Best Alex McIntosh Podcasts (2024)

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I Sleuth the Ultimate Dessert at the Winona Peach Festival 9:03

5d ago9:03

9:03

You can count on the month of August in Ontario to reliably bring us these things: long lines of traffic headed toward cottage country, at least one big thunderboomer of a rainstorm - and juicy, luscious Ontario peaches. I highly recommend you try my recipe for Peach Galette (pictured here). Adding a layer of almonds is a trick I learned from Jacqu…

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I Grill Author Rob Firing While He Barbecues Steak 19:21

1M ago19:21

19:21

Calling all-day trippers and barbecue lovers! Ross and I took a road trip last month around Lake Ontario via Kingston and Rochester. A highlight of our five-day tour was the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que lunch in Rochester. We ordered Sweetheart Deal for Two ($41 U.S.) - the full rack of ribs and four sides. The tender, smoky ribs were succulent and divine - …

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Judith Jones, Julia Child’s Editor, Talks About her Dear Friend 9:54

2M ago9:54

9:54

The new biography on the life of book editor Judith Jones is having its moment in the literary spotlight. Judith, who died in 2017 at 93, was a publishing pioneer. She rescued "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" from the publisher's rejection pile and famously collaborated with Julia Child. In 2012, I visited Judith Jones at her Upper East Side…

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Julia Child’s Second Act: Alex Prud’homme Tells All 15:53

5M ago15:53

15:53

Alex Prud'homme had a special bond with his great aunt, Julia Child. I found Alex an affable and warm person. Perhaps that's because we both had a special connection to Julia – I was her dear friend. In 2016, I interviewed Alex Prud'homme while he was on a book tour promoting The French Chef in America. You can listen to our conversation here (and …

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S01 E03 Dr. Natalie Ban and Dr. Stephen Ban 44:50

5M ago44:50

44:50

For episode 3 we sit down with Dr. Ban and Dr. Ban, a dynamic duo in the field of marine conservation. We learn about their time abroad, the ins and outs of teaching, ex US Navy sea lions, and much more! To learn more about all of the work we are doing Bailey check out our website at! https://baileyenvironmentalconsultinginc.com/…

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From Patriarchy to Pâté, Restaurateur Jen Agg Tells All 13:48

6M ago13:48

13:48

Eloquent Toronto restaurateur Jen Agg is a strong woman. Her book “I Hear She's a Real Bitch” relates how the media has not always been kind, mischaracterizing Jen's feminine strength and ambition as pushy and bitchy. As a strong woman, who also had a career in a male-dominated field, I can relate. I don't find Jen to be a bitch. When I interviewed…

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Sean Brock on his Friend Tony, Fatherhood and Fried Chicken 15:17

6M ago15:17

15:17

Old-school fast food is in Sean Brock's blood. The Nashville-based, James Beard award-winning chef recently opened Joyland - a burger-fries-fried chicken joint that hearkens back to the 1950s. We can see Sean's love of diner food in Charleston episode of Parts Unknown clip of him with Anthony Bourdain to the iconic Waffle House. In this funny and n…

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S01 E02 Dr. Terry McIntosh 49:39

7M ago49:39

49:39

For episode two we speak to Dr. Terry McIntosh a botanist and professor at UBC with many decades of research and field time, collecting specimens across Canada, and everywhere from Idaho to Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands. To learn more about all of the work we are doing Bailey check out our website at https://baileyenvironmentalconsultinginc.com/ …

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S01 E01 Dave Gummeson 47:45

7M ago47:45

47:45

For our very first episode we turn the looking glass inwards at the Bailey team and sit down with one of our most experienced field biologists, Dave Gummeson. We hear about his personal and career evolution from living on the remote Kure Atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, to wrangling sea lion pups in Alaska to wrangling horses on the ranch …

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Waldorf Salad: The Icon Lives On 11:16

