EstoCast

Game creator and children's writer Tarmo finds tremendous freedom and value in the natural world. It’s where he goes when he needs to think through and solve certain challenges. And a hammock outside is his favourite place to solve a crossword puzzle.

Prior to his appearance at Tartu College on October 18th, hear a bit about:

🧩how bees and bogs play a role in his writing of books and constructing of puzzles

🧩the creative independence of his company, Nuti Grupp

🧩the World Sudoku and Puzzle Championship that's bringing him to Toronto

🧩and much more!

Content, places, and ideas mentioned in this episode include:

-Nuti Grupp official website: https://nutigrupp.ee/ 

-Kanavere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanavere 

-The St. George’s Night Uprising, of which the Battle of Kanavere was a part: https://blogi.linnamuuseum.ee/carlsberg-foundation-19-a-fresh-look-at-the-st-georges-nights-uprising/#:~:text=George's%20Night's%20Uprising.,end%20of%20the%20year%201343. 

-The significance of bogs for Estonians: https://www.visitestonia.com/en/why-estonia/taste-of-northern-mystery-in-estonian-mires#:~:text=Bogs%20and%20mires%20are%20important,back%20to%20over%2010%2C000%20years. 

-An article from The New York Times about Estonian animism: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/world/europe/09iht-estonia.4.18535971.html 

-The book Mets on kodu: https://nutigrupp.ee/toode/mets-on-kodu-12-puu-ja-kuulugu/  

-Crosswordese, “words that appear frequently in crosswords, but not in everyday life.”: http://www.word-buff.com/crosswordese.html 

-How to make a crossword puzzle: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/crosswords/constructing-themes.html 

-More info on the 2023 World Sudoku and Puzzle Championship in Toronto: https://www.wspc2023.com/faq 

-Tiit Vunk in the World Sudoku Championship of 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fVerdA1KK4 

-Info about Tarmo’s VEMU event (copies of Nuti Grupp publications will be available there): https://vemu.ca/index.php/en/events-events/2185-18-oktoober-kuella-tuleb-tarmo-tuule-lastekirjanik-ristsonameister-ja-lauamaengude-loojaja-ja-taehistame-laenuraamatukogu-20-suennipaeeva-2 

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

Käesolevas värskes saates on meil külalisteks tänavu 20-aastaseks saava Tartu College’i Estonian Studies Library ehk kodusemalt laenuraamatukogu pikaaegsed eestvedajad Alliki Arro ja Vaike Rannu. Räägime nendega raamatukogu tähtsusest meie kogukonnale, sellest, milline on raamatukoguhoidja töö ja paljust muust. Mõnusat kuulamist!

Käesolevas saates arutame huvitavaid ja kütkestavaid teemasid, sealhulgas:

📕mida tegelikult hõlmab raamatukoguhoidja amet  

📗 milline on üldiselt lugemise ja raamatute tulevik ning tähtsus ühiskonnas

📘 mis rolli on laenuraamatukogu mänginud meie Toronto eestlaskonnas

📙 mis on raamatukoguhoidjate enda lemmik kirjutised 

 📚…ja palju muud! 

Saates mainiti:

Tartu College Eesti Õppetöö Keskuse laenuraamatukogu
                https://vemu.ca/index.php/et/eok

- Apollo raamatupood
                https://www.apollo.ee/

- Ontario Volunteer Service Award                  https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003411/ontario-honours-the-outstanding-contributions-of-volunteers

-Siegfried Von Vegesack - Balti tragöödia
               https://rahvaraamat.ee/p/balti-trag%C3%B6%C3%B6dia/1654237/en?isbn=9789916646946

-Andrei Hvostov - Sillamäe passioon
               https://petroneprint.ee/raamatud/sillamae-passioon/

- Käbi Laretei - Otsekui tõlkes
              https://leo.ee/product.php?id_product=25418

