Robert Ouimet

Bigsnig Media | digital content

Meet Cam MacDonald, Urban Farmer

Cam MacDonald is a new breed of farmer.

He has no land, and his farm is scattered around the city of Vancouver.

Cam is practising urban agriculture, using yards donated by people he and his partners have met, people who are interested in converting lawns into food producing gardens. No tractor or gas-spewing farm machinery here; Cam zips between his plots on an electric scooter.

He’s the subject of the latest podcast in a series I’m producing with writers Spring Gillard and David Tracey called Can Urban Agriculture Save the World ?

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Podcast ISBN: 978-1-926758-00-8

photos and podcast © Robert Ouimet & Bigsnit Media 2009

Podcast Example: New Media BC

Podcasts can serve a variety of purposes, so the important thing is to be clear about goals before starting production.

New Media BC is an industry association for new media professionals. Their goal with this podcast was to extend the organization’s  brand, and at the same time, get people excited about the kind of  keynote speakers they attract at their annual conference.

So, in this case, I produced a mini ‘show’ for them, covering a variety of topics meant to highlight NMBC’s personality, its position in the industry, and the kind of guest speakers who’d be at the annual VidFest conference (now called Vancouver Digital Week)

 

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Anthony Bourdain podcast – Part 1

Raincoast Books of Vancouver has always been an innovative company. I was thrilled when (then) digital marketing manager Monique Trottier asked me to help create a series of author podcasts for the company.

Many of the titles we worked on are now with other publishers, but the podcasts still hold up. Enjoy.

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On June 12, 2006, Anthony Bourdain, the best selling author of Kitchen Confidentialand host of the TV show No Reservations, spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore appearances to talk about his new book The Nasty Bits.

He wore a lapel microphone during the entire day, allowing me to record Bourdain’s casual conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and regular interview style questions. It’s Bourdain as you’ve never heard him before.

Part One: Bourdain’s World includes…

Anthony Bourdain’s most surprising questions.

  • How to train for a career in the entertainment business
  • Listener mail
  • Grossest Canadian Food
  • Getting sick from food
  • How Anthony stays trim
  • How to succeed in just about anything you do
  • Advice to would-be culinary school students

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Part One |  Part Two | Part Three |

 

 

Anthony Bourdain podcast – Part 2

Raincoast Books of Vancouver has always been an innovative company. I was thrilled when (then) digital marketing manager Monique Trottier asked me to help create a series of author podcasts for the company.

Many of the titles we worked on are now with other publishers, but the podcasts still hold up. Enjoy.

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On June 12, 2006, Anthony Bourdain, the best selling author of Kitchen Confidentialand host of the TV show No Reservations, spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore appearances to talk about his new book The Nasty Bits.

He wore a lapel microphone during the entire day, allowing me to record Bourdain’s casual conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and regular interview style questions.
Part Two: The Book Signing
8 a.m. at Barbara-Jo’s Books to Cooks in Vancouver

  • Anthony is greeted with a breakfast of champions.
  • Barbara-Jo talks about why she had to have Anthony visit her store.
  • Anthony meets the fans.
  • Anthony gives advice on “must sample” street food vendors in New York City.
  • He talks about who comes to book signings and why.
  • Bourdain just doesn’t seem like your usual kind of cookbook author
  • He reveals the best hidden cooks in New York.
  • And Bourdain talks about turning 50 and why life is like pinball.

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 Part One |  Part Two | Part Three |