All eyes are on Tokyo this week as the Olympic Games begin. While many remain reluctant to cheer on the gathering amid rising COVID cases, a low Japanese vaccination rate (around 23 per cent as of Wednesday), and zero fans in the stands, most of the world will continue to enjoy the feast of sport as they usually do: on TV.
So, order in some sushi and let the games roll on. Between bouts, queue up your trusty podcatcher with the week's playlists from the team at APN.
The “subscribe” button on any of the Listen Notes playlists will let you grab a playlist for your podcatcher. Sample the shows below, or check out the full week’s roundup on Spotify.
SOCIETY & CULTURE
The Well Endowed Podcast sits down for a bit of Edmonton Community Foundation history with CEO Martin Garber-Conrad. It’s an all-Olympics special this week with It’s A Conspiracy!. Stephanie is joined by fellow actor John Ullyatt on Scamtime to cover travel stories and tourist scam-traps in Cuba. Speaking Municipally talks to Dustin Bajer about the importance of trees.
SPORTS
Armchair Sports invites Red Deer Pickleball Club member Patrick Galesloot on to talk about how the hybrid sport is picking up in popularity. For Kicks provides a quick update on their plans to cover the women’s national soccer team at the Tokyo Olympics. Get Checkered looks back on the action-packed week at the British Grand Prix, from the 2022 car reveal to the sprint qualifying test to the lap one crash at Silverstone. Loyal Company of the River Valley examines the recent Twitter blunder in the FC Edmonton camp. Currah and Ty offer an update on training camp on 2 and Out CFL Podcast.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bollywood is For Lovers goes back to 1993 to see how romantic hero Shah Rukh Khan rose to superstardom in the thrillers Darr and Baazigar. Lisa Martin chats with poet Jennifer Bowering Delisle on Glass Bookshop Radio. Sam and Indy cover My Dad Wrote a Porno, Penguin Town, and Anne Hathaway’s debut in The Princess Diaries on I Love This, You Should Too. Kyle and Dave vs The Machine dips into Diamonds are Forever with Kyle Turner. Quantum Kickflip sees the team trapped during a Slugblasting heist gone wrong. The Read-Along moves on to the next chapter of Premee Mohamed’s Beneath the Rising. Putting It Together discusses the song Poems from Pacific Overtures with guest Christine Chen. Karen and Griffin are joined Marshall Vielle, actor, drag performer, and co-curator of The Braving Beauty Cabaret on The Breakfast Dish.
LIFE & WORK
Eat More Barbecue chats with Matt Malo and Alex Heath from DrumBo, makers of hand-built smokers based in Wainwright. Mess Hall Podcast invites Shanika and Caitlin from Get Checkered on to test British bites in commemoration of the F1 race week at Silverstone. The 2nd Floor sits down with pal Khurram Sultan to ponder how knowledge is key to power and mastery in life. Three Kitchens goes green for spinach pasta with a hit from the Pasta, Pretty Please cookbook.
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