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  • Geoffrey Simon Brown

    This week I unfriend playwright and producer Geoffrey Simon Brown. We discuss adopting dogs, losing theatre work, founding the Major Matt Mason collective and the inevitable legal ramifications of the name, making friend lists and checking in on them twice, being hit on at poetry shows, and so much more!
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    47 min
  • Kaitlin Williams

    This week I unfriend actor, director and Artistic Director Kaitlin Williams!
    We discuss quarantine theatre, the brilliant idea of recreating the success of Hamilton, how to do the work when there’s no work allowed, nihilistic visions, loose happiness, weaving in and out of each other’s lives, the risks of site-specific theatre, assuming people are cooler than they actually are, intimidating Leonardo DiCaprio and so so much more.
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    Cover photo credit to the incredible Kristine Cofsky at the Portrait Sessions

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    57 min
  • Chad Wolfgang Veinot

    This week I unfriend animation wizard and dear friend Chad "Wolfgang" Veinot. Chad and I discuss chosen family, disappointing old friends, the origin of the Average Mango clan, Halloween hijinks, shitty Ironman and feisty bananas, haunted food and so much more!
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    Be sure to check out Chad's art HERE and follow him on Instagram @chadveinot.ig
    and follow Ghost Toast @ghosttoast.ig
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    Friendless is presented by the Saskatchewan Podcast Network, which is sponsored in part by Conexus Credit Union and Directwest. 


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    48 min
  • Aaron Parker

    This week on Friendless I unfriend host of the Mourning Talk show, Aaron Parker.
    We talk all kinds of fun topics from how we met through email, sending the wrong vibes by association, cbc comment sections, the lonesome genius of Daniel Johnston, the necessary placebo of astrology, where art lives and so so much more.
    Check out Mourning Talk HERE or on Instagram
    Check out the Tarot reading Instagram we mention in the show Style by the Signs HERE (Cannot recommend her enough!)
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    Friendless is a proud member of the Saskatchewan Podcast Network
    The SPN is sponsored in part by Conexus
    and by Directwest

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    50 min
  • Kelsey Ledbury

    This week on Friendless, I unfriend my old Bowness High School classmate Kelsey Ledbury.
    Kelsey and I talk about  reevaluating dreams, when the show shouldn’t go on, running away to paradise, artists with jobs, how to make friends at work, and singing Monty Python in Science class.
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    34 min
  • Stephen Rutherford

    This week on Friendless I interview poet, graphic designer and former co-worker of mine, Stephen Rutherford.
    Stephen and I talk about catch-all jobs in not-for-profits, coping in quarantine like an astronaut, what won’t go back to normal, the collapse of context through digital media, sharing plates of cheeseburgers, and surprising friends with hidden talents.
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    38 min
  • Dave Smith

    This week I unfriend Dave Smith, a scenic painter, set designer and all-around production whiz.
    We talk about band vs theatre in high school, black box theatres, teaching university during the pandemic, maintaining long-distance friendships, and the best breakfast.
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    48 min
  • Lisa Jane (My Big Sister!)

    This week's guest is a lawyer/yoga instructor hybrid (and my older sister) Lisa Avramenko!

    We talk about being called to the bar, incremental social justice within systems of oppression, aggressive Zoom angles, the tradition of old men in powdered wigs, trauma effects on memory, and Hamsters!

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    Check out the podcast Finding Fred (as mentioned in the show) HERE it's well worth the listen!
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    47 min
  • Jennica Grienke!
    This week in a very special year-end edition of Friendlies I am once again joined by the one and only Jennica Grienke aka THE WIFE!
    We talk about best and worst Christmas gifts, life long regrets (but the Molson Lite kind), reliving moments like Scrooge and our most selfish wishes for the season.
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    Happy New Year and see you in a few weeks!
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    47 min
  • Grahame Kent

    This week I unfriend my close Saskatoon buddy, Grahame Kent (Actor, founder of Buttered Ghost Theatre and Professional Dungeon Master).
    We talk about echo chambers, Aaron Manke voice, short but intense friendships, All Elite Wrestling and my boo Kenny Omega, eating the rich, and our favourite PS4 games!
    Check out Grahame’s podcast Dr Frightful Presents: HERE
    And find me on all social media @friendlesspod
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    45 min

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Friendless is a podcast about the strange, tender, often painful work of staying connected. Host James Avramenko talks to writers, thinkers, activists, and everyday people about…