Afterthought

Erika Wiebe
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Through conversation, Afterthought dives deep on topics of the day about everyday life in Winnipeg, and anything else of interest. It started as a Covid19 / retirement project (hence the name 'Afterthought'), and as a radio show on the University of Winnipeg radio station, CKUW 95.9fm with hosts Erika Wiebe and Lynne Fernandez. In January 2022 Afterthought entered the podcast realm. And in fall of 2022, Afterthought dropped the weekly 30 min of radio content in favour of occasional longer form interviews. Get in touch at afterthoughtew@gmail.com or leave a comment! Enjoy!

  1. Around the World in 323 Days - with Kim Brown, Chantelle Cotton and Aidyn Brown-Cotton

    08/28/2025

    Around the World in 323 Days - with Kim Brown, Chantelle Cotton and Aidyn Brown-Cotton

    In 2024/25 Kim Brown, Chantelle Cotton and their 13 year-old daughter Aidyn had a big adventure. They took a year off school and literally traveled around the world. This is a chat about that big adventure.

    1h 2m

  2. 02/02/2025

    Who was Jim Flett, plus Travels with Mom, and more - with Trina Flett

    Trina Flett has a lot to talk about, including her dad - a mostly unsung Manitoba musician - her extraordinary travel adventures and more...

    1h 4m

  3. 10/28/2024

    "History doesn't start when there's a fort built" - with elders Carolyn Moar and Viola Plett

    Carolyn and Viola are regularly called on to conduct Indigenous ceremonies, provide education, and bring an Indigenous lens to event openings. In this episode Erika gets to satisfy her own curiosity with Carolyn and Viola by diving deeper on topics like ribbon skirts, the significance of tobacco, powwows, and much more.

    1h 11m

  4. 05/14/2024

    Better Burial aka "I will feed the gooseberries" - with Trish Penner, Rick Zerbe Cornelson, Dave Wiebe

    There's a growing movement to forgo elaborate, expensive, environmentally-costly burial of human remains, in favour of 'Green Burials'. In this episode, Erika talks to Trish (who is looking for land to create a green cemetery), Rick (who builds green caskets) and Dave (who has been giving this issue a lot of thought since experiencing his brother's green burial). Here's how to follow Trish's project; greencemeterywinnipeg.ca or Green Cemetery Project Winnipeg on Facebook And Rick's business; thevillagecasketmaker.com

    1h 2m

  5. 02/27/2024

    Loquin and Lien go to the Legislature - with Loquin Warkentin and Lien Huynh

    Not a lot of people get to hang out in the Chamber at the Manitoba Legislature besides elected officials, except if you are among the 'nerds' (their word) who participate in Youth Parliament Manitoba (YPM) which takes place for 5 days every year between Christmas and New Years. We get two perspectives in this episode - one from first-time attendee, grade 11 student Loquin Warkentin, and the other from a YPM veteran Lien Huynh. Bonus content: Loquin talks about his experience as lead in the school play.

    43 min

  6. 01/31/2024

    Reconnecting - with Salah Bachir

    In 1975 I was in first year at the University of Waterloo, living in residence on campus. My guest today, Salah Bachir, also lived there. We haven't been in touch since, but I have followed the trajectory of his life through various times when he has shown up in the Globe and Mail, most recently as the author of a book 'First to Leave the Party: My Life with Ordinary People ... who happen to be Famous'. Just last Saturday, on January 27 one of the book chapters appeared in the Globe in tribute to the late Norman Jewison, one of Salah's ordinary but famous friends. I'm grateful that first, Salah remembered me when I approached him about doing an interview, and second that he agreed to do it. I realize that some of the references in this conversation won't be clear without reading the book. So read the book!

    54 min

  7. 05/08/2023

    (Part of) The Story behind Treaty One - with historian Dr. Jean Friesen

    In the last episode we talked about Territorial (or Land) Acknowledgements. Two young people, Mabel McManus and Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair shared about the efforts they made in their schools to uplift Territorial Acknowledgements. And with Niigaan Sinclair we talked about the difference between preformative and meaningful Territorial Acknowledgements. In this episode we go deeper into Treaty One with historian Jean Friesen. What was Treaty One all about, what was the context, what did Indigenous peoples and the Crown hope to gain from it etc...

    52 min

  8. 03/08/2023

    Standing Up for Land Acknowledgements - with Mabel McManus, Corey Jhagru, Niigaan Sinclair, Sarah Fontaine-Sinclair

    In this episode two young people take the lead on promoting an understanding of land acknowledgements - one who leads a campaign in her school for students to stand up for the daily land acknowledgement and the other who, with her friends, wrote the land acknowledgement for her school. She, along with her father Niigaan Sinclair, share insights about the whys and hows of good land acknowledgements.

    39 min
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About

Through conversation, Afterthought dives deep on topics of the day about everyday life in Winnipeg, and anything else of interest. It started as a Covid19 / retirement project (hence the name 'Afterthought'), and as a radio show on the University of Winnipeg radio station, CKUW 95.9fm with hosts Erika Wiebe and Lynne Fernandez. In January 2022 Afterthought entered the podcast realm. And in fall of 2022, Afterthought dropped the weekly 30 min of radio content in favour of occasional longer form interviews. Get in touch at afterthoughtew@gmail.com or leave a comment! Enjoy!

Information

  • Creator
    Erika Wiebe
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Erika Wiebe
  • Show Website
    Afterthought