This episode is brought to you by the words: digital video.

This time out your cohosts Nora Young and Wayne MacPhail, along with a fleet of curious correspondents are exploring this exploding phenomenon.

Roz Allen drops in on some of her B.C. filmmaker pals for a look at how digital technology is revolutionizing their art.

Charlotte Scott finds out how activists are using digital video to get their messages out, and discovers what it means for politics on-the-ground.

Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are starting to see great potential in investing in the platforms that let people share their videos. Cathi Bond hits the street in search of a business case.

Our newest Curiosity cast correspondent, Amanda Hartwick, gets some airtime with ordinary folks about their personal video habits.

Nora herself delves into the social psychology of why we all feel the need to make it big on the small screen. She talks with Victor Barac. He's a cultural anthropologist at University of Toronto.

Wayne takes us on a tour of the raft of new hand held players just around the corner so you can watch those videos anywhere you are, and in strange and curious ways. And, of course, Meagan Perry's got another round of Reasonable Doubt's in the wings.

But first, a quick chat with Karen Ward, this podcast's executive producer, about how we waded into this area of exploration to begin with.

Our musical sign off is The High Maintenance Man, from Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps from the Podsafe Music Network.

The Curiosity Cast is a Curiosity Inc. production.

Executive Producer: Karen Ward

Producer: Wayne MacPhail