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TWS363: Artificially Regenerated The First Time

On the show this week: Thinking About It; Japanimated; Space Between Your Fears; Death is a Plug-in; What Are, Water, Everywhere? CQ: Presume that humans that grew up on different planets are genetically modified — whether by nature or science — and therefore more adapted to different environments. Would they still be eligible for the Olympics?

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The Lunchbox Interviews: Frances Adair McKenzie (Artist) & Thomas Morgan Jones (TNB; Watching Glory Die)

My guests today were Frances Adair McKenzie, the new Artist-In-Residence at Connexion ARC and Thomas Morgan Jones from TNB talking about the new staging of Watching Glory Die. Music today by Steph Copeland, Gypsophilia and Ora Cogan.

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TWS322: Subscripts To Back Issues

On the show this week: Front Page; Big Issues; Small Issues; Extra Issues; CQ: Will an artificially-intelligent product of humanity ever be granted the rights of a human, and will that happen before or after extraterrestrial aliens are granted similar rights? Full list of 19 articles after the jump!

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TWS310: Excremental Evaluation

Poo buses, hangover-less drinks and a bigfoot story.. CQ: Does it matter whether we fear or embrace the big changes, like contact with alien civilizations and the growth of artificial intelligence, or should we just prepare to accept them, like it or not?

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TWS309: Retroactive Deja Vu

On the show this week:

Front Page
Inside Perspective
War on Terra
Extras

CQ: If we could create an AI and give it the seeming personality of a character from a novel, movie or other story, which AI personality would you want to give you advice?

Full list of 17 articles after the jump!

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TWS306: Head Full Of Space

On the show this week: Front Page All Space No Mind Extras CQ: Has crowdfunding reached a plateau, or is it just getting started? Promo: CAFFEEN! — I’ve done this music show for years now, but in the last few years it has become a story-telling odyssey through post-rock, soundtrack, minimalist, ambient and awesome wordless […]

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The Lunchbox Interview: Lori Quick, Nicholas Gibeault, John Doucette (Heavy Metal Art Zone)

We throw out too much stuff. Technology is a wonderful thing, and the pace of invention is incredible, but it has a dark side: waste. A phone bought brand new today may only have a useable lifetime of a few years. A desktop computer might be obsolete in 5 years, and your TV is reinvented every year.

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The Lunchbox: School Daze & The Last Take

What would you do to relive some memories of times and people gone past? Today’s show deals with memories… Up first, Kaylee Stevens has just started working with the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, but she hits the ground running as the CSAC celebrates it’s 10th year! We talk about the historic perspective of the building (celebrating

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TWS299: Comet To Getcha!

On the show this week: Front Page Out of This World Not As It Seems After Death Extras CQ: For space exploration, which should we work on first: completely autonomous robots or better ways to deliver humans? Full list of 32 articles after the jump! Front Page: Let’s just start here, and see if we […]

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TWS286: Conversational Dial Tone

On the Show This Week: (something entirely different) Interview: Barbara Minton on Discovering Orbs Interview Scott Reaney and Mike Marshall on Chronologies: Book of Giants Interview: Christan Baloga on Hair Bat Sculptures Clichéwatch: ‘if [x] didn’t exist, [y] would have to invent it’ at The UK Telegraph CQ: f you could imagine a project that […]

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STU Lunchbox: Exporting Acadian Art + NB Creative Class

Modern Acadian culture is thriving, but how far and wide does it’s impact spread? In the first half of today’s STU Lunchbox, Andrea Silverthorne explores our province’s treasure while demonstrating the great music on offer. In the second half of the hour, Peter Johnston looks into a broader question: can New Brunswick cities support a

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The Lunchbox: Caleb Marshall of RED

I believe in theatre. It is not just 3D television, nor is it a book being read to you. It is it’s own medium, unique and powerful. Caleb Marshall, Director and Co-Producer of the new production of RED, joined me to talk about the challenges of a bi-located play (produced, practiced and performed in Fredericton

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