Playing in Traffic

Playing in Traffic

You may have heard about the FIFA referees out in traffic in Toronto giving red and yellow cards to badly behaved drivers who are blocking the box or the bike lane. But what you probably don't know is that one of these referees, Martin Reis, is up to his elbows in all sorts of merry-pranksterism, including the lego tower on Harbourd Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lego+Tower/@43.6602987,-79.418005,631m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x882b35000ba471f7:0xac1d166c749ac07d!2sLego+Tower!8m2!3d43.6602948!4d-79.4154301!16s%2Fg%2F11vr04hxcl!3m5!1s0x882b35000ba471f7:0xac1d166c749ac07d!8m2!3d43.6602948!4d-79.4154301!16s%2Fg%2F11vr04hxcl?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D]. Matt and Martin sit down for a fascinating (and funny!) discussion about pranks, protests and how to make a better city for everyone. Links: Mr. Peanut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndb74cEcdoQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndb74cEcdoQ] https://westernfront.ca/events/peanut-for-mayor [https://westernfront.ca/events/peanut-for-mayor] Ms. Canadiana -- https://www.camilleturner.com/ [https://www.camilleturner.com/] Lewis Mallard IG: https://www.instagram.com/lewis_mallard/ [https://www.instagram.com/lewis_mallard/] Shamez Amlani: https://ismailimail.blog/2010/02/01/eco-warrior-profile-shamez-amlani/ [https://ismailimail.blog/2010/02/01/eco-warrior-profile-shamez-amlani/] Shari Kasman: https://www.sharikasman.com/work/bloordalebeach-mkh7d [https://www.sharikasman.com/work/bloordalebeach-mkh7d] A Different Path Documentary: https://rabble.ca/columnists/different-path-charts-creative-ways-ditch-cars/  [https://rabble.ca/columnists/different-path-charts-creative-ways-ditch-cars/ ] Music Credits: 'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist. ‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists. Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD [https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD] Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833]  Exciting Trip by Infraction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=640qE7YbmH8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=640qE7YbmH8&list=PL7pkSK1xbGD4pdCE1wAqd6pd3KwsyoP6q&index=3]

Digital Trust in the Age of AI

Matt sits down with Cole Anthony Capilongo, from Hypha Coop, to talk about what it's like to work at a worker coop that does tech consultancy.  We talk about how Hypha makes decisions with a flat management structure and some of the projects they're working on -- including technology to verify photos from conflicts and war zones! We also get a bit philosophical and discuss the relationships between trust, technology and social structures. If you want to hear Cole's background cameo, it happens in this episode about Danu Social House: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2396702/episodes/16505473-a-bad-time-for-bars-but-a-good-bar-for-the-times [https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2396702/episodes/16505473-a-bad-time-for-bars-but-a-good-bar-for-the-times] Links: Hypha Coop -- https://hypha.coop/ [https://hypha.coop/] 1RG Space -- https://1rg.space/ [https://1rg.space/] C2PA -- https://c2pa.org/ [https://c2pa.org/] Starling Labs -- https://starlinglab.org/ [https://starlinglab.org/] Maple Testimony -- https://www.mapletestimony.org/ [https://www.mapletestimony.org/] Streamplace -- https://stream.place/ [https://stream.place/] Credits: Trust in Numbers. [https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208411/trust-in-numbers]  Theodore M. Porter.  (1995)   Music Credits: The Well-Tempered Klavier. J.S. Bach.  https://musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869/ [https://musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869/] 'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist. ‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists. Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD [https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD] Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833]

