https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/side-b-the-deeper-cut-daily--7331771






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 Trisha Yearwood."The Song Remembers When."It'll make sense when you hear it.
Welcome to Side B. Pull up a chair.

]]>enMusic CommentaryCopyright Cam Taithttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/35dcb65d90def570836adbff8f00faf4.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/side-b-the-deeper-cut-daily--7331771Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:32:47 +0000Cam TaitCam Taitfeeds@spreaker.comSIDE 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...






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 Trisha Yearwood."The Song Remembers When."It'll make sense when you hear it.
Welcome to Side B. Pull up a chair.

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Tait558false112fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-11-the-flight-of-the-golden-leaf--75606389Episode 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 motionless on the rubber floorboard of a moving transit vehicle.

What begins as an ordinary observation unfolds into a wide-ranging meditation on the drama of autumn, the remarkable cellular lifecycle of leaves, and their enduring place in human folklore and literature. Tracing its journey from spring bud to winter soil, the essay explores the unselfish alchemy of fallen foliage—ending on an intimate view outside a front window, waiting for the north wind to blow.

Key Themes & Segment Breakdown

• The Defiant Wayfarer: The peculiar physics of a light, brittle autumn leaf refusing to shift or slide on the floor of a braking, turning vehicle.
• Armor for the Road: Reading the leaf's weathered contours—not as fragile debris, but as an armored voyager that has tumbled down concrete streets and asphalt ribbons before finding human transit.
• The Drama of Fall: Autumn as nature's most theatrical season, moving through turbulent contrasts of blazing warmth, bone-chilling frost, and sodden mist.
• From Canopy to Abscission: The science of a leaf's life—emerging from dormant winter buds, serving for months as an emerald solar engine, and finally severing itself via the cellular abscission zone.
• Foliage in Fact & Legend: A look at the sheer numbers (hundreds of thousands of leaves on an oak; quadrillions worldwide) and famous leaves in cultural memory, from Genesis and Roman laurel wreaths to the Canadian maple leaf and O. Henry’s The Last Leaf.
• The Final Act of Alchemy: How fallen foliage blankets root systems, shelters winter microbes, and surrenders vital minerals (nitrogen, calcium, potassium) back to the earth to resurrect the forest come spring.
• The Window Tree: A personal parting reflection on a beloved golden tree outside the window, watching its canopy prepare to take flight into someone else's day.

Memorable Lines"Given its featherweight build and near-total absence of mass, that stubborn stillness was a marvel of micro-physics and pure obstinacy."

"Their death is the soil’s resurrection. They feed the very root system that birthed them, guaranteeing next spring’s forest will erupt into vibrant, magnificent life once more."

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75606389Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:23:11 +0000Cam TaitEpisode 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...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 motionless on the rubber floorboard of a moving transit vehicle.

What begins as an ordinary observation unfolds into a wide-ranging meditation on the drama of autumn, the remarkable cellular lifecycle of leaves, and their enduring place in human folklore and literature. Tracing its journey from spring bud to winter soil, the essay explores the unselfish alchemy of fallen foliage—ending on an intimate view outside a front window, waiting for the north wind to blow.

Key Themes & Segment Breakdown

• The Defiant Wayfarer: The peculiar physics of a light, brittle autumn leaf refusing to shift or slide on the floor of a braking, turning vehicle.
• Armor for the Road: Reading the leaf's weathered contours—not as fragile debris, but as an armored voyager that has tumbled down concrete streets and asphalt ribbons before finding human transit.
• The Drama of Fall: Autumn as nature's most theatrical season, moving through turbulent contrasts of blazing warmth, bone-chilling frost, and sodden mist.
• From Canopy to Abscission: The science of a leaf's life—emerging from dormant winter buds, serving for months as an emerald solar engine, and finally severing itself via the cellular abscission zone.
• Foliage in Fact & Legend: A look at the sheer numbers (hundreds of thousands of leaves on an oak; quadrillions worldwide) and famous leaves in cultural memory, from Genesis and Roman laurel wreaths to the Canadian maple leaf and O. Henry’s The Last Leaf.
• The Final Act of Alchemy: How fallen foliage blankets root systems, shelters winter microbes, and surrenders vital minerals (nitrogen, calcium, potassium) back to the earth to resurrect the forest come spring.
• The Window Tree: A personal parting reflection on a beloved golden tree outside the window, watching its canopy prepare to take flight into someone else's day.

