Soft Opening
Soft Opening features intimate interviews with songwriters, poets, comedians, performers and visual artists who speak candidly about their personal experiences with creativity and resilience. Themes of recovery, grief, spirituality, wellness, sensuality, darkness, and the erotic unfold in each episode and safe space is created for artists to cultivate and showcase new work.
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
Soft Opening
Latest Episodes
The Leadership of Helping with Rick McLean
Rick McLean is singer/songwriter who lives in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. He is Anishinaabe, Odawa Wolf Clan, with roots in Wikwemikong Manitoulin Island. Rick is also a professor of Indigenous Studies at Mohawk College, a traditiona...
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Episode 9
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The Language of Waiting with Courtney Tudman
In this episode, I sit down with Niagara Falls poet Courtney Tudman, who I discovered amidst the pandemic and whose work I quickly came to love as a source of incredible grounding and hope. Courtney and I have the most beautiful conversation in...
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Episode 8
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Standing Up on Things and Singing with Katey Gatta
Katey Gatta is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Welland, Ontario here in Canada. These days, she’s performing under the moniker Sleepy Jean, turning out tunes that are best described as spaghetti western infused Americana that reimagine t...
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Episode 7
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Humbled to the Ground with Aaron Berger
The following episode deals with the subject of suicide. Please take any necessary care of yourself before listening.Aaron Berger is a singer/songwriter who was born in raised in Niagara Falls Canada. He's also one of the most generous a...
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Episode 6
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