“Why did we stop? Why did we stop watching things that are comforting, or joyful? You have to have a little joy or a little bit of escape, otherwise you’ll just want to walk into the ocean — more than you already do!”

Dan hosts the award-winning Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids podcast and live event, where adults read their childhood writing of all kinds.

Paul Bae co-created the popular fictional paranormal podcast The Black Tapes. He also created, writes, and produces The Big Loop, an anthology podcast series that tells “Stories of finite beings in an infinite universe.”

Kristi Lee is the creator and host of the chart-topping Canadian True Crime podcast. After writing a script on the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka case, she decided to record it, edit it, and add music. She was shocked by how many people had downloaded it.

Ryan McMahon makes the podcasts Red Man Laughing and Stories From The Land. He is also Chief Creative Producer at Indian & Cowboy, the world’s first Indigenous podcast network that is completely listener supported, and CEO of Makoons Media Group, an Indigenous media company focused on publishing on the internet.

Lauren Mitchell is a Toronto comedian and host of the podcast Cavern of Secrets. She previously co-hosted the Drake-centric Trust Issues podcast.

Nana aba Duncan is the host of Fresh Air on CBC Radio One, 99.1 FM and has been a host and producer at CBC Radio for ten years.

Elena Hudgins Lyle of CBC’s Inappropriate Questions answers five questions about all things podcasting. Her CBC show breaks down invasive questions marginalized people get asked, and looks into how to be curious more respectfully.