Memorable Lines"Given its featherweight build and near-total absence of mass, that stubborn stillness was a marvel of micro-physics and pure obstinacy."

"Their death is the soil’s resurrection. They feed the very root system that birthed them, guaranteeing next spring’s forest will erupt into vibrant, magnificent life once more."

]]>599false111fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-10-unbroken-light-micheal-j-fox--75584110https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75584110Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:18:45 +0000Cam Tait543false110fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-9-the-patriotic-loss-to-hockey-night-in-canada--75551718Episode 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 reflective monologue, we journey from the steam of the childhood bathtub and the warm blue glow of vintage Zenith console TVs to the modern boardrooms that dismantled a national institution.

We explore how Hockey Night in Canada served as our secular liturgy, binding a fractured country through the October Crisis and the 1972 Summit Series, guided by legendary voices who felt like family. Finally, we confront the corporate technocrats at Rogers and Sportsnet who stripped our country’s name from the masthead, cast aside beloved analysts, and attempted to turn seventy years of cultural inheritance into an amortized spreadsheet item.

In This Episode (Chapter Markers)

• The Secular Baptism of Saturday Night
  
  The sensory memories of a Canadian autumn: block heaters, Sorel boots drying by the register, flannel pyjamas, and the sacred ritual of the living room carpet.
• The Altar of Glowing Tubes
  
  Why television was never merely an entertainment product, but a shared national campfire spanning five thousand miles of rock, muskeg, and prairie.
• Holding Up the Rafters: 1970 to 1972
  
  From the existential abyss of the October Crisis to Paul Henderson and Yvan Cournoyer weeping in Moscow—how hockey rescued Confederation’s soul when politics failed.
• The Archangels of the Gondola
  
  Remembering the voices who walked into our unlocked porches: Foster Hewitt, Danny Gallivan’s Shakespearean opera, Bob Cole’s breathless wonder, Dick Irvin, Dave Hodge, and Ron MacLean’s fireside gentleness.
• Enter the Modern Mandarins
  
  Spreadsheets, focus groups, and corporate indifference. The unceremonious sidelining of Kelly Hrudey and Jennifer Botterill.
• The Corporate Erasure: Stripping "Canada" from the Screen
  
  The hollow banality of "Saturday Night Hockey" and the cultural cost of treating four generations of collective memory like disposable IP.
• What They Can Never Possess
  
  The dividing line between progress and desecration: why executive suites cannot extinguish the wild prairie wind or the unbroken communion of the ice.

Key Quotes from the Episode"The Saturday night bath was our secular baptism. It washed away the bruises of the schoolyard snowbank, the sting of thirty below on the outdoor rink, and the worries of the week."

"In that transcendent, electric second, the political division evaporated... French and English, east and west, immigrant and native-born, we looked across our kitchen tables, through our tears, and recognized that we were, after all, a single family bound by the ice."

"Saturday Night Hockey. It has all the soul of an amortized invoice, all the poetry of a parking ticket, and all the warmth of a plastic divider in a cubicle farm."

"You do not take the collective soul of four generations and run it through a corporate paper shredder. You do not paint over a nation's sacred heritage with marketing gloss and expect an orphaned people to applaud."

Cultural Touchstones & Names Mentioned

• The Voices: Foster Hewitt, Danny Gallivan, Bob Cole, Dick Irvin, Dave Hodge, Ron MacLean
• The Analysts Sidelined: Kelly Hrudey, Jennifer Botterill
• Historic Moments: The 1970 October Crisis; Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series (Paul Henderson & Yvan Cournoyer)
• The Broadcasters: CBC, Rogers Communications, Sportsnet

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75551718Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:41:50 +0000Cam TaitEpisode 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...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 reflective monologue, we journey from the steam of the childhood bathtub and the warm blue glow of vintage Zenith console TVs to the modern boardrooms that dismantled a national institution.

