Podcast appearances and mentions of Jesse Wente

Jesse Wente's great grandparents weren't futurists, but they knew their traditional way of life was ending, and they had a long-term survival plan. We're talking seven generations long. In this special bonus episode from IDEAS, the author and arts world changemaker explains how the Anishinaabe conception of time might help us all prepare for the end of the world as we know it. "We are, after all, post-apocalyptic. Our world ended, and we survived, and we're still here.”If you want more mind-expanding talks, docs and more, find and follow IDEAS wherever you get your podcasts, or here: https://link.chtbl.com/r47czLl4

The future we want has already existed — we just need to recover it, says Jesse Wente. In a talk, the Anishinaabe arts leader explains how the best of this past gives everyone a blueprint for a better future. "We are evidence that cultures can withstand global systems change: adapt, and rebuild.

Hot Docs, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Just for Laughs, just the latest cultural institutions to join a long list of Canadian arts groups facing existential threats. Why is this all happening now?Based on recent headlines, you might think that we are in the midst of a total cultural collapse in this country. Film festivals, comedy festivals, symphonies, cinemas, theater companies, arts magazines all closing down or telling us that they're about to. Corporate sponsors are pulling out. Leadership teams are crumbling. People are quitting en masse or getting laid off. There's been a lot of dirty laundry aired in public from within these organizations, open letters and accusations about mismanagement and workplace inequity within these arts organizations. It all sounds miserably dire. So just what is going on and why is it all happening now?Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)Featured guests: Jesse Wente, Amy Blackmore & Dan SeligmanFor more information:Canadian Art magazine shuts down amid financial losses and internal conflictSponsors: CAMH, Squarespace, Betterhelp, DouglasFor a limited time, get 6 months of exclusive supporter benefits for just $2/month. Go to canadaland.com/join to become a supporter today.You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"For a lot of Indigenous storytellers, there's a lot of interest in those [tech] platforms, because those entities haven't said no to our community for 50 years." Indigenous content creators are caught between a rock and a hard place with the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act—it's sadly familiar territory. Award-winning Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster, and arts leader Jesse Wente joins to evaluate the options offered by Big Tech, traditional media, and the Canadian government before providing strong prescriptions better suited to the situation. Sponsored by Dynabook. Make smart business moves with Dynabook Tecra A40 & A50 laptops.

