Ottawhat - An Ottawa podcast: April 2015

Thursday, April 30, 2015

#50 - Lilly Tran

In this episode, we spoke with Lilly Tran, a closed-captioner for adult films. We discussed some of the weird things Lilly's heard around her relatively normal office, learned some interesting facts about possible e-cigarette legislation, and were enlightened on some of the downsides of modeling as a young female.

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Cupid's Hot Dogs

We had cookies this week instead of beer, from Boko Bakery on Elgin Street.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

#49 - Darren Shackleton (Canadian Association of Food Service Professionals)

This week on the podcast, we spoke to Darren Shackleton, President of the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Association of Food Service Professionals. We had a great conversation about professional development, the food service industry, and volunteer firefighting (which Darren also does).

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Links:
cafp.com
CAFP Ottawa on Facebook
CAFP Ottawa on Twitter

Beer:
Fire in the Rye - Double Trouble Brewing

Thursday, April 16, 2015

#48 - Drew McFadyen (Grimprov Ottawa)

In this episode, we sat down with Drew McFadyen from Grimprov Ottawa, a local long-form improvisational comedy troupe. We learned about the various ways improv can improve your life, what Dungeons and Dragons has in common with improv comedy, and this week's speed round showed us just how quickly Drew can think on his feet.

Grimprov performs at the Cock and Lion Pub, 202 Sparks Street, on the first and last Wednesday of every month (8:00pm start time).

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Links:
Grimprov Ottawa Blog
Grimprov on Facebook

Beer:
Beau's B-Sides - Gigantic: La Formidable

Thursday, April 9, 2015

#47 - Justin Van Leeuwen (JVL Photography)

In this episode, we talked to Justin Van Leeuwen, a local photographer who somehow manages to balance spending time with his kids and photographing some of the city's most important people!

Find out how Justin uses Twitter to find and connect with people near and far, and how evolving camera technology affects professional shutterbugs.

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Links:
http://jvlphoto.com/
@justinvl on Twitter

Beer:
Brakeman's Session Ale - Junction Craft Brewing Inc.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

#46 - Natalie Stewart (Camp Quality)

This week, we sat down with Natalie Stewart, an elementary school teacher and Camp Quality volunteer coordinator. She discussed her career as a teacher and some of the differences between teaching various grade levels.

Natalie also told us all about the incredible Camp Quality, a one-week non-profit summer camp giving young cancer patients the opportunity to spend a week away from their normal lives having stress-free fun.

The camps, which are run and managed by volunteers, exist all over the world. The Eastern Ontario Camp Quality takes place near Lanark, Ontario, and they are actively looking for volunteers for this year's camp. If you've ever wanted to spend a week at camp with Keegan, this is the camp for you!