Latest Thorvald Podcast Episodes
One Year After Olympics on News 1130 – Olympic Outsider #30
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 15, 2011 05:13Leading up to the 1 year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, I appeared in a short segment on a Vancouver radio station News 1130 for an Olympic flashback series to examine the legacies + discussed social media as a whole and covering the Games. Listen: One Year After Olympics on News 11...
Poetic Stories about Goalies – Postcard #62
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - June 10, 2010 09:48 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsPoet Randall Maggs discusses his book “Night Work” about the troubled soul of legendary hockey goalie Terry Sawchuk plus the nuances of story-telling, conversations with goaltenders, Sawchuk’s Ukrainian heritage and convergence of history and hockey with host Dave Thorvald Olson at the Robson Squ...
Citizen Media Making at Vancouver Olympics on CBC Radio 1 – Olympic Outsider #29
Olympic Outsider podcast - March 15, 2010 11:20Bring your own mic for: Citizen Media Making at Vancouver Olympics – Dave on CBC Radio One – Olympic Outsider #29 (.mp3, 5:40) On a busy night during the Olympics, i headed over to Canada North hospitality house with a group of True North Media House documenters. Tagging along was a CBC crew incl...
Singing Goose from Canada’s North – Olympic Outsider #28
Olympic Outsider podcast - March 03, 2010 14:45Listen: Singing Goose from Canada’s North – Olympic Outsider #28 (.mp3, 8:40) At Canada’s Northern House, Dave gets schooled on life in Inuvut NWT by singer Leanne Goose including igloo church, endless days and night, Muktuk and Mukluks plus schools, stores, medical care, shopping at the end of t...
Legend of Muk Muk with Mr. Mann – Olympic Outsider #27
Olympic Outsider podcast - March 03, 2010 14:34Don’t believe everything you hear: Legend of Muk Muk with Mr. Mann – Olympic Outsider #26 (.mp3, 4:20) At Canada’s Northern House, Dave enjoys Boris Mann’s annotations about the legendary delicacy of muk muk and thoughts about flying Saskatchewanians, neglected cultures, hospitality houses with t...
Gold Medal Sunday Morning – Olympic Outsider #26
Olympic Outsider podcast - March 01, 2010 05:51Wake up early for beer and gold: Gold Medal Sunday Morning – Olympic Outsider #26 (.mp3, 7:22) On the final official day of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Dave steps outside during the 2nd intermission of the gold medal men’s hockey game between Canada and USA to recap the previous days a...
Final Olympic Lap from the Ozone – Olympic Outsider #25
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 28, 2010 13:58Take a Lap for: Final Olympic Lap from the Ozone – Olympic Outsider #25 (.mp3, 8:50) From the Richmond Ozone after a stint at the Heineken Holland House, Dave recaps Canada’s huge medal haul with @theWoodduck in between sets by The Dudes and The Stills. Topics include snowboard, speed skating, ho...
Oly-nomics and Goodtimes w/ Hammer Bob – Olympic Outsider #24
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 28, 2010 05:04Cross the inlet for: Oly-nomics and Goodtimes w/ Hammer Bob – Olympic Outsider #24 (.mp3, 14:06) On the Seabus, Dave talks with accredited reporter and Olympic veteran Bob “The Hammer” Mackin about narrative around the Games, controversy about costs, ROI, government grandstanding, VANOC’s manner ...
Share the Land and Survive the Slovakians – Olympic Outsider #23
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 27, 2010 12:03Survive the experience: Share the Land and Survive the Slovakians – Olympic Outsider #23 (.mp3, 8:31) With scant days remaining, Dave takes a break in the 2nd intermission of Canada vs Slovakia to recap a perfect 24 hours of hockey, perogies, medals, bobsleigh, Burton Cummings, and the great feel...
