The Sill

It’s an open secret that Peter’s co-host Harry is obsessed with the game of chess, as is The Sill’s interview guest, Kyle Creamer, who harry met at the Bluenose Open chess tournament in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kyle’s first published book chronicles his journey towards the title of Grandmaster. Kyle Creamer - https://kylecreamerauthor.com Duration: 37:07 Credit: Kyle Creamer reads an excerpt from his book ‘My Chess Memoir” and movie segment from ‘The Life Of A King’. Posted: April 21, 2024 Highlights

Following Harry’s recent talk at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Peter reached out to him by phone to discuss the highlights of the presentation and celebrate the release of Harry’s latest poetry book titled ‘Fractures’. Duration: 27:23 Credit: YouTube Segment with Mary Oliver - Wild Geese Posted: April 7, 2024 Highlights

Dreams can become a reality. In this informative and very expressive episode of travel adventures abroad, join our guest and world traveler, Stefania Ingrosso, as she shares her experiences and insights on embarking on her transformative journey, offering a glimpse into the joys, challenges, and rewards of exploring half the world’s countries together as a family. Duration: 39:11 Posted: March 24, 2024 Highlights

The hosts reminisce on their formative years growing up in the 50’s, 60’, and 70’s, culminating in the question: Was life more straightforward and less fragmented in those days, as compared to life today? Duration: 31:17 Credit: YouTube Segment with Karen Morgan - Every Generation Explained Posted: March 10, 2024 Highlights

The notion of evil is nothing new, but the word itself has become an increasing part of our daily lexicon. Is this word overused? Should we modify our understanding of this word and the way we apply it in our daily life? Duration: 31:27 Credit: YouTube Segment with Ricky Gervais - Invite Hitler Or Little Girl With Food Allergies Posted: February 25, 2024 Highlights:

In acknowledgement of the exponential growth of podcast listeners around the world, The Sill presents a montage of episode segments for those of you who are new to our podcast. This episode includes excerpts from some of our past ‘Planetary Postcards’ and ‘The Undefinable Spirit’ interviews. The complete episodes of the included interviewees, in sequential order: 1. TSP064 - The Undefinable Spirit: Dr. Claudia Six on her book, Erotic Integrity. 2. TSP081 - The Undefinable Spirit: Re-imagining Architecture with Robert Arnone. 3. TSP096 - The Undefinable Spirit: Drew Marshall, a red letter agnostic theist. 4. TSP101 - The Undefinable Spirit: Andrea Bird - Dancing on the curve of life. 5. TSP131 - The Undefinable Spirit: Janet-Lynn Morrison - From 0 to fierce. 6. TSP147 - The Undefinable Spirit: Getting casually baked with Johanna Nuding. 7. TSP148 - The Undefinable Spirit: Andrew Welch - ‘Our Second Chance’, part 1 of 3 - Universal Basic Income. 8. TSP153 - Planetary Postcards: Pietro Noce - Bed & Bike in Southern Italy. 9. TSP156 - Planetary Postcards: Bongiwe Dlamini - Eswatini in Africa 10. TSP162 - Planetary Postcards: Ansgar Bittermann - Brainstorming in Berlin. 11. TSP163 - The Undefinable Spirit: John Arnone - Us and Them: Canada, Canadians and The Beatles 12. TSP170 - The Undefinable Spirit: Just Shrink Bigger - Croc E Moses on the road to home. 13. TSP175 - Planetary Postcards: Paul Denhoed - Talking Washi In Tokyo 14. TSP177 - The Undefinable Spirit: The Choice To Homeschool - Stacey Dittman 15. TSP210 - The Undefinable Spirit: The bassoon takes a bow, with Nadina Mackie. (TSP086 Revised) Duration: 37:38 Posted: February 11, 2024 Highlights: Here are the main topics of discussion present in the podcast description These topics cover a wide range of personal experiences, insights, and reflections shared by the diverse array of guests on the podcast.

