8 episodes
What Should We Call This? UBC Creative Writing Students
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This is a podcast about stories, place, and identity from students at the UBC Creative Writing Department in Vancouver, BC. Featuring multi-genre writing, music, cooking, experiments with sound design, plus crucial advice for lighting a campfire, setting up a creative space, and general exploratory weirdness. If you like writing, and want an insider's glimpse into the creative minds of undergrads at UBC -- this podcast is for you! Note: The University of British Columbia is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people.
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Campfire Songs
In “Campfire Songs,” Hailey Clark has a conversation with pop-rock Vancouver songwriters— Alanna and Brianne Finn-Morris of the band Fionn— by a crackling campfire. In this intimate chat, the twin-sister duo reminisce about their nostalgic music memories, share honest songwriting advice, and tell us about the places that sparked their love of music. The band shares a campfire song from their own repertoire— “Waves”— in a cozy performance that closes out the campfire. This episode is perfect for songwriters and music lovers alike! Follow Fionn’s music on Instagram and Tiktok @fionnband or through their website fionnband.com.
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Baking Bad
Join Mina Han as she discusses the varied nature of depression, the stigma that surrounds it, describes some of its common symptoms… and makes a tasty depression dessert! (If you or someone you know needs help, visit https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm to find a hotline geared to your situation and geographic location)
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Campus Clock Catastrophe
Greetings, adventures! Fancy an exploration quest through the Griffon’s Nest Tavern and the Irving Academy of Magic, do you? Grab your headphones and dive right in tosave UBC from a mysterious time spell! You best be quick; the clock’s ticking. Campus Clock Catastrophe is an interactive fantasy fiction podplay piece inspired byDungeons and Dragons. This episode by Michelle Bettauer focuses on a walkable path from the UBC Student Nest to the K. Irving Learning Centre Ridington Room and the Ladner Clock Tower. Listeners are encouraged to follow this route and complete quests along the journey that range from exploring extravagant tavern shops to escorting a pompous elf, to unlocking the mysterious of the Head Wizard’s study. What Do We Call This? is a podcast written by students of the UBC Creative Writingprogram. Each piece focuses on exploring place and identity in a different way. This piece overlays a fantasy element overtop of UBC’s campus and allows its listeners to experience and explore UBC in a fresh way to see campus in a way they never have before. Credit to “The Red Fox Tavern” belongs to Curran Son; all other songs and SFX are Creative Commons. Special thanks to Kaysan for voicing Grimmbourne the Tavern Keeper.
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Heartbreak High Revisited
In this episode, Salem Farmer explores the world of autistic representation in media using Netflix's show "Heartbreak High" as a blueprint for positive representation.
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Death To Your Darlings
Listen in as two UBC creative writing students, Audrey and Lester, workshop a short fiction piece — with only a minimal amount of buffoonery. (By Audrey Wahking)Follow along and read the full piece here: https://tinyurl.com/DeathToYourDarlingsExcerpt
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Food for the Soul
“Food for the Soul” is an episode created for the UBC Creative Writing student podcast by Kaitlyn Luk Cheng, who says, "Coming from a culture where eating is embedded in bringing people together, I wanted my interviewees to reflect on that aspect and see how it filtered into other aspects of their lives." In this episode, we explore how the Filipino culture has been brought to Canada, accepting your roots in a new setting and the importance of childhood development.Show Mentioned: Korean Drama - Touch Your HeartIntro Outro: Good Evening Bossa By Riverworn from Epidemic SoundMusic: Empty Food Bowl By PurrpleCat from Pixabay
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