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The Performers Podcast

Oct 29, 2014

Johanna's YouTube, GoPro video "Momhead" was an overnight sensation, receiving 2,400,000 views in a few days. We discuss the steps that led to its success. The YouTube, GoPro video was featured on BuzzFeed, and subsequently Johanna was interviewed by major international news organizations.

Shortly after the video went...


Oct 14, 2014

Elyse's fiction has won a Gold National Magazine Award and has been short-listed for the Trillium Book Award and the Toronto Book Award. She's also written two feature films that were produced and has two more in development.

Among other things we discuss why Elyse dropped out of high school at a time in her life when...


Oct 11, 2014

Kat uses a variety of techniques including singing voicemails to herself, writing on receipts and endlessly researching the origin of words. She also told me that she finds it tough to write in a quiet room, preferring to be around busy people & sounds, which help her focus. Naturally Kat was a charming and...


Oct 6, 2014

Steve performed at a variety of theatres including Chicago Shakespeare theatre, The Canadian Stage and the Neptune Theatre. But Steve began acting later in life, after dropping out of Western University, and Sheridan College's sports medicine programs. He would study at Brock University and the National Theatre School...