Best Authormusicianinterviews Podcasts (2025)

Tong Ge was born and raised in China and moved to Canada in 1988. She began writing the China China trilogy in 2004 with the first book: The House Filler. Although she was challenged by learning to write in English and by her long- term disability, she persevered and since 2012 has published poetry and prose in English and Chinese in publications s…

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Episode 289 - Candace Macphie 24:19

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Dennis speaks to Candace Macphie - author of the Back in a Year Series

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Episode 288 - Jeff City Archives 24:36

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Saskatoon's city archivist Jeff O'Brien.

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Episode 287 - Bob McDonald 33:39

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Revered science reporter and radio host Bob McDonald has devoted his career to turning our attention away from everyday perspectives and outward to the vast, intricate wonders of our planet and universe. Now, in this revealing and captivating memoir, he looks within, offering an intimate view of the path that brought him from a blue-collar backgrou…

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Episode 286 -David Roche 38:35

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David Roche is an inspirational humorist, keynote speaker and performer who has transformed the challenges and gifts of living with a facial difference into a compelling message that uplifts and delights audiences around the world. With the publication of his first book, The Church of 80% Sincerity, he is also an author.…

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Episode 285 - Adelle Purdham 31:03

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Adelle Purdham is a writer, teacher, and parent disability advocate. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from the University of King’s College and is a writing instructor at Trent University.

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Episode 284 - Pamela Cross 21:34

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In her new book, Cross offers practical and hopeful ideas for how each of us can engage in the vital work of eradicating intimate partner violence. This is a call to action for the all-of-society, revolutionary response to gender-based violence needed to build communities that are safe and healthy for everyone.…

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Episode 283 - Ron Base 33:06

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Ron Base has written and produced a number of screenplays. A former journalist, magazine writer, and movie critic, Base spent four years in Los Angeles researching and writing" Magic Man." He now lives in Montreal with his family.

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Episode 282 - Thomas F. Pedersen 28:17

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Dennis interviews Thomas F Pedersen about his book, "The Carbon Tax Question", described as "A timely and insightful exploration of the implementation and impact of British Columbia’s carbon tax, delving into the political and economic considerations behind the tax, and addressing misconceptions."

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Episode 281 - Rebecca Hendricks 16:53

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Rebecca Hendricks is a writer and author of the new novel Hound Dogged. Rebecca has made a career doing accounting and Judicial Assistant work, but her passion has always been writing and creating colorful and exciting stories. Starting at a young age, Rebecca could be found in her room, spending countless hours writing stories in long hand or typi…

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Episode 280 - Gitz Crazyboy 24:53

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Gitz is a Canadian Indigenous Author, Actor, Activist and Youth Educator. His debut novel, 'Secret of the Stars' is quickly heating up and has caught the attention of national and international media such as the CBC and Australia's Indigenous Radio Station.

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Episode 279 - Chase Joynt 13:48

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Chase Joynt is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, video artist, actor, and professor. He attracted acclaim as co-director with Aisling Chin-Yee of the documentary film No Ordinary Man (2020), and as director of the film Framing Agnes (2022). He won two awards at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival for his work on the latter. In 2024, Joynt received a nomina…

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Episode 278 - Scott Ryan 23:22

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Dennis interviews Scott Ryan about his book Last Decade of Cinema, where Scott argues that the 1990s was the last decade in which films were made for grownups, with complex, adult-based plots, nuanced characters, and meaningful themes.

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Episode 277 - Jacob Wren 17:03

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Wren makes literature, performances, and exhibitions. His books include Revenge Fantasies of the Politically Dispossessed ; Polyamorous Love Song (finalist for the Fence Modern Prize in Prose and a Globe and Mail best book of 2014); Rich and Poor (finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and a Globe and Mail best book of 2016); …

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Episode 276 - Don Butler 25:39

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Don Butler is back, as the author of the 2024 novel, Norman's Conquest

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Episode 275 - Dave Margoshes 24:31

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Dave Margoshes is a Saskatoon-area writer whose work has appeared widely in Canadian literary magazines and anthologies, including six times in the Best Canadian Stories volumes. He was a finalist for the Journey Prize in 2009. He's published fifteen books of poetry and fiction, including Bix's Trumpet and Other Stories, which won two prizes at the…

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Episode 274 - Farzana Doctor 16:19