No Knives Allowed

To celebrate spring, Matt visits Toronto's brand new billion dollar park.  Biidaasige Park is beautiful, it's got birds, but it also solves a lot of long-standing problems. Diverting flooding?  Providing housing?  Surfacing Indigenous histories?  We'll be talking about all those things in this episode about an absurdly well-designed public park.  Oh, and we'll also be time-travelling.  And books. Books in this Episode: Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley [https://jenniferbonnell.com/books-publications/reclaiming-the-don/] Kayanerenkó:wa -- The Great Law of Peace [https://uofmpress.ca/books/kayanerenkowa] Indigenous Toronto: Stories that Carry this Place  [https://chbooks.com/Books/I/Indigenous-Toronto3] Toronto in 1810 [https://www.amazon.ca/Toronto-1810-Eric-Wilfrid-Hounsom/dp/0770003117] Other Sources:  https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-recreation/places-spaces/beaches-gardens-attractions/biidaasige-park/history-biidaasige-park/ [https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-recreation/places-spaces/beaches-gardens-attractions/biidaasige-park/history-biidaasige-park/] https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/news/what-jelly-blob-tells-us-about-water-quality [https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/news/what-jelly-blob-tells-us-about-water-quality] Lytwyn, Victor P. (1997). "A Dish with One Spoon: The Shared Hunting Grounds Agreement in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Valley Region". Papers of the Twenty-eighth Algonquian Conference. 28: 210–227. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_With_One_Spoon] Plus the great and glorious Wikipedia. Music Credits: 'Epilogue' and 'Lights' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist. ‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists. Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD [https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD] Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833] 'In Time Like This' by DJ Kensei and DJ Quietstorm. (The full set is amazing! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv_21XPrCIg&list=RDnv_21XPrCIg&start_radio=1]) Sounds and Samples: Naming the Island and Park in the Port Lands: Ookwemin Minising and Biidaasige Park. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ_5A-IIqeA&t=1s]  City of Toronto. Pigeons taking off.wav by Glaneur de sons -- https://freesound.org/s/104954/  DVP Traffic Under Bridge.WAV by jakobthiesen -- https://freesound.org/s/97933/  Plus the same samples from our birds episode 'Swoop There it is"

Art is For Everyone

Matt speaks to Dan Chapman-Smith from Project Humanity. Project Humanity's work is complex and their elevator pitch doesn't easily fit into our 10-second 2026 attention spans. They do Verbatim Theatre – I didn’t know what that was a few weeks ago – and they work in youth shelters, and they also do mentorship programs in any art form you can think of.  I didn’t understand how any of that fit together when I first started researching this episode, but a thirty minute interview with Dan was enough to convince me that not only did the vision make sense, it was solving tons of different problems in Toronto!   You can and should Donate or Learn More at: https://www.projecthumanity.ca/ [https://www.projecthumanity.ca/] Music Credits: 'Epilogue' and 'Lights' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist. 'The Moment You Heal' by participants in the Project Humanity mentorship program. Full recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmbEDhGvi58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmbEDhGvi58] ‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists. Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD [https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD] Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833] This episode also includes audio recordings from Freesound.org

Start Here

We're back! This episode combines some thoughts on the current moment (including Mark Carney's recent speech in Davos) with a quick look back on Season 1 and the Future Mending Project so far. Mark Carney is right that the old world order is crumbling. 'Middle Powers' must build new alliances to avoid being bullied by global superpowers, but why doesn't Prime Minister Carney see that ordinary people also need to build new alliances to avoid being bullied by banks, grocery giants and tech companies and all sorts of other toxic super-powers? If you're new to Future Mending Radio, this is a great place to start.  If you're a long-time listener, think of this as an extended trailer for Season 2. Links: Never Too Small: https://www.youtube.com/c/NEVERTOOSMALL [https://www.youtube.com/c/NEVERTOOSMALL] Imperfect Eats: https://imperfecteats.ca/ [https://imperfecteats.ca/] She Grows Coffee: https://shegrowscoffee.com/ [https://shegrowscoffee.com/] Music Credits: 'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist. Bela Bartok. 'String Quartet 1' recorded by the Borromeo quartet. https://musopen.org/music/43254-string-quartet-no-1-op-7-sz-40/ [https://musopen.org/music/43254-string-quartet-no-1-op-7-sz-40/] J.S. Bach. Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor recorded by the Alsace Baroque Orchestra: https://musopen.org/music/3515-concerto-for-violin-and-oboe-in-c-minor-bwv-1060r/ [https://musopen.org/music/3515-concerto-for-violin-and-oboe-in-c-minor-bwv-1060r/]  ‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists. Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD [https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD] Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833 [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833]