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Sea Hags PodcastEpisode 121 - Repatriation StationSo much is happening and so much nothing is happening! Here is a second remote-recorded episode, with one host in the studio and the other in East Anglia. Since recording, the idiot foreign correspondent has been repatriated to Canada, safely and in once piece, to begin quarantine. MORE LIKE BORE-ANTINE. We’re doing our best.2020-04-2900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 120 - We In This BinchDesperate times call for special measures. The Sea Hags are back, albeit remotely, to bring you a bi-continental chat about friendship in the time of ugghhhhhhhhh.2020-04-0200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 119 - Horny for He-ManHoist yer butt right up to the noozle! An OG hag joins us this week, Michelle Wishart, a guest nearly three years in the making – she corroborates our whale story (how validating), and describes her erotic encounters with Prince Adam of Eternia. NSFP not safe for parents.2018-07-1000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 118 - BCERight off the top, let’s be clear that the title is not some historical reference, we begin with C bombs right away and it does not stop! Those delicate of ear, turn away! We live for spicy water, highway terlets, and scheming. We debrief our self-sustaining travel and fantasize the ultimate solo trips.2018-07-0300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 117 - Fresh PrincedPerhaps our first guest whose name is also a sentence, comedian Gina Harms cooks with us in the solar oven that is our studio shanty shack in the summer. She sells seashells. She schools us about modern classic The O.C. (mmmm whatcha say), and we grill her on her fantasy adoptive parents.2018-06-2600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 116 - Flamingo StyleKaren New, composer and one member of our White Knuckling the Dodger chorus, is in the (literally, extremely, very) hot seat this week. She joins us to muse about the relationship between one’s taste and one’s skill in art, and the paralysing fear of feedback. Buzzwords for this episode - Awkwardtunity, polyphony, flugelhorn.2018-06-1900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 115 - Witch TittiesOur guest this week is a beam of light in human form, it’s the wonderful, vulnerable, talented Megan Phillips! We half-celebrate, half-bemoan the demise of Vancouver restaurants with distinctly hostile service, confuse a Burger King sign for the full moon, and squeal over bullet journals. Megan juggles an imaginary soceress’s bosom and explains Dolphins vs. Otters. We all fall in love a little bit!2018-06-1200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 114 - Daydream BelieversChris had an enriching, exciting week, and Katie just has… her period. It’s a hilarious blend of disparate energies until we start spitballing all the various and sundry ways that we could make our podcast be not such a bad podcast. Or, to use more positive terminology, how to make something that actually has an elevator pitch. What would you do if ______ wasn’t in the way?2018-06-0500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 113 - Habit TrackerIl n'y a pas d'invité cette semaine! Just us chickens, lounging by the Jersey Stretch Shore. We have recorded ourselves supposedly “turning over a new leaf”, a move that will surely serve to embarrass us when we are invariably back on our respective bullshit later. Physical, practical, and metaphorical cleansing occurs between blasting the Goofy Movie soundtrack and plotting future book club outings. (cw - diet/body/weight talk)2018-05-2800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 112 - MAID to OrderWe’re getting gother than usual this week with newly minted Death Doula, Chelsey Blair! We discuss doula-ing at the beginning and end of life (and how it’s messed up there’s no doula for all the tough stuff in between), Medical Assistance in Dying, and the sorry business of regrets. We also make time to bully pompous academics while BEING pompous academics. Chris does a Chowder Crawl Clam Slam in the place where they done did made a Twilight.2018-05-2200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 111 - Women on TopWell, well, well, look who finally visited from the BIG CITY, it’s big city bigshot Kaitlin Fontana! She just got off a plane from NYC (hey, i’m flyin’ here!) and came right to the shack to catch us up on all the glorious debauchery she’s currently involved in, such as showing a pilot at Sundance, getting women hired into creative positions, and… oh yeah, writing a series about polyamory for Chatelaine! Truckin’ and fuckin’. We get very NSFW in the second half, so this is not one for Gam Gam and Pop Pop.2018-05-1500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 110 - I Love a ListThis week, we’re joined by local stand-up darling Randee Neumeyer! We discuss true crime (obviously, we’re 3 women on a podcast), ghost stories, being a food services shithead, and how Randee’s dad has only ever cried once–over a youtube video of a lion. Go see Randee’s monthly show The List at Little Mountain Gallery in East Van! It’s on this Friday, April 27.2018-04-2300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 109 - Mary PoppersSuper cool babe Marta Wesselhoff join us for her second turn on the show. We recollect Canadian PSAs to American expat Marta’s confusion (blessed are they who know not Astar), unpack the ghost-angel dichotomy, and throw Chris in the ocean for her own good. Cover up your downstairs mouth, because Marta is a cop. No, wait, she’s not a cop. Is she? Because we have an excess of laudanum on this episode, and I am NOT going back to jail.2018-04-1700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 108 - What's Your Temple?We are better Red than dead with our 2nd time guest, Red Heartbreaker! We remember our first email addresses, get the chardanotes on chardonnay, pop plosives, and bemoan the grossness of feelings. Red tells us about her experience with EMDR for trauma (tw for folks dealing with PTSD), and we look for temples for the secular life.2018-04-1000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 107 - Guilt