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The arts have that capacity to be powerful broadcasters, conveyors of messages, invitations to celebration, reflection, storytelling, narrative building and so on. There's a vital role here for the arts. But like the rest of society, frankly, whether it's the banking system or government we're simply not doing it well enough that we could say we're satisfied with how much is happening and everything's going to be okay. It's not. If we just stopped now, chaos and worse are due. It's not to say that we can hold up the arts and say, if only you were doing your job, everything would be fine. No, we all have, no matter what sector, so much to do.This is my second conscient conversation with social innovator and former CEO of McConnell Foundation, Stephen Huddart. The first took place on June 17, 2021 in Montréal, episode 58, and this second took place on September 24th, 2024 in Victoria BC. I've condensed all of this rich conversation down to my new format of 15 minutes – not an easy edit - so what you'll hear highlights from our exchange about the vital role of art, social innovation, relations with indigenous peoples, the panarchy cycle, Stephen's leadership role with the Victoria Forum (co-hosted with members of the Canadian Senate) and more.Action pointsNurture the capacity of art to be powerful broadcasters, conveyors of messages, invitations to celebration, reflection, storytelling, narrative building, etc.Increase the vitality and role of art at the local level to contribute to a more dynamic civic cultureCreate more configurations to present, invite, engage, dialogue, contemplate, discuss the artsSee, hear and deeply hear others perspectives.Nurture the power of art to serve as a catalyst for inspiration and communityShow notes generated by Whisper Transcribe AIStory PreviewWhat if art holds the key to unlocking our collective future? This episode explores the intersection of art, innovation, and societal transformation, revealing how creative expression can guide us through crisis and towards revitalization.Chapter Summary00:00 The Power of the Arts01:07 Revisiting Conversations02:02 Trust and Community Engagement04:22 The Victoria Forum Experience06:10 Navigating Complex Challenges07:30 Understanding Our Current Cycle09:21 The Call to Action11:17 The Role of the Arts in Social Change13:08 Accelerating TransformationFeatured QuotesHer wish (Shannon Waters) was for every child in Canada to learn the indigenous word for water in the territory in which they lived.We have the intellectual, the financial, the technological, and one would hope, the human and spiritual resources with which to affect a beautiful transition. Why aren't we doing it?There's a vital role for the arts at the local level to be contributing to dynamic civic culture.William Gibson said 'the future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed'.Behind the StoryStephen Huddart revisits the podcast to expand on previous conversations around social innovation, reflecting on the Victoria Forum 2024 and its focus on regenerative economies. The discussion navigates the complex challenges facing humanity, emphasizing the need for inclusivity and systemic change to address growing societal fractures. The power of art as a catalyst for inspiration and community is highlighted. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHey conscient listeners, I've been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa). It's my way to give back.In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads or BlueSky.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 March 26, 2025
For the first time in months, U.S. President Donald Trump isn't calling Canada's prime minister the “governor of the 51st state.” But Prime Minister Mark Carney insists the “old relationship” between Canada and the United States — anchored by deep economic, security and military ties — has come to an end. Meanwhile, the first week of the election campaign has been consumed by tariff tensions, eclipsing tax-cut promises and prompting concern among conservative stalwarts that Pierre Poilievre's CPC could be losing focus. An apparent collapse in NDP support and a last-minute scramble to confirm candidates add to the drama of an already unpredictable race. Join Kathleen Petty on West of Centre as she delves into these shifting dynamics with Rob Russo from The Economist, Shannon Waters from The Narwhal, and the CBC's Jason Markusoff. *Note this episode contains explicit language
Shit-posting candidates, climate change denial, outright racism, and those damn paper straws. Host Noor Azrieh calls up Arno Kopecky, Shannon Waters, and Mo Amir to ask what the hell is going on in B.C.'s election. And, the latest on the foreign interference commission, pharmacare, and Alberta's Bill of Rights.Host: Noor AzriehCredits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Production Manager), Jesse Brown (Publisher and Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)Guests: Arno Kopecky, Shannon Waters, Mo AmirBackground reading:British Columbia's Election Is a Bellwether for Climate Policy - The WalrusOpinion: B.C. election puts broader populist tide to the test - Montreal GazetteThe BC NDP Is Boring Voters. That Could Be Their Selling Point - The TyeeWhat on earth just happened with B.C.'s carbon tax? - The NarwhalBC Conservative Candidate Called For ‘Boycott' of Air Canada to Stop Airlifts Rescuing Syrian Refugees - Press ProgressSponsors: Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattress and pillow protectors FREE with your Douglas purchase today at douglas.ca/canadalandIf you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shit-posting candidates, climate change denial, outright racism, and those damn paper straws. Host Noor Azrieh calls up Arno Kopecky, Shannon Waters, and Mo Amir to ask what the hell is going on in B.C.'s election. And, the latest on the foreign interference commission, pharmacare, and Alberta's Bill of Rights.Host: Noor AzriehCredits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Production Manager), Jesse Brown (Publisher and Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)Guests: Arno Kopecky, Shannon Waters, Mo AmirBackground reading:British Columbia's Election Is a Bellwether for Climate Policy - The WalrusOpinion: B.C. election puts broader populist tide to the test - Montreal GazetteThe BC NDP Is Boring Voters. That Could Be Their Selling Point - The TyeeWhat on earth just happened with B.C.'s carbon tax? - The NarwhalBC Conservative Candidate Called For ‘Boycott' of Air Canada to Stop Airlifts Rescuing Syrian Refugees - Press ProgressSponsors: Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattress and pillow protectors FREE with your Douglas purchase today at douglas.ca/canadalandIf you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody. You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Candidate shuffles, Green platforms and the federal confidence deal is dead. ft Shannon Waters
This week on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus sits down with Shannon Waters from Gastro Gnome. The two kick things off catching up on the Western Hunt Expo and the recent BHA Rendezvous. Shannon talks about how the product offerings have changed since their last episode and the process that goes into creating a new meal. The two talk about Gasto Gnome's most recent offering and that is instant coffee that is unlike anything else on the market. Shannon also discusses her love for what she's doing and how she didn't have a backup plan when she started the business two and half years ago. If you haven't already, be sure and pick up one of the many different meals GN has to offer for your next backcountry adventure. Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more relevant outdoor content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus sits down with Shannon Waters from Gastro Gnome. The two kick things off catching up on the Western Hunt Expo and the recent BHA Rendezvous. Shannon talks about how the product offerings have changed since their last episode and the process that goes into creating a new meal. The two talk about Gasto Gnome's most recent offering and that is instant coffee that is unlike anything else on the market. Shannon also discusses her love for what she's doing and how she didn't have a backup plan when she started the business two and half years ago. If you haven't already, be sure and pick up one of the many different meals GN has to offer for your next backcountry adventure.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more relevant outdoor content!
This week on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus sits down with Shannon Waters from Gastro Gnome. The two kick things off catching up on the Western Hunt Expo and the recent BHA Rendezvous. Shannon talks about how the product offerings have changed since their last episode and the process that goes into creating a new meal. The two talk about Gasto Gnome's most recent offering and that is instant coffee that is unlike anything else on the market. Shannon also discusses her love for what she's doing and how she didn't have a backup plan when she started the business two and half years ago. If you haven't already, be sure and pick up one of the many different meals GN has to offer for your next backcountry adventure.Check out the Sportsmen's Empire Podcast Network for more relevant outdoor content!
In Episode 6, we welcome co-host Kira Bombay, a fourth year medical student at the University of Ottawa and member of the Rainy River First Nations. Our guest is Dr. Shannon Waters who is Coast Salish and a member of the Stz'uminus First Nation on Vancouver Island. She is a Public Health and Preventive Medicine physician who talks with us about the importance of supporting Indigenous rights and the vital but often underappreciated role the ecosystem plays in sustaining our health. Dr. Waters has also published a variety of written works, including this piece titled: “How Can I Give Back”: https://medicalstaff.islandhealth.ca/news-events/dr-shannon-waters-asks-how-can-i-give-back-0 We recognize that while the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic has lessened, our healthcare system remains under extreme pressure which must be addressed urgently. The views expressed in this podcast belong solely to the speakers and do not necessarily reflect any institution/associations they are affiliated with. This podcast should not be considered a substitute for medical advice.
Justin chats with Shannon Waters, the Founder of Gastro Gnome Meals. They chat about Gastro Gnome Meals, hunter's education, hunting in Montana, food for travel, eating better backpacking food, new meal ideas, wild vs. domestic meats, fun tips for cooking wild game, and so much more! - Subscribe to the Harvesting Nature Magazine! - Buy our Small Batch Wild Fish and Game Seasonings Special Guest: Shannon Waters is a former chef, hunter, angler, businesswoman, and adventurer. Her love of cooking and the outdoors collided when she packed a heavy cast iron pan into the backcountry. That's when she realized that if she was going to enjoy a great adventure and a great meal, she was going to have to find a solution for packable meals. That's how Gastro Gnome got its start. Visit the Gastro Gnome Instagram Visit the Gastro Gnome website Show Notes: Missing a deer in CO Zoe going through hunters education Colorado needs some education on wild game cooking Harvesting Nature Pig Camp Shannon Waters of Gastro Gnome Flavor differences in domestic meats Hunting seasons in Montana Frustrations of difficult hunting seasons What's in Shannon's freezer What Shannon is cooking What is Gastro Gnome The beginning of Gastro Gnome Working as a Chef Opening restaurants for other people The need to find better freeze dried food Hard to pass up a corn dog Gastro Gnome's full line-up New meal ideas Give me the peach cobbler and let me go home Gastro Gnome all over the world Frozen lakes in June Favorite game meat Tip for those new to cooking wild game Be creative with your food Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode (195) Randy shares the mic with Shannon Waters of Gastro Gnome and Ty Stubblefield of Wild Bison Ranch to talk about backcountry food, food quality, starting businesses around wild food ideas, hunting stories, stories of how they got into hunting, what it takes to start a small business, bison conservation stories, how to make great food from great products, and some other fun stories from two great people.
"Backcountry Food Series" with Shannon Waters of Gastro Gnome Today I have Shannon on to talk about the importance of quality foods and how she makes such a great product. Shannon talks about her journey from cooking in five-star restaurants to cooking freeze dried meals and how the desire to make great food carried over. Gastro Gnome meals are fantastic and so is this show. Enjoy! https://www.gastrognomemeals.com OutdoorClass - Save 20% on the best hunting education platform out there! Use the code ROOKIES today and start the course https://www.outdoorclass.com
Shannon Waters joins us to talk about the launch of David Eby's campaign for leader and to reflect on her time reporting for BC Today.
