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On lit pour vousQuand la retraite rime avec isolementDans cet épisode de On lit pour vous, nous vous offrons une sélection de textes tirés des médias suivants : Fugues, Le Devoir, Le Journal de Montréal et Québec Science. Au programme:
Quand la retraite rime avec isolement, un texte de Chantal Cyr, paru le 27 août 2025 dans Fugues. (0:02)
Longueuil rend hommage à René Lévesque, le député, un texte paru le 22 août 2025 dans Le Devoir. (06:29)
Faire des bébés, c’est payant… mais personne n’en veut !, un texte de Pierre-Olivier Zappa, paru le 10 septembre 2025 dans Le Journal de Montréal. (13:22)
Du cœur au ventre, un...
2025-10-2428 min
Farouches#25 - Alarmisme Positif et PolyamourDans ce 25ième épisode de Farouches, on reçoit Chantal Poulin, activiste, membre du Collectif Antigone, Sainte (a.k.a Enseignante du Primaire qui tient le fort) et candidate aux dernières élections fédérales pour le Parti Rhinocéros contre Steven Guilbeault !Enregistré le 9 juillet 2025, on jase de militantisme, de petits gestes environnementaux, de polyamour et du système d’éducation (ben, pas en même temps là…). (Notez que depuis l’enregistrement du podcast, la CAQ est reculée sur certaines coupes en éducation…mais on s’entend, les critiques qu’on leur porte restent les mêmes.)Bonne écoute les Far...
2025-08-1457 min
L'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 11 novembre 2024Donald Trump a été élu 47e président des États-Unis. Quelles sont les implications de cette élection pour les communautés de la diversité sexuelle et de genre? Denis-Martin Chabot en discute avec Chantal Nadeau au segment Make America Queer Always.
On discute ensuite de l’importance du Jour du Souvenir pour les vétéran-es queers avec la capitaine Peggy Hayes, contrôleuse de la circulation aérienne, renvoyée de l’Armée canadienne en 1982 en raison de son orientation sexuelle.
Au segment culture queer, notre animateur reçoit le comédien Joey Lespérance pour son...
2024-11-1155 min
conscient podcaste194 owais lightwala and sgs - manifesting for nowThe majority of individuals who work in this sector are deeply concerned about climate change and deeply motivated and often doing a lot about it in their personal lives but as a sector, we don't really have a vision of what our relationship is to it. So the kinds of responses range from a kind of silence on it and trying not to look at it directly in the eye to a superficial level of conversation, saying things like touring requires flying : flying bad, therefore, we should stop touring. (Owais Lightwala)When we're living in moments of deep confusion and c...
2024-09-011h 01
Philanthropy in PhocusThe Intersection of Arts and ClimateThey'll learn about how storytelling and live performance can be impactful strategies to address the climate crisis.Chantal Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright, whose work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and the climate crisis. In her capacity as artistic director of the Arts & Climate Initiative, she has spearheaded local and global initiatives for nearly two decades, engaging theatre and educational communities, as well as audiences in the U.S. and abroad, in climate action through programming that includes live events, talks, publications, workshops, artist convenings, and a worldwide distributed theatrefestival. Her...
2024-08-301h 01
M l'étéM l’été, 14 août 2024Du lundi au vendredi, Chantal Lavoie et Nathalie Barrette vous font découvrir des activités estivales pour tous les goûts.
Au programme aujourd’hui : En hommage à sa grand-mère décédée à cause de l’emphysème (une maladie pulmonaire), Pascal Bilodeau s’apprête à traverser les États-Unis à vélo. Son objectif est de récolter des fonds pour soutenir la recherche sur l’emphysème. Il nous en dit plus!
Jimmy Vigneux nous présente l’organisme Mission 1000 tonnes, qui vise à changer le monde en agissant pour protéger les écosystèmes marins et aquatiques en reti...
2024-08-1455 min
Arts & EcologyFinding the Point of Encounter: Chantal BilodeauChantal Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright and translator whose work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and the climate crisis. She is the founding artistic director of the Arts & Climate Initiative, where she has spearheaded initiatives for nearly two decades, getting theatre and educational communities, as well as audiences in the U.S. and abroad, to engage in climate conversation and climate action through programming that includes live events, talks, publications, workshops, artist convenings, and an award-winning distributed theatre festival. Playwriting awards include the Woodward International Playwriting Prize as well as First Prize in...