BindleLauren Martin returns for her third visit to the podcast, having made a small human in the intervening period! We hit our most stereotypical points - astrology, mindfulness, witch camp, negative feelings, mom fights and how hard it is to make art. Lauren is pitching her short documentary to Storyhive, so check it out here! Voting starts April 3rd!2018-04-0300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 106 - Failure EnergyStandup comic and man with a barbeque AND a penis (we think that’s hetero for cis?) Gavin Clarkson joins us to flail around to create ANY content. Gavin and Katie’s bad show was cancelled the evening of our recording and we’re riding that wave of fail vibes. We develop our most condensed identities–horny scienceman, “lady” protester, and West Wing Blazer. OK, that last one’s a last minute editorial. ILU, Chris.2018-03-2700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 105 - UK All DayAfter an extended absence and some banked shows, the gals are back in town! No guest this week, because we haven’t seen each other in a month and have so much to catch up on. We’re talkin’ travel, and all the challenges and benefits getting the hell out of dodge can bring. Chris relates her relaxing jaunt down the Oregon Coast, and Katie spews all her giddy somethings about a magical trip to Harry Potterville (aka the dubiously united kingdom). It’s two years since our first episode was released! Yay!2018-03-1900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 104 - 100 Percent AssertiveJackie Hoffart returns to the podcast this week for a sedate lil visit, and we discover just how much of a wild and wonderful life she’s lived! Since her last episode, she’s chalked up a few major life milestones, and we consider how these kinds of events should be what she terms Life Save Points–you can go back if you screw it up! Oh, if only. We also talk our own rottin’ bodies, the romance of the german language and extensive life planning, and the magic of capes.2018-03-1300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 103 - Caption ThisWe are talking accessibility this week with the marvelous Laurie Landry, an artist and a real, honest to goodness Deaf person! She’s the first to point out the irony of her appearing on an audio medium, but as you can see, we’ve transcribed the whole durn thing. Laurie discusses her love of TV and film, and the lack of adequate accommodation–those CC devices, it turns out, kind of suck. We also get into other areas of (in)justice, ways of communicating, and cool art you can check out at the VAG. Hehe.2018-03-0600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 102 - This Beautiful WhateverWe’ve got a token Straight White Man on our lineup this week, welcome Matt! Haha. Welcome Mat. Matt. You get it. We’re surprised the olympics happened, we get VERY regional and describe the tri-cities, and we get into that good good masculinity talk with a dip into Netflix’s new Queer Eye (Matt loves Antoni, SURPRISE). Katie is, as usual, a sexy gender priest.2018-02-2600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 101 - INFJ SJWIt’s nothing but bird sex and personality tests this week, because those are the primary fascinations of our guest, three timer Eryn! Whole lotta bird dink, whole lotta Myers-Briggs.2018-02-2000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 100 - Morning RaveOh wow. One HUNDRED episodes are in the bag, and we could think of no one better to ring in the occasion with than the sublime Katie-Ellen Humphries. We go ham on some soda water, and discuss the lesser liked Victoria-area band Hot Hot Poop, hopeful comedy, the douchebag reign of Jayden Bacey, fingering, and how to be the dickhead you want to see in the world. Thank you for listening if you’ve ever listened at all!2018-02-1300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 99 - Two CidersFor something as prestigiously numbered as episode 99, we wanted a guest who was old enough to remember Wayne Gretzky’s cup run with the Oilers, and we are blessed with the 508 year old (and newly minted doctor of philosophy) Nicholas Smyth. Katie and Nick revisit some dank friendship memes from the shared horrors of a punk rock tour van, Chris is up her own butt, and we muse on the vast possibilities of variety shows (no improv allowed). As ever, we remember the importance of underpromising and overdelivering.2018-02-0600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 93 - Christinamas 2017A patchwork report from Chris’s Christ-mas 33rd birthday party, we check in with fond faves such as Mom! Friends! Alcohol! And that East Van staple, vegan curry. Pls enjoy and we shall see you in the new year.2017-12-2700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 90 - ChucklebucketA second week in a row on location, this time in the riverside shack! The gals are alone and so wiped out that, at one point, Chris forgets we even have a podcast, let alone are currently recording one… It’s COMPLAINAMANIA! We still don’t like the weather.2017-12-0500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 83 - Cuddle PuddleOur pal Ashley is back for a threepeat chat after a dreary and dreadful week, in which the high point for Katie and Chris was getting a haircut. Look, there's a lot of shit going on and we're fired up feminists at the best of times, right now, we're almost too wiped out to generate the appropriate amount of rage. Ashley comes through with artisanal doughnuts cheer-em-up stories about dog pee and engagements, and has us in a better mood by the end.2017-10-1700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 82 - Burp There It IsFamous dog mom, comedian, and holistic nutritionist Alicia Tobin is our guest this week, and we are agog at our own luck that she a) was willing to hang out with us, and b) let us record it. Well-known as an exceptionally funny and silly lady, she also gets super deep and real about self-worth, shame, and the orthodoxy of minimalist living. On the lighter side, Alicia and Chris talk about all the hot butts in Vampire Town, if you're into that whole True Blood thing.2017-10-1000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 81 - Witchy BusinessTarot pro Sharon Pink joins us this week to talk