In this post - not - post period of the Covid Chapter, it seems clear that there’s still no absolute clarity about the impact this chapter is having on our individual and collective well being. What happened and how do we gain perspective on that period, and move towards a healing process? Duration: 37:28 Credit: Excess deaths debate on January 16 with UK Parliament member Andrew Bridgen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ej5Se4gMRA Posted: January 28, 2024 Highlights:

A conversation exploring the physiological and psychological effects of a hurried lifestyle on people's innate and natural rhythms. As life’s tempo accelerates exponentially around us, how can we, not only cope, but also thrive in this frenetic environment? Duration: 29:01 Posted: January 14, 2024 Highlights:

Last rights, or last rites? Before the curtain is drawn, somber or joyful, which would you choose? Duration: 25:18 Posted: December 31, 2023 Highlights: * Preferences for own funerals and ways to celebrate life and honour the deceased * Personal experiences with funerals, including those of family members * Harry's desire to be cremated and have his ashes spread under an oak tree * Celebrating life instead of tear-filled ceremonies and sadness at funerals * Pre-funeral funerals and involving the person while they are still alive * Peter's experience with his father's funeral and breaking with tradition * Importance of having conversations about death and funeral preferences * Thoughts on death and dying, including assisted death and respecting individual wishes * Significance of dying peacefully and the presence of loved ones * Significance of a smile in the face of death and personal experiences with parents' passing

Automation’s impact on our everyday life. A wolf in sheep’s clothing? Duration: 21:41 Music Credit: Flight Of The Conchords - Robots Posted: December 17, 2023 Highlights:

Unpacking the idea of freedom in a world seemingly bound by restrictions and limitations. Breaking the shackles. Duration: 21:42 Posted: December 3, 2023 Highlights:

From the Humongous Fungus of Oregon to the wave of human migration spreading across our planet, life has become more dependent than ever on the value of connectivity. Duration: 28:19 VoxBox: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Posted: November 19, 2023 Highlights:

Is it live or is it Memorex? Sifting through a world of facsimile in a quest for authenticity. Duration: 18:58 Music Credit: Ella Fitzgerald singing behind, ‘Is it live or is it Memorex?’. Posted: November 5, 2023 Highlights:

Modern western medicine would be wise to embrace and integrate the traditional art of healing. Duration: 24:25 Posted: October 22, 2023 Highlights:

The short answer is yes… The sonic landscapes through which we move offer us both challenges to, and opportunities for, our general health. Duration: 24:32 Posted: October 8, 2023 Highlights

Ageism is the new social prejudice, at a time when people over 65 are beginning to outnumber those under 15. Coping with the disadvantages of aging, while cherishing the advantages a long life can bring. Duration: 22:16 Posted: September 24, 2023 HIghlights:

For millennia, lullabies have lulled children into slumber land. From ancient Egypt to modern day, tunes like Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star and their relative importance often goes unnoticed or unappreciated. Duration: 22:41 VoxBox: Audio segments from YouTube - Various artists and performers. Music Credit: Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Posted: September 10, 2023 HIghlights:

Solo bassoonist, Nadina Mackie is the most widely recorded Canadian bassoonist in history, with 17 new works for solo bassoon and orchestra written for her in the last decade. Nadina intimately describes her journey. Nadina Mackie: https://nadinamackie.com Duration: 37:54 VoxBox: Audio segments from YouTube - March 2014 - Trumpet virtuoso Guy Few and bassoonist Nadina Mackie. The Canadian duo stopped by the Classic 107 studio to talk with host Bill Richardson. Music Credit: Nadina Mackie and Guy Few - Silver Angel Concerto Posted: August 27, 2023 Highlights:

For almost fifteen hundred years, the largest basilica in the world, Hagia Sophia, was at the spiritual centre of both the Christian and Muslim worlds. An architectural wonder, it inspired builders and designers of sacred spaces for centuries. Duration - 23:12 Credit: NPR excerpt on 'The Sound of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago.' Posted: August 13, 2023 Highlights:

The early industrial revolution spawned a spirit of experimentation and invention, and gave birth to innovative individuals - as noted in this podcast - Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse. These inventors, among others, were instrumental in creating technologies that fundamentally changed the world forever. Duration - 31:07 Credit: YouTube Segment on Thomas Edison with Comic Tim Wilson Posted: July 30, 2023