2024-08-0249 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 22 avril 2024Denis-Martin Chabot cause de la Journée de la visibilité lesbienne du 27 avril 2024 avec les porte-paroles et comédiennes Mélodie Noël Rousseau et Genevieve Labelle.
Line Chamberland, sociologue et professeure à l’UQAM et également fondatrice de la Chaire de recherche sur l’homophobie, est décorée de l’Ordre de Montréal. Elle nous en dit plus.
Avec le conflit entre le Hamas et Israël qui perdure, la droite américaine s’adonne-t-elle à nouveau au maccarthysme? Chantal Nadeau en discute à la chronique Make America Queer Always.
Et Donald Bilodeau cause de la présence d...
2024-04-2356 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 25 mars 2024Cette semaine, la sénatrice Julie Miville-Dechêne parle de son parcours et de son combat contre l’exploitation sexuelle par les plateformes de pornographie.
Désirée Duchesne du collectif Nous ne serons pas sages souligne la Journée de visibilité trans et l’action prévue contre le Comité des sages sur les identités de genre le 31 mars prochain.
Des personnes queers qui appuient Donald Trump? Une drag queen du nom de Lady Maga? Au segment Make America queer always, Chantal Nadeau nous en dit plus.
Et Donald Bilodeau présente des film...
2024-03-2555 min
Deutsches Theater BerlinATT On Air #19: Rain / RegenEvamaria Salcher liest Chantal Bilodeau
52 Wochen, 52 internationale Autor:innen: ATT On Air ist unser Countdown in Richtung Autor:innenTheaterTage 2024, der uns einmal um den Globus führt, auf der Suche nach Erzählungen, die angesichts der globalen Krisen Mut machen. Gehostet wird die Serie vom Ensemble des Deutschen Theaters, dessen Mitglieder Kurzgeschichten von Schriftsteller:innen aus der ganzen Welt verlesen.
Die neunzehnte Folge von ATT On Air kommt zwar von weit her, doch beschreibt sie, was auch in Deutschland nur allzu bekannt ist: Überflutung und Hochwasser. Allerdings nicht an Elbe oder Nordsee, sondern in New Jersey, gerade auß...
2024-03-2209 min
Electric Ladies PodcastMusic, Public Health & Climate Action – Emma O'Brien, Global Scrub Choir "The link for us with (the WHO) is about universal health coverage and the sustainable development goal number three, which obviously the WHO places in the middle of the wheel of all the sustainable development goals. But on top and behind and with each other is climate action. We cannot have one without the other. And our role is to remind a lot of people that when they're making policies, they're talking about human beings." Emma O'Brien on Electric Ladies Podcast Climate change has a real impact on public health, from asthma and other respiratory illnesses due...
2024-02-2851 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 26 février 2024Denis-Martin Chabot reçoit Johanne Audet de l’organisme Interligne pour discuter de la Journée du Chandail rose contre l’intimidation.
Puis, on parle du symposium de la Fondation Émergence sur les thérapies de conversion en compagnie de Laurent Breault.
Au segment Make America Queer Always, Chantal Nadeau aborde les livres brûlés ou mis à l’index aux États-Unis.
Et à la chronique Ma vie en cinémaqueer, Donald Bilodeau suggère plusieurs films d’amour lesbiens à ne pas manquer.
Animation et recherche : Denis-Martin Chabot
Mise en ondes : Maurice Bolduc...
2024-02-2756 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 29 janvier 2024Denis-Martin Chabot s’entretient avec Micha Raoutenfeld, artiste, pour parler de son spectacle Papeça au Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui.
L’intelligence artificielle est-elle inclusive pour les communautés queers? Naoufel Testaouni, co-fondateur et directeur général de QueerTech, nous en dit plus.
Chantal Nadeau présente la chronique Make America queer always et Donald Bilodeau présente le segment Ma vie en cinémaqueer.
Animation et recherche : Denis-Martin Chabot
Mise en ondes : Maurice Bolduc
Chroniques : Chantal Nadeau; Donald Bilodeau
Invités : Micha Raoutenfeld, artiste; Naoufel Testaouni, co-fond...
