Harrowsmith Radio Podcast
1) Up Schitt's Creek and a Walk in a Historic Garden
The Rundown In this episode, I chat with Andrew Barnsley, an executive producer of the Canadian comedy Schitt’s Creek. We discuss how and why small-town Canada has found a place in the hearts of audie...Show More
2) A Reborn Mill and the Sustainability of Birds
The Rundown In this episode, we learn how COVID and a fortuitous canoe trip led to an affordable housing expert and an architect buying and giving fresh purpose to a 135-year-old grist mill in Paisley...Show More
3) The COVID Departure Lounge
In this episode, I chat with world traveller and advocate for tossing your bucket list Heather Greenwood Davis about how to think about and tackle travel now that restrictions are being lifted, and ma...Show More
4) This Old Smart House and Banana Peel Bread
The Rundown In this episode, I chat with pioneering tech consultant, keynote speaker, and proud PEIer, Amber MacArthur, AmberMac to her friends. I talk to her about how she turned a 140-year-old Charl...Show More
5) Good Burdens and a New Table
The Rundown In this episode we learn how some burdens, the ones that bring us together in the physical world, can be good burdens. I chat with author Christina Crook about her new book all about just ...Show More
6) Brittlestar and the DIY Tomboy
The Rundown In this episode, we meet up with Canada’s favourite Internet dad, Stuart Reynolds, or as you might know him, Brittlestar - the comedic nemesis of Covidiots everywhere. Next up, that jovial...Show More
7) An Urban Gardening Doc and the Nutella Waiting Game
In this episode we discover the incredible variety of folks, produce, places, and methods involved in urban gardening in Toronto in a new documentary by Jamie Day Fleck called In My Backyard. Next up,...Show More
8) Emm Gryner, the Uncovered Voice and Harrowsmith's Food Editor
The Rundown In this episode Emm Gryner who rocketed from a chicken farm to singing backup for David Bowie talks about how singers, and the rest of us, can uncover the voices we’ve got inside us. Next...Show More
9) The Rock 'n' Roll Chef and the Smartphone of Welding
The Rundown In this episode a visit with that self-proclaimed culinary charlatan, Bob Blumer, whose new book teaches us all how to make bombs, flavour bombs that is. Speaking of making, our go-to DIY...Show More
10) The Weather Wizard and the Jungle Farm Queen
The Rundown In this episode, we spend a little time under a virtual umbrella with Harrowsmith’s go-to weatherman, Mark Sirois. Mark’s been doing long-range forecasting for the Harrowsmith Almanac and ...Show More