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The AmberMac Show Ep021: Trump’s Canadian Trade Chaos & The Problem With AI Music

July 7, 2025

Catch The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM on 2pm ET on Tuesdays (as well as additional times over the weekend) – video and audio embeds here Wednesday morning. Trump’s trade talk continues to threaten Canada, so Amber speaks to an award-winning economist about what this chaos means for Canadians. Speaking of… Read More

The AmberMac Show Ep020: Canadian Tech Special

June 30, 2025

This week’s special episode is all about Canadian tech! Jeff and Amber do a deep dive into the top 10 Canadian tech innovations that changed the world, as well as some fascinating non-tech inventions from Canada that have transformed healthcare, transportation, and lots more. Plus, Amber speaks with The Logic’s… Read More

The AmberMac Show Ep019: Trump Family’s Golden Phone & Brittlestar’s Lessons from Cats on Fascism

June 24, 2025

In this week’s tech episode, Amber and Jeff talk about the GENIUS Act in the States that’s getting crypto enthusiasts excited, the Trump family’s golden phone (that will likely be made in China), and yet another reason to be wary of Meta’s AI. We also discuss improved NFC, an enormous… Read More

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🇨🇦 Did you own a BlackBerry? Do you know the 🇨🇦 Did you own a BlackBerry? Do you know the origins of the Jolly Jumper? How familiar are you with how Canada's AI Godfathers paved the way for modern chatbots?

Good listening today if you're in the car 👇.

The AmberMac Show is family friendly 🇨🇦 and today's episode is a celebration of the best in Canadian tech, including our AI history and future with @muradhem, AI reporter from The Logic. 

Listen @siriusxmcanadatalks today at 2pm ET / download today wherever you get your podcasts (link in bio ☝️).
🇨🇦 What's the history of Made-in-Canada Tech 🇨🇦 What's the history of Made-in-Canada Tech? 

🔥On July 1st, listen to the first-ever all-Canadian tech special episode of The AmberMac Show for everything you need to know about our long legacy of innovation in AI, e-com, telcom, medicine, and more. 

🎧 Listen on @siriusxmcanadatalks on 🍁 Canada Day at 2pm ET and wherever you get your podcasts.

☎️ Plus, we are excited to share all the voicemails you submitted about your favourite Canadian tech. 

☝️Link in bio and thanks for supporting our show!
🎂 Thank you! Friday was my birthday and also ou 🎂 Thank you! Friday was my birthday and also our first full day on PEI for the summer. 

🌞To celebrate, we hosted the most amazing family and friends party at the oyster bar and patio at the @wheelhousepei.

🎉 I am not one for big birthday celebrations, but this was the perfect day in my favourite place with the best people.

💕 Thanks to all my family and friends who joined us from all over the Maritimes, and even old friends from my days @ukchalifax.

📷 A special thanks to @denisejonesdjp who made the trip down from Toronto with her beautiful daughter, and then was kind enough to take all these gorgeous photos. 

🧁Thanks to @maroonpig for the delicious cupcakes.

🤩 Thanks to @wheelhousepei chef and staff for amazing apps, oysters, music, and more. Put this spot on your PEI must-eat list. 

🌞 Thanks to the weather gods for  the sunniest summer day. 

🥰 My dad would have loved this party in our PEI town with local food and drinks, and our crew.

Terrific.
📢 Action. This is my word of the year. It's f 📢 Action. This is my word of the year. 

It's fair to say that I, like many people, have been in a rut over the years - posting my frustrations online about a range of issues with an expectation that things will change. 

However, I think it's fair to say that online discussions are just one small part of the solution.

For me, The AmberMac Show podcast is an opportunity to help change how we talk about tech - both the problems and opportunities, a deep dive into issues affecting each of us, our families, our businesses, and our country. 

🇨🇦 I'm hosting this show, alongside someone I trust (my older and very tech-savvy brother, Jeff), and our amazing team at AmberMac Media. This show is a chance to provide a Canadian perspective (and, yes, a woman's perspective) on the world of tech, politics, business, and more.

I, like you, want to see Canada thrive, and we can be a leader in tech but we need to do much more to support this ecosystem.

This is a long way to say that we need your help. On July 1st, we are releasing a Canada Day Tech Special of The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM and wherever you get your podcasts. 