e129 world listening day - what does world listening day mean to you?(bell and breath)Every July 18th is World Listening Day. It's also composer and acoustic ecologist R. Murray Schafer's birthday. Rest in peace Murray. Now World Listening Day 2023 proposes three very interesting  listening prompts and I'll try to answer their questions in today's episode.Question 1What can we learn from the listening practices of all living beings?What can we learn from the listening practices of all living beings?It's a very good question and I would start by questioning who is the ‘we' in this context. I would also question the assumption that other living beings have listening practices as we know them. ‘We'.This being said, this prompt made me think of a story told to me by composer Robert Normandeau in 1991 for my Marche sonore 1 radio program that I did for Radio-Canada. I quote it in episode 19 reality and I'll play it back for you now. (e19 reality)·   It's a bit like taking a frog, which is a cold-blooded animal, and putting it in a jar of water and heating the water, little by little. The frog will get used to the temperature rising and rising, and it will not notice that the temperature has risen and one day the temperature will be too hot for it and it will die. Therefore, our civilization, in terms of sound, looks a bit like that, that is to say we get used to it, we get used to it, we get used to it and at some point, we are going to have punctured eardrums.Now the early 1990's were a time of great environmental awakening and action, in particular the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. There was a sense that this was our last chance to change directions, to undo some of the wrongs of pollution. Ironically, things got much worse after 1992.Sadly, this window is now closed and we find ourselves in very hot water not feeling or responding to the heat, the smoke and other signals we are receiving and so we're slowly boiling to death…(Bell)Question 2How can we deterritorialize listening practices?How can we deterritorialize listening practices?Dererrirorialize. De… terror. Deterritorialize.  It's a hard word to say.The notion of territory makes me think of stolen lands by colonial settlers, like myself, living in indigenous lands, unceded lands, such as the Algonquin-Anishinaabe nation, otherwise known as Ottawa.One form of deterritorialization is the land back movement.According to journalist and Canada Council for the Arts chair Jesse Wente (also see e107 harm) land back is :about the decision-making power. It's about self-determination for our Peoples here that should include some access to the territories and resources in a more equitable fashion, and for us to have control over how that actually looks.What does land back sound like?  Just last week I published an episode about decolonized listening 128 revisited. Here's an an excerpt from that episode : On June 23, 2023 I had the pleasure, and the privilege, of attending ‘Listening to Lhq'a:lets' (I hope I'm pronouncing that right), otherwise known as the city of Vancouver, at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Learning at the University of British Coumbia, which is situated l on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Musqueam Nation. A group of artists, all women, spoke about their week-long residency, organized by indigenous sound scholar and UBC professor Dr. Dylan Robinson. They shared a wide range of sensory engagements through listening to Lhq'a:lets: how our bodies listen through the haptics of vibration, about  hearing and feeling the voices of our non-human relations, about how we can perceive the built environment with new perspectives – the air, waterways and earth that surround us. They spoke about their encounters with the trans-mountain pipeline, their dialogues with animals and birds, their encounters with haunting vibrations and their thoughts about the past, present and future sounds of this region. What they did not talk about was themselves, their accomplishments or the type of technology they used to extract and manipulate the sounds. None of that. There was also no reverence for say R. Murray Schafer or the World Soundscape Project, nor any nostalgia about the good old days when, say, the term ‘soundscape' was invented. There was no disrespect either. They were listening from a different position. So I heard stories, poems, anecdotes, images, silences and prophecies… It was uplifting. (simplesoundscapes e03 bones) (Bell) Question 3When should we listen more?When should we listen more?I guess it depends on what kind of listening, doesn't it? More listening with a colonial lens or colonial education is not helpful. Perhaps we could listen more to ourselves through listening to other living beings? Maybe we could listen more to the land and give back?Warm thanks to my colleagues at the World Listening Days for your thoughtful prompts and ongoing commitment to listening, by everyone, everywhere.What does world listening day mean to you?*For more information on World Listening Day and to participate, this year or next, see https://worldlisteningday.org/I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this episode. (including all the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation and infrastructure that make this podcast possible).My gesture of reciprocity for this episode is to World Listening Day 2023. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

How do you stay connected to Indigenous values like kinship, community and sustainability while living in a colonial society? In this episode, Jesse Wente, an award-winning, Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster, and arts leader, joins the Matriarch Movement podcast to discuss what it really looks like to be a changemaker in colonial institutions as an Indigenous person. Jesse has made a massive imprint in the Canadian arts sector, working at the CBC and TIFF, and leading the Indigenous Screen Office and the Canada Council for the Arts. Shayla and Jesse have a candid conversation about their experiences working in colonial institutions, therapy and burn out, Bill C-11 and creating opportunities for Indigenous creators, and they discuss what it means to shift their values from “doing” to “being”. Matriarch Movement is created and hosted by Shayla Oulette Stonechild and produced by Kattie Laur. Theme music is "Sisters" by Wolf Saga, Chippewa Travellers and David R. Maracle. Follow Shayla Oulette Stonechild on Instagram @shayla0h Follow Matriarch Movement on Instagram @matriarch.movement Matriarch Movement is a non-profit, platform and podcast amplifying Indigenous voices through story, meditation, movement and medicine. Learn more at matriarchmovement.ca 

