Originally aired August 13, 2013 on CBC Toronto's Metro Morning: http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2013/08/13/brampton-bus-tour/

Newcomer Bus Tour in Brampton

When the Burton Avenue Mobile Home Park in Barrie, Ontario closes this summer, more than 200 people will need a new place to live. Meet Wilfred Gabaloff, who is one of those facing eviction.

A portion of this appeared on CBC Radio's The Current in April 2014: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2014/04/15/no-place-for-home-are-trailer-parks-a-thing-of-the-past/

No Place For Home: Are trailer parks a thing of the past?

Music genres come and go, but it seems that the reports of disco’s death have been greatly exaggerated. That is at least according to a couple of enterprising Toronto DJs turned record label owners. Invisible City Editions is giving a new life to songs and artists that may otherwise go lost and forgotten.

Originally appeared on CBC Radio's Metro Morning in January 2014.

Invisible City Editions: Saving Disco's Forgotten Gold

At the Kemble Harvest Blowout, where the Cruikshank team hopes to launch a 10-pound pumpkin, 3000 feet.

Originally appeared on CBC's Ontario Morning in October 2013: http://www.cbc.ca/ontariomorning/episodes/2013/10/30/pumpkin-chuckin/

Pumpkin Chuckin' in Kemble, Ontario

What would a video game be like without all the flashy graphics and 3D environments? Can games without graphics be fun for blind and sighted players alike?

Originally appeared on CBC's Spark in March 2014: http://www.cbc.ca/spark/blog/2014/03/23/audio-games/

Video Games for the Blind

Podcast series on small business owners across Canada. Produced under contract to GMR Marketing for RBC Royal Bank in March/April 2015. 
Official site: http://rbc.com/soundofsmallbusiness

#3: Faith Drinnan, Dartmouth

Narwhal Story for Greenpeace Canada

Matt Nelson on Sales & Marketing

Produced for Marion Kane's Sittin' in the Kitchen (http://www.marionkane.com/podcast/katzs-deli-york-harry-met-sally/)

Katz’s Deli in New York: Where Harry Met Sally

Produced in March 2016 for Greenpeace USA as part of the series Completely Optional Knowledge (completelyoptionalknowledge.org)

Do Animals in the Wild Get Drunk?

In 1995, roughly a decade before YouTube ushered in the age of the viral video, a couple of upstart young film-school grads created an underground, analog video sensation.  Producer JP Davidson brings us the story of that video and its unlikely role as viral video’s ‘patient zero’.  

Originally aired on On The Media, February 8, 2013: http://www.onthemedia.org/2013/feb/08/viral-videos-patient-zero/ 

On The Media: Viral Video's 'Patient Zero'

A trip to the veterinary clinic can strike fear into even bravest cat, dog, gerbil, or rabbit. And let’s not forget the owner, struggling to wrangle Rover into the car. There is an easier way though - house calls. And as it turns out, it’s not just pets and owners that can benefit, from a vet clinic on wheels.

(This story was originally produced for CBC Radio in May 2013)

Veterinarian, Heal Thyself

JP Davidson is an independent radio producer and podcaster working in Toronto, Canada. His stories have aired nationally on CBC Radio’s DNTO and Spark, on NPR’s On The Media, and on several local stations in the U.S. and Canada.

He gained audio production skills at the Transom Story Workshop, and as an intern for NPR’s State of the Re:Union. In 2011, JP founded the Canadian Sound & Story Workshop, a community for independents.

More info at jpdavidson.ca

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