We explore how Hockey Night in Canada served as our secular liturgy, binding a fractured country through the October Crisis and the 1972 Summit Series, guided by legendary voices who felt like family. Finally, we confront the corporate technocrats at Rogers and Sportsnet who stripped our country’s name from the masthead, cast aside beloved analysts, and attempted to turn seventy years of cultural inheritance into an amortized spreadsheet item.

In This Episode (Chapter Markers)

• The Secular Baptism of Saturday Night
  
  The sensory memories of a Canadian autumn: block heaters, Sorel boots drying by the register, flannel pyjamas, and the sacred ritual of the living room carpet.
• The Altar of Glowing Tubes
  
  Why television was never merely an entertainment product, but a shared national campfire spanning five thousand miles of rock, muskeg, and prairie.
• Holding Up the Rafters: 1970 to 1972
  
  From the existential abyss of the October Crisis to Paul Henderson and Yvan Cournoyer weeping in Moscow—how hockey rescued Confederation’s soul when politics failed.
• The Archangels of the Gondola
  
  Remembering the voices who walked into our unlocked porches: Foster Hewitt, Danny Gallivan’s Shakespearean opera, Bob Cole’s breathless wonder, Dick Irvin, Dave Hodge, and Ron MacLean’s fireside gentleness.
• Enter the Modern Mandarins
  
  Spreadsheets, focus groups, and corporate indifference. The unceremonious sidelining of Kelly Hrudey and Jennifer Botterill.
• The Corporate Erasure: Stripping "Canada" from the Screen
  
  The hollow banality of "Saturday Night Hockey" and the cultural cost of treating four generations of collective memory like disposable IP.
• What They Can Never Possess
  
  The dividing line between progress and desecration: why executive suites cannot extinguish the wild prairie wind or the unbroken communion of the ice.

Key Quotes from the Episode"The Saturday night bath was our secular baptism. It washed away the bruises of the schoolyard snowbank, the sting of thirty below on the outdoor rink, and the worries of the week."

"In that transcendent, electric second, the political division evaporated... French and English, east and west, immigrant and native-born, we looked across our kitchen tables, through our tears, and recognized that we were, after all, a single family bound by the ice."

"Saturday Night Hockey. It has all the soul of an amortized invoice, all the poetry of a parking ticket, and all the warmth of a plastic divider in a cubicle farm."

"You do not take the collective soul of four generations and run it through a corporate paper shredder. You do not paint over a nation's sacred heritage with marketing gloss and expect an orphaned people to applaud."

Cultural Touchstones & Names Mentioned

• The Voices: Foster Hewitt, Danny Gallivan, Bob Cole, Dick Irvin, Dave Hodge, Ron MacLean
• The Analysts Sidelined: Kelly Hrudey, Jennifer Botterill
• Historic Moments: The 1970 October Crisis; Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series (Paul Henderson & Yvan Cournoyer)
• The Broadcasters: CBC, Rogers Communications, Sportsnet

]]>962false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-8-national-truth-and-reconcilation-day--75551667https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75551667Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:31:03 +0000Cam Tait897false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-7-mike-babcock--75440231When 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 and the long shadow of his past controversies lies an undeniable resume of silver, gold, and over 700 NHL victories.

In this episode, Cam steps away from the noise to look at the human core of this high-stakes reunion. While reports credit owner Daryl Katz with making the sovereign call, what if the true mandate came from the ice level—from Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl? Down in the trenches of board battles and bruised ribs, winning isn't a theoretical debate; it’s an ache that demands an uncompromising guide to reach the summit. From the scars left with Modano, Chelios, Matthews, and Commodore to a quiet, five-word moment inside the dressing room after the Battle of Alberta, this is a story about grit, evolution, and the enduring power of second chances.

