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Stephen Gritt on Art Restoration and Conservation
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 10:01 pm
 
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Stephen GrittIt’s amazing who you can meet in a park during your child’s soccer game. I was introduced to Stephen Gritt on one such occasion last summer by someone who knew that Stephen would make a great guest for Electric Sky. They were right.

Outtakes from this interview can be found at MarkBlevis.com.

Jennifer Barnaby and Cakes for a Cause
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Monday, April 21, 2008 - 10:52 pm
 
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Jennifer BarnabyDuring the annual Great Glebe Garage Sale (a huge community garage sale in Ottawa), my family stumbed on Jennifer Barnaby, a Cordon Bleu Chef who was serving baked goods she’d made while her husband, Jim, brewed up espresso and handled the transactions. Every single cent collected from the sales went directly to charity. They didn’t even recover their expenses.

That’s how I met Jim and Jennifer. I had one of their espressos and a piece of the most incredible cake I have ever had to kick off my garage sale spree. It might have been 9:30am.

Brad Blanton and Radical Honesty
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Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 5:00 pm
 
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Brad BlantonI’ve wanted to produce a documentary on honesty for almost three years. In preparation, I gathered some street audio on honesty and dishonesty, definitions of the ideas and self-analysis (unfortunately, I seem to have misplaced some of this audio). I also conducted an incredibly insightful interview with Brad Blanton whose book Radical Honesty: How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth I was reading at the time.

When I conducted this interview in 2005, Dr. Blanton was preparing to pursue a political career as an independent, green candidate on a platform of honesty.

I still have designs on producing a documentary on honesty. At the same time, I can’t keep this interview to myself any longer.

Bracelets of Hope
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Sunday, April 6, 2008 - 7:00 pm
 
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Carrie-Anne with her Bracelets of HopeWhile in Perth, ON last August, I learned about Bracelets of Hope, an initiative to raise the money necessary to build a medical clinic for a Village of Hope in Harare, Zimbabwe — all by selling handmade bracelets. Even more impressive is that the initiative was dreamed up by a ten-year-old.

I met with Carrie-Anne Bauer and her mother, Pamela, in a park in Ottawa last August (2007) and conducted this interview. I’ve been beating myself up for not having released this interview sooner. That was before I received an update from Pamela this past Friday (April 4, 2008) . Her update inspired me to publish the interview now. I think it has more impact this way.

  • Show ID and intro
  • Interview with Carrie-Anne and Pamela Bauer (August 2007)
  • Update on Bracelets of Hope fundraising (April 2008)

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Photo of Carrie-Anne and the Bracelets of Hope provided by Pamela Bauer.