2024-01-3056 min
The Peel026 - The World StageArt that addresses climate concerns is a unique way to forge emotional connections with new audiences and approach pressing issues in a less technical light. We talk with playwright Chantal Bilodeau on recent projects and her take on this unique blend of art and science.Host: Amber Whittle, PhD | Executive Director of Southface SarasotaGuest: Chantal Bilodeau | Climate Change Theatre Action
2024-01-1909 min
Climate Check: Stories and SolutionsDec 2023: Engaging with Climate Action through ArtOn today’s episode, we’re discussing how art can help deepen our understanding of the impact of climate change and empower us to take collective action. Our guest is Chantal Bilodeau.
Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright whose work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and climate change. She is the founder of the Arts & Climate Initiative and in her capacity as artistic director, has spearheaded local and global initiatives for over a decade, getting the theater and educational communities, as well as audiences in the U.S. and abroad, to engage in c...
2023-12-1927 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 27 novembre 2023Denis-Martin Chabot reçoit Pasquale Lo Mascolo pour aborder le positionnement d’Hydro-Québec en faveur d’inclusion 2LGBTQIA+.
Valérie Baud parle de son livre Possible qui explore la bisexualité et la pansexualité d’un point de vue peu considéré, celui d’une personne qui s’identifie comme femme.
On cause avec Alexe Frédéric qui fait la grève de la faim pour que la notation «X» soit offerte sur la carte d’assurance-maladie du Québec pour les personnes non binaires.
Chantal Nadeau présente la chronique Make America queer always, un r...
2023-11-2855 min
Community ConvosClimate Change Theater Action... That Means Putting It Into Action, Right?Melissa Kaplan joins Daedalian and Jereny on this edition of The Convo. Melissa talks about the global Climate Change Theatre Action; a festival with two nights of short plays from different countries, poetry, art and information presented by a multidisciplinary group of students, staff and faculty. LCC’s production features five CCTA plays: Thunderbird by Jo MacDonald, Anishinaabe playwright from Manitoba, Canada; A Hummingbird’s Ululation by Aleya Kassam, Kenya; That’s the Late Night Show by Vitor Jatobá, Brazil; Magical Fungi in Times Square by Chantal Bilodeau, Quebec, Canada/New York; and The Polar Bears by Nicholas Billon, Canada...
2023-11-2213 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 2 octobre 2023Denis-Martin Chabot reçoit Jean-Marc Berthon, ambassadeur français qui est de passage au Canada, pour discuter des droits des personnes LGBT+.
L’écrivain Samuel Larochelle présente son nouveau roman Elias et Justine.
Chantal Nadeau présente sa chronique Make America Queer always et à la chronique Ma vie en cinémaqueer, Donald Bilodeau nous parle de Xavier Dolan.
Animation et recherche : Denis-Martin Chabot
Mise en ondes : Maurice Bolduc
Chroniques : Chantal Nadeau; Donald Bilodeau
Invités : Jean-Marc Berthon, ambassadeur français; Samuel Larochelle, écrivain
2023-10-0356 minElectric Ladies PodcastClimate & Culture - Sandra Bargman & Chantal Bilodeau, Artists & Climate Initiative "For anything to happen on a grand scale, we need to have culture supported… Artists are good at planting these seeds, putting the stories out there and for anybody. The key is repetition. So, if you encounter a certain story, certain type of story in the music you listen to, in the articles that you read, in the billboard that you see or the murals that you see when you walk down the street at some point, it creates a frame that you can start to live in and the changes become something that is natural." Chantal Bilodeai on El...
2023-07-2604 min
Climate Change and Other Small TalkAbsolutely Nothing Of Any MeaningA couple leave outraged reviews about products delivered by Amazon, while climate chaos swishes into their home. Their responses to their escalating crisis become increasingly absurd, topped only by the absurdity of Amazon’s tactics to thwart them.Absolutely Nothing Of Any Meaning was written by Sunny Drake. Find the transcript here.Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get...
2023-04-2223 min
Everything's ChangingAlas, Poor Climate: Making Space and Creating Change through TheaterWelcome back to Season 3 of Everything’s Changing! Rebecca is joined this season by Will Kaselow: naturalist, scientist, and New Jersey stan. For our first episode together, we talked to Chantal Bilodeau, playwright and artistic director of the Arts & Climate Initiative. Join us as we explore the role of theater in climate action, have our minds blown by the “solar punk” movement, and kick off the latest season of EC!
