Episode 45, “As They Say in Theatre,” with @javivilalta This week's episode was actually recorded a few weeks back with the wonderful Javier Vilalta!
Javi was so great giving me some insight into his directing of the recently sold out show, “The House of Bernarda Alba,” that
feel oppressed and stigmatised.We also get to hear about Javi’s experience being born and raised in Mexico City to now living in Calgary. And when Javi isn’t directing or working on creative projects, he also loves to travel, to not only see the world, but to have a deeper
wrapped up October.1st at @SageYYC . It was Javi’s second time directing this play, but this time with an all 2SLGBTQIA cast. We talked about the relevance of the play (originally written in 1936) to today's current climate and how it is still a lightning rod for communities that
Episode 55 is now live! This week Robbie and Jordan catch up and unpack the notion of authenticity in social media. Check it out on Anchor or wherever you listen to podcasts! https://t.co/SHrOD76nCm
Episode 44, “Journey Home,” with @perpiesoul
On this week's episode, I was lucky enough to chat with the lovely and talented, Perpie Atife who was one of this year's recipients of the Alberta Lieutenant Governors Emerging Artists award!Perpie shares her journey of musicianship
surroundings and childhood. Perpie also tells us what it’s like to work in the music industry not only as a woman, but a mother as well.
From her performance at Studio Bell to this year's Calgary Stampede grandstand show and her upcoming album, “Ije” coming out this fall, Perpie
and how she found herself falling in love with playing the saxophone, almost by a twist of fate!Originally from Nigeria, now living in Calgary, Perpie talks about how she grew up listening to everything from Dolly Parton to Don Williams to the rich afrobeat music of her
Episode 43, “Planes Don’t Wait,” with @TheShawnAustin I’m pumped for you all to hear this new episode with Canadian country singer,Shawn Austin! We had an awesome conversation about Shawn’s new EP, Planes Don’t Wait! Shawn is also fresh off his tour with @dallassmith and chats
about his excitement for all the festivals he will be performing at this summer,across Canada!
We also get a chance to find out what shows Shawn is bingeing these days, and what the least country thing about him is! #yycpopcast#yycpodcast#calgarypodcast#canadianpodcast
Episode 42, “The Land We Live On,” with @NFPlays with @MakingTreaty7
If you haven’t had a chance to hear Neil chat about the making of the film #istotsi than make sure to check out the episode and the film, which is playing @fortcalgary all summer into October 🎥 #yycpopcast
Episode 42, “The Land We Live On,” with @NFPlays
This week I had an enlightening and fun conversation with Neil Fleming, the executive director of @MakingTreaty7 here in Calgary! We chat about Making Treaty 7’s film “Istotsi, The Land We Live On,” which will have screenings at
chat about the importance of’Making Treaty 7’as a cultural society, dedicated to Indigenous artistic expression, and how that is paired with the beauty and history of Indigenous culture and the reckoning of Canada’s dark past with Indigenous people.Happy Indigenous History Month
this week's 2022 “IGNITE festival of emerging artists' ' which is in its 17th year and being presented by @SageYYC .Neil tells us about “Istotsi”and the meaning behind the collage of small films and how it went from a stage show to a film at the height of covid lockdowns.We also