Oct 19, 2021
So you want to be a poet? Matt Rader is a poet, fiction writer and creative writing professor at University of British Columbia. In this episode we discuss Matt's journey to become a poet, parenthood, men's health and mindfulness. In the second half of the episode we keep our fire hot by discussing his new book...
Oct 14, 2021
Linguists, artists and culture keepers Ocean Hyland and Jesse Recalma discuss their pursuit of keeping Indigenous languages thriving and using them to wake a sleeping language called Puntlatch. We discuss why individual languages are so valuable and explore Indigenous perspectives on the southern coast of Canada.
Sep 5, 2021
There is so much knowledge hard-wired into languages and learning them is foundational to understanding any culture. Teacher and language keeper la̱lx̱sa̱n dala'ogwa Keisha Everson offers her perspectives on language revitalization and completely shifts my understanding of the struggles that Indigenous learners and...
Jun 11, 2021
Mo Moshiri is most known as a MC/rapper and co-founder of the Vancouver hip-hop group Sweatshop Union. Mo was born into the Iranian revolution and escaped the country on a camel with his mother after his father was captured and imprisoned. Mo and I discuss his music, parenthood, navigating trauma and his...
Apr 13, 2021
Between 1960 and 1990, over 11000 indigenous children in Canada were taken from their natural families and placed into foster care or adopted in a social welfare initiative later called The Sixties Scoop. Nanekawasis George Littlechild, a prolific indigenous artist, is one of those children. In this episode George...