Friendless

This week on a super-sized, extra special ONE-HUNDREDTH EPISODE of Friendless, James unfriends internet sensation, mozzarella stick aficionado, and virtuoso keyboard player The Bnoth aka Bryan Nothling! They discuss the wild world of internet fame, getting sober, late-night sing-alongs, THEM MOZZARELLA STICKS, and so much more! Follow Bryan on TIKTOK and follow me on TIKTOK too!! Be sure to sign u...

This week on Friendless, James unfriends host of The Breakfast Dish and Bridging the Gap - Karen Johnson-Diamond! They discuss the magic of theatre spaces, the improv routes of pro wrestling, breakfast profiling and so much more! Sign up for the Friendless Newsletter HERE Follow Friendless on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER Listen to Raised by the Movies HERE Buy your copy of BU TT HE AD Support the show

This week on Friendless James unfriends Vancouver-based film producer Jameson Parker. They discuss the elasticity of long-term friendships, making your own creative path, and peeping Toms!! Be sure to sign up for the Friendless Newsletter Follow Friendless on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER Listen to Raised by the Movies and buy BU TT HE AD Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlesspod)

This week on Friendless James unfriends stage manager and arts administrator Susan MIyagishima! They discuss the hidden infrastructures of arts organizations, finding connections in the oddest places, and do their best to avoid talking about Tetsuro Shigematsu and fail miserably. Follow Friendless on INSTAGRAM and TWITTER Listen to Raised By The Movies Buy BU TT HE AD and sign up for the NEWSLETTE...

This week on Friendless I unfriend intrepid comedian, musician, and one of my personal heroes Wes Borg! Wes and I talk about dismantling the competition of art, the recipe of good friendship, and just who really hurt us. All that and so much more on this very special episode. Be sure to sign up for the NEWSLETTER Buy your copy of BU TT HE AD Listen to Raised By The Movies and follow Friendless on...

This week on Friendless, James host's special guest Jelani Greynion aka Codename: JG. They discuss the genius of Emily Dickinson, the storytelling of Bob Dylan, the clarity of Lil’ Wayne, and so much more! Check out Jelani's music updates on INSTAGRAM follow Friendless on INSTA and TWITTER Listen to Raised by the Movies Buy BU TT HE AD Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlesspod)

This week on Friendless, James has special guest actor, teacher, and science whiz Shaan Rahman! This episode discusses the culture shock of coming to Canada from Bangladesh, navigating theatre school, and the subtle art of having strangers tell you their problems. All that and so much more! Sign up for the Friendless NEWSLETTER and grab your copy of BU TT HE AD and check out our sister show Raised...

This week on Friendless I have actress and producer extraordinaire Emily Piggford (The Umbrella Academy, The Sounds). We discuss the sex lives of vegetables, the joys of auditioning, Canadian apathy towards the arts, and so much more! Buy your copy of BUTTHEAD - HERE Sign up for the newsletter - HERE Support the show

This week on a very special episode of Friendless, I unfriend the incomparable playwright and co-creator of Atomic Vaudeville and Ride the Cyclone, Jacob Richmond! Jacob and I discuss the first time he was naked on the stage, the first time I was naked on stage, the comedy of male nudity on stage, and so much more! Check out the Friendless newsletter - HERE Support the show

This week on Friendless I interview and unfriend Daniel Johnston, Brewery GM and former roommate! Dan and I discuss roommates with benefits if benefits are wallowing in depression together, the unskilled labour of Artistic Directors, choosing a replacement for water, and so much more! Check out Steel & Oak, Daniel's brewery HERE And be sure to  sign up for the Friendless Newsletter HERE &...

This week I’ve got a very special guest on the show lawyer, retired barista, and one of my sister’s best friends, Julia Katherine. Julia and I discuss the Vancouver Island culture of making friends, learning how to speak confidently in front of sleeping judges, abandoning time limits as personal development, blue angels, and so much more! Sign up for the Friendless Newsletter HERE Follow Friendles...

This week on Friendless I have special guest video game designer, illustrator, and my brother-in-law, Joshua Muise! Josh and I discuss the unexpected perks of working from home, jocks making video games, joining the Avramenko clan, friendship as a radio dial, and so much more! Sign up for the Friendless newsletter HERE Grab your copy of BU TT HE AD HERE Follow Friendless on Instagram and Twitter S...

