photo by my girl Katie McKay
Over the years, I’ve called myself a lot of things: radio documentarian, podcast producer, audio artist, story editor, etc. But recently, THIS Magazine described me as a “Sonic Sorceress,” and I think that’s really what I do — conjure the power of vibrations!
I started out as an independent artist, attempting to harness the power of sound to make art that would slow people down. Like my project Body of Water where I tried to capture the essence of a lake swim. Or my bizarro radio show Braidio where I braided hair live on air. Always wanting to experiment with form and format, my work has been presented at a weather observatory in France, a grain silo in Norway, and a salon hair dryer in Pittsburgh.
In recent years, my documentaries —on everything from the history of bread to my dad’s love of rocks — have aired on the CBC, ABC, and BBC. Mainly, I’ve been a lead producer at CBC Podcasts, where I’ve helped bring to life podcasts like Tai Asks Why, Alone: A Love Story and Sleepover with Sook-Yin Lee. There’s nothing I love more than helping people turn their wild dreams and fragmented ideas into a podcast that listeners connect with.
Well, that’s not entirely true, I also really love collecting vintage photos of radio women.