Iain Lee (I'm a Celebrity, BBC Radio4, LBC) brings you a new retro gaming podcast. Focusing primarily (although not exclusively) on 8 bit computers, this pod will feature interviews, stories and game reviews from the BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and more. Support the show at www.patreon.com/iainLee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Startupville features interviews with successful small-city tech founders on what it’s like to start and grow a tech startup in a smaller city away from the major hubs of Silicon Valley and Toronto, and how that has shaped their business. At Startupville, we challenge the notion that the next big thing can only be made in Silicon Valley. Startupville is produced in partnership by Innovation Place and Martin Charlton Communications.
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14 - Sonic and Knuckles on the Mega Drive with DJ Slopes
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If you haven't heard of DJ Slopes, I stronly recommend you check out his YouTube channels. His Kickscammer playlist is one of my favourite on the internet. He makes funny, interesting and intelligent videos and hopefully you'll get a kick out of watching them. Here is his YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC455p7ts9lh8IWi5zuf_8tQ Hosted on Acast…
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13 - Airwolf on the ZX Spectrum with Rose Tinted Spectrum
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I was lucky enough to have Dave (RTS) get in touch with me when I started doing this delightful little pod. Not only was I grateful because he is a decent human being, but also because it meant I became aware of his excellent YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RoseTintedSpectrum It's absolutely brilliant. Very funny, quite sweary and put toge…
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Hello you. David Turner here. Growing up in the 90's, I was a big fan of Iain Lee. The 11 O'Clock Show made me howl and I've followed his journey since then. Whether it be stealing strawberries or winding people up on late night radio, he's always a fun character. Don't forget, if you want to support the show head over to www.patreon.com/tcgs Hoste…
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Rees hosts a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees where he makes some fascinating videos explaining consoles, computers and games. He also spends a lot of time restoring old machines. I find the latter incredibly relaxing. I have no real idea what he's doing, but for me it's almost meditative. He also host a delightful podcast call…
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10 - Election on the ZX Spectrum with Count Binface
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Something slightly different this week and a real thrill for me. Count Binface comes from the planet Sigma 9 and has decided to try and help British politcs. He has stood in several elections including the race to be mayor of London. He's hoping to run again but it costs £10k. He has a GoFundMe which you can have a look at if you feel so inclined -…
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This episode I am joined by gaming pioneer Kevin Toms. He wrote the original Football Manager back in the early 80's Always a thrill for me to talk to the people that really were at the forefront of gaming in the UK. We do spend a lot of the time talking about late diagnosis of ADHD and as always, I learn so much talking to other ADHDers. You can f…
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8 - Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the Sega Master System with James Farley
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A real thrill to speak to James Farley from The Computer Game Show podcast about his choice of game. It's a wild ride covering sex ed, postcards in shop windows and Rice Krispies. Find out more about TCGS https://tcgs.co/ Support Random Access Memories by checking out my patreon Page www.patreon.com/iainLee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo…
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7 - Double Dragon in the Arcade with Danny Wallace
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Our first arcade entry! Absolutely thrilled to have Danny Wallace on the show. TV presenter, author, radio producer and so much more. I'm lucky enough to call Danny a friend and I really think you're going to enjoy his gaming history. If you want to support the show then have a look at www.patreon.com/iainlee You can also watch the show at https://…
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6 - Tomb Raider on the PSOne with Shelley Blond
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This was a real thrill for me...watch me fanboying as I speak to actress, author and voice over artist Shelley Blond. She has never played a video game...so why talk to her? Two reasons - one she is fab and secondly because she is the OG voice of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. I really enjoyed this - big thanks to Shelley for taking the time to chat.…
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Here is episode 5 for you! This time I got to chat to Neil from @RMCRetro - he is such a lovely man and has a lot of places you can find him! Check out the following retrocollective.co.uk and https://www.youtube.com/@RMCRetro/about Ultima is a game I have a brief and embarrassing relationship with...I'm sure it will give you a giggle! Listen ad fre…
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This was a real treat for me. JetPac on the BBC was a really important game for me growing up. It was one of the standards that we played during lunch time in teh computer room. Retro Faith is a journalist and streamer. You can find out more about her here https://retrofaith.net/ if you want your name read out in the credits and ad free shows, head…