This week, Joe Ferronato is joined by Shannon Waters of Gastro Gnome Meals and Dale Evans. The three enjoy some mountain lion boa buns and talk about what it takes to make superb backcountry meals. They also go over Shannon's origin story and how she dove head first into the world of hunting. They talk everything from Oregon Coast blacktails to Montana black bears, you won't want to miss this.
On this episode, we are joined by many guests for this new hunter turkey camp! You will hear from Nathan and Thomas, Sam Soholt- owner of Public Land Tee's (www.publiclandtees.com), Shannon Waters- owner of Gastrognome Freeze Dried Backcountry meals(www.gastrognomemeals.com), Matthew Weaver also with Gastrognome, Josh Hillyard with First Lite (www.firstlite.com). As well as new hunters Matt, Drew, Ryan and Humberto. Hold on tight, this is a great episode going over many successful turkey hunts! Email us info@identicaldraw.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/identicaldraw/
Hannah and Laura recorded at night instead of their usual afternoon recording and things went off the rails a bit. Laura had to get out a lot of feelings about Agatha Christie (please don't unfollow her), and read a thriller that she really enjoyed. Hannah is still on her theme of watching TV shows about old, rich people who like to stir up drama and walk around in heavy ballgowns. We talk about the men of Towers of Midnight and have many thoughts about it, so many that we even forget about some characters for a hot minute. We think some of our thoughts make sense, but we were tired so cut us some slack. Hannah also has started A Memory of Light and reveals a hilarious spoiler about the audiobook.Media Mentions: The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and Brandon SandersonThe Wheel of Time series---Amazon Prime VideoDeath on the Nile---HuluDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express---HuluBlank Check podcastAgatha Christie's worksLumberJanes Volumes 2-4 by ND Stevenson, Shannon Waters, Brooke A AllenVerity by Colleen HooverStoryDarlings podcastJane Austen's worksThe Gilded Age---HBOmaxNorth and South miniseries---Amazon Prime VideoFilthy Animals by Brandon TaylorReal Life by Brandon TaylorHope and Glory by Jendella BensonStarstruck---HBOmaxPriory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon@ronniereadsregularlyFairly Odd Parents---NetflixHow The Grinch Stole Christmas---NetflixArrested Development---NetflixBridgerton---Netflix
A former chef, restaurant consultant, and culinary school professor, Shannon Waters is the owner and CBC at Gastro Gnome, a backcountry food company that creates super tasty, travel ready meals for people who appreciate great food as much as they enjoy getting outside. Formally trained at The French Culinary Institute in New York, Shannon went on to hold positions at some of the best restaurants in the country and gain skills and technique from renowned Chefs. Her love of cooking and the outdoors collided when she packed a heavy cast iron pan into the backcountry. That's when she realized that if she was going to enjoy a great adventure and a great meal, she was going to have to find a solution for packable meals. That's how Gastro Gnome got its start.More Information:Gastro Gnome homeFollow Gastro Gnome on Instagram
I sat down with Shannon Waters, owner of Gastro Gnome Meals. We get into why she created Gastro Gnome, her culinary background, where the meals fall in the market space and her journey as a new hunter. I enjoyed the conversation as much as I enjoyed eating the meals, they can legitimately be enjoyed in the backcountry or the dining room table. Enjoy the episode! To learn more about Gastro Gnomes offerings follow the link below: https://www.gastrognomemeals.com/about GET INVOLVED IN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS AS OUTDOORSMEN AND WOMEN BY SUPPORTING SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE, FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW: https://www.westerncontours.com/sportsmens-alliance Take an active roll in protecting our rights and privileges as hunters with HOWL For Wildlife: https://www.howlforwildlife.org Please support those who support the podcast and help get some bills paid, use the links below. Follow the links below for Western Contours partners, affiliates and discounts. www.westerncontours.com Western Fly Covers: When you spend as much time as we do outdoors you know how fast things can turn. Wet or damaged gear isn't going to keep you out there where you want to bear safe in the backcountry. Ultralight element protection for your gear. use code reflect21 for 20% off at www.westernflycovers.com Hartsky Signature Photography: use code: WESTERN15 https://www.hartskysignature.com/ Anxynt: https://www.anxynt.com?aff=5 Initial Ascent: https://www.initialascent.com?aff=5 Mountain Hunter Box: https://www.themountainhunterbox.com?via=guy Arrow Tech Archery use code: WESTERNCONTOUR www.arrowtecharchery.com Sasquatch Fuel: use code: Westerncontours https://sasquatchfuel.com/ Visit and subscribe to Western Contours on the Waypoint Collective https://waypointtv.com/western-contours Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"I thought you said this was food?" Shannon Waters found herself asking that question after someone made her an MRE in the backcountry. Shannon had been to culinary school and worked in fine dining for much of her adult life. As a hunter herself, she felt active people needed better in the field, and she was the right person to do it. Gastro Gnome was born. The Bozeman-based business has a storefront, a warm community of outdoorspeople, and many (MANY) gnomes. 2:00 Odd Fellows Bakery in Salmon, ID #gemsofthewest 3:00 "If you're not picking up rocks when you're hunting, I don't really know what you're doing." 8:00 Life story: economics + culinary school + brewery management + higher ed somehow all led to Gastro Gnome, upscale MREs for anywhere in the outdoors 13:00 Gourmet food in the wilderness is a creature comfort worth exploring - that value led to Gastro Gnome 14:00 Eating an MRE someone packed for you and feeling let down... "I thought you said this was food." 19:00 Going to Thailand to KNOW the curry-making process (pssst... it involves toasting) 20:00 Dehydrated Meals 101 21:00 Every ingredient has its own water content, which means they freeze dry differently 22:00 Gastro Gnome's Freeze-Dry 101 26:00 On the storefront in Bozeman... "People bring us a lot of gnomes" + the people-to-people vibes 33:00 Pack twice as much food as you need in the backcountry 36:00 The chemicals behind the scientifically long shelf life 40:00 @gastrognomemeals 45:00 Hunting in a team & collaborative decision-making 50:00 When you ask a friend, "Should I take this shot?" and they nod and go, "Don't worry, if it's down we'll get it out." #friendgoals 52:00 "Country Matters" by Michael Korda 55:00 "I shouldn't be doing anything else except exactly what I'm doing." 59:00 Hunting a new place with new people #winning 1:01 Tips for using bear fat in sausage 1:02 The Artemis Book Club is back! The seasonal read right now is "Flight Behavior" by Barbara Kingsolver
This week, on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus is joined by the Founder of 2% Certified Gastro Gnome, Shannon Waters along with their Safety and Operations Manager, Matthew Weaver. The group discusses the path Shannon took to becoming a chef and how an experience on a backcountry trip led her to starting the company. Matthew talks about his introduction to the outdoors and how he became part of the Gastro Gnome team. With an emphasis on using fresh ingredients from the start, Shannon has created flavor profiles and meals that you wouldn't expect to be eating in the backcountry, but rather around a kitchen table. If you're still looking for some meals for your next adventure, be sure and check them out! Average Conservationist is Powered by Simplecast
This week, on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus is joined by the Founder of 2% Certified Gastro Gnome, Shannon Waters along with their Safety and Operations Manager, Matthew Weaver. The group discusses the path Shannon took to becoming a chef and how an experience on a backcountry trip led her to starting the company. Matthew talks about his introduction to the outdoors and how he became part of the Gastro Gnome team. With an emphasis on using fresh ingredients from the start, Shannon has created flavor profiles and meals that you wouldn't expect to be eating in the backcountry, but rather around a kitchen table. If you're still looking for some meals for your next adventure, be sure and check them out! Average Conservationist is Powered by Simplecast
This week, on The Average Conservationist Podcast, Marcus is joined by the Founder of 2% Certified Gastro Gnome, Shannon Waters along with their Safety and Operations Manager, Matthew Weaver. The group discusses the path Shannon took to becoming a chef and how an experience on a backcountry trip led her to starting the company. Matthew talks about his introduction to the outdoors and how he became part of the Gastro Gnome team. With an emphasis on using fresh ingredients from the start, Shannon has created flavor profiles and meals that you wouldn't expect to be eating in the backcountry, but rather around a kitchen table. If you're still looking for some meals for your next adventure, be sure and check them out! Average Conservationist is Powered by Simplecast
Chuck and Cory visit with Emily Bjorklund of KAUZ NewsChannel6 Sports and talk Six Man Football with Shannon Waters (HC of the Benjamin Mustangs) and CJ Hantz (HC of the Throckmorton Greyhounds) and preview their teams for the 2021 season..
Presenting a very spooky premiere episode of the inaugural season of 'The Harbinger Society Presents: The Left Podcast Conspiracy'!You'll be horrified to hear polisci pundits Stewart Prest and David Moscrop and B.C. Today journalist Shannon Waters join host Andre Goulet for a terrifying tour into the menacing shadows of provincial politics in this B.C. 2020 Election post-mortem. Plus: an introduction to the Harbinger Media Network w/ Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and a critique of Saturday elections from comedian James Brown.For more of Stewart Prest's BC election analysis go to https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/bc-election/bc-election-results-vancouver-false-creekFor more of Shannon Waters' work see https://muckrack.com/shannon-watersTo sign up for David Moscrop's online course at Passage go to https://readpassage.com/course/deepening-democracy/ and find his book 'Too Dumb for Democracy?' at https://gooselane.com/products/too-dumb-for-democracyMusic on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) + 'The Pleasure Kills' (Bare Wires) is courtesy of Creative Commons.This conversation was recorded on October 25th, 2020.
Presenting a very spooky premiere episode of the inaugural season of 'The Harbinger Society Presents: The Left Podcast Conspiracy'! You'll be horrified to hear polisci pundits Stewart Prest and David Moscrop and B.C. Today journalist Shannon Waters join host Andre Goulet for a terrifying tour into the menacing shadows of provincial politics in this B.C. 2020 Election post-mortem. Plus: an introduction to the Harbinger Media Network w/ Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and a critique of Saturday elections from comedian James Brown. For more of Stewart Prest's BC election analysis go to https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/bc-election/bc-election-results-vancouver-false-creek For more of Shannon Waters' work see https://muckrack.com/shannon-waters To sign up for David Moscrop's online course at Passage go to https://readpassage.com/course/deepening-democracy/ and find his book 'Too Dumb for Democracy?' at https://gooselane.com/products/too-dumb-for-democracy Music on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) + 'The Pleasure Kills' (Bare Wires) is courtesy of Creative Commons. This conversation was recorded on October 25th, 2020.
