And Thereby Hangs A Tale

Crime reporter Bill Dunphy (Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Sun) tells Adam of a murder, but that’s only one part of the story. This month’s tale is about two lives lost, the police who fail the mentally ill, and how stories like this just keep happening.

Adam’s It’s Just A Show co-host Dr. Beth swings by Thereby to talk about motherhood, teen snobbery, and doula pregnancy coaches.

Actor-producer Mikaela Dyke sits down with Adam to discuss the conception and production of her one-woman show, Dying Hard.

Author Seamus Heffernan (Napalm Hearts) swings by Thereby to tell Adam about post-divorce life and how it fuelled him to write his novel.

Author Juanita Critch (In the Boss’ Bed, Eye of the Beholder) tells Adam how she got her start as an author by writing romance. Wrestling romance fanfic. Specifically, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wrestling romance fanfic. She tells Adam about writing, not writing, fandom, and the importance of reading something fun.

She’s a comedian. She’s a painter. She’s a cartoonist. She’s Sarah Walsh and she can’t wait to tell you why she has a guinea pig in her freezer. Plus, Adam has two movie recommendations on the topic of dead pets. Not as depressing as it sounds!

Comedian and podcaster Jordan Scherer joins Adam to tell a few stories about how being a cringey youth caused him to make a girl cry, insult anyone who wasn’t an atheist, and use middle fingers with wild abandon. Adam, no stranger to a cringey past, prefaces Jordan’s stories with some awful behaviour of his own, all in the name of being funny. Join them on this month’s Thereby to hear about the weird need to be “on” all the time when you develop a sense of humour, and about religion, Pumpkinheads, and being pro-life by accident.

Jessica Ritchey (critic and essayist for rogerebert.com), tells us of growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness in North Carolina, the pains of disfellowshipping, and how Big Bird became her God-killer.

Harrison Wheeler tells Adam of a mystery flu that left doctors baffled. The real symptoms went undiagnosed for months. As his health worsened, doctors had no choice but place Harrison in a coma.

Jen Reeves gives Adam the inside scoop on writing for a non-existent magazine, reporting sexual harassment, and how her fictitious career in journalism saw her rubbing shoulders with the most powerful political leaders of North America (yes, even Saskatchewan).

Coming soon! And Thereby Hangs A Tale, in which people tell Adam their most interesting stories. Stories like: How I spent a chunk of my 20s in a coma; I've had a guinea pig in my freezer for a month; and, I was sent to the G20 for a magazine that didn't technically exist...