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March 12, 2025 39 mins

Host Rea Beaumont interviews former CBC Publicist George Garlock on the history and future of Canadian media, and his recollections of working with Glenn Gould, Marshall McLuhan, comedy team Wayne & Shuster, The Beachcombers, and economist John Kenneth Galbraith. Enjoy George Garlock's amusing encounter with Princess Diana's maternal grandfather, The Right Honourable The Lord Fermoy, Queen Elizabeth II's corgis, and more.

01:07-03:18 George Garlock - About 

03:38-04:40 QE II Coronation & the Media 

04:45-06:57 Lord Fermoy & the Queen's corgis 

07:00-12:40 Marshall McLuhan, the Mechanical Age, Electronic Media

12:45-21:50 Glenn Gould 

21:50-26:00 CBC, McLuhan, AI, earlier and future media

26:10-27:01 Learning Disabilities and Modalities 

31:13-32:40 Columnists

32:45-35:16 The Beachcombers, Wayne & Shuster

35:17-37:06 John Kenneth Galbraith 

37:07-38:22 Pat Harvey 

38:23-end Closing comments

www.reabeaumont.com #GeorgeGarlock #CBC #MarshallMcLuhan #GlennGould #WayneandShuster #ReaBeaumont 

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