Podcasts & Audio
Produced over the span of two weeks, this radio documentary follows the journeys of women who have had established careers in differing facets of the construction industry and the struggles they have overcome. Produced in entirety by Savannah Parker. Recorded on location using a Zoom H6 handheld recorder and edited in Adobe Audition using stock music and effects.
Edmonton is changing the names and boundaries of its wards. The changes to the wards will come into effect on October 18, 2021, which also happens to be municipal election day. Rob Houle was instrumental in determining the ward name changes.
Houle is from the Swan River First Nation in Treaty No. 8 territory in Northern Alberta. He has worked at various levels of government in Indigenous relations and he currently works as a research fellow at the Yellowhead Institute, which is a First Nation-led research centre and contributes regularly to the Edmonton City as a Museum project. CKUA’s Savannah Parker spoke with the activist and scholar about the ward name changes.
Produced over the span of three days, this mock podcast format was produced as part of a multimedia news production course whereby we were required to create our own multimedia publication. The podcast discusses the long history of controversy in Canadian advertising including a sexy campaign from the Canadian Wheat Board launched in 1969. Produced in entirety by Savannah Parker. Recorded in studio and edited in Adobe Audition using recorded voiceover and stock music and effects.
With roots in the Red River Settlement and St. Paul des Métis, Edmonton-based 19-year-old author & editor Bailey Oster is set to release a new book on the Métis Nation, told from the women’s perspective.
Stories of Métis Women: Tales My Kookum Told Me is set to be released August 15th via Durvile Publications. The book celebrates culture, identity, and resilience, but also deals with the dark topics of residential schools, discrimination, and racism.
The book is written in English and Michif, the endangered language of the Métis nation, and also includes a video documentary.
Produced over the span of three days, this audio documentary was created for an advanced news reporting course. The documentary discusses the history of Edmonton's love of parking lots and what the future of these concrete slabs looks like. Produced in entirety by Savannah Parker. Recorded in studio and edited in Adobe Audition using recorded telephone interviews, voiceover and stock music and effects.
Playlist created for CKUA radio network's "Flip The Switch Day". Several pieces produced by Savannah Parker.
For some of us, it is the stuff of nightmares. For others, it’s the things we remember most about the homes of our grandparents: a majestic horse painted upon black velvet or a lamp fashioned out of seashells. These are the items many of us have come to know as “kitsch,” a kind of consumer-friendly art that appeals to the masses. At least it did at one time.
A new exhibit from the Alberta Craft Council titled Kitsch: Craft So Bad That It’s Good, brings together works from a sizeable number of local artists who explore what kitsch means to them.
The exhibit runs at the Alberta Craft Feature Gallery in Edmonton from now until October 30, and, on Friday, September 10 at 8:45 AM (MT) on Alberta Morning CKUA’s Savannah Parker brought us details on the treasures that await visitors.
An Edmonton-based drag performance group is taking their art to the park.
Party Queens is a team of drag artists who have hosted a series of virtual drag and outdoor events throughout COVID. Now, the group is back with a free outdoor show called Parky Queens, at Constable Ezio Faraone Park on June 25.
Local queen Emmonia is one of the event’s featured artists–a self-described “Punk-Rock Drag Ghoul.” On the Friday, June 25, 2021 episode of Alberta Morning, CKUA’s Savannah Parker spoke with Emmonia about taking drag to the streets.
Edmonton historical landmark The Roxy Theatre was destroyed by fire in 2015. Recently, its iconic yellow sign returned, stirring great excitement in the community over the theatre’s projected reopening in 2022.
On the Tuesday, July 20, 2021 episode of Traffic Jams, CKUA’s Savannah Parker spoke with the Theatre Network‘s Artistic & Executive Director Bradley Moss about the fundraising campaign that’s helped them get on the verge of reopening the Roxy Theatre.
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is heading out on the road this summer with ESO Outdoors. Small groups of ESO musicians are set to play crowd-pleasing classical compositions, pop favourites, and Hollywood film scores.
On Thursday, August 5 at 5:45 PM (MT) on Traffic Jams, we found out how you can enjoy these pay-what-you-can performances, which will take place in outdoor spaces in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Spruce Grove and Beaumont.
The Alberta Craft Council is presenting a new exhibit called Threading Black, featuring dazzling works by Calgary-based visual artists, Eva Birhanu and Simone Elizabeth Saunders.
According to exhibit curator Shiemara Hogarth, the exhibit allows the artists to communicate the traces of the common threads that create an understanding of Black female Canadian identity. Threading Black is currently running online for virtual viewing, and will become available for in-person viewing in Calgary on July 24th.
We heard from the curator of Threading Black on the Wednesday, July 21, 2021 episode of Alberta Morning.
The YEG Old Houses Exhibition is an artistic celebration of 11 residential architectural styles in seven of the city’s mature neighbourhoods.
Artist Aeris Osborne showcases paintings of eye-catching homes from historic neighbourhoods like Highlands, Glenora, Westmount, Garneau, Strathcona, Alberta Avenue, and McCauley. The exhibition explores a range of architectural styles, including Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Georgian/Jacobethan Revival, French Provincial Revival, Spanish Colonial, Arts & Crafts, and Victorian.
Her exhibit runs from now until Sept. 25 at McLuhan House Artist Studio. CKUA’s Savannah Parker spoke with the McLuhan House Artist in Residence about her project on Traffic Jams on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.