Our 100th episode, a year in the making! Carolyn Nakagawa was our esteemed guest, and chatted with us about her creative life as a poet, playwright, and researcher. You can preorder her book Asahi: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes from your favourite bookstore, available in November 2026! More on what she’s up to can be found at cynakagawa.com.

Come swing by and say hey at the Word Vancouver literary festival, this Saturday, September 19th! Kristi will be at UBC Robson from 11am-5pm chatting with the local readerly and writerly community for a special upcoming episode. Word Vancouver is free to attend, and there’s an excellent lineup of panels, workshops, and vendors (including local writing institutions, independent publishers and booksellers, and artists) to see all day. Full schedule here: https://www.wordvancouver.ca/main-day-events-2026

Local music feature: “Aqua e’ Coco” by Empanadas Ilegales

Theme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠Kimmortal

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Writer Kaile Shilling joins us to talk about expanding community with those who are often intentionally excluded, evolving personal perception and perspective, and the incredible power of sauna.

[Light warning for loud excitement (!!!) over fluffy preteen chickens!]

SAD Mag and SADCAST will be at Word Vancouver on September 20th, come check out our collage workshop and a live episode recording 🥳 

Local music feature: “Clarity” by Francis Arevalo

Theme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠Kimmortal

Kaile's photo is by Rachel Lando

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Sometimes, summertime SADness means sweet and silly nostalgia. In this episode, Kristi catches up with fashion designer Evan Clayton, as they chat about aging, his upcoming collection, and why mall drag is so good.

Local music feature: “BROWN SKIN” by Jordel

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Nothing wrong with being Bad or SAD - but we’re still looking for something “rad” to complete the trifecta. Bad Academy’s Amanda Kao sat down to talk with us about belonging, burnout as a canon event for community organizers, and taking the leap to build something new.

Tickets still available to attend SAD Mag’s launch party for issue 38 - get ‘em here!

Local music feature: “Avalanche” by Marin Patenaude

Marin will be appearing at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival on July 19th, more info here.

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Did you know we’re all soup? This week we’re recapping a wonderful conversation with Anjalica Solomon, about creative balance, how they show up for their craft and community, and the flexibility of success and consistency.

Listen to their new poem “Apocalypse Reimagined”, the final piece of their forthcoming book Apocalypse Joy (September 2025, Write Bloody North), available now on all streaming platforms.

Local music feature: “Gher Bede (La Sanguijuela)” by Empanadas Ilegales 

Empanadas Ilegales’ upcoming album Sancocho Trifásico will be released on June 6th, and you can get tickets to the release party at the Hollywood Theatre here!

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SADCAST has a new host! Becca talks to Kristi about podcasting ~feelings, and what you can expect for future episodes. Featuring an artist-to-artist discussion on the importance of personal and community archives, diasporic identity, and the realities of grieving, with Cathy Xu and Sām Mohseni (adapted from Cathy’s piece “Past Lives” in Issue 37: TIME).

Local music feature: “Sad Birthday” by Anjalica Solomon

“Sad Birthday” is having a release party this Sunday, April 27th @ Enabling Arts. There’ll be a special performance, open mic, and cake! Tickets and more info here.

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Kagan Goh is only half-joking when he tells you he's known as Vancouver's bipolar poet laureate. Slam poetry, in many ways, saved his life. On his journey to recover from mental illness, he's become a multi-hyphenate artist with achievements in the world of film, theatre, memoir-writing and, of course, poetry. SADCAST Host Becca Clarkson sat down with Goh in his home to learn more about his background, how it shapes his work, and what he's bringing to the 2024 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival.

Hosted by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver, this free event showcases the work of 56 artists in the margins of society, who don't follow mainstream trends or expectations. Check it out at the Yaletown Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre between October 11-13.

This episode's local music feature is Doom Cocoon, a three-piece stoner psych garage band that I would 10/10 recommend seeing live.

Theme and interstitial music by Kimmortal.

New mini series alert! SADCAST is taking you "Inside the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival" ahead of the 8th annual event Oct. 11-13. This is a chance to get to know three participating artists, including Syilx songwriter Francis Baptiste. What makes him an outsider? Well, in his words, he's a "washed-up, divorced, recovering alcoholic trying to balance being a single father and middle-aged musician." 

By listening to his new album S​ə​nk​̓​lip, the Trickster, you're supporting his efforts to learn, teach and preserve the endangered Nsyilxcən language.

Catch Francis at VOAF 2024.

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What's gladding your sad these days? Or, what's the glad to your sad? We want to hear from YOU, the listener, about your local remedies for melancholy, your cures for life's manures. Shoot us a message on Instagram, and let us know what's uplifting you these days! If you need a laugh, you're in luck: We have a recording of our SAD Comedy: Sports Edition show that we held at Bells & Whistles back in February!

The lineup includes local comedians Paul Hickey (@pawfatwood), Megan Milton (@megan.mish.mash), Steev Letts (@steevletts), Niki Mohrdar (@niki.mohrdar), Jackie Hoffart (@ostensiblyclear) and An Te Chu (@antechu).

Next up on the calendar: SAD's "Texture" launch party. Come celebrate the release of our 36th issue on May 11 at F as in Frank's Gastown location. Go to https://www.sadmag.ca/ for more details and to buy tickets.

He’s the kind of guy who stares a little too long and can do magic tricks with thongs. Velvet Ryder is his name, and Ken is the human behind this drag sensation. They join SADCAST to discuss their debut into Vancouver’s drag scene, their love for the community and how kings are combatting tokenism. 

This episode highlights multidisciplinary artist Tonye Aganaba, as well as Guilt & Co.’s live album that benefits B.C. charities.

Theme music and interstitial music by ⁠Kimmortal.