All Kinds of Stories with Zarqa Nawaz (Episode 40)

06/08/22 • 44 min

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We sit down with Zarqa Nawaz, the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, the world's first sitcom about a Muslim community living in the west. She has recently released both a new book and a new show (out now on CBC Gem), and joins us to share her insights on storytelling — from how her faith informs her writing process, to her personal journey in bringing stories like hers to the mainstream, to the inherent value of depicting the ordinary.
Links:
Watch ZARQA on CBC Gem
Jameela Green Ruins Everything, Zarqa's newly published book
Zarqa Nawaz had a hit show, then a decade-long dry spell. She's ready for her second act. by Marie-Danielle Smith, the Maclean's article we bring up
Acting Muslim — Representing Our Authentic Stories, the session Rebecca mentions
Read about Christian Cooper (the Central Park birder), who will be hosting a birding series for National Geographic
For more from Zarqa, check out her site, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram
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Being More Than One Thing with Jessica Hiemstra (Episode 39)

We are all multi-hyphenate. How can we reframe what it means to be more than one thing and embrace our multiplicities? We talked to artist Jessica Hiemstra, whose work spans many different mediums, from essays and poetry to children's books to murals to large-scale installations, about how she navigates doing a lot. Our wide-ranging conversation spanned how we embrace being big in the world to the tabs we keep open in our lives to what we can learn from beavers.
Jessica makes. Have a look.
Links:
Follow Jessica on Twitter and Instagram
While the Forest is Sleeping (out now)
The Thinking Heart: the Etty Drawings (1983–1984) by Claire Wilks (a collaboration coming soon)
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Rewind: A Conversation with Carley Fortune (Episode 28)

This week we're rewinding to bring forward our conversation with Carley Fortune, whose book Every Summer After has just made it to The New York Times bestseller list!
We reframe life's big transitions as we talk with Carley about leaving her steady career in the Canadian media industry to work as a solo writer and novelist. She tells us about the concept of matrescence, something she has written about in her time with Refinery29 — a challenging experience that many parents undergo but aren't able to name. We're also treated to a napkin pitch for Every Summer After, her novel about the nostalgia of young summer love and the choices that change us forever.
Links:
Every Summer After
Adam Grant Thinks Again from A Slight Change of Plans (the podcast episode about reframing imposter syndrome that Nat mentions)
Carley's piece Why I’m Okay with Being a Good-Enough Mom
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