Emily Lawrence and I meet for our interview on a particularly summery-feeling afternoon. The heat is radiating from the sidewalk as we make our introductions. Soon, under a candy-blue sky, the meeting becomes an impromptu mini-picnic, complete with melting ice cream and sweating iced coffee on the Common. It’s fitting for the subject matter as […]
Podcasts
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Jordan Boneparty is recording things that go bump in the night
Jordan Boneparty had always thought about creating his own podcast, but the idea didn’t move forward until he got involved in a mystery of his own. While walking home from work on Joseph Howe Drive last year, he noticed some papers on the side of the road. Sitting among them was an old journal: “It […]
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Monday’s 5 things you need to know
1 Just in time for those rides to the lake, bus tickets are finally back on brand. The bright-orange tickets of Metro Transit’s past have been replaced by the above blue-and-gold tokens, which neatly match the recently rechristened logos of both Halifax Transit and Halifax the city. Spokesperson Tiffany Chase says the tickets were redesigned […]
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Pjilasi Mi’kma’ki: New bilingual Mi’kmaq/English podcast launches
A new podcast seeks to keep Mi’kmaq language, culture and current affairs thriving and accessible.
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You look like you could use a new podcast
We love a good milestone at The Scene. Relatively new local podcast The Brand Review uploaded their 10th episode, and there’s no time like the present to get in on the ground floor with these dudes. Recorded every Tuesday, The Brand Review is funny and clever, featuring Matt Brand and Maclean Comstock playing a bunch […]
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Q&A with Background Noise
Halifax’s weekly comedy/talk podcast, Background Noise, has been fighting like hell for over 200 hours now, sometimes with us, sometimes with themselves, sometimes with their moral compasses. But they don’t let anger get in the way of their dedicated Friday podcast. They push boundaries, but the creators (Luke James, Devin Deuville and Derrek Ord) hope […]