Episode Timestamps & Chapter Breakdown

• 00:00 – The Prairie Firestorm
  
  The immediate shockwave in Edmonton; analytics models, shot-suppression charts, and the civic debate over whether the game passed Babcock by.
  
• 01:05 – The Granite Pedigree
  
  Examining the undeniable resume: Triple Gold Club, Olympic dominance in Vancouver and Sochi, a Stanley Cup, and 700+ regular-season wins.
  
• 01:40 – The Tribunal of Critics
  
  Revisiting the scarred history: Mike Modano benched at 1,499 games, Chris Chelios at the Big House, Auston Matthews’ list, and Mike Commodore’s decade-long crusade.
  
• 03:40 – The Call: Boardroom or Locker Room?
  
  Daryl Katz signed the cheque, but did numbers 97 and 29 sign off on the medicine? Why generational talent sometimes seeks the hardest taskmaster.
  
• 05:15 – The Hockey Trenches
  
  What spreadsheet hockey misses: board battles, cross-checks to the kidneys in the crease, eating 95-mph slapshots, and taking the blindside hit to make the play.
  
• 06:10 – "I'm Proud of You Guys"
  
  Monday morning’s surprising revelation that Babcock is having fun, the post-Calgary dressing room moment, and the intersection of grace and iron discipline.
  

Memorable Quotes from the Episode"When you live in those trenches season after season, the desire to win stops being a theory. It becomes an ache in your bones."

"Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl don't need a friend. They don't need a motivational poster. They want a taskmaster who knows what the summit looks like and isn't afraid to lead them through the blizzard."

"Life isn't a spreadsheet, and it’s not an endless trial for past mistakes. It’s about second chances, and discovering that grace and discipline can share the very same room."

Key Discussion Points

• Why the modern divide between advanced analytics and old-school coaching philosophies reaches its fever pitch in Edmonton.
  
• The emotional and professional toll of Babcock's past tenures in Detroit and Toronto.
  
• The psychology of elite athletes nearing their prime without a Stanley Cup ring.
  
• How a shift in demeanor—finding joy and offering quiet praise—can redefine a veteran coach's legacy.
  

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75440231Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:35:34 +0000Cam TaitWhen 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...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 and the long shadow of his past controversies lies an undeniable resume of silver, gold, and over 700 NHL victories.

In this episode, Cam steps away from the noise to look at the human core of this high-stakes reunion. While reports credit owner Daryl Katz with making the sovereign call, what if the true mandate came from the ice level—from Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl? Down in the trenches of board battles and bruised ribs, winning isn't a theoretical debate; it’s an ache that demands an uncompromising guide to reach the summit. From the scars left with Modano, Chelios, Matthews, and Commodore to a quiet, five-word moment inside the dressing room after the Battle of Alberta, this is a story about grit, evolution, and the enduring power of second chances.

Episode Timestamps & Chapter Breakdown

• 00:00 – The Prairie Firestorm
  
  The immediate shockwave in Edmonton; analytics models, shot-suppression charts, and the civic debate over whether the game passed Babcock by.
  
• 01:05 – The Granite Pedigree
  
  Examining the undeniable resume: Triple Gold Club, Olympic dominance in Vancouver and Sochi, a Stanley Cup, and 700+ regular-season wins.
  
• 01:40 – The Tribunal of Critics
  
  Revisiting the scarred history: Mike Modano benched at 1,499 games, Chris Chelios at the Big House, Auston Matthews’ list, and Mike Commodore’s decade-long crusade.
  
• 03:40 – The Call: Boardroom or Locker Room?
  
  Daryl Katz signed the cheque, but did numbers 97 and 29 sign off on the medicine? Why generational talent sometimes seeks the hardest taskmaster.
  
• 05:15 – The Hockey Trenches
  
  What spreadsheet hockey misses: board battles, cross-checks to the kidneys in the crease, eating 95-mph slapshots, and taking the blindside hit to make the play.
  
• 06:10 – "I'm Proud of You Guys"
  
  Monday morning’s surprising revelation that Babcock is having fun, the post-Calgary dressing room moment, and the intersection of grace and iron discipline.
  

