Al and Mike Show

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Mike Brock — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:42:00 +0000

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The Studio

Mike Brock — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:09:00 +0000

Here's a picture of the studio, for those interested:

Al sits on the very right in front of the computer which is facing the camera. The screen is displaying the current time and a countdown to when the show will be live. This same count is displayed on the production computer screen which is just above that computer.

Below that and behind Al's computer is the mixer, which is sitting on-top of the gate and audio compressor. You can see the microphones sitting in their shock-mounts, denoting where Al and I sit. The shock-mounts, which are those circular things, suspend the microphone on springs, so if we do silly things like knock the microphone stands, it mutes any noise you might otherwise hear.

The silver beveled screen in the center-left is Mike's screen.

The laptop on the far left is responsible for the ustream connection. An audio wire runs from the mixer, under the desk, to the line-in on this laptop. The signal heard by ustream, is the same signal being heard by the recorders. Starting next week, this laptop will also recored a backup of the audio. We will also use the minidisc recorder religiously.

We do not do post-production editing on the Al & Mike Show. What you hear on the live stream is what you hear on the MP3, minus the break in the middle where we stop the recorder. We do not require normalization of the levels or anything in the recording, as this is all done in real time with the outboard compressor and gate.

Episode 19 - Lost Forever

Mike Brock — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:09:00 +0000

If you listened in live, you heard a very interesting show. If you didn't, then you missed out. Why? Because at about 40 minutes into the show, the Al & Mike Show suffered a catastrophic failure of our recording equipment. Although we intended to save face, and although appropriate backups were in place, none of it worked out. The backup system was also effected by the failure.

We apologize for anybody who did not listen live. But there will be no MP3 this week.

Of course this means I must actually perform better tests of our backup systems, and create another form of backup.

Episode 18 - Back For Season 2 - Ezra Levant

Mike Brock — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:37:00 +0000

Ezra Levant joins us for an hour of conversation. We talk about the Human Rights cases, what happened in Ottawa on Tuesday in Ottawa with the Warman v. Lemire case. There is even a quick-hit about general Ottawa politics at the end.

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Show Returning

Mike Brock — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:57:00 +0000

Episode 17 - Your Tax Dollars, Their Money

Mike Brock — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:39:00 +0000

We talk about the booming salaries of people in the public sector, among other things. You know you just have to listen.

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Episode 16: Back

Mike Brock — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:49:00 +0000

We're back. And we're better than ever.

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Episode 14 - Bad People

Mike Brock — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:51:00 +0000

We lay down one of our best shows. We talk about lots of fun stuff, including:

Afghanistan and whether we may pull out in 2009
Anti-war protestors in Quebec protest a parade of deploying soldiers
Toronto puts the "Support the Troop" decals back on
Michael Moore's new documentary "SiCKO"
Much More...

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Episode 13 - The Great Equalizer. Us.

Mike Brock — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:55:00 +0000

Even though we say it's "episode 12" in the show, it's really Episode 13. The VRWC messed up in the script. Sorry about that.

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Episode 12: Politicians are all Insane

Mike Brock — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:37:00 +0000

The twelfth episode. Sarah does not join us, but that doesn't stop us from getting provocative. Hey, it never did.

We cover a bunch of stuff in this episode:

The new land claims dispute system announced by the Conservatives
Those wacky G8 protesters, and protesters in general
Freedom of speech
Stephane Dion's infinate "integrity"
Danny Williams, and the Atlantic Accord
Ourselves, because we're self-absorbed.

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Episode 11 - The Episode with No Name

Mike Brock — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:42:00 +0000

Here is the latest of our shows--Posted late 5 days late due to serious technical difficulties. Sorry for this. Anyways, Enjoy!

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Episode 10 - Heroic Politicians

Mike Brock — Wed, 30 May 2007 03:49:00 +0000

Al and Mike heat up the rhetoric a little bit while we enter our second Tuesday evening show. We hope you enjoy it.

We think the show is getting better. And we'll give out the prize for our challenge next Tuesday.

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Episode9: The Secret Pre-Recorded Episode (NOT LIVE)

Mike Brock — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:21:00 +0000

We secretly recorded this episode on Tuesday evening. Hope you enjoy!

