In this episode, Linda chats with Dr. Katherine McLeod about her role in the SpokenWeb Podcast, particularly Short Cuts. The conversation covers so much ground in such a short period! We discuss the following:

• The Short Cuts podcast (6.20, 9:21, 14.05, 18:47)
• Women poets, such as Gwendolyn MacEwan, Phyllis Webb (15:27), Muriel Rukeyser, Maxine Gadd, Margaret Atwood (8.22; 8.54; 10:03), Daphne Marlatt (18:55), Dionne Brand (11:23), and Brand with Lee Maracle (a member of the Stó:lō Nation; 12.05; 15:25)
• Feminist practices of listening (9:20)
• Holding the sound (11:00) 
• CBC Radio, the history of; women writers and (15:49) and the radio program “Anthology” (16:28) 
• The federal funding body, called SSHRC (4.32; 6.05)
• Smaro Kamboureli and the TransCanada Institute (16:07)
• The Director of SpokenWeb, Jason Camlot (2:45, 17:33; 22.03) (see Linda's previous episode with Camlot, who is also a poet, here)
• CanLit Across Media (17:40)
• The Women and Words Conference (20:54)

We talked about SpokenWeb’s beginnings, but here is another example. And, if you're curious, here is a sample of McLeod talking about “holding the sound” in a ShortCuts episode. And if you want to hear the recording of Dionne Brand speaking with Lee Maracle, try going here.

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