Festive Bunting and White Tents (lost preview) – Olympic Outsider #22
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 25, 2010 00:50Be your own media: Festive Bunting and White Tents (lost preview) – Olympic Outsider #22 Streetside observations before the Olympics started including documentation of street art, city changes, graphic design and hospitality under construction while city workers hang Winter Games flags on street ...
Interviewed by JMV at Flickr meetup – Olympic Outsider #21
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 25, 2010 00:40Be a guest for: Interviewed by JMV at Flickr meetup – Olympic Outsider #21 (.mp3, 3:30) Transit and craft enthusiast Jason Vanderhill interviews Dave O at the Flickr/Yahoo meetup at the Mini building in Yaletown and they discuss highlights, hockey, hospitality, Seabus, having a beer in the park a...
Blondes in Viking Helmets etc. – Olympic Outsider #20
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 22, 2010 14:38Choose your Viking for: Blondes in Viking Helmets etc. – Olympic Outsider #20 (.mp3, 9:04) An update at the end of Super Sunday from the noisy concourse of Canada Hockey Place in the 2nd intermission of Sweden vs Finland hockey game. Topics include hockey, regrouping, Vancouver’s culture, exhaust...
Northern Canada Geography Lesson – Olympic Outsider #19
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 22, 2010 00:57Learn your map for: Northern Canada geography lesson – Olympic Outsider #19 (.mp3, 5:36) Visiting with a cultural ambassador at Canada’s Northern House, Dave learns about geography and cultures of Canada’s 3 Northern Territories at the cultural hospitality house including narwahls, attendance, ob...
Lunch with Gord and his new Dark Beer – Olympic Outsider #18
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 22, 2010 00:29Drink your fill for: Lunch with Gord and his new Dark Beer – Olympic Outsider #18 (.mp3, 9:09) Post-lunch chat with master brewer Gord Rickards about his new dark lager including the process for creating a new variety, plus comparing tastes across Canada, the joys of seeing your name on a bottle,...
Observations on Latvian Hockey and Poets – Olympic Outsider #17
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 21, 2010 10:06Wear your King ring for: Observations on Latvian Hockey and Poets – Olympic Outsider #17 (.mp3, 7:19) From the Latvia vs Slovakia Men’s Ice Hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Dave points out the passion of Latvian hockey fans and anecdotes about flags, dissident poets, king’...
G’night Shiny Vancouver – Olympic Outsider #16
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 20, 2010 15:58Take the shortcut for: G’night Shiny Vancouver – Olympic Outsider #16 (.mp3, 5:48) Descriptions and miscellaneous observations about Vancouver’s reaction and interactions with the Olympic Winter Games including recent expeditions, urban transformation, international hospitality and transportation...
Intrepid Olympic Documentation – Olympic Outsider #15
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 19, 2010 13:31Laminate your badge for: Intrepid Olympic Documentation – Olympic Outsider #15 (.mp3, 6:02) Photographer John Biehler is documenting the Olympics as a BCIMC & TNMH accredited reporter covering protests, openings, cultural and hospitality houses, and other “besides the Olympics” events. He speaks ...
Hockey talk from the Winter Club with Guy Kawasaki and Pals – Olympic Outsider #14
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 19, 2010 00:50Book your ice time for: Hockey talk from the Winter Club with Guy Kawasaki and Pals – Olympic Outsider #14 (.mp3, 17:32) Almost 12 hours since I was in a hockey rink, now Thursday morning, I guess this must be day 7 of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Early morning at the North Shore Winter Club to...
Recapping Olympic Hospitality and Reaction – Olympic Outsider #13
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 17, 2010 10:02Find appropriate hospitality house for: Recapping Olympic Hospitality and Reaction – Olympic Outsider #13 (.mp3, 19:06) En route to Canada Hockey place for Russia vs. Latvia men’s hockey, Dave recaps the first 4-5 days of the Olympics and observations about protests, weather, public reaction, foi...