Shannon Waters in the founder, owner, and chef at Gastro Gnome Meals in Bozeman, MT. Gastro Gnome is a backcountry food company that creates super tasty, travel ready meals for people who appreciate great food as much as they enjoy getting outside. Shannon's dehydrated recipes use only the best ingredients and taste absolutely incredible. In this one-on-one, Shannon tells Cevan what it takes to manage Gastro, her background in hospitality, and how she cooked her way to success.Cevan: @_cevanROOTd: @rootdpodcastShannon: @forkmylifeGastro Gnome: @gastrognomemealswww.gastrognomemeals.com**Special thank you to Backcountry Fuel Box for the recording studio.**Redeem 50% off your Flodesk membership:https://flodesk.com/c/ROOTDPODCASTROOTd with Cevan Likness is produced by AUIDEO Podcasts.
Shannon Waters returns to recap the most recent session of the legislature and then we look the Supreme Court of Canada’s finding that the federal carbon tax is constitutional. The post Ep 232: Not doing better and not doing more appeared first on PolitiCoast.
"There are so many ways that we're connected [to the river], which I don't think we really label and value."Join Danielle as she sits down with Dr. Shannon Waters, medical health officer for the Cowichan Valley region, a member of Stz'uminus First Nation and Cowichan Watershed Board member.Tell us what you think of the Freshwater Stream podcast! We would love to get some feedback from our listeners. If you have listened to even half of one episode, please fill out our brief survey: https://form.jotform.com/212410616423241
Here in Bozeman you get to meet so many cool people. Over the last year I have had the pleasure of getting to know Shannon Waters as she launched her new brand Gastro Gnome meals, a backpacking meal company making some of the best meals I’ve ever had. When I was first introduced to Shannon […]
Scott talks to BC Today’s Shannon Waters for a recap of the BC legislature’s short session and then we look at the latest federal & provincial climate plans The post Ep 220: Short session appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On this week's Stack we've got reviews for: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Ryan Stegman Batman/Catwoman #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Clay Mann Lumberjanes: End of Summer #1 BOOM! Box Written by Shannon Waters & Kat Leyh Layouts by Brooklyn Allen Illustrated by Alexa Bosy & Kanesha C. Bryant The Union #1 Marvel Written by Paul Grist Pencils by Andrea Di Via w/Paul Grist Justice League: Endless Winter #1 DC Comics Written by Andy Lanning & Ron Marz Art by Howard Porter That Texas Blood #6 Image Comics By Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1 Marvel Written by Christopher Cantwell Art by Filipe Andrade Unearth #8 Image Comics Story by Cullen Bunn and Kyle Strahm Art by Baldemar Rivas Batman #104 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Ryan Benjamin & Danny Miki, Bengal & Guillem March Backtrack #9 Oni Press Written by Brian Joines Art by Jake Elphick M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1 Marvel Written by Jordan Blum & Patton Oswalt Art by Scott Hepburn Buffy the Vampire Slayer #20 BOOM! Studios Written by Jordie Bellaire & Jeremy Lambert Illustrated by Ramon Bachs Far Sector #9 DC Comics Written by N.K. Jemisen Art by Jamal Campbell Dryad #7 Oni Press Written by Kurtis Wiebe Illustrated by Justin Barcelo Black Widow #4 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Elena Casagrande and Jordie Bellaire Strange Adventures #7 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner Inkblot #4 Image Comics Created by Emma Kubert & Rusty Gladd Daredevil #25 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Checchetto The Boys: Dear Becky #7 Dynamite Written by Garth Ennis Illustrated by Russ Braun SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's show is sponsored by the Just Been Revoked podcast. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this week’s Stack we’ve got reviews for: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Ryan Stegman Batman/Catwoman #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Clay Mann Lumberjanes: End of Summer #1 BOOM! Box Written by Shannon Waters & Kat Leyh Layouts by Brooklyn Allen Illustrated by Alexa Bosy […] The post The Stack: King In Black, Batman/Catwoman, And More appeared first on Comic Book Club.
On this week's Stack we've got reviews for: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Donny Cates Art by Ryan Stegman Batman/Catwoman #1 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Clay Mann Lumberjanes: End of Summer #1 BOOM! Box Written by Shannon Waters & Kat Leyh Layouts by Brooklyn Allen Illustrated by Alexa Bosy & Kanesha C. Bryant The Union #1 Marvel Written by Paul Grist Pencils by Andrea Di Via w/Paul Grist Justice League: Endless Winter #1 DC Comics Written by Andy Lanning & Ron Marz Art by Howard Porter That Texas Blood #6 Image Comics By Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1 Marvel Written by Christopher Cantwell Art by Filipe Andrade Unearth #8 Image Comics Story by Cullen Bunn and Kyle Strahm Art by Baldemar Rivas Batman #104 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Ryan Benjamin & Danny Miki, Bengal & Guillem March Backtrack #9 Oni Press Written by Brian Joines Art by Jake Elphick M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1 Marvel Written by Jordan Blum & Patton Oswalt Art by Scott Hepburn Buffy the Vampire Slayer #20 BOOM! Studios Written by Jordie Bellaire & Jeremy Lambert Illustrated by Ramon Bachs Far Sector #9 DC Comics Written by N.K. Jemisen Art by Jamal Campbell Dryad #7 Oni Press Written by Kurtis Wiebe Illustrated by Justin Barcelo Black Widow #4 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Elena Casagrande and Jordie Bellaire Strange Adventures #7 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner Inkblot #4 Image Comics Created by Emma Kubert & Rusty Gladd Daredevil #25 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Checchetto The Boys: Dear Becky #7 Dynamite Written by Garth Ennis Illustrated by Russ Braun SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. This week's show is sponsored by the Just Been Revoked podcast. Full Episode Transcript: Alex: What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And in The Stack we talk about a bunch of big comic books that have come out right here at the beginning of December. Very exciting times to be alive in. Everybody is very happy, excited, doing a great job. Justin: We're all doing a great job. Let's take a second and chill. Pete: I don't know. Let's not pat ourselves on the back. Alex: Pete, you're doing a great job. Pete: No, don't patronize me, all right? Fuck you. Alex: No. Man, you are. Justin: Don't patronize him. Alex: Do you know who else is doing a great job? The King in Black. He's really just really putting himself out there in the Marvel Universe, really inventing a bunch of stuff with his wet dragons, I like to call them. Justin: They are moist dragons. Pete: He's not doing anything moist during- Alex: King in Black#1 from Marvel written by Donny Cates, art by Ryan Stegman. This of course is the … I don't know if it's the final storyline, but it's certainly the peak of everything that they've been building up over the past couple of years, through Venom and other storylines. Pete: … Venom. Alex: As the King in Black, Knull, the god of the symbiotes invades earth. And man, it goes basically about as bad as things could go. And I don't know that I have read a kickoff to an event where the heroes lose so thoroughly as they do in this issue, which in my mind was very impressive. Justin: Yeah, I agree. The way they go hard here. The Donny Cates goes hard with this story. It's a ton of big emotional beats and then heroes just losing, every plan failing instantly. And setting up Knull as this like truly terrifying villain, despite the fact that he's fighting with wet dragons. Pete: Yeah, what an entrance the King made here. I think it was a great start with the nicest building and everything that's been going on. And then the twist where you think, “All right, he's after Venom,” and it's like, “No Venom's kid,” and it's like, “Oh, shit.” Justin: Oh, shit. Pete you're riding with the King, is what you're saying? You love the King and- Pete: Yeah, I'm riding with King. Alex: Yeah, I got to be honest. Even though I've really enjoyed what Donny and Ryan had been doing on this title, I was a little trepidatious about this event just because Knull to be the design of it, it was like, “Ah, he was very big teeth.” I don't like that. And the whole Venom thing I always feel reticent about in general just because Venom is not my favorite character, but I should have known better. Pete: Venom. Alex: Venom. Justin: … You like a drier character like Sandman. Alex: Yeah, like a nice dry character. Like a Sandman is more my style. Justin: Yes. Alex: But I should have known better, because they'd been, like you said, Justin, they've been doing emotionally based work on this title throughout the entire time. This is based on Eddie Brock's relationship with his son, that is the emotional crux of the issue, even though there's a good Tony Stark stuff in here, there's some good other character stuff in here. But it's great. I am also fascinated to see what happens over the course of five issues because this is, like we said, as bad as it can get, and it seems like there's four more issues where it's only going to get worse. Justin: Yeah. What Donny Cates does a great job at is really including a bunch of other aspects of the Marvel Universe, like you were saying, Alex, and they feel very real. It feels very current. We get some X-Men in here and it feels like they just stepped out- Pete: Oh yeah, that was fun. Justin: … of the current X-Men books. It's really good. And touching on continuity where all the characters know about what's going on in their universe, which I think is rare in comics to have a real deep understanding of continuity for something that is a standalone event like this. Pete: I'm glad you brought that up, Justin, because I was very excited when I saw the X-Men show up and still be kind of like heroes. They're not just island fucking. You know what I mean? They're not just trading swords and half-assing a bunch of games, they're actually still stepping up and being heroes. Justin: It would have been great if there was just a cutaway in this to a bunch of X-Men having sex on an island. I would have loved where they were like, “Wait, what did you say?” Pete: I would have lost it. Alex: It's weird that they saw that much black goo and do nothing. This is prime fucking material. Justin: “This is fucking material,” says Alex. A couple of follow-up questions I'm going to ask off-mike. Before we go too much further, I do think the fact that Pete and I are agreeing so hard on this book, there will be one book later on I predict where Pete and I will have a subtle disagreement. Pete: … Yeah, it will be very hard to tell. Justin: See if you can spot it. Pete: Yeah, it will be tough to tell. Alex: Let's wait and see. Next up, Batman/Catwoman #1 from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Clay Mann. This is the continuation of Tom King's abbreviated run on Batman, now focusing or continuing to focus on the Batman/Catwoman relationship. It's a little hard to tell whether this is a direct continuation or they rejiggered it in any way to make a new title. But regardless, we're jumping around in time periods here. Spoilers, we're introducing the Phantasm from Mask of the Phantasm into the main Batman continuity. Pete: Yes. Alex: That's big stuff happens here. We talked about this a little on live show. I got to tell you, it took me a little while to hook into this because I could not remember the rhythm of the Batman book the way they did it. But there is a point, and this is a big spoiler, but the page, the reveal of the Joker about halfway, three quarters of the way through the issue was such a classic Clay Mann page. So terrifying that it immediately sucked me back in emotionally. And that was the point- Pete: You're talking about- Alex: … where I started to feel like, “Okay, I'm really on board with this book again.” Pete: … Yeah, but it wasn't just regular Joker, that was Miami Vice Joker. Did you see the way the wind was taking his shirt and he had the over the kind of shoulder holsters rocking? Come on, that was like- Alex: He could feel it coming in the air tonight, that's all I'm saying. Pete: … Yeah, and that's what I'm saying. People talking about three Jokers, there's a fourth one and that's Miami Vice Joker and he's the best one. Justin: See, I would consider him more Miami-Dade County Retirement Home Joker. Sure. Pete: Oh wow, shots fired. Alex: Trump voter Joker. Justin: Exactly, this dude votes Trump. Clay Mann's art in this issue is so, so good. All of Tom King's work I feel like is so writer-driven, but man, he works with such great artists, and this one, and this issue specifically I feel like is so, so