perception, ritual, and summer camp for fully-grown witches! We look at the different ways tarot and magic can complement self-work like therapy and exercise, and how to create perspective where there was none before. Bonus ep sees Katie get read, and get read she does.2017-10-0300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 77 - Drummer SummerOn beat for the threepeat, our girl Allison is back to sweat, chat, and sip on some fine tequila cocktails as we start to tie up the loose ends of our fabulously dirtbag summer. Chris and Alli get a touch teary over their band’s farewell show (Everybody Kissed Goodbye!), and Katie drags the whole fall lineup of Forever 21′s plus size store.2017-09-0500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 74 - Not Even an EpisodeComedian and professional roustabout Chris James joins us in the shack this week to talk about his new life’s work: Antagonizing bigoted radio show hosts for fun and (hopefully) profit! Creative resistance and attention-seeking? You know we’re on board.2017-08-1500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 73 - Lorde Save UsCharming male comic (and secret spooky girl) San Aung joins us to talk about house party movies, anime cons and sad girl pop. San records his dating profile, Katie insists that Bill Clinton is not the king of Thailand, Chris nearly dies in a waterfall. The Human Rights Commission is back, in POG form!2017-08-0800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 72 - NostradumbassGuestless and restless smack dab in the middle of summer, we enjoy a bit of catch-up and navigate some life changes. We enter the realm of fantasy by designing our ideal shared pied-à-terre, and Katie once more electrocutes herself live on the air. Quality programming.2017-08-0100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 71 - All Praxis PassWe’re privileged to pull again from our incredible network of harm reduction and outreach folks to bring you the delightful Karina, who quickly establishes her dominance as the queen of callbacks. Chris and Karina process a heavy week, we invent a new podcast for roasting Nicholas Cage (Cage Match–turns out it already exists!), Chris slips on a pickle slice, and Katie explains exactly what makes Scrooge McDuck the antichrist. The facts are there!! Wake up, sheeple!2017-07-2500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 68 - Hard BardTroubadour Orit Shimoni returns to talk about her latest tour, PTSD, dominion over your food, and fake Dutch idioms. Chris gets super bougie (quelle suprise!), and Katie electrocutes her broken butt with Dr. Ho’s in(fomercial)famous machine. There’s something for everyone here.2017-07-0400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 66 - Turnip for WhatRip off a chunk of sourdough bread and Krakow open a cold one with the boys, because Chris brings us Anya, a friend from the old country (and fellow slytherin/capricorn combo) to talk Catholic paganism, stories of immigrant resistance, Polish idioms, poetry in translation, and the cult of the crone.2017-06-2000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 65 - Making a SceneMusical powerhouse (film composer! singer! voice coach! probably a siren!) Red Heartbreaker joins us this week to talk big emotions, intimidation, and making one’s mark. Chris invents a new reality show segment, Red spews some creative curses, and Katie opens up the Gusset and Bustle pub, where un-heaving bosoms need not apply! Enjoy some rosé-fueled media theorizing, won’t you?2017-06-1300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 60 - Chapo Trap House for ChicksOK, full disclosure, neither of us have actually listened to Chapo Trap House, but we get all hecked up on the politics in this episode, and kind of just tell everyone what to do?? Look, a vote is a chess move, not a valentine. Voting with your heart is a silly goose move. Related, the provincial election continues to drain most of Chris’s time and energy, so the best we can do for y’all is a sleepovercast from the Riverside Shack–change of location courtesy of a SKUNK’S BUTT doing our studio a dirty. Ugh. We stay consiste...2017-05-0200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 59 - KitteensIf this were a more visual medium, you might be seeing double, because this week’s guest is Katie’s identical comedy twin (not really) - Jackie Hoffart! She joins us for a Sea Hags after dark special when we meet late on a Sunday to discuss the queerer side of life with every stereotype joyfully represented. That’s right, cat family, sperm banks, softball, drag, and responsible political engagement. Hold on to your Tevas!2017-04-2500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 58 - Sleepovercast 2 - Family HamThe election is in full swing, our schedule is hecked – ergo, we’re pulling a double duty of business and pleasure as Chris joins Katie in New West for a podcast n’ party! Out of the studio for a podcast verité experience, Chris is WIPED OUT and barely recognizes Katie due to a change in hair part, we discuss Last Meals, childhood career dreams, and selling pictures of our feet to pay the bills.2017-04-1800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 55 - It's a Long List, BitchesOne of Vancouver’s most beloved multi-hyphenates (actress-writer-sketch comedy wizard-cat whisperer-Lady Show founder) Morgan Brayton joins us this week to delve into the deep waters of literal animal magnetism, growing up an only child, and what happens when a soft heart lives inside a bossy, stubborn body. Katie’s snake saga sadly comes to a close, unless this episode marks the beginning of a tale of petty and calculatedly legal vengeance. Lord Bunbury of Mount Pleasant guest stars in a flashback.2017-03-2800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 54 - Weird Aunt ReflectionsNo guest this week while we round up our year in the life of our podcast. The very essence of the Sea Hags comes through as two best buds love up one another, muse about life, and examine our goals versus what we’ve actually managed to commit to digital paper–not doing too bad! Much love to everyone who has supported us, listened, reviewed, etc. over the previous year! Muah!2017-03-2100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 