These Short Cuts Go a Long Way - The SpokenWeb Podcast, with Katherine McLeod

Season 4, Episode 62

In this episode, Linda chats with Dr. Katherine McLeod about her role in the SpokenWeb Podcast, particularly Short Cuts. The conversation covers so much ground in such a short period! We discuss the following:

• The Short Cuts podcast (6.20, 9:21, 14.05, 18:47)

• Women poets, such as Gwendolyn MacEwan, Phyllis Webb (15:27), Muriel Rukeyser, Maxine Gadd, Margaret Atwood (8.22; 8.54; 10:03), Daphne Marlatt (18:55), Dionne Brand (11:23), and Brand with Lee Maracle (a member of the Stó:lō Nation; 12.05; 15:25)

• Feminist practices of listening (9:20)

• Holding the sound (11:00) 

• CBC Radio, the history of; women writers and (15:49) and the radio program “Anthology” (16:28) 

• The federal funding body, called SSHRC (4.32; 6.05)

• Smaro Kamboureli and the TransCanada Institute (16:07)

• The Director of SpokenWeb, Jason Camlot (2:45, 17:33; 22.03) (see Linda's previous episode with Camlot, who is also a poet, here)

• CanLit Across Media (17:40)

• The Women and Words Conference (20:54)

We talked about the SpokenWeb’s beginnings, but here is another example. And, if you're curious, here is a sample of McLeod talking about “holding the sound” in a ShortCuts episode. And if you want to hear the recording of Dionne Brand speaking with Lee Maracle, try going here.