These past few weeks have seen the debut of several fascinating local podcasts, so let’s start this roundup by introducing you to those, and then we’ll see what else I can draw your attention to.
Scott and Amy Fralick tell the story of their decision to have another baby in 40 and Knocked Up! This is one you’re going to want to listen to in order, so here are the first three episodes:
Other exciting debuts: Agnes DeMarco and Sandra Sperounes kick off Agnes + Sandra’s Three Way with an interview with St. Albert photographer Mark Pesklewis; Tim Querengesser launches Walkcast, where he walks and talks with people who care about walking (in this episode, researcher Kurt Borth and hotelier Prem Singhmar); and Meredith Bratland talks to Australian Amy Dillon about adjusting to Edmonton on Episode 1 of Migration Patterns.
OK, on with our regularly scheduled programming. Here are some episodes I listened to, arranged in order of length:
Less than 15 minutes: On the Capital City Records Podcast, Rebecca and Ryan of F&M recommend Concealer’s “Place to Hide,” and Kat Danser salutes Mad Bomber Society’s “You Can’t Dance”; and the Eskimo Empire Podcast catches up with Esks GM Brock Sunderland at Fan Day.
15 to 30 minutes: Chris Chang-Yen Phillips goes digging for dinosaurs in south Edmonton on Let’s Find Out; and Sarah Hoyles explores the fraught relationship between dogs and posties on Pet Sounds.
15 to 30 minutes: What It Is previews Nextfest (which wraps up this weekend!); Kerry and Karina of The Business Code Podcast talk to Tema Frank about how to make workplaces good for women; and on Modern Manhood, German Villegas talks to mental health worker Jessica Craig about helping isolated men.
The Well-Endowed Podcast tells four stories about Edmonton happenings, including a moving tribute to Gail Hall and an interview with me about the Alberta Podcast Network; then I turned the microphone on Andrew Paul of Well-Endowed on the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast.
30 to 45 minutes: On A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo!, Mike Jozic talks about Scooby storytelling with story editor Jon Colton Barry; on The Press Gallery, the Journal political gang discusses Alberta’s squabbles with B.C. over pipelines; and on Start the Music, Kat talks to Chris Cote of Kut-U-Up and the film Riding in Vans with Boys.
45 to 60 minutes: On The Broadcast, hear Reakash Walters and Coun. Andrew Knack discuss how male politicians can be feminists; on That’s So Maven, Andrea Beça interviews makeup entrepreneur Gaylynne Fell; and on True North Strange and Weird, Kim and Patee dig into the murderous history of London, Ont.
45 to 60 minutes: The Movie Jerks make guest Holden Daniels watch a movie the critics loved but the box office hated; Adam Rozenhart of The Expats shares his discussion about podcast quality from LunchPods during NorthwestFest; and Taylor Chadwick of What It Is shares his LunchPods chat about passion podcasts with Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
More than 60: The fellas at Four Color Book Club introduce the origin story of Catwoman; on The Teardown, Caleb Caswell has a wide-ranging discussion about music and sexism with jazz trombonist Audrey Ochoa; and on The Featherstone, hear Brian Hollett write songs before your very ears (and he’ll make one for you, if you want).
More than 60: Sharon Mvundura joins Elliot Tanti and Michael Vecchio on Highlevel Showdown to talk politics; on For Kicks, Jessica and Katie catch up on the NWSL season and answer listener mail; and on the Northern Nerdcast, Dan and Chelsea chat with Almost Infinite blogger Graham MacFarlane about games and philosophy.
That’s what I’ve had time for since last we spoke. Find more in previous podcast roundups. If you’d like to meet some of these podcasters and many others in real life, come to the Edmonton Podcasting Meetup! The next one is June 17 at Variant Edition, when we’ll be talking to Michael Short of Let’s Go Outdoors about how to make a living in new media.
Also, as I build out the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB, I’m trying to pay more attention to podcasts emanating from the rest of Alberta. Still working on what that looks like, but stay tuned.
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