GoDaddy VP Jill Schoolenberg, Twitch Creative, Russian Women On The Moon
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… GoDaddy’s expansion into Canada brings new women in tech leadership roles such as Vice President Jill Schoolenberg who discusses with us issues on #WomenInTech and her past experience working for Microsoft. ca.godaddy.com/ We also check out the advantages for... Read More
Spider Expert Catherine Scott, Theranos, & #ElectronicHalloween
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Entomologist and Twitter Spiderlebrity Catherine Scott joins us for Halloween to explain why you’re more likely to see spiders in your home and why you certainly shouldn’t be afraid of them. If you do find a creature of... Read More
Clara Venice, Nobel Winner YouYou Tu, & Cranberry VR
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Electronic pop musician Clara Venice is our in-studio guest. We talk with her about using 72 instruments to record her new album Electric Dream and her use of virtual clones to form a band for her wildly entertaining stage... Read More
Stuntwoman Angelica Lisk-Hann & L’Oreal’s #ChangeTheNumbers
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Canadian Stuntwoman extraordinaire Angelica Lisk-Hann is out in-studio guest and she talks about her twenty years of performing and coordinating stunts for Alien Vs. Predator, Dawn of the Dead, Kick-Ass 2, and The Book of Negroes. She’s currently working... Read More
Metro Reviews: LEGO Dimensions, Cat Videos, Invaders 2015
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of Oct. 5th Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong By Caroline Casey & Chris Fischbach Kindle/iBookes/Kobo This collection of essays about internet cat videos is witty, playful, and full of YouTube links. It chronicles the rise of celebrity cats, explores cat video festivals, and questions whether such videos... Read More
Robot Manicures, Code Mobile, & Google Science Fair
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Our team loves NailBot, an upcoming home gadget that can print custom nail art in seconds. Created by Pree Walia and Casey Schultz, we’re equally taken with the name of their new company, Preemadonna. www.preemadonna.com/ We also talk about... Read More
Metro Reviews: The Heart Goes Last, Animal Crossing, Downtown Abbey
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of Sept. 28th The Heart Goes Last By Margaret Atwood Kindle/iBooks/Kobo After a devastating world collapse, couples are asked to enslave themselves half the time in prison to earn the comfort of houses for their free hours. In an effort to escape the drudgery, they end up... Read More
Rising Star Cave Explorers, Engineered Eats, & FashionWeek
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… How a Facebook post assembled a team six women scientists for a daring cave exploration in South Africa is our remarkable story this week. We also share highlights from the Beakerhead festival in Calgary where Chefs created some surprising... Read More
Virtual Reality & Online Movies At TIFF
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… From the Toronto International Film Festival we explore the growing digital changes to the festival scene. Jody Sugrue, Director of Digital for TIFF, discusses an experiment to offer movies online while capturing the experience that makes festivals so different... Read More
Metro Reviews: Mad Max, Make Me, Dazzle It
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of Sept 14th Mad Max Xbox One/PS4/PC Rated: Mature 17+ A bomb-sniffing dog and a harpoon-wielding mechanic are the highlights of this wasteland excursion where knuckle fights and reckless car battles keep the action surprisingly sane. There’s no revenge, no abuse of innocents to prevent, it’s just... Read More
Slow-Melting Ice Cream & Computing Schitzophrenia
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… The promise of ice cream that won’t melt before youget a chance to eat it has thrust physicist and biologist Cait MacPhee and her science team at the University of Edinburgh into a bit of media frenzy as newspapers... Read More
Metro Reviews – Arcadia, Super Mario Maker, Gourmet Fast
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of Sept. 6th Arcadia By Ian Pears iPhone/iPad Free/$4.59 The stories of seven different characters play out in this interactive novel where points of intersection let you hop between them for curious tangents that avoid being mechanical or repetitive by being wildly entertaining journeys through different genres... Read More
Metro Reviews: Until Dawn, Zer0es, Pac-Man 256
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of Aug. 24th Zer0es By Chuck Wendig Kindle/iBooks/Kobo When the NSA force misfit delinquents to solve a tech conspiracy (think Hackers-meets-The Breakfast Club) they unleash a conspiracy popcorn adventure with enough tech cred to stay interesting and enough polarizing personalities to make it fun. This fun book... Read More
Metro Reviews: Zombie, Felicia Day, Runner’s World