This week on Friendless I have on special guest, actor, director, historical interpreter, and professional drawer Dirk Van Stralen!! Dirk and I discuss giving art away, the power of the viewer, entangling self-worth with artistic production, the pits and perils of interpretive theatre, what self-love really looks like, and so so much more! Click here if you'd like to sign up for the NEWSLETTER and...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend Fringe Festival star and Travelling Wilbury S.E. Grummett aka Grumms! We chat about lockdowns in Australia, screaming at strangers to follow the arrows, lacking object permanence, trying to stay soft in a world that wants to harden you up, being the elder guide on baby’s first MDMA trip, and so much more! Be sure to sign up for the newsletter HERE and make sure...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend UVic alum and charcuterie extraordinaire Jane Sanden! We discuss the perfect charcuterie board, Rocky Horror Picture Show, reintroducing ourselves after being deceived by beards, learning to appreciate flaky friends, and so much more! Support Friendless on PATREON Sign up for the NEWSLETTER Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/friendlesspod)

This week on Friendless, I unfriend miniature painter, Theatre tech Swiss army knife, and music impresario, Jensine Trondson. Jensine and I discuss her miniature painting series, letting art be imperfect, how to be friends with everyone you meet, holding people accountable for yourself and not performatively, verbalizing your gratitude for others and so so much more! Check out Jensine's art on INS...

This week on Friendless, I welcome Bob "The Builder" Orlando, 3D printer technician, poker wildman, and Dungeon Master extraordinaire. Bob and I talk about the intimidation factor of ghost towns, 3D printing prosthetics, Vegetarian pep talks, taking the blame for house parties at other people’s houses, projecting insecurities onto Dungeons and Dragons characters and so much more! Check out the Fri...

This week's guest on Friendless is competitive swimmer turned standup comedian, Victoria's own Katie-Ellen Humphries!! We talk about theatre kids only being vulnerable when drunk, the superstars of Kaleidoscope Theatre, using performance as coping mechanism, athletes dreaming of being artists, turning my butt into a Pink Floyd prop, how to not be so goddamn precious with your terrible art, and so...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend Tourguide to the stars and linguistic mage Sara Tuppen Veloso! We talk about day trips in Europe, learning languages for fun, the cultural resurrection of Love, Actually, that one James Bond where he fights Russians, shit-talking on Japanese transit, exposing oneself appropriately to negative content, the labour of giving yourself pep talks in the mirror, and so...

This week I unfriend playwright and producer Geoffrey Simon Brown. We discuss adopting dogs, losing theatre work, founding the Major Matt Mason collective and the inevitable legal ramifications of the name, making friend lists and checking in on them twice, being hit on at poetry shows, and so much more! Grab a copy of BU TT HE AD - HERE Sign up for the monthly newsletter - HERE Follow Friendless...

This week I unfriend actor, director and Artistic Director Kaitlin Williams! We discuss quarantine theatre, the brilliant idea of recreating the success of Hamilton, how to do the work when there’s no work allowed, nihilistic visions, loose happiness, weaving in and out of each other’s lives, the risks of site-specific theatre, assuming people are cooler than they actually are, intimidating Leonar...

This week I unfriend animation wizard and dear friend Chad "Wolfgang" Veinot. Chad and I discuss chosen family, disappointing old friends, the origin of the Average Mango clan, Halloween hijinks, shitty Ironman and feisty bananas, haunted food and so much more! Follow Friendless on Instagram - @friendlesspod Twitter - @friendlesspod Be sure to check out Chad's art HERE and follow him on Instagram...

This week on Friendless I unfriend host of the Mourning Talk show, Aaron Parker. We talk all kinds of fun topics from how we met through email, sending the wrong vibes by association, cbc comment sections, the lonesome genius of Daniel Johnston, the necessary placebo of astrology, where art lives and so so much more. Check out Mourning Talk HERE or on Instagram Check out the Tarot reading Instagra...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend my old Bowness High School classmate Kelsey Ledbury. Kelsey and I talk about  reevaluating dreams, when the show shouldn’t go on, running away to paradise, artists with jobs, how to make friends at work, and singing Monty Python in Science class. Don't forget to sign up for the montly newsletter HERE And get a copy of BU TT HE AD  here Support the show...

This week on Friendless I interview poet, graphic designer and former co-worker of mine, Stephen Rutherford. Stephen and I talk about catch-all jobs in not-for-profits, coping in quarantine like an astronaut, what won’t go back to normal, the collapse of context through digital media, sharing plates of cheeseburgers, and surprising friends with hidden talents. If you'd like to buy a copy of BU TT...