Women In Media
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe founding podcast on the Women in Media Network, host Sarah Burke invites women and gender diverse media personalities to explore the collective triumphs and challenges they experience in the spotlight. Sarah interviews influential guests in entertainment, sports, and social media as they share personal stories surrounding topics like entrepreneurship, motherhood, diversity, and inclusivity. This podcast is a home for empowerment, celebration, and community.
Sarah Burke is a broadcaster, podcaster, producer, and the Founder & CEO of the Women in Media Network. https://womeninmedia.network/
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Not-So-Little Laurie Brown
April 26, 2022 02:15 - 51 minutesMy next guest is Laurie Brown. She currently manages country musician Don Amero, but she's also the founder of Porch Swing Entertainment. Porch Swing Entertainment is an artist management and consulting company handling full-time overall career management for artist Don Amero and project management for 'Amero Little Christmas', Don's holiday spectacular. Porch Swing Entertainment also works directly with Dale Speaking (promotions team) and MDM Recordings (radio team). With a professional desi...
Keziah Myers: ADVANCE the Conversation
April 11, 2022 20:55 - 58 minutesKeziah and I had only been in touch for a few months kicking some ideas around about how to elevate Black voices in the music industry when I resigned from my role at SiriusXM. While it feels like we were meant to connect and had some great conversations about the state of the music industry; I really wanted to speak to her about her participation in the recently published 'Closing the Gap' report about the impact and representation of Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour Live Music Worker...
Aliya Jasmine: AJ in LA
March 28, 2022 23:29 - 56 minutesMy guest is Aliya Jasmine, a well known television host, producer, and environmental journalist (M.A., F.R.C.G.S.) who you may have first discovered on MTV in Canada, just like I did! Her award-winning work has been part of both national and local network coverage with NBC News, NBCUniversal, CTV Bell Media, MTV News, IMPACT, Discovery Channel, and more. Aliya holds a Masters in Environmental Journalism from the University of Southern California, a Social Media & Digital Marketing Certificat...
Laura Simpson: Side Door Access
March 14, 2022 19:21 - 40 minutesLaura Simpson is the CEO and co-founder (along with artist, Dan Mangan) of Side Door; a dedicated team of artists and technologists committed to building a more efficient, fair and decentralized global ecosystem for the performing arts. The Canadian tech start-up which was founded in 2017 has a mission: We believe anybody should be able to perform, curate and present shows for their communities. Side Door’s mission to create shows anytime, anywhere – first with in-person shows and now online...
Sarah Burke: The Great Resignation
March 08, 2022 07:09 - 22 minutesAlthough I celebrate women all year long on this podcast, I'm always up for celebrating Women's History Month and International Women's Day. This week also marks the one-year anniversary of this podcast. I'll revisit some of the inspiring conversations I’ve had over the last year; call it a best-of if you will. But, I also have some personal news to share. You know, when I launched this podcast just ahead of International Women’s Day a year ago, my aunt asked me, "hon…when do we get to hear y...
Melani Mariani: We're All Onions
February 21, 2022 02:16 - 44 minutesMelani Mariani is a radio announcer based in Toronto, currently hosting Middays at Indie88 (88.1 CIND FM). She is a former host for 102.1 The Edge in Toronto where she quite literally "worked her way up the ladder" from receptionist to morning show. In this episode of the Women in Media Podcast, Mel talks about being real with her listeners during a global pandemic with divided opinions and unexpected highs and lows. Melani touches on how she worried about starting a family and how it would ...
Kathleen Newman-Bremang: Redefining Black Excellence
February 07, 2022 01:23 - 48 minutesKathleen Newman-Bremang is a writer, editor and producer who recently became the Global Deputy Director at Unbothered; Refinery29’s sub-brand made for and by Black women. Through Unbothered, she oversees content across the UK, U.S., and Canada, and writes about pop culture, race, feminism and the intersection of all three, while championing other Black women writers to do the same. Her essay “For Black Women In Media, A Dream Job Is A Myth” was a finalist for a Canadian National Magazine Awar...
Jann Arden: Where I Come From
January 23, 2022 22:32 - 43 minutesWell, no big deal. My next guest is Jann Arden; a multi-platinum award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, author, broadcaster, podcast host, and author with three decades of incredible work in music and comedy. As a good friend of mine noted, she is considered a 'Canadian treasure' by many. She is set to release her 15th studio album, Descendant this week on January 28, 2022, via Universal Music Canada. In this episode she speaks about her ups and downs in the spotlight, great colleagues like...
