Shows
Journey through the SeasonsJourney through Winter ~ PrepareEdited by: Dan LangeMusic: Reiki Healing from Purple PlanetOpening Words: Sue reads from Anne of Green Gables, by LM MontgomeryPodcast Developments: You can now follow the show and access bonus content on Substack: https://journeythroughtheseasons.substack.com - where you can also buy a subscription to help support the podcast, or you can buy us a coffee - at https://buymeacoffee.com/journeythroughtheseasonsSeasonal Living: Sue and Emma discuss the Pagan festival of SamhainRecipes: Emma's Butternut Squash Galette is adapted from a recipe by Lazy Cat Kit...
2025-10-2158 min
Mully & Haugh ShowBest of the Bears: Shakeup in the NFC NorthIn the Best of the Bears this week, the Mully & Haugh Show reacted to the Packers' trade for Micah Parsons with Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune, then discussed how it impacts the Bears; Chris Emma offers a report from Halas Hall after GM Ryan Poles addressed the media; and head coach Ben Johnson joined the morning show.
2025-08-311h 02
The Marlborough Book FestivalChris Tse - An Hour with the Poet LaureateChris Tse in conversation with Sally McLennan
At the 2024 Marlborough Book Festival, the Poet Laureate talks about and reads from his poetry collections in which he explores questions of identity, including his Chinese heritage and queer identity, and addresses Aotearoa history. He also reflects on his time as Poet Laureate and his hopes for the power of poetry.
Chris Tse is the New Zealand Poet Laureate 2022-2025. His first collection, How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes (2014), won the Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry. The collection revisits the 1905 murder of...
2025-08-2059 min
Bridge to Success: Navigating Dual EnrollmentEpisode 23: El Camino Community College, Centinela Valley USD, and Torrance USDDiane is joined by Michelle Arthur Coordinator/Supervisor for Dual Enrollment, K-14 Pathways, and Early College from El Camino Community College and two partners, Monica Reinhart, Early College Program Manager from Centinela Valley USD, and Emma Biggs, College & Career Pathways TOSA from Torrance USD.
2025-07-3034 min
Today in AgOSU Day at OCAJimmy Clark at the OCA convention! Listen while he talks with Laura Goodmen with OSU Natural Resources Convention. Dr. Rosslyn Biggs, Beef Cattle Extension Specialist, discusses the most recent New World Screwworm updates. To wrap up the episode OSU studen Bailey Boyd, OCCA secretary, and Emma Hickey, Oklahoma Beef Council intern,
2025-07-2556 min
SWOMPA Short Walk To Pluto chats with SWOMP following their Revelree 2025 setToronto rockers A Short Walk To Pluto chatted with SWOMP following their set on the opening day at the Revelree Music Festival in Sarnia, Ontario on Friday, July 18, 2025.
Listen to the full interview with band members Emma Armstrong (lead vocals), Max Kaiser (lead guitar), Jake Biggs (drums, percussion & backing vocals) and Georgios Papangelakis (bass guitar).
Watch for a full photo gallery from their Revelree set on SWOMP soon!
Here are some more details about the band:
From origins rocking their Toronto high school pep rallies as a humble trio back in 2018...
2025-07-2105 min
Just Asking QuestionsMatt Taibbi: The Collapse of the Censorship RegimeAre the online speech wars over? Just asking questions.
Award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi joins Reason's Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe on Just Asking Questions today to help analyze Vice President J.D. Vance's blistering speech at the Munich Security Conference, where Vance called on Europe's leaders to stop suppressing speech, banning populist political parties, and annulling elections. Taibbi predicts Vance's speech will be "remembered as a moment of grave importance," as it signals the "collapse of the post–World War II order." They also discuss a nonconfrontational 60 Minutes segment about German speech laws, Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation as dir...
2025-02-271h 21
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 20: How to hold an electionFor the final episode of the series, Ben goes back to basics and asks: how can democracies hold free and fair elections? It’s not as simple as setting up polling stations and handing out ballot boxes, so what does it take to create a truly even electoral playing field?Guests: Robin Foresteier-Walker, Freelance journalist, based in GeorgiaTanja Hollstein, Head of Practice (Elections) at the Westminster Foundation for DemocracyPippa Norris, McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.What’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Torto...
2024-10-1642 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 19: AI and democracyThis week, we’re looking at another big potential challenge facing democracy: AI, or artificial intelligence. Ben wants to know how worried we should be when it comes to the rise of these new technologies. Might they spell the death knell for trust in our institutions? Or can technology play a helpful role in boosting modern democracies?Guests: Sarah Kreps, Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell UniversityAlex Krasodomski, Programme Director of the Digital Society Initiative at Chatham HouseKerry McInerney, Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of IntelligenceW...
2024-10-0944 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 18: Facing the climate crisisOne of the biggest challenges of our time is climate change. This week, Ben wants to know how effective democracies are when it comes to fighting the climate crisis. How can we settle on solutions when there’s so many different interests at play?Guests: Keith Smith, Senior Researcher in the International Political Economy/International Environmental Politics group at the Center for Comparative and International StudiesLouis Wilson, Head of Fossil Fuel Investigations at Global WitnessRafaela Santos Martins Da Rosa, Coordinator of the Sustainability Commission of the Federal Court of Rio Grande do Sul
2024-10-0235 min
Work It: A UVic career exploration podcastBuilding a sustainable future: an interview with Joni founder Jayesh VekariyaOn the first episode of season 2, hosts Katy and Emma speak with Jayesh Vekariya, a UVic MBA graduate who is the CEO and one of the founders of Joni, a Victoria-based company that produces organic, sustainable menstrual products. Jayesh is also one of UVic’s 2024 Emerging Alumni. Join us as we talk with Jayesh about: how growing up in Gujurat, India inspired him to launch a business that tackles sustainability and poverty reductionwhat it was like pivoting from a career in pharmacy to pursue his third graduate program at UVictackling the i...
