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Executive Producers: Elise Graham, Ava Karvonen, Samantha Quantz, Theresa Wynnyk; Senior Producer: Sheena Rossiter; Associate Producer: Shayna Giles; Host: Sheena Rossiter; Audio Technician: Sheena Rossiter; Social Media Coordinator: Shayna Giles; Original Storylines theme composed by Aaron Macri and Laura Raboud; Produced with support from Alberta's Ministry of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women. Special thanks to FAVA for its support on this production.

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'Storylines' is Women in Film and Television Alberta's inaugural podcast. Join your host, Sheena Rossiter, every week as we highlight some of the most successful women in film and television from in front of and behind the camera. Subscribe now to get all 15 weekly episodes wherever you get your podcasts. 'Storylines' will launch March 9, 2020 and runs until June 15, 2020.
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READ MY LIPS is not your usual blah-blah-yada-yada, Q&A interview talk show where the host and guests use a canned script. akaRadioRed engages indie authors, musicians and filmmakers in lively, spontaneous, unpredictable conversations that uncover who they really are, what drives their creativity, and what's next in their journey. Featured topics: Fiction. Non-fiction. Music. Film. Relationships. Careers. Family. Entrepreneurs. Food. Health. Love. Producer/host Bonnie D. Graham akaRadioRed, ...
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Season 1, Bonus Episode 6 Bonus Episode: Documentary Dynamo Dawn Porter In this bonus episode of Storylines, we hear from award-winning documentary producer Dawn Porter, known for films like Spies of Mississippi and Gideon’s Army. One of Dawn’s most recent projects is the critically-acclaimed four-hour Netflix original series Bobby Kennedy for Pres…
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Bonus Episode: Orange is the New Black’s Alysia Reiner In this bonus episode of Storylines, we hear from actor and producer Alysia Reiner, known for her role as warden Fig in Orange is the New Black. Alysia’s interview is part of the NYWIFT podcast Women Crush Wednesdays, hosted by Leah Curney and Janine McGoldrick. In this episode: We hear about w…
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Season 1, Bonus Episode 4 Bonus Episode: Riccie Johnson, a Make-up Artist by Mistake In this bonus episode of Storylines, we take a look into the world of make-up artistry with industry veteran Riccie Johnson. Riccie’s interview is part of the NYWIFT podcast Women Crush Wednesdays, hosted by Leah Curney and Janine McGoldrick. In this episode: We he…
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Season 1, Bonus Episode 3 Bonus Episode: Cross Border Collaboration with NYWIFT In this special bonus episode of Storylines, we sit down with Leah Curney, co-host of Women Crush Wednesdays, a podcast by New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), to talk about collaboration in a time of quarantine. And to announce how the Storylines and Women C…
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Season 1, Episode 15 Bonnie Thompson: Prolific Producer Bonnie Thompson has over 80 producer credits. She worked for more than three decades at the National Film Board of Canada out of the north west studio in Edmonton. And as a creative producer, she has been the third eye behind projects like the interactive documentary Bear 71. She was one of th…
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Season 1, Episode 14 Raevn Brasch: Master of All Things Design Raevn never imagined she’d work in the film industry when growing up on a farm in Australia. She moved to Canada for a road trip adventure over twenty years ago, and never left. It was connection and curiosity that led her onto film sets. More than two decades later, Raevn has worked in…
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Season 1, Episode 13 Tasha Hubbard: Telling Indigenous Stories Tasha is an award-winning Cree filmmaker. Her documentaries primarily focus on social issues faced by Indigenous people in Canada. In 2004, her first solo project, the documentary Two Worlds Colliding, won a Gemini Award. It looked at starlight tours– a practice where Saskatoon police w…
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Season 1, Episode 12 Meghan Westelmajer: The Art of Production Meghan has always had a passion and love for film. But she got into the industry in a less traditional way– It was an online job ad as an executive assistant that got Meghan into the industry. A few years later, and after lots of hard work, she was well into television production in Can…
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Season 1, Episode 10 Lisa Fryklund: Daring Director of Photography Lisa has seen the world through the lens of a camera. She cut her teeth as a camera operator working in news at a small town TV station in Saskatchewan in the 1980s. After years of working in news and sports, she made the switch to documentary and lifestyle projects. She’s shot proj…
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Season 1, Episode 10 Emily Renner Wallace: Fantastic First AD Emily got started in the film industry right out of high school. At 18 years old, she began working at the Calgary International Film Festival. That opened up doors for her to then work on film sets, and Emily has worked her way up. She’s now an active First AD on sets in and around the …
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Season 1, Episode 9 Alexandra Lazarowich: Documentary Trailblazer Alexandra started her career as a child actor, but then made the switch to producing and directing documentary films when she discovered that the real change for what’s shown on the screen is made from behind the camera. Alexandra produced the documentary short Cree Code Talkers. It …
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Season 1, Bonus Episode 2 COVID-19: Impact on Actors with Angela Palmer As we make our way through week 7 of the coronavirus quarantine here in Alberta, the way we live our lives has certainly changed. For actors like Angela Palmer, we wonder what life is like right now. Angela grew up always watching TV, but she never imagined that she would actua…