(bell and breath)Today's episode does not have any sound other than my voice and a series of silences.  And I think you'll understand why in a minute.(Silence)Writer and broadcaster Jesse Wente, author of Unreconciled, became the first indigenous person to chair the Canada Council for the Arts during the summer of 2020, a few weeks before I retired from the Council. (Silence)In an August 6, 2020 interview with the Toronto Star, I was deeply moved by what Jesse said. The way I view work now within colonial structures and institutions is harm reduction. Ultimately, the goal for me is to reduce the harm the Canada Council causes, not just to my community but to any community that suffers under colonialism, which is really all of us on some level, and to make it somewhat easier to exist, work, live and participate.(Silence)I invite you to think about this statement. In fact, I invite you to explore your feelings about this statement. (Silence)Jesse goes on in that same Toronto Star interview to say :What does the new world look like? How do we support that? How will we be nimble enough to be comfortable not knowing and yet developing policy around not knowing? With artists and the cultural sector, even though we'll be among the last to restart, I think we have a fairly significant role to play in helping to define what recovery and restoration look like.(Silence)Now I could not find a sound in our modern world to respectfully accompany Jesse's words and his questions. (Silence)The only sound, or absence of sound, so to speak, that made sense to me was silence. (Silence)Jesse asks us to think about what the role of the arts sector in helping to define what recovery and restoration look like, and if I may add, what it might sound like. (Silence)Jesse also invites us to imagine what a new world might look, or sound like.(Silence)My question for you is ‘What do you not know?'*I would like to thank Jesse Wente for his kind permission to use his quotations from this interview in this context. Thanks also to the article authors Karen Fricker and Carly Maga and the Toronto Star and the Canada Council for the Arts.I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this episode. (including all the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation and infrastructure that make this podcast possible).My gesture of reciprocity for this episode is a donation to the Anishnawbe Health Foundation. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

Jesse Wente's bestselling memoir is “Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance.” He speaks with host Jeff Douglas about the meaning of truth and reconciliation and coming to terms with his own background.

Soldiers from the US Cavalry defeat the Plains Indians, securing new territory for their burgeoning empire. A group of settlers fends off an armed Indigenous tribe on horseback in their intrepid effort to conquer new lands. A Civil War hero decides to head for the frontier in its waning days, forging an undying friendship with the Native people there. Each of these summaries describes a film made within the last hundred years that explores dynamics between white settlers and Indigenous people in North America in what we now know as the United States, and sometimes Canada. The problem, of course, is that these films, and so many others like them, don't — to say the least — present this history accurately. Instead, since Hollywood's inception, the viewing public has been primarily fed a diet of reductive, dehumanizing, and paternalistic depictions of Indigenous people. But why have stories involving Indigenous people so frequently involved the perspectives of white settlers? Why are the vast majority of these stories confined to the genre of the Western, replete with shootouts and stagecoaches? What role does the U.S. government play when it comes to the stories we're told about Indigenous people, how has the historically simplistic portrayal of Native people benefited the interests of the United States and Canada? And how — above all — was the expansion of US empire westward and, later, across the globe, inextricably linked to the Hollywood project of romanticized Western ideals. On this episode, we examine the history of Indigenous depictions in Hollywood, looking at the ways the entertainment industry has sanitized the genocide and subsequent enduring abuses of Indigenous people, recycled centuries-old “noble savage” tropes, and argue that Indian dehumanizations wasn't just an accidental byproduct of white supremacy, but was essential and central to the establishment of America's sense of self and moral purpose. Our guest is Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster and arts leader Jesse Wente.

Er det okay at lege Gud, når det kommer til Klimakrisen? Hvordan er det at stå midt i Krisens midte og se gletsjere forsvinde i sin levetid? Hvad står vi til at miste? Og hvordan får man folk til at lytte? Det er nogle af de spørgsmål, som talkserien Arctic Imagination har sammensat en række af Nordens og Canadas klogeste hoveder inden for klima og kunst for at besvare. I denne talkserie kan du blandt andet høre om gletsjere, der forsvinder, og vandstande, der stiger; om indlandsis og oprindelige folk; om menneskelig indblanding på godt og ondt, og om hvordan kunst kan inspirere til handling for klimaet og kloden.   I denne talk diskuterer storentreprenør og skuespiller Svend Hardenberg og den canadiske kulturpersonlighed Jesse Wente oprindelige samfund og de historier, som kun de kan fortælle, bl.a. om arktiske omgivelser, der smelter væk for øjnene af dem.  