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Farzana Doctor is a writer, activist, and psychotherapist. Her ancestry is Indian, and she was born in Zambia while her family was based there for five years, before immigrating to Canada in 1971

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Episode 273 - Rod Carley 31:55

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Rod is the award-winning author of four works of literary fiction: RUFF (September 2024), GRIN REAPING (long listed for the 2023 Leacock Medal for Humour, 2022 Bronze Winner for Humour from Foreword Review INDIES, a Finalist for the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Humor/Comedy, and long listed for the ReLit Group Awards for Best Short Fic…

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Episode 272 - Margot Kinberg 25:33

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A university professor and mystery novelist, originally from the US East Coast, Margot writes two crime fiction series: the Joel Williams series, and now, the Patricia Stanley series.

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Episode 271 - Marlis Wesseler 25:13

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Dennis meets with Marlis Wesseler about The Beech Forest---Lisa Braun struggles to understand both her own life and the tragic historic events that haunt her in this engaging new novel written in Marlis Wesseler’s characteristically understated, confiding prose.

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Episode 270 - Connie Gault 20:25

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Connie Gault is a Canadian novelist, playwright and short story writer. She is best known for her novel A Beauty, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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Episode 269 - Caroline Woodward 13:56

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Dennis meets with Caroline Woodward about her book "Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale?"

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Episode 268 - Sam Wiebe 24:16

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We meet again with Sam Wiebe to discuss his book, Ocean Drive.

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Episode 267 - Steve Burgess 28:14

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He writes the Please Advise! column and other effluvia as required. He is a former CBC host and author of the 2011 book Who Killed Mom? from Greystone Books. He has won two National Magazine Awards and three Western Magazine Awards, and received the Community Mic Award at the 2023 Websters for his work with The Tyee.…

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Episode 266 - Doug Kari 27:19

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At daybreak on January 6, 1986, a couple on a camping trip in the Mojave Desert set out for a stroll and never returned. The local sheriff eventually discovered that Barry and Louise Berman had been murdered. As years passed and the double homicide remained unsolved, the Berman case spawned speculation and conjecture. To date there’s never been an …

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Episode 265 - Rita Miceli 19:08

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Rita Miceli, a seasoned educator, and award-winning author, provides the compass for this journey. Her memoir, "Giaci and Me: A Mother’s Journey of Loving and Raising an Autistic Child," offers a lifeline of empathy and understanding, extending a hand to caregivers and professionals alike. It's a reflection of decades of love, lessons, and learning…

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Episode 264 - Myriam Chancy 22:17

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Dennis talks with Myriam Chancy about "Village Weavers", A deeply reflective book about the resilience of the relationship between two women, which evolves from an innocent childhood friendship to a spiritual kinship

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Episode 263 - John Bemrose 18:50

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John Bemrose is a Canadian arts journalist, novelist, poet and playwright. His arts reviews have appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, the National Post and on CBC Radio. His debut novel, The Island Walkers, was published in 2003. It was a nominee for that year's Giller Prize, as well as making the longlist for the Man Booker Prize.…

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Episode 262 - Bury the Lead 24:30

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We meet with Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti and discuss their debut murder mystery, Bury the Lead.

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Episode 261- Joan Havelange 22:17

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We meet again with Joan Havelange

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Episode 260 - John M Gray 33:57

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John MacLachlan Gray is a writer-composer-performer for the stage, film, television, radio and print. Dennis talks Mr. Good-Evening with John MacLachlan Gray. The case of the Fatal Flapper just won’t stay closed in this thrilling novel of 1920s Vancouver.

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Episode 259 - Brooke Lockyer 25:21

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Brooke Lockyer holds a BA from Barnard College and an MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. She was the winner of the 2009 Hart House Literary Contest and a co-recipient of both the Peter S. Prescott and the Lenore Marshall Barnard prizes for prose. Her work has been published in Toronto Life, carte blanche,…

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Episode 258 - Amanda Swinimer 21:23

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Amanda Swinimer’s deep love of the ocean brought her to the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada where she started her own business, Dakini Tidal Wilds, in 2003. For two decades, Amanda has been sustainably harvesting, by hand, wild, edible seaweeds. She shares her passion for the wild seaweeds of her coastline and their continued health with a d…

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Episode 257 - Deborah Kimmett 25:35

