The InfoDump

In a brand new season from a brand new location, brand new friend and guest Joey joins Lela to talk life, death, experimentation, and the playing of it all in Belinda Cornish's Category E , a show he recently starred in. Going through pictures, props from the show, scripts, and Joey’s own experience in and around this production, he brings the characters of Filigree, Millet, and Corcoran back to l...

Fresh out of a blackout that affected much of Peterborough and the surrounding area for going into a week, Lela catches up on all the things they couldn’t do without power – washing laundry, cleaning dishes, computer work – in this good old regular yap session about what they could do without power. Grab your own crumpled laundry, or fill the sink with hot water, and join Lela in getting some of t...

After a long hiatus, long-time friend of the show and repeat guest Lauren Yandt is back to talk about – you guessed it – the outdoors. But this time, The InfoDump is going off-roading. Taking to the trails of the environment centre on the Trent University campus, Lauren and Lela chat about birds and how to identify them, the times of year you are likely to find wildlife in the area, especially in...

Calling in from across the pond, Lela is joined by Emma who chats about her experience in a very different field of study than Lela’s despite them having nearly the exact same educational background. Emma’s research is in flies. From determining post mortem interval, to what narcotics a person ingested before death, to where the body was moved from, forensic entomology is a wealth of information,...

Making the intro ID totally redundant, Carol-Ann is back, this time talking about travel in a different way; looking a bit further back in time than her Camino Santiago, Carol-Ann talks about the shockingly inexpensive trips she’s done with her kid (Lela). Sporting a resume of 3 weeks in Italy for $5k, and 3 weeks in Egypt for $8k (including all food, lodgings, travel/driving in-country, flights,...

Rolling a +1 on their inspiration die and using that to summon a companion, which uses the help action, Lela gets to chat with Jacob about not only tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) and DMing them, but also using this as a method of storytelling rather than just gameplay. How do tropes help or hurt a story? Is railroading a plot point worth it? How does a level playing field of character weight...

In an episode very alternatively titled Marc/k 2: The Speed of Improv, Mark Rostrup is back in-studio, this time with his partner in crime, Marc Ludwig. Chatting long- and short- form improv, musical endeavours, muppets, and superheroes, Lela gets to take more of a back seat this episode as Mark and Marc do what they do best and riff off of each other in this equal parts silly and informative epis...

Third times the charm in Lela’s third solo episode of the season, but it’s just in time as they cannot stop thinking about all the people you don’t see in theatre. Stagehands, techies, directors, all of them deserve their flowers and rarely do they get them to the extent they should. Doing their best job to do just that for several productions, along with doing some humble bragging about their old...

In the second solo show in a row, Lela takes the opportunity to explain what it is they actually do for work (hint: it’s not radio). Spurred by a holiday season of meeting new people and having to find the quickest, simplest way to answer the question while still being accurate, this episode serves as the one hour breakdown Lela wishes they could have given. Forensic Biology background into lab te...

Starting the new year off on better spirits, Lela recaps the last two seasons of the show, the disappearance – or rather, lack of appearances – of new episodes online, the importance of taking care of your mental health, and what they’re excited to get into now that they’ve had a bit of a break. This episode aired on January 7th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio CFFF FM! Support local radio!

Going in without a page of questions for the first time, Lela embraces the chaotic and trusting energy of improv theatre as they sit down with Mark to talk about short and long form improv, teams, challenges, and upcoming shows. Fully committing to a running bit on the show, Mark helps to summon the terrifying power of the grown-up improv-kid, resulting in an incredibly fun episode, and a few miss...

Simon Banderob is back – or, perhaps, he never left – and ready to dive into the second half of his multi-hour yap session. Now that the groundwork of What Is Yiddish? has been laid, Simon and Lela talk theatre, specifically, Fiddler on the Roof, and how it and Yiddish are so irreversibly intertwined. Pulling information and experiences from their own production, Broadway casts, movie adaptations,...

In the InfoDump’s first cross-timezone, out-of-country episode, Simon Banderob joins Lela to discuss the intricate cultural and linguistic cross-section that is Yiddish. Arming both themself and Lela with a very in-depth flow chart of topics, connections, and talking points, Simon sheds light on where Yiddish came from, how it evolved, its impact on people throughout history, and how it all came t...

