Ottawhat? - An Ottawa podcast

Matt Hertendy from the New Theatre of Ottawa company joins us on this episode. Listen now to learn about some of the things that go on behind the scenes of building a company, and everything Matt and his team is working on!

On this week’s show, we met Nathan and Natania, the co-founders of Stars In A Jar, a charity helping to connect child cancer survivors with young cancer patients.

Our guest this week is Zoe Towne, a local musician and actor who is keeping busy selling out venues like Live on Elgin with her bands, Jumpin’ Joe Flash and Valois.

This week’s episode features Ewan Reid, President and CEO of Mission Control Space Services. We learned about his work on the Space Shuttle program, the transition to starting his own space services company, and his other athletic and theatrical accomplishments.

In the debut episode of 2018, we met Jumpin’ Joel Flash, who with his band the Magic Machine are releasing their very first single The Rain at a ‘mega-party’ at Live on Elgin on February 16th.

Tuong La has a LOT going on. In this episode, we try to get to the bottom of what sustains all his jobbies (jobs/hobbies), including podcasting, video production, improv comedy, and much, much more!

Ruth Kwan grew up in Ottawa studying music, and is back in town now after spending four years touring across North America with The Phantom of the Opera.

On the show this week, we met the founder of Nora Swimwear, Ashley Lemmon. Hear all about her time in England, her experience starting a business and helping other women do the same, and all the work that goes in to making a clothing line.

This week’s show features Ottawa’s premiere scrunge band, Josephine Leone. We’re joined by Val, Mike, and Pete to discuss the process of making their new EP, and everything that goes along with doing that entirely on their own.

In this episode, we met with John Girgis, who came to talk about Biotown, an open-access, DIY biology lab located right in downtown Ottawa.

On the show this week, part owner of Yuk Yuks Ottawa, Dan Shields, is our guest. We talked about a little of everything in this one, including Dan’s favourite sport, basketball, and how Ottawa has changed in the last several decades.

This week’s episode features Becca Alkerton, a born and raised Ottawan who currently calls Hintonburg home. We talked about Capital Pride, some cool charitable organizations around the city, and Becca taught us how to tie a bowtie!

This week’s podcast features Mariam Zohouri, community leader for Mealshare in Ottawa and Montreal. Mealshare works with local restaurants across Canada to provide food to children in the city who otherwise might not eat anything.

On the show this week, we met Gary Sisson, owner of Garaoke Karaoke and DJ Services, who has been serving the National Capital Region’s Karaoke needs for over 20 years.

Our show this week features Maeve Montgomery-Lalonde, independent musician and stand-up comedian.

This week’s episode features Sydney Smith, lover of and advocate for all of Canada’s great outdoors.

The show this week features Charlie Hoppner, founder of the band Valois. Apart from hearing about his musical pursuits, we hear about his experiences in film, and discuss how our society deals with and talks about mental health.

The show this week features Joey Clavette, the founder of street newspaper The Ottawa Wrench, a website and newspaper focusing on homelessness and chronic poverty. We talk about getting a street newspaper up and running, basic income, and mental health.

On the show this week, we talk with Greg Houston, a local comedian whose prolific hosting of Ottawa events means you’ve probably already seen him on a stage at some point.

This week’s episode features Tom Goldsmith, a software developer and technology enthusiast whose most recent project, Sadblock, aims to rid social media feeds of annoying or negative stories.