"How much would a cow cost you?"

– Canadian Grit

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In this fresh, never-frozen square beef patty, The Canadian Baconator and Canadian Grit (Jamie Jackson) rewrite the recipe for humanity's future, leaving their phones on the back burner, and reverse-engineering the combo of factors (through the scopes of history, psychology, and politics) that are currently contributing to humanity's downfall...

And what can anyone really do about it?

Topic menu:

• DID FAMILY GUY RUIN THE SIMPSONS? 📺 How Family Guy's cutaways and non-sequitur humour influenced other animated shows and rippled out to pop culture at large
• HYBRID REALITY DISORDER 📵 How our collective tech addiction keeps us immersed in the digital world and the real world, leaving us anxious and unsatisfied
• WHAT'S A CANADIAN, ANYWAY? 🍁 What does it mean to have a national identity? What does it mean to identify with a nation and how does that relate to nation-states and nationalism?
• WELTSCHMERZ, SCHADENFREUDE, FREMDSCHÄMEN, AND RESSENTIMENT 📔 Four words that illustrate how people process collective fear & trauma in 2026
• DIGITAL DIETS AND REALITY TUNNELS 🚇 How algorithms can keep us trapped in echo chambers and personalized newsfeeds that never challenge our beliefs or assumptions, and how to resist the pull of propaganda and groupthink

Producer credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Arthur Benson
• Blue Saga
• Jerry Lacey
• Rachel Sandy

Canadian Grit: North of Ordinary (Jamie's Podcast)

Desiderata (by Max Ehrmann) [Original Text]

"I'm sorry... what?"

– Filmgoers in 2025

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In this direct-to-streaming sequel, time-lords Doctor Whenever, KD Time, and HBO Max (joined by the AI chatbot Grok) capitalize on the present moment, point their telescopes towards an uncertain future, all to answer the time-sensitive question...

How do we save cinema before it's too late?

Topic queue:

• Netflix's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Warner Bros. and what this means for the future of Hollywood
• Can we take Netflix's word that they will keep releasing films in movie theatres?
• Grok (as Leo) flexes its improvisational and storytelling capabilities, laying out possibilities for where the industry is headed
• Are independent filmmakers the last lifeline for saving cinema as an art form?
• What does cinema mean to us?

Credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Anemone

KD Time Podcast

episode TWENTY-ONE: Doctor Whenever and the Enormous TARDIS

"We're cute and sour."

— Clumsy (The Calamansi Club)

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In this sour {and not too sweet} studio sesh, Carefree (for mental health reasons) fills in for a careless drummer, and sits down in a recording studio with Chaotic, Cloudy, and Clumsy (three members of The Calamansi Club, an Edmonton-based indie-rock band) to talk about why starting a band (i.e., human connection) might be the recipe for happiness.

Club etiquette:

• The Calamansi: A tiny, but massively flavourful citrus fruit from the Philippines, that looks like a spherical-shaped lemon-lime hybrid, with a yellow-orange inside
• Why genuine human connections and social bonds are essential for humans
• How Western society, capitalism, and hyper-individualism lead to social disconnection and apathy
• The "Performative Man" phenomenon, and why Wikipedia should change the title of the entry to "Matcha Male"
• Two exclusive live musical performances from The Calamansi Club

Credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• dasloe
• The Calamansi Club

Find The Calamansi Club on Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.