Joke Talk Yell Write

I think people now realize that if we’re going to be serious about reconciliation and whatever it can be, it will take more blood, sweat, and tears than anyone first realized. It turns out undoing the harms of colonization is a fuck of a lot more work than first imagined. Attaining a base level of understanding of what happened here is not the endpoint to reconciliation; it is just the beginning.

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Hi America. In two years, nine months and 15 days from now, it will be your birthday. It will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I was thinking about it, and, I mean, wow, is this going to be annoying, mostly because you Murrrrricans really know how to party. Woodstock. The Super Bowl. Killing Bin Laden. You really know how to party. Consider me the neighbour next door who wants the music turned down and a...

The journey to being an independent creative is a long and tiring one. If, somehow, you're able to chase your dreams all the way to a place where you can care for yourself and your family as a result, you've basically won the lottery. Some of us get that lucky, but most of us don't. My advice is, while on that journey, don't lose yourself along the way. Here is my personal story on how I am fighting to be free in this work, in my l...

This is a sample of my new daily Substack exclusive podcast; JOKE TALK YELL WRITE PODCAST TODAY, that I’m producing for paid members on my Substack. It's a new offering and will be a ten-minute long, one-take-no-edits daily show sent out to my paid membership. You're receiving samples of the podcast until Monday in hopes of dragging you over to my Substack. After Monday, you won't get the daily Substack podcast here anymo...

This is a sample of my new daily Substack exclusive podcast; JOKE TALK YELL WRITE PODCAST TODAY, that I’m producing for paid members on my Substack. It's a new offering and will be a ten-minute long, one-take-no-edits daily show sent out to my paid membership. You're receiving samples of the podcast until Monday in hopes of dragging you over to my Substack. After Monday, you won't get the daily Substack podcast here anymo...

Hey Everyone. Happy Labour Day long weekend. I hope your Labour Day long weekend is as labour-free as possible and that you can spend time with the people you love by a lake with decent swimming and ample good food, music, and spirit.

I’m sending you this sample of the new daily Substack exclusive podcast I’m producing for paid members on my Substack. Starting on Monday, I'm producing a short 10-minute daily podcast for paid mem...

In this episode of Joke Talk Yell Write Podcast, I bring you into my world of anger and share with you a few ways I am trying to work through it on my new podcast series; We’re All Mad Here.

I co-host. We’re All Mad Here with my partner, Madeline. In each episode of the show, we look to transform our anger and rage (about whatever we’re talking about on any given day) into something better. I’ve shared our newest episode, NDN Clothe...

I was once a punk rock DIY comic that survived on tour by sleeping on the side of the road, eating cold breakfast sandwiches, and drinking bottled water. I’m still a comic, and I still do everything myself, but I’ve mostly quit the cold breakfast sandwiches and sleeping on the side-of-the-road bullshit.

Now in my mid-forties, I have leaned into my over-the-hill, constantly moderately tired, home depot dad years. I honestly caught my...

I’m an old dad. I will be in my mid-sixties when my youngest graduates from high school. It occurred to me the other day that I will need to open up my spirit to things I left behind long ago - playdates with other people’s kids that I can’t stand, parent-teacher nights and volunteer work with insufferably boring parents I have nothing in common with, and the wonderful world of discovery, creativity, and play.

This is my audio essay...