Samsonow

Montreal Sauce

This episode is an interview with the talented Jeff Samsonow, who wears a number of hats. He’s been a journalist, producer, writer, product strategist, content director and more. Thus, we gave him the title, Media Mogul. Jeff shares his stories about his radio days, the importance of Universal design and rock shows in basement scooter shops. We also learn about Jeff’s latest journalistic adventure and comedy productions.

• Treat yourself to some Sugru. Get yours from your not so local Amazon site.
• Jeff is a graduate of Fanshawe and did not attend Community.
• Chris & Paul learn the difference between universities and colleges in Canada with many examples: Western, Ryerson, MacEwan, NAIT, Edmonton Digital Arts College.
• Jeff spent several years with Corus at 630 CHED, AM 640 and CJOB.
• If you’re interested in the Edmonton podcast meetup Chris referenced, check out Meetup.com.
• Jeff’s very talented partner and spouse is Sally Poulsen.
• AMI is an amazing organization that produces content for the blind, deaf and Canadians with mobility issues.
• Paul mentions that one organization in Grand Rapids that also work in the accessible area is the UICA.
• Universal design is about creating inclusive things, yo.
• Jeff tells us about Blind Sighted with Kelly MacDonald, an AMI show in Toronto.
• Jeff & Sally started The Edmontonian back in 2009. Jeff adds that Sally did time as a journalist prior to their site for the Portage Daily Graphic in Manitoba.
• The two eventually started The Edmonton Media Co..
• Chris discusses the SNL sketch about Michigan accents. He managed to track it down and you can watch it at the bottom of this article.
• You can watch the 6 part series The Edmontonian Presents that aired on Shaw TV here.
• We didn’t always save everything. Hosts of the USA Up All Night show said they used to tape over the old shows to save money.
• The Maltin on Movies podcast with Gilbert Gottfried does not feature the discussion of lost episodes, it’s Gilbert’s podcast with Rhonda Shear.

Thanks for listening, you’ve just earned 32,018 MSauce points with which you can use to purchase our collection of sound effects for film editing called Mouth Foley 2: Atrocious Boogaloo. A very special thanks to Jeff Samsonow for coming to a stranger’s home to be recorded in front of a live internet audience. Be sure to bookmark The Edmontonian Media Co. or follow him on Twitter to keep up with his latest work.

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