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Have you heard this one: a guy walks into a bar, saves a blue man's life, only to turn his weapon on said blue man because, as it turns out, our guy is a bounty hunter and is just doing his job and he also wears a helmet that HE NEVER TAKES OFF. This week we take a deep dive into the Star Wars Universe with the show that has forever changed Elliot's life: The Mandalorian. We talk Baby Yoda, Jon Favreau, and Clint Eastwood. Think you're not into a man in a helmet? Listen in, we might change your mind...

Who doesn't love a giant gorilla and a petite blonde woman, bonded together for life when both their mothers are viciously murdered by the same lecherous poacher? This week we went back in time; way back to Kate's childhood and her fav movie Mighty Joe Young. Will this large animatronic gorilla capture the hearts of just Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton and Regina King? Or will it also capture your heart, dear listener?

Were you in Fiddler on the Roof? Have you ever felt true joy? Does logic play into the process of songwriting? We answered all these questions and more this week when we sat down with the incredible singer/songwriter Seth Feldman to talk about his music, writing process, and inspirations. While some of us spent the pandemic memorizing the complete catalogue of Netflix, Seth, who performs under the name To the Fields, created a remarkable album called Distance. Check out his music and enjoy the chat! https://tothefields.ca/

Painting houses, working at the CNE, chasing crying kids around a hot gymnasium: jobs? We've had a bunch. From filing paper work, to catering huge events, it's been a bumpy ride to get to where we are today. Luckily they shaped us into the people we are today.

It's not hard to figure out what the weather was like last week- hot, humid and rainy. How can you tell? Cause we all sat inside and watched a lot of TV. Listen in as we discuss the tv shows, movies, and sports we've been watching. And in the second part of this episode, we follow up on our cancel culture episode with our response to Sarah Silverman's take on extremists and cancelling.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton. It's your classic tale: secret spy suspects wife is cheating on him with car salesman and then pulls her into a fake game of espionage to spice up her life but turns into a real game of espionage and then the daughter is kidnapped by terrorists, but all's fair in love and war, and by the way, Arnold can ride a horse but he can't tango. Tag along with us on this wild ride, you too can bring your horse on an elevator!

She hears a melody and instantaneously composes for her violin; she travels the world as a teenager for her modelling career, she finds her next chapter as an actress, producer, teacher and mother; she is the extraordinarily talented and extremely modest: Lindsey Hilliard. This week we sit down with Lindsey and find out how she's crafted a career that balances creativity and family, and how she survived the pandemic as a mother to three boys.

"Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!" Who spoke (nay, sang) those immortal words? Martin Luther King, you guessed? Wrong. Mother Teresa, you say? Wrong again. Those are the iconic words of Monster's Inc. employee Mike Wazowski. How can this small, round, green monster be considered an icon? Listen in and find out!

Nicholas Cage in an attic, Nicholas Cage in the snow, Nicholas Cage in New York, Nicholas Cage in Boston, Nicholas Cage in an underground crypt. This is one way to describe Disney's 2004 hit National Treasure. Do we all agree this is a perfect movie? No. Will Kate die trying to convince everyone they're wrong? Yes. Plus we went up North last week, sustained lots of injuries, and came back to talk about it on the pod. We use the phrase "gushing blood", so fair warning.

This week we're releasing some bonus content from our Drive-Thru Conversation with Dan. He answers 10 questions, including: does he believe in ghosts, what's his favourite blockbuster franchise, and where he wants to travel after this pandemic. Would it be too much to say we dug into Dan's soul and found his truest self? Find out for yourself. Enjoy!

This week we're in a new location: Kate's parents' living room. After a crazy week of moving office spaces and prepping for a cottage week, we decided we would just catch up with each other. Join us as we talk about our plans for the summer, our Father's Days, and if Elise and Elliot will survive a three hour drive up north, just the two of them.

This week we sit down to chat with the incredibly talented Daniel Schrempf. We find out about his early creative interests, his current work as a freelancer, and everything in between. Stick around to hear about his work process: what he thinks about when he's working on a project and how he strives to make the best work he can.

She's suffered from writer's block for over 30 years. She was hired at 20 to work for Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine. She's the satiric, ironic voice of her generation, she's the person ready to answer the question, "what's wrong with our society today?" It's Fran Lebowitz! Listen in as we discuss her life and career and latest Netflix doc series by Martin Scorsese, Pretend It's a City.

