One of the greatest things about podcasting is that it can take you to places and tell you stories that you would never normally hear.
The CBC’s True North podcast, now called The North This Week, is a perfect example.
Canadians have long been fascinated with The North. From Glen Gould to Atanarjuat, those of us living along the 49th parallel have sought ideas and stories about life beyond the tree line. Most of us can’t imagine what the endless days of summer sunlight would be like, let alone the months of midnight at minus forty.
Hosted by Dave King and produced by Mardy Derby, the True North podcast followed the same regional format that was used by many CBC stations: a variety of the week’s best stories out of CBC Yukon, CBC NWT, CBC Nunavut and CBC North-Quebec were assembled into a neat little package and delivered to your computer via RSS.
The stories varied from polar bear encounters to ice road truckers to inuit facial tattoos, the True North podcast offers listeners around the world a remarkable glimpse of life north of 60°.
★ Dave King spoke with me about the True North podcast: (24:24 mins)
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