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57:33

AI x Law x Digital Publishing with Lawyer and...

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2026/09/29

Discussions of AI are everywhere today; it’s the culture in which we’re all currently swimming (sometimes drowning!). But today’s guest is the best of the best as it relates to the intersection of AI, the law, and digital publishing. He offers fresh perspectives, clarity, and precision that is like throwing us life preservers and allowing us to catch our breaths. If you listen to no other Talk Paper Scissors episode this year, please have a listen to this one.Jake Okechukwu Effoduh is an Assistant

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17:18

OoO @ DesignThinkers Vancouver 2026

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2026/07/15

Send us Fan MailHappy summer everyone! This marks the final episode of Talk Paper Scissors before I head on my summer/social media sabbatical until September.Today’s episode contains a compilation of voices from DesignThinkers Vancouver from May 2026. The theme of this year’s DesignThinkers conferences is ‘Out of Office’ and I asked conference attendees their favourite out off office reset, as well as their favourite places to disappear when they’re out of office. Voices featured in today’s episode

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41:02

Iconic Publishing Brands in Digital Spaces with...

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2026/07/09

Send us Fan MailWe’re having conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the world, who are sharing what they do and how they do it. This year’s line up includes folks making magazines for kids, art and culture, as well as luxury lifestyle magazines, and a massive global publisher who covers all of this and more. There’s something for everyone in these 4 episodes.This episode features Nicola Ryan, Vice President of Product Design at

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43:48

Building Trust Across Print and Digital with Ojus...

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2026/06/26

Send us Fan MailWe’re having conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the world, who are sharing what they do and how they do it. This year’s line up includes folks making magazines for kids, art and culture, as well as luxury lifestyle magazines, and a massive global publisher who covers all of this and more. There’s something for everyone in these 4 episodes.This episode features Ojus Jain, Founder of Esses, a new publication

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41:47

Launching a New Magazine with Krupa Patel of TURMERIC...

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2026/06/25

Send us Fan MailWelcome Magazine Makers!We’re having conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the world, who are sharing what they do and how they do it. This year’s line up includes folks making magazines for kids, art and culture, as well as luxury lifestyle magazines, and a massive global publisher who covers all of this and more. There’s something for everyone in these 4 episodes.This episode features Krupa Patel, a Toronto and

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34:12

Designing Reading Experiences for Children with...

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2026/06/24

Send us Fan MailIt’s magazine time! Welcome to conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the world sharing what they do and how they do it. This year’s line up includes folks making magazines for kids, art and culture, as well as luxury lifestyle magazines, and a massive global publisher who covers all of this and more. There’s something for everyone in the next 4 episodes.This first episode features Caroline Versteeg, a Toronto

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31:19

The Library Loiterers — Vol. III: The Zine Scene with...

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2026/06/23

Send us Fan MailWelcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers.Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their choosing. We comb the stacks and have a chat about passions, practices, and possibilities—letting the story unfold as it will. You’re encouraged to read between the lines because it’s going to be a real page turner… This episode features local creative strategist, performer, and published poet, Izy Iannetta, as the duo explore the Toronto

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55:11

How to Be a Design Student (and How to Teach Them)...

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2026/06/22

Send us Fan MailDesign students and design educators — this episode is for YOU! We have Mitch Goldstein, educator and author of How to Be a Design Student (and How to Teach Them), here to share some powerful thoughts and actionable advice.In this conversation, you’ll hear Mitch’s approach to being “professionally curious” and the difference between “education” and “professional practice”. We dig into grading, what design education does well and what parts of the system needs improvement. We talk

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44:18

“Copy, Podcast joy”: NASA’s Artemis II Digital...

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2026/06/16

Send us Fan MailToday’s conversation is out of this world with Thalia Patrinos who works at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She is the Artemis Digital Lead within the Office of Communications. She leads and strategizes all digital communications about NASA’s Artemis missions to and around the Moon, including social media, video, audio, web presence, and digital engagements.In this conversation, you’ll hear Thalia talk about the years of work that goes into digital strategy for communicating a

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43:40

The Library Loiterers - Vol. II: Compositions,...

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2026/06/10

Send us Fan MailWelcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers.Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their choosing. We comb the stacks and have a chat about passions, practices, and possibilities—letting the story unfold as it will. You’re encouraged to read between the lines because it’s going to be a real page turner… This episode features type geek and delightful human, Carl Shura, as the duo explores the Toronto Reference Library. Each

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27:46

Emerging Typeface Designers: Juliette Bifolchi &...

