Tanya Talaga is here to discuss her award-winning book and its complementary documentary film, The Knowing, Scarborough pride, being discouraged to learn about her Indigenous heritage as a child, her lifelong interest in storytelling, writing for the student newspaper at the University of Toronto, establishing her Makwa Creative production company and the importance of diversification for modern media workers, what justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls looks like, why governments and the Catholic Church finally acknowledged and apologized for their treatment of Indigenous people, perspectives on genocides continuing in broad daylight despite humanity’s shared history and knowledge, what’s next for Talaga and her team, other future plans, and much more.

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Elle Barbara is here to discuss Word On The Street by Elle Barbara’s Black Space, Montreal construction, putting on a performance this past May in which she got married to herself, exploring terms like autogynegamy and sologamy, how this album examines and critiques food, consumerism, and classism, street art and conspiracies regarding capitalism, alienation and Scientology, working with producer Renny Wilson and the story behind the Black Space band, what’s next, and much more.

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Michael Cloud Duguay is here to discuss Wobbly Yonder, playing the 2023 Hillside Festival in Guelph with Steven Lambke and Wax Mannequin, working on new music with Mathias Kom in Newfoundland, heading north when it gets cold, a traumatic, life-altering music festival experience, dealing with addiction and anxiety, Peterborough’s vibe and the Sliver Hearts, Quinton Barnes and other exciting artists on Watch That Ends the Night, David Cloud Berman, future plans, and much more.

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“Bundy” Ken Brown, Glenn Kotche, and Jim O’Rourke discuss Tim Barnes, who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in recent years, Barnes’ work as an utterly original drummer and percussionist (O’Rourke, Silver Jews, Faust, Royal Trux) and cultural curator, the June 27 release of Lost Words and Noumena by Barnes featuring contributions by Chicago Underground Duo, Deerhoof, Gastr del Sol, Helado Negro, Minutemen, Slint, Tortoise, and Wilco among others, other future plans, and much more.

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Meg Remy from U.S. Girls makes her sixth appearance on this show to discuss Scratch It, her twin boys’ interest in sports, the influence that John Carey’s book Eyewitness To History had on her latest songs, remembering her late friend Riley Gale of the band Power Trip and reflecting upon death, celebrating and working with the great Toronto songwriter Alex Lukashevsky, the xenophobic trap that Donald Trump has set and avoiding the shaming that nationalism inspires, not meeting Patti Smith at a show they both played, a Nashville adventure featuring the legendary Charlie McCoy, the song and video for “Bookends,” writing new songs, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer, and musician John Congleton is here to discuss his Animal Rites recording studio, the aftermath of the California wildfires and its air quality impact, American empathy and cruelty, why evil always loses, his dad’s inspiring musical pursuits and parental expectations, finishing his friend Steve Albini’s final recording session, starting a new all-star band, other future plans, and much more.

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Steve Sladkowski discusses PUP and Who Will Look After the Dogs?, sports and loud, boastful sportscasting's Canadian connection, Metallica’s Some Kind of Monster, The Beatles’ Get Back, and dysfunctional band communication, working closely with producer John Congleton, Steve’s background in jazz and improvised guitar, PUP’s ambitious, sentimental six-date Mega-City Madness Tour of Toronto, conjuring Marc Ribot and Joel Plaskett for a new song, future plans, and much more.

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Asher Case and Isaac Lowenstein from Lifeguard are here to discuss Ripped and Torn, doing a podcast on the very day you graduate from high school in Chicago or while you’re stuck in New York City, side projects and hectic schedules, fine arts and electrical engineering, Electrical Audio, Tortoise, and other inspiring Chicago things, who Asher’s dad is and why he was once a guest on this show, the story of Lifeguard and their interest in song structures, abstract lyrics, and sheets of noise, writing new songs, touring, other future plans, and much more. 

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Bells Larsen is here to discuss Blurring Time, performing duets with his old alto voice and his new baritone, cancelling an American tour in the wake of government policies that persecute and harass people with non-conforming gender identities, the widespread attention his statement on the matter received, addressing transphobia in public and his general interest in discourse, dichotomies and multiplicity, Montreal’s bagels and Liverpool’s Beatles, the male voices of Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens, significant numbers, working on a children’s book with his father Andrew Larsen, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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