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Lucy Tulugarjuk is an indigenous producer who has teamed up with the Weather Network for Canada's first ever weather reports in Inuktituk. Three minute segments will air 16 times a day. Kris Harper is an indigenous musician featured in season 2 of Amplify where he talks about adapting the poetry of his late mother - an accomplished artist- into song. He is joined in the interview by his collab...

William Brent Bell is a director who has made a living in the horror genre, including such films as The Boy, Brahms: The Boy II, and Orphan: First Kill. His latest foray into the sinister underworld is Lord of Misrule, which is available in theatres and on Demand December 8th. In 2011, Angel Gracia scored a hit with From Prada to Nada. He returns with a hilarious take on Guess Who's Coming To...

Welcome to December! From coast-to-coast, there are all kinds of holiday events happening in honour of the festive season. One such event happening in Vancouver is Handel's Messiah, by Early Music Vancouver and the Vancouver Chamber Choir and featuring soloist Nicholas Scott. Nick talks about how he first started signing, misconceptions about classical music, living and working in France, arts...

Katrina Teitz & Carly Pokoradi are actors and singers from Vancouver, BC. They are the stars of a new stage adaption of 'Snow White', where the two of them play all the characters. They talk about playing all the characters, comedy, the complicated legacy of Snow White, performing for children, and the holiday season. 'Snow White' runs at the Carousel Theatre on Granville Islan...

Javier Reyna is a writer and director and whose previous films include Regionrat. He currently has three scripts in production. His newest output is Due Justice, which follows a lawyer with a military background who decides to take revenge and hunt down the gang that killed his wife and brother and kidnapped his daughter. Javier talks about how the film was inspired by Sandy Hook, the importance o...

Niki Singleton is a mixed-media artist from Vancouver. She talks about living and working in both Canada and New York, technique, the politics and ideas inherent in art, and being a part of this year's East Side Culture Crawl, which runs Nov 16-19 in Vancouver. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer Socials @EndeavoursRadio

Alex Mifflin is one half of the Water Brothers. Along with his brother Tyler, they travel around Canada documenting the past, present and future of water. In season 5 of their documentary series "The Water Brothers" they look at Peatland, microplastics, and the world's oldest water, among other features. Season 5 is available now on TVO and youtube. Jeremy Larter is a filmmaker from...

Mick Davis is a Scottish filmmaker whose previous works include Modigliani, The Haunting of Charles Manson, and The Eleventh Hour. His newest film is Walden, starring Emile Hirsch, Shane West and David Keith. It will be in theatres starting November 10th, followed by on Demand and Digital starting December 12th. Matthew Yerby is an actor, writer and director whose debut feature is The Dirty South....

Paul Kemp is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose credits include The Pretendians, Nike's Big Bet, and Rise of the Trolls, as well as producing Am I A Boy Or Girl, Transformer, and The Rise of Jordan Peterson. His latest film is Searching for Satoshi - which is about the disappearance of the mythical founder of BitCoin. It is available on CBC Gem on November 1st L.E. Staimain and Chest...

Julio Soto Gurpide is a film director whose previous credits include Palestine, Deep, and Radiophobia. His latest is the animated comedy murder-mystery Inspector Sun. Think Agatha Christie's Murder on The Orient Express but with bugs. The film was released on October 27. Nicol Paone is an actress, writer and director who got her start with the Groundlings and The Big Gay Sketch Show. She has m...

Writer-director Conor Allyn takes about his latest film In The Fire. It stars Amber Heard, Eduardo Noriega, and Lorenzo McGovern Zaini. It is in theatres, on Demand, and Digital on October 13th!

Jamaal Burkmar is an award-winning choreographer who first gained recognition for his piece 'Ocean' while studying at the Northern School for Contemporary Dance. The piece received critical acclaim and was later commissioned for VERVE, the postgraduate company at NSCD, making it the first and only undergraduate work to be featured. Jamaal was honored with the highly prestigious 'New Ad...

Cru Ennis & Lee Roy Kunz are the creative team behind the new horror film "Deliver Us", which releases on September 29th. Starring Thomas Kretschmann and Alexander Siddig, it follow a nun at a rural convent who claims immaculate conception, only to have the Vatican come after her. Leanne Simpson is an indigenous-Canadian singer-songwriter, author, and multimedia performer. She is the...