53 - Pretty GoodlThis week marks one year since we began releasing episodes of Sea Hags, and we are absolutely thrilled to bring you this episode with one of Vancouver’s very favourite comics: Mr. Graham Clark! Graham hustles Chris out of her heirloom jewelery, we realize our studio is basically an opium den, and we proceed to get a good jump on solving all the world’s problems like drugs, politics and world hunger. Of course, we have to talk comedy, and Graham provides some very simple (yet so hard to internalize!) wisdom. We’ve got it good in this city, and this c...2017-03-1300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 52 - Steel Chair Don't CareGet ready to take a bump from one of the superstars of Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling, Cat Power! Thanks to Chris’s SUPERHUMAN networking power, we get to have an ELECTRIFYING chat about all the ins, outs, spears, and suplexes of that GLORIOUS crown jewel of sports entertainment: Pro Meat Smashing. Cat and Katie fangirl over the technical perfection and soft soccer mom hair of AJ Styles, Chris learns the lingo, and we find out just how much it hurts to do the thing you love.2017-03-0700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 51 - Nobody Goes HungryWe are so pleased to bring you an episode with the luminous and wise Avery Alder, as we have long been eager to share her light with our listeners. Avery is a game-maker (Monsterhearts, anyone?), a queer mama, and a pillar of a well-fed community. She centers nurturing and nourishment in her life and her activism, and speaks to the importance of a community kitchen to all successful social movements. And holy moly, does she ever want to make you some delicious bread. We also discuss Quakerism, anti-facism, and the importance of having a focused project versus the desire to...2017-02-2800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 50 - My Chemical PregnancyWell, gosh darn it, it was so nice to see Noel that we ended up doing two eps in a day. This is a short one mostly about the beautiful/disgusting dichotomy of pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood, and how easy it is to get on the wrong side of the dreaded “mommy wars” online. Apparently you can’t even be creeped out by ReBorn Dolls anymore.2017-02-2100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 49 - Egad! Bad Dad!This week’s guest is a longtime friend who crossed a sea to be with us on this lovely long weekend–Noel! We talk creating life, and plumb some dark depths around losing parents, as we come fresh off Chris’ dad’s funeral. We find that there is a lot of commonality among the reluctant bereaved, and sometimes you just need to joke about what the hell to do with a big ol’ box of cremains. Loss is complicated, guys. There are still a surprising number of laughs to be had this episode, so please enjoy, and may all your popes be s...2017-02-1400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 48 - Rescue BreathingWe get a bit serious with this ep, but it’s not all doom and gloom–our guest this week is the phenomenal Lana Fox, an overdose prevention educator, who joins us to talk about what’s going on on the ground with Vancouver’s opiate crisis. We find out who is doing the hard work (surprise, it’s punx and peers!) to provide lifesaving care and compassion to people living with addictions to an increasingly dangerous class of drugs. We also muse on prevention and treatment for caregiver burnout, and punk house parenting. Let’s all take care of each other i...2017-02-0600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 47 - Thank You For a Funky TimeOur Darling Nikki joins us to wail about the figurative smoking crater that is the state of things in her homeland, the US. Once we’ve purged that little emotional demon for the moment, we try channeling the year of the Rooster, talk developing resilience, and explore the finer points of complex weed science! THEM TERPS.2017-01-3100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 46 - A Study in ContrastsDecide right now if you want to be the big or the little spoon, because this week we’ve got hilarious comedian Hayley Beamish, and you’re gonna love finding out all the ways comics pay the bills with day jobs. We all muse ideas for the perfect lunch restaurant, share travel adventures, and we absolutely do not record in a shed full of rats.2017-01-2500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 45 - Babes Supporting BabesAt long last, we have the chanteuse behind our Sea Hags theme song, it’s
Hilary McNaughton on the pod! She shares some of her wisdom about life,
love, community, and oh-so-many EMOTIONS. We talk body shapes, fancy bras,
the wonders of Model Express, and we enjoy secret candy out of a toque.2017-01-1700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 44 - Weird Pope SecretsA new year and back in the swing of things, we’re joined this week by Roman Mancini,
a comedian and a recent transplant from our nation’s capital. Katie and Roman introduce
a never-to-be-repeated Pro Wrestling Minute, we drag Dan Brown, which gives
way to discussions of handsome jesus, harems (life goals, multiple wife goals?), closet
shamans, and a very, very rude digression that makes this one for our relatives to avoid!2017-01-1000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 43 - Cozycast - Winter ChillJust a quick one with no guests that we laid down between rehearsals
for our New Year’s show! We tried to get hygge with it, but with a
heaping handful of rock and roll energy. We talk–again!–about how important
the routine practice of podcasting is to us, how to build a life worth
sharing, low-key life dreams, and the real dreams Chris hopes to have on her
BRAND NEW MATTRESS (hopefully purchased using another podcast’s price
discount).2017-01-0300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 42 - Attitude of GratitudeChristmas baby Chris hosts her birthday party ahead of the day so rudely
hijacked by a certain son of a certain someone, and we’re pilfering a few
of the party guests to hear what little nuggets of gold they were able to
mine from this craptastic year. Thanks for the character growth, 2016, I GUESS.