Here’s my Metro reviews for the week of Aug. 17th Zombi Xbox One/PS4/PC Rated: Mature 17+ Zombie games are as much about managing your fear as they are about survival, something Zombi speaks to with tools that let you detect the creatures of the night with radar and scan the gloom to know what’s worth... Read More
Cisco Emergency responder Sue-Lynn & Sphero Educational Robots
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Our live guest this week is manager of Cisco’s Tactical Operations, a team that travels the world to disaster areas to help secure emergency internet communications. Sue-Lynn Hinson talks about her dual skills of being a first responder... Read More
Metro Reviews: Back To The Future, Lara Croft, Koi: Journey of Purity
Here’s my Metro reviews for the week of Aug. 10th We Don’t Need Roads: The Making Of The Back To The Future Trilogy By Caseen Gaines Kindle/iBooks/Kobo With popcorn enthusiasm, Gaines interviews fifty people who worked on the time-travel series to tease out stories about its iconic DeLorean and hoverboard sequences while delving with surprising... Read More
White House Demo Days & Honouring Dr. Frances Kelsey
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… With the passing of Dr. Frances Kelsey we remember her long career at the FDA and her historic refusal to give Thalidomide its US release. We also listen in as Ramona Pierson shares her jaw-dropping life story with President... Read More
Metro Reviews: Armada, Rare Replay, Montery Bay Aquarium
Here’s my Metro reviews for the week of Aug. 3rd Armada By Ernest Cline Kindle/iBooks/Kobo Inspired by 80’s movies like The Last Starfighter, Armada is a joyful pop culture romp about a gamer recruited to battle an alien invasion. It has a Spielberg-like sense of teen friendship, but goes overboard in name-checking celebrities. Rare Replay... Read More
Maker Festival and the Death of HitchBot
This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… We mourn the loss of HitchBot after its failed attempt to travel across the US ended violently in Philadelphia and then hear from the techmakers who impressed us at this year’s Maker Festival in Toronto. Ceclia Ho & Hedy... Read More
Metro Reviews: Prune, The Art of Cardboard, Roald Dahl
Here’s my Metro reviews for the week of July 27th The Art of Cardboard By Lori Zimmer Kindle/iBooks/Kobo From creating childhood castles to using storage boxes for our memories, cardboard boxes have long been a trigger for our imagination. Filled with zoomable photos, this gorgeous ebook explores the intricate roller-coasters, geodesic domes, and astonishing sculptures... Read More
Metro Reviews: Go Set A Watchman, Styx: Master of Shadows
Here’s my Metro reviews for the week of July 20th. Go Set A Watchman Kindle/iBooks/Kobo Best approached as an early, messy attempt by lee at exploring race issues better handled in Mockingbird, Watchman is distressing for its alternate take on Atticus, but notable for its journey of an older Scout facing hometown pressures to conform... Read More
Metro Reviews: Rocket League, Big Bang Theory, Star Wars
Here’s my Metro Reviews for the week of July 13th The Science of TV’s the Big Bang Theory Kindle/iBooks/Kobo Dave Zobel Where exactly is Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment in real life? This amusing guide tries to solve the fan question while lightly explaining science from the show such as Occum’s Razor, the gravitation prowess of... Read More
Metro Reviews: Batman Arkham Knight, Book of Numbers, Gran Text Auto
Here’s my Metro reviews for the week of July 6th Batman: Arkham Knight PS4/Xbox One Rated: Mature 17+ Gotham has grown to the size of four games, leaving it up to you to choose which emergencies to save and which villains to chase after. It’s not just the freedom to explore that allows for this,... Read More
Reddit Revolt & the Scent of a Perfect Rose
Skip to the 1:26 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Victoria Taylor, whose abrupt termination from Reddit caused a massive uproar from the community’s moderators. We discuss how her role as the director of the popular AMA series offers insights into what’s... Read More
Metro Reviews: Charlie Martz, Her Story
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of June 29th Charlie Martz and Other Stories Elmore Leonard Kindle/iBooks/Kobo It’s fitting that Leonard’s last book contains his earliest writings, short stories excitedly written when he was setting out to be an author. Between pulpy tales of cowboys and observant slices of awkward lives, his enthusiasm... Read More
Metro News: LEGO Jurassic World, Do Not Sell At Any Price
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of June 22nd. LEGO Jurassic World PS3/PS4/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Wii U Rated: Everyone 10+ People are eaten, but no one really dies in this humorous brick-building parody that organizes the four movies into explorable parks and story-driven levels. It manages to find an entertaining balance between the chases... Read More
First Bionic Hand Designed For Women
Skip to the 1:25 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Nicky Ashwell, who is the first to adopt a new prosthetic from BeBionic that not only matches her physical size, but through a range of special grips allows her to ride a... Read More
