This Black Bear Has 28 Minutes Podcast is a natural next step for The Black Bear Review Magazine founded in 1995. Episode #1: "The Blue Hair and Cat Ears Edition" (Pilot working title) is produced by Bre Harwood and features the ideas and voices of students, writers, poets and literati from the West Kootenay. 

CONTENT

Part 1 - Kootenay Arts News as of December 2020

Part 2 - In Conversation: Stephanie Henriksen interviews Jane Byers, Poet on her book:
Small Courage: A Queer Memoir of Finding Love and Conceiving Family.

Part 3 -Spoken word by Bre Harwood: "Live Like a Poet"
Part 4 - Spoken word by Tyler Isaacs-DeJong: "A Brief Defense: A Fictional Court Transcript".

DURATION: 

36 minutes, 20 seconds.

CREDITS

Producer and Coordinator: Bre Harwood

Host and co- Script Writer: Tressa Ford
Lead Writer: Bryan Semeniuk
Technical Coordination and Sound Editing: Byan Semeniuk and Ilkay Cakirogullari
Spoken Word: Bree Harwood and Tyler Isaacs DeJong
Interviews: Stephanie Henriksen
Marketing Copy Intern and Student Recruitment: Kody Brunner
Special Guest: Poet, Jane Byers
Podcast Team Members: Karen Hamling, Meredith Joy MacDonald, Sarah Blair, Chantal Lunardi, Landon.
Theme Music: courtesy of The Hilties. Excerpts from the songs "Hocus Pocus" and "Ride the Wave" were included in Episode #1.
Check them out: https://www.thehillties.com/
Faculty Advisors: Leesa Dean, Almeda Glenn Miller
Managing Editor and Graphics: Carina Costom

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This black Bear Has 28 Minutes - Arts and Culture Podcast from the Koots is the fruit of collaboration between students and faculty of Selkirk College and the Kootenay community. We thank the Creative Writing Program of Selkirk College's University Arts and Sciences for its continued support of these work/learn creative opportunities.