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3 - Trip World on the GameBoy with Elliot Coll aka The Retro Future
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This was an absolute joy. Elliot is host of the excellent The Retro Future YouTube channel. a wonderful place where he shows off his collection of retro games (a LOT of GameBoys), repairs, unboxes and plays. His channel is here https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroFuture Things to listen out for...my dishwasher, the fact we do talk about the game a lit…
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2 - Fiendish Freddie's Big Top O' Fun on the Atari ST with David Turner
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Episode 2 of the podcast that invites it's guest to bring a game from the past that means something to them. Good, bad or just really weird, we dig deep to find out why that game is so special. Podcast host and broadcaster David Turner joined me to talk about Fiendish Freddie's Big Top O' Fun on the Atari ST. It's a tough and often terrifying game.…
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1 - Minder on the ZX Spectrum with Scott Balcony
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I'm joined by Scott Balcony of www.balconyshirts.co.uk to talk about one of his favourite games. Minder on the ZX Spectrum is an incredibly frustrating experience but is also a lot of fun. You can watch the interview here https://youtu.be/33ut2MlL8Ko Watch me playing the game here https://youtu.be/xoP6LD_MnGc Check out my Patreon at www.patreon.com…
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Ep 91 - Iain Wallace w/ Proxima Research and Development
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Happy Global Biotech Week! Global Biotech Week (GBW) is an annual week-long celebration of all things biotechnology and is an excellence tool for increasing awareness of the industry's global and economic significance. GBW is particularly special for Saskatchewan because our province hosts over 30% of Canada's agricultural biotechnology activity an…
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Ep 90 - Mark Cooper w/ Prairie Clean Energy
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Prairie Clean Energy is one of Saskatchewan's most exciting new cleantech startups because of its game-changing approach to providing an environmentally sustainable solution to agricultural waste. Prairie Clean Energy recently received $180,000 from the Agtech Growth Fund to support the development of a technically viable pathway in Saskatchewan fo…
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Ep 89- Erin Pisko w/ Innovation Asset Collective
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We spoke with Erin Pisko, Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy with Innovation Asset Collective (IAC), a not-for-profit organization that helps Canadian companies leverage IP strategy to compete and scale.IAC's educational programming, funding opportunities and access to a patent pool with up to $10M to acquire patents and market intell…
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Prairie tech is going UP! 🚀 Uniting the Prairies showed yet again why it has become the Prairies' premier startup-focused tech conference for A-tier founders, active investors and tech leaders from across Canada and beyond. We spoke with startup founders, tech leaders and global investors from across Canada to discover why Prairie tech is the next …
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Ep 87 – Canadian Innovation Week 2023
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Happy Canadian Innovation Week! Yearlong Innovation Saskatchewan supports the incredible ingenuity of Saskatchewan's innovation ecosystem, and Canadian Innovation Week gives us a special opportunity to ensure the inspiring stories and phenomenal successes of the Saskatchewan tech sector and research community are shared beyond our provincial border…
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Siemens EDA, a segment of Siemens Digital Industries Software, is a technology leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software and hardware and their tools and industry-leading tech enable customers to embrace digital transformation to accelerate the pace of innovation. In 2017, Siemens acquired Solido Design Automation, a Saskatoon-based com…
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Dark Horse Ag Ventures believes that agriculture is a community built upon innovation and dedication to the craft of feeding the world. Their mission is to simplify precision agriculture and make advanced agronomy applicable, easy to learn, and accessible. Through their platform, they address the struggles that farmers and agronomy businesses have …
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Ep 84 - Live at Cultivator's 24 Hour Startup
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Join us in the Startupville Thunderdome recording live at the 24 Hour Startup event at Cultivator HQ. 24 Hour Startup is hosted at Cultivator HQ in Regina, Saskatchewan, and brings together the best and brightest entrepreneurs, developers, lead designers, and makers, to pitch ideas, form teams, and build a minimum viable product (MVP) in 24 hours. …
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Selling seeds, chemicals and fertilizers to farms on the prairies was the primary goal of North Star Systems, and one of the biggest challenges was keeping clients’ product properly stocked. In 2018, North Star Systems set out to create a solution for the distribution of product from manufacturer to retailer to farmer in the field. Now, their Saska…