Jacqueline Castel is a film director. Her collaborators have included Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, and Zola Jesus. She recently released her first first feature film - My Animal - starring Bobbi Salvor Menuez, Amandla Stenberg and Stephen McHattie. It was released on September 8th. Lance Henriksen is an icon in the world of genre film. Fans know him best as Bishop in the Alien franchise. He has also...

Greg and Caitriona are actors and performers who are both appearing in Theatre Under The Stars production of The Prom. Inspired by the true story of Constance MacMillan, The Prom follows two queer teenagers and their mission to bring a same-gendered date to prom. The story was adapted into a Netflix film featuring James Corden and Meryl Strep, among others. This year, The Prom will be featured alo...

Erica Daniels is a Cree/Ojibway filmmaker from the Peguis First Nation. Her previous short film, Run As One, won two Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Film Festival. She has also received a Canadian Screen Award Nominee. Her documentary Coming Home (Wanna Icipus Kupi) - her feature debut - is a companion piece to the TV series Little Birds, and examines not only the making of of the show, but als...

Perry Chafe is an author, television writer, producer, and songwriter. He co-created and was the showrunner of Republic of Doyle, which starred Allan Hawco and ran for six seasons. Additionally, he was a writer and producer on the Netflix/Discovery show Frontier starring Jason Momoa, and was an executive producer on the CBC limited series Caught. Currently, he is a writer and producer on the hit C...

There is new comedy series coming to Canadian television screens: Our Big Punjabi Family. Shot in a mockumentary akin to Modern Family, Our Big Punjabi Family chronicles the trials and tribulations of a multi-generational family forced to live under one roof. Sunny is sweet natured, romantic, and a bit of a dreamer. He’s a programmer, but he’s got a dream to make an app to help humanity. However h...

Jeanette Walls is an award-winning journalist and author whose memoir The Glass Castle was on the New York Times Bestseller list for a record 421 weeks and was later adapted into a feature film starring Naomi Watts and Woody Harrelson. Her latest book Hang The Moon - her third novel - was released in March and was also recently optioned for a future film. Sam Karney is an indigenous filmmaker and...

In 2018, Award-winning actress and musician Samantha Weinstein came by to talk about being a child actress, working with Toni Collette and Michael Sheen, Toronto stories and making the transition into adulthood. She also talks about voice acting and getting into music with punk rock band Killer Virgins. Sam died on May 14, 2023.

Meisha and The Spanks are Meisha Louie and Sean Hamilton. They stop by to chat about their new album Unconditional Love in Hi-Fi, residential schools - and their call-to-action song Dig Me Out - touring Europe for the first time, coming out of a pandemic, family, and more. The album is out now. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, Radio Public Socials: @EndeavoursRadio

Franklin Ritch is a writer, director and actor and the filmmaker behind the intriguing thriller The Artifice Girl , which delves into the world of AI, juxtaposed against the innocence of childhood. Co-starring Lance Henriksen, the film was released April 27th. Jemima Khan is renowned journalist and documentary filmmaker who has contributed to The New Statesman, Vanity Fair, The Independent, Sunday...

From child star to scream queen to indie darling, Scout Taylor-Compton has been in films most of her life. Her credits include Sleepover, Halloween and Apache Nation, as well as a litany of television credits. Her latest film is The Best Man - opposite Brendan Fehr, Luke Wilson and Dolph Lundgren. It was released on April 21st. Bill Reid was a renowned Haida artist specializing in sculpture, paint...

Katie Lafferty and Roma Ahi are the producers of this year's Canadian Screen Awards, airing on April 16 and hosted by Samantha Bee. Katie and Roma talk about the new hybrid model of the CSA, how they work with the host, having film & TV in one ceremony, how streaming can affect ratings and the state of the Canadian Industry as a whole. Connie Cocchia is the filmmaker behind When Time Got L...

Omer Aziz is an author, journalist, lawyer, and former foreign policy advisor. He is currently the Catherine A. and Mary Gellert Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard. His essays and writings have been published in the New York Times, Atlantic, Harper's, New York Magazine, among others. He is a former foreign policy advisor for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and has held residencies at bot...