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 • 15 episodes
Soft Opening
Latest Episodes
A Myriad of Ways to be Human with moon
moon is a multi-disciplinary artist and creator living in the Niagara Region with roots in the Caribbean. In this episode, we dive into spirituality and the sacred as sources of healing and inspiration, the notion of divinity, the power words w...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:01:22
Finding Voice, Speaking Truth with Maja Bannerman
In the following episode, I have the pleasure of a deep dive with Maja Bannerman, a published writer, poet, songwriter and performance artist who lives here in the Niagara Region. Maja shares her passion for stepping into the lives of character...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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45:14
Looking to Others As Teachers with Steve Goldberger
Steve Goldberger is a Genie award winning bandleader, producer, songwriter, and musician whose career has spanned over 50 years. In this episode, Steve shares his Musical origins within his Jewish Culture, learning by watching his legenda...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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42:16
Heart to Heart with C.D. Onofrio
Carl David Onofrio, or C.D. as he is more commonly known, is a prolific Niagara Falls, Canada based poet, performer, and songwriter in his creative life and a spiritual care provider in his professional life. I’m a long-time admirer of both his...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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50:32
Staying Here with Joe Lapinski
Joe Lapinski is a songwriter, producer, performer, and soundscape designer based in St. Catharine’s, Ontario. His fourth full length album ‘New Day’ was released earlier in 2025 and we sit down to talk about music and mental health. This open-h...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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56:07
