Soft Revolution

James Smith, a musician, actor, and creator of LESSONS IN TEMPERAMENT on how we are all pianos and how his show opens beautiful windows into the world of neurodiversity.

Oh, and Dave Chapelle.

Cliff Cardinal's AS YOU LIKE IT is amazing, and it doesn't matter what any critic thinks. Stratford is re-auditioning their company of CHICAGO...huh? Facebook is the worst, and even Facebook knows it. Justin goes to Tofino on our first day of Truth and Reconciliation...why?

Our first ever guest Michael Healey rejoins the pod to discuss the results of the 44th Canadian election.

The boys go wonky breaking down the culture platforms of all major parties, and a discussion on the People's Party of Canada being a continuing thing in Canada.

Choir master and co-head of Choir!Choir!Choir! Nobu Adilman asks is there even a point doing a show right now? Plus, how choral singing can never end.

But first, they're throwing gravel at the Prime Minister, social media is tearing the moral, intellectual and cultural fabric of society, and the Tyndall Centre creates a blueprint for zero carbon concerts.

Actor and screenwriter Jesse LaVercombe joins the pod to discuss Deep Canvassing and how it changes votes and minds.

But first - do we have a real plan with these vaccine passports? Where's Drake's vaccine selfie? What's up with DONDA? And with the news of artists being murdered in Afghanistan, let's fight to save them.

Kevin Hanchard joins the pod to discuss the use of the N-word, now and in the future in response to the Shaw Festival's cancellation of Assassins. Torq and Ali first discuss the Canadian election, and how Afghanistan teaches us again, that if you can't change culture, it doesn't matter how many bombs you drop.

Tess Benger and Julia McLellan from the Canadian Green Alliance join the podcast to discuss what being an Artivist really means and how we can be making theatre as eco-friendly as possible.

But first, Torq ate beside the Clintons and Bernie Sanders and wonders what's up with their secret service; Ali had a nice chat with Allan Detsky on what the pandemic to endemic path looks like; and how in the world do you make someone take a vaccine if they think it makes them infertile?

Just us, and it's a great one. Simone Biles and stage fright. Vaccine passports...again. How can we articulate what the actual "New" New Normal is going to look like? Can we relinquish the fear?

Amanda Smith and Emily Hill from the AFC join the pod to discuss the AFC's new mental health initiatives aimed at curbing the mental health crisis in the arts industry.

But first, are vaccine passports inevitable? Are producers and tour managers about to be put into impossible situations? But none of this really matters if we keep destroying our climate.