Our Midweek team truly brought their A-game this week for their second broadcast this semester. After a successful first run, their confidence and ambition shone through all the content they produced for a rather informative and entertaining show.
The team assembled and had concrete plans to tackle their same-day stories. Before we went on-air, our production team realized that we had an abundance of new content in addition to some older docs and Q&A’s that were produced at the beginning of the term. While we had to sadly cut some of the older segments due to time for the live broadcast, you can listen to them in full via our on-demand podcast.
This week’s broadcast included the similar tied and true local news stories that our Midweek listeners can expect, introduced by hosts Alexa MacKie and Alea St.Jacques, and there were a few stories that you might consider out of this world.
Stories about space exploration and sustainability were at the top of the hour. Laura Gillis interviewed Tim Cole, former president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa chapter, to talk about the significance of NASA’s Artemis missions following their decision to delay their latest launch. After, Alea St.Jacques brought listeners to this year’s Canadian Space Conference, hosted by Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Canada.
Following the latest recommendation from Algonquin College’s Board of Governors to suspend 30 programs, Marley Bradfield reported on its impact on current and incoming students. Later, Jadie Leung spoke with Danni Sinclair, head coach of Carleton’s Women’s Basketball Team about this year’s Capital Hoops game.
Alea St. Jacques then introduced listeners to Ottawa’s Queer Lifting Club taking place at a local church for transgender and queer residents, to help relieve the stress of justifying their identity.
A new podcast focused around Ottawa’s creative scene has also launched! Simone Brown interviewed Pearly Pouponneau, one of the co-creative directors and hosts of the “OOH WEE” podcast to learn more about the series.
Samantha Carrillo Brito interviewed Theresa Qadri from the Stittsville Food Bank to learn more about their operations and volunteer efforts heading into the colder months.
Following two successful tape talks last week, three of our reporters decided to hop on the bandwagon: Kaitlin Gruehl spoke about what Canadians should know about Canada and China solidifying their trade deal, Sophie Blake let us in on Health Canada’s approval of the sale of gene-edited pork, and Alexa MacKie took us behind the curtain of a new local theatre production company in Ottawa.
Considering this was only our second show, our team has demonstrated an impressive strong start and continues to power through.
You can catch our second Midweek of the season at noon on Feb. 11. You can listen to past episodes on CKCU-FM or on our podcast.
Credits
Show Producer: Maia Tustonic
Chase Producer: Simone Brown
Music Producer: Samantha Carrillo Brito
Audio Editor: Hannah Wanamaker
Copy Editor 1: Kaitlyn Ostapyk
Copy Editor 2: Audrey Pridham (TA)
