This Is Your Mixtape: Recent Episodes
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What was your favourite song when you were a kid? a teen? a young adult? Each episode, Michael asks a guest to talk about their life in five songs.
Your host, Michael Collins, gets interviewed! Michael talks about Ace of Base, Tori Amos, Massive Attack, Joanna Newsom, and Amanda Palmer.
Author, musician, and multimedia artist Gary Barwin [Yiddish for Pirates; Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted] on Vivaldi, Coltrane, Donkey Lopez, John Cage, and Ryan Barwin.
Journalist and pocaster Oriana Schwindt on the Spice Girls, Dispatch, Radical Face, Stephen Sondheim, and Billy Bragg and Wilco.
Sarah Walsh is a comedian, visual artist, and creator from Newfoundland who hosts The Odd Ends.
Chris Ross, EMT and chorister, on Donna Lewis, Hawksley Workman, Immaculate Machine, Jack Ü, and Robyn.
Lauren O’Neal and Niko Bakulich, hosts of the podcast Sunday School Dropouts, join Michael for a Valentine's Day special. They talk about their lives—and about King Brothers, Neutral Milk Hotel, St. Vincent, The Neighbourhood, and Niko's own music.
Marnie Breckenridge, operatic soprano, talks about her life—and Barbra Streisand, The Call, Annie Lennox, Richard Strauss, and Philip Glass.
Sam Branman, otherwise known as Ten Yards, is a fashion designer and occasional DJ living and working in Brooklyn. He discusses Malice Mizer, Sleater Kinney, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Bright Light Bright Light, and Carly Rae Jepsen.
’Tis the season for a Mixtape special! This time, hosts and friends of the Megaphonic podcast network gather together for a Holiday party! Michael asks five of them about a song they associate with this time of year. Enjoy, and have a happy holiday! See you next year!
Your host, Michael Collins, on the the song he chose to pose to for his bodybuilding competition.
Melissa Brizuela, food enthusiast and feeler of feelings, on Ewert and the Two Dragons, NEFE, Leif Vollebekk, Rachel Sermanni, and Ewert and the Two Dragons (again).
Paul Dean (writer, journalist, and co-founder of Shut Up & Sit Down) on The Pet Shop Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny, and Jason Isbell.
Medievalist Suzanne Akbari on Cat Stevens, Blondie, David Sylvian with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Missy Elliott, and MIA.
Architect, body builder, and gay porn star Derek Bolt on Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Pink, Fall Out Boy, and Röyksopp ft. Robyn.
In this special episode, host Michael Collins takes you back to his preteen and early teen years, and talks about what it was like growing up a lonely closeted gay boy in rural Newfoundland, and how Tori Amos and the piano helped him make a sort of sense of it all. Regular programming will resume next week!
Writer and educator Andrés N. Ordorica on Selena, Death Cab for Cutie, Beyoncé, Disclosure ft. Sam Smith, and Julia Michaels.
Canadian horror movie podcaster Sarah Chamberlain on Ursula the Sea Witch, Malice Mizer, Lamb of God, Bauhaus, and Rivers of Nihil.
Writer Ryan Vance on Talking Heads, Fiona Apple, Death Cab for Cutie, Final Fantasy/Owen Pallett, and tUnE-yArDs.3
Sara (professional beer wrangler and host of the Xena: Warrior Princess podcast Warriors Bards 'n Brews) on The Rankin Family, Tori Amos, Sleater Kinney, Janelle Monáe, and Dessa.
Author Claire Biddles talks about A1, Manic Street Preachers, Rufus Wainwright, The 1975, and Troye Sivan.
Soprano Victoria Williams on Mint Condition, Alanis Morissette, Giacomo Puccini, The Clark Sisters, and Anita Baker.
Dan Kois, editor at Slate and author of several books, talks with Michael about R.E.M., Liz Phair, Yo La Tengo, Kacey Musgraves, and Lorde.
Composer Pete Gresser joins Michael to discuss songs by Yazoo, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo, Björk, and Anaïs Mitchell.
This Is Your Mixtape takes a little holiday break from its usual format. Michael, your steadfast host, tells the story of Christmas when he was twelve through the lens of some carols that are important to him. It's a story about encountering mortality, losing innocence, love, resilience, and the magic of unexpected gifts.