2024-09-2827 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 17: When politics turns nastyDemocracy can often be knocked off course by political violence, but in some places it’s become an ingrained part of how politics is done. This week Ben wants to find out why violence and democracy can be so hard to separate, and how to stop violence taking hold of our politics in the first place. Guests: Arunima Kar, Freelance journalist based in KolkataAmalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics at Lancaster University, and author of ‘Towards a Philosophy of Narco Violence in Mexico’Hannah Philips, policy researcher at the University of Oxford and Civi...
2024-09-2537 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 16: How corruption corrodesWhere does the boundary lie between bad behaviour and outright corruption? This week Ben wants to understand how corruption and the fight against it are destructive forces in a democracy. Guests: Simon Kuper, journalist and author of ‘Good Chaps’ and ‘Chums’Ezequiel González Ocantos, Professor of Comparative & Judicial Politics at Nuffield College, University of OxfordWhat’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations. To find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening exp...
2024-09-1837 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 15: On the campaign trailIt often feels like America is stuck in a perpetual election campaign cycle. How much do campaigns matter? Ben speaks to three guests who have followed several US presidential campaigns from the outside, and the inside. How different does this year’s look? What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part three of three.Guests: John Sides, Professor at the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TennesseeLauren Gambiano, political correspondent for Guardian US Jim Messina, former campaign manager and former White House deputy chief of staff for operati...
2024-09-1144 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 14: What makes a good US president?American voters have chosen the two candidates who will vie to become the next US president. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump couldn’t be more different. This week, Ben wants to know what kind of leaders American voters are drawn to. What makes a good president? And is the US primary system of choosing candidates a good way of selecting a leader? What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part two of three.Guests: Lee Drutman, senior fellow in the Political Reform program at the think tank New AmericaDarrell West, profes...
2024-09-0438 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 13: The devil's in the demographic Polling organisations often define Americans by their ethnic and racial identity. Ben wants to know if these voter “blocks” remain intact at the ballot box. Is it possible to predict how people will vote based on their identity? Or is demographic polling pointless? What’s Wrong with Democracy? US election miniseries - part one of three.Guests: Christopher Towler, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, SacramentoKira Sanbonmatsu, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and Senior Scholar at the Center for American Women and PoliticsMark Hugo-Lopez, Director o...
2024-08-2841 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 12: The dangers of identity politicsDemocratic societies are a melting pot of people from different ethnic and religious backgrounds, but when political alliances are formed around a particular identity it can lead to division and sometimes violence. In this episode Ben explores one of the most extreme examples of ethnic conflict - the Rwandan genocide - and asks whether it’s possible to have a peaceful democracy after so much bloodshed.Guests: Sharun Mukand, Professor of Economics at the University of WarwickJames Chin, Professor of Asian studies at the University of Tasmania What’s Wrong with Democra...
2024-08-0733 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 11: When to take to the streetsThe history of protest and democracy is long and complex, but taking to the streets has resulted in major democratic changes in the past. This week, Ben wants to know if protest still has a role to play in today’s politics. What are the barriers to protesting effectively? Is the time for peaceful protest over? And with autocracies on the rise, do citizens need a new tool to express their discontent?Guests: Ilya Marritz, journalist at the Boston Globe and co-host of ‘Will Be Wild’Dawn Brancati, senior lecturer in international and pub...
2024-07-3130 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 10: Why the kids don’t careIn many democracies voter turnout is lower than it’s ever been, especially among young people. Ben wants to know what we can do to get millennials and Gen Z to the polls. Do we need to rethink how we cast a vote? Why aren’t politicians more focused on winning over the next generation of voters? And how can we stop this trend so that political apathy doesn’t become political alienation?Guests: Viktor Valgardsson, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at Southampton UniversityJohn Burn-Murdoch, chief data reporter at the Financial Times
2024-07-2438 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 9: The polarisation problemDemocracies are made up of people with different views. But when we don’t feel connected, we become polarised. Ben speaks to Noreena Hertz about how loneliness leads to polarisation and then to Wendy Via to find out if opposing worldviews can ever be reconciled. Guests: Noreena Hertz, economist and author of ‘The Lonely Century’Wendy Via, Co-founder and president of the Global Project against Hate and ExtremismWhat’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open Society Foundations. To find out more a...
2024-07-1734 min
Jake's Take with Jacob ElyacharEpisode #302: A Short Walk to Pluto TALKS Origin Story, Howard Stern's Endorsement & TikTok SuccessIt is a pleasure to welcome A Short Walk to Pluto to The Jake’s Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. The band consists of lead vocalist Emma Armstrong, lead guitarist Max Kaiser, bassist and backing vocalist Danny Moriana, and drummer and percussionist Jake Biggs. It was formed in 2018 and has developed a massive social media presence through TikTok and Instagram, where it regularly debuts original music and classic songs. Through that social media presence, the band was discovered and endorsed by media icon Howard Stern on his SiriusXM radio show.Though much of their success is due...
