Scene and Heard

Ed Willes joins Paul Chapman for a Province Sports Podcast that looks back, and forward on the Vancouver Canucks.

From how the season unfolded to how the draft lottery will play into the Canucks fortunes is covered.

Is Jake Virtanen ready to take the next step? What will the front office target in the draft and free agency? And what should be top priority for the Jim Benning filling the void of the Sedins departure or restructuring the blue line?

All these questions plus talk about the Humboldt tragedy and looking ahead at the NHL playoffs and which are the series to watch are covered in the podcast.

Oh, and after they recorded, they figured out that Tampa Bay are playing New Jersey, brain cramp recovered.

Ed Willes joins Paul Chapman to talk about the Canucks season going forward. Where is the team in terms of progress? What do people want to see from the team in the last portion of the season?

How has Jake Virtanen’s season been judged so far and what has to happen for him between now and the end of the season? All these topics and more, including a potential change at General Manager are pondered by the boys.

The podcast then turns to the NFL and looks at if the Minnesota Vikings are the closest thing to Canada’s team, and they also look at if the New England Patriots are the perfect pro wrestling heels.

Join Ed and Paul every week as they talk about the pressing issues in sports locally and across the country.

The All you can eat NFL podcast with J.J. Adams and Mike Raptis talking all things football inside the La-z-boy Vancouver lounge.

Scene & Heard host Stuart Derdeyn chats with musician Geoff Berner about his accomplished new album We Are Going To Bremen To Become Musicians out on Coax Records.

Host Stuart Derdeyn chats with musician and promoter Johnny Matter about Diecember, the seventh annual metal fest/Vancouver Food Bank charity event that's taking place at the Rickshaw Theatre,

Host Stuart Derdeyn talks with Les Dala, musical director of the Vancouver Bach Choir about the group’s 85th season, including the Christmas With the Bach Choir (Dec. 6) and Handel’s Messiah (Dec. 12) shows. Also music from Elektra Women’s Choir, Odesza and the Once.

Brooklyn-based Vancouver pianist/composer Cat Toren chats about Inside the Sun, her latest album with the Cat Toren Band, as well as her work with JUNO Award-winning band Pugs & Crows and others.

Ian Astbury, frontman of The Cult chats about his music and tour via phone while on tour in Austin Texas and Skye Brooks drops by the studio to chat about his new album.

Host Stuart Derdeyn talks to D.O.A. frontman and Green Party of BC hopeful Joey Keithley about politics, the band’s new album Hard Rain Falling (Sudden Death Records) and how many farewell gigs anyone is allowed to play.