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EPISODE · Jun 29, 2019 · 54 MIN

Can CanCon continue?

from That's a Thing?! · host Elizabeth Spencer and Karen Unland

Here’s more on what we mentioned during this Canada Day nostalgia-fest (most of these are Canadian but some are American things we mentioned in passing): What is Canadian content? One-hit wonders, like Snow CJYR Radio in Edson (which appears to have died in 2005) Anne Murray Shania Twain Loverboy Burton Cummings The Poppy Family and Terry Jacks’s Seasons in the Sun Taproot article about the downtown market returning to 104th Street Bryan Adams Corey Hart Glass Tiger Drake Stan Rogers Gordon Lightfoot Leonard Cohen Video Hits Good Rockin’ Tonight Four O’Clock Rock MuchMusic Platinum Blonde Honeymoon Suite We might do a playlist. We’ll link it here if we do. Eugene Lee Yang’s music video Earth by Lil Dicky Night Vale Weather The Littlest Hobo Wayne and Shuster / Bathtubs Over Broadway The Beachcombers SCTV Schitt’s Creek Great White North / Bob and Doug Mackenzie Mr. Dressup Under the Influence The Friendly Giant My Brother, My Brother and Me TV show Your Movie Sucks Murdoch Mysteries Invader Zim Danny Phantom Anne with an E Cadence Weapon Brook Lynn Hytes Many thanks to our sponsors: The Edmonton Community Foundation and The Well Endowed Podcast Park Power That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB. You can subscribe to us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely. Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg. Many thanks to our podcast host, Transistor, and to Unit B Coworking for use of their studio. Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin.

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Karen grew up in the golden age of CanCon. But Elizabeth’s generation prefers Spotify and YouTube to radio and TV. So are Canadian content rules even a thing anymore? And should they be?

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