The trailblazer, Jesse Wente, graciously gave us so much time to discuss life, reconciliation, movies, Prey, Star Wars and so much more! We are so grateful for this special night. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

After spending six weeks hiking the Bruce Trail, one Trent University student is ready to catch up on some rest. She shared some of what she learned along the way. Anishnaabe writer and arts advocate Jesse Wente wants more people to seek out Indigenous stories, by Indigenous people.

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the history of indigenous and native people on screen. In 1922, silent film Nanook of the North was released. Written, directed and filmed by a white man, the docudrama claimed to show the daily life of an Inuit hunter and his family in the Canadian Arctic - but all wasn't quite as it seemed. A century on, Screenshot explores the representation of indigenous people on screen, and who gets to tell their stories, with film critic Jesse Wente who founded the Indigenous Screen Office. Ellen also talks to director Leah Purcell about reimagining the Australian classic, The Drover's Wife, as an Indigenous, feminist Western. And Mark speaks to the producers of Waru, Kerry Warkia and Kiel McNaughton, about their quest to bring Maori and Pasifika stories to a wider audience.

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16:02 | CEO of Delalune Space Rob Meyerson and spacecraft designer Adam Steltzner tackle the big questions of human life beyond Planet Earth. They'll be delivering the keynote address at the Jasper Dark Sky Festival on Saturday, October 23.  39:04 | Bioethicist Florence Ashley addresses the transphobia promoted by public figures including authors Margaret Atwood and JK Rowling along with comedian Dave Chappelle.  1:00:06 | Anishinaabe writer Jesse Wente shares about his new bestseller, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, And Indigenous Resistance, and why Indigenous communities are seeking sovereignty not equity. 1:48:30 | Financial literacy expert Pam Liyanage on when and how to teach kids about money, including the new MoneyPrep App video game.  2:07:08 | #EatYourWords | Ryan reviews the spitefulness conservative politicians, including former Edmonton city councillor Mike Nickel, directed at other candidates during the municipal election campaign season. Presented by Prairie Catering.

We check in with Karen McKay and Theresa Power from the CELA Library, and chat about the service's milestone of passing 1 million books. Plus, we preview the Memoir Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance, by Jesse Wente.

Politicians have been talking about reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous peoples for years — and for two decades, Jesse Wente has been talking about how difficult that will be. The Anishinaabe broadcaster and arts leader talks about the multi-generational impact of residential schools on his own family, the resistance and activism he sees in today's Indigenous youth, and his new memoir Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance.

Jesse Wente on his memoir, Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on her bedside book, and Elisabeth de Mariaffi on The Retreat and more.

Sonya Childress and Jesse Wente are among the most eloquent voices calling for change in the North American documentary industry. In June 2020, Childress published A Reckoning: The Documentary Film Industry Must Chart a New Path Forward that brought a critique over questions of authorship, accountability and ownership. She draws upon her experience working with Active Voice, Firelight Media and the Perspective Fund.Wente is an Anishinaabe writer and executive director of the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO). That organization published the On-Screen Protocols and Pathways guide to working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities. He's the author of the new book Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance.Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Childress and Wente in September 2020 by teleconference for a panel titled Creating a Better Documentary Industry at the TIFF Industry Conference. This podcast excerpts the heart of the conversation as they confront questions of capitalism, journalistic objectivity and how to create meaningful change.This year's TIFF Industry Conference will take place Sept 9-14 including discussions on Documentary History, Telling Family Stories and more. You can register for a Digital Talks pass to watch anywhere in the world.

Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers interviewed Childress and Wente in September 2020 by teleconference for a panel titled Creating a Better Documentary Industry at the TIFF Industry Conference. This podcast excerpts the heart of the conversation as they confront questions of capitalism, journalistic objectivity and how to create meaningful change.