good. And I love the pace and the way that he's telling the story is really rooted in the romance. Justin: There's so many big romantic splash panels in this, and it's great, and it's still setting up a bunch of mystery elements and great action. Just so much going on in a great way. And it's romance, it's sexy, it's horrifying. And then the Phantasm reveal, it's like … I feel like this book is just doing everything all at once in the best way. Pete: Yeah, I agree. I'm really just happy to have T King back on Batman. Justin: T King. Pete: I'm excited to see how this story unfolds. And I also was really impressed at how much was in this first issue. There was so much going on. But it was also cool the way kind of Nightwing gave us, instead of it being like flashbacks to see somebody's story, to see kind of Nightwing telling the story of the Ghost-Maker was really kind of a cool discovery. Alex: Ragnarok. Pete: Oh, my bad. Alex: That's Batman, this is Batman/Catwoman. Pete: Ah, my fault. Alex: It's okay. Pete: I'll wait for it. Justin: Good idea. Pete: We talked a lot about the art. Just that first title page, really setting up the different cadence, the different kind of art that really focuses the story, I think it's very interesting. And I'm very excited for Mask of the Phantasm, my favorite Batman movie of all times, so I'm very excited about this. Alex: Not Batman Forever? Pete: No. Alex: Hmm. All right. Let's move on and talk about Lumberjanes: End of Summer #1 for Boom! Box, written by Shannon Watters and Kat Leyh, art layouts by Brooklyn Allen, illustrated by Alexa Bosy and Kanesha C. Bryant. I figured this was really worth talking about because of the last issue of Lumberjanes, a book that we've only sporadically reviewed, and I've always appreciated, but always personally had a little bit of a hard time hooking into. What did you think about this issue, and how do you think about it as a wrap-up to the Lumberjanes saga? Pete: I was really impressed with this issue. I thought they really did a great job of wrapping things up. But also we see so many different ways of characters struggling with the, “I don't want to kill. This person should die, but why is it on me?” I felt like this was kind of handled in an interesting way. And the art does a great job of really telling this story. The art is so good. There's a ton of action, but it's a little cartoony to give it that heart that the kind of story has. Pete: I just really impressed with the characterizations. And it's a lot of over the top fun, but also it's got a lot of deeper meaning stuff going on. And yeah, I mean, just, it goes back and forth between these absolutely hideous, evil looking things and these adorable characters, and they all fit into the same realm. Lumberjanes is a great read, it's really creative. I feel like there's something for everybody. This is a good book. Justin: Yeah, it's very fun. It dips into some wild sort of fantasy realms in a series of different ways. And I'm sort of in the Alexa's boat where I'm like, “Oh, right. Oh, yes. Okay.” And then the way it's sort of, to Pete's point, is sort of everything at once. Sometimes it's a little flashy, but it is also very fun and a great read. Alex: I agree. And I appreciate the fact that it exists, even if I don't quite get it all the time, because I know so many people who love this book so much. I believe it's also being adapted into an animated series by Noelle Stevenson who also did the She-Ra series that was phenomenal, so I'm very excited to see that. Even if I don't quite get the comic, I'm glad it exists, and I'm excited that it wrapped up on its own terms. Alex: Next up, The Union #1 from Marvel, written by Paul Grist, pencils by Andrea Di Vito with Paul Grist. This is a bunch of British superheroes getting together and then ultimately crashing straight into the King in Black event. This reminded me a lot or felt a lot to me like a Garth Ennis book that was not written by Garth Ennis. And I made that complimentarily. What did you guys think about this one? Justin: Yeah, this reminded me of, and I feel like maybe I made this comparison already recently, of the Ultraverse book, The Exiles. Do you remember that back in the day, where a team of superheroes gets just straight up murdered in the first issue and then reforms in a sort of different way? And this has that same vibe of like a doomed team. And the fact that it's crashing into a big event makes me wonder what this book actually means. It's a fun book that's a good story. I like the characters. Union Jack is very cool. And there's a little bit of a mystery here. I was surprised by how much I liked this in relation to what kind of book it is. Pete: Yeah, I agree with Justin, this is a fun book. Some great action, some cool stuff is happening and it ties in. Not like a must read for everything that's going on, but very cool kind of dealing with stuff kind of from the fallout of the X of Swords or 10 of Swords. Alex: Wait, what? How is this a fallout of 10 of Swords? Pete: Because of the Britain, the choosing of the kind of who's going to be the next kind of- Alex: It's a different character. It's a different character, Pete. Pete: … Cool. Justin: You're killing his vibes. Pete: I'm killing it today. Alex: You're doing a great job. Yeah, it is interesting that it ties in, particularly given we had Dennis Hallum on the live show last week, I think at this point. And he was talking about how Spider-Woman was stuck in the Spider-Verse event, and I couldn't help but think about this the entire time where I was like, “You're launching a book, but it ties into King of Black, kind of, but not really.” Alex: But it was cheeky enough and sort of skewering of superheroes enough that I'm intrigued to check out a second issue of this. Next one, Justice League: Endless Winter #1 from DC Comics written by Andy Lanning and Ron Marz, art by Howard Porter. Alex: A bunch of seasoned vets getting together for a Justice League event, where as you could probably tell from the title they fight a frost giant and the entire world is plunged into non-stop winter. I liked this kickoff a lot more than I thought I would, and I think that is all to the fact that Andy Lanning, Ron Marz and Howard Porter all know what they're doing around a superhero event. Justin: Yeah, I agree completely. There's a bunch of stuff in here where they're like, “How do you really manage your work-life balance?” Alex: Yeah, that was weird where the flashing Green Lantern and like, “Work-life balance is a hard thing, right?” In the middle of this event, we got time to talk about it. Justin: But I appreciated it. It felt like a Marvel book featuring DC heroes in a good way. And I got to the end and I was like, “Oh, this is an event. Right. Where is this going to go?” Because to me it felt a little bit like a one-shot, like a classic DC one-shot for the holiday season. And I do think that DC goes to the whole the earth is freezing a lot, where the sun gets extinguished, was a few years ago, so I was like, “Oh yeah.” But it was a good read for this again. Alex: I mean, I don't want to jump on your spot and everything, but the whole sun gets extinguish thing was several decades ago. Justin: That was a long time ago, but I feel like there was another thing after that. There was like- Pete: Stop not flexing on us. Jesus Christ. Alex: Yeah, that's true. Let's … Oh, go ahead, Pete. Pete: I was just going to say I really loved the last page. I think this does a good job of really getting you excited for more. And yeah, the kind of reveals of who else is in this is very exciting. Alex: Also fun stuff with like Secret Six types super villains that could feel disposable in terms of like they could have brought in the Royal Flush Gang and just have them do their thing where they get beat up in the Justice League, but more fun that. I had a good time reading this comic book, much more fun than I thought I would have. What happens when a robotic overlord imprisons a rant god and a humble narcissist? Alex: You get this week's sponsor of the Comic Book Club, The Just Been Revoked Podcast. Join Chris G, Tom Legaci and Mr. Rhace as they discuss the origins, the ends and everything in between of all things film. Episodes are released weekly on Apple, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. Looking for a film podcast that has fun and doesn't take things too seriously, then check them out at justbeenrevoked.com. Alex: Next up, That Texas Blood, excuse me, #6 from Image Comics, by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips. This is the end of the first arc. It is as bloody and as sad as you might expect. I really liked how this tied up. How did you guys feel? Pete: I've really been loving this book, but they've been giving us like little bits. It was crazy to get so much in this issue. I almost felt like, “Whoa, this is too much information,” because it's been so little, but now we really kind of get the who done it kind of stuff behind it. So it was a little bit of a shell shock for that. But you can't say enough about the art and writing, this continues to be a really great series. I'm excited to see where it goes. Justin: … Yeah, I agree. This is good. It feels very … I mean, there's a bunch of sort of mentions of this in the back matter. It feels very of the place of Texas where the story takes place. It's right in the title. And it's just a series of sort of tragic mistakes by so many different people. A lot of the characters feel very real, there's some nice emotional moments here. It's a great first start. Alex: Very good stuff. Either pick up the individual issues or pick up the collection when it comes out. And it should be back next year. I'm very excited and intrigued to see how they continue it, particularly given Chris Condon told us this was initially a movie script that now he is doing into, not an ongoing, but at least continuing it for a little while, so that will be curious to see. Next up, let's talk about my favorite book of the week, Pete. Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1- Pete: Come on. Justin: Yes. Pete: You are not serious. Alex: … from Marvel. I'm 100% serious. Pete: This was- Alex: Written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Filipe Andrade. This is a one-shot that shows the immortal Hulkazation, I think, of … Hulkamania if you will- Justin: Yeah, [crosstalk 00:18:01] Alex: … of the Marvel Universe, as we get a absolutely horrific story involving the Fantastic Four taking a road trip to the Grand Canyon of the [crosstalk 00:18:09] title gone horribly wrong. They literally start falling apart. Love the metaphor here, love the art. I screamed out loud several times reading this book, it was so horrific, but great. Just fun to read, horror story involving with Fantastic Four like nothing that I had read before. So exciting. Justin: This was also one of my favorite books of the week. Agree with everything you're saying, like we get to see all of the tropes of the Fantastic Four used against them in the best way, especially Read. The art was fantastic. It's truly I was worried for the gang here. The cover I- Alex: This is- Justin: … was like, “Oh, that's a fun sort of horror cover.” And then you read the book and it's like, “Holy shit, this is way more horrifying than you ever saw it before.” It was great. Pete: … This is everything I hate about the Fantastic Four all in one issue. The things that happen to our characters are just awful to watch. Justin: No, they really come together as a family to save the day. Pete: They literally like glue together, and it's creepy. I don't want to see two kids melting into each other, that's so creepy on so many levels. Alex: … My kids do that all the time. You don't have kids, you don't understand. Pete: Nobody asked you about your goddamn kids, all right? Alex: They do that, and I respect them and their choices. Pete: Wow. That's good for you. Justin: All right, unmelt, it's time for bed. You sleep in separate beds. Pete: Now, and then it's just Reed Richards is being a fucking awful father, an awful husband, the shit is just ridiculous. At one point even as soon as like, “Yeah, you're a horrible person. I'm going to go do the good things in life while you sit there by yourself just ignoring your family and making something worse.” Just, ah, this issue drove me nuts because the art amplified how much I don't like this family in the way they're kind of put together in all the wrong ways. And it was just not only a stressful read, but horrifying. Don't pick up this book. Don't encourage this shit. Justin: You hate how this family is put together? Pete: I hate the fact that you have- Justin: They're the first family of the Marvel Universe. Pete: … you have someone who's very smart, but then treats his family like shit. And then you've got a beautiful person in Sue Storm, who's ignored mostly by her husband and post aside. And then you've got- Alex: Okay. I see where this is coming from. You think you could be a better husband to Sue Storm than Reed Richards. Pete: No, I'm not trying