On an episode number that suggests the answer to life, the universe and
everything, we share the reasons we keep on truckin’, and our hopes for
the next 365.2016-12-2700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 41 - Theatre for the EarsA wild, sweet baby boy appears! It’s comedian Matty Vu, put him in your loot bag
for a +45 to Endearment! We discuss creative crises, getting bumped by celebrity
comics, and all our local faves. THEN we gush about all the goofy stuff we’re
obsessed with, do bits from other podcasts (again), and maybe, finally, hopefully
get Hamilton out of our collective system.2016-12-2000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 40 - Vocal FryDo you think that voice is noice? Well, then we have a treat for you in
the form of our beautifully dressed guest (not that you’d know), Alannah Turner!
She’s in grad school to become a speech language pathologist, and she looooves
your larynx. We talk vocal structure, how to warm up and take care of the voice,
and a bunch of totally unrelated stuff like Tinder dealbreakers, beard huffing,
and the curious appeal of grey sweatpants.2016-12-1500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 39 - Young People in a Gated CommunityWe head for the ‘burbinest burbs to hole up overnight in the Parental Palace,
casa John y Brenda, while they’re out of town being the snowbirds that they are.
We’re the youngest people in this fancy adult-oriented gated community! Like so
many guestless episodes, this one progressively devolves into wine-soaked babbling
about such engrossing topics as bathroom habits, malapropisms, love notes, and whether
or not St. Nicholas was a Klingon. If you listen all the way to the end, you will get
a musical surprise.2016-12-0600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 38 - November NestHeyyy it rained 54 days out of the last 59 and we’re so mad at Margaret Atwood,
but it’s nice to get the gals together to have an HQ kvetch. Climb into the
handbasket with us and Helena, where we talk about curating our own self image
(barf!), professional wrestling (body shaming Sheamus), heavy metal, and Star Trek.2016-11-2900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 37 - Comedy GoldGird your loins, because here comes comedian Gavin Clarkson to oust
the overrated wordsmith Robert Service as the Yukon’s Favourite Son.
We learn that the Gold Rush never fully ended, as our guest is also
a frickin’ mining engineer! (or, for the layman–a Gold Scientist) Gavin
shows the Supermoon who’s boss, we all do dreadful accent work, and we
share in some much needed belly laughs in these trying times.2016-11-2200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 36 - Don't Fall in a Hole!Our omnidirectional microphone gets put to the test today with a first for
us–TWO GUESTS. Public health pros Abby and Chelsea are in Vancouver at the
same time, a rarity for these globetrotters who are often oceans away working
on various international health initiatives. They discuss the zen of long-haul
budget travel, relatable advice on hole avoidance, and the tasty Canadian treats
they miss the most when they’re far from home.2016-11-1500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 35 - In The CardsWe’ve got back to back returning guests, and this week we’re bringing you a
wonderful spooky gab session with the incomparable Lauren Martin. If you’re
similarly not quite ready to give up the halloween spirit, hang out with us
as we talk about the horror/arousal relationship and read each other’s tarot
cards!2016-11-0800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 34 - Basic WitchesWe have our first follow up guest! That’s right, it’s ALLISON 2 –
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO – BACK IN THE SHACK colon BITCHES BEWARE. But it’s
almost like a whole new Allison, because this time she has bangs, and
we think you can really hear the difference. We make our cursory nods
towards the spookiness of the season (Horror films! Ghost stories! Ouija!
Bruce Campbell!), discuss the finer points of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy,
and perform metatextual analysis of Hanson’s Mmmbop (kind of).2016-10-3100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 33 - BlowhardThunderstorm of the decade? More like… uh… Blunderstorm! We had a lot of setbacks for the recording of
this episode–we were sick, our planned guest had to cancel, and we were slapped with a three day weather
and wind warning that was projected to cut Vancouver power off. But we are very stubborn and committed to
our podcasting routine, so we dang well persevered to bring you another ep that represents the core values
of the show--just the two of us grousing and giggling.2016-10-2500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 32 - Vegan CookoffThis week, we’re talkin’ better community through large amounts of food with photographer, home chef,
and all-around babe Jen Clark! For a number of years, she’s been running an intensely competitive
(yet loving and nurturing) monthly vegan cookoff in Vancouver, which has imbued her and her friends with
some next-level skills—even her mom admits that the student has become the master. You’re gonna want to have
snacks for this one, because you’re gonna get mighty hungry!2016-10-1700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 31 - BloodsportWe very nearly have a coherent theme this week as we welcome Ashley, a politico powerhouse to our seaside
studio, to discuss blood-boiling election shenanigans, period culture, and the blood suckers of the Buffyverse.