Memorable Quotes from the Episode"When you live in those trenches season after season, the desire to win stops being a theory. It becomes an ache in your bones."

"Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl don't need a friend. They don't need a motivational poster. They want a taskmaster who knows what the summit looks like and isn't afraid to lead them through the blizzard."

"Life isn't a spreadsheet, and it’s not an endless trial for past mistakes. It’s about second chances, and discovering that grace and discipline can share the very same room."

Key Discussion Points

• Why the modern divide between advanced analytics and old-school coaching philosophies reaches its fever pitch in Edmonton.
  
• The emotional and professional toll of Babcock's past tenures in Detroit and Toronto.
  
• The psychology of elite athletes nearing their prime without a Stanley Cup ring.
  
• How a shift in demeanor—finding joy and offering quiet praise—can redefine a veteran coach's legacy.
  

]]>656false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-6-david-foster--75421136Before 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 sold-out arenas, but a radical brand of generosity forged across forty years.From an unforgettable, redemptive encounter with his childhood bully at a baseball diamond to the sterile hospital room in Southern California that redefined his life's purpose, this is the story of the David Foster Foundation. Discover how a simple act of buying a plane ticket grew into a national sanctuary that covers the collateral damage of pediatric organ transplants, survives near-bankruptcy, and wages an urgent crusade for presumed consent.Key Takeaways & Timestamps

• The Boy at the Chain-Link FenceFour decades ago on a Victoria ballfield, David Foster comes face-to-face with his childhood tormentor—now destitute and living in a car. Instead of retribution, Foster chooses radical mercy, buying him clothes and bringing him to the gala head table.
• The Kitchen Table on Vancouver IslandTracing the source: growing up with six sisters in a home where cash was scarce but hospitality was boundless. The bedrock values Foster inherited from parents who proved that poverty is an absence of coin, never an absence of grace.
• A Mother’s Call and the Periphery of CatastropheAt the peak of studio success, David answers his mother’s plea to sit beside a dying Canadian child awaiting a donor. Buying a sister’s plane ticket reveals medicine’s blind spot: the crushing non-medical costs that tear families apart while a child fights for life.
• The Summer of 1986: Celebrity Softball & Reckless AudacityHow Foster recruited forty titans of culture and politics—from Celine Dion and Olivia Newton-John to Wayne Gretzky—to turn an island ball diamond into a fundraising powerhouse.
• The Forty-Nine-Thousand-Dollar MidnightDistraction, near-collapse, and the brink of ruin. How an audacious dare—raising $30 million in 30 seasons—pulled the foundation back from the edge and secured its future.
• The Unrecorded Melodies: Norm Jackson & Daily KindnessWhy Foster’s greatest compositions never hit vinyl: private weekly check-ins, personal covenants, and everyday support away from the flashbulbs.
• The Waiting Ledger and "The Prayer"The ongoing fight for organ donor awareness and presumed consent for the 4,000 Canadians waiting for a match. Foster reflects on how "The Prayer" (Bocelli & Dion) became the soundtrack to life's most sacred thresholds.

Memorable Quotes"Mercy is not a lesson drawn from ledgers; it is an inheritance of the blood—a quiet knowing, passed down through generations, that the hands which give are always fuller than the hands that gather.""Poverty is only an absence of coin, never an absence of grace.""Who pays the landlord while you sleep on vinyl chairs five hundred miles from home? Who keeps the lights burning in the empty house back north?""It does not boast. It simply walks into the storm, lifts the iron burden from a parent's chest, and leaves them free to hold the one fragile hand that holds the morning."Resources & Mentioned in This Episode

• The David Foster Foundation: Learn how the foundation covers non-medical expenses (housing, travel, utilities) for families with children undergoing pediatric organ transplants.
• Organ Donor Registration: Check your local donor registry to confirm your donor status and help erase the waiting ledger.
• Featured Music: "The Prayer" — performed by Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli, produced and co-written by David Fost

