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Bonus Episode: L.T.’s Theory of Pets (Skeleton Crew) (May 2022) 28:56

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from May 2022. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “L.T.’s Theory of Pets” from the collection Everything’s Eventual. Introduction (00:00) Publication history (01:16) Structure a…

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Hannah Green 32:04

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My guest on this episode is Hannah Green. Hannah is a writer as well as the poetry editor at the literary journal CV2. Her debut collection, Xanax Cowboy, was published by House of Anansi in 2023 and won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry. In its starred review of the book, Quill & Quire called the book “timely and witty” and said “it…

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Episode 99: A Return Visit from the Incomparable Judika Illes 50:55

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In this episode, Judika Illes returns to talk about her new book, Witches: a Compendium. This conversation delves into the intricate themes of human connection, creativity in writing, the unique blend of horror in literature, and the evolving nature of storytelling. Judika shares insights on her writing processes, the impact of different genres, an…

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Bonus Episode: 1408 (Everything’s Eventual) (June 2022) 42:59

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from June 2022. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “1408” found in Everything’s Eventual. Introduction (00:00) Background (01:32) Related to The Shining (11:01) Enslin, the unbe…

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Ainslie Hogarth 32:43

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My guest on this Halloween-themed episode is Ainslie Hogarth. Ainslie is the author of two YA horror novels, The Lonely and The Boy Meets Girl Massacre (Annotated), and the adult novel Motherthing, which was a New York Times Best Book of the Year and was included in Cosmopolitan’s list of Best Horror Books of All Time. Her short fiction has been pu…

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Bonus Episode: Survivor Type (Skeleton Crew) (November 2021) 30:03

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from November 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “Survivor Type” found in Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:26) Richard Pine is an asshole (05:03) But is he just…

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Dan Werb 32:29

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My guest on this episode is Dan Werb. Dan is an author, epidemiologist and policy analyst whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, and elsewhere. His first book, City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands, was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2019 and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award f…

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Bonus Episode: ‘Salem’s Lot (2024)

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In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the 2024 adaptation of Salem’s Lot, directed by Gary Dauberman. Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:52) Podcast coverage (01:53) Cast and crew (04:03) Lewis Pullman (Ben Mears) Jordan Preston Carter (Mark Petrie) Makenzie Leigh (Susan Norton) Alfre Woodard (Dr. Cody) Bill Camp (Matt Bu…

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Tamara Faith Berger 31:20

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My guest on this episode is Tamara Faith Berger. Tamara is an author and screenwriter whose books include Lie With Me, which she helped adapt into a feature film, The Way of the Whore (later republished by Coach House Books as Little Cat), Maidenhead, Kuntalini and Queen Solomon. She has been nominated for the Trillium Book Award and won the Believ…

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Bonus Episode: The Ledge (Night Shift) (March 2021) 23:00

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from March 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “The Ledge” found in Night Shift. Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:47) The Story (04:38) Dark Tower Thinnies (12:08) Yuck-King It…

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Paige Maylott 40:09

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My guest on this episode is Paige Maylott. Paige is a writer and gamer who works as an accessibility expert at McMaster University. Her first book, the memoir My Body Is Distant, was published by ECW Press in 2023. That book won an Independent Publisher Book Award for LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Rakuten KOBO Emerging Writer Priz…

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Bonus Episode: The Mangler (Night Shift) (February 2021) 26:15

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from February 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “The Mangler” from Night Shift. Introduction (00:16) Publication History (01:46) Hits and misses (05:02) Dark Tower Thinnies (18:10) Yuck-…

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Waubgeshig Rice 34:10

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My guest on this episode is Waubgeshig Rice. Waubgeshig is the Anishinaabe author of four books, including the short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge (2011), and the novels Legacy (2014) and Moon of the Crusted Snow (2018). As a journalist, he has worked for various outlets, including CBC Radio One. He also hosted, along Jennifer David, the Sto…

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Bonus Episode: Gray Matter (Night Shift) (January 2021) 23:44

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from November 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “Gray Matter” from Night Shift. Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:13) A Great Little Story (02:48) The Language in the Story (0…

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David Bergen 33:33

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My guest on this episode is David Bergen. David is the author of numerous acclaimed novels and short-story collections, including The Case of Lena S, which won the 2002 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, and The Time In Between, winner of the 2005 Giller Prize. Four of his books have won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. David’s work has…

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Bonus Episode: I Am the Doorway (Night Shift) (October 2020) 29:11

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from October 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “I Am the Doorway” found in Night Shift. Introduction (00:11) Publication history (01:13) Structure: Lots of framing and fl…

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Christine Estima 33:37

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My guest on this episode is Christine Estima. Christine is a journalist, author, and performer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Walrus, VICE, the Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Maisonneuve, and elsewhere. She was shortlisted for the 2018 Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism, longlisted for the 2015 CBC Canada Writes Creative Nonfiction…

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Bonus Episode: Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (Skeleton Crew) (October 2021) 33:28

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from October 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” found in Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:00) Publication History (1:18) Madness (3:06) …