7M ago11:16

11:16

The Waldorf Salad – named after its birthplace, Manhattan's legendary Waldorf Astoria hotel – has evolved since it was first created in 1896. In my 2013 interview with the hotel's then executive chef David Garcelon, we talked about the enduring popularity of the famous salad. At the time of this interview, the Waldorf Astoria was serving 20,000 sal…

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A Positive Climate #Wrapped 2023 58:56

10M ago58:56

58:56

That’s a wrap! It's our annual review episode, with Alex and Nick covering all the climate technology news from 2023. The hottest year on record brings a reminder that we need to be doubling down on the right solutions, so we hope you enjoy our reflections about what we think matters. Thanks again to all you listening out there! It’s been a big yea…

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I Talk Tarte Tatin with Pastry Chef Joanne Yolles 9:40

11M ago9:40

9:40

My friend pastry chef Joanne Yolles made Tarte Tatin together at least six times before we perfected the recipe. We went through a lot of apples and butter - but oh my, was it worth it! Practice makes perfect. Tune into this episode to learn the recipe the hacks we discovered after baking this ultimate apple scrumptious dessert: https://www.marionk…

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Startup Pitch Competition w/ TEN Australian Climate Tech Startups 1:14:51

11M ago1:14:51

1:14:51

Nick and Alex hear pitches from ten up and coming Australian startups working on climate solutions! *Vote HERE* We’re back with our second pitchfest episode! And again teaming up with EnergyLab’s accelerator program, but this time it’s different - there will be a winner decided by YOU! We’ve secured some awesome prizes that will go to the People’s …

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Getting to the Core of the McIntosh Apple Story 14:00

11M ago14:00

14:00

Apples are my favourite fruit, and I particularly love the McIntosh. It's truly part of Canada's culinary heritage, originating as a wild seedling in the Ontario village of Dundela. The story of the McIntosh is compelling, with moments of triumph and tragedy. Listen further to learn about the dramatic history of the McIntosh: https://www.marionkane…

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How The USA Is Changing The Game (feat. Sicona) 33:25

11M ago33:25

33:25

This week Alex is away so Nick is let loose on the podcast! Nick chats to Christiaan Jordaan, CEO and founder of Sicona. Sound familiar? We interviewed Christiaan in back November 2021 in one of our all-time listener favourite episodes: "Australia's Role in the Battery Revolution". Since then Sicona has come a long way! Fresh off their recent $22m …

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Jolting Australia’s Electric Vehicle Industry (feat. Jolt Charge) 44:17

12M ago44:17

44:17

We chat to Doug Mcnamee from Jolt Charge, an Australian electric vehicle charging business that has raised $100million from Blackrock (the world's largest money manager). EV uptake in Australia is on a charge! When we recorded our first EV episode in 2021, they comprised less than 0.5% of total sales. In the first half of 2023 this number was up to…

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Made In Australia: SunDrive is Leading Our Next Solar Revolution 44:38

12M ago44:38

44:38

We chat with Vince Allen from SunDrive, a Sydney-based startup on a mission to transform Australia into a solar manufacturing powerhouse. In 2021, SunDrive made headlines by developing the world's most efficient commercial-sized solar cell. Not only that - by swapping silver with copper as the conductive material their products could be lower cost …

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Lithium: Can We Extract It Sustainably? (feat. Novalith) 38:08

1y ago38:08

38:08

Do we have enough lithium for all the batteries we’ll need for a low carbon future? What is the impact of lithium extraction on the planet? And can we do it in a more sustainable way? Nick and Alex chat with Steven Vassiloudis of Novalith, a Sydney startup that can extract lithium in a way that not only reduces emissions but also the amount of chem…

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Stephanie Hersh Talks About her Beloved Mentor Julia Child 11:34

1y ago11:34

11:34

Today is the birthday of my mentor and friend Julia Child. In 2014, I interviewed Julia's long-time assistant Stephanie Hersh. She confessed to me that she told a fib to get her job! She also shared a story about a time Julia made her break the law. Stephanie affectionately thinks about Julia every day: https://www.marionkane.com/podcast/stephanie-…

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Turning Seaweed Into Plastic (feat. Uluu) 37:03

