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Bridging the Social Distance

A show that aims to give a platform for sharing ideas, perspectives and feelings in the wake of the Global COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews will feature local Guelphites as well as people living elsewhere around the world. bridgingthesocialdistance.substack.com

society & culture

All Episodes

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Ep 222 - Teresa Langel - Long Term Care, The Village...

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2023/11/14

For this episode my guest is Teresa Langel, a resident in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Teresa shares wonderful and hilarious stories of her and her husband's earliest days, meeting at a dance as teenagers, and going on to have five children, and many more grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her story includes a harrowing road trip as a 19 year old to Mexico, perseverance navigating challenges with her body while maintaining a career, family, and getting a university degree,

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58:27

Ep 221 - Lillian Parker (Long-Term-Care, The Village...

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2023/11/01

For this episode I interview Lillian Parker, a resident in Long-Term-Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Lil is utilizing her time at Riverside Glen by helping her fellow residents, and taking part on the Residents' Council, advocating on behalf of residents for a "Social Model of Living". Lil has an incredible disposition, and she speaks openly about her perspectives on life in Long-Term Care, about aging, friendship, health, and even death. When Lil had a stroke a number of years ago, her

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58:31

Ep 220 - Samantha Thai, PRODUCE: HER

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2023/10/24

For this episode I interview Samantha Thai, Senior Library Assistant at Heffner Studio at Kitchener Public Library, and the program coordinator behind the "PRODUCE: HER" sessions. PRODUCE : HER Sessions is a monthly program for women, non-binary, trans, and gender expansive people who are interested in music production and the recording arts. Sam and I chat about this series, some of the motivation behind it, and importance for carving out this space for folks to learn these skills and find

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58:06

Ep 219 - Richard Cimerman (Long-Term-Care, the...

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2023/10/20

For this episode I had a really cool opportunity, getting to interview a guest with "Aphasia", named Rick Cimerman, living in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen . If you're not familiar with Aphasia, Aphasia refers to "trouble with speaking, understanding speech, or reading or writing as a result of damage to the part of the brain that is responsible for language processing or understanding" In this case the Aphasia was the result of a stroke. It was a new challenge for me, navigating

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58:35

Ep 218 - Ann Kuzik (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2023/08/08

For this episode I interview Ann Kuzik, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen in "Emma" - Riverside Glen's "Memory Care Wing". Ann is navigating life with dementia, and is open about this, but is still able to recall and shares stories from her career in nursing, and her long wonderful marriage to her husband who passed a number of years ago. Ann feels fortunate to have had such a good and loving family - something that wasn't always possible for other people her age who's families were

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59:27

Ep 217 - Sandra Luebbecke (The Village of Riverside...

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2023/08/02

For this episode I interview Sandra Luebbecke, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen retirement residence. At 54, Sandra may be one of the youngest residents in the building - she is relatively new to the space, having moved to the assisted living area of Riverside Glen to help receive extra support for her body's progression through Multiple Sclerosis. Sandra shares about her relationship with MS, and how her body has changed over the last few decades, her transition from living independently

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57:04

Ep 216 - Bill Winship (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2023/07/26

For this episode I interview Bill Winship, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen retirement residence. Bill is 96, and his vivid memory gives us a rare and powerful glimpse into the life of a young soldier during WWII, and a fulfulling life of music and dancing after the War. Bill describes life as a young teen, growing up just outside Liverpool at the beginning of the war - he remembers eight days and nights of "Blitzkrieg" where planes flew overhead 24 hours a day, and Liverpool was ablaze

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58:40

Ep 215 - Suta Biswas (Holistic Needlecraft)

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2023/07/20

For this episode I interview Suta Biswas, the London Ontario needlecraft artist behind Holistic Needlecraft. Today Suta gives us window into her creative process - from the great care she takes sourcing and upcycling high quality cotton fabrics from India, to her unique hand-stitched/patchworked method of creating truly one-of-a-kind, double sided jackets and throw blankets. Her artistic practice stretches all the way back to her grandmother sewing these blankets in India, and now Suta's own family

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56:11

Ep 214 - Bill Henry (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2023/07/18

For this episode I connect with Bill Henry, a new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Born and raised in the Ward in Guelph, Bill gives a glimpse into a changing city, changing married life, many jobs, many kids, and eventually travel. Thank you Bill for letting me interview you! This interview was originally recorded on June 27th, 2023 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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57:59

Ep 213 - Two Rivers Art Summer Camp (Greta Riondato,...

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2023/07/10

For this episode I interview Greta Riondato , Handel Callender, and Theresa Kretsch , the three artist-coordinators of the Two Rivers Art Camp! The art camp is a one-week camp for children ages 8-14, and is being offered twice, the first two weeks in July - July 3-7th, and July 10-14th. Both weeks will happen at Tytler Public School and the Huron Community Garden in the Ward. Handel arrived to Canada from Barbados ten years ago, Greta from Italy five years ago, and Theresa from Germany at the

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56:50

Ep 212 - Patricia Boudreau (The Village of Riverside...

