Soft Revolution

In a first for Soft Revolution, after more than a year, Torq and Ali meet in person at Crow’s Theatre and are joined for a wide ranging conversation by the one and only Shad. It’s definitely better when we are together.

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/softrevolution

Some listener mail, and a long talk on all the amazing things going on in the world.

Want to hear us live? Well, we are headed to Trinity Bellwoods to make it happen July 17th at 2pm. And guess who's coming? The one and only Shad!

Ben Dietschi, a regarded saviour and consultant to arts organizations on the resilience of the not-for-profit arts sector, what makes a successful organization, and a truly hopeful take on our future.

Plus, what the hell do we do about the climate as artists?

JOIN OUR PATREON - $3/MTH - EARLY ACCESS - PROCEEDS TO THE AFC (https://www.patreon.com/softrevolution)

PICKS :

Isabel Allende - Daughter of Fortune

Jonathan Richman - That Summer Feeling

SPONSORS

Effin' Birds - www.effinbirds.com

Invest with Tim Ziegler - www.investwithtim.ca

Crow's Theatre - www.crowstheatre.com

Singer-Songwriter and founder of Side Door Access, Dan Mangan on how it might be best to not cast your net wide, but deep, and in an ode to Father's Day, a beautiful distillation of what being a father has meant to him as an artist.

Plus, Torq is really happy about Canada's reopening plan...not. And Ali dives deeper on Muslim representation in film and television and how changing culture can change politics.

LINKS :

The fight for Muslim representation in Hollywood — and the danger of falling behind (https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/muslim-representation-hollywood-media-1.6072136)

PICKS :

Joni Mitchell - Blue 50 (Demos and Outtakes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYyyf9rRurc

Kings of Convenience - Catholic Country (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drtMcLDIMHs)

SPONSORS :

Effin' Birds - www.effinbirds.com

Invest with Tim Ziegler - www.investwithtim.ca

Crow's Theatre - www.crowstheatre.com

Globe and Mail's theatre critic J. Kelly Nestruck on the Great Intermission, the confusing and at times debilitating "reopening" plans, the future of theatre, and what it's really like to sit in "Murderer's Row".

But first - Liverpool threw a thousand people in a concert, and nothing happened. Should we cancel Canada Day? What is the aesthetic of fashion and music telling us about what is the next step going to feel like?

SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON - $3/MTH - BONUS CONTENT - EARLY ACCESS - PROCEEDS TO THE AFC (https://www.patreon.com/softrevolution)

LINKS :

Covid: No detectable spread of virus after Liverpool pilot events - BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-57249289)

What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/cognitive-behavioral)

PICKS :

Legacies of Historical Casting Practices | (Re)Setting the Stage: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hPz_rl4gm8)

John Mayer - Last Train Home (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Ne5dVDfLM)

SPONSORS :

Effin Birds - www.effinbirds.com

Invest With Tim Ziegler - www.investwithtim.ca

Crow's Theatre - www.crowstheatre.com

In the aftermath of the discovery of the remains of 215 children in a residential school in Kamloops, B.C., we ask how can we best deal with the wretchedness of our past, and what do we do with the statues of the men who were responsible. Plus, how do we sift through all this expertise.

JOIN OUR PATREON $3/MTH - BONUS CONTENT - PROCEEDS TOWARDS THE AFC - https://www.patreon.com/softrevolution

SPONSORS :

Effin Birds - www.effinbirds.com

Invest With Tim - InvestWithTim.ca

Chloe Van Landschoot on how being an artist and being a registered nurse blend together into one compelling and expansive world. But first, the news, which...is getting better? And can UFOs finally unite us?

Amy Millan of STARS and Broken Social Scene co-hosts the pod. We chat about her personal journey with COVID-19, the Canadian government's "Life after vaccination" roadmap, and we embark on, we hope, a pretty clear explanation of Bill C-10.

Renaissance woman Caryma Sa'd on the soul of the anti-lockdown marches, comics and humour that packs a punch and gets her through, and yes, Chris Sky. Plus, what is Broadway's return going to look like?

Live music at a vaccine pop-up in Toronto! Joe Biden feels unstoppable, but why not legalize marijuana? Finally, take your grief, honour it, and light it with a match.