They say you can judge a person's character by how many sick days they took in high school. Using this as a barometer for success, we suspect Ferris Bueller would have ended up in jail or a politician. In this week's edition of A Night at the Drive-In, we rewatch the classic John Hughes flick Ferris Bueller's Day Off and discuss if Ferris is a deeply caring friend or a total sociopath. Listen in to find out!

This week Elliot found a list of unpopular opinions and read it aloud to us. We then got into passionate arguments about these opinions. Turns out some of them, not unlike Kate in high school, were quite unpopular. Listen in as we discuss tipping in restaurants, sports scholarships, and most importantly, can women drive. Also, Elliot sings in this episode.

Do we agree on everything? No. Do we agree on the fact that Robert Pattinson is an icon? No. Listen in as we battle it out to find out if RPatz is a PKL certified ICON. From bat to bat (Twilight to Batman) we discuss his career choices, his celeb status, and his dating history. In a debate that could end a friendship, Elise and Kate calmly talk about who has a more real and passionate love for Robert Pattinson.

We're back in the studio baby! And this week we're talking about money: what would we do if we won 40 million dollars. We've got bright futures and big plans, and 40 mil would certainly go a long way to making all our dreams come true. Listen in as we chat about our dreams if we had a stupid amount of money to spend. Please note- we will not be curing poverty or ending hate with our winnings- it's not that kind of podcast. Please please note- as it turns out, we did not win 40 million dollars so please feel free to DM us with supplementary income if you have any offers.

Coming to you this week, still in lock down, still recording from our separate homes. Because of this, we wanted to talk about how we find balance between our work and home life, how we get things done, and what we're struggling with. More importantly, we've all been watching Temptation Island and we have A LOT to say...

We'd like to thank our friends, our parents, our producer, and most of all our listeners. Without your support we never would have made it to this moment, sitting together on Zoom, talking about The Oscars. We used to imagine this moment as kids and now it's here and it doesn't feel real. We dedicate this episode to all the children sitting around listening to NPR and watching bootleg Oscar noms, wondering if they'll ever get the chance to have a podcast episode all about The Oscars - this could be you one day!

This week we sit down for a new series called "A Night at the Drive-In" where we revisit classic movies and discuss them in depth. We chat about Harry Potter and the Philosopher Stone: what we thought of the movie as kids, how we feel about it now as adults, and most importantly, our thoughts on the rules of the wizarding world. Please note, this episode contains more spoilers than you could possibly imagine. Listen with caution.

This week we sit down with the fabulous Danielle Toner, interior designer, social activist, design competition expert, and partner to PKL's own, Maggie Prince. We talk about her experience studying Interior Design at Ryerson and getting her career started in Toronto. Plus, some ghost stories and memories of high school. Check out her incredible new platform, Section TO! Instagram @section.to

We're extremely healthy and well balanced people, but with that being said, we've all dabbled in the dangerous pond called obsessional behaviour. Would we say we have a problem? No. Would we say we're the prime candidates to model your behaviours after? Also no. Listen in to find out what we love a little too much.

Where's your line in the sand, what's the one thing you can't forgive, what do you refuse to ever work on? This week we talk deal breakers: in life, in love, and in work. Wish we were friends? Here's a crash course on knowing what lines to never cross with us.

This week's episode is the first of a four part series, Defending Our Icons. We start with Elliot's pick: the man, the legend, the heart-throb, the father, the silent funny man, RYAN GOSLING. We take a deep dive into his career, his personal life, and we ultimately have to decide, is he an icon? Listen in and find out.

This week we sit down with the incredibly talented musician Kate Gillespie. She talks Nashville, near death experiences, Christian schools, and most importantly, her creative inspiration (spoiler alert, it was American Idol). Her latest single, Fall on the Floor, is streaming now on Spotify!

This week we sit down with the incredibly talented musician Kate Gillespie. She talks Nashville, near death experiences, Christian schools, and most importantly, her creative inspiration (spoiler alert, it was American Idol). Her latest single, Fall on the Floor, is streaming now on Spotify!

Were you the one person who didn't watch the Megan Markle interview with Oprah? No problem, we'll take you through it moment by moment, with carefully considered criticism. Watch your hands, 'cause our takes are HOT. Our topic this week is travel, and we discuss where we've travelled, why we travel, and how travel inspires us. Also big plans are discussed for the first PKL road trip.

To create anything unique or meaningful, you have to be willing to get a little uncomfortable. This week we talk comfort zones: how we push ourselves out of our comfort zones and examples of our own work that have pushed us forward. Listening to this episode might take you out of your comfort zone. In a good way or a bad way? Only one way to find out...

