Adam A. Donaldson
341 episodes listed below
Local politics with municipal memory.
Guelph Politicast treats local government as lived infrastructure: housing, radio stations, county councils, food security, and the public bodies behind them. Its best episodes make procedural details feel consequential without losing the loose rhythm of CFRU conversation.
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Guelph Politicast is built around the politics and civic life of Guelph, Ontario, with a reach that extends into Wellington County and the campus-radio world around CFRU. It is local in the serious sense. Housing, food security, student unions, county council, charity leadership, and radio funding are treated as the places where politics actually shows up. The show often begins with a concrete event or guest. Sarah Spry’s arrival at Habitat for Humanity Guelph-Wellington becomes a way into the region’s housing squeeze. Barry Rook’s work with campus and community radio opens a broader conversation about stations losing support from student governments and struggling for stable funding. Jeff Duncan’s Wellington County conversation turns one ward into a study of rural municipalities, growth pressure, and overlapping local representation. These are not abstract panels. They are guided civic check-ins, shaped by local memory and a habit of asking what a decision means on the ground. The style is measured and conversational. It allows room for setup, side comments, and the occasional dry joke before returning to the issue. Related CFRU material in the feed adds current-affairs discussion and local movie talk, so the surrounding world of the show feels like community radio rather than a sealed political product. That looseness matters. It gives the politics texture. Guelph Politicast is strongest when it connects a procedural detail to a lived consequence: a funding vote to a radio station, a housing anniversary to a vacancy crisis, a county ward to daily governance. It suits listeners who already care about municipal life, and also those trying to understand why small public decisions keep accumulating into large local realities.
Made for: For listeners who care about Guelph, Wellington County, campus radio, housing, and the local decisions that shape daily life. It especially suits people who prefer patient context over partisan heat.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its combination of local specificity and institutional patience. It names the councils, stations, charities, wards, and funding mechanisms that broader political talk usually skips.
Issues, personalities and politics from around Guelph, ON, Canada
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Adam A. Donaldson makes movie reviews answerable to both screen craft and the political consequences behind a film's most stirring images.
Adam A. Donaldson treats movie criticism as an argument worth following, giving End Credits conversations room to move from immediate reactions into questions of story, craft, and political meaning.
One feed lets your Guelph tenant-union questions share a shelf with Oscar postmortems.
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A heist-tinged review that keeps asking what a righteous act costs.
Pretty Lethal gives Adam A. Donaldson and Candace Lepage a film worth debating, built on heist-movie moves but really circling climate anger, surveillance, and the personal cost of a grand, supposedly righteous act.
A measured talk about revolution, spectacle, and why the film still holds attention.
This End Credits segment opens with a spring weather check-in, then settles into a V for Vendetta discussion that cares more about the film's aims than easy praise.
A plainspoken look at a local housing fight and the tenant organizing around it.
Guelph Politicast treats tenant organizing as a straightforward civic case for why renters push back when vacancy stays below 3% and eviction pressure keeps rising. Adam A.
A practical look at what federal cuts mean once they stop being abstract.
Open Sources Guelph treats public-service cuts as a practical problem, not a slogan fight. Sean O'Reilly, president of the 80,000-member Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, or PIPS, gives the conversation its center, while Adam A.
A grounded Oscars recap that leads into a local review with a Guelph connection.
End Credits mixes an Oscars recap with a local movie conversation, and it works best when the awards talk stays close to what people actually remember: the rare tie, the in memoriam segment, and the omissions that kept people talking afterward. Adam A.
County government, translated into everyday Missoula life.
April is already half Halloween.
This episode features an interview with Sarah Spry, the new CEO of Habitat for Humanity Guelph-Wellington, discussing the organization's 25th anniversary, its role in addressing the housing crisis, and recent projects in the region.
This episode of Open Sources Guelph is a humorous discussion about AI in the workplace, particularly Scotty's dislike of his new AI work partner Manus, while introducing the show's political and current affairs focus.
This episode features an interview with Ward 9 Councillor Jeff Duncan discussing the political dynamics and challenges facing the town of Eron in Wellington County, including its rural identity amid urban encroachment.
This episode of End Credits discusses the new romantic dramedy film 'The Drama' starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, focusing on movie reviews and pop culture.
Host Adam Donaldson interviews Barry Rook about the challenges facing campus radio stations in Canada, including funding cuts and student union decisions.
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Host Adam Donaldson interviews food bank CEO and support worker about food insecurity in Guelph during the holiday season.
A political talk show discussing local Guelph issues, national politics, and interviewing newsmakers.
End Credits opens with a spring check-in and a familiar Ontario complaint: people want summer until they realize they have skipped spring altogether.
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Open Sources Guelph skips most of the banter and gets right to the guest.
End Credits starts with March Break and College Royal chatter.
A political discussion show covering recent floor crossings in Canadian politics with humorous commentary.
Host Adam Donaldson interviews Tim Phillips about a movie, with light banter about reading week and audience demographics.
The host discusses a shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC, and advises trusting local news sources over national outlets.
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This episode of Open Sources Guelph discusses the impact of provincial supervisor takeover of school boards on disabled students, featuring an interview with lawyer and disability advocate David Lepofsky.
A local radio movie show reviewing new releases and discussing pop culture, with a segment for Black Heritage Month.
Host Adam Donaldson interviews Illyria Volkanczyk about the Rebel Knowledge Symposium, discussing fascism and its recognition in Canada and the US.
A political talk show discussing local Guelph news and interviewing city councillor Rodrigo Gawler about snow removal and shelter services.
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Interview with Mike Markalonga about Environmental Defense's report arguing transit projects are cheaper than highway expansions.
This episode discusses local Guelph news and features an interview with an economist about the housing market in Ontario and Canada.
Host Adam Donaldson and co-host Candice Lepage discuss the new horror sequel 28 Years Later and other movie news on a local radio show.
A political talk show discussing local Guelph news and interviewing Ward 5 City Councillor Kathy Downer about a daytime shelter situation.
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The hosts welcome listeners to the new year and discuss local issues like recycling changes and bike lane conditions in Guelph.
This episode of End Credits reviews the new sports dramedy movie Marty Supreme, a true story about ping pong in the 1950s starring Timothee Chalamet.
This episode of Open Sources Guelph is the 11th annual year-end awards show, discussing political and current affairs topics from Guelph, Ontario, Canada, and around the world.
The hosts of End Credits introduce their year-end episode where they will discuss their top five movies of 2025.
This episode previews the upcoming South End Community Centre project in Guelph, discussing its decades-long planning history, current construction status, and what to expect upon completion in 2026.
This episode of Open Sources Guelph is their annual Christmas movie show, discussing films and holiday topics as part of their political and current affairs program.