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The AmberMac Show Ep015: Discovering The Tragically Hip & the Truth About AI Lies

May 27, 2025

The Tragically Hip’s manager, Jake Gold, shares why there will never be another Canadian band like The Hip and the inside story about the success of the streaming documentary, No Dress Rehearsal. We also share how President Trump plans to lure Apple back to America, and we unpack the latest… Read More

The AmberMac Show Ep014: Musk's Racist Chatbot + Apple In China

May 19, 2025

This week, Amber chats with Patrick McGee, the author of “Apple In China”; Jeff explains how Musk’s Grok chatbot started interrupting people with claims of white genocide in South Africa; and we talk about Canada’s new AI minister, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s backtracking on your data rights, Netflix’s… Read More

The AmberMac Show Ep013: No to Zuckerberg’s AI Friends + Sinead Bovell on Canada’s AI Future

May 12, 2025

This week, we chat with futurist Sinead Bovell about Canada’s role in the AI race and what humans need to do in this new age of innovation. Plus, Jeff unpacks why you shouldn’t trust Mark Zuckerberg and his AI “friends”. We also explain why Bill Gates is lashing out at… Read More

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🎉🎉🎉🎉 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.
🇨🇦 I'm in total agreement with futurist @sin 🇨🇦 I'm in total agreement with futurist @sineadbovell 👇

Canada is an emerging AI superpower, but we need to do some serious work to build on our impressive history in this space. 

Get our full conversation from the Departure Festival on this week's The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM and wherever you get your podcasts: 

https://ambermac.com/theambermacshow/
🇨🇦 Canadian small businesses are stepping up 🇨🇦 Canadian small businesses are stepping up like never before. 

With rising global costs and delays, local matters more than ever. A .CA domain shows your customers you’re Canadian, from pricing to pride.

It’s easy to get started. Head to choose.ca and start your Made-in-Canada story today.

🍁 It’s more than a web address. It’s a symbol of trust.

#GoCA #CanadianBusiness #MadeInCanada #ShopLocal

#Ad @ciradotca
😰 I feel Jeff's pain.. 🎙️If you want to s 😰 I feel Jeff's pain..

🎙️If you want to sum up Mark Zuckerberg's stain on society, @jeffmacarthur has a good recap. 

🎧 Listen to the full segment first thing Wednesday morning on The AmberMac Show, available 7am wherever you get your podcasts.
🇨🇦 How can we make sure our country is AI-re 🇨🇦 How can we make sure our country is AI-ready? It was a pleasure to talk with futurist @sineadbovell at the Departure Festival about what it's going to take.

🎧 Full conversation on The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM Ch 167 Tuesday at 2pm ET // wherever you get your podcasts 7am ET Wednesday morning.

👏 Thanks to @lisazarzeczny for inviting me to moderate this conversation.
💖As a busy mom, health and wellness tech tops m 💖As a busy mom, health and wellness tech tops my list for Mother's Day and beyond. We just wrapped a cross-Canada media tour with Best Buy Canada. Here are some of my top innovative gift ideas for the mom or mom-figure in your life.

💝 When shopping @bestbuycanada, use Quick and Easy Store Pickup at BestBuy.ca so you can get your purchases in as little as an hour after ordering online.

#partner #mothersday #mothersdaygifts
😰 Our online spaces are a hot mess right now an 😰 Our online spaces are a hot mess right now and the owner of them is more interested in getting us hooked on AI friends than protecting us. 

🇨🇦 The AmberMac Show is airing right now on SiriusXM Ch 167, 7-8am ET, including our post-election coverage and discussion on what we learned about our online spaces during these past few weeks.

🎧 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
🇨🇦 How are you feeling right now, one week a 🇨🇦 How are you feeling right now, one week after the election?

I get David Moscrop's honesty 😅.

David is a writer and journalist, and guest this week on The AmberMac Show; we chat Canadian politics, Dad vibes, & lots more. 

Listen on SiriusXM Tuesday at 2pm / subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 

Sneak peek below 👇
🤖 AI is like having many mentors or a second ey 🤖 AI is like having many mentors or a second eye (no they're not replacing your friends, Zuck 👀).

🙋‍♀️ As an entrepreneur with a small team, the possibilities to scale my business and compete with some bigger agencies are endless. 

🎧 Listen to my full conversation with documentary filmmaker Philip Shane on The AmberMac Show, available on SiriusXM and wherever you get your podcasts.
🤷‍♂️ Spying on your employees is lame. Ta 🤷‍♂️ Spying on your employees is lame. Taking screenshots and logging their keystrokes is super lame (and, in some regions, a major privacy violation). 

What's even worse? 

Well, one of these "productivity" surveillance companies recently "suffered a significant privacy breach as more than 21 million images of employee activity were left in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket," according to Tom's Guide.

In Wednesday's new episode of The AmberMac Show podcast, Jeff and I discuss this further and tell you what went wrong.
🙌 Here is my son's first look at the Nintendo S 🙌 Here is my son's first look at the Nintendo Switch 2 (he did all the writing, editing, and music 📸 - @chrisaarondick on smartphone cam).

🤩 Thanks to @craftpr for the experience.

🎙️This review will air on an upcoming segment of The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM and is available wherever you get your podcasts.
This election season...here's an update on our "me This election season...here's an update on our "media" landscape...

🇨🇦 News is blocked on Facebook & Instagram.
🇨🇦 Meta is allowing deepfake political ads 
🇨🇦 Influencer "reporters" are spewing lies for clicks

On The AmberMac Show, @jeffmacarthur breaks down what went wrong & how to do better. Full segment wherever you get your podcasts or listen this weekend on SiriusXM Canada Talks Channel 167.
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