This is your last chance to send us your voicemails about the Canadian tech inventions you love or Canadian tech businesses more people should know about. 

Visit SpeakPipe.com/TheAmberMacShow before end-of-day Monday, June 23rd to share your 60-second thoughts with us so we can share them on the show. 

Thank you. Happy (almost) Canada Day!
Where Canadian leaders unlock their AI edge. I'll Where Canadian leaders unlock their AI edge.

I'll be at @salesforceca Agentforce World Tour Toronto to explore how a digital workforce can transform business—through keynotes, demos, and hands-on training.

One day. All for free. Register now 👇 Link in bio. 

https://www.salesforce.com/events/world-tour/toronto/
🍦🍨🍧 Ok, this is the ultimate summertime k 🍦🍨🍧 Ok, this is the ultimate summertime kitchen tech for the whole family (I hope my son doesn't see this because he will want this asap!).

📣 Tech expert Marc Saltzman joins us on The AmberMac Show this week to talk smart and innovative tech for dads, grads, and summer travel. 

🎧 Get today's new episode wherever you get your podcasts/listen on SiriusXM Ch 167 this weekend.
🎉 We are almost 20 episodes old! 🆕 Let me 🎉 We are almost 20 episodes old! 

🆕 Let me start at the beginning. A few months ago, we launched The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM and wherever you get your podcasts (link in bio☝️).

Why?

📣 I wanted to do a show beyond just tech, a weekly place where we can discuss everything from AI to politics, social media to sustainability, productivity to purpose, and everything in between. Plus, I'm always game to bring a woman's perspective to the world of tech (we are a small minority in podcast land). 

🇨🇦 Yes, tech is at the centre of what we do, but this show is also a Canadian perspective on the world of tech. Plus, there is no better person to co-host this show with me than my older brother who opened my eyes to all things tech at a very young age. 

This weekend, we would love to hear what you think of the show. Even better, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SiriusXM, YouTube, or wherever you listen and watch. 

🎙️SiriusXM Ch 167: Sat & Sun
🎧 Podcast
📺 YouTube

🇨🇦 Plus, we are doing a Canada Day special on July 1st - celebrating Canadian tech and innovation.
🤔 Amazon delivery robots could soon be driven a 🤔 Amazon delivery robots could soon be driven around in Rivian vans to jump out and drop packages at your home. Thoughts?

@jeffmacarthur is a bit more optimistic than I am, as you can see when you watch until the end of this clip / subscribe to The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts.
💔 Trump and Musk had a falling out. You probabl 💔 Trump and Musk had a falling out. You probably heard. 

👨‍💻 In fact, just today, Musk apologized for some of his posts about his former friend and colleague in the White House. 

🤦‍♀️ Can you imagine Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton behaving like this? Absolutely not. In other words, it's fair to say that women in power are often held to a higher standard.

🎧 My thoughts on today's new episode of The AmberMac Show, which is now available wherever you get your podcasts / on SiriusXM Channel 167 this weekend.

📣 Tell your friends and thanks for supporting us with likes, comments, and subscribes.
🇨🇦 What a treat to wrap up a busy 6 weeks of 🇨🇦 What a treat to wrap up a busy 6 weeks of travel and keynote events in beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 

Day 1: Moderating Canadians Connected event to celebrate .CA domains and entrepreneurship. Thank you @ciradotca for inviting me to speak alongside @coltinhandrahan and @upei, and so excited so many friends and family came out @lansphotography @dinomacmasonry @legitimatty @gerry_foote @wenfoote. Picked up the the first order of @peioriginals Made-in-Canada sweatshirts for my son and crew 🇨🇦.

Day 2: Worked on some serious spring cleaning at our PEI properties with my amazing mom. Snuck in a visit to my favourite bakery @maroonpig.

Day 3: Recorded a new episode of The AmberMac Show before a wonderful evening out to dinner with friends and family at The Georgetown Inn then saw The Country Boys perform @kingsplayhouse.

Day 4: Thanks to my @shoptsc friend @carrieolver, had the best celebration and meal of our lives, Fireworks Feast @chefmichaelsmith's @innatbayfortune. Drove back to Charlottetown that evening in an epic hailstorm at nighttime on country roads before the best sleep I've had in weeks. 

