Each weekday, the City of Côte Saint-Luc (Quebec, Canada) broadcasts by telephone audio content for those without internet access and/or computer devices.

The Côte Saint-Luc Podcast

First episiode of the CSL Telephone Broadcasting Services. Features discussion between Library Director Janine West, Recreation Director Cornelia Ziga, and Communications Director Darryl Levine about how the city is connecting with older adults with people staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The discussion is followed by a lecture on the life and career of movie legend Cary Grant.

March 31, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 001

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service, episode 2. Features Library Director Janine West discussing four recent books she read. Then movie librarian Steven Tomlinson discusses operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti. 

April 1, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 002

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service, episode 3. Features Sir Patrick Stewart, a joke you might like, a message from Mayor Brownstein, and an episode from the podcast The Moth.

April 2, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 003

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service, episode 4. Features discussion about Antonio Vivaldi by music library Farrah Mohammed, an episode from The Memory Palace (Elizabeth), an episode of Whistle Stop (Reagan's Nashua Moment), and two moving interviews from the Story Corps podcast.

Friday, April 3, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 004

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service, episode 5. Features a live talk by Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the subject of aging.

He is the Director of the McGill Office for Science and Society. He is well known for his informative and entertaining public lectures on topics ranging from the chemistry of love to the science of aging.

Monday, April 6, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 005

In the episode:

- Remarks by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on the topic of the mobilization to stop coronavirus. 
- Library Director Janine West discusses four recent books she read. 
- Levar Burton reads Flying Carpets by Steven Millhauser, from the podcast Levar Burton Reads.

April 7, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 006

In the epsiode:
- At the Movies with Steve Tomlinson who discusses filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille
- Conversation between Councillor Mitch Kujavsky and Roy Rodgers
- Message from HM Queen Elizabeth II issued on Sunday, April 5, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 007

In the episode:
- Librarian Jennifer Eisman presents "You've gotta read this" book reviews
- Story from The Moth podcast "The All-Star Game" by Michaela Murphy
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "A Case of Identity"

NOTES
Listen to "The All-Star Game" by Michaela Murphy at:
https://themoth.org/stories/the-all-star-game

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 008

In the episode:
- A Musical Moment - Farah Mohammed - Passover and Easter
- The Moth - Dori Samadzai Bonner - "Finding Home"
- Jack Benny - Jack's Violin is Stolen

NOTES
Listen to The Moth at https://themoth.org/stories/finding-home

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 009

In the episode:
- Author Monique Polak presents her book Passover: Festival of Freedom	
- Boris the Hypnotists guides you on a meditation
- Music librarian Farrah Mohammed discusses the life of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 010

In this episode:
- Joel Yanofsky discusses his book Mordecai and Me
- Jack Benny radio show:  How Jack Found Rochester

April 14, 2020

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 011

On today's telephone broadcast, we have the musical stylings of CSL crooners Que Sera: American SongBook Classics, followed by part 2 of Steven Tomlinson's Let’s talk movies: Cecil B. DeMille & the Making of The Ten Commandments.

Sur l'émission téléphonique d'aujourd'hui, nous avons les styles musicaux des crooners de CSL Que Sera qui chanteraient American SongBook Classics, suivis de la partie 2 de la lecture de Let's talk Movies with Steven Tomlinson: Cecil B. DeMille & The Making of The Ten Commandments.

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 013

On today's telephone broadcast, we have a library trifecta! We begin with A Musical Moment with music librarian Farah Mohammed, followed by a new segment of recommendations by film librarian Steven Tomlinson: Lockdown Viewing!, and then ending with Book Talking with our library director Janine West.

Sur l'émission téléphonique d'aujourd'hui, nous avons un beau trio de la bibliothèque! Nous commençons par Un moment musical avec Farah Mohammed, suivi d'un nouveau segment de recommandations du bibliothécaire de cinéma Steven Tomlinson: Lockdown Viewing, et nous terminons avec Book Talking avec notre directrice de bibliothèque Janine West.

2020-04-17

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 014

In this episode:
- Writer Mark Abley presents his memoir "The Organist"
- La Scena Musicale is mobilizing an international movement to deliver the joy of music with CORONA Serenades. In this segment: La Vie en rose.

2020-04-20

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 015

In this episode:
- An interview - Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society Artistic Director Anisa Cameron speaks with Mayor Mitchell Brownstein and Councillor Mitch Kujavsky about the history of the Dramatic Society and about theatre during the time of a pandemic. 
- Reading of the short story, The Clock, written by Sholem Aleichem

Show notes
- Learn more about the CSL Dramatic Society at www.csldramaticsociety.com
- Read this article from The Atlantic about Sholem Aleichem: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-jewish-mark-twain/355735/

2020-04-22

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 017

A rebroadcast of episode 1. In this episode:
- Discussion between Library Director Janine West, Recreation Director Cornelia Ziga, and Communications Director Darryl Levine about how the city is connecting with older adults with people staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic. 	
- At the Movies by Steve Tomlinson - The life and career of movie legend Cary Grant

2020-04-21

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 016

In the episode:
- Claire Holden Rothman presents her latest book "Lear's Shadow", winner of the 2019 Vine prize 
- Anne-Marine Suire sings Summertime (part of Corona Serenades)
- Martin and Lewis Show (aired on NBC radio April 3, 1949)

2020-04-23

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 018

In the episode:
- A Musical Moment with Farah Mohammed: Earth Day (episode 4)
- Lockdown Viewing with Steven Tomlinson: recommendations on what to watch (episode 2)
- Book talking by Maria Luisa Morales (episode 1)
- Corona Serenade: Rebecca Louise Dale sings Somewhere Over The Rainbow 

2020-04-24

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 019

In the episode:
- Michael Carin, author of Churchill at Munich
- Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

NOTES
To order Churchill at Munich, visit https://www.amazon.ca/Churchill-at-Munich-Michael-Carin-ebook/dp/B082DM3JPQ
Eve's Diary courtesy of https://librivox.org/

2020-04-27

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 020

In the episode:
- Mayor Brownstein speaks with the four volunteers behind the initiative to speed up grocery deliveries to seniors without family in town.	
- A reading of Extract's from Adam's Diary by Mark Twain
- Corona Serenades: Di provenza il mar il suol (La Traviata / Giuseppe Verdi) performed by Christopher Dunham, baritone

NOTES
- To volunteer pack or delivery grocieries, send an email to groceries.csl@gmail.com. Please use VOLUNTEER AVAILABLE in the subject heading of your message. Please also include your name, availability (days and times) and capability (shopping, delivering and/or calling).
- Extracts from Adam's Diary courtesy of https://librivox.org/
- Listen to more Corona Serenades at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QMm6vxKbQldJg1sczfUxQ/videos

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2020-04-28

CSL Telephone Broadcasting Service - Episode 021

The Côte Saint-Luc Podcast features book reviews, movie and TV reviews, discussions and more.