Cavern of Secrets
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 283 ratingsA show about extraordinary women, hosted by Lauren Mitchell. From Vocal Fry Studios.
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Episodes
Featuring Haviah Mighty
October 26, 2019 18:56 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBHaviah Mighty drops by the Cavern after a big win: She’s the winner of the 2019 Polaris Prize for the album, 13th floor. Lauren and Haviah get into how to work with a producer, writing for discomfort, and using your voice as an instrument. “My approach is to open up minds so that the ignorance won’t be so wilful.” Our favourite moments: “I’m talking about these themes that can constitute discomfort, depending on what the listener looks like. My intention when giving the information is for ...
Featuring Eden Robinson
October 25, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.9 MBAuthor, funny woman and busy person Eden Robinson calls into the Cavern from Kitimat, British Columbia to talk nail polish, carting around family in a big car and the gift that menopause gives you. Eden’s books include Traplines, the Giller-nominated Son Of A Trickster, and Blood Sports. Her trilogy, the Trickster series, is becoming a miniseries for CBC and her novel, Monkey Beach, is becoming a film. “If you need stories, take the bus.” Our favourite moments: “Dad had Parkinson’s. He fou...
Featuring Carly Lewis
October 24, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBCarly Lewis, journalist, kind woman and spectacular human being, joins host Lauren Mitchell in the Cavern. Carly has written for the Globe and Mail, New York Magazine, the Atlantic, Hazlitt and more. She talks about the value of feeling isolated, getting away from your anger and making sure your parents drink water. “I feel like everybody has a little invisible suitcase with them and in that suitcase is their anger.” Our favourite moments: “You should strive to be the person you needed whe...
Featuring Georgia Webber
October 23, 2019 04:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBGeorgia Webber, writer and illustrator, comes to the Cavern of Secrets to talk about what it means when you can’t express yourself, learning to draw again, and allowing the possibility that someone will say ‘yes’ and help you. Georgia’s graphic memoir, Dumb, is about what it means to become voiceless and how it changes you. Our favourite moments: “If there’s something that calls for my voice to be raised at all in a really loud way, I can push it if I want to and I most of the time really ...
Featuring Sarah Hagi
October 22, 2019 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBSarah Hagi, writer and queen of Twitter @geeklylonglegs, comes to the Cavern of Secrets to talk about the Garfield restaurant, the Blackest cartoons and how to have fun (again) as a writer. “It was intended to be a joke piece where I was like, yeah, Bugs Bunny is black.” Our favourite moments: “In a lot of ways, editors only hit me up when it’s like ‘ooh, we need a little spice here’ which is annoying.” [9:55] The thing about when you make something your brand. And I don’t know how it ha...
Featuring Monica Heisey
October 21, 2019 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBMonica Heisey, author, comedian, TV writer and all around warm and funny individual joins host Lauren Mitchell in the Cavern to talk about the years that have passed. After a three year hiatus, Cavern of Secrets is back. Since then, Monica has become even more successful, gotten a divorce, and moved to London where she’s delighting the locals with her British accent. “I was more of a Greek mythology girl than a horse girl…” Our favourite moments: “My friend Lindsey [Weber] who is a host of...
Featuring Vicky Mochama
December 19, 2016 22:33 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBThe specific way men interview women (5:05), Rory Gilmore, journalist (17:17), and the Avril Lavigne riots of 2021 (48:27)
Featuring Courtney Skye
November 21, 2016 19:21 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBSaving lives and fighting fires (13:58), protesting at Standing Rock (23:16), and riding in cars with cops (37:18)
Featuring Léonicka Valcius
October 31, 2016 05:15 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBThe glamorous life of an intern (8:20),the incredible whiteness of CanLit (22:15), and playing video games for the story (44:40).
Featuring Kyrell Grant
October 19, 2016 17:41 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThe O.C. at the height of its O.C.-ness (7:00), is this bolognese feminist? (19:00), and where were you when A Seat at the Table dropped? (39:38)
Featuring Dawn Whitwell
October 02, 2016 22:48 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBFlossing to live (7:27), shining in a shiny room (21:44), and the blessed life of a comedy writer (33:52).
Featuring Namugenyi Kiwanuka
September 18, 2016 19:31 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBEmbracing your accents (9:12), little voices yelling things (14:25), and the high cost of telling your story (17:47).
Featuring Lauren McKeon
September 06, 2016 02:01 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBBranding yourself a feminist (06:37), defining care and ability (12:01), and pouring one out for Sum 41 (22:30)
Featuring Cindy Li
August 22, 2016 02:24 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBTerrible Calvin Klein ads (12:23), building safer raves (32:07) and how to get into Berghain (40:41)
Featuring Anupa Mistry
August 08, 2016 04:45 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBDoes anyone need an MBA? (10:48) knowing what you want in your 30s (15:41) and slamming some kombucha and sinking into the ocean (34:02).
Featuring Eternity Martis
July 11, 2016 01:07 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBLiving off of peanut butter and stale crackers (8:14), preserving Black history in Canada (13:47), and how we save our abolitionist museums (30:55)
Featuring Mya Taylor
June 27, 2016 03:04 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBA five on beauty (10:56), singing Deborah Cox (20:21), and why North Dakota is better than L.A. (27:30)
Featuring Yaa Gyasi
June 13, 2016 03:38 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBThe public life of a book (6:40), the song of a lapsed Christian (21:57), and not getting salty about your partner’s edits (30:10).
Featuring Cheryl Strayed
May 16, 2016 01:10 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThe business of making your book a film (5:36), when adaptations aren’t (14:40), and why we need stories (24:45).
Kyrell Grant Returns
May 02, 2016 03:40 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBLemonade and intergenerational trauma (1:41), building a life in Drake’s jacket (14:04), and the saddest Reddit relationship post (22:36)
Featuring Carmen Aguirre
April 18, 2016 02:31 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBPerforming within the Chilean resistance (6:32), the pull of revolutionary love (19:53), and extremely fascist great aunts (31:52).
Featuring Monica Heisey
April 03, 2016 23:43 - 38 minutes - 35 MBThe sweet adult baby life (6:04), a gentle disagreement with Amy Schumer (11:19), beards as the great dude leveller (21:07), and the problem of the Inappropriate Literary Man.
Featuring Leanne Shapton
March 21, 2016 01:17 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBPutting a face to jealousy (5:47), the usefulness of boob shelves (16:12), and what happens between ages 0 to 3 (30:44).
Featuring Jillian Tamaki
February 15, 2016 02:09 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThe curse of absolute freedom, Toronto vs. New York, and not relying on your parents for financial advice.
Featuring Kyrell Grant
February 01, 2016 11:50 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBOn thigh gaps, thirst, and Kanye’s masculinity.
Featuring Denise Balkissoon
January 18, 2016 01:17 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBOn sexist chefs and reporting on race in Toronto.
Featuring Carrie Brownstein
December 21, 2015 05:37 - 49 minutes - 45 MBOn fandom, tweeting the pope, and the collective fatigue of the U.S. electoral process. Also turtles.
Featuring Tanya Tagaq
December 07, 2015 02:53 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBOn fear, the legacy of the residential school system, and pandering to the bottom feeders of the country.
Featuring Tavi Gevinson
November 23, 2015 11:52 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBOn being 15, growing up online, and writing with your mouth.
Welcome to Cavern of Secrets!
November 11, 2015 18:29 - 57 seconds - 949 KBMeet your new favourite podcast.