This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with author Gemma Files about her latest book, Experimental Film, winner of both the Sunburst and Shirley Jackson literary awards. For more info visit: musicatmidnight-gfiles.blogspot.ca/ Gemma’s Movie Pi...
This is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Dr. Gabriela Mastromonaco, reproductive physiologist and curator of reproductive programs at the Toronto Zoo. For more info visit: www.torontozoo.com/ The Zoo’s Valentine’s Day Event: www.toron...
Here is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Professor Mark Westneat of the University of Chicago and Research Associate, Field Museum. The Biomechanics: The Machine Inside is currently on display at the Ontario Science Centre: www.ontariosciencecent...
This is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with genetics researcher Dr. Tara Paton, co-author of the beaver genome study at the Hospital for Sick Children’s Centre for Applied Genomics. For more info visit: www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/New…y-150-...
Here is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Lightning Rod Games’ Mark Laframboise and his wife, teacher Robyn. A Fold Apart is an upcoming puzzle game inspired by long-distance relationships and papercraft coming from Lightning Rod Games. For ...
This is our extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Cathy Feraday Miller and Tim Miller of Rocket 5 Studios about their latest video game Kitty Disastrous For more info: www.rocket5studios.com/...
This is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Tom Frencel, CEO of Little Guy Games about their latest video game The Last Sky. For more info visit: littleguygames.com/ Tom’s eBook Pick: The Art of Intuition by Sophy Burnham www.kobo.com/ca/en/eb...
Tell ‘em Alice Diamond sent ya. Here’s my full interview with playwright Margo MacDonald about her play The Elephant Girls and the all-female British gang she based it on. For more info visit: parryriposte.ca/ www.facebook.com/TheElephantGirls Margo’s eBook Pick: The Re...
Here’s my full interview with Kim Desveaux of Brilliant Labs which serves up mobile maker spaces to the rural areas of Atlantic Canada. She shres coding, robotics, and tapping into the kind of talent that calls Nova Scotia home. For more info visit: www.brilliantlabs.ca...
Here is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with The Alleles co-founder and art director McCauley Wanner. For more info visit: www.alleles.ca/...
Here’s the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with author Madeline Ashby about her latest science fiction novel Company Town For more info visit: madelineashby.com/ Company Town by Madeline Ashby www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/company-town-1 Madeline’...
This is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Lesley Mounteer, director of external services at Western University. Western University has an amazing Engineering Outreach program for girls between junior kindergarten and grade 11. Check it out at: www...
This is the extended edition of the Kobo eBook Cafe on What She Said Kris Abel interviews Christian Yan, COO of Nanoleaf about their new announcement at CES in Las Vegas, the home LED music-lighting system Aurora Rhythm. For more info: nanoleaf.me Christian Yan’s ...
This is the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Miriam Verburg, executive producer of LongStory, an episodic mobile dating adventure game. For more info visit: www.longstorygame.com itunes.apple.com/ca/app/longstory…id833958016?mt=8...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s eBook Cafe chat with TeaBOT co-founder Brian Lee about his team’s robotic kiosks for grab-and-go loose leaf tea. For more info visit: teabot.com Brian book choice: Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore www.kobo.com/...
In this extended edition of our eBook Cafe Kris Abel chats with author Kyo Maclear about her children’s book The Wish Tree, illustrated by Chris Turnham, and her upcoming book for adults on bird-watching called Birds Art Life. For more info visit: kyomaclearkids.c...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Jen Mete, integrated producer on the iOS app Candid Catmera, developed by Current Studios. For more info visit: www.candidcatmera.com/ www.currentstudios.ca/...
Here’s the extended edition of Kris Abel’s talk with Stormwrack Trilogy author A. M. Dellamonica. Alyx discusses the third book in the trilogy, The Nature of a Pirate, her win for Best Novel at this year’s Aurora, and the balance of mixing science fict...
Here’s the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Sherry Phillips, AGO Conservator of Contemporary Art. More and more artists are looking to incorporate materials from nature within their art works. As a conservator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, its...