The Torch is Nigh! – Olympic Outsider #12
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 13, 2010 06:48Listen: The Torch is Nigh! – Olympic Outsider #12 (.mp3, 4:05) With the torch arriving, Dave continues describing the scene at the intersection of Main and Hastings including red tents in front of the Carnegie Library and the logistics of crowd control of a moveable torch parade coming across pro...
Examining Main and Hastings – Olympic Outsider #11
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 13, 2010 04:41Sort out the conundrums for: Examining Main and Hastings – Olympic Outsider #11 (.mp3, 6:31) Hopping off the bus at Hastings and Main – the historic (and notorious) intersection – Dave documents the variety of folks awaiting the torch including housing/homeless advocates with red tents, the downt...
On the Ground at Molson House in Vancouver – Olympic Outsider #10
Olympic Outsider podcast - February 12, 2010 07:07Find a free beer for: On the Ground at Molson House in Vancouver – Olympic Outsider #10 (.mp3, 10:08) With the Winter Olympics impending, Dave heads from Molson Hockey House, past a protest for In-Site safe injection clinic and riffs about social justice and the role of media at the Vancouver Win...
A Little Bit Better … if not Perfect – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 9/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - December 31, 2009 05:00 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the last narrative from the Clayquot trip in Summer 2006, the water ban is lifted and Uncle Weed discuses the economic costs caused by the shutdown as well as the tensions about tourist based economy and village lifestyle, considers ingredients for positive development, and tries to resolve so...
Field Notes on Bevvies, Birds and Bowls – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 8/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - December 30, 2009 05:00 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSometimes all the bits which don’t fit make the tastiest morsels. With this in mind, Uncle Weed dishes up a smorgasbord of leftover spiels, intros, set-ups, and observations from the Clayoquot trip including narrative about camptime beverages, glass pipe cleaning tips, local sticky nuggets, eagle...
Vimy Ridge Diaries on Remembrance Day – Postcard #61
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - November 26, 2009 06:16 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn Remembrance Day in sunny, brisk Vancouver, Ian Bell (fresh from a CBC appearance “On The Coast“) joins Dave to read from Grandpa Mark’s diaries written in the trenches in WW1 as a young Canadian. From the library steps with a flask of scotch, they reflect on the costs and motivations of war, i...
Salmon Swimming Free – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 7/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - November 06, 2009 00:20 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVisiting again with friend Kevin, Uncle Weed discusses the negative impact salmon fish farms impart on the local aquaculture. Specifically, Atlantic salmon living in pens attract hazardous sea lice, are unable to spawn, are fed with small fish imported from South America, and are dyed to appear m...
Friends of the Sound – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 6/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - October 20, 2009 00:20 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAt the headquarters of Friends of Clayoqout Sound advocacy organization, Uncle Weed talks with Kevin Bruce, a concerned citizen newly arrived in Tofino to work as the office coordinator for the FOCS. With the sound of passing cars and buses, they discuss the economics of logging, stumpage fees, v...
Conservation and Clearcuts – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 5/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - September 23, 2009 01:40 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAfter a few days of frustration and confusion, Uncle Weed sits down on the trail and digs into a variety of essays from Beloved of the Sky by Gary Snyder, Howie Wolk, and Michael Frome plus riffs on painter Emily Carr, love/hate with the commercialized Wild Pacific trail, shore pines, lighthouses...
Spieling from Whiskey Dock – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 4/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - September 18, 2009 23:20 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhile watching fishing boats ply the inlet, Uncle Weed checks in from Ucluelet to describe the cultural and municipal differences between neighboring villages of Tofino and Ucluelet after a thwarted drive towards Kennedy Lake bridge – the scene of the blockades – and examines Ucluelet’s ballyhooe...
Tofino Dries up – Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 3/9
Postcards from Gravelly Beach - September 18, 2009 18:10 ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAfter recalling beach camp-outs, rainy days and salmon feasts, Uncle Weed finds out commercial water usage is banned in Tofino and closing down for the tourist operations for the busy weekend ~ thusly he sets out on the trail from Half Moon Bay to Wickaninnish Bay to discover what’s up. Includes ...