Midtown Conversations

In this episode of Midtown Conversations, producer Danielle Deveau chats with our cities panel about the changes that we have seen over the past decade living and working in DTK. Featuring Melissa Bowman (Citified Substack); Sam Nabi (Tri-Cities Hip Hop; Full Circle Foods); and Alex Glass (Arts Build Ontario).

In 2019, Sean Geobey interviewed Emily about cycling in Midtown KW. Last week, Danielle Deveau caught up with Emily again to find out what has changed in regional cycling infrastructure and awareness.

This Saturday on Midtown Conversations, we dig into the archives for this 2019 interview with Mike Morrice (MP, Kitchener-Centre). Mike was one of the very first guests we ever had on Midtown Conversations. In this interview, he talks about his time as a student at WLU, how he decided to found a company dedicated to sustainability, and what he hoped to achieve as a Green Party Candidate for Kitchener-Centre.

Danielle Deveau interviews playwright Catherine Frid, musician Mary Abdel-Malek Neil, and performer Carolyn Brochu. Their play Living Below the Line (Watercourse Theatre) was co-created by local community members and explores the challenges of living below the poverty line in the Waterloo Region.

In this episode of Midtown Conversations Danielle Deveau chats with local community artists Mary Abdel-Malek Neil from KW Junk Music about her newest recording project and what it means to write an album about the local community. Mary released her first album, "I'm Who I Am," this past month made up of songs and collaborations from the local community. Mary was the 2019 City of Kitchener Artist-in-Residence, she is a Community Musician and Founder of KW Junk Music.

Midtown Radio producer Chey Bholla sits down with KW songwriter Jack Cooper to talk about his new songwriting series "Sounds Good to Me" and the local music scene in Kitchener-Waterloo.

Ashwyn Singh moved from India to Waterloo to attend U of W and now he's making big moves to break into the world of stand up comedy. He's been travelling across Canada and even North America to build his reputation in this notoriously demanding career. With his goal of performing 100 shows already surpassed, Ashwyn reflects on his experiences as a young comedian of colour and talks about his desire to build the comedy scene in KW.

To celebrate World Radio Day 2022, host David Harmes chats with BBC broadcast journalist David Bailey about radio memories, community radio production, and the future of the medium.