Teri Hart: Have Mic, Will Travel
January 09, 2022 23:40 - 54 minutesTeri Hart is my first guest of 2022 and I really appreciate how candid she was about all sorts of difficult subjects; like losing jobs and why she decided to share her painful experience about trying to get pregnant. One of Canada’s most recognized and sought-after media personalities, Teri Hart is a multi-talented host, interviewer, critic and producer. With an encyclopedic knowledge of film and television, she has been covering entertainment and culture for over 25 years and has conducted ...
Allison Dore: Howl & Roar
December 06, 2021 00:39 - 49 minutesWhere do I start with this amazing human? Allison Dore is the FOUNDER and CEO of Howl & Roar Records; a female-centric comedy record label that empowers artists and facilitates the creation of content. Understanding the difficulties artists face with distribution and navigating the many paths content can take, Howl & Roar Records strives to be a trusted resource for artists. Based in Toronto, Howl & Roar Records was born out of a desire to make the comedy album world more reflective of ...
Lindsay Dunn: Don't Be An Asshole
November 22, 2021 01:25 - 45 minutesEarning her second Canadian Screen Award (Best Local Newscast) in 2021, Lindsay Dunn has become one of Canada’s most respected talents. Honing her reporting skills for the better part of the last two decades, Dunn grew up in Regina and spent much of her childhood dreaming about reporting on the world’s biggest sporting events — especially those of the WNBA and NBA. Dunn currently holds the position of National Sports and Music reporter for CityNews and is the first to ever hold that title — s...
Erin Benjamin: For The Love of Live
November 08, 2021 05:10 - 45 minutesErin Benjamin is President & CEO of the Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA) and has been since its creation in 2014. Erin has worked in the music industry for over 25 years - first as a touring and recording artist, and then as Executive Director of both Folk Music Ontario (2001) and the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (2008). Erin has been an unflagging champion for the live music sector, particularly during the difficulties presented by COVID-19. She currently serves on the Ontario ...
Lindsay Duncan: Through Her Camera Lens
October 25, 2021 02:31 - 43 minutesLindsay Duncan says she is a photographer, "of people and the things they make - musicians, writers, artists...I view my position as a photographer as a liaison between the public and the artists’ private moments; a position that requires artists to trust my intent and respect their work." I am most familiar with Lindsay's work shooting musicians, but she does everything from professional headshots to commercial photography. She is also fresh off the road from photographing Jagmeet Singh on t...
Julie Adam: Imperfectly Kind
October 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourJulie Adam is a name I've known for years; yet we've never had a conversation quite like this. From my early days in radio, she was someone, "you just need to know." If I'm being honest, I was always intimidated to be in the same room as her because I've always thought she was just brilliant! When I asked Julie if there was anything she didn't want to discuss, she said simply: No, I'm an open book. This is quite ironic if you keep reading. As Senior Vice President of News & Entertainment at R...
Ishkōdé Records: Share the Power
September 27, 2021 02:29 - 54 minutesIshkōdé Records is a new Indigenous women-owned label created to foster and amplify Indigenous voices. Ishkōdé Records arrives to advocate for Indigenous artists, songs and stories in the commercial music landscape. Led by artists, organizers and activists Anishinaabekwe ShoShona Kish (Digging Roots) and solo artist Amanda Rheaume, Citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario, Ishkōdé approaches the independent label operations through the lens of women and artist entrepreneurship, long-standing in...
Joss Richard: Time is Money
September 13, 2021 05:01 - 47 minutesJoss Richard is an AAPI Emmy Award winning Producer, born and raised in Toronto where she worked as a Television Producer before moving to Los Angeles. At the age of 28, Joss has been formally recognized by the Daytime Emmy Awards and worked at Netflix, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Walt Disney Company, and recently joined the team at Red Table Talk. She specializes in creating digital content and managing content strategy. During the pandemic, Joss entered the entrepreneurial world when she ...
Alysha Newman: My Olympics Didn't Go As Planned
August 30, 2021 05:09 - 45 minutesMy guest for this episode is Alysha Newman; the current Commonwealth Games champion in the women’s pole vault (she set a Games record at the 2018 competition with a 4.75m jump). She represented Canada at both the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games, also placing fifth at the 2019 World Championships. Alysha was born and raised in London, Ontario, plying her trade as a competitive gymnast before a back injury forced her off the balance beam and into track & field. Alysha is a graduate from the Univers...
