Vanessa Greco

Journalist @CBCRadio | Producer. Writer. Occasional Teacher | @ICFJ Alumna. Previously in Germany | ✌️ #pubmedia is accessible media

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Rulin' #14: "Listen to radio a lot" https://t.co/6D0JjXs4MU

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@electricianatio “you have to become nocturnal — like Jimothy”

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@AdrianMorrow Whoa! Congrats Adrian!

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@elamin88 So you’re telling me you’ve found a new rascal deskie who loves chattering and collecting things? *And* they can fly?

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Before Spain's dictatorship fell, Pedro Almodóvar says he filmed many of his early movies in abandoned rural houses to evade police.

He talked censors, freedom and more with us in studio.

🔊 https://t.co/D4PCGhLQuh

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"If you rely on a muse in the first place, then you have to trust when they’re not there. I think that’s where faith lies, right?"

Some sweet moments with @kdlang on @QwithTomPower today.

🔊 https://t.co/xAattXWn5H

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"The one thing they could not take away from me was my ability to create. I could say to myself, 'I'm not a criminal. I'm an artist'"

Today on @QwithTomPower: How @jesse_krimes survived his time in prison by secretly creating epic works of art

🔊 https://t.co/IcYhEYl5m0

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Spent a lot of time thinking about this conversation afterwards. Grateful to Jesse for telling us his story, about making a masterpiece while incarcerated using hair gel and bed sheets, and most importantly how art is valued inside a prison and outside. https://t.co/R30BdxwVXT

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"Disowning all of those works... felt like cutting off a limb."

Today on @cbcradioq: Alan Moore on why he can't stand to keep copies of his most famous work (including Watchmen) in his home anymore.

🔊https://t.co/UfShPkBzxq

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@mitchellpollock Thank you friend! 🙏

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Many don't know that while drawing her earliest comics, Kate Beaton worked in Canada's oil sands trying to pay off her student loans

Those years changed the direction of her life and art:
🔊 https://t.co/SytT4j3fu7

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Conan O'Brien's assistant @sonamov is on Q today! Come for the office pranks. Stay for the insight on fulfillment at work. #kedakai

🔊 https://t.co/isg22hiNA6

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Chatting with @emilyhampshire on stage tomorrow at #TCAF2022 about her debut graphic novel 🪄 Come join us at the Hinton Theatre at 3 PM!

https://t.co/Ko3rupl7Q5

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"Apparently I am quite kind... and actually sweet"

David Cronenberg on his life in movies, scaring Scorsese, and why his 'depraved' reputation is greatly exaggerated #CrimesOfTheFuture

🔊 https://t.co/RfWRZjFx4q
📺 https://t.co/n4zu3uGnlC

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@LianeMcLarty @cbcradio @cbcradioq Thank you for listening Liane!

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"Every rejection, every disappointment has led you here to this moment"

More than 20 years after he quit acting, Ke Huy Quan is back on screen and ready to find meaning in his journey #EverythingEverywhere

🔊 https://t.co/9Q7bE9aTDK

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@RdotChung 🙏🏽💚

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@janicedickson @jennierussell_ @CBCEdmonton @charlesrusnell Ditto. You're a force, my friend 💚

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@CBCDay6 Sayed Habib Hussaini taught German in Kabul. He now lives in an anchor centre with his wife Zakia, and two children, Tamana and Mustafa

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After the fall of Kabul, thousands of Afghans sought refuge in Germany. Some are now living in controversial 'anchor centres'.

I took @CBCDay6 inside one in Bavaria.

https://t.co/QBaHOw7d5j

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Security was heavy, but there were still surprise visitors: Protesters calling the CDU corrupt (L) and the satirical 'Die Partei' (R)

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Next on the rally circuit: Armin Laschet, leader of Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats, speaks at the Gaswerk complex in Augsburg