Putting the Squid to Bed is a podcast about creative people and their craft.Projects are rarely finished as much as they are surrendered. They can be like trying to tuck a squid into its bed. Just when you get two or three arms under the covers another four or five have slipped back out! And that that journey of discovery, creation, and surrender is what this show is about. Subscribe to Putting The Squid to Bed wherever you get your podcasts and join me as we talk about that journey together ...
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Drew Marquardt is an actor, writer, and director currently based in Los Angles CA. He’s spent a decade acting in Hollywood and the UK appearing in film and tv projects including Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and has more recently increased his focus on writing and directing. His short film Act of War which is somewhere between drama and dark comedy and…
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Cydnie Trenholm is a Canadian author set to launch her sophomore novel in Sept 2024. Listen in as we talk about plotting vs. spontaneity, the power of questions, and making time to write as a stay-at-home mom. Cydnie on Instagram Cydnie on Facebook Cydnie's Website Buy By My Own Betrayal (2021) Learn more about Dead & Buried (2024)!! Tim on Instagr…
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Don't miss this incredibly special conversation with world class documentarian Noemi Weis. Filmblanc Website Filmblanc Instagram MILK Film Connecting the Dots Film Tim's Instagram Tim's Website Regina International Film Festival & Awards Website Regina International Film Festival & Awards Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in…
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Listen to my conversation with Folks/Roots singer-songwriter Jeffery Straker. Jeffery on Instagram Jeffery's Website Jeffery's Music Andrew's Photography on Instagram Tim on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Listen to my conversation with middle grade author Michael Leali about the magic of story telling! Michael's Website Michael on Instagram Tim on Instagram The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (2022) Matteo (2023) PREORDER The Truth About Triangles! Available May 21, 2024! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Kyla Wiebe is a visual artist, writer, and performer based in Manitoba, Canada. • Kyla on IG • Kyla's Website • Tim on IG • Timothy Lenko Music on IG • Tim's Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Listen to my conversation with author, Tim Ryan. Tim Ryan's Website Tim Ryan on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Troy on Instagram Scribe Music on Instagram Apologetics Canada on Instagram Scribe Music on Apple Music Scribe Music on Spotify Tim on Instagram Timothy Lenko Music on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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It's been a wild few months! Thank you to those of you who've tuned in for it. Today, my final conversation of the season is musician and friend Jonathan Berry, a sing-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who joined me recently in a challenge where we posted music content for 30 days (we ended up taking breaks between some days to preserve our sani…
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Stephan Nance is a singer-songwriter and writer based in Portland. They make music under the name Sparkbird and has toured all over Japan, Europe, the US and beyond. They also write young adult fiction and are an Oregon LIterary Fellow and mentee under H.E. Edgemond through “We Need Diverse Books.” They are an avid birder, are Jewish, and lives wit…
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Braden David is a worship singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Calgary Alberta. His first single unexpectedly took off online and was rerecorded by Jaye Thomas from International House of Prayer Kansas City. He collaborates regularly with Tehillah Worship at his church First Assembly writing, recording, and playing live for the wors…
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John Hendrix is a New York Times Bestselling illustrator and author of many children's books, including The Holy Ghost: A Spirited Comic, Shooting at the Stars, Drawing is Magic, Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus, The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler. His art is also published in a bunch of other authors’ work like the Ro…
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Matt Froese a singer-songwriter, producer, and session musician (among many other things) and someone I’ve loved making music with. He put out his album Trees in 2019, produced half a dozen albums for other artist, engineered a bunch more, and played on more than I can count including Kyle Church, Jon Bryan, and Sykamore. His sound is indie folk po…
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Kim Fu is a Canadian-born writer, currently living in Seattle. She studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia. She’s now the author of two novels, a collection of poetry, and most recently, a short story collection titled Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century. That collection won of the Pacific Northwest Book Award and the D…
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Jessica Gares is a director, actor, and writer known for her innovative devised play “lift/break” currently streaming on Broadway On Demand and her ubiquity on the Saskatchewan film scene. She’s working on indie and network projects for CBC and grassroots creatives both in Canada and across the pond in the UK. Jessica on Instagram "lift/break" on B…
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Pamela Rae Schuller is an internationally known stand-up comedian and disability and mental health advocate based in New York City. She lives with Tourettes Syndrome, has navigated pretty serious mental health challenges, and takes what she’s discovered in her experience and uses comedy and storytelling to promote inclusion and belonging for indivi…
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Anna Paddock is a Canadian born, Brooklyn NY-based musician. She is one half of The Lay Awakes, a husband-wife duo making really beautiful, diaristic indie folk pop. She is about to release a brand new solo EP “Cara,” an exploration of the birth of her daughter. Anna has a background in classical piano and earned a Masters of Music in Composition f…
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Tinaya Entz works as a music therapist with the Healing Arts Department at St Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon SK where she provides music therapy to hemodialysis patients and community outreach groups. She’s a guitarist, pianist, a gorgeous soprano, and did her training at Capilano University in North Vancouver. She’s currently conducting graduate stu…
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Bradley Somer is an author from Alberta Canada. He holds degrees in Archaeology and Anthropology, where his studies focused on paleoenvironments and human prehistory in North America. His third novel, EXTINCTION, is available from HarperCollins UK & Blackstone Publishing. His two previous novels, IMPERFECTIONS (2012) and FISHBOWL (2015) are have be…
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Luke McMaster was once half of the famed Canadian heartthrob duo, McMaster & James. He's opened for acts like Christina Aguilera and N'Sync and written music for Rihanna and Nick Lachey. Today, his journey to celebrate and advance Motown and Soul music has brought him new friendships with Smokey Robinson and the late, great Lamont Dozier. Don't mis…
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Putting the Squid to Bed is a podcast about creative people and their craft. Projects are rarely finished as much as they are surrendered. They can be like trying to tuck a squid into its bed. Just when you get two or three arms under the covers another four or five have popped back out! And that journey of discovery, creation, and surrender is wha…
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