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75421136Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:53:00 +0000Cam TaitBefore 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...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 sold-out arenas, but a radical brand of generosity forged across forty years.From an unforgettable, redemptive encounter with his childhood bully at a baseball diamond to the sterile hospital room in Southern California that redefined his life's purpose, this is the story of the David Foster Foundation. Discover how a simple act of buying a plane ticket grew into a national sanctuary that covers the collateral damage of pediatric organ transplants, survives near-bankruptcy, and wages an urgent crusade for presumed consent.Key Takeaways & Timestamps

• The Boy at the Chain-Link FenceFour decades ago on a Victoria ballfield, David Foster comes face-to-face with his childhood tormentor—now destitute and living in a car. Instead of retribution, Foster chooses radical mercy, buying him clothes and bringing him to the gala head table.
• The Kitchen Table on Vancouver IslandTracing the source: growing up with six sisters in a home where cash was scarce but hospitality was boundless. The bedrock values Foster inherited from parents who proved that poverty is an absence of coin, never an absence of grace.
• A Mother’s Call and the Periphery of CatastropheAt the peak of studio success, David answers his mother’s plea to sit beside a dying Canadian child awaiting a donor. Buying a sister’s plane ticket reveals medicine’s blind spot: the crushing non-medical costs that tear families apart while a child fights for life.
• The Summer of 1986: Celebrity Softball & Reckless AudacityHow Foster recruited forty titans of culture and politics—from Celine Dion and Olivia Newton-John to Wayne Gretzky—to turn an island ball diamond into a fundraising powerhouse.
• The Forty-Nine-Thousand-Dollar MidnightDistraction, near-collapse, and the brink of ruin. How an audacious dare—raising $30 million in 30 seasons—pulled the foundation back from the edge and secured its future.
• The Unrecorded Melodies: Norm Jackson & Daily KindnessWhy Foster’s greatest compositions never hit vinyl: private weekly check-ins, personal covenants, and everyday support away from the flashbulbs.
• The Waiting Ledger and "The Prayer"The ongoing fight for organ donor awareness and presumed consent for the 4,000 Canadians waiting for a match. Foster reflects on how "The Prayer" (Bocelli & Dion) became the soundtrack to life's most sacred thresholds.

Memorable Quotes"Mercy is not a lesson drawn from ledgers; it is an inheritance of the blood—a quiet knowing, passed down through generations, that the hands which give are always fuller than the hands that gather.""Poverty is only an absence of coin, never an absence of grace.""Who pays the landlord while you sleep on vinyl chairs five hundred miles from home? Who keeps the lights burning in the empty house back north?""It does not boast. It simply walks into the storm, lifts the iron burden from a parent's chest, and leaves them free to hold the one fragile hand that holds the morning."Resources & Mentioned in This Episode

• The David Foster Foundation: Learn how the foundation covers non-medical expenses (housing, travel, utilities) for families with children undergoing pediatric organ transplants.
• Organ Donor Registration: Check your local donor registry to confirm your donor status and help erase the waiting ledger.
• Featured Music: "The Prayer" — performed by Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli, produced and co-written by David Fost

]]>889false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-6-cal-nichols--75387161Episode 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, piercing question: What did you carry out the church doors in your coat pocket?When we gather to celebrate the life of a giant, grief does not leave us hollow. Instead, it offers a sacred exchange. We explore how mourning transforms into an obligation to live better—how we take the fire, the grit, and the quiet integrity of the giants who came before us and stitch their stubborn heartbeat directly into our own daily lives.In This Episode:

• The Sacred Heirloom: Why we never walk out of a celebration of life empty-handed.
• Beyond the Balance Sheets: Remembering that a life well-lived is measured in the people you lifted, not the empire you built.
• Harvesting the Seed: Moving from passive sorrow to active carry-forward.
• The Front Porch Challenge: Who in your life needs unconditional belief right now, and what are you doing about it?