2024-07-1123 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 8: The case for an independent judiciaryThis week, as more of our political institutions are rocked by corruption from partisan forces, Ben wants to know how we can protect the independence of our judiciaries, and what happens when they go wrong. When democratic institutions fail, what does this do to our faith in democracy? And can a compromised judiciary ever be restored?Guests:Fida Hammami, Amnesty International's Tunisia Research and Advocacy AdvisorBen Stanley, Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw and Visiting Fellow at the University...
2024-07-1038 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 7: Truth mattersThe freedom to speak truth to power is under threat. Not just in authoritarian states, but increasingly within democracies too. This week Ben asks why access to reliable information is so important for democracy. And how important is the emergence of open source investigation in getting to the truth. Guests: Alia Ibrahim, co-founder and CEO of Daraj.com, an independent digital media platform launched in November 2017Rebecca Vincent, Director of campaigns at Reporters sans frontières - Reporters Without Borders (RSF)Eliot Higgins, Founder of BellingcatWhat’s Wro...
2024-07-0335 min
What's Wrong with Democracy?Episode 6: Big money, big problems?This week, Ben’s asking what happens when money meets democracy. As lobbying scandals continue to rock our institutions, Ben wants to know how we can protect our democracies from corruption. Also what role should or could the wealthy, and super-wealthy play in keeping our democracies financially healthy? Does philanthropy have a place in modern functioning democracies? Guests: Valentina Pop, Europe news editor, the Financial TimesMark Malloch-Brown, former President of the Open Society FoundationsWhat’s Wrong with Democracy? is produced by Tortoise Media and supported by the Open...
2024-06-2631 min
The Irwin Mitchell PodcastExploring rehabilitation provision after amputationHow people lose their limbs can make a big difference to the availability of rehabilitation services, but according to our panel, one aspect that always seems to be under resourced is mental health. Studies show that 30-40% of amputees suffer mental health difficulties following surgery yet support with mental health is not provided as standard. Charities can be a valuable resource in helping people rediscover who they are and what they can do after surgery.Our host and serious injury expert, Richard Biggs, is joined by Emma Joy-Staines from Steel Bones and Josephine Bridges from...
2024-04-2550 min
Bedard's Unofficial PodcastEducation @ St. John's: DiscussAs a core mission of any school, education is key, if not everything. Emma Croft-Biggs, an educator with 35 years experience and a Masters joins her husband Matt and myself, an overeducated bilingual St. John's graduate with a BA, a French DEUG, an MBA, and Juris Doctorate, to talk about Education @ St. John's.
2024-04-071h 12
Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingHow to Grow Tomatoes from Seed: When and How (+ Top Varieties!)How to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Growing tomatoes from seed? Get the right combination of timing, soil, light, and containers, and you can grow great tomato seedlings at home.There’s more than one way to raise tomato plants from seed. And that means you can do it in a way that fits your growing space.AND make sure to pick a variety you’ll love—because that’s a big reason for growing tomato seedlings. Some of the best tomato varieties are only available as seeds.
2024-02-0830 min
The Bucket of Beef Show!Pretty Little Spiders: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)Andrew Stone and Emma Garfield are in thing and they're hella cute:) Spider-Man is amazing in this one folks. The one and only. Ain't no other spider-type movies. That's fact. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Review! Follow us on Instagram/Youtube/Facebook @ Bucket of Beef Show!Follow us on Patreon: Patreon.com/bucketofbeefshow-Voting power on what we watch next!-early access to our newest episodes!-Reviews of horror movies and access to our Last of Us review series!Original Songs by:Frederique Joie @Fredi.spaghetti (Soundcloud, Instagram, TikTok)Original Art by:Andrew Biggs @biggs.pdf/biggspdf.com (Instagram/Website)
2023-10-2159 min
The David Knight Show5Sep23 Proud Boys Given Extreme Sentences as DOJ Engages in TerrorismOUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODESExtreme sentences given to Joe Biggs, Proud Boys (and other J6ers) — enhanced political terrorism from the DOJ. Nothing he did comes close to warranting 17 years for Joe. Unfortunately, he and others, still place their hope in Trump who showed THEN and NOW that he couldn't care less about their fate. (2:34)Fauci's mask comes OFF - still lying through his teeth. Even CNN & New York Times point out the emperor wannabe is a naked tyrant. Fauci changes th...
2023-09-063h 00
The REAL David Knight Show5Sep23 Proud Boys Given Extreme Sentences as DOJ Engages in TerrorismOUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODESExtreme sentences given to Joe Biggs, Proud Boys (and other J6ers) — enhanced political terrorism from the DOJ. Nothing he did comes close to warranting 17 years for Joe. Unfortunately, he and others, still place their hope in Trump who showed THEN and NOW that he couldn't care less about their fate. (2:34)Fauci's mask comes OFF - still lying through his teeth. Even CNN & New York Times point out the emperor wannabe is a naked tyrant. Fauci changes th...
2023-09-063h 00Bedard's Unofficial PodcastUnofficial Ontario - Saint John's (15th episode!)Emma Croft and Matt Biggs (#109) join Pierre and Richard in our first foray into the world and history of Saint John's of Ontario. I learned things today I never knew about the origins of the Ontario school - its founding, its location, its burning down. A fascinating conversation and history. It's a long one, but a good one.