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On this episode, we feature Jeff Shirley of Rivercity Innovations and Mike Stefaniuk with Sasktel's Collaboration and Innovation Team. It began with the Rural Crime Challenge at Innovation Saskatchewan where Jeff Shirley created a solution to prevent the theft of beehives at their family farm. Later, shifting from GPS trackers to LoRa technology, R…
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81 - Startup Summit - See you at the top! Part 2
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Check out live exclusive interviews with some of the keynotes, panelists, investors and founders from the 2022 Startup Summit conference in Regina, Saskatchewan. On this episode, we feature Albert Jame (Zu), Stephanie Boon (54e Dev Studios) and Jan Arp (The Holt Xchange). Startup Summit is a local conference that focuses on connecting founders, men…
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Ep 80 - Startup Summit - See you at the top! Part 1
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Startup Summit is a local conference that focuses on connecting founders, mentors and investors from across North America through curated 1:1 sessions, workshops, keynotes and panel discussions. This year, Startup Summit was bigger and better than ever. Returning to an in-person format at Cultivator's new headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan, more …
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Join us as we chat with the winner of the Startup TnT Spring Investment Summit in Saskatchewan! The Startup TnT Spring Investment Summit launched in March of 2022, bringing together more companies and more investors to the prairie tech investment scene. This time, we’re chatting with the winner of the Spring investment summit, Mike Wesolowski with …
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Global Biotech Week started 19 years ago right here in Canada, and has since gone global, raising awareness for the significant role biotech plays in the world today. To celebrate Global Biotech Week, we’ve interviewed three leaders in the biotech sector, to learn more about what they do and how we can celebrate between September 26-30. We talked w…
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Ep 77 - Uniting the Prairies - Prairie tech's going UP!
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Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community. This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive acc…
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Ep 76 - Uniting the Prairies - Prairie tech's going UP!
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Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prairie tech community. This year, UP returned to in-person at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Startupville was granted exclusive acc…
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Ep 75 - Uniting the Prairies 2022 - Prairie tech's going UP!
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Prairie tech's going UP! A special mini-series featuring live interviews from the 2022 Uniting the Prairies Conference in downtown Saskatoon, SK. Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prair…
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Ep 74 - Uniting the Prairies 2022 - Prairie tech's going UP!
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Prairie tech's going UP! A special mini-series featuring live interviews from the 2022 Uniting the Prairies Conference in downtown Saskatoon, SK. Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a local conference that brings top startups from across the prairies together to connect with global investors and tech leaders to collectively elevate the prair…
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A special episode in celebration of Canadian Innovation Week & Women Entrepreneurs' Week May 16-20 is Canadian Innovation Week and Women Entrepreneurs' Week and, for the first time ever, the Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed this week as Saskatchewan Innovation Week. To celebrate, we collaborated with Innovation Saskatchewan and Women Entre…
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Ep 72 Drafted to the Big League w/ Tanner Goetz
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Have you ever kicked yourself for missing one of your child’s hockey games? Well, you’ll never have to do that again with HomeTeam Live’s streaming software that provides broadcast quality video streaming for amateur sports leagues. This service allows for parents, family, coaches, athletes and even scouts to log in and stream games from anywhere i…
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In the mid-late 60’s, the Department of Physics at the University of Saskatchewan launched their Space Engineering Division, mandated to design and build rocket instrumentation for upper atmospheric studies. After the department’s success and revenue gain, they branched out to become their own entity, SED Systems. SED Systems grew to eventually be …
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Precision AI is an artificial intelligence (AI) robotics company that’s focused on solving the key food security challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Dan began his career with entrepreneurship and startups in the fin-tech world, but after his partner got their doctorate in AI, they decided to switch gears and focus on changing the future. Ini…