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She is a regular on CBC’s Winnipeg Comedy Festival, CBC Debaters, LOL and is an accomplished author of four books, Reality is Overrated and That Which Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier, and Out Running Crazy. Deb’s new book Window-shopping for God will be published in spring 2024. She was nominated twice for the National Magazine Award for Humour.…

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Episode 256 - Brent Butt 30:55

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Brent Butt- known for Corner Gas, is with us today to talk about his book "Huge"

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Episode 255 - Caroll Simpson 20:37

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Caroll Simpson is the author and illustrator of Coastal Spirit Tales—a series of children’s books that take inspiration from the art, mythology, and environment of the Pacific Northwest—and two board books for younger children, Creatures of the Land and Sky and Creatures of the Sea. She is also an educator who taught Indigenous art and drama to ele…

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Episode 254 - Stephen Joseph 29:08

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Steven Joseph is a first-generation American, veteran attorney, negotiator, prolific speaker, and a modern humorist. He’s a real New Yorker. A fully cured overweight person, Steven is a five times Boston Marathon runner and 16 times NYC Marathon runner – balancing it all perfectly through the art of Zen. In his award-winning masterpiece “A Grownup …

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Episode 253 - Michael Redhead Champagne 13:08

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Michael Redhead Champagne is working towards a revolution that dismantles harmful systems and builds up new ones based on justice, equity and love. A community leader from Winnipeg's North End with family roots in Shamattawa First Nation, Michael is host, helper, published author, on-screen personality and sought after public speaker. Michael happi…

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Episode 252 - Tim Blackett 22:24

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Tim Blackett is a Canadian writer whose work has appeared in Briarpatch, [spaces], Grain Magazine and a small Saskatchewan journal called Swift, Flowing. He holds a Bachelor of Theology and a BA in English from the University of Regina, as well as a certificate in creative writing from Humber College. His short story collection, Grandview Drive, wa…

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Episode 251 - Wilson Coneybeare 39:32

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A professional writer since late teens, Wilson has written film, television, theatre - even radio - and yet "A Feast of Wolves" is his first novel. It's the story he wrote, because it was the story he wanted to read; a big, fast-paced, adventurous tale about the political craziness that has taken over the world in the last seven years or so, yet a …

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Episode 250 - Kelly Anne Manuel 18:22

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Kelly Anne Manuel is the good kind of contagious. She is an eternal optimist who strives to see the good in all her days and throughout all aspects of her life journey. She has a unique voice that Children respond to because it is characterized by her own actively vibrant Inner Child.

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Episode 249 - Felicia Fox 23:47

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After becoming a mom she wanted to feed her children well, as all mothers do. She began learning about the impact of processed food and started cooking differently.

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Episode 248 - Rob Vanstone (Brave Face) 31:52

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Dennis and Rob dive in to his new book, Brave Face - about hockey's earliest maskless warriors.

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Episode 247 - Joel Selvin 24:14

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Dennis meets again with Joel to talk his new book Drums and Demons - The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon

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Episode 246 - Jacinta Gallant 15:58

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Going Steady was created by Jacinta and Taylor – mother-daughter divorce lawyers, who work together! They were sick of breaking people up and thought that they must have learned something from their years of working with families in conflict that could help people stay together.

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Episode 245 - Samantha Reynolds 17:34

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Samantha is an author, actor and award-winning filmmaker living in Toronto, Canada. She is a certified Dr. Shefali Conscious Parenting Coach and received her MFA in film production from The University of Southern California. When not creating, Samantha can be found spending time with her husband, son and mini Poodle. In her book Help Me Be Me, she …

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Episode 244 - Hana Shafi 20:55

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Dennis interviews Hana Shafi about her latest book, People You Know, Places You’ve Been, a collection of peoms and illustrations.

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Episode 243 - Dustin Galer 24:52

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Dustin Galer is an award-winning writer, biographer, and historian. He is known for his exceptional contributions to the world of disability history and labour. He earned his doctorate in History from the University of Toronto and has solidified his reputation as a prominent figure in the field. Dennis and he discuss his book, Beryl.…

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Episode 242 - Lori Hahnel 20:42

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Lori writes fiction about love, loss, longing, music, history, and the lives of women. Her first novel was loosely based on the formative experience in her teen years of playing in Calgary band The Virgins, in the context of the male-dominated world of 1980’s punk music. She is fascinated by outsiders, misfits, the strange, and the forgotten.…