Nothing quells a pandemic heat wave like a shot of frozen sugar. As the cube freezer worked overtime to keep our treats from melting, we gathered round the kiddie pool for an intense cohort debate on the actual flavours of freezies. (After a subsequent google consultation, it turns out that white freezies are cream-soda-flavoured. Mind blown, right?)
Queue up, cool down, and get ready for the weekend with fresh episodes from your APN fam jam.
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
Eat More Barbecue talks with the Barrel Boss Q team about their extremely cool Canadian-made barrel smokers. The Well Endowed Podcast speaks with Erick Ambtman, Nadine Chalifoux, and Karen Bruno about gaps in the social safety net. It’s A Conspiracy! looks into the Fresno Nightcrawler and the Teleporting Blue Nun. Mess Hall Podcast snacks on all things peanutty. That’s a Thing?! looks into lies on the internet, some accidental and some deliberate. The Daveberta Podcast lands a chat with Edmonton mayoral candidate Amarjeet Sohi. And Speaking Municipally continues its look at the Percent for Art program along with other civic issues.
SPORTS
For Kicks looks at Canada's 28-person camp roster for the national women’s soccer team and the upcoming friendlies against Czech Republic and Brazil. Loyal Company of the River Valley opens with a sobering discussion on this week’s news from Kamloops before examining FC Edmonton ahead of their 2021 season. 2 and Out CFL Podcast and The Turf District take to the airwaves to cover all things Elks (yes, that is grammatically correct).
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Writer Lily Wang joins Makda Mulatu for a conversation about her poetry collection, Saturn Peach, on Glass Bookshop Radio. I Have Some Notes finally gets to an M. Night Shyamalan flick (after six years!) with a rewrite of Signs. Kyle and Dave vs The Machine debate the legacy of 1971’s neo-noir hero in Dirty Harry. Makeshift Stories follows Alison, who has been the nexus of unexplained phenomena ever since a mysterious incident in her childhood. The Read-Along moves along to the next chapter of Premee Mohamed’s Beneath the Rising. Repodcasting is back to re-take the 2016 big-budget indie Colossal. Putting It Together returns from Hades (and intermission) to discuss Act 2 of The Frogs with guest Justin Havard. The Breakfast Dish talks with Nextfest’s Ellen Chorley and Simone Media Polo about this year’s festival, running online and elsewhere June 3-13.
LIFE & WORK
Healthy Lifestyle Design examines the power of small but mighty seeds (ie: the hemp, sesame, chia, pumpkin and flax varieties). The 2nd Floor stages a panel of health professionals to debunk myths and misinformation associated with COVID-19. ATB’s The Future Of looks at the future of community with NHL commentator and author Harnarayan Singh.
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