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!

Join Dave and Allysia for a conversation with Alex of Alex Paul Artistry. The discussion includes the topics of being a pop singer, transitioning to entrepreneurship, finding a niche in the beauty industry, natural beauty, expression and appearance, gender norms in beauty, self-care for men, cosmetics and their therapeutic value as an art form, when an interest in beauty turns into an obsession, and other topics.

If you need help, dial (or text) 9-8-8 in Canada/US:

https://cmha.ca/find-help/if-you-are-in-crisis/

https://www.mhanational.org/resources/988

In this episode, Dave interviews Laura Psotka from Roman Empire Studios, and they nerd out about film audio. They discuss the boom and bust cycle of being a creative entrepreneur, doing tech surveys and shooting location audio, overdubbing, the state of the film market in Saskatchewan, Laura’s work in the film Resting Potential (with a featured clip), the “garbage in, garbage out” philosophy of audio recording, how audio is edited in post production, room tones, non-diegetic sound, stereo sound versus surround sound and immersion, sound and music and their effect on emotions, mentions of “Mother” and “Interstellar,” modern cinema’s obsession with LFEs, goals for Roman Empire Studios, and other topics. 

“The worst part about watching a movie is remembering you’re watching a movie.” - Laura Psotka

Catch Laura on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/laurapsotka/

And Roman Empire Studios: https://www.instagram.com/roman.empire.studios?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

Find us on Spotify and tune in on Twitch for our livestream every other Sunday afternoon:

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Watch “Resting Potential” here:

https://www.restingpotentialfilm.com/

Join us as we count down from 10 to 1 and spotlight our favourite lyrical moments. We discuss particular lines or passages that resonate with us, and chat about the artists who wrote them. It was impossible to pick only five each, but them's the breaks. What are your favourite all-time lyrics? We highly recommend spending a few hours combing for your music collection to come up with your own list; you'll invariably learn something about yourself in the process. Or you'll simply enjoy music for a while, something we're usually too busy to do. Let us know how it goes for you!