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Carl Wilson 35:09

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My guest on this episode is Carl Wilson. Carl is the music critic at Slate and also writes for The Globe and Mail, Hazlitt, The New York Times Magazine and many other online and print publications. His work has been included in two of Da Capo Books' annual Best Music Writing collections. Carl’s first book was Let’s Talk about Love: A Journey to the…

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Bonus Episode: The Reach (Skeleton Crew) (September 2021) 21:45

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from September 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “The Reach” found in Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:13) Publication history (01:08) Exemplar of a (gothic) short story (03:37) Too far t…

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Peter Darbyshire 31:48

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My guest on this episode is Peter Darbyshire. Peter is an author, journalist, and communications professional whose debut novel, Please, won the KM Hunter Award for Best Emerging Artist and the ReLit Award for Best Novel. He is also the author of the novel The Warhol Gang and the story collection Has the World Ended Yet? He works as Communications …

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Bonus Episode: Word Processor of the Gods (Skeleton Crew) (August 2021) 24:55

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from August 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “Word Processor of the Gods” found in Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:00) Publication history (01:20) Monkey’s paw (07:38) N…

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Michael Christie 33:33

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My guest on this episode is Michael Christie. Michael is the author of the 2012 story collection, The Beggar's Garden, which was longlisted for the Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Writers' Trust Prize for Fiction, and won the Vancouver Book Award. His 2015 novel If I Fall, If I Die was also longlisted for the Giller Prize, as well as the Kirkus P…

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Bonus Episode: The Raft (Skeleton Crew) (July 2021) 30:55

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from July 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “The Raft” from Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:00) Publication history (01:54) Influences and connections (06:29) Weird relat…

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Deborah Dundas 36:23

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My guest on this episode is Deborah Dundas. Deborah is a writer and journalist who has worked as a television producer and as the Books Editor for the Toronto Star, where she is currently an opinion editor. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Maclean’s, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, Canadian Notes and Queries, the Bel…

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Bonus Episode: Here There Be Tygers (Skeleton Crew) (June 2021) 23:21

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from June 2021. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the short story “Here There Be Tygers” from Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:13) Publication history (01:23) Shame and dread (03:40) Unexplored…

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Jackie Khalilieh 33:38

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My guest on this episode is Jackie Khalilieh. Jackie is a writer and former teacher whose first book, the YA novel Something More, was published by Tundra Books in 2023. That novel was shortlisted for the Ruth & Sylvia Shwartz Award, as well as the Snow Willow Award, and was selected for several Best of the year lists, including by the New York Pub…

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Bonus Episode: The Last Rung on the Ladder (Night Shift) (June 2020) 24:48

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from June 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “The Last Rung on the Ladder” found in Night Shift. Introduction (00:09) Recap (00:40) John D. MacDonald intro (01:14) A punch to the gut (06:…

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Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer 36:53

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My guest on this episode is Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer. Kathryn is the author of the novels All the Broken Things, Perfecting, and The Nettle Spinner, as well as the story collection, Way Up, which won the Danuta Gleed Award. Her work has been published in Granta Magazine, Maclean’s Magazine, The Walrus, Joyland, This Magazine, and elsewhere. Her fictio…

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Bonus Episode: Night Surf (Night Shift) (May 2020) 36:49

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from May, 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore the story “Night Surf” found in Night Shift. Introduction (00:00) Publication History (01:22) Not if you were the last person on Earth (04:32)…

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Kelly S. Thompson 40:25

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My guest on this episode is Kelly S. Thompson. Kelly is a former Logistics Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces who began writing about her military experiences in a blog for Chatelaine magazine. She wrote about those experiences again in her debut book, Girls Need Not Apply, which was published in 2019 by McClelland & Stewart, named a Globe and Ma…

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Bonus Episode: Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut (Night Shift) (April 2020) 34:14

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from April 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut,” found in Night Shift. Introduction (00:13) Recap (00:41) Publication history (01:07) Homer’s decision (08:05) The tit…

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Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) 29:54

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My guest on this episode is Rollie Pemberton. Rollie is a writer, rapper, producer, poet and activist who performs under the name Cadence Weapon. His album Parallel World won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize and his writing has been published in Pitchfork, The Guardian, Wired, Toronto Life, and Hazlitt. Rollie has also acted as Poet Laureate for his ho…

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Bonus Episode: Nona (Skeleton Crew) (February 2020) 33:01

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Note: We are publishing short story bonus podcasts that were previously only available via Patreon. This episode is from February 2020. Enjoy! In this bonus episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore Stephen King’s short story, Nona, found in Skeleton Crew. Introduction (00:11) Counter-culture (00:57) An unreliable narrator (04:59) Thin…

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John Vaillant 32:47

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My guest on this first episode of The Walrus era is John Vaillant. John is a Vancouver author and journalist whose acclaimed, award-winning nonfiction books, The Golden Spruce and The Tiger, were national bestsellers. His debut novel, The Jaguar’s Children, was a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the International Dublin Lite…