Jacie deHoop: The GIST of It
August 16, 2021 02:07 - 41 minutesJacie deHoop is a co-founder, and head of partnerships and revenue at The GIST. She led the company’s revenue strategy and monetization through partners like the NBA, FanDuel and Red Bull. Jacie and her team were named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Media 2020 and have been accelerated through programs with Facebook, Comcast NBCUniversal and Techstars. Prior to The GIST, Jacie worked as a management consultant in Toronto. She loves all things sports, is an avid cyclist and graduated from Queen’s Unive...
Michelle Szeto: Loyalty is Currency
August 02, 2021 01:22 - 56 minutesMichelle Szeto is Vice President of the Management Division at Paquin Entertainment Group in Nashville. I first met Michelle with one of her longtime clients, Donovan Woods at a Juno Awards Gala broadcast. Since, we've worked on a few projects together in my work at SiriusXM. Michelle got her first taste of the entertainment industry at an early age in her hometown of Hong Kong, working in concert production for international superstars such as Oasis, Celine Dion, Boyz II Men, Sean Lennon and...
Evanka Osmak: Do You Actually Like Sports?
July 19, 2021 00:38 - 49 minutesBorn in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and raised in Oakville, Ontario, Evanka Osmak is best known for her work at Rogers Sportsnet in Toronto. A career in sports television was not part of her initial plan, though... She graduated with a Civil Engineering degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. At 24-years-old it became very clear to her; she wasn't excited about engineering the way she might have been excited at the thought of working in television broadcasting. She completed a broadca...
Melissa Bubb-Clarke: Share Responsibility & Kudos
July 05, 2021 02:20 - 41 minutesLately, you've heard many guests that are TV & Radio personalities; the faces associated with certain brands and platforms. Let's head behind-the-scenes for this episode to speak to Melissa Bubb-Clarke. As Vice President of Music & Live Events at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), she oversees the Entertainment portfolio including Live Nation Canada’s award-winning Corporate Partnerships agency, as well as live event programming and production for their venues and associated revenue st...
Shannon Burns: The Future of Radio
June 27, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutesShannon Burns is a an announcer and entertainment contributor based in Toronto. She is currently the Midday Host on Virgin Radio Eastern Canada, but at the time of this recording she was hosting the evening show on CHUM 104.5 and iHeartRadio Nights on 15 stations across Canada. She enjoys connecting with her audience and has a passion for interviewing, having had conversations with artists like Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Miley Cyrus and Ed Sheeran. She also spends her time showing off the be...
Kayla Grey: Bet on Yourself
June 21, 2021 04:36 - 47 minutesKayla Grey is an award-winning broadcaster. She's an anchor for TSN’s SPORTSCENTRE and a reporter for the network’s coverage of the Toronto Raptors. When she made her debut on SC in 2018, Grey became the first Black woman to host a flagship sports highlight program in Canada. This year, aside from being named one of Canada’s Top 25 most influential women of 2021 by Women of Influence, she also launched her new original TSN series; THE SHIFT with Kayla Grey Powered By Dell XPS. The series prem...
iskwē: Humanity & Humour
June 13, 2021 20:16 - 59 minutesiskwē | ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ is, among many other things, an artist – a creator and communicator of music and of movement, of pictures, poetry and prose. And through it all, she’s a teller of stories that have impacted our past and will inform our future. You may know her best for her music, but she creates across many different mediums. iskwē is also co-host of the podcast The Chesterfield produced by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting. ‘The Chesterfield’ is a place where your favourite Canadian artists talk...
Jax Irwin: Authenticity Over Everything
June 06, 2021 16:08 - 40 minutesJax Irwin is Co-Host of Virgin Mornings on 99.9 Virgin Radio. She is an East Coaster who has been on air across Canada; from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, before calling Toronto home for the past 6 years. Using her platform on radio, television and social media, she is passionate about giving a voice to the LGBTQ+ community of Toronto and beyond. One organization we discuss on this episode is The 519, find out more here: https://www.the519.org/ https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/th...
Meredith Shaw: I'm Not Going To Stop Shining
May 30, 2021 19:25 - 55 minutesThe name Meredith Shaw is synonymous with curve fashion, body positivity, and female empowerment. A career that began as an award-winning singer-songwriter, has taken Meredith into radio & television, hosting Chum 104.5’s #1 Afternoon Drive Show and appearing regularly as a style expert and guest co-host on CTV’s The Social, Your Morning, eTalk and The Marilyn Denis Show. A firm fixture in Canada’s modelling scene, Meredith is fiercely passionate about inspiring and motivating women of all si...
