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Upcoming Podcasts

Podcast • Episode 06 • Today
Marathon of Hope
with Darrell Fox
Podcast • Tue Sep 22
Confronting History
with Francesca Ekwuyasi and Shaena Lambert
Podcast • Fri Sep 25
Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain
Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman
Podcast • Wed Sep 30
Orange Shirt Day
with Michelle Good
Podcast • Fri Oct 2
The Art of the Short Story
with David Bergen, Frances Boyle and Souvankham Thammavongsa
Podcast • Tue Oct 6
Agency and Consent
Featuring Rebecca Watson and Annabel Lyon
Podcast • Fri Oct 9
Truth as Fiction and Fiction as Truth
Featuring Helen Humphreys and Will Ferguson
Podcast • Tue Oct 13
Lies That Tell Us Truth
Featuring Farzana Doctor, Shani Mootoo and Mona Awad
Podcast • Fri Oct 16
Crime and Punishment
Featuring Katie Tallo, Scott Thornley and Amy Stuart
Podcast • Tue Oct 20
Letting Go of Anxiety
with Tara Henley
Podcast • Fri Oct 23
Imagining Worlds (part 1)
Featuring David A. Robertson and Derek Kunsken
Podcast • Fri Oct 23
Imagining Worlds (part 2)
Featuring Lauren Beukes and MR Carey

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Podcast
Memoir
Episode 05 • Tue Sep 15
Living with Dying Part Two
with Sheree Fitch and Lorna Crozier
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 04 • Fri Sep 11
Living with Dying Part One
with Dakshana Bascaramurty and Anita Lahey
Podcast
Fiction
History
Episode 03 • Fri Sep 4
Living History
With Aislinn Hunter and Gil Adamson
Podcast
Memoir
Episode 2 • Fri Aug 28
Surviving and Thriving
With Elaina Martin and Joanne Vannicola
Podcast
Fiction
Episode 1 • Fri Aug 21
Fear itself
with Andrew Pyper, Craig Davidson and Stephen Graham Jones
Podcast
Tue Aug 11
The Ottawa International Writers Festival Podcast Announced