Metro Reviews: Dinosaurs, Elder Scrolls Online,
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of June 18th How To Build A Dinosaur Jack Horner & James Gorman Kindle/iBooks/Kobo From digging up Tyrannosaurus bones to the discovery of fossilized tissue, Palaeontologist and Jurassic Park consultant Jack Horner uses engaging humour to carry us through his remarkable journey of wanting to rewind the... Read More
Laser Scanning & 3D Printing Pompeii’s Past
Skip to the 1:26 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Dr. Kate Cooper, Assistant Curator of the Royal Ontario Museum’s World Cultures Department. She spoke to us about how the museum if the first to put on display special reproductions of human... Read More
Metro Reviews: Peter Pan, Hitman Sniper
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of June 8th Peter Pan Kindle/iBooks/Kobo J.M. Barrie They designed all the signs, papers, and books used in the Harry Potter movies and now the artists at Minalima have reimagined Peter Pan with expressive illustrations that capture moments of poetry and maps, letters, and bottle labels that... Read More
Apple’s Tech Women and Busting Myths At Ontario Science Centre
Skip to the 1:27 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Jennifer Bailey, Vice-President Apple Pay business, and Susan Prescott, Vice-President of Application Product Management, who both delivered presentations as part of Apple’s summer Special Event just as the company announced efforts to address diversity issues... Read More
Metro Reviews: Exploring Calvin & Hobbes, Splatoon
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of June 1st. Exploring Calvin & Hobbes Bill Watterson Kindle/iBooks In this insightful retrospective of his work, a normally reclusive Bill Watterson allows for an in-depth interview about his childhood, artistic influences, and storytelling craft. Presented alongside his early drawings and studio tools, it delivers the kind... Read More
Wearable Tech Uniforms and Connected Textiles
Skip to the 1:26 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Shiho Fukuhara, Textile Development Lead, and Nan-Wei Gong, Research & Development Lead for Google’s Project Jaquard, a new business that will allow the search giant to produce fabrics that can support connectivity with wearable technology... Read More
Metro Reviews: Insidious Oculus Rift, Seveneves,
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of May 25th Seveneves Kindle/iBooks/Kobo By Neal Stephenson When the Moon mysteriously implodes it triggers a race to save humanity by expanding the International Space Station into an emergency off-world retreat. This is a well-researched, hard science-fiction adventure by Stephenson (Snowcrash) made entertaining by an engaging team... Read More
Bionic women light up their limbs at Maker Faire Cyber Fashion Show
Skip to the 1:25 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Michelle Salt, Canada’s first female paraolympic snowboarder, who was among the models igniting the catwalk at this year’s Maker Faire in San Francisco. The wearable cyber-fashion show was put on by MakeFashion.ca... Read More
Metro Reviews: The Last of Us: Left Behind, Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of May 18th The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy By Sam Maggs Kindle/Kobo This playfully savvy and well-researched handbook offers a keen understanding into the many crafts and outgoing activities used by fangirls to cultivate and share personal interests. This isn’t about conforming to fleeting trends, but... Read More
The #girlswithtoys Phenomenon & Reinventing The Kettle
Skip to the 1:26 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Scientist Kate Clancy who began an inspiring #girlswithtoys Twitter campaign in response to an unthinking interview on NPR with a noted astronomer who described scientists as being “Boys With Toys”. Jasmina Grase... Read More
Metro Reviews: Ether One, Ask The Past, Expo Milano
Here’s my Metro News reviews for the week of May 11th Ether One PC/Mac/PS4 Rated: Everyone Using puzzles to simulate the bewildering state of Alzheimer’s is an inspired touch. This Myst-like adventure has you exploring the fragmented memories of a woman named Jean, her mind presented as a picturesque village, and there’s an intriguing uncertainty... Read More
Huggies 3D Prints A Baby, Airline Seats To Monitor Your Health
Skip to the 1:25 mark to listen. This week Kris Abel introduces What She Said’s Christine Bentley, Sharon Caddy, and Kate Wheeler to… Tatiana, a visually impaired, expecting mother in Brazil featured in a viral Huggies video. The diaper company arranged to have her 3D ultrasound 3D printed at the hospital so she could be... Read More
Metro Reviews: Big Gay Ice Cream, Broken Age, The Edit
Here’s my Metro Reviews for the week of May 4th Big Gay Ice Cream By Bryan Petroff & Douglas Quint Kindle/iBooks/Kobo Anthony Bourdain, Rachel Ray, and Neil Gaiman are among the celebrities included in this joyous anthology of foolish tales and radical recipes celebrating the origins of America’s most unconventional ice cream truck. In between... Read More