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2023/06/29

For this episode I interview Patricia Boudreau, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen . Patricia hilariously self-describes as a "fat happy kid" in her childhood, and shares glimpses of life in Toronto in the 30s, as an upper middle class family. Lots of trips to see family in Hamilton, and to farms to attempt to hop onto donkeys! Patricia has some interesting insights into how wealth - or even perceived wealth - had a significant impact on the outcomes of families in the 30s, when it came to

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59:28

Ep 211 - "Feeding Tummies and Souls" (Barb MacPhee,...

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2023/06/27

This episode marks my return to the radio airwaves after a year off for parental leave! For this episode, I interview five storytellers, all of whom were participating in a virtual storytelling/music and poetry event on Thursday June 15th: “Feeding Tummies and Souls: Stories of Lived Experience to Inspire and Engage”. I connected with storytellers Susan Ida Boucaud, Sya VanGeest, Sharon Felker, Judy Noonan, and Barb McPhee, to talk about their respective paths to storytelling, and the power this

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59:57

Ep 210 - Dave Edmund (The Pandemy Show)

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2022/08/16

This episode is my final-for-now episode of the show, I’m hoping to return to the show later in the year, but have had some exciting life changes that have put the show on hold - I had a new baby!! (Baby is why there was a significant delay in posting this episode, but it’s finally here :) ). In honour of pausing the show, I wanted to interview someone else who - like me - had been working on a pandemic-project-during-the-pandemic, and was connected with "The Pandemy Show" - a "Podcast Uniting

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58:48

Ep 209 - Abigail Lapell

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2022/06/02

For this episode I interview Abigail Lapell, a songwriter currently based in Toronto Ontario. Abigail has just released her fourth album, "Stolen Time", on Outside Music. Abigail and I have shared a label (Coax Records) and I have been enjoying watching Abigail's career unfold, and seeing her increasing success. We talk about Abigail's musical journey since her first release in 2011, and her time spent in the indie-folk scene in Montreal in the 2000s. At album number four, Abigail is on the rise -

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208 - Esmerelda Kennedy (Long-Term Care, the Village...

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2022/05/25

For this episode I interview Esmerelda Kennedy, a recent new-resident in Long-Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Esmerelda has lived in Guelph nearly her whole life, having immigrated here from Italy at the age of five. Growing up along the speed river, and then in the Ward, Esmerelda shares stories from her early days attending St. Stanislaus next to the Church of our Lady, raising her three daughters as a single mom, and her later, 30-year career as a bartender downtown, starting her own

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57:58

207 - Joyful Joyful (Cormac Culkeen & Dave Grenon)

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2022/05/17

For this episode I interview Cormac Culkeen and Dave Grenon of Joyful Joyful, a two-piece music project who have just released their debut, self-titled album on Idée Fixe Records. Joyful Joyful and I are long-time friends, playing music together since the beginning of their musical journey many years ago, and the three of us reunited to talk about this release, and what it means for their project and the days ahead. They speak of the project's undercurrents of love and hope, their love for each

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57:12

206 - Judy Stark (Long-Term-Care, the Village of...

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2022/05/11

For this episode I interview Judy Stark, a resident in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Born and raised in Lachine Quebec, Judy shares her story of schooling and work, going from high school into Sir George Williams Secretarial School - she tried out nursing, but felt it wasn't a good fit, however her interest in the medical side of it combined with her secretarial skills, and she started out in the field of "Medical Transcription". Judy talks about a life of balancing working and

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57:30

205 - Florence Eland (The Village of Riverside Glen)

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2022/05/04

For this episode I interview Florence Eland, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Born in Guelph in 1930, Florence has lived here her whole life, and today she shares some of that history with us - growing up between the country and the city out at Fife road, attending the MacDonald Consolidated School on the University grounds, helping out in the school's big gardens, putting on performances at Memorial Hall, and enjoying the annual picnic that saw the gathering of all the rural schools

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59:54

204 - Barbara Salsberg Mathews, and Tristan O'Malley...

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2022/04/28

For this episode, in honour of Parkinson's Awareness Month, my guests are Barbara Salsberg Mathews - a multi-disciplinary visual and performance artist, retired teacher, and Board member of the Guelph Arts Council, and Tristan O'Malley - a Grade 1 teacher with a myriad of passions and interests including athletics, and playing music. Both were diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2020, and they got together for Parkinson's Awareness Month to discuss life since their diagnosis': how it has impacted

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58:16

203 - Karim Mosna, and Lance Darren Cole ("Lucky Guy")

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2022/04/26

For this episode I interview Karim Mosna - Content Producer for the podcast "Lucky Guy", and Lance Darren Cole, the "Lucky Guy" himself! From their Patreon:"This series explores unscripted antics of working professionally in theatre, unexpected opportunities in film, and challenging pursuits in television while spanning dynamic destinations from Montreal to New York and Barcelona. In the ongoing entertaining life of a creative spirit, one decision leads to the next odd and unpredictable outcome as

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