- Vahur Afanasjev - Serafima ja Bogdan
              https://rahvaraamat.ee/p/serafima-ja-bogdan/1015468/et?isbn=9789949880355

- Jaan Kross - Kolmandad mäed.          https://www.vanaraamat.ee/Jaan_Kross_Kolmandad_maed_Novell_Eesti_Raamat_1975_1468-325.htm

- Tõnu Õnnepalu - Piiririik
             https://rahvaraamat.ee/p/piiririik/666431/et?isbn=9789949538973

- Tõnu Õnnepalu - Palk
             https://rahvaraamat.ee/p/palk/1598932/et?isbn=9789916962978

- Jaan Kaplinski - Isale
             https://www.apollo.ee/isale.html

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

Oleme palju kuulnud katsumustest, mis on seotud IronMani võistlustega. Aga kuidas sellel osalemine päriselt tundub, eriti hobisportlase jaoks? Meie värskeimas saates vestleme muuseumide valdkonnas tegutseva, VEMU püsinäituse kuraatorite tiimi koordinaatori Krislin Kämäräga. Kuuleme, kuidas ta triatlonini jõudis, kuidas valmistub võistlusteks füüsiliselt ja vaimselt. Räägime spordi tähtsusest igapäevaelus ja liikumise vajalikkusest üldse. Mõnusat kuulamist!

 Teieni on jõudnud tuliuus EstoCast’i saade kus arutame põnevaid teemasid, sealhulgas:

🚴‍♀️ kuidas sport ja vaimne tervis on tihedalt seotud igapäevases elus

🚴‍♀️ IronMan’i võistlusel osalemisest ning sellest tulenevatest positiivsetest mõjudest eluviisile ja üldisele olemusele

🚴‍♀️ Kuidas sport ja liikumine loob kuuluvus tunde ja aitab sihikindluse tekitamise ning loomisega

🚴‍♀️ Triatloni sportlase elustiilist ja mõtteviisist

🚴‍♀️ …ja palju muud! 


Saates mainiti: 

- IronMan Tallinn
            https://www.ironman.com/im-tallinn

 - Nõmme, Tallinna linnaosa
             https://www.tallinn.ee/et/nomme

- Eesti Meremuuseum
             https://meremuuseum.ee/

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

As described by Anett Numa from Accelerate Estonia, the nation’s success as a technological innovator was in part shaped by the lobbying of Estonians in the 1960s, during the Soviet occupation.

But once independence was regained, what was involved in creating the e-Estonia that is so famous today? And does it have any impact on the rest of the world?

In this episode, hear about:

💻the necessity of making mistakes when applying systemic changes and improving people's lives

💻how almost anyone can become a digital resident of Estonia

💻the e-Estonia exhibition and events happening in Canada this september

💻and much more!

Content mentioned in this episode includes:

-Follow Anett on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anettnuma/

-Accelerate Estonia’s website: https://accelerateestonia.ee/ 

-the official e-Estonia website: https://e-estonia.com/ 

-Bolt, Estonia’s ride sharing app: https://bolt.eu/ 

-an explanation of MedTech: https://www.talkinghealthtech.com/glossary/medtech 

-an article about how Estonia supported the development of digital governance in Ukraine (written by Eesti Elu’s Natalie Jenkins): https://eestielu.ca/how-e-estonian-governance-is-inspiring-ukrainian-digital-governance/ 

-Sign up to VEMU Estonian Museum Canada’s newsletter for updates on the exhibition from Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom that will be opening at Tartu College in Toronto, Canada: https://vemu.ca/ 

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

It’s apparent that Markus Pukonen, the Founding Director and Lead Explorer of Routes of Change, loves movement, primarily through his own muscle power and in nature. He loves it so much that he went around the entire world over the last eight years without the use of motorized vehicles.

And now that he’s completed his travels and returned to Canada, we caught him for a short conversation, in which he tells us about:

🚴‍♂️what motivated him to travel eight years ago

🏄‍♂️the charitable causes he supported along the way

⛵️a windless (and then stormy) passage across the Indian Ocean

🎿and much more!