to- Alex: And you want to marry Sue Storm. Justin: Exactly. Pete: … No, that's not … Don't try to shrink me you fucking piece of shit. Justin: Don't shrink me. Let me say this, Pete, let me put it in this perspective. Don't you think that to your cat you're the Reed Richards who's too busy recording his podcasts to spend time with the cat, and maybe the cat needs a little bit more attention? How does it feel to be the Reed Richards of your cat? Alex: It is kind of interesting not to backup Justin's point, but your goopy arm is in a bucket right now, Pete. What do you have to say about that? Pete: I think you guys are assholes and I can't believe I've done a show with you for this many years. That's what I have to say there. Justin: We're the first family of the Comic Book Club Universe. Alex: I'm the Valeria. Justin: Oh, interesting choice. Pete: Wow. Alex: Great book, definitely pick it up. Next up, Unearth #8 from Image Comics, story by Cullen and Kyle Strahm, art by Baldemar Rivas. I think we talked about the first issue of this which was like, “Ooh, going into cave and other monsters of the cave,” it's evolved since then. Justin: Yes. There's a lot of different things happening in this book, really like the art. It's just like a series of vignettes from a horror TV show or like an outer limits type TV show. Alex: Yeah, it feels very like Clive Barker Books of Blood to me. Justin: Yeah. But it's good, I'm into it. Pete: Yeah, it's scary. The arts, the real hero, very cool issue, kind of sets things up. I thought it was solid. Alex: All right. Let's move on to a book with the thing that happened that Pete mentioned earlier, Batman 104 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Ryan Benjamin and Danny Miki, Bengal and Guillem March. This is the book where Nightwing fills in Bad Girl about everything that's been going on with Ghost-Maker. Pete, what did you think about this one? Pete: Yes, thank you. Sorry about earlier, but I thought it was- Alex: No, it's all good. It's funny we talked about in the live show, how do you keep all the books straight, sometimes it's hard. Justin: Sometimes we don't. Pete: … Sometimes we don't. Yeah. Sometimes you think you're talking about one book, but you're actually talking about another. But yeah, like I had mentioned, I thought it was really cool the way we kind of got Ghost-Makers backstory from the perspective of Nightwing. Also really cool, kind of scary moment where Batman wakes up in Arkham. Pete: And I love the kind of like moment where they're like, “The plants told us …” I loved that. I love the Bad Girl's joke. Yeah, and I also liked this kind of trap. Our heroes get stuck in the trap and you're like, “Ergh,” but this is very interesting to see how this is going to work between Clownhunter and Harley Quinn, and how this is all going to kind of go down. But yeah, great issue of Batman, amazing art. This whole kind of Ghost-Maker thing is very interesting. Justin: I have a question for you, Pete. There are so many different artists in this issue, does that bother you? That often bothers you when a single issue has multiple artists. Pete: Yeah, but when they're woven into the story in a way where it's like if you're kind of showing something that's back in time or whatever, I think it can work if it's done well and it doesn't feel too jarring. Justin: I agree with you. And it's done really well here, because I do think it works. And when I read the number of artists on the page, on the title page, I was like, “Huh.” And then it really flowed nicely, which is weird because these artists are pretty distinct when stylistically. But I thought it really worked. And I agree, this book is fun. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Good stuff. Next up, Backtrack #9 from Oni Press, written by Brian Joines, art by Jake Elphick. We're getting towards the end here, I believe this is the penal explanation of the book. If you haven't been picking it up, it is a car race through time here. We're leaving pirate times and finally getting some answers about what's been going on in the back. Definitely a exposition issue, but I think it was well done and tied into the characters. I continue to enjoy this book. This is going very well in my mind. How did you guys feel? Pete: Yeah, I really am impressed because a lot of times, sometimes I feel like when characters are standing around talking about their feelings and past and stuff, it can get a little not enjoyable, but this has done really well. And I really liked where we have a character kind of talk about the stuff that she's going through and she's like, “You know what? I'm going to stay here. I'm going to live the life that I want to lead.” And I thought that was really cool, and I thought this issue ended really well. I'm very excited to see how this all wraps up. So far this has been a really fun book. Justin: Yeah. I mean, every issue of this, I feel like this feels like a movie, it feels like sort of a sci-fi Fast & the Furious just ready to be made and- Pete: Too fast. Justin: … Too fast. Pete: [inaudible 00:25:59] Justin: Oh, interesting. Jump right to the sequel. That's the move, it's to make the sequel first. Pete: First. Yeah, exactly. Justin: But yeah, this feels ready-made for that. Alex: I 100% agree. Let's move on to something that is going to be a TV show, kind of. M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1 for Marvel, written by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt. Pete: Head Games. Alex: Art by Scott Hepburn. This is very clearly setting up the new M.O.D.O.K. show that's going to be coming to Hulu with Patton Oswalt doing the voice of M.O.D.O.K. I don't know how much it ties into that necessarily, but this is a fun lack with MODOK. He's having some weird memories that are popping up in him, and he is fighting with the rest of A.I.M. As the same time as I say it's a fun lack, much more serious than I expected personally. Justin: Yeah, I liked that M.O.D.O.K. is really given some emotional underpinnings in this, and he's … The sort of premises that he's struggling with some memories, because he has a bunch of different memories from all the different lives that he's had because he's a genetically engineered being. And there's this one where he seemed to be a happy family man, and I'm curious where that's going to go. I really liked that sort of heartfelt background to this, and it feels like M.O.D.O.K., you have sympathy for him and he's trying to just his shit figure out. Pete: Yeah. I mean, first off the title made me think there was going to be maybe some Locke & Key tie in, but that didn't happen so I was a little disappointed. But I thought this was fun. I really liked the kind of M.O.D.O.K. falling into an armory where he gets to kind of play with all the cool, that was really fun. But because we see Patton Oswalt's name on it, I wanted it to be funnier, I wanted it to be heavier on the jokes. It was a good story, so maybe I kind of put that on that too much. But yeah, I thought it was good. Alex: I bet Patton Oswalt listens to this podcast and says, “I wish Pete was funnier and more on jokes.” Pete: He could say that and that would be fair. That man is a professional comedian. Justin: But you would say, “I'm a journalist and I don't … I'm not some sort of clown.” Pete: No, I would never, never say that. Justin: Huh. Alex: You write an editorial every week for the New York Times, Pete. What are you talking about? Pete: It still doesn't count. Alex: All right, fair enough. Justin: Yeah, when people write a letter to the editor of the New York Times, Pete's the one that reads it. Alex: Buffy the vampire Slayer from Boom! Studios, written by Jordie Bellaire and Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Ramon Bachs. I just realized I didn't mention the number of the issue here. Pete: 20. Justin: 20. Alex: 20. Thank you very much. There you go. But in this issue, the Scooby Gang is dealing with multiple new slayers, Xander who is a vampire and lots of other things going on. We've checked in on this book now and again. Justin, I know you've been a little back and forth on it. So what do you think about this one and where we are at now? Justin: I do think I'm sort of on the downside of it a little bit. I like when they get away from the sort of continuity a little bit in a deliberate way, and this feels a little like all over the place to me. But again, I'm not a crazy Buffy head that is like, “I got to know what happens,” I just want to read a fun story and this feels like it's a little lost in the middle. Pete: Yeah, I agree. I'm not sure if it's in between seasons or trying to touch on something and be its own thing. I kind of was hoping we'd be past this little bit, but I feel like it's interfering with the storytelling and I just kind of want to get this thing off and running. It feels like a lot of standing around talking and then people kiss, and I'm like, “Who are these people? What is happening?” Yeah. Alex: It sounds like I liked it a little bit more than you guys. Particularly I think what they're doing with Xander is interesting, turning him into a vampire. The emotional step between him and Willow is really nice. Also the twist at the end is cool, there's a new villain that I don't think we've seen before. That's pretty interesting, given a motivation that is very different than we've seen on the TV show, which is good. Alex: The one downside to your point is there are a lot of slayers going on at this point, which potentially needs to downsize. But maybe they're being set up as cannon fodder, so I guess we'll have to wait and see. Next up, Far Sector #9 from DC Comics, written by N.K. Jemisin and art by Jamal Campbell, AKA the best Green Lantern title going on. Pete: Hell, yeah. Alex: We have kind of wrapped up the first mystery of the book or at least part of it and are moving on to a new mystery evolving the digital world that our Green Lantern is finding out more about. Pete, what's going on? Pete: Well, I just wanted to say I love this book, but one of the negative things I have to say about this is I was really grossed out by this digital food. If this is what's going to happen in the future where people are eating food digitally and not real food, I'm not going to fucking do it. All right? I'm not going to be a part of your fucking evil future with your fucking robots running shit. Go fuck yourself. That was really upsetting to watch that happen. Other than that though- Justin: Oh, sorry, Pete. We're actually we're downloading lunch today. If you're not going to have any, then I guess you just won't get to eat anything. Pete: … Yeah, because you're- Alex: Yeah, I downloaded you a cobb. Pete: … Yeah, well, you can fuck your cobb salad. Alex: All right. Justin: Actually don't worry too hard about it, Pete, because I feel like subway meatball sandwiches will be one of the last downloaded foods. Alex: I will say I loved the joke that they've created downloadable food that feels like food and stimulates your taste and so it tastes like food. Pete: Awful. Alex: But it tastes terrible because it's made by robots that don't know what things taste like. So fun. Pete: No, it's not fun. This is where we're headed and it's awful. Justin: Well, we're a couple of beats away from that, I think, as a culture, as a people. But I think that example is so indicative of just how imaginative the series is, and how there's so many great details, and the world itself is so fully understood by the writer and the artist that it makes for just such a great read. Especially, this issue goes off on a totally new place that we don't- Pete: Yeah, it's a new read, it's very exciting, a crazy last page. I can't say enough about the art, it's the real hero of this. And the story just keeps getting better. It doesn't kind of set in a pattern and stay there, it keeps exploring it, it's as creative as it looks. I'm just constantly impressed by this. It was great. Justin: … It reminds me a little bit of the comic book Die, the Kieron Gillen book in a good way. So if you're a fan of that book and aren't reading this, which seems crazy, you should come check it out. Pete: Yeah, read more comics. Alex: Let's move on to another fantasy sci-fi book, Dryad #7 from Oni Press, written by Kurtis Wiebe, illustrated by Justin Barcelo. This is dealing with the massive twist from the last issue, turn away if you don't want to know, that the kids that we've been following the entire time are in fact adopted, is to put it lightly. Basically they were discovered in tubes by their parents and then speared away from there. They're dealing with that ramification. The parents are dealing with the fallout as well. In particular what I loved about this issue is the kids finally embracing and moving on with their lives and finding a fun time in the cyberpunk city. I thought- Justin: Finding other teens. Alex: … And finding other teens. Just a fun montage sequence that I enjoyed quite a bit. Pete: Yeah. I mean, it's tough to find out you're a tube kid, that's got to be tough. I felt like they handled