Martine Speaks

Martine runs some errands while battling some road rage, gets her hipster on with the art of making lattes and sourdough bread at home, describes the Covid-19 time as a "waiting game," tries to drink less wine, stresses the importance of diverse representation, and is absolutely impressed with the movies Hamilton, The Old Guard, and the British series Poirot, but don't get her started on all the streaming subscriptions!

Martine checks in during the protests following the death of George Floyd, sending out her sympathies and support to all during this and the continued Corona lockdowns, and how it's crucial to be kinder to one another during times like these. She keeps a positive outlook, believes in change for the better and appreciates masks as a new fashion statement.

After having a show cancelled in San Diego, Martine weighs in on how she is coping with quarantine and getting around during Covid-19: the uncertainty, the social distancing and ever-incapable LA drivers. She's keeping up with yoga over zoom, and is heartened by the online content creation enabling people to see performances they may not have been able to see otherwise, and she assures us that we remain in this together.

Martine wishes all a happy and fun-filled 2020! She is trying to get back in shape after spending the holidays in SF, enjoyed the new Star Wars movie and TV series (Baby Yoda - so adorable!), highly recommends the late Carrie Fisher's audiobook "The Princess Diarist", and is less than impressed by the wait service at Soho House.

The Silicon Valley episode! After spending a lovely American Thanksgiving in the Bay Area, Martine weighs in on the famous Theranos scandal after listening to the audiobook "Bad Blood" while driving through the Silicon Valley, draws parallels between the lure of SV to that of Hollywood, samples some excellent hummus, enjoys the series finale of Silicon Valley the TV show [no spoilers!], bakes a tarte au sucre and is excited to see her name appear as guest star on a network television show.

Martine having had a lovely time visiting museums in Toronto, is now happily back in LA, but comes home to an infuriating surprise - her car has mysteriously gone missing and she embarks on a complicated rescue mission to find it!

Martine drives back from Ottawa/Gatineau after attending a ceremony honouring her old martial arts teacher, watches the big UFC fight, enjoys beers and a poutine in an Ontario bar, hates on dubstep and slow drivers, and looks forward to her trip to Toronto.

Martine catches a cold, continues to have a successful tv shoot, and explores the hidden gems of Montreal - experiencing infrared laser beams at the yoga sauna, buying a pair of jeans from the legendary store "Jeans Jeans Jeans", and encountering the elusive and best kept secret artisanal vendor Montreal Soap Man.

Martine talks about the challenges of filming night shoots, on living a “vampire life”, Non-Disclosure Agreements, and has fun kicking up autumn leaves in beautiful Montreal while on the hunt for third wave lattes.

Martine is loving the cold and autumnal weather of Montreal, looking forward to a week of filming but is trying to make sure she doesn't fall sick. She enjoys saying "bonjour" to people on the street, walking past random buddhist temples and weighs in on Greta Thunberg's climate change visit.

Martine comes to you live riding on a Bixi city-bike, excited to be back in her home town of Montreal while filming, jaywalking and getting filled with local road rage, all on her happy birthday.

Martine pulls something in her back in yoga class making her no longer an ambi-turner, attends the exciting Saturn Awards, hob-nobs with the who's who of sci-fi/horror, girl-crushes on Gina Torres, and weighs in on the challenges of having new outfits for every red carpet, and dealing with road rage without the benefit of coffee.

Martine revisits beautiful San Diego for a callback audition where she and can see Mexico in the distance, enjoys Balboa Park, the Pageant of the Masters concert in Laguna Beach, though not so much the local art market, and is very taken with her doppelgänger-in-voice Kate Mulgrew's audiobook "Born With Teeth."

Martine takes the train to San Diego Comic-Con, enjoys a weekend appreciating people from all walks of life, the importance of having a community to fit into, meeting many, many stars including a very special one in an elevator, and has a nice Hollywood moment of her own. #SDCC2019

Martine talks about her earthquake experience, July 4th bbqs, weighs in on current TV shows and the upcoming Lion King movie, and is excited to go see a movie in Encino with friends.