Featured Excerpt:"There is a rugged, unspoken mercy in every final goodbye. We never walk away hollow. When the hymn drifts into the rafters and handshakes soften to silence, grief slips a sacred heirloom into your coat pocket. A spark of their fire. A splinter of their spine. We don’t just mourn a giant; we harvest the seed he sowed. We pocket his courage, claim his quiet truth, and stitch his stubborn heartbeat into our own chest."Listener Reflection: Think of the person whose absence left an ache in your life. What was the spark they handed you before they went home? Don't leave it sitting on a shelf. Lace up your boots, carry that courage into the wind, and go light someone else's way today.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75387161Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:59:41 +0000Cam Taitplinter 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...Episode 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, piercing question: What did you carry out the church doors in your coat pocket?When we gather to celebrate the life of a giant, grief does not leave us hollow. Instead, it offers a sacred exchange. We explore how mourning transforms into an obligation to live better—how we take the fire, the grit, and the quiet integrity of the giants who came before us and stitch their stubborn heartbeat directly into our own daily lives.In This Episode:

• The Sacred Heirloom: Why we never walk out of a celebration of life empty-handed.
• Beyond the Balance Sheets: Remembering that a life well-lived is measured in the people you lifted, not the empire you built.
• Harvesting the Seed: Moving from passive sorrow to active carry-forward.
• The Front Porch Challenge: Who in your life needs unconditional belief right now, and what are you doing about it?

Featured Excerpt:"There is a rugged, unspoken mercy in every final goodbye. We never walk away hollow. When the hymn drifts into the rafters and handshakes soften to silence, grief slips a sacred heirloom into your coat pocket. A spark of their fire. A splinter of their spine. We don’t just mourn a giant; we harvest the seed he sowed. We pocket his courage, claim his quiet truth, and stitch his stubborn heartbeat into our own chest."Listener Reflection: Think of the person whose absence left an ache in your life. What was the spark they handed you before they went home? Don't leave it sitting on a shelf. Lace up your boots, carry that courage into the wind, and go light someone else's way today.]]>808falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-thank-you-grandpa--75334601Episode 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 heather-covered glens of Scotland to an unbroken quarter-section near Grimshaw in the early 1900s, Cam reflects on his grandfather Murray and the more than 200,000 homesteaders who broke sod, raised barns, and survived forty-below blizzards. Through five distinct reflections on "the hands" that built our schools, hospitals, and communities, Cam makes an emotional plea to remember that Alberta’s true strength has never been a clenched fist pointed at the rest of Canada—it has always been an open hand reaching out across the ditch.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75334601Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:05:37 +0000Cam TaitEpisode 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...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 heather-covered glens of Scotland to an unbroken quarter-section near Grimshaw in the early 1900s, Cam reflects on his grandfather Murray and the more than 200,000 homesteaders who broke sod, raised barns, and survived forty-below blizzards. Through five distinct reflections on "the hands" that built our schools, hospitals, and communities, Cam makes an emotional plea to remember that Alberta’s true strength has never been a clenched fist pointed at the rest of Canada—it has always been an open hand reaching out across the ditch.]]>729false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-4-get-it-together--75307100Show 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 sharp shrill of a new whistle cutting through the September air: Mike Babcock takes the ice.
• The Elephant in the Room & The Hardware
  • Confronting the baggage trailing behind Babcock like an old tailpipe scraping down the Yellowhead.
  • Weighing the friction against an untouchable pedigree: Stanley Cup ring, two Olympic golds, World Championship, World Juniors—the lone coach in the Triple Gold Club.
  • The boardroom theory: Did this hire really come from Daryl Katz’s penthouse, or did it start on the rubber floor between Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl?

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75307100Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:27:21 +0000Cam TaitShow 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...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 sharp shrill of a new whistle cutting through the September air: Mike Babcock takes the ice.
• The Elephant in the Room & The Hardware
  • Confronting the baggage trailing behind Babcock like an old tailpipe scraping down the Yellowhead.
  • Weighing the friction against an untouchable pedigree: Stanley Cup ring, two Olympic golds, World Championship, World Juniors—the lone coach in the Triple Gold Club.
  • The boardroom theory: Did this hire really come from Daryl Katz’s penthouse, or did it start on the rubber floor between Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl?

