{"podcast":{"title":"CanCon","slug":"cancon-7243791","podcast_index_feed_id":7243791,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/5KDCoHqs","website_url":"https://elbows-up.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/459eaf0b-a302-4d43-9318-4481701fcb41/ff62d403-6341-4382-9426-9bbdae4fd75e/3000x3000/cancon-showcover-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Laura Palmer","episode_count":43,"summary":"It's a fascinating time to be Canadian. This is a show that breaks all that wide open. Dangers. Opportunities. The stories that make this country what it is. And what it isn't. Longtime journalist and podcast host Jordan Heath-Rawlings (Elbows Up, The Big Story, The Gravy Train) returns to host critical Canadian Conversations with leading experts and storytellers. These are discussions—about who we are, how we got here, and where we're going—designed to offer more than soundbites and headlines. They'll introduce you to places, people and policies you might not have otherwise met, or perhaps not considered to be worth your attention. But they are.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:17:55.541573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791"},"episode":{"title":"When music went digital Canada was at the front of the line. What happened?","slug":"when-music-went-digital-canada-was-at-the-front-of-the-line-what-happened","published_at":"2026-04-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791/when-music-went-digital-canada-was-at-the-front-of-the-line-what-happened","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791","url":"https://elbows-up.simplecast.com/episodes/when-music-went-digital-canada-was-at-the-front-of-the-line-what-happened-bx3yAOri","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/651f3112-796a-485e-b005-e50532570169/13039807-2ea8-4138-bba4-ff99d4da8b96/episodes/audio/group/25c9cd59-ef7a-438f-81e7-8ee13aa8939a/group-item/4501fe74-5b42-4817-b71a-6d20b76b065c/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=5KDCoHqs","summary":"In the late '90s and early '00s, the music industry fundamentally changed. Within a decade, fans went from buying CDs in a local music store to purchasing $0.99 singles on iTunes. But before iTunes was available in Canada, and before the US giants took over the industry, Canadian startups were at the front of the pack. In this episode, we reminisce on a very strange and transformative time in media--you might remember the first CD you ever bought, but you probably don't remember the last one. We speak to Cam Gordon, author of Track Changes: The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet, about Maple Music and Puretracks. And if you were a Canadian music fan in the early '00s ... you might know what we're talking about.","meta_description":"In the late '90s and early '00s, the music industry fundamentally changed. Within a decade, fans went from buying CDs in a local music store to purchasing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1824,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cancon-7243791/episodes/when-music-went-digital-canada-was-at-the-front-of-the-line-what-happened/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791/when-music-went-digital-canada-was-at-the-front-of-the-line-what-happened.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}