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Ep. #742: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg author, scholar, writer, advocate, and musician, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses the 2022 bestseller, Rehearsals for Living, which she co-wrote with Robyn Maynard, Indigenous and Black people’s shared lived experiences and perspectives, parenting and pedagogy, all of the coups, loving Dr. Clarence J. Munford, abolition, hope, 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.

Kelly McMichael on her 2022 Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut album Waves, how she began playing music and her formal studies, the Guelph, Toronto, and St. John’s music communities, working with Jake Nicoll and touring in Sarah Harmer’s band, loving and learning from Land of Talk, touring again, future plans, and 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.

The Sadies’ Travis Good and Mike Belitsky discuss the devastating loss of Dallas Good and their brilliant new album, Colder Streams, animals and injuries, working with Richard Reed Parry, Pietro Amato, and Michael Dubue, Satan and spirituality, how to have a run-in with the law, their final Gord Downie sessions, rescheduled tour dates, other future plans, and 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.