The Marti Party

Scotty Hills is, at bare minimum, a legend. The Juno nominee plays drums like the dickens, sings like an angel, and whistles like you would not believe. In this episode, we chat about exercising our humanity in the face of a pandemic, live performance vs. performative culture, and whether or not Neil Young is still alive. (Relax. He is.) 

Tanya Boteju is an author, an educator, and a fiercely devoted advocate for equity and diversity in literature (and in general). Her debut YA novel, Kings, Queens and In-Betweens, has been accurately billed as Judy Blume meets RuPaul, and her much-anticipated second novel, Bruised, is hot off the press as we speak. She also happens to have the best drag king/roller derby name I have ever heard. 

Miranda Currie is on a mission to create northern Indigenous content that is accessible to kids and families. Putting her trademark spin on traditional narratives, she uses music, film and crafty storytelling to educate the rest of us about everything from sled dogs to scat. 

While the rest of us spent much of 2020 baking sourdough, doom scrolling and learning to play the flute, East-Vancouver folk-rock duo A Million Dollars In Pennies released a new album and adopted a baby. Typical.