Celeigh Cardinal: Community is Everything
May 16, 2021 19:38 - 44 minutesCeleigh Cardinal is a bandleader, a frontwoman, a radio host and a mom. She recently won a Juno Award for her 2020 Album Stories From a Downtown Apartment. While Celeigh comes across as confident, she speaks openly about her ongoing journey to inner peace, the guilt surrounding her Juno win, and the sense of belonging she has found in the Canadian indigenous music community. Listen to her cover of The Tragically Hip's Ahead By A Century here. Catch her hosting Full Circle on CKUA here and The...
Cheryl Hickey: That's My Thing
May 02, 2021 23:35 - 42 minutesCheryl Hickey As host of Entertainment Tonight Canada, Cheryl Hickey delivers breaking news coverage, in-depth profiles and behind-the-scenes exclusives to viewers each night. Cheryl graduated from London's Fanshawe College with a Broadcast Journalism degree, working in a variety of radio and television roles before joining ET Canada for its launch in 2005. While busy interviewing the most powerful celebrities in Hollywood including Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Swift, Brad Pitt and Oprah, Cheryl sti...
Erin Carroll: Elevating Queer Voices
April 18, 2021 18:47 - 51 minutesErin Carroll (they/them) has worked in the music industry for almost 10 years in marketing, PR, and management. Currently, Erin is the manager of Publicity Services at Cadence Music Group / Fontana North. They have managed several press campaigns for artists like Lido Pimienta, Sam Roberts Band, k-os, Trans Trenderz, Martha Wainwright, Brittany Howard and Black Pumas. Outside of Cadence, they also co-manage singer/songwriter T. Thomason. They recently co-founded the first Canadian Music Indus...
Liz Trinnear: Get Out of Your Own Way
April 04, 2021 23:03 - 51 minutesLiz Trinnear and I go WAY back and have so much in common. We graduated from the same University program (Media, Information & Technoculture at the University of Western Ontario), and we both took our first steps in the media industry at Corus Entertainment in London, Ontario, Canada. We were both hired as "summer cruiser" radio personalities one summer while finishing our studies. That essentially meant driving our respective radio station vehicles around, blasting music, and reporting live ...
Rida Naser: Be Yourself
March 21, 2021 20:44 - 48 minutesRida Naser is a Program Director and Host at SiriusXM in New York City. While we work for the same company, I've never actually met her and I discovered her on social media. Working for SiriusXM channels like Pop2k, BPM and Steve Aoki's Remix Radio, she'll talk about using the pandemic to her advantage on this episode. In the last year, she launched Steve Aoki's channel and produced a virtual dance festival appropriately called DisDance (socially distanced...get it?) https://blog.siriusxm.co...
Tracy Martin: Your Wounds Make You Wise
March 07, 2021 18:56 - 44 minutesTracy Martin was the President of the CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association at the time of this interview; she has since been announced as President of The Core Canada, founded by Kevin Zaruk and Simon Tikhman in partnership with Live Nation in 2019. Martin is a media executive with 17 years of experience in marketing, production, TV programming, as well as digital, artist and event management. Her most recent position, prior to CCMA President, was at Corus Entertainment where she ran the...
Josie Dye: More Than One Path
March 03, 2021 05:39 - 39 minutesJosie Dye is more than just, "a normal blonde girl," as she puts it. I invited her to be my first guest because she is the person who inspired me to become a radio host; I used to listen to her on CFNY in Toronto in the early 2000s where she was a host for fifteen years. Josie speaks about the women who have inspired her like her mother and Maie Pauts, and great advice from mentors like Ross Winters, JJ Johnston and the team at Indie88. Josie also touches on maternity leave and the challenges...
Josie Dye: There is Not One Path
March 03, 2021 05:39 - 38 minutesJosie Dye is more than just, "a normal blonde girl," as she puts it. I invited her to be my first guest because she is the person who inspired me to become a radio host; I used to listen to her on CFNY in Toronto in the early 2000s where she was a host for fifteen years. Josie speaks about the women who have inspired her like her mother and Maie Pauts, and great advice from mentors like Ross Winters, JJ Johnston and the team at Indie88. Josie also touches on maternity leave and the challenges...
Women In Media Podcast Trailer
March 01, 2021 05:44 - 2 minutesSarah Burke is a music programmer, host, and storyteller. She currently manages the Canadian music department at SiriusXM, overseeing the content and programming for fourteen channels across several genres. She hosts various radio shows, including her weekly Sunday Service on SiriusXM’s North Americana and swing shifts at CIND-FM, Toronto’s New Alternative, Indie88. Follow along on socials: @WomenInMediaPod on Instagram @WomenInMediaPod on Twitter Facebook.com/WomenInMediaPod Learn more abou...