We take a deep dive into cancel culture this week and discuss who's been cancelled, who deserves to be cancelled, and whether or not we agree with the whole culture of cancellation. Should this podcast be cancelled? ...Perhaps Listen in and find out!

Renaissance man, D and D connoisseur, and OCAD survivor: this week Elliot and Elise sit down to talk with their extremely talented friend Calum. They talk art school, how to survive as an artist in a pandemic, and also take some calls. Calum's creative integrity and unwavering curiosity about form and expression make him uniquely talented. He's also a trained voice actor, so this episode is pretty easy on the ears. Enjoy the chat!

This week is a look behind the curtain at the early stages of our creative processes. We ask each other questions, dig deeper, set deadlines, all with the hope of moving us to the next stage of development. Listen in as we pitch each other some ideas for upcoming projects. Interested in investing? Drop us a line, we’re reviewing all offers.

When you think of inspiration, you might imagine speeches from human rights activists, the radical words of social justice warriors, the actions of humanitarians helping to right the many wrongs of our flawed society. Good for you. We're inspired by cat memes. Buckle up, it's another episode. Spoiler alert: these days, our biggest source of inspiration is each other. (Don't worry, we don't get mushy...)

School... this week we present four different takes on what school has brought to our lives. For some of us, school is in our "rear view mirror". Some of us are currently still in school. Some of us want to know, "does it count if we never actually went to class?" For all you young creative types, hoping to find some sage advice on whether or not to pursue post-secondary, rest assured you certainly won't find the answer in this episode. Our main piece of advice: ask someone else.

Ever feel like you belong in a different time? So do we. This week we discuss the decades we'd like to live and create art in, and let's just say, it gets wild... We discuss our weeks, and someone might have a black eye. Also, our producer speaks for the first time. Don't be tricked, his voice is nicer than his personality.

This week is all about criticism: constructive, regular, harsh, mean, and down right hateful. We've all had our healthy share of criticism in our lives, some of it has been good, and some... not so good. Tag along on this critique-filled journey, hopefully we come out the other side in one piece. We also talk a healthy while about lunch. Yes, this is our show.

In our first ever Drive-Thru Conversation, we sit down with Daniel, a conductor for the TSO. He talks to us about his high school career on the football team, as well as his early aspirations to design car interiors. His work as a conductor sounds like poetry, and his unique ability to combine education, activism and music, makes him a supreme talent changing the landscape of classical orchestras.

We begin the New Year with a BANG! We discuss our 2021 resolutions and how we feel going into a New Year following maybe the worst year in memory. We talk about Pixar's SOUL (Spoiler Free) as well as our Christmas breaks and Felicity. Enjoy! Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Royalty Free Music from Bensound Sound effects obtained from mixkit.com Christmas Is Coming by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

A very very very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! We are very excited to share our first ever holiday special episode! We close out 2020 with a bang! Sharing our Christmas staples, traditions, favourite films, and more. We take a look back at our top (however many) things from 2020: our favourite shows, experiences, sandwiches and everything in between. We sing, we be merry, and we argue throughout. Enjoy! Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Royalty Free Music from Bensound Sound effects obtained from mixkit.com Christmas Is Coming by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Elliot discovers sound effects, we discuss our Spotify wrap up for 2020 (you were wondering what our taste in music was right?), and a fist fight breaks out over The Haunting of Bly Manner, in another segment of "Fashionably Late Reviews". Warning: this episode contains LOTS of spoilers for Bly Manner. Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com and mixkit.com Royalty Free Music from Bensound

In this very exciting episode we discuss FAME! What does fame means to us? Do we wanna be famous?? Would our lives be easier? Listen in and find out...

Movie theatres, concerts, plays, going to bars, we've been missing a lot of stuff during this pandemic. What will the world of movie theatres and live venues look like in the future? Also it was election week in the US and we were all very cool and feeling chill about it.

The four of us clear the air and discuss common misconceptions and assumptions made about the four of us, by friends, strangers and enemies. Would we call it groundbreaking... we might.

The four of us chat about peoples careers we would like to emulate or aspire to be similar to, whether it being in our career path/medium of choice or others. We also discuss the HBO series I May Destroy You (spoiler warning if you haven't seen the show) We also talk about our weeks and the usual nonsense.

Welcome to the Parking Lot Podcast with Kate, Maggie, Elise, and Elliot! This is the show where 4 friends share stories, experiences, missteps, and talk to other up-and-coming creative people in the hopes of motivating each other on their creative journeys.