade Audio.

In 2013 CanadianMade Audio Productions heard Diana on a New York based jazz show, and we knew we had to get this lady on SKYPE to talk to her about her journey in music. We've posted this track elsewhere, but we wanted our fans who subscribe to our podcast on iTunes to enjoy this story. We could listen to it all day long.

Read more about her via our CanadianMade Audio Production blog.

This is Patriot-Made Audio's final segment of our four part series of podcasts featuring the 16 year old London, Ontario recording artist Nikki W.  Nikki reveals to CanadianMade's Rita Rich about a poor decision she made not too long ago, and lived to tell about it, in a high crime area of London, Ontario, Canada. 

Nikki's songs reflect the youthful decisions many teens make, who are finding their way in the world, and in hindsight they could have or should have made a different decision. This is life. This is the life of being a teenager. This is learning and Nikki's songs reflect all of this and more.  

Our many thanks to Nikki W for letting us dip our pens and our voices into your world and for the great music you are making.  Good luck and we hope to hear more great music from you in the next few years to come. 

So, where can you find Nikki W and her music?

• Get her latest updates via Twitter or Facebook
• You can buy her music via Itunes or her website
• Oh, and she is on YouTube and Soundcloud

This is our third in a four part series of personal interviews with Nikki W. Nikki explains to Rita Rich (Producer of CanadianMade Audio) how the song " Superman" came to be. Superman is quite amazing and we love the words. It's relevant and timely. Nikki W has toured southern Ontario and select cities in the U.S. Learn more about how she's experienced some dark days and is now enjoying being in the limelight.

Listen to our second podcast about Nikki W and hear the perspective of a very honest sweet 16.  Nikki W has been compared to British pop singer Adele, with the soulful way she sings her own compositions. Her EP album is called Sad Generation, and this London, Ontario high school student talks about coping with the stresses of being at the bottom of the food chain when she entered grade 8.

In our latest podcast, CanadianMade Audio interviews sixteen year-old London, Ontario based singer, songwriter and pop recording artist Nikki Whitehead (NIKKI W). 

She's been reviewed by music press here and abroad and shares her insights, in this four part interview series.

She explains to Canadian Made Audio Producer Rita Rich why she named her first EP (extended play) collection of songs, "Sad Generation."     

Rich say, "It's not all doom and gloom. But, if you've ever wondered what's up with some of your friends take a listen and click here to tune into this latest podcast story, plus you will love Nikki's voice, or you can read more about NIKKI W here on our blog post about her.

One of Canada's greatest gifts to world music, David Braid, had an extensive conversation with CanadianMade's Rita Rich, about topics "A-Zed." Listeners to this program will hear how this reknown pianist had a horrible time as a child, learning music, and how as a young adult he fell in love with music and composition after hearing Mozart. Braid is an award winning composer, complete with Juno awards from the Canadian music industry, and praise world-wide for his improvisation. This piece samples a lot of his music and shares how Braid searches to find meaning to questions we are all born asking, "why?"  

More about CanadianMade productions may be found at canmadeprod.co

and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CanadianMadeproductions

An ebola podcast interview with Steven Cornish, Exec. Dir. of Doctors Without Borders [Médecins Sans Frontières Canada]. A much more extensive interview will be available on board Air Canada. 

Get ready to yell at your TV with your kids and friends! Celebrity Name Game with Craig Ferguson is scheduled to debut on TV stations across America and Canada on Monday, September 22. CanadianMade Productions talked with show producer Laura Robinson abouut her latest foray into the game business. Laura also invented the popular board game, "Balderdash," which sold 25 million copies around the world. This Ontarian, who spends much of her time in Los Angeles while Celebrity Name Game, is also a writer, actress and singer.  We got her to slow down for a bit, and talk to us. Here's a sample of our full story, which can be heard onboard Air Canada later this year.