What happens when you get a professional radio personality, show host, and news reporter on the show of someone totally unqualified that got a show just because they asked nicely? This episode is what happens! Emily Chatwood and Lela sit down to talk differences station to station, on-air blunders, actual radio education, and the struggles and delights of being a small-town celebrity. This episode...

The worlds of science and art collide in this episode as Sabine Brohart sits down with Lela to discuss how she takes beautiful photos of everything from the simple night sky with a smartphone, to distant planets with a user friendly telescope. Armed with an internet connection and determination, this self-taught space photographer shows us that it just takes a little knowhow to get stunning images...

Being alive for 89 years simply does not happen without garnering a couple of stories, and Leo Fox remembers just about every one worth sharing. 3 generations in one call, Lela hosts their grandfather (Papa) with the help of their mum. Barely getting from the 30s through to the late 50s, Leo gives a little peek into what life was like in the small farming town he grew up in and mid-century Toronto...

Kickstarting the second season of the InfoDump, Lela sits down in a new studio room with a new lineup of guests, and a new sense of excitement for the upcoming season. In a much less chaotic version of the very first episode of the show, this season 2 pilot talks about what infodumping is, why it’s important, and who does it, as well as what Lela is hoping to bring forward from last season. This e...

Barely off the plane and into fresh clothes, Carol-Ann Fox joins Lela in the studio to talk about her cross-country, on-foot pilgrimage across Spain. From blisters to butterflies, found family to extreme fatigue, and video diaries to garbage-bag diapers, no holds are barred in this realistic and empowering recap of a trip of a lifetime. This episode aired on August 16th, 2024. Thanks to Trent Radi...

Looking back at the last several months that made up the first season of the InfoDump, Lela is alone with their thoughts in the studio, reflecting on the good, the bad, and the learning experiences they've gotten. From behind the scenes shenanigans to technical difficulties and lessons learned, Lela gives a peak behind the curtain at what the show was intended to be versus what it became. This epi...

Leaning into her passion as alive as these early humans once were, Jacqueline (Jacq) Barrow chats about the similarities (and differences) between neanderthals and modern humans, their societies and customs, and widespread misconceptions with host Lela. Discussing inaccuracies in the media, moving discoveries, and the timeline of human evolution as we know it now, Jacq uses words in place of a sho...

Repeat yapper Lauren Yandt returns to discuss another passion of her's: outdoor education! Recorded right in the middle of Lauren and Lela's adventure in working at a summer camp together, this episode covers ways Lauren has gotten to participate in it, methods for implementing it into your everyday classroom while still keeping with the curriculum, and the impact learning in and about the outdoor...

In this extra long episode, Lela sits down with the co-founders of theatre company Electric City Players to talk about their co-directorial debut, Macbeth (a show Lela is proud to have been in as both cast and crew). Covering the casting, character work, and creative choices that got them to the stage, as well as the acting styles, costume/hair/makeup styling, and stylized tech and sets seen on th...

Mind-melding not unlike their mycological subject, guest Carissa Kaye joins Lela on the airwaves to talk about brainwaves, diversity, and enormity in fungus. Trying (and failing) to talk about the wonders of fungus aside from psilocybin, this episode gets deep into the interwoven root system between these oft overlooked organisms and humanity as we know it. This episode was produced live on June 2...

From being the planet to saving the planet, guest Larissa (Larry) Wallisch talks all things geoscience, covering everything from crystallization to carbon sequestration. Featuring a surprise guest towards the end, this is the episode where Lela is almost convinced that asbestos is actually pretty cool! This episode was produced live on June 14th, 2024. Thanks to Trent radio, 92.7 CFFF FM! Support...

Lela takes flight with guest -- and actual pilot -- Olivia (Liv) McConnell to talk about both the science and the art of flying, aviation school, and doing it all as an Elle Woods of the sky. Getting some solid dunks on Air Cadets along the way, this episode debunks some myths about planes, pilots, and the people behind the Seneca School of Aviation tiktok account. This episode was produced live o...