2023-04-1332 min
The Official IDEAS For Us PodcastThe Intersection of Art & Climate Policy with Playwright Chantal BilodeauChantal Bilodeau has been addressing climate issues through playwriting for 20 years. She is an artistic director, producer of live events, editor of anthologies of plays about the climate, and winner of several awards such as the Woodward International Playwriting Prize. Chantal is also co-founder of Climate Change Theatre Action, which involves commissioning 50 playwrights every other year to write a short play about an aspect of the climate, and encouraging productions of these plays by everyday people all over the world.
Interested in consuming “climate theater,” learning about climate playwriting, or getting involved in the 2023 Climate Change Theatre Actio...
2022-12-0543 minElectric Ladies PodcastFamous Music Venue Goes Sustainable - Erika Wollam-Nichols, The Bluebird CafeFamous Music Venue Goes Sustainable - Erika Wollam-Nichols, The Bluebird Café "We have staff members who are very, very conscious of sustainability. One of our servers does our recycling…and we've had to really step into how can we find space for those kind of things, even composting…because obviously we have food waste, but our kitchen is not much bigger than the bathroom here.…I would also add that we…. found a local partner here in town (for the merchandise) who prints in town and buys local and buys national product so that we're able to f...
2022-11-2936 min
Au fil du temps (archives) - Canal M, la voix de l'inclusionRester jeune de coeur, contrer l’intimidation et voter selon son âge!Un beau trio d’invités cette semaine : La semaine des jeunes de cœur de Brossard avec Marcel Leboeuf, comédien, conférencier et homme d’affaires; les enjeux jeunesse/vieillesse des élections selon le (très!) engagé Steven Bilodeau, 16 ans, et agir contre l’intimidation, peu importe notre âge, avec Majorie Asselin, directrice générale d’Action Jeunesse Côte-Sud.
Animatrice et recherchiste : Chantal Dauray
Recherchiste : Catherine Bourderon
Mise en ondes : Maurice Bolduc
Invités : Marcel Leboeuf, animateur et comédien; Steven Bilodeau, fondateur de la ligne téléphonique Solid’aîné; Majorie Asselin, di...
2022-09-2756 minL'heure où l'arc-en-ciel se lèveL’heure où l’arc-en-ciel se lève, 26 septembre 2022Denis-Martin Chabot discute des enjeux 2LGBTQIA+ dans la campagne électorale québécoise avec Chantal Rouleau, députée sortante et candidate de la CAQ dans la circonscription de Pointe-aux-Trembles, puis Ariane Marchand-Labelle, directrice du Conseil québécois LGBT. Laurent Breault de la Fondation Émergence nous parle de l’encan-bénéfice d’œuvres d’art annuel.
Donald Bilodeau présente sa chronique musicale Arc-en-ciel.
Animateur et recherchiste : Denis-Martin Chabot
Mise en ondes : Maurice Bolduc
Chroniqueur : Donald Bilodeau
Invités : Chantal Rouleau, députée sortante et candidate de la CAQ dans la circonscripti...
2022-09-2756 minElectric Ladies PodcastEV Trucks & The Inflation Reduction Act – Neha Palmer, TeraWatt Infrastructure"I think what's really interesting and intriguing to me is the collaboration from the DOT and the DOE. there certainly is an overlap when you think about electrification, it's a transportation question, but it's also an energy question and both of those things have to be really coordinated to have success here…. They have to be developed in tandem and coordinated is something that really hasn't been, on their radar before." Neha Palmer on Electric Ladies Podcast With the new Inflation Reduction Act signed into law – on top of the Infrastructure Bill a few months ago – the govern...
2022-08-1727 minElectric Ladies PodcastA Climate Cabaret? - Sandra Bargman & Chantal Bilodeau, Artists & Climate Initiative"For anything to happen on a grand scale, we need to have culture supported… Artists are good at planting these seeds, putting the stories out there and for anybody. The key is repetition. So, if you encounter a certain story, certain type of story in the music you listen to, in the articles that you read, in the billboard that you see or the murals that you see...at some point, it creates a frame that you can start to live in and the changes become something that is natural." Chantal Bilodeai on Electric Ladies Podcast Stories. Mu...
2022-06-2140 min
Cette semaine aux coursesCette semaine aux courses – Émission du 31 mai 2022Cette Semaine aux Courses présentée par Lussier Chevrolet Buick GMC Au menu, nous recevons Chantal Provencher et Yan Bilodeau en entrevue.