it well. But yeah, this continues to be like every time you get an issue of this book, you have no idea where it's going to go, what it's going to do, it's very creative. The storytelling is very interesting and fresh. Yeah, this continues to surprise in a good way. Justin: Yeah, I liked this book a lot too. It's a common, it's almost a cliche at this point that, oh, science and magic, they're the same thing, man, just different energies man. And- Pete: Yeah, everybody knows that, man. Justin: … I feel like it's all tubes, man. Everything is a tube. Your body is a tube. Pete: Sweeping tubes earlier, man? Justin: A sub is just a tube. A beer can is a tube with beer in it that you open on one end and drink out of the inner tube of the outer tube. Pete: What? Justin: So anyway, what was I talking about? No. Pete: Dryad #7. Justin: Yes. No, this book really walks the walk of science and magic being the same thing in a way that other books sort of tell, but don't show. And this book really feels like one of the first books I've read where science and magic are the same thing, and these characters are trying to use them and control those two, those singular forms of energy and failing a lot. Alex: Yeah. Great stuff, definitely pick up this book. Next up, Black Widow #4 from Marvel, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Elena Casagrande and Jordie Bellaire. This title has been phenomenal from the get-go. Justin: So good. Alex: … As Black Widow had her memory wiped, we finally find out exactly what happened in the past in this issue. She's been captured by Arcade working for shadowy cabal of Black Widow's enemies, given a husband, given a baby. And this issue she's finally trying to take it all back. As usual, Kelly Thompson's book equal mounts of characterization and absolute heartbreak by the end. This has been a Banner run on Black Widow and I cannot get enough. Justin: It's a Bruce Banner run and I- Alex: Yes. Pete: Come on. Justin: … I agree, this is my other favorite book of the week. So good. The art's fantastic. The covers by Adam Hughes, both the cover of this issue and the next issue cover, I was blown away by. And yeah, the story is just excellent. It's- Pete: I mean, this is just- Justin: … You really feel for the characters. Pete: … It's just Marvel being smart, like, “Okay, we got Black Widow movie coming out, let's put some great talent on the Black Widow book and get people excited.” It's just a phenomenal story. The art's unbelievable, storytelling is fantastic. It's really great. Alex: Such a good book. Next up, Strange Adventures #7 from DC Comics, written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan ‘Doc' Shaner. In this issue, we're dealing with a little bit of the fallout that it turns out that Adam Strange's wife might not actually be the bad guy of the story as we have suspected for most of this time. It turns out it might actually be Adam Strange himself. Alex: And in this issue, we get the usual dual timelines for the book. We see Adam Strange being tortured by an agent of the Pykkts. And in the present he reveals that he's made some mistakes, but maybe doesn't reveal all his mistakes. Man, again, such a great issue, gorgeous art throughout, but it really changes a lot what I personally thought about what was going on in this series. And like a lot of Tom King's stuff, it makes me feel like, “Okay, I've got to have to read this and then go back and read the entire thing again to really get what has been going on.” Pete: You got- Justin: Yeah, this is my other favorite book, I think. I feel like this issue really sort of pops the cork on the series, I think. In a way, Tom King is often … You don't quite know what sort of emotional or psychological area he's exploring for a bit, it's like, “Oh, this person is dealing with some sort of trauma.” This gets compared to Mister Miracle a lot, where Mister Miracle was sort of depressed, but his adventures gave him the next emotional truth that he needed. Justin: And it feels like this is almost the opposite where Adam Strange has been so hardened by his adventures that he may have become a villain. And I think it's about trauma, it's about what it's like to actually be in war. This feels like it takes some of the themes from Heroes in Crisis and maybe uses them in an easier to deploy way, a more clean way as opposed to that book which a lot of people criticized for being a little obvious, I guess. Pete: … Yeah. I mean, a lot of crazy things happen in this issue. You want to talk about the tubes, this gets real trippy in this issue. And- Alex: I would love to talk about tubes. Yeah, let's do it. Pete: … Well, make sure they're milky. If you're going to do it, make it a milky tube. But yeah, the Batman, I don't care, the tyranny line was unbelievable. Justin: Are you talking about an ice cream cone? The milky tube? Pete: No, I'm not talking about an ice cream cone. Justin: Rocket pop. Pete: No. And I'm not talking about Choco Taco either, just to cut you off there. Justin: But yeah- Pete: Are you talking about Choco Taco … Oh, yeah. Got you. Justin: … But yeah, there's a lot of snapping necks in this issue, which I appreciated, a lot of action that we finally kind of get some information that really turns the story on its head, if you will. That's a snap a neck joke. This continues to be weird in all the right ways and keeps you wanting more, that freaking T. King, I tell you. Alex: T. King. “Spill your tea, King,” that's what I always say. Next up, Inkblot #4 from Image Comics, created by Emma Kubert and Rusty Gladd. I got to say, I've been warming to this book after not initially liking it that much. Love the art. Thought that the character design of the cat was great. But understanding that each issue is kind of its own adventure involving the cat has made me appreciate the book more. And in this one, a bunch of dudes are fighting as fags, I guess. But it's fun. It has a nice, weird light tone throughout. And I know it took me four issues to come around, but I'm enjoying quite a bit more. Pete: Wow, that's funny because it's like the reveal on this was kind of almost a letdown for me because it was like, we kind of got a little bit more of what the cat stealer is in this issue. And I liked it kind of being its own thing, so I was almost a little disappointed when it made a little sense, so that's funny that it got better for you. But yeah, the art is unbelievable. The cat is just super cute and fun to watch go on adventures. Justin: Pete, do you think, and I'm theorizing about your cat a lot, but do you think that this is what … When you're ignoring your cat and being like a bad cat husband- Pete: First off, how dare you? I am a fantastic cat husband. Justin: … No, you're being the Reed Richards. Your cat looks over at you and is like, “Oh, there he goes again with his podcasting experiments, trying to solve the podcasting mysteries.” Alex: His goopy arm is in a bucket, as usual. Justin: His arm in a bucket. And then your cat travels through time and encounters different adventures of their own. Pete: It would be quite amazing. I mean, it would explain why my cat is so tired all the time. Justin: There you go. I like this book as well. Alex: Great. Moving on to Daredevil #25 from Marvel, written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Marco Checchetto. Daredevil is in prison and Elektra is not happy about it. We're kicking off the next arc here as Elektra has a plan of her own of course as to what she needs Daredevil for. Big stuff goes down here. Pete, I know you were a little mixed about the last issue, how did you feel about this one? Pete: I like this. I really like getting the kind of Elektra Natchios side of things and like … Sometimes when she's written, it feels like it's not a real person, but I kind of liked this perspective in her trying to be Daredevil for Daredevil. I thought that a was very cool take. I mean, of course the art's unbelievable, but I'm really getting into Daredevil more, and I'm hoping Chip does Foggy right. Justin: Foggy seems to be losing his spot, and I think the sun is finally coming up and drying up the fog, which I'm fine with. Pete: No. Justin: Marco Checchetto's art is excellent. You got that wild Elektra hair. This lady's hair is going every which way. Pete: Yeah. Justin: She's got zero-G hair. It's a lot of flyaways, which she needs some Pantene Pro V. This podcast, as always, is brought to you by Pantene Pro V. Alex: By Pantene Pro V. Pete: Wow, dude. Alex: You got flyaways, Pantene Pro V. Justin: What I give Chip Zdarsky credit for with the writing of this book is moving past the parts we've sort of done a bunch before. Like Daredevil putting himself in jail and going into court and all that, we've seen that a lot in the past couple 15 years say. So he sort of moves past it and Daredevil is in jail, leaving Elektra on the streets to become sort of a new Daredevil, and setting up this new sort of hand mystery, getting back with Stick. There's a [crosstalk 00:43:47] Pete: Yeah, the Stick comeback. Justin: This is a lot of fun. Great pivots, and a book I've really been enjoying lately. Alex: Last but not least let's talk about The Boys: Dear Becky #7 from Dynamite, written by Garth Ennis, illustrated by Russ Braun. This is the last issue of this new The Boys series focusing on Wee Hughie as he finds out an unknown tale of Butcher's past, specifically the death of Becky, his wife, as you could probably figure it out, and how he dealt with that and how he became the Butcher that we know when The Boy starts. What did you think about this wrap up here? Pete: It's an interesting take on Thanksgiving. Justin: Yeah. Pete: Really kind of like I know I'm not the only one who's kind of felt that way of like you just wish you could take an axe to a table full of people you don't like. But I think The Boys does a great job of giving you a little bit of heart and then fucking around and being insane. And Garth Ennis is twisted in all the right ways, and this is kind of a crazy fun read. Justin: That's a life motto I think we all stick by, a little bit of heart and fucking around. All right, Pete? It was very chatty. I was surprised by how much of this book was about exploring the backstory of Butcher in a way that didn't feel … Maybe watching the TV show has sort of tried this territory already that we're covering here. Not necessarily in the content, but in the performances and the way they sort of play these roles, that I wasn't surprised by but I love the information in it. I wanted a little bit more out of just the storytelling in general, I wanted more to happen. Alex: Yeah, I could see that. I think as usual with Garth Edison stuff, he writes great dialogue, he does good characters. I don't think this takes away from The Boys in any way. It's not one of those sequels, prequels, whatever that feels like, “Ah, why did you go back to the [inaudible 00:45:53]?” It's something that if I read through The Boys I would be happy to read this volume as well. Alex: And in fact, it might read better as a complete story verses in the individual issues. And Russ Braun's art is very good, it fits in well with Derek Robinson's art. So that was nice to see. All in all I think this was a solid series. To your point, not 100% necessary with The Boys, but it doesn't take away from it either. Justin: Indeed. Pete: Agreed. Alex: All right. We're all- Justin: Agreed. Indeed. Agreed, agreed, indeed. Alex: … Agreed. Indeed. Agreed, agreed, indeed. And if you want to hear more of this song that we're singing- Pete: No. Alex: … patreon.com/comicbookclub- Pete: Don't. 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Presenting a very spooky premiere episode of the inaugural season of 'The Harbinger Society Presents: The Left Podcast Conspiracy' from the Harbinger Media Network! This terrifying Halloween conversation 'The Haunted Hustings: B.C.'s Decision 2020', featuring polisci pundits Stewart Prest and David Moscrop, B.C. Today's Shannon Waters and host Andre Goulet, comes courtesy of our pals at online Left thought and opinion journal Passage.....find it at readpassage.com. Get access to all exclusive content, including all upcoming episodes of this show, for as little as $3 a month at harbingermedianetwork.com. Plus: an introduction to the Harbinger Media Network w/ Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and a critique of Saturday elections from comedian James Brown. For more of Stewart Prest's BC election analysis go to https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/bc-election/bc-election-results-vancouver-false-creek For more of Shannon Waters' work see https://muckrack.com/shannon-waters To sign up for David Moscrop's online course at Passage go to https://readpassage.com/course/deepening-democracy/ and find his book 'Too Dumb for Democracy?' at https://gooselane.com/products/too-dumb-for-democracy Music on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) + 'The Pleasure Kills' (Bare Wires) is courtesy of Creative Commons. This conversation was recorded on October 25th, 2020.
