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Ep. #791: Nina Nastasia

[TW: suicide, psychological abuse] Nina Nastasia discusses her latest wondrous solo album, Riderless Horse, living in Calgary, Alberta for a while, the longest walk in the world for a dog, the difficult life she lived with her late partner Kennan Gudjonsson, and the songs she wrote about it, inviting Electrical Audio’s Steve Albini and Greg Norman to upstate New York to make Riderless Horse, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.

In a conversation recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike motion, Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall from please don’t destroy discuss their 2023 North American tour and Just for Laughs stops in Montreal, Canada and important Canadians like Norm Macdonald and Jamal Murray, their work as writers and short filmmakers on Saturday Night Live, comedic film editing and doing a live show, the forthcoming pdd movie, which features Conan O’Brien, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.

Hari Kondabolu discusses his brilliant new comedy special Vacation Baby, being a dad, Indian parents, Indian food, and yogurt, delving into cultural and familial backgrounds without mocking them, making art that changes things, perspectives on the impact of his film, The Problem with Apu, becoming friends with Hank Azaria and thinking about The Simpsons, the sharpness of his stand-up, (Extended) Vacation Baby, touring again, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.