Side B: The Deeper Cut, Daily
by Cam Tait
SIDE B — Episode 1: The Origin Story. Fifty years ago, a thirteen-year-old kid sat on a basement floor in Edmonton, listening to 630 CHED Radio. A gentleman named Bob Comfort came on the air — and nothing was ever quite the same after that.Bob had a segment called Posters for Your Mind. He'd take the week's top song and pull the human story out of it. It was unlike anything I'd heard. And sitting there, I thought: maybe I can do that.What followed was a broadcasting course, a record collection full of scratches, and an instructor who — wisely — kept me fifty feet from the turntable.That was almost fifty years ago. The equipment has changed. The dream hasn't. This is Episode 1 of Side B. It's my origin story — why this podcast exists, what took so long, and what's finally made it possible. Including a part about cerebral palsy I don't talk around. Every episode ends with a song. This one closes with Tri
Episodes
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Side B - Track 11 - The Flight of The Golden Leaf
Episode Title: The Wayfarer on the Floorboard: An Autumn MeditationFormat: Conversational Audio Essay Estimated Run Time: ~7:30 Episode SummaryIn this reflective, poetic audio essay, we slow down the bustling rhythm of daily life to examine a quiet commuter: a single, battered golden leaf resting...
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Side B - Track 9 - The patriotic loss to Hockey Night in Canada
Episode Title: The Soul of Saturday Night: Memory, Myth, and the Corporate Erasure of Canada’s GameEpisode Overview As frost creeps onto the storm windows and extension cords hum across the dominion, another hockey season begins—but the altar has been fundamentally altered. In this deeply...
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Side B - Track 7 - MIKE BABCOCK
When Mike Babcock stepped back behind an NHL bench in Edmonton, the reaction across Oil Country was immediate, combustible, and loud. The analytics community fired up their spreadsheets, talk radio lit up with heated debate, and old ghosts were swiftly summoned. But between the cold hard metrics...
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Side B: Track 6 - David Foster
Before he was a 16-time Grammy winner crafting anthems for global icons, David Foster was a kid in a crowded home on Vancouver Island, raised on the gospel of open doors and empty pockets filled with grace. In this episode, we follow the unseen throughline of Foster’s life—not the gold records or...
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Side B - Track 6; Cal Nichols
plinter of Their Spine: The Quiet Mercy of a Final GoodbyeEpisode Overview: Funerals aren't merely about closing a chapter; they are about receiving an inheritance that never shows up on a legal ledger. In this episode, we stand in the quiet hush after the rafters fall silent to ask a simple,...
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Side B - Thank you, Grandpa
Episode Summary: In a deeply personal and poetic audio essay, Cam Tait looks past the political slogans, megaphones, and economic forecasts surrounding the Alberta separation debate to ask a forgotten, essential question: What would the pioneers think? Tracing a family journey from the...
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Side B - Track 4 - 'Get it together'
Show Notes & Episode Outline Cold Open: The Scent of Autumn and Frozen Hope That first sip of morning coffee when anticipation bites back. The unmistakable sensory landscape outside Rogers Place: brisk northern breeze, fresh Zamboni floods, damp wool mittens, and stubborn playoff dreams. The…
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SIDE B - EPISODE 3- THE SOUND OF BEING UNDERSTOOD
Episode Description: In 1971, Neil Diamond spent four gruelling months writing "I Am... I Said," wrestling with isolation and penning a line that resonates deep within the human experience: "I'm not a man who likes to swear, but I've never cared for the sound of being alone." For those living…
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How have we changed since September 11_
Twenty-five years ago today, the world stopped. I remember sitting in front of the TV thinking: after this, surely we'll be kinder to each other. We'll have to be. So — were we? I went looking for an honest answer, and I found researchers, some surprising numbers, and a few moments from that...
About this show
SIDE B — Episode 1: The Origin Story.
Fifty years ago, a thirteen-year-old kid sat on a basement floor in Edmonton, listening to 630 CHED Radio. A gentleman named Bob Comfort came on the air — and nothing was ever quite the same after that.Bob had a segment called Posters for Your Mind.
He'd take the week's top song and pull the human story out of it. It was unlike anything I'd heard. And sitting there, I thought: maybe I can do that.What followed was a broadcasting course, a record collection full of scratches, and an instructor who — wisely — kept me fifty feet from the turntable.That was almost fifty years ago. The equipment has changed. The dream hasn't. This is Episode 1 of Side B. It's my origin story — why this podcast exists, what took so long, and what's finally made it possible. Including a part about cerebral palsy I don't talk around. Every episode ends with a song. This one closes with Tri
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