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Past Episodes

Podcast • Episode 8 • Thu Nov 24 2022
Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood
with Wayne Johnston
Podcast • Episode 20 • Tue Jul 5 2022
And a Dog Called Fig
with Helen Humphreys
Podcast • Episode 11 • Tue Jun 7 2022
The Book of Grief and Hamburgers
with Stuart Ross
Podcast • Episode 04 • Tue May 10 2022
Easy Beauty
with Chloe Cooper Jones
Podcast • Episode 26 • Fri Nov 26 2021
The Weight of Sand
with Edith Blais
Podcast • Episode 22 • Fri Nov 12 2021
Permanent Astonishment
with Tomson Highway
Podcast • Episode 8 • Fri Sep 10 2021
Life in the City of Dirty Water
with Clayton Thomas-Muller
Podcast • Episode 6 • Fri Sep 3 2021
Where Beauty Survived
with George Elliott Clarke
Podcast • Episode 2 • Fri Aug 20 2021
Better Not Bitter
with Yusef Salaam
Podcast • Episode 1 • Fri Aug 20 2021
NISHGA
with Jordan Abel
Podcast • Episode 28 • Fri Jun 18 2021
The Bright Side
with Cathrin Bradbury
Podcast • Episode 27 • Fri Jun 18 2021
Likeness
with David Macfarlane
Podcast • Episode 15 • Fri Apr 30 2021
The Girl from Dream City
with Linda Leith
Podcast • Episode 23 • Tue Nov 17 2020
Yes, It's Systemic
Featuring Eternity Martis and Tessa McWatt
Podcast • Episode 20 • Fri Nov 6 2020
A Life with Books, Writers and Virago:
Emma Donoghue in conversation with Lennie Goodings
Podcast • Episode 18 • Tue Oct 27 2020
Craft, Content and Process
Featuring andrea bennett and John Elizabeth Stintzi
Podcast • Episode 15 • Tue Oct 20 2020
Letting Go of Anxiety
with Tara Henley
Podcast • Episode 08 • Fri Sep 25 2020
Neurodiversity and The Ever-Changing Brain
Featuring Sarah Kurchak and David Eagleman
Podcast • Episode 06 • Fri Sep 18 2020
Marathon of Hope
with Darrell Fox
Podcast • Episode 05 • Tue Sep 15 2020
Living with Dying Part Two
with Sheree Fitch and Lorna Crozier
Podcast • Episode 04 • Fri Sep 11 2020
Living with Dying Part One
with Dakshana Bascaramurty and Anita Lahey
Podcast • Episode 2 • Fri Aug 28 2020
Surviving and Thriving
With Elaina Martin and Joanne Vannicola