Organizations, places, and content mentioned in this episode include:

-Markus’ nonprofit organization Routes of Change: https://routesofchange.org/ 

-a video of his arrival back in Toronto: https://www.instagram.com/p/CunFyVmAdOV/ 

-surfing in Tofino, British Columbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2M84IJ71Ko&ab_channel=HighOnLife 

-OAR Northwest’s rowing expedition around Vancouver Island : https://oarnorthwest.com/expeditions/salish-expedition-2012/ 

-toronto.com’s account of Markus and his friends rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in 2013: https://www.toronto.com/news/markus-pukonen-recounts-crossing-the-atlantic-ocean/article_72c8458e-b4fa-5210-82e6-5df1980adb2a.html? 

-Markus’ YouTube channel with episodes documenting his journey: https://www.youtube.com/@Routesofchange 

-Tim Harvey and Colin Angus, who circumnavigated the planet through human power: https://thetyee.ca/Books/2007/04/02/ColinAngus/ 

-Adam Kreek, Estonian-Canadian rower, business coach, and a friend of Markus: https://www.valuesdrivenachievement.com/ 

-Markus’ circumnavigation route map between 2015 and 2023: https://findpenguins.com/routesofchange 

-a comparison of trimarans vs catamarans: https://www.windward-islands.net/blog/trimaran-vs-catamaran-what-are-the-differences/ 

-the first part of Markus’ trip down the Mekong River: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9LgVai4FIQ&ab_channel=RoutesofChange 

-Prevent Cancer Now, one of the charities that Markus has supported: https://preventcancernow.ca/ 

-support Markus’ film and book projects and sign up to his updates through these links: https://routesofchange.org/give-change
https://routesofchange.org/signup 

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

Eric Sehr, Project Manager for the City of Toronto's waterfront renewal projects, displays equal enthusiasm for the past as he does for the future. It’s a refreshing balance no matter where you stand on the issue of preserving the heritage of a city versus making way for new structures. And on that note, he’s written a great deal about the history of Toronto’s buildings and neighbourhoods. 

(If you like what you hear, Sehr will be delivering an online historical lecture on August 8th, 2023, look below to sign up.)

In this episode, hear about:

🏘️how Toronto has changed over the decades and how it will change in the years to come

🏘️Eric’s favourite buildings in Toronto

🏘the concept of layering a city

🏘️and much more!

Organizations, places, and content mentioned in this episode include:

-Information about the City of Toronto’s waterfront revitalization projects: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/waterfront/ 

-Eric Sehr’s Toronto Shaped blog: https://torontoshaped.wordpress.com/

-Eric’s Amalgamated blog: https://ericvery.wordpress.com/ 

-Eric Sehr’s Master’s research, “Reurbanizing Suburban Arterial Streets: Lessons from Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto”: https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/papers/9k41zd67q 

-About the Harbord Street Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B880JI_-9sk&ab_channel=OldTorontoSeries 

-Background on Scarborough’s Bluffer’s Park being used as a garbage dump in the past: https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/06/time-when-scarborugh-bluffs-collapsed/ 

-Union Station, one of Eric’s favourite historic buildings in Toronto: https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/venues-facilities-bookings/booking-city-facilities/union-station/ 

-Old City Hall, another one of Eric’s favourite historic buildings in Toronto: https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4255 

-The history of the Prince Edward Viaduct: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/online-exhibits/web-exhibits/web-exhibits-architecture-infrastructure/bridging-the-don-the-prince-edward-viaduct/bridging-the-don-the-viaduct-opens/#:~:text=The%20Prince%20was%20immensely%20popular,to%20the%20Prince%20Edward%20Viaduct. 