De plus, nous avons un segment sur la série de cartes des Gars de Courses, une chronique sur la F1 avec Keven Hébert et un retour sur le Indy 500 avec Cédrik Blondin.
De plus, c'est au tour de Mélianne Bérubé de faire ses choix dans la chronique des Choix du Président de Garage P. Auclair Inc.
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2022-06-021h 39
The Edge of EverydayYouth Must Lead the WayAgain Producer/Director Christi Cooper is a PhD scientist, documentary filmmaker, and Emmy-award winning cinematographer. http://www.barrelmakerproductions.com/Chantal Bilodeau is an award-winning playwright and the founder of Arts and Climate Initiative. https://artsandclimate.org/earth-intentionWe will be discussing Christi's documentary, now streaming on Netflix, YOUTH v GOV, the story of America’s youth taking on the world’s most powerful government. We will also be discussing Chantal's recent successful installment in her ArcticCycle of plays, No More Harvey's, which debuted in Anchorage - and her upcoming project, Earth Intention: A Climate Cabaret. All th...
2022-05-031h 00
Les passions de Camille – Canal M, la voix de l'inclusionLes passions de Camille avec Lyne-Marie Bilodeau et Chantal BonnevilleLa Sherbrookoise Lyne-Marie Bilodeau vit depuis sa naissance avec une hémiparésie, ce qui signifie que le côté gauche de son corps est paralysé. À 20 ans, elle était la plus jeune skieuse paranordique de la délégation canadienne aux Jeux paralympiques d’hiver de Beijing 2022.
Chantal Bonneville, danseuse et chorégraphe atteinte de la sclérose en plaques, s’est retrouvée en fauteuil roulant. Chantal fait toujours de la danse et elle a fondé la troupe de danse en fauteuil roulant « Gang de roue ».
Animation : Camille Chai
Recherche : Claire Guérin
Mise en...
2022-04-1556 minThe Edge of EverydayWhere Is The Hope? At The Edge of Climate Action & TheatreWe will be talking about her writing and, of course, the edges of climate understanding, climate action, art and theatre.Chantal Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright. In her capacity as artistic director of The Arctic Cycle, she has been instrumental in getting the theatre and educational communities, as well as audiences in the U.S. and abroad, to engage in climate action!Through live events, talks, publications, workshops, and national and international theatre festivals, she is changing the conversation around Climate Reality. She is writing a series of plays that look at the...
2022-01-181h 00
Spirit in ActionCli-Fi, Climate Change Theatre, Insuring our Future - with Peterson ToscanoPeterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio guest-hosts today, and he shares visits with Chantal Bilodeau of Climate Change Theatre Action
2021-11-1255 min
Citizens Climate Radio Climate Change PodcastEp 63 Climate Change Theatre Action 2021Chantal Bilodeau tells us about Climate Change Theatre Action (CCTA) 2021. Founded in 2015, CCTA is a worldwide series of readings and performances of short climate change plays presented biennially to coincide with the United Nations COP meetings.
CCTA was originally founded by Elaine Ávila, Chantal Bilodeau, Roberta Levitow, and Caridad Svich following a model pioneered by NoPassport Theatre Alliance. It has since evolved into a U.S.-Canada collaboration between The Arctic Cycle and the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts.
Chantal is a playwright and translator originally from Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, but now based in New York City, the tradit...
2021-09-0330 min
conscient podcaste44 bilodeau – the arts are good at changing cultureI think of the arts as planting a seed and activism as being the quickest way you can get from A to B. So activism is like, this is what we're going to do. We have to do it now. This is a solution. This is what we're working towards and there's all kinds of different solutions, but it's about action. The arts are not about pushing any one solution or telling people, this is what you need to do. It is about saying here's a problem. Let's think about it together. Let’s explore avenues we could take. Let’s th...
2021-06-2836 min
conscient podcaste44 bilodeau – the arts are good at changing cultureNote: photo of Chantal Bilodeau by Yadin Goldman
I think of the arts as planting a seed and activism as being the quickest way you can get from A to B. So activism is like, this is what we're going to do. We have to do it now. This is a solution. This is what we're working towards and there's all kinds of different solutions, but it's about action. The arts are not about pushing any one solution or telling people, this is what you need to do. It is about saying here's a problem. Let's think...
