New podcast series uplifts Ottawa’s emerging female artists

 ABOVE: Ottawa’s Sophie D’Orleans Ottawa-based singer-songwriter Sophie D’Orleans is “constantly inspired by the talented, brilliant, resilient women in [her] life—and a lot of them are emerging artists, here in Ottawa.” This inspiration is the foundation for her new podcast series, “Ottawa’s Emerging Female Artists,” where D’Orleans sits down with a different

Of Parrots and Men: Q&A with Comedian Gilbert Gottfried

 Who goes to a Gilbert Gottfried show in 2017? Well, according to the controversial comic himself, people who don’t know any better! Former SNL cast member, Microwave Hot Bites salesman, comedian, reality show star, actor, parrot, duck, husband, dad and podcaster, the quick-witted funnyman has been all of the above. Now,

Ottawa is Home to a Growing Podcast Scene

 Podcasts are all the rage these days. In fact, according to Abacus Data CEO David Coletto, approximately 10% of Canadian millennials listen to a podcast daily. While most of us have listened to, or at least heard of, chart-topping podcasts such as Serial, S-Town and Someone Knows Something, did you

How Future Doctors See Social Factors Shaping Their Medical Practice

 Medical students learn how to manage and treat disease. But once they start meeting patients in clinics and hospitals, they are also confronted with the fact that social factors have a huge impact on health and that their medical interventions might sometimes be limited. Two medical residents, Laura Stymiest and

Talking About a Murder

 Why is the podcast “Serial” so popular? The place of podcasts in the wider culture is still uncertain. I have a few friends who embrace the medium. They might listen to Radiolab or The Partially Examined Life or to CBC podcasts. They think of podcasts as part of a freely