NEWSTALK 1010: JESSICA KIRSON + MICHAEL BARCLAY + RAEANN BROWN
This week on the Richard Crouse Show we meet comedian Jessica Kirson. We talk about how her grandmother influenced her to follow her dreams and how she cultivated her talent. Keep up with Jessica check out her website jessicakirson.com and check out her entertaining podcast, “Relatively Sane Podcast,” which is available everywhere you listen to podcasts.
Then author Michael Barclay stops by. His book “Hearts on Fire” is about the creative explosion in Canadian music of the early 2000s. In the conversation we talk about how the fiercely independent Canadian spirit of the early 2000s plus musicians and bands like, Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Feist, Tegan and Sara and Alexisonfire, who embraced, what Barclay calls their weirdness to great success. If you love music, you’ll want to hear this interview.
Then we’ll meet Raeann Brown who joined me from Wabush, Newfoundland to talk about her new book “Bedtime in Nunatsiavut,” which is described as an “Indigenous fairytale of dreams.”
Listen to the whole thing HERE!
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Each week on the nationally syndicated Richard Crouse Show, Canada’s most recognized movie critic brings together some of the most interesting and opinionated people from the movies, television and music to put a fresh spin on news from the world of lifestyle and pop-culture. Tune into this show to hear in-depth interviews with actors and directors, to find out what’s going on behind the scenes of your favourite shows and movies and get a new take on current trends. Recent guests include Ethan Hawke, director Brad Bird, comedian Gilbert Gottfried, Eric Roberts, Brian Henson, Jonathan Goldsmith a.k.a. “The most interesting man in the world,” and best selling author Linwood Barclay.
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