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For  I Digress,  my weekly radio show on Smithers Community Radio

 ‘ French Onion Spook’ was  original story written by Pam Haasen and Naomi Kavka. French Onion spook was produced and voiced by Pam Haasen, with additional voices from Carmela and Mystery Man from Safeway Smithers. The instrumental music in this show is by Pulse Emitter and humanfobia. Happy Halloween! Bearly Made It is a hair-raising tale of a hiker BARELY making it out of a in-tents situation, s...

Kuun Jaadas is good at talking. Adeana Young, which is her English name, has been making a name for herself as a powerful force in Haida politics. She received a lot of attention as the spokesperson for the G̲aandlee Guu Jaalang, or the “daughters of the rivers” when they announced on July 9 that two luxury sport fishing resorts have disrespected Haida law and jurisdiction , and are putting island...

It's so exciting! A super rare fungi was discovered in our northern neck of the woods (literally) here in BC. Near Huble Homestead, a historical site about 40 km north of Prince George in Northern BC, someone spotted a very strange looking fungi (see episode photo) and it turns out that it's never been documented to have existed in the entire province of British Columbia. Needless to say...

In the final episode of Sea Change , Pam Haasen talks with Rosemary Ommer, the retired Executive Director of Coasts Under Stress , an organization that researches the ways in which changes in society and the environment in coastal British Columbia and coastal Newfoundland and Labrador. Rosemary has a simple message to share about securing a future for both of our coasts in Canada: think small. Mak...

This podcast is about the coast of British Columbia and the way that people live on it. Today's guest, Eva Hill's perspective is one that actually fell in my lap, and I’m so thankful to have this addition: that, of someone who just lives, doesn’t study or wax philosophical about the relationship of kelp to people, she just goes out there and lives it! In this episode of sea change, you’l...

Today’s guest is someone who’s name came up in internet searches I did about seaweed / seaweed research / women in science. Funnily enough, it was Dafne Romero Salazar, my guest from episode 2 of Sea Change, who told me that I really had to speak to Dr. Maycira Costa about the research she’s been doing. During her time at Uni of Vic, Dr. Costa has built the SPECTRAL lab, for investigating spectral...

Episode 4 is host and producer Pam's conversation with educator, influential community member, fisher, and Gitga'at First Nation councillor Cameron Hill. Listen to Cam's stories of harvesting seaweed in Txalgiuw (Hartley Bay, British Columbia) as a child and his hopes for the future generations of eco-conscious citizens of BC and the world.

In episode 3, host Pam Haasen spoke with "The Godfather of Cultivation" Louis Druehl. He has written multiple books about seaweed, including titles like Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast and Cedar, Salmon, and Weed, a fictional story written about a town much like Bamfield, where he resides. Louis has been featured in TIME, acknowledging the sheer amount of r...

Episode 2 features Dafne Romero-Salazar, owner and operator of North Pacific Kelp Wild Foods Inc. on Haida Gwaii.  Dafne has a rich background as a filmmaker and mushroom hunter. Her life is anatomy, food science, art, film, history, and of course, kelp. I spoke with Dafne about how she went from Mexico to Canada, and why she fell in deep (get it?) with seaweed. Sea Change is a series of 7 intervi...

This is the first BVFMS newsletter podcast for March 2021. In this episode, we take a look back since the last Midsummer Music Festival in 2019 and bring you up to speed. New board, no festival, and new Virtual Coffeehouses. Interviews: Karen Diemart Nicole Widen Hosted by P.S. Haasen

Sea Change is a series of conversations about British Columbia's coastal underwater forest.  Host Pamela Haasen focuses on seaweed and kelp and the role it plays in the lives of people who live by the ocean. Learn about the latest scientific explorations of the vast Pacific kelp forests, or the proper way to pull seaweed to encourage growth, or what to do on a rainy day during seaweed camp wh...

Episode one of Sea Change features University of Victoria Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies and  Ethnobotanist Nancy J. Turner , who mixes botany and ecology with anthropology, geography and linguistics in her work. Nancy has worked with First Nations elders and cultural specialists in northwestern North America for over 50 years, collaborating with Indigenous communities to help documen...

Let's wrap up this series with the last of my conversation with River Wilde, and we can revisit each of my guests with one last question: Where is your favourite place in the Valley? I'm New Here is a podcast produced by Haasen Pod, and was funded by the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council. This episode features: River Wilde Karen Diemart Wayne Peterson Craig Stewart Ivy Watson Angelik...

Episode three has Pam talking to a 95 year old Danish man named Wayne Peterson. He is a World War ll surviver, farmer, rancher, logger, and one slick sonuvagun. Also on this episode are the second parts of interviewees we heard from in episode one. Karen Diemart talks candidly about what she was going to miss about the Valley. In the midst of packing and reminiscing, Karen shares insight to making...

In this episode, we meet River Wilde, a Kispiox Valley resident who left and came back to the Valley (and brought burlesque with them). We also speak with Craig Stewart, a yogi, ski instructor, bad-job-shirker, and Smithers resident from Germany. I'm New Here is a production of haasen pod and was funded by the Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council. Music by Makaih Beats Clip from the youtube...

Welcome to I'm New Here, a podcast from the Bulkley Valley. The Bulkley Valley has a beautiful landscape nestled in the interior of Northwest British Columbia. The scenery is lush, rolling green hills divided by the eye-popping Widzinkwah River that runs west along Highway 16. This podcast is a postcard from me, a newbie to the Valley out to the rest of the world to meet some of the character...

I’m New Here is a woven narrative of the people who make the Bulkley Valley unique. How does one choose Smithers as a place to live? Industry, lifestyle, and escapism are good places to start. I’m New Here is a 3-part series funded by the BVC Arts Council and hosted and produced by Pam Haasen. Follow haasen pod on your listening app to hear more from Pam.

Doug Sebastian talks about how his life has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and he was forced to stay away from his family and friends and remain in isolation until further notice.

Glenn Naziel has lived in Skeena Place in Northern BC for over 8 years. Since the COVID-19 pandemic issued a lockdown on all longterm care facilities, he has suffered the loss of any sense of sociality or normalcy. 

Listen to the stories from three women living in The Meadows, a long term care facility in Smithers, BC.  Interviewees: Stella Barnes, Anne Toporowsky, Myrtle McIntyre