Here’s the extended version of Kris Abel’s eBook Cafe interview with Toronto-based jewelry maker Niki Kavakonis. Niki designs rings, earrings, and necklaces inspired by science and the natural world that showcase the hidden features of precious stones. For m...
Here we present the Extended Edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Action Potential Lab owner & director Lisa Carrie Goldberg Learn about the amazing activities created for kids programs and adult parties that mix science with food, drinks, and art. For more i...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s eBook Cafe talk with Peggy Perdue, Librarian in Charge of the Arthur Conan Doyle Special Collection at the Toronto Public Library. For more info visit: www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/books-video…e-doyle.jsp www.bakerstreeti...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with photojournalist Emily Garthwaite. Her photo of a chained Asian elephant was a finalist in last year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year and she continues to speak about opportunities to use the annua...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s eBook Cafe talk with David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Just before giving a presentation for students at the Ontario Science Centre, David speaks with Kris about climate chang...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with conservationist and wildlife photographer Jen Guyton. Her Meerkat photograph is a finalist in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit, currently on display at the Royal Ontario Museum. ...
Here’s the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Jessica Coon, associate professor of linguistics at McGill University. Prof. Coon share’s her experience as the scientific advisor for the movie Arrival, both during script development and on-se...
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with author Leah Bobet from What She Said’s eBook Cafe series. Leah discusses her second novel and her Aurora Award win for Best Young Adult at the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy awards this year....
This is the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Natalie Panek from What She Said. Rocket scientist, explorer, space roboticist, Natalie Panek discusses her work on the ESA’s ExoMars mission to Mars taking place in 2020. Recorded at the Ontario Sci...
To allow visitors to better explore the impossibly intricate, 500 year-old Boxwood prayer beads and alterpieces, the Art Gallery of Ontario has employed a range of technologies including CT scans, virtual reality, 3D printing, and exploded-view models. Kris Abel talks w...
For our Halloween episode we visit entomologist and arachnologist Catherine Scott in her lab for a fun chat about Black Widow spiders and her favourite books. You can learn more about Catherine’s work and help fund her research by joining #TeamBlackWidow at: exper...
Welcome to the extended edition of our Halloween special recorded at the Toronto Zoo with Maria Franke, curator of mammals, and Lydia Attard, curatorial keeper of invertebrates. To celebrate Halloween we discuss masked mammals, bat conservation, glow-in-the-dark scorpio...
In this extended edition of our eBook series, Kris Abel meets author Sam Maggs to explore her new book Wonder Women which profiles 25 trailblazing women on STEM throughout history. For more info visit: sammaggs.com/ Wonder Women the eBook: store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eboo...
Here we present the extended edition of Kris Abel’s interview with Dr. Tracy Rogers, Director of the forensic program at UofT’s Mississauga campus and the lead forensic anthropologist during the Robert Pickton serial murders in British Columbia. Dr. Rogers d...
In this extended edition of our eBook series, Kris Abel meets Storm Chaser George Kourounis just before he left for Hurricane Matthew to discuss his expanded work with volcanoes, how he protects his gadgets, and the books that inspire him in his work. For more info: sto...
Here we present the full discussion between Kris Abel and filmmaker Lisa Jackson about her Virtual Reality documentary exploring the Highway of Tears murder cases in British Columbia, commissioned by the CBC’s The Current. You can try the experience at this year...
In this extended edition of our eBook series, Kris Abel meets with John Shoesmith, outreach librarian at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library to understand the considerations made in scanning what is likely their oldest book, the Four Gospels In Greek (Codex Torontonensi...
Here we present the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with artist Lisa Park who uses biosensors to create her art. At this year’s Nuit Blanche in Toronto she presented Eunonia II, a piece where spectators can wear an EEG headset to send their brainwa...
In this extended edition of our eBook series, Kris Abel meets painter and climber Rachel Pohl to talk about trying new things and finding inspiration to overcome tough climbs through her favourite eBooks. You can see Rachel in the IMAX adventure film America Wild: ameri...
Here we present the extended version of Kris Abel’s interview with Rima Break, Studio Production Director of Ubisoft Toronto, who discusses her start in the video game industry at the first female programmer at Ubisoft Montreal (making her also the first in Canada...