]]>886false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-episode-3-the-sound-of-being-understood--75157357Episode 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 with cerebral palsy, being alone isn't always about empty rooms—it's about trapped words. When vocal cords refuse to follow orders, everyday sentences get tangled, swallowed, and lost. Yet, ironically, a four-letter word muttered out of pure exhaustion cuts through the room with crystal clarity (much to the horror of beloved grandmas everywhere).

In this vulnerable, candid episode, our host explores what happens when communication breaks down from the patient's side of the hospital sheets. This isn't a critique of the dedicated, bone-tired nurses working 12-hour shifts against a brutal healthcare system—it’s an honest reflection on the terrifying feeling of becoming invisible when you can't ask for a simple glass of water.

More importantly, it offers a tangible solution: a practical, low-tech bridge to give overworked nurses instant clarity and patients back their dignity—one card, one gesture, and one heartfelt "Thank you" at a time.

Key Takeaways / Highlights:

• The Frustration of Locked Speech: Navigating life when your mind moves fast, but cerebral palsy slows your voice to a standstill.
• Empathy for the Front Lines: Seeing the humanity, exhaustion, and impossible pace carried by hospital nursing staff.
• The "Accidental Curse Word" Phenomenon: Why society struggles to decode simple needs but never fails to hear frustration.
• The Bedside Cue Card Solution: A simple, immediate communication bridge (Water, Boost, Snack, Restroom, and Thank You) designed to save nurses precious seconds while restoring patient dignity.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75157357Wed, 16 Sep 2026 02:11:33 +0000Cam TaitEpisode 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...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 with cerebral palsy, being alone isn't always about empty rooms—it's about trapped words. When vocal cords refuse to follow orders, everyday sentences get tangled, swallowed, and lost. Yet, ironically, a four-letter word muttered out of pure exhaustion cuts through the room with crystal clarity (much to the horror of beloved grandmas everywhere).

In this vulnerable, candid episode, our host explores what happens when communication breaks down from the patient's side of the hospital sheets. This isn't a critique of the dedicated, bone-tired nurses working 12-hour shifts against a brutal healthcare system—it’s an honest reflection on the terrifying feeling of becoming invisible when you can't ask for a simple glass of water.

More importantly, it offers a tangible solution: a practical, low-tech bridge to give overworked nurses instant clarity and patients back their dignity—one card, one gesture, and one heartfelt "Thank you" at a time.

Key Takeaways / Highlights:

• The Frustration of Locked Speech: Navigating life when your mind moves fast, but cerebral palsy slows your voice to a standstill.
• Empathy for the Front Lines: Seeing the humanity, exhaustion, and impossible pace carried by hospital nursing staff.
• The "Accidental Curse Word" Phenomenon: Why society struggles to decode simple needs but never fails to hear frustration.
• The Bedside Cue Card Solution: A simple, immediate communication bridge (Water, Boost, Snack, Restroom, and Thank You) designed to save nurses precious seconds while restoring patient dignity.

]]>662false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-have-we-changed-since-september-11--75071211
 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 Tuesday morning in New York that I hadn't thought about in years. Spoiler: the answer is messier than I hoped, and more hopeful than I expected. Settle in for seven minutes.

We end, as always, with a song.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75071211Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:06:20 +0000trueCam TaitTwenty-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...
 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 Tuesday morning in New York that I hadn't thought about in years. Spoiler: the answer is messier than I hoped, and more hopeful than I expected. Settle in for seven minutes.

We end, as always, with a song.

This episode includes AI-generated content.]]>706falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-b-track-1--75038744








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 Trisha Yearwood."The Song Remembers When."It'll make sense when you hear it.Welcome to Side B. Pull up a chair.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75038744Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:33:57 +0000Cam TaitSIDE 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...








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 Trisha Yearwood."The Song Remembers When."It'll make sense when you hear it.Welcome to Side B. Pull up a chair.

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