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Season 1, Episode 8 Susie Moloney: Literary Scream Queen Susie has been a writer for decades. She’s penned books like A Dry Spell, The Dwelling, and The 13. Her work focuses on the supernatural, and she’s been dubbed as the Canadian Stephen King. And now, she takes her pen to the page to create screenplays. She wrote and co-produced the short film …
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Season 1, Episode 7 Nisreen Baker: Bridging the Cultural Gap Originally from Egypt, she honed her craft in her native country where she got her start in the film and television industry. Nisreen moved to Canada in 2001 and her debut Canadian-produced film was A Day in my Shoes; a film that explores the lives of three Palestinian women living in Can…
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Season 1, Episode 6 Georgina Lightning: Advocate & Academy Alumni Georgina Lightning has had a vast and long career. In 1990, with her three Children in tow, she packed up and moved to Los Angeles to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. And there her career then took off. She has played supporting roles in productions like Walker Texas R…
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Season 1, Episode 5 Jessica L’Heureux: Franco Filmmaking Jessica straddles the world between fact and fiction. She started her career 20 years ago as a broadcast journalist at Radio-Canada in Quebec. It was long-form current affairs broadcast journalism that taught her the love of storytelling. Five years ago she opened her own production company, …
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Season 1, Episode 4 Karen Ryan: Acting Aficionado Karen Ryan started her career as a Calgary-based actor later than most. But once she caught the acting bug, she realized being in front of the cameras in film and television productions is the right place for her. But it wasn’t always a smooth ride. She faced health problems that forced her to take …
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Season 1, Bonus Episode 1 The Future of Filmmaking with COVID-19 Our world changed last week as the coronavirus spread globally. In the film and television industry, the pandemic brought productions to a screeching halt. The entertainment industry giant Netflix had to shut down its scripted productions. But Netflix has promised $100 million US in r…
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Season 1, Episode 3 Michelle Wong: Production Pro Michelle’s career in film and television hasn’t been linear. She started out as a high school teacher but made the jump to film after going to a National Film Board meet up in Edmonton in the early ‘90s. This led her to make her first documentary, Return Home, in 1992. Michelle honed her skills thro…
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Season 1, Episode 2 Brenda Terning: Editing Powerhouse Brenda makes magic from the edit suite. She’s been a documentary film editor for over two decades, and her resume is stacked. She’s edited documentaries for CBC’s the Nature of Things for a decade, and is currently editing feature documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada. Her work in…
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Season 1, Episode 1 Rosvita Dransfeld: The Master of Cinéma vérité A documentary director and producer, Rosvita’s body of work is extensive. She started as a broadcast journalist in her native Germany, and made the transition into documentary film after moving to Canada in 2000. Over the past two decades, she’s produced and directed more documentar…
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Do you have what it takes to make it in film and television? Or are you just a fan who likes getting the behind the scenes scoop on some of your favourite films and television shows? Either way, this podcast is for you. Storylines' host Sheena Rossiter has been speaking with some of the leading women in film and television with links to Alberta. Th…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Carol Colman creates personalized keepsakecollages that capture the joyful memories and emotions of your life's most special events. By showcasing an invitation [for example] by itself or with other memorabi…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Meet Debbie Phillips, the author of Women on Fire: 20 Inspiring Women Share Their Life Secrets (and Save You Years of Struggle!) and co-producer of the DVD Inspire Me! In 1995, when she created a service for…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. DAVID CARTWRIGHT: David G. Cartwright is a true Renaissance Man. He understands why people do what they do and how they can do better. After delivering newspapers and working in a grocery store as a kid, at …
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Charles D. Epstein, author of Paychecks for Life, is the principal of Epstein Financial Group, LLC and Epstein Financial Services, a registered investment advisory firm providing corporate retirement plan co…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Meet actor/playrwright RICK LENZ, author of the gut-wrenchingly honest Hollywood tell-all memoir: North of Hollywood. One of the workingest actors of the late-20th century, Lenz starred in films with Peter S…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Judy Chmielarz, grief educator and author: Because I Love You: Make Your Own Arrangements and Spare Your Loved Ones. You have only one guarantee in life: your body will die. Judy offers a gentle, spiritual a…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed ditches the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview to engage multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Join us! Joy Kerley Burchett: “Spouse Spats” - a collection of pet peeves of husbands and wives, written as a relationship guide to help people deal with everyday problems and triumphs, struggles…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Dr. Jennifer Hanes, MD, a board certified emergency and integrative medicine physician in Austin, TX, was "only a few pounds shy of the unthinkable diagnosis of morbid obesity." In her upcoming book, "The Pr…
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READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Terri Orbuch, Ph.D. "The Love Doctor (TM)": Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship". Terri is director of the longest-running study of married and divorced couples, ongoing since …
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