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This bonus episode is dedicated to the memory of media producer, art and climate champion and cultural impact leader Tracey Friesen, who passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025 in Vancouver.
I offer my deepest condolences to Tracey’s family and her countless friends and colleagues.
I’m still on break from producing new episodes of conscient. I’m mostly meditating these days but also taking courses such as Surviving the Future.
I’m to think through how podcasts such as this one, can be most useful future forward. More on this later.
For now, while I’m on break, I thought it would be interesting to publishing a series of ENCORE or replay episodes drawn from previous seasons of conscient.
I actually got the idea my fellow podcaster Alice Irene Whittaker whose created a REPLAY series drawn from her Reseed podcast and it’s a good listen. I recommend any episode but in particular Episode 8 - Reflecting Climate Grief Through Music with Tamara Lindeman.
And I’m going to start on a sad note, but also one celebrating the life of Tracey Friesen. You’ll hear, once again, e85 tracey friesen – narratives of resilience for a post carbon world which I recorded in 2021.
For those of you who don’t know Tracey, let me provide context this way. I’ll read you an excerpt from a newsletterissued by the Story Money Impact organization in Vancouver that Tracey founded in 2019 and which is now run by Sue Biely. This excerpt will give you an idea of their appreciation of Tracey:
Thank you Sue and the team at Story, Money, Impact for that.
I first met Tracey on September 21, 2021 at a event called Processing the federal election during a climate emergencyorganized by the Climate Emergency Unit. Stacey was impressive. Shortly after we collaborated on the mission circle of SCALE, the Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency network. We later became friends and often went for long walks in Ottawa or Vancouver to strategize about art and climate action but also the challenges of day-to-day life: supporting elders, being a parent, figuring out what to do…
Tracey was a compassionate listener and a very wise advisor.
I loved the way she understood and advocated for the power of storytelling, and I think her words will be important to us in the future.
I hope we can continue her good work amplifying the voices of artists. Here’s another excerpt:
Let’s go back in time: 2021 with the COVID pandemic in full swing. Tracey and I are sitting, meditation style, in her living room in Vancouver.
Heads up that in this episode you’ll also hear excerpts from conscient podcast e26 klein – rallying through art and e54 garrett – empowering artists in between our conversation.
Finally, for your convenience, I’ve also added a complete transcript of the episode on the episode web site including links to the events and organizations that Tracey mentions during our exchange.
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END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODES
Hey conscient listeners,
I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa).
It’s my way to give back.
In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I I publish free ‘a calm presence' Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com.
Your feedback is always welcome at [email protected] and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, Tik Tok, YouTube and Substack.
Share what you like, etc
I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible.
Claude Schryer
Latest update on July 8, 2025
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This bonus episode is dedicated to the memory of media producer, art and climate champion and cultural impact leader Tracey Friesen, who passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025 in Vancouver.
I offer my deepest condolences to Tracey’s family and her countless friends and colleagues.
I’m still on break from producing new episodes of conscient. I’m mostly meditating these days but also taking courses such as Surviving the Future.
I’m to think through how podcasts such as this one, can be most useful future forward. More on this later.
For now, while I’m on break, I thought it would be interesting to publishing a series of ENCORE or replay episodes drawn from previous seasons of conscient.
I actually got the idea my fellow podcaster Alice Irene Whittaker whose created a REPLAY series drawn from her Reseed podcast and it’s a good listen. I recommend any episode but in particular Episode 8 - Reflecting Climate Grief Through Music with Tamara Lindeman.
And I’m going to start on a sad note, but also one celebrating the life of Tracey Friesen. You’ll hear, once again, e85 tracey friesen – narratives of resilience for a post carbon world which I recorded in 2021.
For those of you who don’t know Tracey, let me provide context this way. I’ll read you an excerpt from a newsletterissued by the Story Money Impact organization in Vancouver that Tracey founded in 2019 and which is now run by Sue Biely. This excerpt will give you an idea of their appreciation of Tracey:
Thank you Sue and the team at Story, Money, Impact for that.
I first met Tracey on September 21, 2021 at a event called Processing the federal election during a climate emergencyorganized by the Climate Emergency Unit. Stacey was impressive. Shortly after we collaborated on the mission circle of SCALE, the Sectoral Climate Arts Leadership for the Emergency network. We later became friends and often went for long walks in Ottawa or Vancouver to strategize about art and climate action but also the challenges of day-to-day life: supporting elders, being a parent, figuring out what to do…
Tracey was a compassionate listener and a very wise advisor.
I loved the way she understood and advocated for the power of storytelling, and I think her words will be important to us in the future.
I hope we can continue her good work amplifying the voices of artists. Here’s another excerpt:
Let’s go back in time: 2021 with the COVID pandemic in full swing. Tracey and I are sitting, meditation style, in her living room in Vancouver.
Heads up that in this episode you’ll also hear excerpts from conscient podcast e26 klein – rallying through art and e54 garrett – empowering artists in between our conversation.
Finally, for your convenience, I’ve also added a complete transcript of the episode on the episode web site including links to the events and organizations that Tracey mentions during our exchange.
*
END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODES
Hey conscient listeners,
I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa).
It’s my way to give back.
In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I I publish free ‘a calm presence' Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com.
Your feedback is always welcome at [email protected] and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads, BlueSky, Mastodon, Tik Tok, YouTube and Substack.
Share what you like, etc
I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible.
Claude Schryer
Latest update on July 8, 2025
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