1y ago37:03

37:03

Nick and Alex chat with Julia Reisser of Uluu, a startup based in Western Australia creating biodegradable plastic made from seaweed. This is episode two of our PLASTIC DOUBLE HEADER, this time tackling the plastic problem from the very source - the production! Plastic is a very real problem we need to address and unfortunately, given the way we cu…

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I Visited Olivia Chow at Home – She Has a Message of Hope 10:41

1y ago10:41

10:41

Newly elected mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow has long been an advocate for social reform. In 2015, I visited Olivia in her downtown home just weeks before she announced her NDP candidacy in the federal election. We chatted about our mutual passion for food and cooking, in particular our wish for a Canadian national program offering nutritious food fo…

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Infinite Plastic Recycling with Samsara Eco 46:28

1y ago46:28

46:28

Is Samsara Eco Australia’s most exciting climate startup? With enzymes that literally eat plastic, it’s hard to disagree! Nick and Alex chat with Paul Riley of Samsara Eco, a Canberra based company that has raised ~$60 million to tackle one of the biggest problems of all: plastic recycling. It’s a tangible, challenging and very current problem in A…

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Dairy Without The Cow (feat. All G Foods) 53:50

1y ago53:50

53:50

Stop The Burps! Nick and Alex have a chat about using less dairy. We then interview Jan Pacas of All G Foods - a Sydney-based company which has raised A$50 million to spearhead a global revolution to create real dairy, without the cows or the emissions (8:00) The technology is called precision fermentation and it could soon enough upend the $1 tril…

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Making Aviation More Sustainable...With Shark Skin (feat. MicroTau) 40:45

1y ago40:45

40:45

We speak to Henry Bilinsky from MicroTau. The Sydney-based startup’s shark skin technology applied to planes has the potential to improve the efficiency of aviation by up to 10%, meanwhile saving airlines up to $61 billion a year on fuel. ** If you enjoy the show, subscribe and give us a rating on Apple or Spotify! You can sign up to our mailing li…

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Season 4 Trailer: The Australian Startup Season! 2:21

1y ago2:21

2:21

We’re BACK with our best season yet! Launched on 27 June 2023, we'll release interviews fortnightly, speaking with Australia’s very best startups in the global climate transition. They’ve got game changing sustainable technology. They’ve raised hundreds of millions of dollars. And they’re ready to turn the world’s biggest problem into Australia’s g…

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Carlos Frias Gives Insider Tips on the Best Cuban Food in Miami 21:42

1+ y ago21:42

21:42

In 2018, I went to Miami and interviewed the delightful food journalist Carlos Frias. Carlos spoke lovingly of his father, who was saved from hard labour in a Cuban prison camp by his ability to cook. It is clear from this interview how much Carlos's father influenced his love of food. Carlos and I also talk about our shared love of yucca, recommen…

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Fish and Chips Are Hot - From Old-School to Haute! 13:38

1+ y ago13:38

13:38

Confession: I love fish & chips! Growing up in London, I joined the Girl Guides because weekly meetings were followed by a trip to The Regent, a fish & chips shop around the corner. I wasn’t interested in slip knots or lighting a bonfire. I went there for the chips. In 2015, I sat down with food journalist Daniel Young - aka @youngandfoodish - a fi…

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A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2022 in Review with Alex and Nick 53:27

2y ago53:27

53:27

Alex and Nick wrap up 2022 and the end of season three with a wide ranging chat including an update on the international race to decarbonise, trends in cleantech, a check-in on our BIG predictions and our plans to bring you even more great episodes in 2023. We cover a lot on this episode: How the narrative around decarbonisation has changed in the …

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Len Senater Thinks Outside the Box 20:34

2y ago20:34

20:34

Thinking outside the box is Len Senater's special talent. Ten years ago, Len set out to create a space where cooks, chefs and communities could collaborate. The Depanneur became a hub for food creativity in Toronto, attracting a loyal following to its many pop-up dining events. I had a memorable meal there, made by the brilliant Greg Couillard, one…

