A show about extraordinary women, hosted by Lauren Mitchell. From Vocal Fry Studios.
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Featuring Haviah Mighty
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Haviah Mighty drops by the Cavern after a big win: She’s the winner of the 2019 Polaris Prize for the album, 13th floor. Lauren and Haviah get into how to work with a producer, writing for discomfort, and using your voice as an instrument. “My approach is to open up minds so that the ignorance won’t be so wilful.” Our favourite moments: “I’m talkin…
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Featuring Eden Robinson
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Author, funny woman and busy person Eden Robinson calls into the Cavern from Kitimat, British Columbia to talk nail polish, carting around family in a big car and the gift that menopause gives you. Eden’s books include Traplines, the Giller-nominated Son Of A Trickster, and Blood Sports. Her trilogy, the Trickster series, is becoming a miniseries f…
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Carly Lewis, journalist, kind woman and spectacular human being, joins host Lauren Mitchell in the Cavern. Carly has written for the Globe and Mail, New York Magazine, the Atlantic, Hazlitt and more. She talks about the value of feeling isolated, getting away from your anger and making sure your parents drink water. “I feel like everybody has a lit…
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Featuring Georgia Webber
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Georgia Webber, writer and illustrator, comes to the Cavern of Secrets to talk about what it means when you can’t express yourself, learning to draw again, and allowing the possibility that someone will say ‘yes’ and help you. Georgia’s graphic memoir, Dumb, is about what it means to become voiceless and how it changes you. Our favourite moments: “…
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Sarah Hagi, writer and queen of Twitter @geeklylonglegs, comes to the Cavern of Secrets to talk about the Garfield restaurant, the Blackest cartoons and how to have fun (again) as a writer. “It was intended to be a joke piece where I was like, yeah, Bugs Bunny is black.” Our favourite moments: “In a lot of ways, editors only hit me up when it’s lik…
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Featuring Monica Heisey
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Monica Heisey, author, comedian, TV writer and all around warm and funny individual joins host Lauren Mitchell in the Cavern to talk about the years that have passed. After a three year hiatus, Cavern of Secrets is back. Since then, Monica has become even more successful, gotten a divorce, and moved to London where she’s delighting the locals with …
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Featuring Vicky Mochama
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The specific way men interview women (5:05), Rory Gilmore, journalist (17:17), and the Avril Lavigne riots of 2021 (48:27)Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Courtney Skye
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Saving lives and fighting fires (13:58), protesting at Standing Rock (23:16), and riding in cars with cops (37:18)Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Léonicka Valcius
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The glamorous life of an intern (8:20),the incredible whiteness of CanLit (22:15), and playing video games for the story (44:40).Von Lauren Mitchell
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The O.C. at the height of its O.C.-ness (7:00), is this bolognese feminist? (19:00), and where were you when A Seat at the Table dropped? (39:38)Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Dawn Whitwell
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Flossing to live (7:27), shining in a shiny room (21:44), and the blessed life of a comedy writer (33:52).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Namugenyi Kiwanuka
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Embracing your accents (9:12), little voices yelling things (14:25), and the high cost of telling your story (17:47).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Lauren McKeon
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Branding yourself a feminist (06:37), defining care and ability (12:01), and pouring one out for Sum 41 (22:30)Von Lauren Mitchell
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Terrible Calvin Klein ads (12:23), building safer raves (32:07) and how to get into Berghain (40:41)Von Lauren Mitchell
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Does anyone need an MBA? (10:48) knowing what you want in your 30s (15:41) and slamming some kombucha and sinking into the ocean (34:02).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Eternity Martis
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Living off of peanut butter and stale crackers (8:14), preserving Black history in Canada (13:47), and how we save our abolitionist museums (30:55)Von Lauren Mitchell
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A five on beauty (10:56), singing Deborah Cox (20:21), and why North Dakota is better than L.A. (27:30)Von Lauren Mitchell
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The public life of a book (6:40), the song of a lapsed Christian (21:57), and not getting salty about your partner’s edits (30:10).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Cheryl Strayed
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The business of making your book a film (5:36), when adaptations aren’t (14:40), and why we need stories (24:45).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Lemonade and intergenerational trauma (1:41), building a life in Drake’s jacket (14:04), and the saddest Reddit relationship post (22:36)Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Carmen Aguirre
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Performing within the Chilean resistance (6:32), the pull of revolutionary love (19:53), and extremely fascist great aunts (31:52).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Monica Heisey
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The sweet adult baby life (6:04), a gentle disagreement with Amy Schumer (11:19), beards as the great dude leveller (21:07), and the problem of the Inappropriate Literary Man.Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Leanne Shapton
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Putting a face to jealousy (5:47), the usefulness of boob shelves (16:12), and what happens between ages 0 to 3 (30:44).Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Jillian Tamaki
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The curse of absolute freedom, Toronto vs. New York, and not relying on your parents for financial advice.Von Lauren Mitchell
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On thigh gaps, thirst, and Kanye’s masculinity.Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Denise Balkissoon
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On sexist chefs and reporting on race in Toronto.Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Carrie Brownstein
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On fandom, tweeting the pope, and the collective fatigue of the U.S. electoral process. Also turtles.Von Lauren Mitchell
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On fear, the legacy of the residential school system, and pandering to the bottom feeders of the country.Von Lauren Mitchell
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Featuring Tavi Gevinson
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On being 15, growing up online, and writing with your mouth.Von Lauren Mitchell
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Meet your new favourite podcast.Von Lauren Mitchell
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