Terence C. Gannon

The Return of the Golden Age of Air Travel

October 25th, 2020  |  23 mins 27 secs

airlines, memories, society, transportation, travel

Getting back on a plane may look more like the past than the future.

Shooting Craps with the Grandkids’ Cash

August 21st, 2019  |  20 mins 2 secs

calgary, cities, city governance, olympics, urban planning

Some thoughts on a failed Olympic bid and what it tells us about the shocking randomness of how we build our cities.

Amy Johnson

August 8th, 2019  |  29 mins 43 secs

aviation, biography, conspiracy theories, history, world war ii

A remarkable life and the enduring mystery of her tragic death.

Champion of Something

July 24th, 2019  |  17 mins 26 secs

Dad did his fair share of dreaming big. Particularly when it came to his kids.

Alas, Kawhi, We Hardly Knew Ye

July 10th, 2019  |  18 mins 9 secs

basketball, nba, opinion, sports, toronto raptors

The blessing and the curse of capturing lightning in a bottle.

Twitter+

June 26th, 2019  |  18 mins 40 secs

accountability, social media, society and culture, tech, twitter

Some unsolicited—and probably unwelcome—advice on where Twitter should go from here.

Framing John DeLorean

June 12th, 2019  |  23 mins 32 secs

business, cars, culture, film, movies

It’s a three-fer: biopic drama, documentary and the-making-of all rolled into one.

The Tao of Kawhi Leonard

May 29th, 2019  |  28 mins 9 secs

basketball, character, nba, sports, toronto raptors

His approach to the game is an example we need in these troubled times.

Jack Northrop's Flying Wings

May 15th, 2019  |  30 mins 31 secs

aviation, history, military, science, technology

An old idea for which the best years may still lay ahead.

RV-6

May 1st, 2019  |  28 mins 55 secs

aviation, life lessons, memories, reflections, storytelling

A labour of love — and hate — 23 years in the making.

The Return of Tiger Woods

April 17th, 2019  |  21 mins 38 secs

culture, golf, life lessons, sports, tiger woods

Thankfully, things didn’t turn out the way many expected.

The Last, Best Reason for Newspapers

April 3rd, 2019  |  18 mins 20 secs

history, journalism, media, news, newspapers

The future of newspapers may lie in their past.

The Comet

March 20th, 2019  |  20 mins 20 secs

aviation, history, stories, technology, transportation

The MacRobertson Air Race of 1934 marked the beginning of modern air travel and the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of Aviation.

'F' for Freddie

March 6th, 2019  |  24 mins 1 sec

alberta, aviation, calgary, canada, history, mosquito, world war ii

It wasn't supposed to end this way.

How Himalaya Should Spend the $100 Million

February 20th, 2019  |  18 mins 57 secs

marketing, opinion, podcast, startup, tech

They didn't ask me but here's what I think anyway.

Story First, Everything Else Last

February 6th, 2019  |  20 mins 48 secs

advertising, filmmaking, marketing, storytelling

We need the willing suspension of disbelief to sell shoes?