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This podcast is all about life in the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec regions of the province of Québec, and features interviews with interesting people who live or work here, discussions about bilingualism, and amazing but little-known stories about local history.

  1. 03/20/2025

    Business Edition - Interview with John A. Binns, Institut de Conversation Anglaise Drummond

    Welcome to the Business Edition of CASE Views & Voices! This special 8-part series highlights local entrepreneurs and their unique journeys. In our very first episode, John A. Binns shares his experiences, insights, and lessons learned in the world of business. Tune in for an inspiring conversation!

    17 min
  2. Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: "The Little Plastic Bucket"

    03/22/2023

    Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: "The Little Plastic Bucket"

    In this episode of the local gardening series, contributors Julia Frid, Marilyn Mastine and Sharon St-Onge join host Julie Miller to chat about their favourite garden tools - the ones they just can't live without.  Besides rakes and hoes, there are some interesting implements tucked away in their gardening sheds!  Who knew that a subject like "Gardening Tools" could inspire such a great conversation?  Musical interludes this week are from Canadian composer and banjo player, Jayme Stone, drawn from his album "Room of Wonders"...and our feature song is none other than, you guessed it, "The Garden Song."  Happy listening!

    37 min
  3. Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: "Veggies: Mouth-Watering When Home Grown!"

    03/15/2023

    Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: "Veggies: Mouth-Watering When Home Grown!"

    This is a mouth-watering episode, as regular contributors and green thumbs Sharon St-Onge, Marilyn Mastine, and Julia Frid are back to talk with host Julie Miller about their favourite vegetables to grow.  Pumpkins, eggplant, peas, tomatoes, spinach and more, including favourite varieties, a hull-less pumpkin grown in Nicolet,  and lots of anecdotes.  They'll give their opinions on the best, most reliable and most intriguing seed companies from which to order seed in Canada.  This episode's featured song is "Happiness Is," from Québec singer-songwriter Jason Lang's wonderful new album, Handled with Care, which truly is, simply, happiness.

    27 min
  4. Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: "Why Garden?"

    02/23/2023

    Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: "Why Garden?"

    For this second installment of our series about gardening,  host Julie Miller and contributors and green thumbs  Julia Frid, Marilyn Mastine, and Sharon St-Onge  share personal stories and thoughts about why they garden and what gardening means to them. You never know what is going to come up when gardeners sit down together for a chat!

    24 min
  5. Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: Introducing a New Series!

    02/23/2023

    Green Thumbs and Cracked Pots: Introducing a New Series!

    We're launching a new series which brings together passionate gardeners with green thumbs who have had their share of cracked pots over the years to share stories and discuss issues related to gardening, with a focus on experience in our own region, the Mauricie and the Centre du Québec.  In this introductory episode, you'll meet the series' regular contributors: Julia Frid, Marilyn Mastine, and Sharon St-Onge - and you'll find out that the MCQ V&V regular host Julie Miller also loves to garden!

    26 min
  6. Bridges and Rivers: Talking with Poet Zoë Skoulding

    09/30/2022

    Bridges and Rivers: Talking with Poet Zoë Skoulding

    English/Welsh poet Zoë Skoulding will be appearing several times at the 38th edition of the Festival International de la poésie de Trois-Rivières.  In this chat with host Julie Miller, Zoë talks about her fascination with translation, her interest in both soundscapes and landscapes, how a visit to Montreal galvanized her to begin speaking French, and how a hidden river is at the heart of her recent award-winning collection of poetry, Footnotes to Water.  To hear some of Zoë's performances, you can look her up on SoundCloud:   https://soundcloud.com/zoeskoulding

    32 min
  7. A Passion for Medicine: Getting to Know Anya Bussière-Filion

    09/27/2022

    A Passion for Medicine: Getting to Know Anya Bussière-Filion

    This fall (2022) Anya Bussière-Filion entered her 3rd year of medicine at the University of Sherbrooke.   In a chat with host Julie Miller, Anya talks about the program and what brought her to study medicine in the first place.  Originally from Drummondville, Anya has grown up with both English and French, attending elementary and high school and also Cegep in English, before making the switch to full time studies in French at U de S.  She takes a look at how being "in-between" the two languages and cultures  has given her a particular perspective on life and Québec society. Anya is also a regional winner of the Dialogue McGill bursary, awarded to promising students in health and social services who have a proven track record of community involvement.

    32 min
  8. Beatriz Hausner: A Poet Seeking Freedom

    09/15/2022

    Beatriz Hausner: A Poet Seeking Freedom

    In this second episode about Trois-Rivières' poetry festival, we meet Beatriz Hausner.  Beatriz has been to the Festival before, and she talks about what makes it special.  Her conversation with host Julie Miller ranges from talking about poetry to how she discovered it, about freedom and what inspires her, and about why she writes in English although her mother tongue is Spanish.   Besides her work in poetry, Beatriz also organizes poetry events, edits a poetry journal, and translates Spanish language poets into English.  In the past, she worked as a librarian, and has been the president of the Literary Translators Association of Canada.  Her most recent collection of poetry is called "Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart" and was published in 2020 by Book*hug Press.   https://beatrizhausner.com/about

    38 min
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This podcast is all about life in the Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec regions of the province of Québec, and features interviews with interesting people who live or work here, discussions about bilingualism, and amazing but little-known stories about local history.

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  • Creator
    CASE-MCQ
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    64
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 MCQ Views and Voices
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