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Culturally JewishJewish artists have been ostracized since Oct. 7. Will it lead to a renaissance of Jewish art?Earlier this month, 18 Canadian theatre companies—including the world's largest queer theatre company, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, based in Toronto—joined a cultural and academic boycott of Israel, in solidarity with Gaza. It was just the latest evolution in a trend that has been particularly noteworthy since Oct. 7, 2023, when the North American arts community turned sharply against pro-Israel and Jewish artists in all fields, noteably theatre, film, literature, poetry.
The progression has led us here. After years of isolation, there is more hunger than ever for proudly Jewish art, with calls for increased Jewish arts grants and...2025-03-2443 min
CANADALANDPerverts, Punks, and Queers: a Tribute to the Zine UndergroundMcInnes and Goldstein both started in zines. The underground DIY magazine culture of the 80s and 90s. Zines were homemade photocopied pamphlets about anything and everything. As long as you had paper, glue, staples, maybe a few shitty drawings, and you could sneak access to a photocopier, you could publish your own zine.Nobody went viral, nobody made money, no one was an influencer, but thousands of people devoted heart and soul to making their own zines. And when they did, well, who even cared? Who even noticed when some teenager shouted into the void? Broken Pen...2025-02-1035 min
Not in HeavenFreeland of ExpressionThis week's abrupt resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from cabinet has rocked the federal government. It happened the same day Sean Fraser, the minister of housing, infrastructure and communities, stepped down; both he and Freeland join a long and growing list of cabinet members and Liberal backbenchers either resigning their cabinet positions, deciding not to run again in the next election, or outright calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down.
They're not alone: all signs point to the federal Conservatives crushing the Liberals in next year's election. Multiple recent byelections, including the heavily Jewish...2024-12-2043 minNot in HeavenPushy PencilsThe war between Israel and Hamas has claimed yet another casualty in the Canadian arts world: Broken Pencil, an independent magazine that has covered zine culture since 1995, has been shut down. Founder and publisher Hal Niedzviecki wrote on their website that "the values of the zine and small press community have shifted," adding that "the relentless pursuit of ideological purity and identity politics has overshadowed the core mission of Broken Pencil." He cited calls for his resignation, a petition for the publication to join the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, and pushes to cover what's happening in Gaza as reasons f...2024-12-0628 min
Bad Rabbi MediaIMPOSTER STORIES with Hal Niedzviecki...the surprising things we learn about ourselves as we get older, the vast territories of unknown self suddenly exposed — eg, the ways our families’ immigrant histories impact our live and choices and relationships, every day — and how bracing and humbling it can be to realize we’ve labored under such partial understandings — was a recurring theme Niedzviecki reflected in with deep insight. The conversation had me revisiting some of my memories about his parents, jovial suburbanites who loved a good barbecue and always had an extra fridge stuffed with canned sodas. Not knowing they were immigrants from Russia who started wi...2022-11-1149 min
Paywall Podcast - Subscription strategies for news and magazine publishersEpisode 11 | Paid subscriptions and virtual conferences with Hal Niedzviecki of Broken Pencil MagazineAn interview with Hal Niedzviecki of Broken Pencil Magazine discussing lessons in paid subscriptions and with his his first ever virtual conference.2021-03-101h 03
Unpacking the NewsCultural Appropriation and the Niedzviecki Editorial: Indigenous Literary Community RespondsThe conversation surrounding Hal Niedviecki's editorial and subsequent termination as editor of 'Write' magazine has highlighted the insularity of Canadian journalism from the broader social changes sweeping society.Beyond all the noisy pundit rhetoric about free speech, are mainstream voices in media, journalism and CanLit prepared to discuss the deeper issues of history and identity at play in the debate over cultural appropriation?In this conversation, Nickita Longman of Briarpatch magazine contrasts reactions from the Indigenous literary community and establishment Canadian journalism to the Niedzviecki affair, discusses Debra Huron’s call for legislation protecting Indigenous art fo...2017-05-2428 min
The Taddle Creek PodcastEpisode 47: Hal Niedzviecki Summer UpdateConan Tobias gets a progress update from Hal Niedzviecki on the serialization of his novel The Archaeologists.2016-07-2200 minThe Taddle Creek PodcastEpisode 30: Hal Niedzviecki Asserts His Magisterial Authoritarial Authoritay and Picks a WinnerIn which Hal Niedzviecki takes exception to the episode title of his previous podcast appearance.2016-03-2500 minThe Taddle Creek PodcastEpisode 28: Hal Niedzviecki Needs a FavourTaddle Creek's editor-in-chief Conan Tobias gets Hal Niedzviecki on the phone to discuss the author's time-consuming request.2016-03-1100 min
Chapter One with Greg GrassoHal Niedzviecki - Trees on MarsThe future is big right now—for perhaps the first time, our society is more focused on what is going to happen in the future than what is happening right now. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, cultural critic and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki asks how and when we started believing we could and should “create the future.” What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happen next? Through visits to colleges, corporations, tech conferences, factories and more, Niedzviecki traces the story of how owning the future has become irresi...2016-03-0236 min
Spirit in ActionTrees on MarsWords like innovate, change, and adapt can be inspirational or the agent of doom for our well-being, depending on your perspective. In Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future, Hal Niedzviecki takes us on a ride through the technology & ideas which promise that we can "win the future", giving us a penetrating look at the consequences of our mad rush "forward".2015-11-1555 min
In Deep with Angie Coiro: InterviewsRacing Toward the Future at Sake of the PresentShow #109, Hour 1 | Guest: Hal Niedzviecki is a writer, speaker and teacher. His work is known for challenging preconceptions and confronting readers with the offenses of everyday life. He writes and thinks about the effects of mass media, pop culture and consumer technology on individual life and society. He is the author of books of nonfiction and fiction, most recently the collection of short stories Look Down, This is Where it Must Have Happened (City Lights Books) and the nonfiction books Trees On Mars: Our Obsession with the Future (Seven Stories Press) and The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Lo...2015-11-0800 minThe Taddle Creek PodcastEpisode 8: Hal Niedzviecki Has Seen the FutureThe author, critic, and indie publisher Hal Niedzviecki says the future looks bleak—but that the world will survive long enough for you to buy his new book, Trees on Mars. He discusses this and more with Conan Tobias.2015-10-2300 minThe Taddle Creek PodcastEpisode 1: Welcome to the Taddle Creek PodcastTaddle Creek’s editor-in-chief Conan Tobias welcomes you to the podcast—without the assistance of Hal Niedzviecki.2015-09-0100 min
Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker | WFMUThe Inferior Mirage from Jan 18, 2010
Hal Niedzviecki - "Are My Facebook Friends Real?" [0:00:00]
Peter Choyce - "www.Peterchoyce.com" [0:16:40]
Jessica Schroeder - "Look at me, but in a nice way please" [0:25:45]
Jon - "baby twitter" [0:29:23]
Eddie Campbell - "How to tell true stories" [0:37:06]
Chris - "Metzitzim Beach" [0:51:00]
Hal Niedzviecki - "Peep Culture" [0:58:54]
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2010-02-1953 min