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Neil Bergen is my boss, as he's the station manager at CFCR - Saskatoon's community radio station. He's been in broadcasting for a long time. We get into that along with his (possibly hipppie) style choices, early concerts, aspirations for the station, his appreciation of Neil Young, the coming "reckoning" and the magic of radio.  This episode also features the debut performance of the CFCR Tabernacle Choir.  Pledge to CFCR's annual funding drive!  Head to http://cfcr.ca/donate or FMphasis.ca!

Andrei Feheregyazi is a prolific and talented animator, filmmaker, illustrator, painter, and whirlwind brain of all kinds. He's got an upcoming art show for his Master's degree and it takes place October 24th through November 4th at the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery on campus at the U of S. Our talk covers adventures in preschool, the subtle awfulness of Inspector Gadget, his work everywhere from Hell on Hooves to HitRECORD to a Library Voices music video, Grade 3 fistfights, and the science of art (and steampunk). 

Andrei's portfolio: http://www.andreif.com/

Andrei's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fajigajiga

Andrei's Vine: https://vine.co/u/937816436661964800

I had the opportunity to chat with Ashley Clouthier and Tara Kooy right after this year's edition of Take Back The Night, a march against gendered violence. Ashley is the co-ordinator of the USSU Women's Centre and Tara works with the Saskatoon Women's Community Coalition - co-organizers of the event. We talk about the importance of community organizing, their early concert-going experiences, and preview the upcoming Concert for Consent (as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week at the U of s). It's not very often that this show tackles subjects of importance, so I'm very appreciative of everyone from Take Back The Night whose presence and karaoke skills made the evening a highlight of this show's run thus far.  SWCC: https://www.facebook.com/SaskatoonWomensCommunityCoalition/

USSU Women's Centre: https://www.facebook.com/ussuwomenscentre/

Danielle Altrogge was on the path to take over the family pharmacy, when her first love - namely, writing - called to her. Now, she's a spoken word poet who has toured nationally and she is currently the Executive Director of Tonight It's Poetry in Saskatoon. We chat about the slam poetry community, the hottest charting prescription drugs, ignoring iambic pentameter, the high cost of higher education, her Dad's not-so-secret "rated R" shelf, and a whole bunch more. 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/troggled

Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SlamStick

Tonight It's Poetry: https://www.facebook.com/TonightItsPoetry/

Stephanie C. Kuse is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer whose work is very prevalent in the Saskatoon music scene. From album covers to poster designs, to the Silence 'zine, you've probably bumped into something of Kuse's if you've been around in the last couple of years. We have a talk about the power of minimalism and simplicity, the benefits of art school, Kuse's paper .gifs, and her secret suburban origins (cat's out of the bag!). I pretend to be able to talk about art. It's fun!

Portfolio: http://sckuse.net/

Silence: https://www.facebook.com/silencezine/

This episode also features another instalment of the smash success Pod & Order. It's a train wreck. 

Eric Anderson is an energetic and interesting fellow who recently transitioned from working as a journalist for CBC Radio to managing communications at the Sherbrooke Community Centre. We chat about his path through teaching to journalism, his recent disappointing experience at Lollapalooza, and his ardent Roughrider fandom - among other things. There are also many shout outs. And then, shouting (between Eric and a very nice member of the audience). 

The show has made it to a milestone of sorts, with this: the 25th episode. Celebrate with me as I chat with my own Dad, Dennis Flaherty. He's been a teacher, a cassette deck DJ, a ferret tracker, and a darn good Dad. We talk about his teaching philosophy, early dates with my Mother, graveyard picnics, and much more. Suffer the Dad jokes! Enjoy the adorableness!

Donald B. Campbell is a playwright (and all-around theatre dynamo) whose latest effort, The Narrow Path, will be at this year's Saskatoon Fringe. His Fringe Festival pedigree goes back to the first Fringe in North America, circa Edmonton in the '80's. We chat about his journey through language and theatre, from teaching English in Japan to offering up a Winter striptease for a roomful of drycleaners. There is also some fun audience participation from David Creelman, who just so happens to be the director of The Narrow Path. 

More information on Campbell & Company and The Narrow Path: http://campbellandcompanyreturns.blogspot.ca/ Go and see it if you get the chance. 

Kirby Wirchenko used to play club shows in Saskatoon's nascent 90's club scene. Flash forward to 2016 and he's the Executive and Artistic Director of the community-owned Broadway Theatre. We chat about what led him to be a venue director and concert promoter, and the dynamic of promoting live performances in an increasingly digital music landscape. You can catch Kirby MC'ing at August's Regina Folk Festival and keep an eye out on the 2nd Annual Winterruption, which the Broadway co-produces with RFF, in January. 

Troy Gronsdahl is a visual artist and Associate Curator of live programs for the Remai Modern in Saskatoon. He also raps, though a bit more sporadically these days, creating music under the moniker soso. We touch on the psychological distance between Saskatoon and Clavet, early attempts at hip-hoppery, magic in objects, and wrestling with multidisciplinary art practice - the balance of doing visual art and music and living your life. This is a gooder. 

http://troygronsdahl.com/

http://remaimodern.org/