new year's special 2026

year of the whorse?

this is a bit of a talky ensemble one :)

thank you to featured voices: daniel, liz, liam, sabrina, debbie, subway youth, katie, christian, xavier, nala, kaiya, tom, caleb, kate, hopp driver, yonge-dundas believer, gabi, poppi, kate (different one), neem, scrim, em, lucia - and various crowds

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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fran and I at a winter farm, taking care of some animals

the final episode of the year :)

our third guest episode: francesca bertoglio is an artist and filmmaker from argentina living in toronto

fran's instagram - @franpadb

thank you for listening

thank you to featured voices: fran, nanuk, willie, luna, fran’s family

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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winter is our time to get weirder, more specific.

thank you to featured voices: lucia, mike, nat, hassan, lizzie, caleb

thank you to Mike Hoolboom for permission to share a piece of his 'panic bodies' q&a (nov. 30th/2025 - tiff lightbox)

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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you gotta practice if you're gonna get any good at it (don't kill it).

thank you to featured voices: em, ted, grace, beth, hassan, phil, gabi, lucia, crowds at imperial pub, liam, liz, dan

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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switching frequencies: coffee, fights, Irish noise, baseball, early morning letters, train rides, communal sorrow

thank you to featured voices: lucia, two different ians, jack, francesca, different strangers and crowds

thank you to One Leg, One Eye for permission to share a clip from their toronto performance

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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planting trees with caleb rogers - our second guest episode

he is a filmmaker, writer, musician, tree planter from the toronto area. a "whimiscal stoic," he shares with us some of the sounds and stories of planting trees for half the year in british columbia. thank you for coming on the show!

you can email caleb at [email protected]

thank you to additional featured voices: nat, demetri, em, dylan, quinn

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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how do recordings, time capsules, change our lives? are they messages to our future self? how do we love our past selves when confronted with them so vividly?

thank you to featured voices: lucia, gabriela, evee, beth, lizzie, jess, eric, younger lukes, will - and various crowds

thank you to will oldham for granting permission to feature his performance of 'new partner' at the concert hall from september 5th

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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encountering art at toronto international film festival 2025 in an uncertain time. embracing what we don't know.

thank you to featured voices: soren, mark, pratheesh, francesca, jack, dylan, lucia, em, kaiya, and a few others i don't have the names of.

thank you to the filmmakers whose q&a words i have sampled in short to illustrate ideas

credit to Radheyan Simonpillai for capturing the audio from The Road Between Us q&a

credit to LiveATC.net for the sampled cockpit recording

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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my letterboxd handle is MahoganyDoors if you want to see thoughts on every film I saw.

summer is over. wandering streets in cat mode. squirrel eating nuts. sinkhole opens. swimming pool closes. students pontificate.

thank you to featured voices: tess, jennifer, ian, jack, steve, hayeon, édouard. and a voice i was told the name of and cannot remember right now... i apologize

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

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being together. with strangers in a park, with family in the darkness, with a sweater on your back.

thank you to featured voices: daniel, rohid, miriam, tram anh, lucia, the double daters, hylton, and hunter

featuring lucia on vocals/guitar for '500 miles' at the end

welcome back to 'donovanesque' - a 'sound scrapbook': part field recording, part audio diary.

write to the show: [email protected]