Weekend AM Podcast
1) Meet Larry the Bedazzle Lobster
WAM's Melissa Tobin speaks with artist Larry Weyand, who created a giant stuffed lobster and matching disco-ball cracker for this year's Bonavista Biennale.
2) Serenaded by Seal
Musicians Becca Bartlett and Summer Bennett flew to New Jersey for an three-day artist retreat, where they sat around the campfire with GRAMMY-Award winning artist Seal.
3) Dropping from Spotify
CBC report Maddie Ryan tells us why some local musicians are taking their music off the world's biggest streaming platform.
4) The threads of family
We hear about Stitches We Share: From Grandmother's Hands to Ours, an exhibit at the 2025 Bonavista Biennale, where three granddaughters curated their grandmother's work.
5) Bonavista Biennale 2025
Rose Bouthillier, artistic director, and Heather Igloliorte, curator, of the 2025 Bonavista Biennale, tell us about the artwork to explore on the Bonavista Peninsula.
6) Circus and sports
We meet circus performers at Wonderbolt Circus who talk about the physical art of circus, and what circus performers have in common with Canada Games athletes.
7) Ride for Recovery NL
Joel Thomas Hynes, Leslie Smith and Carl Smith talk about their first ever Ride for Recovery NL, the vibrant recovery in Eastern Newfoundland, and their love of motorcycles.
8) Parasport NL is helping disabled athletes thrive
We meet Team NL para athletes Jeremy Jones and Seamus Reardon, and hear from Parasport NL president Margaret Tibbo and vice-president Doug Copp about how the organization works
9) Meet Team New Brunswick's Mac Gnome
Mac Gnome, along with his chaperone, Bruce MacFarlane of Team NB, talks about his role as unofficial Team NB mascot
10) Lacrosse dancers
Team NL Box Lacrosse players Abby Adams, Jana Whiffen, and Paige O'Neill explain why Team NL and Team PEI Lacrosse players danced together after their matches