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Episode 8 - White Men, and Their Money

Mike Brock — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:39:00 +0000

This week we talk about comments made by Terrance Phillip, accusations of racism, and how far free speech should could. Basically enough offensive material to go around for everyone.

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Episode 7 - Marxists and Anarchists and Seperatists, Oh My

Mike Brock — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:05:00 +0000

We talk about Jeff Monaghan, Marxists, and the Gilles Duceppe. Good show, give it a listen.

Note: We Apologize for the first 60 seconds or so, of poor audio quality.

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Episode 6 - Al Live in Halifax

Mike Brock — Sun, 06 May 2007 19:49:00 +0000

Al was in Halifax this week. He joined us via remote link after the Civitas conference. We spoke about a lot of things.

Mike was a little bit sick. But the show still went on!

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This Sunday, Live From Halifax

Mike Brock — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:29:00 +0000

We will be broadcasting live from Halifax at the end of the Civitas conference.

That will be 1:00PM Eastern Time. We may end up with a special guest on the show. Remember that there will be a phone number for you to call, to get in on the action.

The live streaming button will appear on the website approximately 30 minutes before the show.

Mike will still be at the Command Centre in Toronto, with Al on remote in Halifax.

Episode 5: Live!

Mike Brock — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:00:00 +0000

We did our first live show, and we even got a caller!

We talk more about Kyoto, the lightbulb ban, and Afghanistan. We also call Peggy Nash's constituency office and leave a message :)

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Al and Mike Show Live Today at 1pm EST

Mike Brock — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:38:00 +0000

Please join in on the discussion LIVE with Al & Mike today. You can be a part of the debate by calling in.

You wll be able to tune into the live stream 10 minutes before the start of the show.

Episode 4: The End of the World

Mike Brock — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:29:00 +0000

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We talk about the debacle with the NDP trying to upset the negotiations with the U.A.E. on getting military and reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan.

We also cover Kyoto, and David Suzuki.

There is also some discussion on Senate reform.

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The Studio

Mike Brock — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:58:00 +0000

The Al and Mike Show studio is pretty much as close as you can get to a real production studio without actually being a production studio.

For one day a week, a small living room in downtown Toronto is converted into a tangle of audio wiring, network wiring, mixing systems, microphone stands, etc.

It's actually really cool. We get to kick back and enjoy the comforts of home, while doing an internet broadcast.

Here's a picture of how it all looks. (Click on the picture to see a bigger version)

Episode 3: The Liberal Days of our Lives

Mike Brock — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:57:00 +0000

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Our most fun show yet: We talk about Scott Reid, Elizabeth May and Stephane Dion's courtship, and Mike falls in love with Jean Chretien on this next hard-hitting installament of the Al & Mikeshow.

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Episode 2: Bob Tarantino, Stephen Taylor and More!

Mike Brock — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:05:00 +0000

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This was a guest oriented show. We talked with Bob Tarantino about election speculation, the political climate, his book, and a myriad of things for our first two segments. In our third segment, we speak with Stephen Taylor and his ordeal on the hill.

We have promised to offer each segment as three individual files. Those will be up briefly, so bear with us. Right now, here is the entire show. We will also have an alternate, low bandwidth stream up very soon.

Don't mind Mike being a little bit inactive in the podcast, as he's the one running the whole thing. As Mike gets the hang of running the production more fluidly, he'll return to his more animated self.

Index of the Show:

0:00 - 30:00 : Bob Tarantino, Election Speculation, Blogging
30:00 - 60:00 : Bob Tarantino, Liberal Strategy
60:00 - 1:30:00 : Stephen Taylor and his experience with Elizabeth Thompson in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, and is a blogger a journalist?

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We've Moved (Already)

Mike Brock — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:43:00 +0000

Our Website is now at: http://www.al-mikeshow.com

Now Available For Your iPod

Mike Brock — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:44:00 +0000

Apple has just approved our podcast in the iTunes Music Store, which is good news if you like to listen to podcasts on your iPod.

You can find on podcast on iTunes by going to the Store, and selecting podcasts, and searching for "Al and Mike Show". At which point you can subscribe, and the new podcasts will be automatically downloaded to your iPod as we release them.

Enjoy!

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