Writer and broadcaster Jesse Wente says that it's important to frame stories about Indigenous people in joy, even if those stories also contain other, darker emotions. In November 2020, he gave a lecture for Vancouver Island University's annual Indigenous Speaker Series, presented by the university in partnership with CBC IDEAS. His lecture looks at the state of reconciliation in Canada today, and the role that joy can play in moving forward. Jesse Wente's talk is titled, The Story of Joy: Reducing the Harm So We Can Heal.

Hallowe'en and the movies: 'Hocus Pocus' revival; Seance at the Fox Theatre; and Jesse Wente's Best Horror Film Ever.

Anishinaabe broadcaster and writer Jesse Wente is one of the most recognizable Indigenous voices on the Canadian media landscape. For more than two decades, he has been a columnist and producer that is not afraid of criticizing the media, including those that write his cheques. Wente believes there has been great strides in the Canadian media for Indigenous peoples, but behind the scenes it’s a different story, he told Host Dennis Ward on Face to Face.

Anishinaabe broadcaster and writer Jesse Wente is one of the most recognizable Indigenous voices on the Canadian media landscape. For more than two decades, he has been a columnist and producer that is not afraid of criticizing the media, including those that write his cheques. Wente believes there has been great strides in the Canadian media for Indigenous peoples, but behind the scenes it’s a different story, he told Host Dennis Ward on Face to Face.

There’s a broad undertaking to shake up who gets arts funding, and who governs it. Jesse speaks with Jesse Wente, the new President of the Canada Council for the Arts, about who gets to make contemporary Canadian art, and who pays for it. This episode is brought to you by the EDAA, Audible and Article. Support CANADALAND: http://canadalandshow.com/join See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Toronto mother and son design Black Lives Matter face-mask and The Raptors make it famous; Jesse Wente will Chair Canada Council for the Arts

Black businessmen react to 'All Lives Matter' sign on hardware store; Jesse Wente says Indigenous names for sports teams are on the way out; Government arts commissions could benefit society

“Reconciliation is dead.” That’s the message from Canadian broadcaster and artist Jesse Wente (Serpent River First Nation) in a commentary about the Coastal GasLink pipeline protests. While his comments might seem controversial, he often speaks his mind directly in a sea of “Canada nice.” In this hour we’ll talk with him about his career as a broadcaster, film curator and his role as director of the Indigenous Screen Office. (This is an encore show from March 12, 2020).

Dandelion season's free harvest waiting for you; Jesse Wente says Disney's 'Out' is beautiful.

Jesse Wente is an outspoken Ojibwe advocate for Indigenous rights. Jesse spent 20 years on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning discussing films and pop culture, and was appointed to the Canada Council of the Arts 2017-2021. To pledge and support this podcast head to Patreon: www.patreon.com/N8V_Calgarian   To connect with me go to   TikTok: @native_calgarian   Instagram: @nativeyyc   Facebook: Native Calgarian   Twitter: @n8v_calgarian  

Latest advice from Ontario on wearing masks, getting tested, and LTC risks; Jesse Wente says you can stream stylish Chinese noir and still support local cinemas.

$5/month for ad-free Canadaland by clicking here. Independent movie theatres were in trouble before COVID-19 became a global pandemic, and now even the industry giants like Cineplex are taking a hit. Eric Veillette, programming director at Toronto’s Revue Cinema, joins to unpack the ongoing distribution conflict between rep cinemas and Cineplex. Also, Jesse Wente, Exec-Dir. of the Indigenous Screen Office, joins to talk about what COVID-19 means for movie theatres and whether or not it's curtains for the movie exhibition industry.  This episode is brought to you by WealthBar, Squarespace, and HelloFresh

“Reconciliation is dead and it was never really alive.” That’s the bold assertion from broadcaster and artist Jesse Wente (Serpent River First Nation) in a commentary about Canada’s official efforts since 2013 to come to grips with the country’s historical treatment of its Indigenous residents. His comments come as Canadian elected leaders fail to find a viable solution for the resistance against the Coastal GasLink pipeline across traditional Wet’suwet’en territory. We’ll get Wente’s views and hear about his career as a broadcaster, film curator and his role as director of the Indigenous Screen Office.