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Alissa York 35:50

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My guest on this episode is Alissa York. Alissa is the author of the novels Mercy, Effigy (which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize), Fauna and The Naturalist (which was winner of the Canadian Author’s Association Fiction Award, and the short fiction collection, Any Given Power. Alissa’s essays and articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Glob…

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Cody Caetano 33:05

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My guest on this episode is Cody Caetano. Cody is a writer and an off-reserve member of Pinaymootang First Nation. He also works as a literary agent at CookeMcDermid. Cody’s debut memoir, Half-Bads in White Regalia, was published Penguin Canada’s Hamish Hamilton imprint in 2023 and was a national bestseller. It won the 2023 Indigenous Voices Award …

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The No-Girlfriend Rule - Ep 26 51:19

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Anna and Miranda talk about reading The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall. They muse about nerdy gaming culture, how meaningful honest and mutually loving relationships are and the importance of using your own dice. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-queer-here/support…

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Nina Dunic 35:19

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My guest on this episode is Nina Dunic. Nina is writer, editor, and journalist whose has done work for the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, CBC Docs and others. After winning a number of short story contests less than a decade ago, Nina turned to writing fiction. Nina’s first book is the novel The Clarion, which was published by Invisible Publishi…

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Ep. 157 The Talisman, Part 4, chapters 34-47 47:30

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In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we finish The Talisman, Part 4, Chapters 34-47. Introduction (00:00) On the subject of twinners (01:40) What is the talisman (10:30) Dark Tower Thinnies (16:47) Yuck-King It Up (24:57) Fun Stuff (27:44) Wrapping up The Talisman (34:50) Other Worlds Than These (42:09) Sean: Black Mirror season 6 Ja…

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Nathan Whitlock 34:15

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My guest on this episode is... me. That’s because my most recent novel, Lump, was published exactly one year ago this week by the Rare Machines imprint of Dundurn Press, so I am officially in WHAT HAPPENED NEXT territory. My guest interviewer on this episode is Julie S. Lalonde. Julie is an internationally recognized women’s rights advocate and pub…

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Ep. 156 The Talisman, Part 3, chapters 27-33 and Interlude 45:34

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In this episode of Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came, we explore The Talisman, Part 3, “A Collision of Worlds,” chapters 27-33, and Interlude. Introduction (00:00) The power of storytelling (01:31) A collision of worlds (11:37) Late world building (22:41) Dark Tower Thinnies (28:58) Yuck-King It Up (30:07) Fun Stuff (34:13) Other Worlds Than These (3…

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Laurie Petrou 38:13

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My guest on this episode is Laurie Petrou. Laurie is the author of four books, including the short story collection Between, and the novels Sister of Mine and Love, Heather. She is an Associate Professor at the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University. Laurie’s most recent book is Stargazer, published in 2022 by Verve Books. Author Ma…

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Jordan Abel 37:39

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My guest on this episode is Jordan Abel. Jordan is the author of The Place of Scraps (which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize), Un/inhabited, Injun (winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize) and NISHGA, which won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres award and was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Pr…

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Episode 98: Minisode: The Blood of the Covenant is Thicker Than the Water of the Womb 19:30

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In this episode, Amberle discusses the difference between blood family and chosen family. She also addresses a controversy regarding the National Park Service and pride events. Amberle shares childhood memories of her close-knit family and how relationships change over time. She emphasizes the importance of choosing our own family and the bonds for…

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Yes, Daddy Ep 25 49:30

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This month Anna & Miranda dive into a "Yes, Daddy" by Jonathan Parks-Ramage and discuss being young and broke and how sometimes that can be leveraged by those with nefarious plans, and how desperation can leave you trapped, maybe literally. #queerbooks --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/all-queer-here/support…

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Andrew F. Sullivan 38:44

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My guest on this episode is Andrew F Sullivan. Andrew is the author of the novel WASTE, a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year, and the short story collection All We Want is Everything, also a Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year and finalist for the ReLit Award. Andrew’s most recent two books are the novels The Marigold, published by ECW Press in Spri…

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Ken McGoogan 33:38

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My guest on this episode is Ken McGoogan. Ken is the author of sixteen books—most of them nonfiction narratives, but also a few novels. His books include Fatal Passage, Lady Franklin’s Revenge, and Canada’s Undeclared War: Fighting Words from the Literary Trenches. Ken has won the Pierre Berton Award for Popular History and the University of Britis…

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Sheima Benembarek 35:34

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My guest on this episode is Sheima Benembarek. Sheima is a journalist who’s written for The Walrus, Broadview, Maisonneuve, and the Literary Review of Canada. She has worked as special reports editor at Strategy, a senior editor for Toronto Life, an events manager for The Walrus, a business development and brand communications lead at Corporate Kni…

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Episode 97: Life is a Love Spell - A Conversation with Irisanya Moon 51:41

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In this episode of the Hearth and Hedge podcast, host Amberle interviews Iris Anyamoon, an author and practitioner of witchcraft. They discuss Iris's love for Aphrodite, Hecate, the Norns, and Iris, and her passion for the idea that life is a love spell. They also talk about the books Iris is currently reading and writing, her favorite metaphysical…

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