Endeavours Radio

Michael LeBlanc & Joshua Reichmann are the co-directors of Tenzin, which examines Tibetan Independence movement through a fictional narrative of a man struggling to cope with his brother's self-immolation protest death. The film was released on March 17th. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Pandora, Deezer Socials @EndeavoursRadio

Colin West is a writer-director whose new feature is Linoleum starring Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seahorn, Katelyn Nacon, Ian Michael Black, and Tony Shalboub. It follows an engineer who builds his own homemade rocket after a satellite crashes in his back yard. Colin talks about why we want to Astronauts, the reality (realities?) we are living, hiring a comedian for a dramatic role and telling a love stor...

Ryan Moccasin is an indigenous writer and comedian, who is the creator and executive producer of the new APTN sketch show The Feather News, in which he also occasionally appears in. The Feather News is a comedy sketch show that parodies government and media from an indigenous perspective. It premiered February 14th. Eric McCormack is probably best known for his role as Will Truman on NBC's hit sit...

Maurice LaMarche is a renowned voice actor best known for his role as "The Brain" in both Animaniacs and its spin-off Pinky and the Brain. He has also done work for Rick & Morty, The Simpsons, Futurama, Johnny Bravo, Recess, Powerpuff Girls, Rugrats, and the films Frozen, Zootopia, Space Jam - in which he voiced Pepe Le Pew - and Tim Burton's Ed Wood , in which he dubbed the voice of Orson Wel...

Jason Eisener is a film director most known for his cult hit Hobo With a Shotgun. A decade later, he is back with another to-the-point titled film Kids Vs. Aliens, which began as a segment in the anthology V/H/S2. Jason talks about working with kids to create horror, the aliens, and what it all really means. The film is out now. Edward Drake is an Aussie filmmaker who recently completed a trilogy...

Winnifred Jong is the creator of the hit webseries Tokens (season 2 premiering on the Roku Channel on January 10th). Set in the world of actors cast by productions desperate to hit their diversity quotas, Season 2 of  TOKENS  pivots from the comedic overuse of On Call Casting, the democratic Uber-ization of diverse representation in Season 1, to a comedy about the hunger-gaming of castin...

Edward Drake is an Australian filmmaker known for his subversive action flicks including Breach and Cosmic Sin. He recently completed work on the Detective Knight trilogy with collaborator Corey Large, the 2nd of which Detective Knight: Redemption is now out on VOD. He also weighs in on working with Bruce Willis and whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Renuka Jeyapalan is a Canadian write...

We are back! Endeavours is back from hiatus and welcomes film director Clare Niederpruem ( Christmas With The Campbells) and actor Kamyar Pazandeh (Carousel Theatre's The Three Little Pigs). It's the holiday season, and theatre and film always make a big splash this time of year. Both the guests talk about what makes good Christmas entertainment!

Andrew Traucki is an Australian writer and director, who specializes in the horror genre. His latest is The Reef: Stalker, a sequel/companion piece to his hit 2010 Cult film The Reef. Starring Theresa Liane from Neighbours and Vampire Diaries, The Reef: Stalked follows four surfer friends who are a stalked by a lone great white shark. Much like the 2010 film, The Reef: Stalked utilizes real-life f...

Melissa Bond is a narrative journalist and poet. She has blogged her journey of dependence on benzodiazepines and was a regular contributor for Mad in America. She has been featured on Risk!, IGNTD, and The Addiction Podcast. She recently released Blood Orange Night, which chronicles her struggle with addiction. It was released on June 14 through Simon & Schuster. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Tu...

Lyrica Okano is an actress best known for her role as Nico Minoru in Runaways. In addition to reprising the role in the video game Midnight Suns, she also appears in the new romantic comedy Press Play opposite Clara Rugaard, Lewis Pullman, Matt Walsh and Danny Glover. The film is available now on Apple TV. Seth McTigue is a filmmaker and actor who recently wrote and directed his feature Take The N...

Kwasi Thomas is an actor and comedian, known for playing Z-Wreck on the hit series Snowpiercer, as well as Thomas in PillowTalk. He has appeared in several other shows including A Series of Unfortunate Events, Pup Academy, Altered Carbon, Lucifer, Motive, and Psych. He is currently starring in the play Passover, Ensemble Theatre's new summer piece, at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. Kw...