Presenting a very spooky premiere episode of the inaugural season of 'The Harbinger Society Presents: The Left Podcast Conspiracy' from the Harbinger Media Network!This terrifying Halloween conversation 'The Haunted Hustings: B.C.'s Decision 2020', featuring polisci pundits Stewart Prest and David Moscrop, B.C. Today's Shannon Waters and host Andre Goulet, comes courtesy of our pals at online Left thought and opinion journal Passage.....find it at readpassage.com. Get access to all exclusive content, including all upcoming episodes of this show, for as little as $3 a month at harbingermedianetwork.com.Plus: an introduction to the Harbinger Media Network w/ Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and a critique of Saturday elections from comedian James Brown.For more of Stewart Prest's BC election analysis go to https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/bc-election/bc-election-results-vancouver-false-creekFor more of Shannon Waters' work see https://muckrack.com/shannon-watersTo sign up for David Moscrop's online course at Passage go to https://readpassage.com/course/deepening-democracy/ and find his book 'Too Dumb for Democracy?' at https://gooselane.com/products/too-dumb-for-democracyMusic on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) + 'The Pleasure Kills' (Bare Wires) is courtesy of Creative Commons.This conversation was recorded on October 25th, 2020.
Presenting a very spooky premiere episode of the inaugural season of 'The Harbinger Society Presents: The Left Podcast Conspiracy' from the Harbinger Media Network! This terrifying Halloween conversation 'The Haunted Hustings: B.C.'s Decision 2020', featuring polisci pundits Stewart Prest and David Moscrop, B.C. Today's Shannon Waters and host Andre Goulet, comes courtesy of our pals at online Left thought and opinion journal Passage.....find it at readpassage.com. Get access to all exclusive content, including all upcoming episodes of this show, for as little as $3 a month at harbingermedianetwork.com. Plus: an introduction to the Harbinger Media Network w/ Kino Lefter's Evan MacDonald and a critique of Saturday elections from comedian James Brown. For more of Stewart Prest's BC election analysis go to https://vancouversun.com/news/politics/bc-election/bc-election-results-vancouver-false-creek For more of Shannon Waters' work see https://muckrack.com/shannon-waters To sign up for David Moscrop's online course at Passage go to https://readpassage.com/course/deepening-democracy/ and find his book 'Too Dumb for Democracy?' at https://gooselane.com/products/too-dumb-for-democracy Music on this episode 'Neon Drip' (Blue Dot Sessions) + 'The Pleasure Kills' (Bare Wires) is courtesy of Creative Commons. This conversation was recorded on October 25th, 2020.
Shannon Waters recaps the summer hybrid legislature sitting and high school teacher Sonia Milbradt joins to talk school restart. The post Ep 202: Thanks, I hate it appeared first on PolitiCoast.
Shannon Waters recaps what it's like being back in the Leg and a student grant program given to WE lands Trudeau in hot water. The post Ep 196: BC to WE appeared first on PolitiCoast.
We speak with Dr. Shannon Waters, Medical Health Officer with Island Health, and former medical health officer of First Nations Health Authority, talks about sources of strength and resilience during Covid-19.
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We connect with Shannon Waters, Head Reporter with British Columbia Today, on what we might expect out of tomorrows budget announcement.
As the sittings for 2019 come to a close, what progress have MLAs made on some of the key files affecting our province? Guests: Maclean Kay, Editor-in-Chief, The Orca & Shannon Waters, Head reporter for British Columbia Today & National Content Manager for Queen's Park Today
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BC Today’s Shannon Waters returns to discuss the Legislature’s return, why loggers and small towns are mad at the government, and what to make of the federal election campaign at the halfway mark. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial... The post Ep 158 – Back to the Leg appeared first on PolitiCoast.
BC Today’s Shannon Waters guests to discuss the start of the federal election and the latest news from the BC government. Check out our partner: BC Today is the daily newsletter dedicated exclusively to BC Politics. Sign up for a free two-week trial and listen to the episode for your code for an exclusive subscription... The post Ep 155: Writs Are Dropping Like They’re Hot appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters. The panel tackles this week's Trans Mountain news and fallout, forestry woes, a cannabis showdown between the province and municipalities, and the Lekstrom report aftermath. Then Kamloops South MLA Todd Stone is in studio to raise the alarm over vaping use among youth and more.
Shannon Waters explains the latest accusations against Speaker Darryl Plecas and the Court of Appeal's decision on the TMX reference question. The post Ep 140: The Michael Scott approach to Legislature management appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On today's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss some breaking news on the provincial government's court challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline, the BCUC probe into gas prices, Massey tunnel news, soaring highway one expansion costs, the Surrey RCMP fight, and even more. Then Housing minister Selina Robinson is in studio to discuss a new Kamloops housing initiative, homelessness, and the wait by local governments for a revenue sharing deal on legal cannabis.
On today's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss the week's big issues including soaring gas prices, whether a new refinery is realistic, the 4/20 pot protest showdown, drug possession decriminalization, and more. Then Kamloops South MLA Todd Stone is in studio to discuss the highway improvement announcements this week from the province and what was missing.
Shannon Waters returns to recap the latest from the BC Legislature and the results of the PEI election. The post Ep 135: King of the Island appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On today's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss LNG shenanigans at the legislature, Chevron going E-drive with its Kitimat LNG project, the Alberta election race, ICBC changes, and a whole lot more. Then Kamloops MLAs Peter Milobar and Todd Stone are in studio to discuss the twists and turns in the land title records removal story and to add some twists of their own.
Alan speaks with Shannon Waters, a Reporter with the B.C. Today, about the BC legislature dress code, Graham Fraser, Visiting Professor at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada about the Quebec ban on religious symbols, Jamie Mauracher, a Global News Reporter about the tragic pedestrian strike at Bloor and Sherbourne, and Kristy Maurina, a Family Law Lawyer at MacDonald & Partners about immunizations.
Alan Carter speaks with Shannon Waters, a Reporter with the B.C. Today Newsletter that was reprimanded in the BC Legislature for showing arms. She speaks on the ongoing issue of changing standards and expectations.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss the province's plan to bolster vaccination rates, a dust up between the BC Care Providers Association and Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie, the Alberta election, bargaining, and fracking. Then Premier John Horgan joins us to discuss the Trans Mountain pipeline, salmon, the Alberta election, and more.
On today's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss the latest in the legislature spending scandal, the federal SNC Lavalin controversy, legal aid woes, speculation tax, BC Ferries, school portables, and more.
On today's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Richard Zussman, BC Today's Shannon Waters, and The Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw to discuss major fiscal revelations at BC Hydro and some changes to come, more tweaks to put out the ICBC dumpster fire, this week's sitting of the legislature, next week's budget, and more. Then we discuss BC Hydro's fiscal woes with Energy and Mines Minister Michelle Mungall.
Jordan interviews Shannon Waters, Chef and Founder of Pilot Light Consulting. Shannon has many talents and after opening restaurants in California, she saw a need for restaurateurs to have a group whose focus is to provide successful openings, which it achieves through financial understanding, hiring strategies, menu development, product sourcing, and implementation of internal systems. In what can be a difficult industry to navigate, the expert restaurant consultation provided by Pilot Light weaves these factors together to allow the chef, kitchen, front of house and thus the entire restaurant to run smoothly. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shewolfshow/support
On the second last Inside #bcpoli of the year NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, BC Today's Shannon Waters, and Global BC's Richard Zussman. The panel discusses the latest turn of events in a controversy that has gripped the legislature as the embattled Speaker of the House unleashes in a meeting of the Legislative Assembly Management Committee. Then we chat about this week's climate plan, and more. Then back to the controversy surrounding the Speaker as Opposition House Leader Mary Polak joins us.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, BC Today's Shannon Waters, and The Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw. The panel chats about a crazy few weeks at the legislature. the Speaker of the House controversy. the ICBC dumpster fire, and more. Then BCTF President Glen Hansman joins us to discuss contract negotiation set to begin early in the New Year.