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A Positive Climate’s Startup PITCHFEST (feat. EnergyLab’s climate cohort) 1:22:26

2y ago1:22:26

1:22:26

Nick and Alex hear pitches from TEN of Australia’s up and coming climate startups! This episode brings you something a bit different. We’ve partnered with our friends at EnergyLab (Australia’s leading climate solutions accelerator) to hold a pitch speed round featuring their most recent startup cohort. The rules: A 60 second opening free pitch and …

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Building Sustainably: Making Carbon Neutral Homes and Buildings 51:13

2y ago51:13

51:13

We chat to Liam Wallis, Founding Director of Hip v Hype a leading sustainable property developer based in Melbourne about the built environment and how we can make our homes and buildings carbon neutral. In our chat with Liam we cover: What goes into creating a sustainable building - what matters the most? How do builders or developers consider des…

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Removing Carbon from the Atmosphere to Reverse Climate Change (feat. Nori) 53:46

2y ago53:46

53:46

We chat to Paul Gambill from Nori about their carbon removal marketplace using blockchain technology. This is the second episode in our two-part series about whether crypto and blockchain can be a positive force for addressing climate change. In this one we cover: The role of (and challenges with) carbon offsets Carbon avoidance offsets vs carbon r…

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Crypto and Climate: Can Blockchain be a Force for Good? 27:28

2y ago27:28

27:28

Nick and Alex chat about the impact of crypto and blockchain on climate. Is crypto accelerating climate change or can it be a force for good? Hot off the heels of “the Ethereum Merge” we cover the following in this ep: What is cryptocurrency? What is blockchain? Why can crypto be so energy intensive? Can it be improved? Bitcoin and Ethereum (includ…

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Montreal is Most Famous for Smoked Meat and Chewy Bagels 11:07

2y ago11:07

11:07

Smoked meat and bagels. Both of these foods were made popular in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood which, at one time, was mainly home to Jewish immigrants. It is also where my father grew up. On a recent trip to dad's old stomping grounds, I spoke to two general managers of Mile End's culinary institutions: Schwartz's Deli and St-Viateur Bagel. We…

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Night-time Solar: can we create Electricity in the Dark? 46:38

2y ago46:38

46:38

Nick and Alex chat to Ned Ekins-Daukes from UNSW about their breakthrough to create solar energy in the dark. This is a wide ranging chat about how solar panels could generate all of Australia's electricity at night, where climate solutions come from, the role of UNSW and universities in creating them, the legend of Martin Green, how to commerciali…

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Kathleen Purvis Shares her Wisdom about Southern Food 12:06

2y ago12:06

12:06

On a 2014 trip to a food writers’ convention in Memphis, I learned that virtually every topic related to Southern food is a matter of debate. Does sugar belong in cornbread? Should we pronounce it pe-cahn or p-can? Fortunately, my friend and expert on Southern culture Kathleen Purvis was on hand to settle these and other matters of culinary debate.…

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Solar Panel Recycling: Big Problem or Massive Opportunity? (feat. PV Industries) 44:14

2y ago44:14

44:14

We chat to Tim Dawson, the founder of PV industries, an Australian startup on a mission to recycle solar panels (and soon, batteries too!). In Australia we have A LOT of solar! Currently over 3 million (or 1 in 3) households have solar. Australia has over 25 GW of solar capacity now installed which on a per person basis is 1kw per person, 30% great…

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Hydrogen: how Aussie startup Hysata is leading the hydrogen revolution 48:14

2y ago48:14

48:14

Alex provides a primer on hydrogen's role in our future clean economy and then we interview Tom Campey from Hysata (11:21) an Australian startup with a breakthrough electrolyser technology. ** If you enjoy the show, subscribe! We'd love it if you gave us a rating on Apple or Spotify! You can also follow us: on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or send u…

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The Australian Guide to Electric Vehicles (feat. CarsGuide) 46:46

