Ernest Harada Interview: Rosemary’s Baby 50th anniversary exclusive! Reflections on Volunteers. Also, Death Becomes Her, Blind Date, Wicked Stepmother, and more!
The Lunchbox Interview: Matt Carter (TNB’s It’s A Wonderful Life)
Sometimes, a nostalgic look at the past reminds you of the bounties of the present, and that just because it’s old, it’s still relevant.
My guest today is Matt Carter, one of this city’s hard-working cheerleaders. Along with continuing to post interviews and reviews of cultural events on GridCity Magazine, he works as the Director of Development and Communications with TNB. He also partnered up with Eric Hill (local musician, and of Backstreet Records) to propose an art project about seeing the overlooked elements of Fredericton. He joins me to talk about all of this, and TNB’s upcoming live-on-stage version of the radio play of the classic Christmas movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
TNB will be staging “It’s A Wonderful Life” at the Playhouse in Fredericton from December 12 – 14, before hitting the road to several communities in New Brunswick.
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The Lunchbox/Real Life Survivor: Lisa Richard (November 2019)
Each month, RealLifeSurvivor profiles a person who has gone through trauma and difficulty and emerged on the other side stronger and with a fuller appreciation of life.
For November, Julie Comeau spoke to Lisa Richard, a Canadian sing-songwriter. A weekend trip home changed Lisa’s life forever when the danger all-to-familiar to New Brunswickers appeared: a moose. The immediate care she received from a stranger changed both of their lives, and inspired them both to find ways to help others.
Lisa Richard has released the song Uniforms as part of her mission to thank the people who helped her and many others along the way. She will be in Fredericton for the upcoming New Brunswick Country Showcase on December 7.
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The Lunchbox/Real Life Survivor: Louie Stravato (October 2019)
Each month, RealLifeSurvivor profiles a person who has gone through trauma and difficulty and emerged on the other side stronger and with a fuller appreciation of life.
For October, Julie Comeau spoke to Louie Stravato. Louis is known for being on the TV show Survivor today, but when he was younger he was an off-duty police officer who found himself in the path of a speeding car. He speaks about fighting to make a quick recovery, and how it has inspired him and others to this day.
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Python’s Paradise Ep. 242 – 2018-11-12: Joe Camp Interview
Joe Camp discusses his work as director of the Benji films and its phenomenon!
Support CHSR this #GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, 2019.
You’re aware of Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, but the latest trend is GivingTuesday, an international day of charitable giving following the two days that are good for the economy. Now there’s a day that’s good for the community!
Held the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving, on December 3, 2019 CHSR is holding a 5×5 fundraising campaign where we’re asking for a modest donation of $5.00, then encourage you to tag/tell 5 friends to do the same. The hope is that this will become a snowball effect that the Fredericton community can get behind!
You can give online through PayPal or e-transfer, and all ways to donate can he found here. Not able to donate this year? We understand! By sharing our 5×5 fundraising campaign online you are also contributing to CHSR, and for that we thank you.
Overtime – November 29th, 2019 – Hockey Is For Everyone?
Warning: There is a heavy amount of content discussed in this episode that deals with acts of racism, physical and psychological abuse, and the trauma caused by it. Please proceed with caution while listening to this episode if subjects of this nature are triggering to you in any way.
Disclaimer: The resignation of Bill Peters as head coach of the Calgary Flames occurred after the recording of this episode. It will be a topic we will include in our next episode on Dec. 2.
On this episode we take our full one-hour time slot to unpackage the stories of racism, physical and psychological abuse recently made public by hockey players who played under coaches Bill Peters, Mike Babcock and others.
Hosting a radio talk show means discussing the good as much as the bad; this episode is the latter.
This show is heavy and the topic was the last thing any of us wanted to discuss and we struggled to dissect it in just 60 minutes.
We hope it’s a worthwhile contribution to a much needed conversation and that it amplified the voices of those affected. We believe that this was the best use of our privileged airtime.
We hope it educates you and that it is part of a more positive future for hockey.
Thank you for listening, we will (hopefully) have a more upbeat episode to share with you on Monday.
