The Creative Imbalance

Today we are joined with Director/Photographer Ashlea Wessel to talk about her journey into making horror films. She recently had two of her short films in "Creepy Bits 2" at the Blood In The Snow film festival in Toronto, and around hearing about her creation process she gives us some advice for any aspiring filmmakers. Ashlea is truly a well of knowledge, experience, and good vibes! We thoroughly enjoyed this chat.

Today we are joined with Tribulation's founding member Adam Zaars to get some insight on their 20 year legacy as a band and their brand new album "Sub Rosa In Æternum" that dropped this past week. We personally think the album is a modern goth-rock/metal masterpiece and thoroughly geeked out hearing the influence and story behind them taking a different direction towards their latest work. Truly an ever evolving group and Adam leaves us with advice for any aspiring bands and musicians.

Today we are joined with director Peter Lepeniotis to get a behind the scenes look into R.L. Stine's latest film "ZOMBIE TOWN" that features mega legends such as Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase! Also around hearing about how Zombie Town came to be, we take a dive into Peter's amazing history as a legend himself in the animation world. His work spans across some of the most iconic films such as Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, Madagascar, Casper (1995) and so much more. We also learn about how he transitioned from an animator into the directors chair with his hilarious squirrel film "The Nut Job" and leaves us with amazing advice for fellow creators who are trying to bring their big ideas to life.

Today we are joined with Adam Rodness and Stu Stone to hear all about their brand new film "Don't Fuck With Ghosts" that mixes both reality and fiction into one big story of trying to make contact with the other side. Around getting all the details of how they met and how this project came to be, it was extra special to pick their brains on both their long standing history within the film/television and entertainment industry. Both are a well of knowledge who wear so many hats, and even Stu's voice has spanned across almost every cartoon that aired throughout our childhood (Magic School Bus, My Pet Monster, Babar, Cryptkeeper, The Tick, Beetlejuice, Rupert ... and I would actually break my hand if I tried to type all of them out right now).

DON'T FUCK WITH GHOSTS drops on October 31st and I hope you enjoy this awesome talk in the meantime.

Today we are joined with Juha Raivio the founding member of Swallow The Sun to celebrate their 25 year legacy in music. STS always made the music they wanted to make, and we learn through Juha's spirit that keeping true to yourself can withstand the test of times despite ever changing trends and closed minded critics. We also hear about the music writing process leading up to their latest upcoming album release "Shining" which opened up the topics on the affects on ones mental health, using the source of real life pain into your artistic expression, and how if he took the approach of their previous album (Moonflowers) that "He would have blown his brains out". We appreciate Juha for being an absolute open book to us in this conversation and around what we explained, this chat isn't all doom and gloom and filled with many moments of laughter and inspiration from the Swallow The Sun journey.

Today we are joined once again with the beautiful badass Charlotte Kirk to talk about her brand new film Duchess (Directed by Neil Marshall of The Decent, Hellboy, Game of Thrones). Around getting a behind the scenes look into this film, we get to hear about her embracing the world of action and future projects alongside legends such as Dolf Lundgren and Michael Jai White. Like always we dive into some beyond the surface subjects too such as vulnerability as a working actress, finding inspiration, and advice for actors trying to take a step into the film industry.

Today we take a seat under the learning tree with the one and only Chris Jericho to talk about his newly produced documentary titled "The Death Tour" that follows a group of people on their journey through one of the most legendary and dangerous paths that aspiring independent pro-wrestlers take in the frozen tundra's of North-West Canada. Chris also gives us all the latest on AEW after celebrating 250 episodes of Dynamite, an in depth look into the psychology around his very polarizing new character "The Learning Tree", what he feels about AEW's future, and leaves us with advice for anyone taking the first step to follow their dreams.

Today we are joined by Jon Elmaleh of Toronto's Alt-Punk/Post Hardcore act Napoleon. They have just released a brand new EP "Dear God" based on his personal experiences of seeing people in his life use their religious beliefs for evil. Beyond hearing how the band came to be and the evolution of their sound, Jon explains how he felt vulnerable taking this direction with their latest project and almost rewrote all the lyrics. This story is a true example of how projecting your truth and sticking to what's in your heart can unexpectedly connect with people who may not have the voice to do so themselves.

Today we get a behind the scenes look with all the leading cast members from Wild Eyed And Wicked. What is great about this film is that it covers a lot of beyond the surface subjects that you don't expect from watching the trailer which leads to some amazing and deep conversations about mental health and overcoming internal struggles. The first portion of the interview we are joined by the films main antagonist/demon entity Stefanie Estes, and Michael X. Sommers who plays her former husband. Then we close out this episode joined with the star of this film Molly Kunz, who is the daughter of the two and tells us all about suiting up in armor and going to battle.

Today we are joined with singer songwriter Laura Lee Schultz of Vancouver's Down The Lees. The band has recently released their new album titled "Dirt" that fricken rocks and beyond talking about it's unique excellence we hear all about Laura's legacy of being a musician, her insight and perspective of doing this since the 90's, while also diving into subjects of the pressures of making your art a profession and taking care of you mental health.