-Details about Eric Sehr's August 8th, 2023 lecture titled "The Tragic Fate of Huron Elliott: A Forgotten Indigenous Worker on Toronto’s Water Tunnel Project": https://torontofamilyhistory.org/learn/toronto-history-lecture/ 

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

Kuidas mõjutavad helid inimese arengut juba noorest east ning aitavad kaasa tervislikule ja sportlikule eluviisile? Just sellest vestleme kauaaegse Kanada-Eesti rütmilise võimlemise treeneri ning endise võimlejaga värskes EstoCasti saates. Räägime tuntud võimlemisklubi asutamisest ning liikumise teemadest laiemalt. Mõnusat kuulamist!

Teieni on jõudnud tuliuus EstoCast’i saade kus arutame põnevaid teemasid, sealhulgas: 

💃 Võrdleme Euroopa ja Kanada rütmilise võimlemise treenimise stiile ning mõtteviise
💃 Kuidas mõjutab muusika liikumist ja inimese terviklikku arengut
💃 Nippe, kuidas leida motivatsiooni, et olla liikuvam ja energilisem, eriti kõrgemas eas
💃 Kuidas sport võib ka olla meditatsioon
💃 …ja paljust muust! 

Saates mainiti:

Ritmika rütmilise võimlemise klubi Torontos
- https://www.ritmika.ca/

Tiiduse võimlejad (Estonian World Review artikkel)
- https://www.eesti.ca/?op=article&articleid=31091

- Everything Zoomer ajakiri
- https://www.everythingzoomer.com/

- Jane’s Walk
- https://www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

Värskes EstoCasti saates heidame pilgu tippsportlase põnevasse maailma, kus iga päev on eriline seiklus. Vestleme Torontost pärit ujuja Aleksa Goldiga sellest, mis rolli mängib sportlase elus ja karjääris tema pere, miks on igapäevane liikumine ülimalt tähtis, milline on tippsportlase argielu ja paljust muust. Mõnusat kuulamist!

Käes on taas värske EstoCast’i osa, kus arutame põnevaid teemasid, sealhulgas:

🏊🏻‍♀️ Võrdlused Eesti ja Kanada spordimaailmas
🏊🏻‍♀️  Pere tervisliku ja liikuva elustiili positiivsest mõjust ka hiljem eluteel
🏊🏻‍♀️ Kuidas ennast meelitada korralikult liikuma päevast-päeva
🏊🏻‍♀️ Tänapäeva tava-inimese tervislikest ja ka ebatervislikest igapäevastest harjumustest 
🏊🏻‍♀️ …ja paljust muust! 

Saates mainiti: 

University of Toronto Athletics ujumisosakond

• https://varsityblues.ca/sports/swimming

Blue Mountain kuurort

• https://www.bluemountain.ca/

  Eesti ujumisliit

• https://www.swimming.ee/

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

🚨A new EstoCast video episode! Head over here: https://youtu.be/WjVHpHxULbQ
… or to your chosen streaming platform for the audio version 📹

When talking about music and improvisation, it’s tough to pin down why things are played a certain way, or what one was trying to say with their instrument. Sometimes it just *is*.

Having said that, a word that crops up again and again when talking about live performances with pianist Kirke Karja, drummer Ludwig Wandinger, and bassist Felix Henkelhausen is “trust.”

In this episode, get to know Kirke Karja Trio, who just performed at the latest Estonian Music Week festival in Toronto and Hamilton. Listen to their take on:

🎼trusting each other on stage

🎼the vocabulary of jazz music

🎼the culinary delights that were part of their trip to Canada

🎼and much more!

