Downward Facing Broad Podcast

A daughter’s wedding, a bowl of Jell-o, and a man who just wants to please his wife. Will Deb’s Dad ever get it right?

Deb’s Grandmothers taught her how to smoke, eat pie and keep moving even when things fall on the floor.

On an ordinary day something happens that inspired Deb to come up with this podcast name.

A lifetime civil servant, former premiere of Ontario and a broad who knows you Wynne some and you lose some. We talk about the values her parents instilled in her, how to keep serving the greater good even when people don’t like you and what shoes to wear while sheering sheep.  Her Motto: You Wynne Some Lose Some. https://www.instagram.com/kathleen_wynne/

Boxer, coach, and solo show artist Savoy never backed down from a fight. Facing brutal sexism, the challenge of funding her all female gym and the mob trying to defeat her ‘Coach Kepow’ become a champion of the underdog, a community leader and author of a couple amazing shows.  Her motto: Don’t Ask why. Ask Howe. https://www.facebook.com/savoy.howe.9

Cathy may be a small-town gal but her second home is the Congo. Cathy and I talk about how she fell in love with the women of the Congo, her call to build a school there and she got a sign to go meet Angelina Jolie! Her motto: I can See Cleary Now. www.bridgingpost.com

Whether directing in NYC or Scarborough Ann has helped artists across the musical theatre world shine. We talk about working with her kids, why even Chris Hatfield calls her Mama Ann, how she subscribes to the adage, that when God closes a door, you climb in a window. Her motto: Life is one long improv. You just Yes, Ann everything.  https://www.instagram.com/mama.merriam/

Over her lifetime Shemmaho has been a lot of different people. A mom, a medicine woman and now an elder. We talk philosophy, the medicine needed in today’s world, and that time her friend’s husband acted as her midwife. Her Motto: You get to an age when you really are Goodenough.

She’s comedic genius, a writer, producer, activist, and a true raconteur. We gab about being in comedy back in the day, how getting old can make you happier and question if it can really be called workaholism when it’s so much fun. Her Motto: Laugh, Don’t drink and Be Mary. https://www.instagram.com/officialmarywalsh/

Deborah Kimett is the host of Downward Facing Broad Are you tired of being invisible?  Or being called cute?  Of being only seen for your wrinkles rather than your experience? This podcast is for anyone who feels they have been out to pasture. It features kick-ass older women who no matter how many times life knocked them down, got up again and in their senior years are stronger, funnier and more...