WEEKENDER | The Downside Live x Just For Laughs x Biltmore Cabaret

"It's about all the weird ways hamsters die."

Photo credit | Andrew Kelly/NYT

Mount Pleasant—(February 17, 2025) On a crisp winter Family Day long weekend ("When's Joy Day?") night out, I gathered, amidst a jovial audience, to witness the energetic New York-based, Italian-Jewish-American stand-up comedian co-host a live edition of his semi-popular The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi podcast alongside fellow Uncle Function sketch group sidekick, Broadway performer Russell Daniels, on stage at the Biltmore Cabaret in the middle of the annual ten-day Just for Laughs Vancouver comedy festival.

REEL | 'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' Goes All Out

"Please don't make me go through you."

Accept Episode 173 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) to hear us review Mission: Impossible – Fallout and talk movie news with special guest Thor Diakow from CityTV and Breakfast Television alongside regular hosts Scott Willson and Jared Sargent. (1h02)

REEL | 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Magnifies Silly Antics

"Who are you and why do you know so much about car wash protocol?"

Tune into our audio review of Ant-Man and the Wasp on Episode 172 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) where we also discuss the latest in pop culture with regular co-hosts Scott Willson, Jared Sargent, and Michael Lynd. (1h17)

REEL | 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Shoots Itself

"You might wanna buckle up, baby."

I travel back again to an audio galaxy far, far away for Episode 170 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) to review Solo: A Star Wars Story and all things Star Wars related alongside regular co-hosts Scott Willson, Jared Sargent, and Michael Lynd. (1h36)

GENRE | Ryan Reynolds Knocks 'Deadpool 2' Out

"Kiss me like you miss me."

Take a listen to Episode 169 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) for our deep dive audio review of Deadpool 2 and hear us chat about the latest in movies with regular host Scott Willson and guest Dan Nicolls. (1h15)

GENRE | Silent Horror – John Krasinski Keeps 'A Quiet Place'

"Who are we if we can't protect them?"

Listen to Episode 167 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) where we very loudly review A Quiet Place and talk about the latest in pop culture with co-hosts Scott Willson and Jared Sargent. (53min)

REEL | Spielberg Levels Up Nostalgia – 'Ready Player One'

"A fanboy knows a hater."

Plug into Episode 166 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) virtually to hear our audio review of Ready Player One and talk last week in movies alongside co-hosts Scott Willson and Jared Sargent. (53min)

REEL | Wes Anderson Scraps 'Isle of Dogs' Together

"I've seen cats with more balls than you dogs."

Tune into Episode 165 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) where I review Isle of Dogs (say it slowly) and talk a little Ready Player One with regular co-host Scott Willson and special guest Thor Diakow from CityTV and Breakfast Television. (48min)

REEL | Marvel Fades to 'Black Panther' History Month

"I'mma burn it all!"

I once again join the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) for Episode 159 to review the latest superhero flick Black Panther and chat about the week in movies with Caucasian co-hosts Scott Willson and Jared Sargent. (1h26)

REEL | Marmalade Dreams – Everybody Loves 'Paddington 2'

"If we're kind and polite, the world will be right."

I return to the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) for Episode 155 to review the universally acclaimed Paddington 2 and talk about the latest in film alongside regular co-hosts Scott Willson and Michael Lynd. (1h19)

REEL | Top 10 Films of 2017

Each film reviewed where linked below:

1) Lady Bird * (dir. Greta Gerwig)

2) Phantom Thread (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

3) Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele)

4) Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan)

5) The Florida Project * (dir. Sean Baker)

6) Columbus * (dir. Kogonada)

7) The Big Sick (dir. Michael Showalter)

8) The Square * (dir. Ruben Östlund)

9) I, Tonya (dir. Craig Gillespie)

10) Brigsby Bear (dir. Dave McCary)

REEL | Beyond Hope – 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Resists

"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to."

I travel back to an audio galaxy far, far away for Episode 150 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) to discuss Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, holiday movies, and everything Star Wars related, joined by regular co-hosts Scott Willson, Jared Sargent, and Michael Lynd. (1h36)

GENRE | Guillermo del Toro Swims Into 'The Shape of Water'

"He sees me as I am."

I join host Scott Willson for Episode 151 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) to review The Shape of Water and other awards season films on this holiday edition of the show. (1h19)

REEL | 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Burns

"Raped while dying and still no arrests. How come Chief Willoughby?"

Listen to my second appearance on the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes) for Episode 147, reviewing Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, talking movies, and other things, joined by regular co-hosts Scott Willson, Michael Lynd, and guest Dan Nicholls. (1h22)

REEL | To Live and Die in 'Suburbicon'

Listen to my guest appearance reviewing Suburbicon and talking all things movies on Episode 143 of the Vertical Viewing Podcast (available on iTunes), joined by co-hosts Scott Willson, Jared Sargent, and Michael Lynd. (1h31)

Not the News: 'This Is That' Mocks the Headlines on CBC Radio

If you enjoy absolutely deadpan, straightforward humour without obvious hints of irony, you have hopefully heard of the summer series from CBC Radio One, appropriately titled This Is That. It's a hilarious send up of the daily news. This Is That, produced by CBC Radio 3's Chris Kelly, is already infamous for its straightforward, deadpan antics.

The show tells ridiculous news stories, but executed 100% seriously without a drop of parody upon first glance, besides the ludicrous subject matter. In fact, the show's headlines and stories have been taken seriously numerous times including the National Post picking up a fake story as if it were real.

Dinner with Kemp & Steff x Social Media Radio x Roundtable

Social media radio roundtable and dinner hosted by writer Steffani Cameron and social media instructor Kemp Edmonds with CBC consumer reporter Theresa Lalonde, Vancouver Sun digital writer Gillian Shaw, Rick and Kathleen Rake on March 9, 2010.



Today's Vancouver Daze article is a little different. No party or event per se this week. Instead, I gathered with some social media elite to discuss digital journalism and media. My friends Kemp and Steff are starting a late night radio show and podcast for CiTR campus radio at UBC.

News1130: What's Happening Wednesdays

Hello folks. I will be contributing a regular monthly segment called "What's Happening Wednesdays" on News1130 as a sort of social correspondent, telling listeners about a few local events in the city for afternoon anchor and web editor Erin Loxam and her co-anchor Rob Freeman. I will be on in the afternoon every second Wednesday of the month. So tune in at 1:05pm today. Remember, that's 1130 on the AM dial. You can listen live here. I will try to upload the audio later.

Update: You can listen to my segment below or at News1130. See my full calendar of events for  March here.

Music Video: 'TV Date' x Petroleum By-product

Watch the music video for "TV Date" by Petroleum By-Product, directed by Davide Di Saro, produced by Sally Jørgensen, cinematography by Ewa Chruscicka, make up by Toranj Kayvon, camera operators Ryan Betts, Owen Ellis, Johannah Jørgensen, and Rodrigo Barraza.

Download the song here from the CBC Radio 3 Track of the Day podcast hosted by me.

CBC Radio 3: Guide to Social Media for Music

CBC Radio 3 presents the "Guide to Social Media for Music" radio documentary with interviews from Tokyo Police Club, The Pack A.D., and Kemp Edmonds.



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Listen to my final project as part of my Alexis Mazurin internship in the form of a short radio documentary, exploring the trend of social media use in music today for CBC Radio 3.