Getting all sanguine up in the shack!2016-10-1100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 30 - That's Enough, SteampunkSketch comedian and improvisor Marta Wesselhoff joins us to talk scene politics, awkward segues,
lusting over old time-y counts, and playing the Sims like a sociopath.2016-10-0400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 29 - Depression SessionNo guest this week as we try to save money on therapy by talking about our feelings with each other
into some audio equipment. We work through our current bleh-ness and make some plans to feel better together! Augh!2016-09-2700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 28 - Manic Pixie Nightmare BitchThis one was incredibly fun to record, joined as we were by Madison, an amateur baker, professional smarty
and Champion of Abandoned Cats! Listen in on us gabbin’ about the GBBO, the exhaustive dance of performing
femininity, the slow death of academia, the terror and uncertainty of childhood, and… boners?2016-09-2100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 27 - Just the DickensKatie’s got hair competition from this week’s guest, the pink-tressed Tamara—an ace knitter, bicycle
babe & a fellow former resident of Chris’s debaucherous old East Van apartment building. We gab about
unsolicited bike advice, pick up artists, pheromones, and when it’s cool to be rude to racists (all the
time). We poke at the weird/dark side of the rise of homesteading chic—are we all just apocalypse preppers
tied up with a raffia bow? The end times will be rife with pickled carrots.2016-09-1300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 26 - Grad School ConfidentialIf it seems a little cuddlier than usual in the shack, that’s because we’re joined by a representative of
that ever-increasing demographic of straight bears, Mr. Kyle Carpenter! Kyle is a grudging PhD candidate
and a part-time comedian, and is one third of the Tricycle Comedy collective (along with Katie and past
guest Justin O’Hearn). We discuss our unhealthy relationships with academia, the overlap of art and identity,
and we discover that emotional eating knows no gender.2016-09-0600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 25 - Growth YearEvery seat is the hot seat this week as we are joined by the hilarious and magnanimous comedian Fatima Dhowre
(The Lady Show, Roast Battle, Comedy Deux Soleils,The List)! Perilous heat in the shack has us battling the
sound of various fans (electrical and hand!) but powering through to bring you captivating discussions about
peeing standing up, musical theatre, the bitch/asshole dichotomy, and the appeal of giving it all up to join a cult.2016-08-3000 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 24 - P ValuesOur guest this week is the VERY zesty comedian Stephen Peever, the sort of wild and crazy fella that
owns multiple skintight animal onesies. We tear open the vicious rivalry between Canada and the US
(or, rather, dissect the linguistic peculiarities of both countries, we get sassy about stats, and
Katie wails over missing out on Maria Bamford’s drop in appearance at her regular open mic.2016-08-2400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 23 - Bad Taste TeensOh boy. So. The podcasts we look up to (and boy do we talk about them and sing their themes and do their
bits in this one) often will bank several episodes if the host or hosts are going to be away, and that’s
what we tried to do here. Unfortunately, we failed to stop drinking between episodes. So, it’s a bit of a
hot-ass disaster. But we TRY to adhere to a theme, which was revisiting all the “bad” stuff we liked as
teenagers, as adults. We kind of do that. At your peril, friends, at your peril.2016-08-1600 minSea Hags PodcastSiren Songs Edition 4 - Shot Thru the HarpLovely bonus tunes from this week's guest Calvin Arsenia on harp and lead vocals and Chris Rzepa on cello.2016-08-0400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 21 - Harpe DiemThe Sea Hags pride themselves on the ability to forge deep connections wherever they may be, and with that
in mind, this week, we welcome the lovely Calvin Scott, a sweet American gent that Chris met in 2013, singing
in a park in Edinburgh. Calvin is over six and a half feet of beautiful harp-playing charm, and we are so
fortunate to sit surrounded by his good vibes, talking into your ears. In this episode, we discuss the ups and
downs of unlimited recording space and high-quality portable recorders (the memories! the shame!), fighting geese,
eating ducks, world travel, with every...2016-08-0200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 22 - Dirtbag DayHoo boy. No guest this week, as we get well into our cups in a sweltering room.
We talk the simple pleasures in life, drinking habits, settling beef, putting pebbles
in the trust bucket, and our resistence to becoming regulars anywhere.2016-08-0200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 20 - Me Oriented PersonWe're keeping it in the family this week as we are joined by Katie's sister-in-law (and world class violist!)
Katya Woloshyn. Katya regales us with tales of her life as a self-confessed “strong-willed child” with a
competitive streak as long as the prairie horizon. Chris and Katya celebrate their Capricorn-y independence and
bond over the struggles of trying to get a) paid and b) basic human consideration as independent musical contractors.