2023-07-311h 21Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping7-Year-Old Certified Farmer Talks About Crops, Kids, and InsectsHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***We head to Georgia to chat with 7-year-old Kendall Rae Johnson and her mom, Ursula. Kendall is the youngest certified farmer in the state of Georgia. At her aGROWKulture Farm she grows her favourite crops and teaches other kids about gardening. Kendall has been on Good Morning America, The Ellen Show, and Sesame Street. Our own connection with Kendall is that we’re fans of the organization KidsGardening. Emma and Kendall were both involved in...
2023-05-0426 min
Tennis UnfilteredMedvedev and Alcaraz are BACK, Swiatek's big decision and the Russia debate returnsCalvin Betton is back in the UK and joins George Bellshaw and James Gray, of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper to talk about all the biggest stories in tennis this week.
Has Daniil Medvedev rediscovered his mojo?
How can Carlos Alcaraz just hit the ground running so easily?
Will we see that much of Iga Swiatek in 2023?
What is Cam Norrie's schedule all about?
And we try to answer your questions...
Danny Rogers: " if Olympics' decision to allow Russian athletes causes a major boycott, doesn't that impact on the pressure on A...
2023-02-201h 22Tennis UnfilteredMedvedev and Alcaraz are BACK, Swiatek's big decision and the Russia debate returnsCalvin Betton is back in the UK and joins George Bellshaw and James Gray, of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper to talk about all the biggest stories in tennis this week.
Has Daniil Medvedev rediscovered his mojo?
How can Carlos Alcaraz just hit the ground running so easily?
Will we see that much of Iga Swiatek in 2023?
What is Cam Norrie's schedule all about?
And we try to answer your questions...
Danny Rogers: " if Olympics' decision to allow Russian athletes causes a major boycott, doesn't that impact on the pressure on A...
2023-02-201h 22
The Garden MixerSustainability Tips from 8 Different Gardeners, 85I asked some of my favorite gardeners to share sustainable practices that they employ in their gardens. We get contributions from Linda Vater, Erin Schanen, Julie Hart (Nanny Noo), Amanda the Everhopeful Gardener, Emma Biggs, Marianne Willburn, Bunny Williams and Tasha Greer about what they do (or don't do) in their gardens to make our earth a bit happier.
2023-01-0441 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingDwarf and Unusual TomatoesHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Emma chats with tomato expert Linda Crago about the 'House' tomato, a compact tomato plant that some gardeners keep over the winter in the house.They also talk about a few other unusual tomato varieties, including one of the ugliest tomato plants you'll see: 'Stick.'
***- Join the 5,000+ gardeners in The Food Garden Gang who stay on top of home food-growing ideas with our weekly e-mail. We’re making the world a better place one garden at...
2022-12-2212 min
The Optical View PodcastThe Optical View Podcast- #36 - W/Short Walk to PlutoI was able to have on, one of Canada’s top band’s - A short walk to Pluto. I had on Emma Armstrong, and Max Kaiser! You can find Short walk to Pluto’s Instagram here; https://instagram.com/shortwalktopluto?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Here are all 4 member’s of the band’s Instagram’s; Emma’s; https://instagram.com/emma_dlemma?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Danny’s; https://instagram.com/dannymoriana?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Max’s Instagram; https://instagram.com/dannymoriana?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Jake’s Instagram; https://instagram.com/jake_biggs?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= A Short walk to Plut...
2022-10-1754 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping2022 Tomato RoundupHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***2022 Tomato RoundupSteven and Emma take a look at the 2022 tomato crop.We chat about:What’s new in the tomato patchGrowing methodsTop varietiesTomato seed savingFavourite tomato recipes
***- Join the 5,000+ gardeners in The Food Garden Gang who stay on top of home food-growing ideas with our weekly e-mail. We’re making the world a better place one garden at a time!- Grab the...
2022-09-1542 min
Art SenseEp. 63: Matthew Collings - Artist, Author and Television Arts CommentatorA conversation with artist, author and television arts commentator Matthew Collings. Matthew has been a fixture in the British arts media for more than thirty years while maintaining an active art practice. He creates sublime, large-scale abstract paintings as part of his partnership with his wife Emma Biggs. And over the course of the last three years, Matthew has produced thousands of popular drawings of unseen art history and imagined collaborations. In the conversation, we discuss his journey, the nature of artists, the state of the art world, his paintings, his drawings and his being the subject of an international...
2022-09-0659 min
Down The Garden Path PodcastThe Food Garden Life ShowIn this episode of the Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing answer questions about their new book, Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, on The Food Garden Life Show, a podcast hosted by Emma Biggs and Steven Biggs. Tune in to hear Joanne and Matt answer questions about their book on The Food Garden Life Show. Steven and Emma ask Matt and Joanne a variety of questions: Tell us more about you and your podcast. How did you start working together? How do your approaches...
2022-08-251h 01
Les Reportages de Ouest Track Radio#UN ETE AU HAVRE Emma Biggs & Algues et coquillages à St FrançoisCet été, on revient avec une série dédiée aux nouvelles oeuvres de cette année pour Un été au Havre 2022 ! On est parti voir des bancs en mosaïques réalisés par l'anglaise Emma Biggs qui sont à retrouver tout l'été sur la place Père Arson dans le quartier St François !
