Banff Centre Talks: Recent Episodes
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Do you ever find yourself spinning down the rabbit hole of negative self-talk and criticism? In this episode, I teach you how to stop it immediately by using my favorite essential oil.....Melaleuca. You will learn how it works and where to apply this essential oil, and change the course of your day. Do you ever find yourself spinning down the rabbit hole of negative self-talk and criticism? In this episode, I teach you how to stop it immediately by using my favorite essential oil.....Melaleuca. You will learn how it works and where to apply this essential oil, and change the course of your day.
Welcome to the very first podcast of Fabulous and Free! In this episode, Desiree introduces why focusing on emotions even matters. She explains the basics of energy and how it moves our body. And what tools she uses to create the changes we desire.
Core member of Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry, visual artist and two-time Sobey Award-nominee Diane Borsato and choreographer Christopher House discuss the relationship between artistic practice and slowing down in an accelerated world. Moderated by Dominic Girard. #banffcentretalks
We live in a world of constant motion: individual and collective relocation and dislocation, changing political movements, and the acceleration of information and data in a digital age. Join international bestselling author and essayist, and TED Talks alumnus, Pico Iyer, for an onstage conversation on "the art of stillness" and what value we can gain in slowing down. Interviewed by Laurie Brown (CBC Radio's The Signal). #banffcentretalks
On this episode Sue Bell Yank talks to artist Christopher Robbins about his decade with the public art and activism collective Ghana ThinkTank. The group blends art with international development to challenge the dynamic between the "first" and "third" worlds. #banffcentretalks
Authors Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh discuss crime writing with Mojo Anderson. #banffcentretalks
Warning: This episode contains some strong language.
In this episode, a conversation with Canadian singer/songwriter Tom Wilson. Speaking with host Allison Brock, Wilson discusses his work with such venerable outfits as Junkhouse and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, his success as a visual artist and the family revelations he discovered late in life. #banffcentretalks
Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has spent four decades and 50 films exploring Indigenous culture and history. Her best known documentary, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, garnered 18 international awards, telling the story of the Mohawk uprising in Oka. In this episode she discusses the power of documentary film to incite change, the art of listening and her definition of success. #banffcentretalks
In his first public appearance after winning the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs, author André Alexis sits down with Mojo Anderson to talk about his influences, some formative canine experiences and why he writes. #banffcentretalks
(Explicit language warning) Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Suketu Mehta of Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found and John Freeman, former editor of Granta, discuss the writing life and how we write 'home' in a world of migration and immigration. #banffcentretalks
Singer-songwriter Alex Cuba discusses growing up in Cuba in a prominent musical family, his move to Canada, and music collaboration in the digital age. Hear the Juno and Latin Grammy Award winner in a conversation recorded in front of a live studio audience. #banffcentretalks
Hear American choreographer and dancer Mark Morris in conversation with critic John Rockwell. #banffcentretalks
A career-spanning conversation between filmmaker Oliver Stone and journalist Ian Brown, shortly after the release of his film about George Bush. An Edwards Family Legendary Leaders Event, recorded at the Banff Centre in March 2013. #banffcentretalks
From her days singing backup for Joe Cocker, to breaking out on her own with a hit single, and even recording the theme for the James Bond movie "Octopussy," Rita Coolidge has had a full and musical life. In this intimate and revealing interview, The Delta Lady herself opens up in public for the first time about the death of her sister and how her family influenced her decades-spanning career. #banffcentretalks
Writer Shelley Youngblut interviews Canadian actor and comedian Bruce McCulloch about making comedy for a living, and the bizarre process of pitching television executives. #banffcentretalks
Sir Salman Rushdie is one of modern literature's most celebrated authors. He was at The Banff Centre in September 2015. Hear him in conversation with the CBC's Eleanor Wachtel, discussing his new book, the fatwa that took over his life, and why he's so fascinated by genies. #banffcentretalks
Legendary music producer and musician Daniel Lanois in conversation with Banff Centre Radio's Dominic Girard. #banffcentretalks
As novels migrate from page to screen, writer and ex- McSweeney's publisher Eli Horowitz, Believer magazine's former editor Andrew Leland, and This American Life contributor Jorge Just discuss the evolution of digital narratives on multiple platforms, including Horowitz's acclaimed app-based novel, The Silent History. #banffcentretalks
Dancer and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov chats with journalist Ian Brown about his remarkable life and career. An Edwards Family Legendary Leaders Event. #banffcentretalks
On this episode, Dominic Girard talks to celebrated Canadian choreographer, Crystal Pite, about her ground-breaking new work, Betroffenheit. This production finds her working with Jonathon Young, co-artistic director of Vancouver's Electric Company Theatre, and taking a more narrative-driven appraoch to story-telling through dance. You can also hear a second interview with Crystal speaking more broadly about her approach to dance and choreography. Just check the Banff Centre Talks podcast feed. #banffcentretalks
On this episode, Dominic Girard speaks with celebrated Canadian choreographer, Crystal Pite, about her career, including working with the great William Forsythe, working around the world and creating her own critically acclaimed dance company, Kidd Pivot. You can also hear a second interview with Crystal specifically about her latest project, Betroffenheit - just check the Banff Centre Talks podcast feed. #banffcentretalks
Banff Centre Talks is a curated collection of intimate conversations with artists and leaders, recorded before a live audience. We explore the creative process and how their approach to working and living connects with how you live your own life. #banffcentretalks