Deekast

DEEKAST #24 Jacob Bergsma (@Mr_Bergsma) is a comedian, rapper, actor, and former backyard wrestler. He is the front man of the Canadian brass-hop band My Son The Hurricane who just finished a nation wide tour. We chit chat about everything from side-chain compression to ice wine. Be sure to let him know on Facebook or Twitter what your pick is for best niagara music release of 2016 as he will be broadcasting the 2nd annual Niagara Music Year in Review on local 610CKTB AM over the holiday season. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #23 Mike Soltys (@Darminian) returns to the Deekast to talk some PC gaming, Hideo Kojima, white privilege, feminism, racism, when anti-racism becomes racism, weed legalization, Trudeau, and other stuff we barely know about. Why is it a coincidence that people who want less guns are seemingly pro-choice. Why are people who deny climate change's impacts called racist often, because of their views on immigration. Why do we lump all climate change denial into one camp of 'idiocy'. Are there arguments to be made on the severity of climate change, or how much is man-made, or how imminent the problem is? Why does Al Gore own an ocean-side mansion and fly a private jet? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #21 Nick Carr is back for the 3rd time to talk about the Trump Surge and how exciting nukes are. "F&^% it, let's just do a half." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #20 Sayzee is a hip-hop recording artist from St. Catharines. Sayzee has been making waves in the Niagara/GTA music scene for some years. Sayzee just finished a Dragonball Z inspired rap trilogy that has caught traction on YouTube and SoundCloud. His latest track 'I'm Not Cool' can be found on his SoundCloud page. The rest of his extensive discography can be found on BandCamp, iTunes & Soundcloud. Follow @SayzeeSoyaSauce on all social media platforms. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #19 My friend Calvin McCormick tells me all about the wonderful world of analog sound. Calvin runs McCormick Analog in Ottawa –– a vintage pedal and amp repair shop specializing in building custom amplifiers and effects pedals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #17 Marcel is a very talented rap artist and is 1/2 of the group Moofeek & Deek (me) which release Couch Fame in 2012. I was a fan of his music before I knew him. Eventually we met and ended up doing a song called Hell Yeah. In the summer of 2012 I lived by myself in a big house by the Pen Centre where the rent was dirt cheap due to some ongoing renovations. We built a studio out of cardboard boxes and recorded a whole album. In between takes and beat sessions we would smoke joints on a couch Donny gave me on the porch. See deer and talk about life at 3am. Then we finished the album, threw a show at the Pepper and brought the couch on stage and rapped on it. Some of you were there––it was a fun time. Eventually this lead to many collaborations in the city for us, forming a label and also a band called Grizzly Planet. We still make music, but back then there was a great learning and growing experience going on and those times will never be repeated in the same way. That was t --- Support this

DEEKAST #16 @2oolman (Tim Hill) is an amazing hip-hop producer and one of my biggest influences. I caught up with him in Toronto after a set with his group A Tribe Called Red at George Strombo's house to chat about the group, his journey making beats and the current political climate. A Tribe Called Red is a Canadian electronic music group, who blend instrumental hip hop, reggae, moombahton and dubstep-influenced dance music with elements of First Nations music, particularly vocal chanting and drumming. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, the group consists of three DJs: Ian "DJ NDN" Campeau (of the Nipissing First Nation), Tim "2oolman" Hill (Mohawk, of the Six Nations of the Grand River), and Bear Witness (of the Cayuga First Nation). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #15 I spoke with Peter Jensen about geopolitics. We discuss the geo-strategic importance of Eastern Europe, the proxy war of Syria, deception by governments, and the importance of seeking multiple sources of information and fact checking in today's society. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #14 Alex Jensen (@sorsari) is a music producer from Edmonton, Alberta. We met playing a mod of Red Faction circa 2001, Follow his music on soundcloud @sorsari. On twitter he's @sorsariii --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #13 Nick Carr returns to the DEEKAST. Who wanna bet we talk about wrestling and politics? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #12 David Warner Mathisen is an author of several books including The Mathisen Corollary, The Undying Stars, and Star Myths of The World and How To Interpret Them. David is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Army’s Ranger School, and Texas A&M University, where he earned a Masters degree in Literature prior to returning to teach at the Academy. His work and extensive blog can be found at www.starmythworld.com or follow him on twitter @davidwmathisen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #11 My friend Mike (@Darminian) is a cool guy who likes video games. I like them too. More within, please enter show now. Also look up the Zelda Marathon by Big Brothers Big Sisters Niagara, and go to that. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #10 Phil Pollard (@Anarchistician) is a data scientist and co-hosts the podcast Center Mass, a gun news podcast (@CenterMassCast). Phil is a supporter of the anarchist movement. We discussed how all of these things relate. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #9 Zain Velji is a Senior Engagement Strategists specializing in campaign strategy, grassroots advocacy and behavioural economics. Zain is the co-creator and host of the highly-rated political podcast, The Strategists which dissects the strategies of political campaigns, parties and governments and is the inspiration of the CBC Television and Radio panel of the same name that Zain appears on weekly. Zain brings more than a decade of public policy, political strategy and technology experience, while holding senior positions on several political campaigns in Canada and in the United States, while also working on the campaigns of Naheed Nenshi, the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns and the 2012 campaign of US Senator Elizabeth Warren. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #8 Plaid Klaus (@PlaidKlaus) is a comic book artist living and working in New York City. His work encompasses graphic design, digital marketing, comic book illustration, game design and more. His latest comic project is called Turncoat and can be found at www.turncoatcomic.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #7 Jake and I discuss OJ, Kanye West and George Bush, figure out what DJ Khaled does, kinda, and sing about Mr. McBride. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #6 Joseph "Joe" Frederick Motiki is a Canadian television host and performer. A Toronto native, In March 1995, Motiki became co-host of The TVOkids Crawlspace, TVOntario's after school block of children's programs, Patty and Joe appeared in live interstitial breaks between shows such as Art Attack, The Magic School Bus, and Bill Nye the Science Guy. He retired from the Crawlspace on May 30, 1999. You may also remember Joe as the voice of Metabee from the show Medabots (1999-2004). Joe and I talk 90s, TVOkids, life, relationships, and the meaning of the word genius. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #5 Greg Smith is a professor of Graphic Design at Niagara College in Welland, Ontario. Follow @blindpigpress on Instagram or visit www.blindpigpress.com. Greg uses handset metal and wood types to print 'stuff'. He also enjoys The Pitbull. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #4 Leonard Turton has been working in democratic education for over 40 years. He founded his own democratic day school, Odyssey House Community School, in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 1971. He has worked in state schools where he developed Club House Democracy, which used democratic methods in traditional classroom settings. Leonard came to A.S. Neill’s Summerhill School in 2002 and has been the Class 2 teacher as well as a Curriculum Advisor and the school’s Education Manager. He was a founding member of the European Democratic Education Community and served two terms on its Executive Council. Leonard now works in Spain through Summerhill Democratics to assist individuals, groups, teachers, parents, NGO's create their own democratic schools based on the Summerhill Model. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support

DEEKAST #2 Episode 2 features my conversation with my long time friend Musaab live from Tripoli, Lybia. What is it like to move to Canada to start grade 3, return to Lybia shortly after 911, and live through the Arab Spring and subsequent removal of the "mad dog" Muammar Gaddafi? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deekast/support