2021-05-1136 minconscient podcaste44 bilodeau – the arts are good at changing cultureNote: photo of Chantal Bilodeau by Yadin Goldman
I think of the arts as planting a seed and activism as being the quickest way you can get from A to B. So activism is like, this is what we're going to do. We have to do it now. This is a solution. This is what we're working towards and there's all kinds of different solutions, but it's about action. The arts are not about pushing any one solution or telling people, this is what you need to do. It is about saying here's a problem. Let's think...
2021-05-1136 min
Ditch Your Backup PlanMaking It: 2020 Guests Answer, "Have you made it?"Guests from 2020 answer the question, “Have you made it?” 00:53 Becca Kötte- Broadway actress and recording artist 1:30 David Valentine - Puppet Builder at Jim Henson Co. 2:52 Lauren Hirsh- Broadway child guardian 3:27 Clyde Voce- Actor 4:14 Sarah Schreiber-WWE backstage correspondent 5:50 Ross Evans- Screenwriter 6:17 Katie McClellan- TV, film, theatre & voiceover 7:38 Tim Murray- Actor, comedian 8:42 Grace Douglas 9:42 Mariand Torres- Broadway actress 11:15 Logan Jones- General manager, About Face Theatre, Chicago 11:52 Jenna Rubaii- Broadway actor 12:47 Alanna Saunders- Broadway actor ...
2021-01-2728 minDitch Your Backup PlanRisk: Guests of 2020 Share Their Biggest RiskGuests from 2020 answer the question, “What was your biggest risk?” 1:07 Becca Kötte- Broadway actress and recording artist 1:40 Lauren Hirsh- Broadway child guardian 2:16 Clyde Voce- Actor 2:55 Sarah Schreiber-WWE backstage correspondent 3:36 Ross Evans- Screenwriter 4:44 Katie McClellan- TV, film, theatre & voiceover 5:34 Tim Murray- Actor, comedian 6:32 Mariand Torres- Broadway actress 7:12 Logan Jones- General manager, About Face Theatre, Chicago 7:48 Jenna Rubaii- Broadway actor 9:15 Alanna Saunders- Broadway actor 9:47 Anne Cofell Saunders- Television writer, executive producer 12:00 Lindsay Levine- Casting direct...
2021-01-1925 minDitch Your Backup PlanGuests of 2020 Answer the Backup Plan QuestionIn the first episode of 2021, guests from 2020 answer the question, “Did you have a backup plan?” 2:00 Becca Kötte- Broadway actress and recording artist 2:22 David Valentine- Puppet builder at Jim Henson Co. 2:56 Lauren Hirsh- Broadway child guardian 3:22 Clyde Voce- Actor 3:58 Sarah Schreiber-WWE backstage correspondent 4:07 Ross Evans- Screenwriter 4:44 Katie McClellan- TV, film, theatre & voiceover 5:36 Tim Murray- Actor, comedian 6:25 Grace Douglas- Story producer, unscripted (reality) TV 7:25 Mariand Torres- Broadway actress 7:49 Logan Jones- General manager, About Face Theatre, Chicago 8:30...
2021-01-1419 min
New Books in Environmental StudiesChantal Bilodeau, "Forward" (Tanlonbooks 2018)Over the past ten years, Chantal Bilodeau has made a name for herself a playwright singularly dedicated to writing plays about the issue of climate change. These are not dry docu-dramas, but deeply human depictions of life in the far north, where climate change is a daily reality.Forward (Tanlonbooks 2018) is the latest work in her Artic Cycle, and it follows the story of Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen in two temporalities: a story moving forward through Nansen’s life, and a counter-narrative moving backwards from the present until Nansen’s time. This play both depicts the life of t...
2020-09-0352 min
Ditch Your Backup PlanCreate What Doesn't Exist- Chantal BilodeauPlaywright Chantal Bilodeau is the founder and artistic director of the Arctic Cycle organization and close friend and collaborator of host, Jen Vellenga. Chantal dives into her impactful work as a storyteller who uses theatre to encourage communities to take action on local and global climate change. Show notes at DitchYourBackupPlan.com
2020-08-101h 04
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #12 - FocusMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is thought number twelve, which is also the last thought of this residency. I’ve been craving focus. I don’t know if it’s me or the outside world but I feel like my life is very scattered and my ability to pay attention somewhat compromised. It’s difficult to have any thought that has any depth when you can only think in fifteen-minute increments, or when you’re always interrupted. I like the variety and I do enjoy some amount of chaos because it can be very energizing. But right...