Katya's career as a classical musician has her living full time in the Netherlands, and she's toured all over the
world with her big violin, but the land of ketc...2016-07-2600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 19 - Addiction to (Fan)FictionWe’re back in the shack and on the horn(blower) with Rachel, a passionate creator and a champion of
the delicate art of fan fiction! We examine the dialogic relationship between a piece of media and
its audience, and how the line between fan and creator is growing increasingly blurred. Rachel tells
us all of the unexpected side benefits that come along with fanfic writing (friends all over the world
and an encyclopaedic knowledge of boats, thanks to her time in the Horatio Hornblower community), Katie
reads a fine vintage (March 2000) from her own fanfiction archive, Chris teaches a yo...2016-07-1900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 18 - Sleepovercast Part 2Just a short one today, a part two from last week’s Sea Hag’s Slumber Party. In this ep, Katie and Chris
return from a trip out for cocktails and get to the fun stuff, determining their future with paper fortune
tellers and rousing games of MASH.2016-07-1200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 17 - Sleepovercast Part 1Our podcast’s world is torn asunder this week as we go guest-less and temporarily depart the shack
for Katie’s New Westminster apartment. That’s right, it’s an old-school sleepover! Katie anticipates
Chris’s wine needs and gushes about/mocks her recent trip to Portland; Chris basks in the warmth of
being lovingly babied. We both complain about the requirements of a North American Protestant work
ethic and advocate for the longest vacations possible. Part two of the sleepovercast series (ha!)
will be released next week.2016-07-0500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 16 - GeekshamingWe chose one of the hottest June days on record to bring Cat, an intrepid LIBRARY SCIENTIST
(does she wear one of those science jackets?) to our extremely well-insulated recording studio.
What followed was a conversation about group dynamics, Guiding/Scouting, classification systems,
and geek identity--punctuated by the occasional whine and re-application of our rapidly melting
ice packs.2016-06-2900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 15 - Lil' Podunk PumpkinWe get a dose of Southern charm when Deneece Berg, a recent Austin, TX transplant, talks about growing
up in a small town, moving to the big city to chase her dreams (NYC and SNL, oh my!), and having to go
back and start all over, serving caramel macchiatos to her high school bullies. Setbacks be damned,
Deneece tells the tale of turning her intense disappointment into clean burning spite fuel and making
her way back to writing/comedy.2016-06-2100 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 14 - The Bottle EpisodeThe shack heats up and we get the vapours when local comic Justin O’Hearn stops by to share his
expertise–he’s a PhD candidate in Victorian Pornography! We learn that there are many different
ways to have an orgy (one of them wrong, the weak-stomached may want to start selectively
fast-forwarding around the 48 minute mark). Justin flips the script on everything we think we know
about the “stuffy” Victorians. We talk about our first experiences with porn; Katie gets the shame
sweats. NOT SAFE FOR WORK OR PARENTS!2016-06-1400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 13 - Stay CuriousComedian Steve Venegas joins us to talk Juggalos, brushes with internet fame, lessons learned in comedy
so far and looming new parenthood. Katie and Chris reminisce fondly about being only children.2016-06-0700 minSea Hags PodcastSiren Songs 3 - Renee Picard does Joanna NewsomRenee returns to join Chris in the studio for a little Joanna Newsom workshop! We discover
just how many words are packed in to each deceptively simple song, how many takes are really
needed for 2 tracks (MANY) and how far a $7 bottle of wine goes when you're holed up in a hot
recording studio. Chris works some post-production Reverb Magic to make us sound like haunted
troubadours on a ship out to sea.2016-06-0400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 12 - Editor HatOur friend Renee (writer and editor at The Elephant Journal) joins us to delve deep into writing,
vulnerability, friendship, boundaries, badass women and inflicting art on people. Chris harnesses
the power of Hamilton to rant about boundaries, Katie apologizes for hating apologies, we scheme
up a Friendship Collective Agreement.2016-05-3100 minSea Hags PodcastBonus - I Came Here to Make FriendsIn which Katie unloads and sifts through some thoughts and feelings about the experience of being new
to a scene (in this case, comedy) in which toughness and a competitive spirit is prized--because she
possesses neither. Some weeks ago, she opened up a discussion on a local stand-up forum about transphobia
in comedy and she's been periodically wading through the fallout since. She wants to live in the opposite
of a reality show--coming here not to win, but to make friends. Chris lets her pour it all out in the
safety of the Shack.2016-05-2800 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 11 - The Stars are DicksSketch comic and amateur astrologist Lauren Martin (Taurus) swings by this week for hangover spritzers,
laughs, and a bit of fortune telling. Chris (Capricorn) and Katie (Pisces) want to believe, just so long
as the future is flattering. We look at fate, identify our issues and learn to mitigate them. Kind of.