We did all the things, enjoyed all the food, spent time with our favourite people, and I can't wait to do it in a couple of weeks when we're back on the Island for most of the summer / running our business from beautiful PEI.

❤️ Missing my Dad, but trying to live like he taught us all - enjoying terrific people and days.
🇨🇦 Did you know that today's AI revolution h 🇨🇦 Did you know that today's AI revolution has deep Canadian roots? 

👨‍💻 Here's more from Sean Kennedy who leads the Artificial Intelligence Research Lab inside @nokia Bell Labs.

🎧 Subscribe for free to The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts for our full conversation or listen this weekend on SiriusXM Ch 167.
🎉🎉🎉🎉 Huge congrats to Jake Gold, Execu 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Huge congrats to Jake Gold, Executive Producer of The Tragically Hip Docuseries, & the rest of the team who just won 7 🇨🇦 Canadian Screen Awards (winning in all categories they were nominated).

📢 Check out my chat with Jake on The AmberMac Show podcast, which airs multiple times this weekend on The AmberMac Show @siriusxmcanadatalks // listen wherever you get your podcasts // watch on YouTube.
🇨🇦 Will there ever be a band like The Tragic 🇨🇦 Will there ever be a band like The Tragically Hip in Canada again? 

🎧 Tune into this week's NEW episode of The AmberMac Show for my conversation with @Jake0458 about the early days of The Hip and the streaming documentary about the band that left me in tears. 

Available now wherever you get your podcasts, on SiriusXM, and on YouTube.
Here's how to use Google's NotebookLM to study, le Here's how to use Google's NotebookLM to study, learn, and review. 

Over the past few months, I've been using this free tool with my son to help him review his study notes as audio overviews (game-changing for him to be able to take his studying on the road, listening in the car, or on the way to school). 

He is uploading his own work and notes, but now he has a compelling conversation that can help him listen and learn. 

My full segment on this topic is coming up today on The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM Channel 167 at 2 pm ET / Wednesday at 7 am ET, wherever you get your podcasts
Have you named your chatbot? One of the most commo Have you named your chatbot? One of the most common conversations I have on the sidelines of my speaking events is about humanizing chatbots.

More on this topic on Tuesday's new episode of The AmberMac Show, available wherever you get your podcasts, on YouTube, and on SiriusXM every week.
As The Washington Post reports, "Stock markets dec As The Washington Post reports, "Stock markets declined after the president’s early-morning threats of 25 percent import taxes on iPhones and 50 percent on goods from Europe." 

Jeff and I chat about this tariff rollercoaster on the next episode of The AmberMac Show.

Listen to The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM // Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
❗BREAKING NEWS❗ Trump wants Apple to pay a 25% ❗BREAKING NEWS❗ Trump wants Apple to pay a 25% tariff on iPhones not made in the U.S.

Before this news broke today, I asked the author of Apple in China, Patrick McGee, to share how Tim Cook can meet the growing number of challenges on Apple's doorstep.

Listen to the full episode of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts // on SiriusXM Ch 167 this weekend.
🙋‍♀️ Are you an entrepreneur, freelancer, 🙋‍♀️ Are you an entrepreneur, freelancer, or small-business owner based in PEI? 

📣 Join me for a free & fun networking reception on Wednesday, June 4th at 5-7:30pm called Canadians Connected in Charlottetown at Salt & Sol.

There will be free cocktails and apps.

Let's kick off the summer together with CIRA. 

🇨🇦 Free sign-up👇 Space is limited.
www.cira.ca/charlottetown
🇨🇳 How does Apple's dependence on China chan 🇨🇳 How does Apple's dependence on China change its AI future?

"The China dependency actually does have a material impact on Apple's ambitions in artificial intelligence" - Patrick McGee, Author, Apple in China 

Full conversation on The AmberMac Show, available today wherever you get your podcasts, and on SiriusXM Ch 167 this weekend. 👇
https://ambermac.com/theambermacshow/
🙋‍♀️Saturday morning question for you:

👨‍💻 Do kids still need to learn how to code? Yes, but we probably need to rethink how coding is taught (thanks to AI). 

🇨🇦 Our full conversation about this topic is on a recent episode of The AmberMac Show. 

❤️ Check out our show on SiriusXM Ch 167/wherever you get your podcasts - and on YouTube @AmberMac.
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