Creative Colosseum Podcast

Dee and Trinity visit Soracon 2026, Regina's Anime Con! Along the way they recruit the help of a blue Na'vi named Tasia. Join the crew as they highlight many of the vendors, organizers and attendees of Soracon 2026!

For more information about Soracon check out: https://soracon.ca/

Image Credits: Soracon logo used with permission from Nebulee Art https://nebulee.net/

Music Break featuring "FairyTale" by Tara St. Michel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytI6YnUROI&list=RDsytI6YnUROI&start_radio=1

Socials from folks appearing in this episode:

https://www.instagram.com/worldorderofpirates/

https://www.instagram.com/ketchum_onpoint/

https://www.instagram.com/bloomzlystudios/

https://www.instagram.com/rhescrafts/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/comicreadersdowntown/

https://www.instagram.com/tarastmichelofficial/

https://tarastmichel.com/

https://www.instagram.com/garnetinferno_r5/

https://www.twitch.tv/stevenmnemonic

https://www.instagram.com/riverstration/

https://www.instagram.com/rivergfilms/

https://www.instagram.com/terramonix/

https://www.sparrowdesign13.com/product/terramonix-terrarium-assorted/995

https://www.twitch.tv/shadowlinkcosplay

https://www.instagram.com/coffeebeansncraftythings/

https://linktr.ee/kiri.cosplayca?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

https://www.instagram.com/nebuleeart/

https://nebulee.net/

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Dee and Allysia make an effort to push themselves through a creative slump by sharing their thoughts on their own creative slumps. This is a meta episode all the way, and somehow all roads always lead back to AI related discussions.

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Dee sits down with actors Trinity Smith and Davit Khublaryan to discuss the new music video by Tragic Bronson titled "Slow Burn". Trinity and Davit talk about their craft as actors as well as their adventures in acting while living in Saskatchewan. The future is bright for Saskatchewan actors!

Follow Trinity Smith here: https://www.instagram.com/_trinity.smith_/?hl=en

Follow Davit Khublaryan here: https://www.instagram.com/davit_khublaryan1/?hl=en

To book these actors, visit Edge Agency: https://www.edgeagency.com/

Follow Tragic Bronson here: https://www.instagram.com/tragic.bronson.music?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&cplk=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

Slow Burn Music Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpgD5zkQ9tc

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David attends the Creative Technologies and Design Showcase at the University of Regina. Many students and colleagues stop by to share what they're up to and how they plan to conquer their own creativity! (see what I did there?).

Appearing in this episode:

Gwendolynn Cousins - Student

Ben Valiaho - Sask Music (@saskmusic)

Ian Campbell - U of R Faculty (@inkocus)

Howard Rennebohm - Student

Aiden Kinistino - Student

Martin Gagnon - Student

Kadence Meredith - U of R Masters Grad/Sessional Instructor

Rojen Bolito - Student

Evan Arnold - Student

Jaecy Bells - U of R Masters Student/Sessional Instructor

Sydney Coleman - Student (@gracie.dot.png)

Sophie Byers - Student

The Creative Technologies and Design department exists within the Media, Art, and Performance Faculty at the University of Regina. There are a lot of exciting creative things happening there, so every year they host a showcase in the Spring to show off the incredible student work being produced through the program. If you want to join in and study at the U of R, check out the links below!

Creative Technologies and Design Website:

https://www.uregina.ca/media-art-performance/creative-technologies-design/index.html

University of Regina:

https://www.uregina.ca/

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Join Allysia and Dave for a discussion with Humboldt crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki and Lucas Frison of Prairie Cat Productions about their new documentary series called "We Were Broncos" (streaming now).

This discussion spans Ryan's journey with high-level competitive sports following a significant spinal injury as well as his experience being filmed in a story about his life. We also discuss filmmaking with Lucas: the process of getting a series to production (and beyond), "making it" as a filmmaker, and much more.

Stream We Were Broncos for free on AMI+:

https://www.ami.ca/App

Support Ryan's foundation Straz Strong:

https://www.strazstrongfoundation.com/ryans-story

Prairie Cat Productions:

https://www.prairiecatproductions.com/

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Join Dave and Allysia for an audio-only evening chat about the ways in which they have levelled up in life over the past handful of months. This conversation spans being a university professor (Dave), going to grad school for philosophy (Allysia), the wonders of Eurovision, songs that make us feel something, apprehensions about AI (and its uses), and much more.

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Dave's musical feels pick:BONES AND ALL | “You Made it Feel Like Home” by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Official Music VideoAllysia's musical feels pick:Dear Rouge | Stolen Days | First Play Live

Join us with filmmaker Aaron Sinclair, who is a writer, director, editor, composer, sound designer, and who takes up a bunch of other roles besides. We talk about what is involved in making a feature-length film, how to source financing, thinking outside the box for unique film formats, and more.

Check out Aaron's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/aaronsinclair.film/

Check out his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/ @aaronsinclairfilm 

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In today's episode, Dave and Allysia each share four tips for how to deal with writer's block, whether or not you're a writer - the expression applies just as easily to all of the creative arts. They discuss their own experience (or lack thereof) with writer's block, and share tactical strategies for dealing with it. This is an actionable episode, so let's get that abundance rolling in our creative lives!