2020-02-2700 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #11 - In the WayMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Eleven. I’m thinking about two things – one was said to me and the other one I read – and for some reason these two things are resonating with me today. The first one is “You can never get enough of what you don’t need” and it was said to me by a massage therapist. The second one was written by playwright Sarah Ruhl and it's “Life doesn’t get in the way.” So I’m thinking about things we crave but don’t need, and the way we always think th...
2020-02-2600 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #10 - TranslationMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Ten. I’m thinking about translation because this is what I’ve been doing intensely for the past several days and I am grateful to be able to travel from one world to another like that, and to have the joy of seeing what’s unique in both worlds. But I’m also aware of the loss, of all those things that don’t travel well between languages because they can’t be captured outside of their context. And that makes me think of people like me, immigrants w...
2020-02-2500 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #9 - ThoughtsMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Nine. The process of having a thought is interesting. Usually it happens sort of unnoticed in the background. But when you have to have a thought to record it, then you find yourself thinking about your thoughts, editing them, and trying to decide which one is worthy and which one is not. And so, I’ve been sitting here for about twenty minutes, wondering: OK, which thought is a good thought? And of course, in the process millions of them have gone by. But for one reason or...
2020-02-2000 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #8 - AnxietyMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Eight. Here’s a list of things that give me anxiety: deadlines, traffic jams, being late, avoidable conflict, unavoidable conflict, too much sugar, not enough sugar, financial insecurity, patterns that repeat indefinitely – like flowers on a wallpaper, bad theatre, climate change, overpopulation, inequality, presidential elections, having to disappoint someone, having to say no to someone, doing a bad job, not being a good friend, making English mistakes, making French mistakes, having to get up at some ungodly hour to catch a flight in the morning, and having eigh...
2020-02-1900 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #7 - Worth ItMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Seven. My thoughts today were a little bit like this: “Go!” “No, I don’t have time.” “But it’s beautiful outside!” “No, no, it’s gonna make me late.” “Go, go, just for five minutes!” “No! I’m so overwhelmed!” But in the end, I went and I looked at the river for five minutes, and it was completely worth it.
2020-02-1800 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #6 - BeautyMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Six. I was walking to the subway tonight, and I was walking fast because I was in a hurry. I was also trying to solve a problem in my head so I wasn’t paying much attention. But at some point I noticed a sculpture and I almost just glanced at it and walked away but I decided to stop and really look at it. And it immediately made me feel happy because for one thing, it was beautiful but also it reminded me that beauty is ev...
2020-02-1300 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #5 - NeedMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Five. Today, I was in a workshop titled The New Climate Story at Columbia University in New York, in a beautiful room that overlooks Manhattan. Out of a group of about fifty, there were only three of us in the theatre and the rest of the group was half journalists and half scientists. And I was reminded that though what we do in the theatre is often undervalued, in the climate world, I have always been not just welcomed but also called upon to help tackle this...
2020-02-1200 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #4 - JokerMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought Number Four. I didn’t watch the Oscars and I also haven’t see the movie "The Joker" but I am very grateful for Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar speech where he called out the injustices of the world and talked about how we have become disconnected from the natural world, and how our egocentric world view is causing us to plunder its resources. I’m grateful that he can reach millions of people and is willing to say these things.
2020-02-1100 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #3 - Ice CreamMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is thought number three. To eat the ice cream or not to eat the ice cream? That is the question. Is it better to be emotionally fulfilled and physically uncomfortable or to be physically well but emotionally deprived? I think life is full of these dilemmas and when we go for black and white solutions, we’re usually missing part of the picture. This said, I’m eating the ice cream.
2020-02-0600 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #2 - PatterningMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is Thought #2. I’ve been reading the book The Patterning Instinct by Jeremy Lent and it talks about how with the advent of agriculture, we developed the concept of boundaries and lines and squares. As long as we were hunters and gatherers, we saw the world as fluid – boundaries were permeable and everything was sort of a curve. But with agriculture, when we started growing things and having our own fields, we needed to determine what was ours and what wasn’t. And that’s when boundaries and squares and straight l...
2020-02-0500 min
Thought ResidenciesChantal Bilodeau - Thought #1 - BlessedMy name is Chantal Bilodeau and this is my first thought. I wonder what it means to be blessed these days. I’m sitting on my bed drinking a cup of Chai tea out of a cup that says “Blessed” and I think about all the climate disruptions, the coronavirus, um, terrible elections in many countries, protests – all the things that are changing this world – and… maybe being blessed just means being – … actually being able to sit on a bed and drink a cup of Chai out of a cup that says “Blessed.”