Comedians Nat Armstrong and Mary Green discuss people, things, and institutions who are blowing it, and a few who aren't. This week we talk about what it takes to run 64 public libraries, if reconciliation is dead, and our opinions about musical theatre. Follow us on Twitter: @nfstrongarm | @maryrules | @BlowingItPod Theme music by Cursing & Swearing This podcast was recorded in on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik-Maliseet people. Further reading/viewing: Fredericton could get another high-rent apartment building (CBC) Moncton emergency shelter to charge homeless up to $300 per month (CBC) Hiring a library service head without qualifications can have a bright side (NB Media CoOp) New head of public library service got rid of 'hundreds' of books at Kings Landing library (CBC) Alberta energy company under fire for image appearing to depict Greta Thunberg (Global News) Greta Thunberg says graphic sticker shows 'we're winning' (Calgary Herald) A secret deal between two railways? What else has Ottawa brokered? (MacLean's) OPP arrest multiple protesters at Tyendinaga Mohawk rail blockade (Global News) As the police arrest protesters in Tyendinaga, Jesse Wente questions the myths that Canadians believe about themselves (CBC) Opinion: Reconciliation isn’t dead. It never truly existed (The Globe and Mail) @_braden_neville vs @FoodProfessor (Twitter) Mike Pence, Who Enabled a Massive HIV Outbreak As Governor, Is Handling U.S. Coronavirus Response (Jezebel) COVID-19 outbreak: Here's what's happening around the world Friday (CBC) Mike Pence was criticized for his handling of Indiana’s HIV outbreak. He will lead the U.S. coronavirus response (Washington Post) What The Race Looks Like If Biden Wins — Or Wins Big, Or Loses — In South Carolina (FiveThirtyEight) Harvey Weinstein to face charges in Los Angeles after guilty verdict in New York (The Guardian) Céline Sciamma, Adèle Haenel Storm Out of Roman Polanski's César Win (The Advocate) Chris Evans In Early Talks To Play Dentist Orin Scrivello In 'Little Shop Of Horrors' (Deadline)

C21 Canadian bureau chief Adam Benzine reports from the 25th annual PrimeTime conference in Ottawa, where the publication of sweeping reforms for the nation's broadcast and streaming sectors were the focus of attention. Adam speaks with presentation committee chairman Janet Yale; CMPA CEO Reynolds Mastin; and Jesse Wente, exec director of Canada's Indigenous Screen Office.

In this episode of Red Man Laughing we stand on a pedastal and scream from the top of our lungs, "Taika Waititi is the Indigenous filmmaker of the decade in the eyes of Red Man Laughing." We replay Ryan's conversation with Indigenous Screen Office Executive Director, Jesse Wente, from S.8EP#8 where they break down Taika's impact on Hollywood, his longstanding relationship to Indigenous cinema and why Indigenous storytellers are the most exciting writers and creatives Hollywood has never heard of! /// Red Man Laughing is a proud member of Indian & Cowboy. You can support our work for as little as $1/month by joining their membership program at patreon.com/indianandcowboy. 