We asked BC Today's Shannon Waters to break down a wild week in #bcpoli The post Ep 113: Never a dull moment in BC politics ft Shannon Waters appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, BC Today's Shannon Waters, and The Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw to break down the Pro-Rep debate between Premier John Horgan and opposition leader Andrew Wilkinson. Later in the show BC Liberals MLA, and Attorney General critic, Michael Lee joins us to discuss changes to recall legislation. As a podcast bonus we also have conversations with Finance minister Carole James, Environment minister George Heyman, and Health minister Adrian Dix.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford chats with Global BC's Keith Baldrey, and Richard Zussman, along with BC Today's Shannon Waters for the full hour. From speculation tax legislation to the NDP/Greens deal to win support for the bill, legal marijuana, proportional representation, and the civic vote the panel tackles it all.
BC Today’s Shannon Waters joins us again to talk about the first week back in the legislature this fall, the province’s big LNG announcement and USMCA. We’re moderating a proportional representation debate! Hosted by the Canadian Club at the Terminal City Club on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 between 12:00-2:00 PM. Get tickets online before October 19. Learn... The post Ep 106: Back to the Leg ft Shannon Waters appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss the LNG Canada announcement, Trans Mountain, proportional representation, and the fall sitting of the legislature. Later in the show BC Liberals MLA for Skeena Ross Ellis joins us to talk about LNG and First Nations.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer and BC Today's Shannon Waters. They discuss the latest money laundering investigation, the province making changes to the rent increase formula, LNG, proportional representation, and the fall sitting of the legislature. We finish show with Kamloops South MLA and opposition municipal affairs critic Todd Stone in studio.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss the federal government first steps to address the court's concerns about the Trans Mountain pipeline. Then we shift to marijuana when Public Safety minister Mike Farnworth discusses legal cannabis and fields questions from the panel. Then we keep the marijuana discussion rolling as the panel reacts to the minister's comments. Not done there we discuss the Premier's comments urging a 'yes' vote in the proportional representation referendum. Next up the speculation tax and we try to answer the question if the Greens and Liberals could ever vote together to amend it. Podcast bonus: A conversation with Green Party leader Andrew Weaver.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, Global BC's Richard Zussman, and BC Today's Shannon Waters join NL News Director Shane Woodford to discuss the speculation tax revolt at UBCM, BCTF bargaining, and a controversial rental hike. Then Neil Moody, the CEO of the Canadian Homebuilders Association of BC joins the show to discuss the speculation tax. We then chat with BC Liberals leader Andrew Wilkinson. As a podcast bonus we focus on education and a new round of bargaining by talking to BCPSEA Board Chair Alan Chell and then BCTF President Glen Hansman. We finish the show by returning the focus to UBCM with Liberal Community Affairs critic Todd Stone.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters. The panel tackles the shocking court ruling throwing the Trans Mountain pipeline into limbo, the provincial government's lawsuit against big Pharma in the overdose crisis, the B.C. Government's fiscal situation, and more.
BC Today’s Shannon Waters joins us for our 100th episode live show! We talk about what the legislature’s been up to over the summer and what’s coming up this fall. Then we get into Maxime Bernier’s decision to split from the Conservative Party of Canada to launch a new party. Then we have quick(ish) takes... The post Ep 100: Live at The Belmont ft Shannon Waters appeared first on PolitiCoast.
This week NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Richard Zussman, the Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss another ride sharing delays, a new labour agreement for big infrastructure projects, the Premiers meeting in New Brunswick, and more. Later in the show a ride sharing panel with Kamloops North MLA Peter Milobar and the Vancouver Board of Trade's Iain Black. As a podcast bonus this week a chat with Transportation minister Claire Trevena. We also talk with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's BC Director Kris Sims.
A super sized podcast special Inside #bcpoli as we begin by discussing the hot political stories of the week with Global BC's Keith Baldrey and Richard Zussman, alongside BC Today's Shannon Waters. On the table today fish farms, indigenous housing, Surrey politics, the municipal auditor general, and more. We also have a tax talk with Finance minister Carole James. Not done there we have plenty of bonus podcast content as we talk proportional representation with former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. Then a marijuana discussion with Vancouver Councillor and UBCM rep Kerry Jang followed by Public Safety minister Mike Farnworth. Next we talk First Nations housing with the minister responsible Selina Robinson followed by Whispering Pines Chief Mike LeBourdias.
In the latest Inside Politics NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by BC Today's Shannon Waters, Global BC's Richard Zussman, and the Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw to discuss the Ontario election, the latest in the proportional representation debate, housing, taxes, and BCTF bargaining. Then former BC Liberals cabinet minister now in the legal cannabis industry Terry Lake calls in from Ottawa to talk Ontario election and the legal cannabis regime creeping closer. Not don there we then talk about the Trans Mountain pipeline with Chief Ernie Crey and Chief Mike LeBordias about First Nations support for the Kinder Morgan project.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters for an extended discussion about the proportional representation referendum process and ballot questions. Then Premier John Horgan joins us to discuss proportional representation, marijuana, and Trans Mountain. Next we hear from Mount Royal University Associate Professor of Journalism Sean Holman. And in a podcast exclusive BCTF President Glen Hansman sounds the alarm over teacher hiring shortages.
On this edition of Inside #bcpoli NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer and Rob Shaw along with BC Today's Shannon Waters. They discuss the latest in the Trans Mountain pipeline court challenge and the unveiled reference question, the war of words over the proportional representation referendum, and the just tabled marijuana legislation. Then the Hydropothecary Corporation's Terry Lake joins us for an industry perspective on legal cannabis. We finish by diving into the specifics of the legal cannabis legislation with Public Safety minister Mike Farnworth.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli we pick up where we left off last week as NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters to discuss the Trans Mountain pipeline argument, the pending proportional representation referendum, Andrew Weaver's behavior in the House, and the government's child care program. We finish the show chatting all things education with minister Rob Fleming.
We begin this week's edition of Inside #bcpoli discussing pipeline politics as BC Liberals leader Andrew Wilkinson, and Kamloops MLAs Todd Stone, and Peter Milobar join NL News Director Shane Woodford in studio. Then the panel returns as Global BC's Keith Baldrey, the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters take a deep dive into the Trans Mountain story. Also up for discussion the public release of the anti-money laundering report to come this week.
John Michael McGrath of TVO’s The Agenda on Politics joins us to break down what the heck has been going on in Ontario politics for the past couple weeks as we careen toward the Ontario PC Leadership race this weekend. Then BC Today’s Shannon Waters talks about what it’s like covering the BC Legislature and... The post Ep 76: What the heck Ontario? appeared first on PolitiCoast.
On this week's Inside #bcpoli we change up the panel with CTV Vancouver's Bhinder Sajan, BC Today's Shannon Waters, and the Vancouver Sun's Rob Shaw joining NL News Director Shane Woodford this week. First we discuss the not so frozen BC Hydro rates, the BC Liberals trying to link environmental activists to Environment minister George Heyman, the health payroll tax fall out, and even more. Later in the show we also discuss all things education with the President of the BCTF Glen Hansman.
On Inside #bcpoli this week NL News Director Shane Woodford is joined by Global BC's Keith Baldrey, the Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer, and BC Today's Shannon Waters. The panel looks at the latest developments in the so called pipevine controversy between B.C. and Alberta. Then we discuss the Pattullo bridge replacement as the news breaks during the show. We finish off discussing the Throne Speech, appurtenancy, and where did $10/day daycare go?
We give an update on how our reading resolutions for the year are going, talk about recent reads (and watches) we’ve enjoyed, and briefly discuss San Diego Comic-Con. Plus: Enter our contest to win fabulous prizes! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Books We Mentioned Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Waters, Shannon Watters, Brooke A. Allen, and others Ooku by Esme Shapiro Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura B.R.U.H.: Black Renditions of Universal Heroes by Markus Prime The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevskii The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory Tortall Universe (series) by Tamora Pierce Tempests and Slaughter (out February 2018) Tortall: A Spy's Guide (out in October) Alanna (the Song of the Lioness series) Wild Magic (the The Immortals series) Terrier (the Beka Cooper series) First Test (the Protector of the Small series which includes Page and Squire) Trickster’s Choice (the Daughter of the Lioness series which includes Trickster’s Queen) Circle of Magic (series) by Tamora Pierce My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame G-Men (magazine): “G-men was founded in 1994 to cater to gay men who preferred "macho fantasy"” Gentlemen of the Shade: My Own Private Idaho by Jen Sookfong Lee Vi by Kim Thúy (I don’t think Meaghan actually named this one) The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (out August 15th) Written in Red by Anne Bishop The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley God’s War by Kameron Hurley The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley (Meaghan misnamed this “The Geek’s Guide to Feminism”) The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha Moonstruck by Grace Ellis, Shae Beagle, and Laurenn McCubbin (here’s the Goodreads page of the first volume, but that’s not out until January 2018) Sumage Solution by G.L. Carriger H.P. Lovecraft's the Hound and Other Stories by Gō Tanabe Links, Articles, and Things 24 in 48 Readathon The Book Riot Insiders Insider-Only Forum is where the Tamora Pierce readathon is happening My Own Private Idaho Criminal Minds Sailor Moon (anime) Hello Sailors by Moonage Kingdom (parody video of Hello Bitches by CL) American Gods (TV) The Dressmaker (movie) Fashion Police San Diego Comic-Con Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians Matthew was on Picture Books for Grown-Ups: Why Graphic Novels Matter to Adults Anna was on Read-Alikes: What to Suggest When Patrons Have Already Read Smile and The Walking Dead Questions Are there any “bicycles in space” books!? Do you like Princess Jellyfish? How are your reading resolutions for the year going? Contest To celebrate 15,000 total downloads of our podcast we’re having a contest! Retweet one of our tweets about episode 34 or (when it comes out) episode 35 of this podcast any time during August, 2017, and you’ll have a chance to win some books or comics! Prizes include Moonstruck #1, Moonshine vol. 1, I Hate Fairyland vol. 2, Howtoons: Tools of Mass Construction, Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips, Run by Ann Patchett, and Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell (plus probably some other stuff). We can neither confirm nor deny that this is extra stuff we have from ALA and other conferences. (Though all the above listed titles are unread.) Number of prizes will depend on number of entrants. Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 15th, when we’ll be discussing Gardening! (And farming! And stuff about plants in general.) Then come back on Tuesday, September 5th, when we’ll talk about our favourite podcasts!