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Montreal Podcasters Raise The Bar

Just listening to three Montreal Podcasters do their thing. The creativity and spirit in Montreal rattles my cage every day.
First off is Hugh McGuire and his incredible project at LibriVox where he is taking all public domain book titles and having them read by a large community and turning them over as Podcasts or downloadable audio programs. I was just ears deep in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin. If you read my post called, Podcasting – I Can’t Believe This Content Is Free, then LibriVox definitely fits that bill as well.
Next up, I was on the bike this morning listening to Julien Smith drop knowledge for his Podcast, In Over Your Head. I then hopped over to his other project, Listen To Your Kids where Julien has set up a website for kids to talk and a place for parents to listen (very brilliant idea and awesome use of digital audio). From In Over Your Head’s social commentary to Listen To Your Kids rawness, there’s just too much going on in Smith’s fast-forward thinking brain.
Last up, I was happy to see my new neighbor, Ben Yoskovitz – Blogger at Instigator Blog and Startup Spark – has started a Podcast titled, Your Passion Podcast. It’s short, witty and perfect for entrepreneurs.
There was never any doubt that Montreal is a hub of creative and passionate people. It’s just great to hear so many Montreal voices joining the Podcast world. One of the main ideas I like to bring forward in presentations about Podcasting is the need to “raise the bar.” It’s not enough to just Podcast because everyone else is doing it. It’s important to add to the conversation and raise the bar. It’s great to hear Hugh, Julien and Ben raising the bar.
Next up, we need to get Austin Hill from Billions With Zero Knowledge and Andy Nulman from Pow! Right Between The Eyes to put voice to mic.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.