2022-07-1304 min
Enterprising Young FemalesEmma Biggs, Young Female Canadian Entrepreneur and Co-host of The Food Garden Life Show16-year-old Emma Biggs is a podcaster, blogger, public speaker, and published author (Gardening with Emma. Grow and Have Fun). She is an entrepreneur and gardener with 150 varieties of tomatoes in her garden. Seeds for these tomatoes are available through Emma's website, https://www.emmabiggs.ca. Follow Emma on Instagram @emmabiggs_grows.
2022-06-0820 min
Big Fat Negative: TTC, fertility, infertility and IVFFertility Show specialGabby and Emma speak to Sophie Sulehria and Laura Biggs from the Fertility Show ahead of their appearance at the show next month, and in IVF WTF, Gabby asks Dr Wael Saab, fertility consultant and Deputy Clinical Director at the CRGH, about some of the basics of IVF. If you want tickets to the show, use the code BFN20 to get 20% off at checkout, valid until midnight on 7 May. Book tickets at fertilityshow.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-04-2157 min
Down The Garden Path PodcastTalking Tomatoes with Emma BiggsIn this episode of Down the Garden Path podcast, landscape designers Joanne Shaw and Matthew Dressing continue their month-long look at edible gardening by talking tomatoes with author, speaker, and blogger Emma Biggs. About Emma Biggs Emma is a 16-year-old gardener, author, speaker, and blogger. Her passion is growing tomatoes, trying new, unusual crops, and saving seeds. She has raised over 150 tomato varieties in her Toronto garden and loves to try weird and wonderful plant projects. Emma gives talks at libraries, seed exchanges, garden clubs, and garden events. She is the co-host of The Food Garden Life S...
2022-03-1559 min
The Garden Mixer52: The Snow Drop, Emma Biggs on Vegetable Gardening with Kids, Pruning Hydrangea arborescensA year of Into the Garden with Leslie! That went fast...
This week I celebrate the early tiny Snow Drop (Galanthus) that is blooming in my garden. Emma Biggs, who wrote Gardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun joins me and we discuss her garden, gardening in a small space in Toronto, and her book written at age 15 to get kids into gardening. I finish my Hyrdrangea pruning series with tips on Hydrangea arborescens, and although I have not yet how to avoid the flops with my favorite Annabelle, there is some good pruning information there.
2022-02-1238 min
Organized Chaos PodcastEpisode 32: Scream 4, Farce of the Penguins, & The Karate Kid Part IIISend us a textSomehow, we once again created the greatest podcast episode of all-time!We discuss:- Scream 4 8:25- Farce of the Penguins 53:17- The Karate Kid Part 3 1:05:25Recorded January 24, 2022.Scream 4 (2011)Directed by: Wes CravenWritten by: Kevin WilliamsonProduced by: Wes Craven, Carly Feingold, Cathy Konrad, Ehren Kruger, Iya Labunka, Marianne Maddalena, Ron Schmidt, Matthew Stein, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, & Kevin WilliamsonMusic by: Marco BeltramiStarring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Marley Shelton, Marielle Jaffe, A...
2022-01-251h 35
Castle of Horror PodcastCastle Talk: Rose Williams, star of new 1974 haunted-hospital horror The Power releasing 9/21Tonight we’re chatting with Rose Williams, star of The Power, which is releasing from RLJE on VOD, Digital HD and DVD on September 21, 2021.LOS ANGELES, (Aug. 19, 2021) – RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film, THE POWER from Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. RLJE Films will release THE POWER on VOD, Digital HD, and DVD on September 21, 2021. Written and directed by BAFTA-nominated director Corinna Faith, and featuring an original score by Gazelle Twin and Max de Wardener, THE POWER stars Rose Willia...
2021-09-1914 min
The Garden Show with Charlie DobbinWith Guests The Biggs Gardening DuoEmma Biggs (16 yr old tomato grower), and her dad Steve (the "fig pig") are in studio to share some tips and tricks from their intensively planted North York home garden. Listen in for Emma's favourite tomato varieties and learn more at foodgardenlife.com. Callers are struggling with lack of water, but bumper crops!
2021-08-2144 min
Green FileFROM THE ARCHIVE: Steven and Emma Biggs, father-daugher veggie growing duoIn our final week of summer sabbatical we are revisiting another favourite from the archive, Steven and Emma Biggs.
Steven is an expert in growing exotic fruits in our northern climate, as author of the Biggs-on-Figs blog where he writes about growing figs among other things, and the book – Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t. At 14, Emma is author of her own “Kid-to-Kid” guide for gardening, Gardening with Emma. Together, Steven and Emma host their own podcast called The Food-Garden Life Show.
Originally aired July 15, 2020
2021-08-1635 min
BlatherskiteCondemned Part 2 | Shape Up or Ship OutBarb is faced with a choice: loyalty or love. She seems to be the only thing standing in her way, but a kindly ghost says otherwise. Will she take the apparition’s advice?
Written and directed by George C
Starring
George C as BarbEmma Mallory as StephAyla Long as Margaret
Produced by Emily Rogers and Andrew Gillanders
Audio production by Jonathan Virgona and Nicholas Tam
Theme music by Adam Richardson
Artwork by Jack Biggs
2021-06-2511 min
BlatherskiteThe Final SirenSeeing the end of the tunnel, Henry decides the Sunday footy with his grandson is the time to fight for his right to die.