Oualid Mouaness is a Lebanese filmmaker and producer with an extensive background in documentaries and music videos. His first feature film as writer-director is 1982, a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Lebanon War. Starring many non-professional actors as the school children, as well as Lebanese superstar Nadine Labacki as their teacher Miss Yasmine, 1982 is a tale of innocence...

Dale Scott is a former Major League Umpire who was present for some iconic games, including the 2001 World Series, seven weeks after 9/11, as well as being last umpire to ever eject the infamous Billy Martin. But Dale's story was unique even among those associated with baseball; in 2014 he made a bold decision and publicly came out as gay. In his new memoir The Umpire Is Out: Calling the Game and...

When does tradition become untenable? How does it adapt with the times? Documentarian looks at these at these questions and more in the new film A Taste of Whale, which examines "The grind", a pilot whale hunt that takes place every year in the Faroe Islands. Among pressure from activists such as Sea Shephard, and even push back within their own communities, the Faroese Hunters openly acknowledge...

Emily Skeggs is a Tony-nominated actress and certified horticulturalist. She received her breakthrough in the broadway musical Fun Home, in which she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical nomination and won a Theatre World Award for her role as Medium Alison. She also talks her TV roles in Salem, and When We Rise, her love of gardening, writing the song Watermelon, moving fr...

TW: Drug Use, overdose, homelessness, addiction, mental health, police brutality Fentanyl. It’s been the street drug of choice for the past number of years. It’s been known to contaminate other substances. In BC alone, it has vastly increased the death rate in the opioid epidemic. But what is being done about it? A new documentary - Love In The Time of Fentanyl - looks at support workers and volun...

Keoni Waxman is a filmmaker and producer, best known for his work with Steven Seagal - including the Seagal-fronted television series True Justice. His newest film is The Ravine, starring Eric Dane, Teri Polo and Peter Facinelli, and based on the novel by Robert Pascuzzi, which in turn was inspired by true events that happened to Robert and his wife Kelly. The film was released May 6th. Maxwell Mc...

Myles Goodwin is a Canadian musician and songwriter who was elected to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member the legendary April Wine. In addition to founding the long-running band, Myles has recorded and released solo material including his new single For Ukraine. He talks about it including it on his new album Long Pants, whether artists have a responsibility, charity singles and touring a...

Michael McGowan is a Canadian writer-director, whose previous films include Saint Ralph, One Week, Still Mine, as well as the television series Between. His latest is All My Puny Sorrows, based on the novel by award-winning writer Miriam Toews and starring Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon. It his theatres May 3rd. Tina Finkelman Berkett is a dancer, choreographer and artistic director of LA-based BODYT...

Margaret Grenier is the director of the Coastal Dance Festival, which this year is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Partnering with Nordic Bridges, the festival will welcome four indigenous Sami Dancers from Norway and Sweden, as well as feature 15 different nations from in and around British Columbia. The festival runs through April 24 at the Anvil Centre in Vancouver. Josh Sternfeld is the dire...

Kristin Booth is the star of the new film Marlene, which tells the story of Stephen Truscott from the Point-of-View of his faithful wife (Booth, with Julia Sarah Stone as the younger version). The film is in select Canadian cities now. Beulah Koale is a New Zealand actor who co-stars in Dual, the latest film from writer-director Riley Stearns. It examines the relationship between humanity and tech...

David Hayman is a Scottish actor whose credits include The Boy in Striped Pajamas; Macbeth; Atom Egoyan's Where The Truth Lies; Dad's Army (The Lost Episodes); The Tailor of Panama; and Sid & Nancy. He stars as Norm in the Revenge thriller Bull, which is out now. Ted Braun is a documentary filmmaker whose previous films include Darfur Now and Betting on Zero. In his latest - Viva Maestro! - he...

Justin Kurzel is an Australian filmmaker who has specialized in making films that either adaptations ( Macbeth) or based on true events ( True History of the Kelly Gang). His latest film - Nitram - is no exception. Based on the Port Arthur Massacre that occurred in Tasmania in 1996, Nitram examines mental illness and gun culture and what happens when both are left untethered. Lonnie Chavis is a te...

Mickey Keating is a filmmaker who specializes in horror, having been mentored by scream king Larry Fessenden and interned with Blumhouse Productions. His latest film is Offseason, available now. Cameron Mackenzie is the founding Artistic Director of Zee Zee Theatre, which specializes in amplifying the voices of LGBTQ2I+ creators. He is also the director of the new play Men Express Their Feelings,...