Melissa Beaupré, former academic, talks about Stompin’ Tom Connors, Nine Inch Nails, VNV Nation, Current 93, and A Tribe Called Red.
Novelist Brad Dunne talks about Red Hot Chili Peppers, NOFX, Joe Pass, The Beastie Boys, and Metallica.
Medievalist Lochin Brouillard on Peter Gabriel, Bruno Pelletier, Malajube, Kate Bush, and Iggy Pop.
Comics artist John Allison on Scritti Politti, Aimee Mann, The Beach Boys, The Microphones, and Tenement.
Michael’s friend Catherine on Depeche Mode, Frédéric Chopin, Jimi Hendrix, Fever Ray, and The Night Terrors.
Author Peter Coviello on the Jackson 5, the Mountain Goats, Sam Cooke, Los Campesinos!, and Sylvan Esso.
Angelo Muredda on The Cranberries, Radiohead, Joanna Newsom, Pixies, and Talking Heads.
Writer David Demchuk on The Carpenters, Thelma Houston, This Mortal Coil, Nina Simone, and Florence and the Machine—and on monsters, gay Winnipeg in the 70s, AIDS, the relentless task of mourning, and playing euchre with leather daddies while the Hells Angels keep you safe.
Mikaela Dyke is an actor and writer from St. John's currently working as an artistic producer with Circlesnake Productions, a Toronto indie theatre company known for their experimental genre shows. Her solo shows, Dying Hard and Epic Pitch, have toured all across North America to critical and audience acclaim. You can see her online in the webseries Couchsleeps dot com (Folkstar Productions) coming soon.
Mikaela and Michael talk about love songs, road trips, performance, systemic oppression, and how anger is necessary yet futile.
Anthony Oliveira is a writer, cultural commentator, and trash raccoon with a PhD. He can be found on Twitter at @meakoopa, where he tweets (incessantly) about the arts, politics, and LGBTQ culture, or on his podcast, The Devil’s Party, where he's giving Milton’s Paradise Lost the queer reading it has long been wanting.
Anthony and Michael discuss the ideology of the Muppets, the closet, vampires, liking 'girl music', Catholic school, the superiority of queer love, and the value of kindness.
Vivian Withnail on Red Hot Chili Peppers, Howlin' Wolf, Dawes, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Tom Lehrer—and on discovering your identity, the joy of bad movies, dealing with grief, what makes humanity redeemable, and the fun side of nuclear holocaust.
Novelist Libby Cudmore joins Michael to discuss Men at Work, The Smiths, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, and Steely Dan—and Star Wars, being a goth before Hot Topic, discovering crime fiction, friend breakups, and vinyl addiction.
Alison Dennis on the Drifters, Francis Poulenc, dios (malos), Janelle Monáe, and Counterfeit Madison.
Kari Bentley-Quinn on The Monkees, Tori Amos, Britney Spears, Joanna Newsom, and St. Vincent.
Drew Brown is a freelance writer living in St. John's, Newfoundland. He grew up in Grand Falls-Windsor, a small town in Central Newfoundland. Once upon a time he was a PhD candidate in political science, writing a dissertation about affect theory and the Canadian museum of history. He has since quit grad school to write for money. He and Michael discuss growing up in a small-scale apocalypse, angry teen boys who fall for Ayn Rand, epiphanies on public transport, quitting PhD programs, and whether there is cause to hope for the future (probably there is).
Michael Lee Richardson on The Little Mermaid, the Spice Girls, Patrick Wolf, Girls Aloud, and Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj.
Paul Fowler on Willie Nelson and Ray Charles, Savage Garden, Metallica, Captain Beefheart, and The Mystery Lights.
Community organizer Nadia Halim on Pete Seeger, Duran Duran, Matthew Sweet, Andrew Bird, and Alvvays.
Musician and podcaster Chris Piuma on the Beatles, Ed’s Redeeming Qualities, John Cage, Celesteville, and Julius Eastman.
What was your favourite song when you were a kid? a teen? a young adult? Each episode, Michael asks a guest to describe their lives through five songs.
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This Is Your Mixtape
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Oct 31, 2017
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The Sublime in the Everyday. [Chris Piuma.]