Written & directed by Stanley Benjamin
Starring
Ameer Di Meglio as HenryDimitri Politis as Rick & HarrisonEmma Mallory as Jen & SandraStanley Benjamin as The Announcer
Produced by Andrew Gillanders
Audio production by Aidan Campbell, Brandon Bourke and Jonathon Virgona
Theme music by Adam Richardson
Artwork by Jack Biggs
2021-05-2121 min
GREEN Organic Garden Podcast358. Garden Author and Tomato Growing Enthusiast | Emma Biggs | Toronto, CanadaCheck out Emma's Website and all the awesome things she has going on.Buy her bookGardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun: A Kid-to-Kid Guide Follow her on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CLpDDH5AOic/Get her book here: Gardening With Emma while supporting the GREEN Organic Garden Podcast!thanks for listening!LET’S TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS AND AFFILIATE LINKS[gallery ids="137595,137597,137596" type="rectangular"]GROWERS & COJoin us Saturday mor...
2021-02-2552 min
Cottage In The CourtEpisode 7 - Gardening As A Family - Meet The BiggsSteven Biggs is a fellow GardenComm member and is known for his pursuit of growing edibles in his Canadian garden. More than that, Steven has encouraged his daughter, Emma, to garden with a passion as well. I spoke with them last August on a hot summer day, in the middle of a pandemic. I purposely saved this chat for the middle of winter when we would be dreaming of our summer gardens and seeds.
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2021-02-0138 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingGrow Herbs in ContainersHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***In a broadcast that originally aired live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, we chat with herb expert Sue Goetz about growing herbs in containers. Goetz is an award-winning garden designer, writer, and speaker. Her motto is “Inspiring gardeners to create.” She gives us creative ideas for growing herbs in containers and for using herbs. Goetz also shares ideas from her new book, Container Herb Garden Complete: Design and Grow Beautiful, Bountiful Herb-Filled Pots.
Emma’s Tomato-Talk Segment
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2020-12-031h 02Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingCreating New Tomato VarietiesHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Tomato expert Linda Crago joins us to talk about how to create a new tomato variety.
At her Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm in the Niagara Region of Ontario, she raises hundreds of varieties of tomatoes.
This past summer, Emma grew a couple of tomato varieties that Crago released. She tells us what she did to get them—and shares tips on creating new tomato varieties.
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2020-11-1717 min
Down The Garden Path PodcastGrowing Figs in Cold Climates: Interview with Author Steven BiggsA new month begins a new topic here on Down the Garden Path. This month, we're speaking with gardening authors about their interesting and informative books. In this episode, we head to our bookshelves to take a closer look at Growing Figs in Cold Climates: 150 of Your Questions Answered by author and fellow radio personality, Steven Biggs. Steven Biggs is a food gardener, horticulturist, college instructor, and an award-winning writer who pigs out on homegrown figs in Toronto. He is the host of The Food Garden Life radio show and podcast. His articles have appeared in many m...
2020-11-041h 01
Better Lawns and GardensBetter Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Emma Biggs - Fun and Simple Gardening September 12, 2020Better Lawns and Gardens Hosts Tom MacCubbin and Teresa Watkins have fun with Emma Biggs, 15-year old garden author and podcaster. Emma discusses her books on fun and simple gardening, wicking beds, and her passion for growing over 100 tomatoes. Topics and questions include avocados, growing camellias, citrus, spider plants, dying palm trees, and more. Free monthly gardening newsletter In Your Backyard https://bit.ly/3dY1SUI https://bit.ly/37l9Q7K https://www.emmabiggs.ca/
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2020-09-1248 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingREWIND: Growing Giant Pumpkins and Giant TomatoesHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***In this interview that first broadcast live on the radio show in 2018, we chat with Phil Hunt from the Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario (GVGO) about growing giant pumpkins and giant tomatoes. Hunt and his wife, Jane, grow giant vegetables near Lindsay, Ontario. We first spoke with them when they shared giant-pumpkin-growing tips for our book Gardening with Emma. After seeing them on the news in 2018—for growing a record-breaking giant pumpkin—we invited them onto the show to share tips...
2020-08-2721 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 034 – The Cable Guy This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan light a candle for all the former child stars doing porn and robbing gas stations and lament the end of trashy 90s television — the genital warts of American society. We watched The Cable Guy and discovered that Americans would rather have their comedic heroes talking out of their rectums than critiquing our dumb media consumption. Put on your Doc Martens and pop in your Mazzy Star mix CD because we go back to a morally murky time — the 1990s. The Cable Guy (1996) d. Ben Stil...
2020-08-1700 min
The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtAgastache, Peppers, and Monarch Way StationsSend us a textThis week, Carol and Dee sing the praises of Agastache, provide an update on their pepper crops, and discuss Dee's Monarch Way Station.Carol's New Fairy GardenLemony Snicket booksFlowers: Agastache at American Meadows 'Hyperion' Daylily at American MeadowsVeggies:Hatch Chile PeppersShishito Chile Pepper seeds at Botanical InterestsBig Bertha Bell Pepper seeds at Park SeedsOn the Bookshelf:Garden Mosaics: 19 Beautiful Projects to Make for...
