Spacing Radio is a bi-weekly podcast based in Toronto, Canada. We sit down with compelling and provocative civic leaders from Toronto, Montreal, and cities around the world to discuss the latest issues affecting the urban landscape. Our host David Michael Lamb and our cast of contributors will take you right into the middle of the public spaces and talk with the people that bring our cities to life.
Season One of Spacing Radio (six episodes) was launched in February 2009 by the people behind Spacing, the award-winning magazine that uncovers the joys, obstacles, and politics of our shared common spaces. Season Two was launched in mid-September 2009.
The magazine, which first appeared in late 2003, comes out three times a year. Spacing also publishes two daily blogs in Toronto and Montreal, as well as an elections blog called Spacing Votes (Toronto 2006, Ontario 2007) whenever the writ is dropped. Spacing is also known for creating one of Toronto’s most wide-spread fashion crazes when it introduced a series of one-inch buttons that replicate every Toronto subway station’s platform design and colour scheme.
You can buy buttons or a subscription to the magazine in the Spacing Store. Or grab yourself a copy of the magazine at a retail outlet near you.
We’re happy to hear your feedback about Spacing Radio by sending us an email to radio@spacing.ca. If you want to contribute or share a story idea please contact our producers below.
ADVERTISING: Spacing Radio is looking for potential advertisers. Please email our ad director at advertise@spacing.ca to obtain a rate card and media kit.
David Michael Lamb, host
DML is the host of Spacing Radio. He is currently a news anchor with CBC National Radio News. From 2002-2008 he was CBC Radio’s City Hall reporter in Toronto. That job gave him the opportunity to focus on his passion for cities, the politics that govern them, and the issues that shape the lives of urban citizens. He walks to work. He loves modernist architecture. And when he goes on vacation, it is almost invariably to a city.
EMAIL: dml@spacing.ca
Mieke Anderson, producer
Mieke loves the intimacy of sound, dividing her time between CBC Radio and Spacing. Over the past six years, she’s worked at CIUT, CKLN and CJLO. Mieke discovered her obsession with public spaces while volunteering with [murmur]. Her audio installation At Home was part of the 2010 Deep Wireless Festival.
EMAIL: miekeanderson@spacing.ca
Andrew Walsh, reporter
Andrew is from St. John’s, Newfoundland but lost his accent from watching too much PBS growing up. He has been living in Toronto for six years and has yet to exhaust his childlike curiosity for the city. He specialized in Broadcast Journalism at Humber College and had stints as intern and freelance reporter for CBC Radio Canada. Andrew’s passion is for radio and telling stories through audio.
EMAIL: andrewwalsh@spacing.ca
Sarah Bridge, reporter
Sarah is a Montreal-born journalist living in Toronto. Currently working as an associate producer at CBC News, she has also written stories for the The Ryerson Review of Journalism, the Toronto Star and a number of business trade magazines. Sarah has recently completed her master’s in Journalism at Ryerson University and has a degree in Political Science and English from Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Todd Harrison, producer
Before he was managing editor of Spacing magazine, Todd spent a decade as a radio producer, operator and scriptwriter in Toronto. He remains an ardent fan of the Theatre of the Mind, and he wishes that his cell company’s customer service system was voiced by Stuart McLean and Garrison Keillor.
EMAIL: toddharrison@spacing.ca
Matthew Blackett, executive producer
Matthew Blackett is the publisher and creative director of Spacing. When Blackett helped found the magazine in 2003 it allowed him to explore his life-long fascination with Toronto and how major metropolitan regions function. He was named Editor of the Year in 2007 by the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors and was awarded a 2007 Canadian Urban Leadership Award for “City Soul” by the Canadian Urban Institute. From 2004-2006, he was a member of Toronto’s Roundtable on a Clean and Beautiful City, a citizen advisory committee to Mayor David Miller. Currently, Matthew is a member of the board of directors for two organizations, Friends Of The Greenbelt Foundation and Friends of Fort York, as well as serving as a citizen member on the City of Toronto’s Pedestrian Committee.
Blackett has previously taught in the journalism department at Humber College and was the art director of The Hockey News from 1998-2003.
EMAIL: matt@spacing.ca