In this episode of Red Man Laughing, we continue our 'Ten Times Around the Sun' mini-series and we look back on the last 10 years of Indigenous cinema with self-proclaimed movie geek, Jesse Wente. /// SHOW NOTES Films talked about in this episode of Red Man Laughing (in no particular order other than the order talked about in the episode itself): Rhymes For Young Ghouls - Jeff Barnaby Angry Inuk - Alethea Arnuquq Baril The Sapphires - Tony Briggs Sami Blood - Amanda Kernell Mystery Road/Goldstone/Mystery Road Series - Ivan Sven The Orator - Tusi Tamasese Sweet Country - Warwick Thornton Birth of a Family / Nipawistamasowin: We Will Stand Up - Tasha Hubbard Waru - Ainsley Gardiner, Casey Kaa, Renau Maihi, Briar Grace Smith, Josephine Stewart-Tewhiu, Paula Whetu Jones and Katie Wolfe. Maligutit / One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk - Zach Kunuk Boy/What We Do in the Shadows/Hunt for the Wilderpeople/Thor: Ragnarock/Jojo Rabbit - Taika Waititi The Dead Lands - Glenn Strandring Edge of the Knife - Gwaii Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown We Can't Make the Same Mistake Twice - Alanis Obansawin The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open - Kathleen Hepburn / Ella Maia Tailfeathers /// Red Man Laughing is a proud member of Indian & Cowboy. You can support our work for as little as $1/month by joining their membership program at patreon.com/indianandcowboy. 

Is reconciliation still a possibility when the Canadian government marches armed police onto Indigenous land? It's time for Canada to grow up. And Canada's first female PM seems to have the best Twitter game of them all. Jesse Wente co-hosts. Support CANADALAND: http://canadalandshow.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best known in cinephile circles for his collaborations with director Richard Linklater in the Before trilogy and BOYHOOD, Ethan Hawke is also no stranger to the Toronto International Film Festival as a writer, director, and actor. His latest directorial effort, SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION, played at TIFF ’15, while he also personified the late jazz trumpeter Chet Baker that year in BORN TO BE BLUE. In 2016, he returned to the Festival for dual appearances in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and MAUDIE. This year at TIFF, the Hawke appears in Paul Schrader’s terse religious drama FIRST REFORMED, playing an ex–military chaplain grieving the death of his son. TIFF UN/CUT has unearthed a career-spanning conversation from 2014 in which the sensitive and soul-searching multi-hyphenate was joined by Jesse Wente, Director of Film Programmes at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Listen as Ethan Hawke tells you the story of his life as an actor, director, screenwriter, novelist, and — first and foremost — film lover.

Before he created the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, which inspired HBO's award-winning series GAME OF THRONES, George R.R. Martin was a kid growing up in an underserved neighbourhood, selling made-up stories for a penny each, until he raised his prices to a nickel. In this hour-long talk hosted by TIFF Cinematheque director Jesse Wente and recorded at TIFF in 2012 just before GAME OF THRONES' second season launched, Martin talks about how his childhood influenced his creative life, what he learned working in TV before GOT began, and how he built the massive and intricate world of Westeros.

In this episode of Red Man Laughing we argue strongly for the need for a statement of facts in Canada as it pertains to Indigenous Peoples in this country. In this first half of the show, Ryan lays out the argument that if we are going to move forward in this country, we cannot do so by ignoring the truth, we are having wildly different conversations about the real roots of Canada. In the second half of the show, we replay an excerpt from Canadaland's political podcast, Commons. In this episode of Commons, Ryan and co-host, Hadiya Roderique, are joined by Anishinaabe TIFF Programmer and CBC Radio Columnist, Jesse Wente, to talk about cultural appropriation and the actual effects of the wildly different understandings about the history of Canada and why that matters. Thanks to Jesse Brown, Russel Gregg and Canadaland for allowing us permission to replay this very important episode of Commons.

Jarrett Martineau, Creative Producer of new global music platform, record label, and artist collective Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) and artist Leanne Betasomosake Simpson talk to Jesse Wente about their success breaking new ground connecting with audiences and broadening the reach of contemporary indigenous talent. Jesse Wente, Broadcaster and Curator Jarrett Marineau, Creative Producer, Revolutions Per Minute

Closing Keynote at PTIO

An Indigenous broadcaster shares his personal and political perspective on police treatment of Aboriginal people, an issue he recently wrote about in his Huffington Post piece, "This Is Why People Of Colour Fear The Police." Jesse Wente is the director of Film Programmes at TIFF Bell Lightbox, and a long-time CBC Radio pop culture columnist. He joined us from Toronto. // Our theme is 'nesting' by Birocratic.