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Nov 7, 2017
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Dramatic Fantasies. [Nadia Halim.]
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Nov 20, 2017
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Lush, Vivid, and Strange. [Anna Wilson.]
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Dec 8, 2017
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Mustachioed Persona. [Paul Fowler.]
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Jan 15, 2018
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Queer Curation. [Michael Lee Richardson.]
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Feb 16, 2018
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Not Like Me. [Ned Raggett.]
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Feb 28, 2018
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Music is Sublimated Desire. [Drew Brown.]
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Mar 14, 2018
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The Precarity is the World. [Beth Martin.]
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Apr 1, 2018
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I Am Still Here. [Kari Bentley-Quinn.]
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Apr 14, 2018
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The Romantic from the Cove. [Juanita Critch.]
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Apr 27, 2018
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Spacey Polyrhythms. [Alison Dennis.]
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May 17, 2018
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A Really Happy Time. [Austin Wong.]
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Jun 1, 2018
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Queen of the Dandom. [Libby Cudmore.]
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Jun 18, 2018
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Jane Goodall and a Marshmallow. [Vivian Kotila.]
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Jun 28, 2018
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My Love Is Better Than Your Love. [Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa).]
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Jul 17, 2018
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I’m Not Allowed to Be Mad. [Mikaela Dyke.]
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Aug 1, 2018
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Euchre for the Leathery Crowd. [David Demchuk.]
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Aug 24, 2018
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The Nobility of Failure. [Angelo Muredda.]
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Sep 7, 2018
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More Than I Have Words For. [Peter Coviello.]
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Sep 30, 2018
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A Kind Sea Witch. [Catherine.]
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Oct 10, 2018
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It Doesn’t Make Any Sense At All (And I Love That). [John Allison.]
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Oct 26, 2018
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Horror is a Comfort to Me. [Adam Clarke.]
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Nov 14, 2018
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Fantasy Potential. [Lochin Brouillard.]
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Nov 28, 2018
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Invisible Shackles. [Brad Dunne.]
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Dec 12, 2018
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Cast That Magic Circle Around You. [Melissa Beaupré.]
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Dec 23, 2018
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A Christmas Story. [Holiday Special.]
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Jan 14, 2019
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One Song Can Reduce You. [Pete Gresser.]
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Feb 15, 2019
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Future Nostalgia. [Dan Kois.]
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Mar 8, 2019
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Millennial Microwave. [Victoria Williams.]
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Mar 25, 2019
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Loud in Your Head. [Claire Biddles.]
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Apr 8, 2019
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Morbid but Cool. [Sara.]
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Apr 25, 2019
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Boys on a Screen or a Page. [Ryan Vance.]
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May 18, 2019
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My Heart Beats at the Rhythm of a Double Bass. [Sarah Chamberlain.]
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Jun 13, 2019
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I Want That Freedom. [Andrés N. Ordorica.]
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Jun 30, 2019
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Hey Jupiter. [Pride Special.]
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Jul 11, 2019
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One Glorious Anthem. [Derek Bolt.]
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Jul 23, 2019
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A Horizon of Freedom. [Suzanne Akbari.]
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Aug 20, 2019
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The Idea of Yearning. [Ian Mathers.]
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Sep 23, 2019
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This Infinite Chain. [Paul Dean.]
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Oct 29, 2019
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Love Letters to Friends. [Melissa Brizuela.]
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Dec 4, 2019
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A Secret Code Carved. [Michael’s Bodybuilding Song.]
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Dec 23, 2019
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A Megaphonic Holiday Special.
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Jan 17, 2020
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The Gwynneth That Lives. [Sam Branman.]
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Feb 10, 2020
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Talk About Another World. [Marnie Breckenridge.]
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Feb 14, 2020
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Kick It out of the Park. [Lauren O’Neal and Niko Bakulich.]
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Mar 31, 2020
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Maps Won’t Show Us Where We’re Going. [Chris Ross.]
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Mar 22, 2021
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A Sentient Guitar Wearing One Platform Sneaker. [Sarah Walsh.]
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Apr 13, 2021
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The Idea of a Centre. [Oriana Schwindt.]
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May 17, 2021
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All Those Lives At The Same Time. [Gary Barwin.]
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