2020-07-2232 minGreen FileGreen File Episode 5: Steven and Emma BiggsSteven and Emma Biggs are a father-daughter duo who also share a love of growing. Steven is an expert in growing exotic fruits in our northern climate, as author of the Biggs-on-Figs blog where he writes about growing figs among other things, and the book – Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t. At 15, Emma is author of her own “Kid-to-Kid” guide for gardening, Gardening with Emma. Together, Steven and Emma host their own podcast called The Food-Garden Life Show
2020-07-1535 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingNourish Community and People with Gardens—and Soup!How to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***In this episode that originally broadcast live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, we chat with Susan Antler, the Executive Director of the Compost Council of Canada. Susan talks about using gardening and food to make change, the Plant·Grow·Share a Row program and the Soupalicious festival. “Gardening can change the world,“ she says.In Emma’s Tomato Talk segment, she talks about blue tomato varieties, tomato training methods, and transplanting tips.In the Biggs-on-Figs segment, Steven i...
2020-06-041h 00Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingGrow Meyer Lemon in ContainersHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Emma made Meyer lemon sorbet yesterday. She made it with home-grown Meyer lemons, picked in Toronto in the month of May.Steven has grown lemons since the 1990s—but it was a visit to Bob Duncan at Fruit Trees and More Nursery in British Columbia that inspired him to write his book Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can’t.Victoria has a mild climate, so Bob grows lemons espaliered on the side of his house. Over the winter, he used...
2020-05-2113 minThe Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best DirtGardening with ChildrenSend us a textDee and Carol talk about ways to get children out into the garden.A few helpful links:Zinnias from BurpeeSunflower 'Teddy Bear' from Burpee'Buried Treasure Red' Strawberries from Proven WinnersSunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden a Book for Children and Their Grown-Ups by Sharon Lovejoy Smart Pots, with handles.On the Bookshelf: Gardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun: A Kid-to-Kid Guide by Emma Biggs and Stephen Biggs. Their podcast Food Garden Life Show.
2020-05-2030 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingGardening Your Front YardHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***In this broadcast that originally aired live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, author and gardening expert Tara Nolan joins us to talk about front yard gardens and share ideas from her new book, Gardening Your Front Yard: Projects and Ideas for Big and Small Spaces.
In the Tomato-Talk Segment, Emma chats with Trish Crapo and Tom Ashely at Dancing Bear Farm in MA. Trish and Tom joined us on the show in April 2019 to talk about figs…but they are to...
2020-05-071h 03Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingChoose The Right Tomato VarietiesHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***With more than 10, 000 known varieties, how do you choose which tomato to grow? Host Emma Biggs talks about things to consider when choosing tomato varieties for your garden.Emma talks about:Days to maturity (DTM), growth habit, fruit type, flavour, appearance, disease resistance, and seed type.
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2020-03-2411 minFood Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingArtistic Front-Yard Garden, Anti-Inflammatory Food, Grow LuffaHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***On this rebroadcast of an episode that aired live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, we chat with garden and wellness expert Shawna Coronado, who talks about getting community buy-in for her front-yard vegetable garden, and then turning that garden into a work of art. Her most recent book, Stacked with Flavour: An Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook with Dairy-Free, Grain-Free & Low-Sugar Recipes, was inspired by her struggle with severe degenerative osteoarthritis. She talks about that journey, along with practical, flavourful, anti-inflammatory cooking ideas that have...
2020-03-061h 06Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingGarden Financial Literacy, Rooftop Edible Gardens, Tomatoes with StoriesHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Our first guest is Ciara Byrne, who tells us about the the organization Green Our Planet, which is training a generation of student “farmpreneurs.” Students operate farmers markets at schools—and, twice a year—there is a giant market with students from many schools setting up in one location. The next market will have over 700 fifth-grade students selling fruit and veg from school gardens.In the second half of the show, we chat about rooftop gardens with Hilary Dahl from the Seattle Urban Fa...
2020-02-071h 04Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible LandscapingUrban Farming to Build CommunityHow to Grow Figs. Live online class. June 23, 2025. Find out more.***Hear about urban market gardening from Jessey Njau, who left a corporate job to make an urban farm his Toronto backyard. His operation, Zawadi Farm, has grown to include more yards, as neighbours see what he is doing and offer their yards. Jessey sells his produce to CSA subscribers and at local farmers markets. In Emma’s Tomato-Talk segment, she shares some of her favourite tomato varieties.
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2020-01-091h 04
Your London LegacyTessa Hunkin Is London's Foremost Mosaicist & Is Leaving Her Legacy At Iconic Locations Around Our City & Helping The Wider Community Through Her Stunning Art ProjectsTessa trained and worked as an architect until 1989 when she joined forces with Emma Biggs at the recently founded Mosaic Workshop in Holloway London. The workshop undertook a range of commissions for public and private clients, including Terence Conran, Baby Spice, the Sultan of Oman, and Aston Villa football club.
Tessa has worked on a series of high-profile commissions at Westminster Cathedral and London Zoo and has together with Emma written books about the art of mosaic making. Significantly, Tessa also teaches at Mosaic Workshop an organization in Westminster that helps people recovering from mental health problems to participate in...
