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I have crossed a lot of paths with Amy Shostak; probably the most of anyone I've know in Edmonton. From my very first improv attempt at Nexfest about a hundred years ago, to writing groups with CBC's The Irrelevant Show, to art installations where she recreates her Dido's living room (with him included), to late night …
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"Jeff Samsonow has to check the "About Me" section of his own website to fill in bios. He's a content creator happy to work at a national non-profit broadcaster. Previously he worked in daily news, mostly in radio, and reached the peak of his popularity running Edmonton's 37th most popular local blog. He enjoys cheese." …
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In 1975 I was adopted by Rose and Larry Wilkie. They are the most wonderful people a child in need could ever ask for. They are my parents through and through. They loved me through my asshole stages and kept me healthy and alive to live through the next asshole stage. And now, in this …
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My Aunt Val passed away today. The best advice she ever gave me is that she loved me. So, I thought I'd post a thoughtful interview. Not that all of the interviews I'm doing aren't thoughtful but this is particularly heartfelt. You'll see what I mean when you finish reading it. "Scott Bourgeois is a …
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When I first met Fawnda, she was an editor at the now defunct SEE Magazine. She was one of the first editors I worked with that allowed me the breadth of my creativity which I still find inspiring to this day. She and I came up with Edsters Dictionary, a dictionary where I made up …
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"Adam is the co-host and co-producer of a popular hyperlocal, talk-show podcast called The Unknown Studio. The show was born in 2009 out of a chance meeting in a bar. A lot of awesome stuff happens that way, including pregnancies. Adam is not currently with child." That in a nutshell is Mr. Rozenhart. A multitalented …
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I'll introduce Sam but first, relish in the opulence of his bio: "Sam Varteniuk was born in a log cabin he helped his father build. One day he will fertilize the earth with his dead body, and so fully participate in the circle of life, the greatest miracle of the mall." Sam is currently the …
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I have always loved interviewing people. Be it celebrities or musicians or doctors or politicians or robots from the future or animals; I just love asking obscure questions. So today, about an hour ago, I decided to email thirty random people with a series of questions. My first reply came from a Mr. Gregg Beever. …
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Excerpt from The Second Chance Club Trent Wilkie 2012 ------------------------- Bunny We are about a half kilometer below 1941 Ogilvie Road. Do you know what that is? Marie No. Half a kilo… Bunny CSIS headquarters. Actually, a wing of CSIS. A bunker hospital in an underground section known as the Second Chance Club. Marie What …
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I moved to Edmonton in 2003 and started writing professionally soon after. Grant Mac J-school helped...a little bit. Not as much as I thought, but enough. I was always more of a creative writer than a journalist, but journalism was a trade that I could use to hone my writing skills. With that in mind, …
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