The Liquid Courage Podcast

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a hot cup of black coffee with actor and improvisor Cihang Ma (Roses & Thorns, Carpe Into My DMs, A Christmas Carol) to discuss anger, our skincare routines, and the importance of feeling seen (both on stage/screen and by the people around you!). Cihang is a current cast member of the Bad Dog Theatre’s Featured Players: Season 7, an alumna of the Second City Bob Curry Fellowship Program, and the recipient of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award…no big deal. Catch Cihang performing on a variety of comedy shows on Bad Dog TV including the award-winning show HookUp, Roses & Thorns, and The Oval!

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some modified margaritas (and some Jack Daniel’s) with podcaster, kink educator, and professional dominatrix Erin Pim/Lady Pim (The Bed Post Podcast, The Bed Post Stage Show, The Ritual Chamber) to discuss setting boundaries at work & home, her award-winning podcast The Bed Post Podcast, and the difference between a whip & a flogger! Erin is a published erotica author and the host of the award-winning podcast The Bed Post Podcast, where she interviews fun and sexy guests about sex and sexuality. The podcast actually started as a live, sexy variety show, including erotic readings, real-life sex stories, and burlesque numbers. As Lady Pim she works as a Professional Dominatrix at The Ritual Chamber here in Toronto, and facilitates various workshops on doming, kink, and overall sex-positivity.

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Erin Pim/Lady Pim: insta @thebedpostpodcast & @pim.lady / twitter @theladypim1

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some yummy ruby grapefruit Palm Bays with actor, improvisor, and writer Ann Pornel (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Baroness Von Sketch Show, The Beaverton) to discuss dating during quarantine, how doubting yourself benefits the patriarchy, and what sacrifices she’s had to make for her career. Ann is a three-time Second City mainstage alumni (Come What Mayhem, Everything is Great Again, Party Today Panic Tomorrow) and is a member of Second City’s first show to feature an all female-identifying cast She The People. You can see her on screen in the newest season of Ghost Bff, created by the incredible Vanessa Matsui, and you can see her improvising every Wednesday night in The Oval airing at 9:30pm EST on Bad Dog TV. She is so freaking fabulous that the designers at Rue 107 named a skirt after her, the Pornel skirt…no big deal.

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Ann Pornel: insta @glampornel / twitter @annpornel

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some cold beer with actor, writer, and comedian Erica Gellert (The Sketchersons, JFL42, Tom & Erica) to discuss what it’s like to be a part of The Sketchersons, why she regrets getting one of her tattoos, and how important it is to remember that you can always change your mind! She is a writer and performer of The Sketchersons, a Canadian Comedy Award-winning comedy sketch collective that holds their infamous Sunday Night Live show every Sunday night. She is one half of the award-winning sketch comedy and improv duo Tom & Erica, one third of the all-female comedy trio Low Rise Queens, and last year her solo sketch show debuted at the Toronto Sketch Festival. Oh, and she’s a huge fan of wigs.

The Liquid Courage Podcast: inta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Erica Gellert: insta @ericagellert / twitter @ericagellert

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some refreshing Tequila sodas (with lime!) with comedian, writer, actor, and improvisor Natalie Metcalfe (If I Could #Throwback Time, The Adventures of Tom Shadow, CBC’s CANAdoDAday) to discuss valuing your creative uniqueness, her fear of being a bad friend, and how much she loves to be in control. She is a current Mainstage cast member of The Second City Toronto, a CANAdoDAday writer for CBC Kids, and a Co-writer/performer of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning musical comedy The Adventures of Tom Shadow. She performs in the Award-nominated improv show HookUp, currently airing every Thursday night on Bad Dog TV’s YouTube channel, and you can check out her monthly produced sketches on her Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Natalie Metcalfe: insta @nana_metcalfe / twitter @nanametcalfe

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

**Note: While editing this episode I realized that during the conversation I used the phrase “bottom of the totem pole”, and I’d like to acknowledge that in doing so I’m ignorantly appropriating Indigenous culture. Rather than edit it out, I want to take ownership of using the phrase and work to do better.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a cold can of White Claw with writer, longform improvisor and Founder of The Assembly comedy school Martha Stortz (blogTO, The Assembly, holder of a Masters of Information Science) to discuss the joy in fucking up a performance, how The Assembly came to be, and her infamous poker face. Under regular circumstances you can catch Martha performing, teaching, and coaching comedy all over the city but, for now, check her out on TikTik instead! She is an immense fan of pug dogs, has failed her drivers tests multiple times, and is a prospective GI licensee.