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The Startup TnT Fall Investment Summit launched in September of 2021 in Saskatchewan for the first time ever. We talk with Jesse Wiebe, the new local ambassador for Startup TnT about bringing the Thursday Night Tradition to his home province of Saskatchewan after being inspired by co-founders Zach Storms and Tim Lynn. We talk about the summit proce…
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#68 Reduce, Reuse, Robotize w/ Sam Dietrich
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We talked with Sam Dietrich of Prairie Robotics. Sam was inspired to create change in the world to make recycling simpler so that we can individually make a positive environmental impact. After entering a competition to find out how technology can be used to monitor the amount of solid waste generated and disposed of in Saskatchewan, Prairie Roboti…
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Global Biotech Week started 18 years ago right here in Canada, and has since gone global, raising awareness for the significant role biotech plays in the world today. So, to celebrate Global Biotech Week, we’ve interviewed three leaders in the biotech sector, to learn more about what they do, and what makes biotech different from the typical startu…
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Special – Uniting the Prairies 2021 – Calgary, Alberta
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Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a virtual conference on June 23rd and 24th that brings together the top startups from across the Canadian prairies to connect with global investors and tech leaders, and collectively elevate the prairie community. Leading up to the conference, we are hosting a five episode mini-series to highlight the five…
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Special – Uniting the Prairies 2021 – Regina, Saskatchewan
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Special – Uniting the Prairies 2021 – Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Special – Uniting the Prairies 2021 – Edmonton, Alberta
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Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a virtual conference on June 23rd and 24th that brings together the top startups from across the Canadian prairies to connect with global investors and tech leaders, and collectively elevate the prairie community. Leading up to the conference, we are hosting a five episode mini-series to highlight the five…
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Special – Uniting the Prairies 2021 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Uniting the Prairies, or UP Conference, is a virtual conference on June 23rd and 24th that brings together the top startups from across the Canadian prairies to connect with global investors and tech leaders, and collectively elevate the prairie community. The Canadian prairies are on a tear, with five cities rapidly growing their tech sectors, and…
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We talked with with Dirk Propp of Immigrate Software. Dirk spent 15 years helping people immigrate to Canada as an immigration consultant. And, with a business growing rapidly through positive referrals, he identified ways to automate parts of his business, while still delivering the same level of referral-worthy service. Now, Dirk isn’t just helpi…
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#60 Making Memories w/ Jessica McNaughton
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We talked with Jessica McNaughton of MemoryKPR. After years as a successful executive leader, Jessica ventured off on her own to try and solve a problem near and dear to her heart. Keeping peoples’ stories alive. Jessica started MemoryKPR to fill in the gaps that social media and digitization has left in our lives. Thanks to digitization, we all cr…
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#59 - Blood in the Water w/ Neil Anderson
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We talked with Neil Anderson of SkillShark. The best ideas often come from lived experience. As a softball coach, Neil experienced firsthand the long, tedious process of athlete evaluations which still involved pen and paper, and mountains of unreliable data that weren’t being used to their full potential. So, he took matters into his own hands, an…
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#58 An Impactful Partnership w/ Thomas Benjoe & Denis Carignan
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In 2015, PLATO Testing identified software testing, a service primarily outsourced to other countries, as an opportunity to help bring more Indigenous people into the ICT industry. Since then, they have trained more than 150 Indigenous people, many of whom still work for the company today.” “In 2019, they partnered with FHQ Developments, the econom…
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We talked with Jared Fedorchuk, CEO and Partner of Levis Tech about their journey as a company. How they started life as a digital agency, and followed their expertise, and the market to change their business They’ve even started to dive into the startup world, spinning off some of their proprietary tech into products of their own, moving some of t…
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#56 Building a Foundation for Building Games w/ Darcy McLane
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We talked with Darcy McLane, Executive Director of SaskInteractive. Darcy was on the show last April to talk about the Labour Market and Economic Impact study that quantified the massive growth of the Saskatchewan tech sector in the years prior. The study was a good barometer of where the Saskatchewan tech sector sat heading into the pandemic, so w…
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