Join York University graduate Tobey Senderovich and I for a sprawling conversation about thought, cognition, psychology, behaviorism, wisdom, Heidegger, James J. Gibson’s ecological psychology, John Vervaeke’s machinery of knowing, Friedrich K

Episode 012 – Howard Rheingold

Oct 9th, 2019 36m 18s

Beneath the well-popularized myths of giants like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, computing has fast-moving, highly-technical story involving very many people and places. And in 1984, Howard Rheingold—who had been the embedded writer documenting an

Episode 011 – Thom Stark

Aug 28th, 2019 2h 3m

The internet exploded in the 90s from an obscure academic network into a world-changing total-environment, the ramifications of which we are still trying to understand. In that time, Thom Stark was living in the San Francisco Bay Area, reporti

Episode 010 – Richard Altman

Aug 10th, 2019 58m 6s

From the middle of Canada came Marshall McLuhan: a Winnipigeon. So too hails film editor Richard Altman, whose recently released McLuhan Unclaimed series of videos ought to give you something to think about for the next ten years as you think t

Episode 009 – Kimberley Noble

Jul 3rd, 2019 56m 37s

Kimberley Noble is a multiple-award-winning journalist for investigative and feature stories that explored the how things really work in corporate Canada’s corridors of power. She was former long-time staff writer for The Globe and Mail and Mac

Episode 008 – Andrew McLuhan

Apr 6th, 2019 58m

In the cozy town of Picton, Ontario lays a treasure trove of books. The accrual of two life-times of annotations makes this personal library one of the world’s most important resources for insight on media and our modern environment. Inheritor

Episode 007 – Down the Rabbit Hole with Fredrik Knudsen

Nov 18th, 2018 1h 2m

With over 300,000 YouTube subscribers, Fredrik Knudsen has well-earned his success as a documentary film maker. His carefully researched, thoughtfully produced series Down the Rabbit Hole sets a high bar for interesting, respectful, and honest

Episode 006 – The Trivium with Rachel Fulton Brown

Nov 15th, 2018 1h 43m

A conversation with Medievalist Professor Rachel Fulton Brown on the relationship between the Classic Trivium and its relation to digital media today.Professor Fulton Brown’sFencing Bear at Prayer BlogAcademic website including course sylla

Episode 005 – Many McLuhans Symposium

Oct 19th, 2018 59m 47s

On September 21, 2018 I attended the Many McLuhans Symposium at the Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library in Toronto! Here is a journey through my takeaway from the event, told through excerpts and interviews, featuring many wonderful academics, Mc

Episode 004 – Paul Levinson

Sep 19th, 2018 1h 30m

Professor Paul Levinson, PHD, teaches Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City and is the author of many books, including The Digital McLuhan. In this ground-breaking episode we delve deep into McLuhanalia, the his

Episode 003 – Social Media

Sep 12th, 2018 1h

A broad conversation on Social Media with Don Talton, automation expert, media psychology grad student, and creator of the SafeNews media rating service. We talk history of the net, privacy and cultural problems, and the 2016 Election with lot

Episode 002 – Harold Channer

Aug 7th, 2018 59m 57s

An interview with television broadcaster Harold Channer, who has been interviewing guests on his hour-long television show Conversations with Harold Channer in New York City since 1973. With over 4000 hours of recorded interviews, Mr. Channer

Episode 001 – Media Studies

Aug 7th, 2018 59m 15s

This is the first episode of Life in the Foam, where I chat about media studies, early internet history, and many other interesting topics with regulars!Not scripted or themed.

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