It’s been a podcast-o-rific week, between the podcasting workshop I did at the Edmonton Public Library for Startup Week and preparations for Saturday’s podcasting meetup and making my own podcast and doing plenty o’ podcast listening in between. To wit: The Unknown Studio scooped me (!) by getting podcasters Phil Wilson of Off Menu and … More Edmonton podcast roundup: Oct. 23, 2015
It’s Election Day in Canada, and while I’m grateful for democracy and the peaceful way we get governments around here, I’m also done with the rhetorical excesses of the past few months. Here are some less irritating things to pay attention to: Let’s have some joy Brandon Schatz reached outside his comfort zone to participate … More Edmonton blog roundup: Oct. 19, 2015
Meet Taylor Chadwick and Brian Bergum, two-thirds of the core team that brings you What It Is, a podcast that has become a vital and highly entertaining archive of Edmonton’s arts scene. What It Is was born out of creative friends riffing and realizing their intelligent silliness was so good that other people should hear it, too. (Well, that’s my … More Episode 14: Taylor Chadwick and Brian Bergum
Dear Edmonton: You really filled my ears this week. Wow. Thank you. What It Is has two great interviews, one with musician Cassia Hardy of Wares, and the other with Trevor Schmidt and Arielle Rombough of The Good Bride. Both are superb, and I’m not just saying that because Taylor Chadwick enthusiastically promotes our Oct. 24 podcast meetup (though that was … More Edmonton podcast roundup: Oct. 16, 2015
A lot of the blogs that caught my eye this week have business focus, maybe because I’m working on a business of my own here. Take a look: Getting down to business The farmers’ markets are about to move inside, and Elyse Williams of The Local Good has a full list of where to find them. Poppy … More Edmonton blog roundup: Oct. 12, 2015
With a long weekend coming up, perhaps your ears could use some great local listens: Phil Wilson discusses chocolate and joy with the wonderful Jacqueline Jacek on Off Menu. Sarah Hoyles has this Pet Sounds story about Punchy the dog that is pretty much guaranteed to make you cry. On The Expats, Adam Rozenhart talks to a … More Edmonton podcast roundup: Oct. 9, 2015
This was the week that Edmonton went out to play with Spider-Mable, so let’s start there. If you missed the phenomenon, or just want to relive it, Wanye Gretz has a passionate recap. Sonic’s Layne Mitchell has more on Jason Blower’s T-shirt project to raise money for the Children’s Wish Foundation, which made Mable’s epic superhero … More Edmonton blog roundup: Oct. 5, 2015
Meet Natasha Chiam, the woman behind The Stay At Home Feminist, a blog that makes me laugh, cry and think. As we learn in this episode, Natasha started as a reluctant blogger on her online baby boutique’s website in 2008. And then she had an experience that got her hooked on writing, and away she went. The story … More Episode 12: Natasha Chiam
Twitter told me Wednesday was International Podcast Day. But every day is Podcast Day for me, and I’m especially interested in local ones. Look, here are some now: Yegs and Bacon features a live recording of a thought-provoking and entertaining panel on Indigenous Representation in Pop Culture, featuring James Leask, Richard Van Camp, Patti Laboucane-Benson and … More Edmonton podcast roundup: Oct. 2, 2015
Last week was a hurly-burly happening that tumbled into the weekend and somehow tripled in hurly-burliness. Lots going on, in other words. Here’s some of what was captured. True love Randall Talbot took two posts’ worth of photos at Nuit Blanche (here’s I and here’s II), the all-night contemporary art event that made a lot of … More Edmonton blog roundup: Sept. 28, 2015
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