– Johnny, Kaley and Sean
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RFYL Episode – FightingWordsEP097
On this week’s episode of RFYL, we realize the deepest goals of the show by speaking in code to the point that if you take every second word I say in each talking segment of this week’s message, you will get a wonderful recipe for tomato soup.
Also, I found yet another album that I happened to miss last month, so I’m going to spin the hell out of that. We revisit a lot of my favourites for this year on this episode and I am starting to realize that I should’ve probably started an End Of Year review like I do every week. But I haven’t done that yet.. I’ll do it later.
Fredericton locals, go out to a show tomorrow night! Link below!
Playlist:
Wanted All Along – Cory Hotline
Put It On The Line – The Heavy
Black Hill Creek – The Standstills
Vertigo – Blood Red Shoes
Cyanide / Fractured – Shades of Sorrow
Violent Nature – Woodhawk
Giant – Chron Goblin
Blackstar – Parasol Caravan
Down To Our Bones – Blame Zeus
Dead Inside – Sandveiss
Breakaway – Tsunami Bomb
Also here’s a link to the show tomorrow:
EARLY SHOW! Hero’s Last Rite/Shades of Sorrow/Novichok
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Interview // Bondo chats with Adam Sturgeon of Whoop-Szo
November 27, 2019 – Not too many artists know what it’s like to be one of the most talked about bands in the country. But after releasing Warrior Down November 1, 2019 via You’ve Changed Records, Guelph/London based quintet WHOOP-Szo are being praised by writers, industry folk, and the word Polaris has been floating around my Twitter feed for weeks. Exclaim Magazine even quoted “WHOOP-Szo are deeply deserving of national and international attention for their expert live show and unique brand of heavy music.” about the band. So why is there so much chatter about WHOOP-Szo?
Warrior Down is a record illustrating issues surrounding social injustice, but also offers both healing and hope. With songs lyrically focusing on the tragic realities of the mistreatment in residential schools and having culture assigned to you, Bondo asks frontperson Adam Sturgeon why 2019 is the perfect time for this record. They also talk about the London music scene, why WHOOP-Szo’s sound is so eclectic, the role smaller “indie” labels still play, the importance of touring smaller communities while being leaders in the music community.
Warrior Down is available now.
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The Lunchbox Interview: Mike Bravener (Songs of New Brunswick)
Some think that heritage is contained in statues and buildings; others know that they can also find it in songs and stories, which need as much care to preserve as any stone.
My guest today is Mike Bravener, a local troubadour who has turned an opportunity to portray a historical character at King’s Landing as the inspiration to record an album of New Brunswick folk songs. He joins me in studio to talk about his discovery of these songs and his decision to bring them to life once again. He performs a segment of Peter Emberley, the song which spurred much of the album.
You can contribute to the support of this album by seeing Mike at upcoming shows, or contributing to the Indigogo campaign.
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The Lunchbox Interview: Theatre UNB’s Moments In Time
Look at the stage, see the world that isn’t there, hold it in your mind, listen to the words the actors give you, draw your own scenes.
My guests today are John Ball (instructor, director), Danika Bridgeman (actor, costuming) and Patrick Heffernan (actor), all from Theatre UNB’s upcoming production, Moments In Time. They join me to talk about the three, one-act plays falling under this show’s banner: The Long Christmas Dinner and The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden by Thornton Wilder, and The Green Hill by David Ives. They also share a scene from The Green Hill, and tell me about the Death Portal and the Birth Portal.
Moments In Time is being staged at Memorial Hall on UNB campus from November 28 through November 30, 7:30pm each night.
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Python’s Paradise Ep. 241 – 2018-11-12: Belinda Balaski Interview #3
Belinda Balaski makes her 4th appearance on Python’s Paradise (3rd as a solo) to celebrate her paintings, upcoming book, and various films from The Howling to Gremlins to Piranha, and more!