2020-02-0400 min
Citizens Climate Radio Climate Change PodcastEp 43 From the Oil Fields in Venezuela to Climate Justice in the USA—Solemi HernandezIn this episode you will meet a fellow climate action figure. Solemi Hernandez finds great joy and fulfillment in the climate work she does. In hearing some of her own story, we hope it inspires you in your own.
Originally from Venezuela, Solemi has lived in the US state of Florida for the past 17 years. She seeks to improve conditions for immigrant farm workers. She is also raising her two sons, and Solemi has taken on a very big mission. She wants to save the world starting in her own community.
Like her father and grandfather before her, Solemi worked...
2019-12-2030 min
The Theatre History PodcastEpisode 61: Chantal Bilodeau on "Breaking Up with Aristotle" and Finding New Ways to Tell Stories OnstageBack in 2016, playwright Chantal Bilodeau announced that she was breaking up with Aristotle. In addition to her work writing plays, Chantal is also a translator and the Artistic Director of the Arctic Cycle, which aims to create theatre that engages with the ongoing climate crisis. That latter role, in particular, has led her to rethink how we write plays and how we approach the legacy of the famous ancient Greek theorist. Chantal joined the podcast to discuss her feelings towards Aristotle, as well as to discuss how we might begin to move past his strictures in creating new theatre.
2019-11-1813 min
Citizens Climate Radio Climate Change PodcastEp 24 Climate ComedyConversations about climate change can get downright dire and dreary. But isn't there room for comedy? Brian Ettling is a comic who is not ashamed to pull out a rubber chicken for a gag. He joins show host, Peterson Toscano for a lively conversation about climate comedy.
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Playwright Chantal Bilodeau returns to the Art House. This time she tells us about two visual artists whose work helps make the invisible worlds of pollution and climate change visual in very visceral ways. Learn about American artist, Eve Mosher with her flood lines, and Chinese artist, Brother Nut and his...
2018-05-2530 minSpirit in ActionBees, Racing, Wind, Arctic & Climate ChangePeterson Toscano uses Citizen's Climate Radio to find earth-healing work everywhere, with Indy car racer Aaron Telitz, in the sculpture of Emily Puthoff about Bee Habitat, Chantal Bilodeau's Arctic-located climate change play, and Grant Samms' research about wind power in Oklahoma.
2018-02-1055 min
Citizens Climate Radio Climate Change PodcastEp 20 When the oil folk embraced the windGrant Samms was curious about the expansion of wind energy in Western Oklahoma, especially in the oil town of Woodward. He expected to see a lot of conflict there. Turns out there was no conflict. Because of their identity as energy producers, the citizens of Woodward found a way to weave wind energy extraction into their lives and enconomy.
Grant is currently at Washington College's Center for Environment and Society in Chestertown, Maryland, where he is witnessing tensions in rural Maryland over proposed windmill farms. He chats with Citizens' Climate Radio host, Peterson Toscano, about what he learned in Western...
2018-01-2130 min
The Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook PodcastDouble-Whammy Birthday - sung by Dee RoscioliMonth Upon a Time, Episode #9 (February): I've been a big fan of Dee Roscioli's from the minute I laid eyes on her at the meet-and-greet for the 2010 24-Hour Musicals. Little did I know that she had already distinguished herself as the actress who performed the role of Elphaba in Wicked more times than any other performer in North America, a "title" I believe she still holds! I'm sorry to say, I didn't get to see her in the role, but everyone who has, either from the stage or from out front, is all raves! If you want to know more...
2012-02-2900 minThe Jeff Blumenkrantz Songbook PodcastYou're Not Perfect Anymore - sung by Alysha UmphressBonus Episode #6: Hey everybody, it's time for another episode celebrating Raw Impressions! This organization enables artists to produce new projects VERY quickly, which is how I met my lovely guest star of the day, Alysha Umphress.Alysha, a recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory, made a splash last year at the Chelsea bar, XL, winning their American Idol-type competition, XL Star. (Check out her rendition of "Over the Rainbow" recorded live in the XL Star finals.)I fell for Alysha this past March, when she was one of the cast members assigned to me when I...
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