2019-11-2500 min
Down The Garden Path PodcastGrowing Lemons with Steven BiggsIn our weekly podcast, we often talk about the ever-growing trend of growing your own fruit and vegetables. This week on Down the Garden Path, we look at the challenge of growing lemons, a fruit which can be difficult to grow here in the GTA. Author Steven Biggs joins us to discuss his book Grow Lemons Where You Think You Can't. Steven and his daughter Emma are the Garage Gardeners and have co-authored Gardening with Emma. Steven's previous books include Grow Figs Where You Think You Can't and No Guff Vegetable Gardening. During...
2019-08-2156 min
The Organic GardenerTalking Tomatoes, Figs & Lemons With Steve & Emma Biggs From TorontoJess is joined in-studio by horticulturist and fig and lemon growing expert Steve Biggs. His daughter and published author, 14-year-old Emma, tells Jess about over 130 varieties of tomatoes she grows alongside other unusual plant varieties. Eric Countryman from Davey Tree joins Jess to discuss tree health during the recent dry spell. Mrs. Know It All calls in about canning. They answer questions from callers on apple scab disease, hard cores in tomatoes, transplanting roses and more!
2019-08-1132 minThe Garden Show with Charlie DobbinTomatoes Are Her SpecialtyAuthor Emma and Steven Biggs join Charlie in studio
2019-07-2741 min
The Grow GuideSmart Gardening With Emma BiggsThis week we have the pleasure of chatting with Emma Biggs, a 14 year old gardening guru who just published her first book with the famous Storey publishing company. Emma brings her kid's-eye-view to help kids and adults better understand each other when it comes to enjoying gardening, but absolutely inspires gardeners of all ages with her extensive urban gardening knowledge (she is Toronto based). We get to chat veggies, bugs, eating weeds and much more. She is so well spoken - you will love connecting with her on the pod! Before chatting with Emma, Dave and Maggie...
2019-05-2138 min
Encyclopedia BotanicaEpisode 103: Tomatoes with Emma BiggsEmma Biggs talks with Hilary about the techniques she uses to grow 133 varieties of tomatoes, from seed to harvest, on her family’s urban lot in Toronto, Canada. Find photos, links to Emma's work, and more in the show notes for this episode: http://www.seattleurbanfarmco.com/blog/
2019-05-0334 minThe Garden Show with Charlie DobbinFertilizing Indoor PlantsFrank is back with Charlie and are joined by Emma and Stephen Biggs in the studio to talk about Emma's book, "Gardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun: A Kid-to-Kid Guide" and take your calls including fertilizing indoor plants.
2019-02-2343 min
Reality Bomb - a Doctor Who podcastReality Bomb Episode 055On the fifty-fifth episode of Reality Bomb, Graeme Burk and Joy Piedmont, emboldened by the #WhoAgainstGuns campaign, look around at the other ways Doctor Who fans are doing good. First we go back in time to learn more about the 1985 Fan Aid campaign to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief with then-organizer, now-author and writer Paul Cornell. Back in the present, we talk about the Whovian Running Club with organizer Brian Biggs, and we discuss the Doctor Who Society of Canada's work raising money for children's hospitals in Canada at conventions with Cindy Peters. We also have a brief...
2018-03-2854 min
Orchard PeopleNo Fuss Fruit with Steve and Emma BiggsFruit trees can be fussy - but there are some types of fruiting plants that even a child can grow successfully. The father daughter gardening and writing team Steve and Emma Biggs know better than most. They grow a wide variety of fruiting plants in their garden in North Toronto. And they are co-authors of Grow Gardeners: Kid Tested Gardening with Children.So in this episode of The Urban Forestry Radio Show, Steve and Emma talk about No Fuss Backyard Fruit and we explore delicious fruits that you can easily grow and use for preserves, pies and...
2017-12-2647 min
S'laughter: True Crime PodcastEpisode 23: Ronnie Biggs & Thomas Neill CreamThis week Lucy discusses the guy who put the 'great' into 'great train robbery' and the girls learn that there's nothing you can't achieve with some plastic surgery and a Brazilian child. Emma then takes you back to the 19th Century for a killer doctor who would make a great pen pal.
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2017-04-0200 min
S'laughter: True Crime PodcastEpisode 23: Ronnie Biggs & Thomas Neill CreamThis week Lucy discusses the guy who put the 'great' into 'great train robbery' and the girls learn that there's nothing you can't achieve with some plastic surgery and a Brazilian child. Emma then takes you back to the 19th Century for a killer doctor who would make a great pen pal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2017-04-021h 12
Pastor Steven G Lightfoot's PodcastA Homily for PatPatricia Ann Hughes was born to Emma and Leo Ray on August 6, 1932 in Sabine Pass, Texas, where she lived with her husband Bill Hughes until he retired, and they moved to Palestine, Texas where they resided until 1999. She moved to Splendora, Texas and resided there with her daughter until Pat went to be with the Lord at 4:45 p.m. on January 24, 2017.Pat was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, her husband Bill Hughes, and her companion, John Schweitzer. She is survived by her children: Melody Ferguson; Linda Biggs and her husband, Joe; Beverly Pierce and her husband, John...
2017-01-2609 min
Book Lounge by LibbyEp. #74 - Our Favorite Books of 2016It's the end of the year, which means it's time for the Professional Book Nerds to reflect and discuss their favorite books of 2016. For this episode we brought back some of our previous guests and asked them to share their favorite titles. (And, because we all read so much, we let them come in with their top three although even that proved difficult for some of us!) Books Mentioned in this Episode This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa...
2016-12-1548 min