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-11-22
Track Listing:
1.) New Kids On The Block – Games (The Kids Get Hard Mix)
2.) John Mayer – New Light
3.) Begonia – The Light
4.) Royal Canoe ft. Begonia – Fussin’
5.) Elephant Skeletons – 3xodus
6.) Arcade Fire – Reflektor
7.) Pineo & Loeb – Digital Love
8.) Daft Punk – Get Lucky
9.) Bleum – Move With Me
10.) Foxes – Echo
11.) Sia – Buttons
Overtime – November 22nd, 2019 – 2019 Grey Cup Preview w/ Braydon Stachel
We were joined Friday for a special preview episode of the 107th Grey Cup between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Our special guest was Braydon Stachel, former social correspondent for the CFL and current producer of TSN’s Krown Gridiron Nation Podcast. Braydon also manages the Canadian Football League subreddit r/CFL, currently the most active social hub for the league.
In addition to the Grey Cup and the futures of the various playoff teams we also take some time to discuss the Atlantic Schooners stadium deal and whether or not we believe it will be approved in December.
We finish up the episode with a brief Q&A from the community that Braydon manages.
Follow Braydon’s community here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFL/?fbclid=IwAR0Nl_hdfc3vogn-ZZSa4u9phT12-SasnAYWDwy-9lSHtRSYpBiPfSN1BMA
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RFYL Episode – SanctuaryEP096
On this week’s episode, we make our declarations, no, our INTENTIONS clear in this, the beginning of the end times that make the holiday season. Yes, those neighbours of yours who leave their lights up year round can now be smug. Yes, that giant inflatable Santa is absolutely necessary to block the sidewalk, and YES, I am never talking about any of this again.
So enjoy some new tunes or whatever, do it, you won’t.
Also if you want to make requests on a show that absolutely will not play any Christmas music to provide one hour of solitude for those who have suffered retail enough to absolutely hate it, you have found the right place. I MIGHT even play those requests.
Maybe.
Playlist:
Pressure – Cory Hotline
Escape – KONGOS
Give Me All You’ve Got – Secondhand Habit
While The Flies – The Joy Formidable
Phosphene / Tidal – Tsunami Bomb
A Tangle – Black Mastiff
Weightless Light – Woodhawk
Giving In To Fun – Chron Goblin
Crooked Halo – Stitched Up Heart
Run With The Giants – Sumo Cyco
The Warden – Blame Zeus
Serpent of Time – Parasol Caravan
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The Lunchbox on History: Leah Grandy (Uncovering Loyalist Stories)
New Brunswick has long been a place of refuge, where people have come to find a new way forward.
My guest today is Leah Grandy, a Library Assistant in the Harriet Irving Library at UNB, where she works specifically with the Microforms library. She joins me to share the ongoing work she and her colleagues are doing to uncover the stories of the lives of Loyalist settlers in New Brunswick, particularly seeking out the lesser-known stories of the average people. You can see the Loyalist collection, including the Story Maps, at the library’s web site.
How much do you think you know about New Brunswick history? Personally, I think we do a pretty bad job of teaching it, and most people don’t embrace it. I’m on a mission to learn more, so I’ve invited a collection of historians to help me learn more about the legacies, the achievements, the battles, the inventions, the troublesome eras and the long past of one of Canada’s oldest regions.
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Homemade Jams // 2019-11-22
Track Listing:
1.) Stereo Airing – Feel This Good
2.) Test Tone Channel – Heat Wave
3.) Matt Mays – Faint Of Heart
4.) Chris Colepaugh and The Cosmic Crew – Devil’s Playground
5.) Matt Mays – Drive On
6.) les Païens – Septembre
7.) Les Jeunes D’Asteure – I Don’t Want No Eve
8.) Zwerg – Then There Was You
9.) Matt Boudreau – Marie
10.) Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset – Rescue Ship
11.) The Motorleague – Good Men
Earshot20 // 2019-11-22
Hour One:
1.) (Sandy) Alex G – Crime
2.) Zachary Lucky – Moments Of Time
3.) Land Of Kush – Aha
4.) Sudan Archives – Confessions
5.) Brittany Howard – Short and Sweet
6.) Blue Hawaii – Boileau
7.) Riit – quamajuapik [Bonus Track]
8.) Close Talker – All Time
9.) Men I Trust – Pines
10.) DIIV – Between Tides
11.) Walrus – Marcel
Hour Two:
12.) Patrick Watson – Broken
13.) Corridor – Goldie
14.) Angel Olsen – New Love Cassette
15.) Common Holly – I Try
16.) Peach Pyramid – Bright Blue
News headlines with Exclaim’s Calum Slingerland
17.) FKA Twigs – Sad Day [Bonus Track]
18.) nêhiyawak – Perch
19.) The New Pornographers – Need Some Giants
20.) WHOOP-Szo – Oda Man
21.) Woolworm – Live For You
22.) Begonia – Living At The Ceiling
HitG 032: Highs and Lows of Our RPG Experience
When you’ve been gaming for a long time, you start to develop preferences, and you also learn which games you like — and which ones you don’t. You learn about games that you’ve never gotten a chance to play — and others you would play every single day.
