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Pondercast

Pondercast explores the thoughts and feelings we often feel but rarely put into words or sound. Host Laurie Brown writes thought-provoking scripts set to ambient scores by Joshua Van Tassel. We dive b... Read more

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56. Chilly Gonzales

56. Chilly Gonzales

It’s been a long time since I’ve spoken with Jason/Chilly/Gonzo/Maestro Gonzales so we had a lot to talk about.

24 Jan 2020

57mins

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47. The Moth

47. The Moth

The start of Season 3 of Pondercast!! In this episode we join forces with another podcast: 'The Moth' to talk about stor... Read more

5 Sep 2019

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48. Moon Merge

48. Moon Merge

This episode is a live recording of Moon Merge at The Bentway in Toronto on September 14th - the night of the full Harve... Read more

19 Sep 2019

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37. Ólafur Arnalds

37. Ólafur Arnalds

Hear my conversation with Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds. We talk about creativity, flow and sweat. In that order.

18 Apr 2019

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41. Nothing

41. Nothing

What does it take to get you to ‘come to your senses’? A whole lot of nothing.

13 Jun 2019

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49. Music – Rheostatics

49. Music – Rheostatics

Listening Party – We have Canadian music royalty for you this episode. After a 15 year hiatus, The Rheostatics have a ne... Read more

3 Oct 2019

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55. The Sound of Feeling – Part One

55. The Sound of Feeling – Part One

This is part 1 of a 2 part series all about intervals. The building blocks of western music. Every interval comes with a... Read more

10 Jan 2020

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43. Summer

43. Summer

This episode is built for a summer’s night. So instead of recording inside, I took the microphone to the backyard on a b... Read more

11 Jul 2019

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40. Ponderbeat 04

40. Ponderbeat 04

Listening Party – It’s here! The latest Ponderbeat is going to fill your summer of 2019 with a buffet of brand new music... Read more

30 May 2019

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46. How to Disappear

46. How to Disappear

The urge to disappear...to shut down the phone and walk away from being ‘social’. Are you feeling it?

22 Aug 2019

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45. Summer Vacation

45. Summer Vacation

This episode is our second instalment of summer-isms. Because we all can’t get enough of summer. We also can’t get enoug... Read more

8 Aug 2019

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50. Plentitude

50. Plentitude

Thanksgiving happened. But my fridge is still feeling it. Actually my fridge is the inspiration for this episode. You kn... Read more

17 Oct 2019

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38. The Great Turning

38. The Great Turning

The world does feel like it’s unravelling, but do you see the great turning too?

30 Apr 2019

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39. Music – Great Lake Swimmers

39. Music – Great Lake Swimmers

Listening Party – Music! Talk! Pondering! Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers and I got together to talk about things tha... Read more

16 May 2019

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53. Breathing Lessons

53. Breathing Lessons

This episode was inspired by an idea by Joshua. He was thinking about breath and breathing when he wrote these pieces of... Read more

29 Nov 2019

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42. Music – Donovan Woods

42. Music – Donovan Woods

Interview and Listening Party – We talk about storytelling, songwriting, and about the joy of creating. And we also talk... Read more

27 Jun 2019

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51. Music – Ponderbeat 05

51. Music – Ponderbeat 05

Listening Party – A full episode of soon to be released and just released music from Killbeat’s great roster. 

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44. Music – Rich Aucoin

44. Music – Rich Aucoin

Listening Party – Rich Aucoin’s latest album is called Release - and that’s what it feels like. I sat down with Rich to ... Read more

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