Content mentioned:

-Estonian Music Week festival: https://www.estonianmusicweek.ca/ 

-Kirke Karja—pianist, composer, and leader of the Kirke Karja Trio: https://kirkekarja.voog.com/en 

-Ludwig Wandinger, drummer of Kirke Karja Trio: https://www.ludwigwandinger.com/

-Felix Henkelhausen, bassist of Kirke Karja Trio: https://www.felix.henkelhausen.net/ 

-Kirke Karja Quartet's album "Turbulence" : https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZiO986j5WHnGSdboBJ1cj

-Liis Ring, an artist who performed at Estonian Music Week: https://www.ounaviks.ee/en/artist/liisring/#:~:text=Liis%20Ring%20(formerly%20cirkl)%20is,%2FEstonia%20and%20Gothenburg%2FSweden

-Maria Minerva, an artist who performed at Estonian Music Week: https://mariaminerva.com/ 

-Cà Phê Rang, a spot for Vietnamese bánh mì sandwiches in Toronto enjoyed by the trio: https://goo.gl/maps/S6BtvBMKohzqKSxQ6 

-La Cubana, a spot for Cuban medianoche sandwiches in Toronto: https://goo.gl/maps/Zk26TVHyT9edCdSL8 

-The Estonian Academy of Music Theatre, where Kirke Karja studied with Kristjan Randalu: https://eamt.ee/en/ 

- an overview of some of the awards Kirke Karja has won: https://eamt.ee/en/kirke-karja-is-the-first-woman-to-win-the-gaslini-award-as-the-best-jazz-talent-of-the-future/ 

Follow Kirke on Spotify and Instagram for news on upcoming releases: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tpKqA1pWG58NHbnSyi6w4
https://www.instagram.com/therealkirkakarje/?hl=en

Also follow Ludwig and Felix on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ludwig_wandinger/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/f.hausen/?hl=en

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

It’s sometimes said that music is a universal language, but Kara-Lis Coverdale—who will be performing at Estonian Music Week in May—disagrees. A composer’s musical choices mean different things depending on the listener.

This sensitivity to sound and its effects has played a part in Coverdale making a major impact on the music world.

Tune into the latest episode of EstoCast to ponder her perspectives on:

🎹subversion in music creation

🎹what it’s like to play a pipe organ

🎹sending listeners on a treasure hunt, as Coverdale did with her album A 480

🎹and much more!


Concepts, places, and content mentioned in this episode include:

-A review by Corinne Przybyslawski of Kara-Lis’ performance at MUTEK festival in 2017: https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kara-lis_coverdale-mutek_montr_al_qc_august_27 

-A study of timbre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc34n-l4vd4&ab_channel=UniversityofOregon 

-Dubbing a cassette tape with a vintage stereo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTpqmLM3VW8&ab_channel=teletronikoforever 

-An explanation of samplers: https://flypaper.soundfly.com/produce/a-brief-introduction-to-samplers/ 

- Are Parallel Fifths and Octaves Really Forbidden?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ROaEgDNIg&ab_channel=MusicaUniversalis  

-What is harmony in music?: https://splice.com/blog/an-introduction-to-harmony/ 

-Curious facts from the organ’s history: https://westfield.org/programs/curious-facts/#:~:text=The%20organ%20began%20making%20its,churches%20and%20cathedrals%20throughout%20Europe. 

-Kara-Lis’ interview with The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/05/punching-people-is-fun-composer-kara-lis-coverdale 

-ZDB (Zé dos Bois), the “House of Art” that organized Kara-Lis’ performance in Hamburg with Alex Zhang Hungtai: https://zedosbois.org/en/ 

-Suoni, a music festival in Montréal: https://suoniperilpopolo.org/

-Kara-Lis Coverdale’s album A 480: https://kara-liscoverdale.bandcamp.com/album/a-480 

-her album Grafts: https://kara-liscoverdale.bandcamp.com/album/grafts 

-The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra: https://www.hpo.org/ 

-Buy tickets for Estonian Music Week (including Kara-Lis’ performances) here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/cc/estonian-music-week-2023-1993239 

Socials:

➡️ @estonianmusicweek
         https://www.facebook.com/EstonianMusicWeek
 
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca

➡️ @eestielu.ca
        https://www.facebook.com/eestielu.ca/events

➡️ @vemu.emc
       https://www.facebook.com/vemu.ca