We gather to talk about what we’ve learned about who we are as gamers.
Hosts: Mark, Chris
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Mornings Are Hard // 2019-11-21
Track Listing:
1.) Del Barber – Dancing in the Living Room
2.) Del Barber – No easy Way Out
3.) Colin Fowlie – Drifting Out
4.) Corb Lund – I Shall Be Released
5.) Zachary Lucky – Sometimes I Wonder (…)
6.) BA Johnston – We’re All Going To Jail (except Pete,…)
7.) The Raconteurs – Shine The Light On Me
8.) The Beatles – Within You Without You
9.) Riit – quamajuapik
10.) Walrus – Half Smoke
11.) Woolworm – Hold The Bow
12.) Corridor – Domino
13.) Louise Burns – Like A Dream
Python’s Paradise Ep. 240 – 2018-10-18: Debi Sue Voorhees Interview 3
Debi Sue Voorhees of Friday the 13th, Part 5 – A New Beginning returns for a third time to discuss a new project.
Homemade Jams // 2019-11-20
Track Listing:
1.) Hot Toddy – Hard Times
2.) Colin Fowlie – Another Drug
3.) Isaac & Blewett – Come On Down
4.) Cy – Deuxième Nation
5.) Blue Lobelia – At The Estuary
6.) Vishten – Joli Coeur
7.) The Town Heroes – Babe Ruth
8.) Little Scream – Dear Leader (Montreal, QC)
9.) Shadow – Broken Record
10.) DenMother – Gala
11.) Adyn Townes – Didn’t Mean Anything
12.) Marian – Same Town
13.) Deep Fryer – Jeremy
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-11-20
Track Listing:
1.) Badge Époque Ensemble – Milk Spilt On Eternity
2.) James Brown – The Popcorn
3.) Frank Zappa – Peaches en Regalia
4.) The Allman Brothers – Jessica
5.) Birmani – Mes Démons
6.) Nine Inch Nails – Just Like You Imagined
7.) Metallica – The Call Of Ktulu
Homemade Jams // 2019-11-19
Track Listing:
1.) Tampa – Hot Minute
2.) Marie-Philippe Bergeron – Le Mambo Des Amants
3.) Sour Smoke – Three Headed
4.) Brookside Mall – Joan!
5.) SoapBox – R&R
6.) The Gregories – Somehow
7.) Sex Ghost– Dead Girl
8.) Kill Chicago – Have Not Town
9.) Janowskii – Did
10.) Little You Little Me – By Rights
11.) Wicked Vices – Appetite
12.) The Waking Night – Hanging Cloud
Mornings Are Hard // 2019-11-19
Track Listing:
1.) The Belle Comedians – Rosy
2.) Bibio – Old Graffiti
3.) Toro Y Moi – Freelance
4.) Lady Gaga – John Wayne
5.) No Doubt – New
6.) Robyn – With every Heartbeat
7.) Róisín Murphy – Overpowered
8.) M83 – A Taste of the Dusk
9.) Jacques Greene – Do It Without You
10.) CHVRCHES – Get Out
11.) Saxsyndrum – Let Go
12.) Louise Burns – Everything You Got
13.) King Princess – Hit The Back