Martine returns from her trip to SF with no functioning AC after enjoying Broadway's Shrek the Musical, discusses how not to take it personally when you don't book a role, stops at a Silicon Valley cafe to lightly troll for potential VC suitors, stops at Gilroy, the garlic capital of the world, and pledges to go on a partial detox.

Martine takes the 5 up to the Bay Area to visit friends to see a Broadway musical, weighs in on seeing quality theatre at the Geffen, her love for all things Sherlock Holmes, IKEA and Queer Eye, the importance of taking vacations, and in keeping small dogs safely in cars when on the road because life is short, after all.

Martine upgrades her podcast sound system, test drives a mini cooper at an overly enthusiastic dealership, recommends Fleabag and Killing Eve, balances meditation with outlet shopping and hopes the frozen meat in her trunk makes it safely to the freezer.

Martine talks about theatre as her first love, GPS dependencies, going to the gym in small towns, angling for Hamilton tickets, peddling dance shows to potential buyers, and embodying strange characters for voice-over auditions.

Martine is excited to do some regional theatre, weighs in on how best to deal with the ephemeral ups and downs of an artist's career, living alongside the realized Hollywood dreams of others, running into Jane Lynch at Banana Republic, and the importance of remembering to just enjoy the journey.

Martine remarks on the unusually high winds in LA, the benefits of unplugging from media during a power outage (provided your phone still has a charge), contemplates life as a Kurt Russell movie, muses on the 405, and scopes out Teslas on the road.

Martine enjoys a thoughtful post-performance drive back to the city, commenting on how to entertain the kids of today and how it was in her day, trying out nicotine gum, F-bombs, and Trump's somewhat inconveniencing visit to LA on the way to Calexico.

Martine engages in hipsterism, talks about the IKEA feels, has a Natalie Portman sighting, celebrates Holi and assures everyone that LA driving speak is very much like SNL's "The Californians."

Martine teaches voiceover acting to the "yoots," weighs in on the proliferation of foodie spots in DTLA, the annoyance of daylight savings, and enjoys a nice kouign-amann and a bit of road rage.

Martine works on increasing her accent repertoire, addresses the myth of the "one Canadian accent," marijuana ads, the necessity of being a multi-professional without breaking your soul, and defensive driving in LA.

Martine on her Oscars recap, the budget casinos on traffic-ridden drives to dance shows in Orange County, coffee and adultcon.

Martine waxes on about the intricacies of voice-over work, unprecedented cold snaps in California and idiot drivers in LA.

Martine talks about the importance of acknowledging global warming, is irritated with LA drivers in the rain and looks forward to her trip to Toronto.

Martine remarks on celebrity life, sightings of John Hamm, Jason Statham and Ethan Hawke, and the quirks of Los Angeles neighbourhood pronunciations.

Martine muses on rain, soft scrambles, the Super Bowl, and quality time during the internet apocalypse.

Martine on Cate Blanchett's "Manifesto", parking large vehicles in Griffith Park and driving to the Valley.

Martine on her way to the garage, commenting on TGIM, SoCal versus NorCal, and film locations in LA.

Martine enjoys a normal LA weekend, going to a yoga flow class, intending to smoke less and has her opinions about over-advertised live shows.

Martine educates about the Hollywood showbiz industry, its hardships, its rewards, the eternal hustle and common LA sayings.

Martine on road rage, LA traffic school with Eric Estrada, rainy days in LA, dance rehearsals and as always, trying to cut down on smoking.

Martine wishes everyone a happy new year, a prosperous Chinese year of the pig, and drives to Glendale to have third wave coffee with a friend.

Martine goes to the DMV, tried to understand non-metric systems, and admires the mountainous view from Glendale.

Martine, on the way to a dance rehearsal ignores the annoying and clueless GPS lady, because *nothing* comes before coffee.

L'hiver's a b*tch.

Martine on her un-handy husband and the magic of Monkey Wrench.

Martine, in her very first podcast episode prepares to leave Montreal for LA after much eating, drinking and a very successful dance performance.