Pondercast

I was channeling my inner teenager in this episode. Remembering back to that agonizing time of trying to decide what to do with the rest of my life. Trust me - it wasn’t my idea to try and answer that question, but every adult around me couldn’t stop asking it. Drove me nuts.

[Listening Party] It’s Ponderbeat time! The third edition of our collaboration with Killbeat Music - a taster of great new music that’s just been released - or just about to be released. Be the first kid on your block to hear some of these tracks!

Listening Party – It’s all about the violin in this episode.

We North Americans are constantly asked to choose. Everywhere we go we are asked to register our preference, to make a choice out of an embarrassing number of options available to us.

Listen to 8 things I’ve learned about sex. It was an article by Kate Julian in Atlantic Magazine that inspired this. Look for The Sex Recession issue. If sex is losing its appeal - this Pondercast is an appeal for more and better sex. Have a sexy 2019.

Optimum listening time for this Pondercast is Monday December 31, 2018 at 11:51 PM! Here we are again - wrapping up another year and sending it on its way to the history books. See ya 2018!

This Pondercast comes from a live performance at The Music Gallery in Toronto, and from the bottom of my heart. Writing about my complicated relationship with my mother was hard - and if you struggle with your mother - you understand why.

New music! Interview! Sonic weirdness! Really happy to lay this one on you. Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire fame has released a solo album called Quiet River of Dust. Fire up your ears.

[Grounding] Something different this episode. I call this a Grounding. If this past week has left you feeling slightly unmoored - midterm elections come to mind - maybe this will be a good reset for you.

Ah...the smell of a new book. There’s thrill and excitement and anticipation in that intoxicating ink and paper smell.

Built for an east coast audience, Laurie fathoms the unfathomable with musician Joshua Van Tassel creating live sea/soundscapes.

[Listening Party] Here you go! Brand new music just in time for your Thanksgiving long weekend! The second edition of our collaboration with Killbeat Music - a taster of great new music that’s just been released - or just about to be released.

The third episode in our Night Series is called Driving. Really don’t need to say anything more about that. Download this one and take with you for your next night time drive!

[Interview] This episode is called ‘You Make Me Feel’. And if you finished that line with ...’like a natural woman’, you are already in the zone! Daveed Goldman and Nobu Adilman started Choir!Choir!Choir! as a weekly drop-in singing event at a bar. 

[Listening Party] In an emergency: break glass and listen to Altered States. The ultimate chill-out Pondercast. Let’s just hang together for about 2 hours. I’ve found the perfect musical accompaniment; a new album of ambient music called States. Three musicians: Robbie Grunwald, James Bunton, and our very own Joshua Van Tassel have each contributed 3 pieces that are each 11:00 long.