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2026/06/08

Send us Fan MailMeet emerging typeface designers, Juliette Bifolchi and Jasmin Gulati! Juliette designed a typeface called Road Block and Jasmin designed a typeface called Invertia. In the following conversation, you'll get to hear about each typeface. You'll also hear their perfect type pairings, sensory descriptions of each (sight, smell, touch, sound and even taste), as well as what was easy and difficult about the process. Let the type geekery begin! Let's Connect on the web or

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53:40

Evolving Gotham: Sara Soskolne of Monotype on...

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2026/06/02

Send us Fan MailToday’s conversation is with Sara Soskolne, Executive Creative Director at Monotype, sharing her 20-year history of working on one of the world’s most recognizable typefaces: Gotham.In this conversation, Sara shares her recent contributions to Gotham, working directly with the Obama Foundation for the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago. She gets delightfully technical about Gotham’s letterforms, pulling back the curtain on the decisions made in the expansion

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44:14

Fine Specimens with Elliot Jay Stocks of Adobe Fonts

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2026/05/26

Send us Fan MailToday’s guest is Elliot Jay Stocks, designer and author, known in typographic circles for his work as the co-creator of Google Fonts Knowledge, founder of 8 Faces magazine, and creative director of Typekit (now known as Adobe Fonts). In this conversation, you’ll hear why Elliot wanted to make his new book (Fine Specimens) and what it contains. You’ll hear just how small the type design world actually is (Hi Jamie! Hi Mark!), as well as Elliot’s take on traditional type classification

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45:59

Personal and Peoples Histories Held in Letterforms...

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2026/05/19

Send us Fan MailThis is the third episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America! In this eye opening look into the history of typography, signage, protest, and histories, Tré Seals thoughtfully explains the ways in which type has caused a lot of harm to various communities, but the ways in which it’s also a hopeful gateway to make meaningful change. You’ll hear Tré’s origin story, back to his early childhood

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49:53

First Things First 2020 with Marc O’Brien and...

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2026/05/12

Send us Fan MailThis is the second episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America! This episode features 2 of the 3 authors of the First Things First 2020 manifesto, Marc O’Brien and Benjamin Gaydos. (Namita Dharia couldn’t join us but we hope to catch her in conversation again soon!)In this conversation you’ll hear the tremendous global impact of the original First Things First manifesto in 1964 and what it means

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32:03

Designing Systems of Type (Mistakes and All!) with...

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2026/05/07

Send us Fan MailThis is the first episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America! This episode features type designer and founder of OH no Type Co., James Edmondson.In this conversation you’ll hear James’ typography origin story (he’s still an 8-year-old at heart!), how he uses “Pen Logic” to help construct systems of type, and how he knows when a typeface is complete. You’ll hear some great questions from students

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44:14

The Library Loiterers - Vol. I: Following the Fear...

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2026/05/05

Send us Fan MailWelcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers.Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their choosing. We comb the stacks and have a chat about passions, practices, and possibilities—letting the story unfold as it will. You’re encouraged to read between the lines because it’s going to be a real page turner… This episode features improv extraordinaire and Diana’s beloved high school drama teacher, Tim Miller, as the duo explores

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41:48

Sabotaging Self-Sabotage with Lauren Hortie of Oasis...

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2026/04/28

Send us Fan MailIt’s a high school experience like no other — Welcome to Oasis Skateboard Factory in Toronto, Canada where students make, design, and sell custom boards for real clients all while receiving high school credits. This alternative school flips the script on what it means to learn and teach in high school, removing artificial boundaries between “school” and “the outside world”. Themes of equity, access, and cultivating community connections are explored. Guest and teacher, Lauren Hortie,

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46:04

The Magic of Metaphor with Psychotherapist and Author...

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2026/04/21

Send us Fan MailToday’s guest is registered psychotherapist and author, Kate Robson, exploring her new book, Something to Hold Onto: Simple Images, Metaphors, and Practical Tools to Transform Your Life.Her book is an incredible resource where she shares her ideas about complex human problems through a therapeutic lens to help make challenging moments a little less challenging. You’ll hear about the power of metaphor, through metaphors, to get out of thought ruts. We explore ideas including: failure,

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6:39

Clarendon: An Incomplete History of Type

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2026/04/17

Send us Fan MailFrom the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!)This episode is guest hosted by Jordan Grey.Name: ClarendonRelease Date: 1845Designer: Robert BesleyClassification: Slab Serif (Egyptian)Owned By: Today its multiple versions are owned by multiple foundries.Claim to Fame: This is the first first-ever registered and patented

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