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Martha Stortz: TikTok @champagnepuppy69

The Assembly: www.theassemblyimprov.com / @theassemblyimprov

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a cold glass of oat milk with actor, comedian, writer, and content creator Isabel Kanaan (CBC’s Air Farce, CTV’s Hudson & Rex, Hallmark’s Good Witch) to discuss the importance of befriending yourself, how her identity as a Queer person wasn’t taken seriously, and how she discovered her greatest muses to be her family. She is a member and a creator of the award-winning Tita Collective, a group of multidisciplinary Filipino artists based out of Toronto, and she is a (hilarious) force on Tik Tok! Check out the Tita Collective’s podcast Chicka Chicka on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Isabel Kanaan: insta @isabelkanaan / tiktok @izzykayeh

Chika Chika Podcast: @tita.collective / www.titacollective.com

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over her first ever Dark ‘n’ Stormy with writer, content creator, AD, and burrito enthusiast MK Morris (Baroness Von Sketch Show, The Next Step, Wishful Genies) to discuss mental health, where the left-over food from cooking shows ends up, and how there’s no such thing as wasted time. She is the creator of High Hallmark, a show about comedians getting high and watching Hallmark movies, and produces the monthly comedy show See You Next Tuesday at The Second City Toronto, with all proceeds going to the Redwood Women’s Shelter. While the show is currently on hiatus until it is safe to perform live again, MK encourages listeners to still consider donating to Redwood during this time (www.redwood.com), or donating to any charity that brings goodness into the world!

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

MK Morris: @mk_morris

High Hallmark: @highhallmark

See You Next Tuesday: @seeyou_next_tuesday

The Redwood Women's Shelter: @theredwoodto

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

**Note: This episode was recorded prior to May 25th 2020, and so the lack of acknowledgement or mention of the murder of George Flyod and the current Black Lives Matter movement is because these events had not yet taken place. However, police brutality and systemic racism against Black people in the States, and in Canada where I’m based out of, is not new. It’s not new to May 25th 2020. And so the lack of acknowledgement and initiative taken on my part around anti-racism prior to May 25th 2020 is a product of my own privilege and the blinders they allow me to have. I encourage you to explore and question what privileges you’re privy to, and what blinders you might have up as well. Please educate yourself, continue to educate yourself, take care of yourself, and take action. If you’re unsure where to start, I’ve compiled some resources in the link in my bio on Instagram @liquidcouragepodcast. If you’re still not sure where to start, send me a direct message and I’m more than happy to share the resources that have helped me so far. The stakes are much too high for any of us to actively choose ignorance.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a glass of sweet sparkling wine infused with hibiscus flowers with actor, writer, and Twitch streamer Emma Carter (Beck and Call) to discuss quantum physics, email chain personality tests, and why telling everyone about your UTI is so important. Based out of LA, she is the hilarious and kind Twitch streamer EmmzyPlays, and can be seen performing comedy at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and the Groundlings theatre…once it’s safe again to do so!

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Emma Carter: insta @emmzy.c / twitch: @emmzyplays

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

**Note: This episode was recorded prior to March 15th 2020 and, as such, does not reflect the current imperative social distancing measures due to COVID-19 nor does it acknowledge the unjust murder of George Floyd and the current Black Lives Matter movement.

In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some nourishing kombucha with comedian and improvisor Rosh Abdullah (Boys! Boys! Boys!, Really Big Kid, Bad Dog Theatre’s Featured Players Season 7) to discuss intersectionality, mental health, and being her own biggest fan. She is the co-host of the weekly, comedy podcast Boys! Boys! Boys! and her self-published poetry book Really Big Kid is available now on Amazon.

The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email [email protected]

Rosh Abdullah: @roshabdullah

Boys! Boys! Boys! Podcast: @boysboysboyspodcast

*Warning: This episode contains swearing.

**Note: This episode was recorded prior to March 15th 2020. #Staysafe

***Note: The show Yas Kween (referenced) has since changed its name to Mirchi Comedy.