Chris vents about vaping, and Katie gets bested in puns.2016-05-2400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 10 - Doormat HeartThis week we welcome Dominique Fricot, one of Vancity’s indie rock darlings—and Chris’s former
Spark that Screams bandmate—to the Shack. Will we succumb to his buttery voice, handsome
features, and frontman energy? Almost certainly, and we suspect you will too. Dom talks personal
and musical evolutions, the amazing/horrible nature of touring, and the unique challenges of being
a Canadian recording artist.2016-05-1700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 9 - Book ClubHoo boy. This episode is airing way out of order, due to SOMEONE’S (spoiler alert, katie's) bright idea
to avoid having two musically-themed episodes back to back. Of course, we failed to remember quite how
much we mentioned Book Club in subsequent recordings. So here it is, thrown out of time like so many of
our favourite literary heroes/heroines. We discuss the books that shaped the various eras in our lives,
and the ones we keep coming back to. While we don’t believe in “guilty pleasures”, we are mostly talking
about the sorts of books we read for pleas...2016-05-1100 minSea Hags PodcastBonus - Siren Songs Ed. 1Since so many of the visitors to the Sea Hags shack are musically inclined, we’ve decided to start recording
bonus content we’re calling the Siren Song Sessions. The first of these is with the lovely Orit Shimoni. There
is, first up, an original song by our own Chris Rzepa, and then two from Orit’s catalogue. We hope you enjoy!2016-05-0700 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 8 - Ramblin' GalThis week’s guest is Orit Shimoni (aka Little Birdie), a tremendously talented and endlessly resourceful
musician and songwriter. Having traded in an apartment and a stable job for the unpredictable life of a
perpetually travelling performer, Orit has much to say about the challenge of asking for and wholeheartedly
accepting the generosity of others. In a culture that devalues art and enforces a very narrow range of acceptable ways
of living, Orit’s quiet courage and zeal ring loud.2016-05-0300 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 7 - Boring ManA whirlwind of bubbly energy, Jeanie is our guest on this episode, and she has a decade and a half
of stories about being a dedicated raver and festival-goer. We get into the value of purposeful
impermanence and temporary community, and what that looks like for different people. While we’re the
first ones to roll our eyes at a rambling party story (despite having a few of our own), the tales
this week are CORKERS – naked fugitives, trust fund hippies, butt surgery in the middle of a desert…
We expect this episode will make folks long for Burning Man and ru...2016-04-2600 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 6 - Teen Goth SquadOur good friend E joins us on the podcast this week, and she’s brought props! We all dig out our old
journals, photos, and websites to connect with the people we were before we grew up into the frothy
blowhards we are today. As it turns out, we were all GOTH TEENS, with penchants for early internet adoption,
vampire roleplay, and very very cool poetry that was not at all embarrassing. Put on your mesh shirt and lace
up your Docs, because we’re heading down a delightful and slightly humbling memory lane.2016-04-1900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 5 - Gimme Your HandsWith us this week is Allison, a butcher and a musician, and a David Bowie devotee who could almost rival
Katie’s obsession. We talk the sudden loss of the Starman who we thought was an immortal alien, our fandom
history, and how all three of us have connected by playing his songs at various parties and jams over the
years. We get into some uncomfortable but important stuff—how to acknowledge and process the darker side of
our heroes, dealing with the deaths of others and ourselves, and how we might go about leaving this earth
feeling like we adde...2016-04-1200 minSea Hags PodcastBonus - White Knuckling the DodgerInspired by an offhand comment made by Karmin in Episode 4, The Shanty Shack Singers bring you a Stan Rogers
inspired tune of nautical mayhem.2016-04-0900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 4 - Emotions on the OceanThis week we’re joined by a LEGIT Sea Hag, Karmin, who regales us with her twisty, turny tale of sailing
the open ocean with her father. Years of being a punk rock road dog could not prepare her for the challenges
of squalls, a three hour rotating watch, health scares, and the sheer emotional intimacy of sharing a 39’
craft with a parent as an adult. Shit. Gets. Real. Karmin is an incredibly captivating storyteller, and at
many points we found ourselves unable to contribute anything but “wow” to the conversation. Don’t miss this.2016-04-0400 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 3 - Greasy White FucksThis week,we’re joined by a salty sea dog, our old pal Bob Neubauer, to discuss knowledge sharing,
the problematics of voluntourism, cultural imperialism, and putting condoms on rutabagas deep in
the heart of the Andes. We try to down play his swarthy attractiveness for our own benefit but end
up just calling him a greasy weasel by accident. This one’s a knee-slapper!2016-03-2900 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 2 - You Dizzy FeministsAlexa Dredge joins us to discuss what happens when your good idea takes off with you clutching the back bumper.
Alexa and Katie met in the third year of their BAs at SFU and subsequently went on to co-author the Harassment
on Translink project for a 4th year seminar. Almost immediately, the local media ran with the story and the two
undergrads found themselves as the somewhat underqualified mouthpieces for the innumerable folks who had been
sexually harassed or assaulted on transit in Vancouver. The quest for a decent grade on a group project became
an occasionally exhausting multi-year commitment...2016-03-2200 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 1 - Stretch Cotton DreamsOn the topic of comfort, we welcome Emily Wight, author of Well-Fed, Flat Broke, professional lady, mum,
and unofficial Snuggie Spokesmodel. We take on the subjects of pants (con), leggings as pants (intensely
pro), self-soothing through fried food, and clandestine pajamas. Chris discovers she's the odd one out
re: bananas. We bodyshame Stephen Harper.2016-03-1500 minSea Hags PodcastEpisode 0 - The HaggeningYour guestless hosts discuss Doing a Thing, Now, In the Moment, Before You're 'Ready', and what comes along with that.
We plot some possibilities for future episodes, engage in giggly insider dialogue, and try to find some power in being
vulnerable and putting a podcast out there into a saturated market with no experience. It's not like anyone could stop
us even if they wanted to, though.2016-03-1500 min