2y ago46:46

46:46

Tom White from CarsGuide presents the state of play for electric vehicles in Australia. Tom has a very cool job! He gets to drive and review all the latest electric vehicles that are coming to Australia. He also recently released the EVGuide Report for all the latest stats, facts and figures on Electric Vehicles So what better person to chat to (af…

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Reducing your personal carbon footprint (feat. One Small Step) 48:51

2y ago48:51

48:51

Lily Dempster from One Small Step chats to us about how to address your personal carbon footprint. Welcome to Season THREE of A Positive Climate! We’re excited to have a new season of another ten episodes, released fortnightly on Tuesdays in Australia. HIT THE FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE button in your podcast app One Small Step is a mobile app that aims to…

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Wendy Bray was Inspired by a Holocaust Survivor 14:05

2y ago14:05

14:05

There are some people in this world who have a light that shines so bright, it illuminates everyone around them. My friend Wendy Bray is one such person. Wendy, Senior Fund development Manager at the Red Door Family Shelter in Toronto, has an enduring positive outlook on life - something we both learned from a mutual friend who survived Auschwitz. …

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Katz’s Deli in New York City: Where Harry Met Sally 11:38

2y ago11:38

11:38

NYC's iconic Katz's Deli - yes, that deli from the movie When Harry Met Sally - has served their famous pastrami to hungry customers since 1888. Katz's is New York's oldest deli and has survived two pandemics: the flu of 1918 and now, Covid. In 2015, I had a conversation with the deli's delightfully funny owner Fred Austin shortly before he retired…

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Lesleigh Cooks for a Living and She Tested a Few Chicken Wings 16:21

2+ y ago16:21

16:21

I teamed up with my trusty recipe tester chef Lesleigh Landry to perfect home-cooked chicken wings. My criteria for superior wings: they must be salty, spicy, crunchy and crispy. Lesleigh and I taste-tested 7 recipes - baked & fried. Find the winning versions plus my special recipe for Blue Cheese Dip here: www.marionkane.com/recipe-2/lesleigh-land…

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Julia Child, The Canadian Connection 20:43

2+ y ago20:43

20:43

Julia Child loved her visits to Toronto. On her first visit to our fair city in 1991, she was wowed by a lunch cooked by some of Canada’s top chefs. I'll always remember the touching moment when she walked into the kitchen to thank the chefs who had cooked for her. Listen to my podcast and you'll hear from Toronto’s finest chefs, the former Cookboo…

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#7 David McIntosh Jr. 1:17:00

2+ y ago1:17:00

1:17:00

What an incredibly inspirational hour we have in store for you! David is the creator of the hugely successful podcast Development by David. Born in Ayr in Scotland, proud of his working class background, he strives to turn his difficult upbringing into a vehicle to inspire others. He is an award winning Management Consultant, aswell as being recogn…

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#6 Fyre Festival 2.0 with Lads, Dads & a Couple of Beers 1:05:00

2+ y ago1:05:00

1:05:00

Andy is joined in the studio with Big Al and Dave, the 2 guys behind the incredibly successful podcast 'Lads, Dads & a Couple of Beers'. They talk about their struggled with Mental Health, dealing with an ever changing world before swiftly moving on to Fyre Festival 2.0. You also want to tune in if you're a big fan of the new Netflix show Inventing…

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#5 Tim Lovejoy 53:38

2+ y ago53:38

53:38

Tim Lovejoy, now where to start? Tim has presented on television in the UK for over 27 years. HE first found national fame hosting hit morning TV show 'Soccer Am' before leaving to continue his presenting success on Channel 4 staple 'Sunday Brunch'. Through his podcast The Lovejoy Hour (LISTEN HERE), he opened up about his depression and used the p…

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Judith Jones, Julia Child's Editor, Talks About her Dear Friend 9:54

2+ y ago9:54

9:54

JULIA and JUDITH: Next Tuesday, the Canadian Food Network premieres The Julia Child Challenge (it has begun in the U.S. this week) - a show where home cooks enter culinary challenges, each competing to win a paid three-month cooking course at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Julia was my friend and mentor until her death in 2004. She changed my life foreve…

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