Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/raining-revolution-jedi-in-the-arts Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts engages artists in a conversation about justice, equity, diversity and innovation in their respective field of arts. Arts is defined broadly and includes visual, literary, performing, design or new media. © University of Victoria Student Radio Society e3a42c82-b43e-5c63-b239-26e27c3ab73a no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:36:58 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:12:03 -0800 https://img.transistor.fm/XohRA-GhxinFpASXLZ1QFGc88HNxurnCkS02kG8pkQs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMwOTYzLzE2NTI3/MzE1MzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts episodic Meharoona Ghani, CFUV Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts engages artists in a conversation about justice, equity, diversity and innovation in their respective field of arts. Arts is defined broadly and includes visual, literary, performing, design or new media. Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts engages artists in a conversation about justice, equity, diversity and innovation in their respective field of arts. Arts, Artists, Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Design, New Media, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Innovation CFUV No No Episode 5: Disrupt the Narrative with Writer/Author, Traci Skuce 5 5 Episode 5: Disrupt the Narrative with Writer/Author, Traci Skuce full fae3cb3d-46dd-469b-8b0c-2e8676310f67 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ecd6e11 Traci Skuce is an established writer and author of the short story collection, Hunger Moon. She’s also a story midwife--helping writers birth their stories so they can get them out into the world.

In this episode my lovely friend Traci Skuce and I have a thoughtful conversation about the climate crisis; disrupting various systems; decolonizing the self/body; and the importance of grief and self-care. Many inspirations including: ‘what is your integrity as an artist/writer’, ‘exchange between self and story’, ‘colonized systems…challenge them narratively’, and grief – simply ‘wept at the base of a tree by the side of a river’…

Find out more about Traci at:
Website: traciskuce.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shapingyourstory
IG: @traciskuce.thewritingjourney
Twitter: @SkuceTraci

]]> Traci Skuce is an established writer and author of the short story collection, Hunger Moon. She’s also a story midwife--helping writers birth their stories so they can get them out into the world.

In this episode my lovely friend Traci Skuce and I have a thoughtful conversation about the climate crisis; disrupting various systems; decolonizing the self/body; and the importance of grief and self-care. Many inspirations including: ‘what is your integrity as an artist/writer’, ‘exchange between self and story’, ‘colonized systems…challenge them narratively’, and grief – simply ‘wept at the base of a tree by the side of a river’…

Find out more about Traci at:
Website: traciskuce.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shapingyourstory
IG: @traciskuce.thewritingjourney
Twitter: @SkuceTraci

]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:14:25 -0800 Meharoona Ghani, CFUV Meharoona Ghani, CFUV 2374 Traci Skuce is an established writer and author of the short story collection, Hunger Moon. She's also a story midwife --helping writers birth their stories so they can get them out into the world. In this episode we discuss the climate crisis; disrupting various systems; decolonizing the self/body; and the importance of grief and self-care. Many inspirations including: ‘what is your integrity as an artist/writer’, ‘exchange between self and story’, ‘colonized systems…challenge them narratively’, and grief – simply ‘wept at the base of a tree by the side of a river’… Traci Skuce is an established writer and author of the short story collection, Hunger Moon. She's also a story midwife --helping writers birth their stories so they can get them out into the world. In this episode we discuss the climate crisis; disrupting literary, art, writer, diversity, inclusion, publishing, systems, colonization, climatechange, selfcare, body, grief No Episode 4: Music, Resilience, and Hope with Clara Shandler, the Sidewalk Cellist 4 4 Episode 4: Music, Resilience, and Hope with Clara Shandler, the Sidewalk Cellist full d05d9dce-e85c-415c-8f53-6441703464dd https://share.transistor.fm/s/aa0145ef This episode covers a very thoughtful exchange about capitalism, climate change, resilience and hope through activism and music. A very moving conversation with the beautiful creative soul and musician, Clara Shandler, the Sidewalk Cellist. Clara is a passionate educator, an adaptive performer and a musical activist, sharing songs of love all over the world. You can read more about Clara on her website at: www.sidewalkcellist.com #art #music #climatechange #resilience #hope

]]> This episode covers a very thoughtful exchange about capitalism, climate change, resilience and hope through activism and music. A very moving conversation with the beautiful creative soul and musician, Clara Shandler, the Sidewalk Cellist. Clara is a passionate educator, an adaptive performer and a musical activist, sharing songs of love all over the world. You can read more about Clara on her website at: www.sidewalkcellist.com #art #music #climatechange #resilience #hope

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:40:14 -0800 Meharoona Ghani, CFUV Meharoona Ghani, CFUV 2395 This episode covers a very thoughtful exchange about capitalism, climate change, resilience and hope through activism and music. A very moving conversation with the beautiful creative soul and musician, Clara Shandler, the Sidewalk Cellist. Clara is a passionate educator, an adaptive performer and a musical activist, sharing songs of love all over the world. This episode covers a very thoughtful exchange about capitalism, climate change, resilience and hope through activism and music. A very moving conversation with the beautiful creative soul and musician, Clara Shandler, the Sidewalk Cellist. Clara is a pas art, music, climatechange, resilience, hope No Episode 3: Missing from the Pages: Weird Rules to Follow with Writer, Kim Spencer 3 3 Episode 3: Missing from the Pages: Weird Rules to Follow with Writer, Kim Spencer full 51cb9b28-f330-4f21-8697-7f253c4d19b4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9f820e9f In this episode I’m in a conversation with a wonderful writer, Kim Spencer, whose debut novel, Weird Rules to Follow (Orca Book Publishing), is now available to be ordered at Orca Book. Kim’s successes include her debut novel receiving a Kirkus Starred Review, a story being published in 'Filling Station' magazine and shortlisted for the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association Award, being selected as a mentee by the Writers Union of Canada for BIPOC Writers Connect, as well as for ECW’s BIPOC Writers Mentorship Program. Kim is from the Ts’msyen Nation in northwest BC and currently lives in Vancouver, BC.

You can read more about Kim and her upcoming novel in BC Book World's autumn issue and the following social media links:

a. https://kimspencerwrites.wordpress.com/about/
b. twitter: @kspencerwrites
c. instagram: @kimspencerwrites
 
#Indigenous #BIPOC #literary #art #writer #indigenous #diversity #inclusion #YA 

]]> In this episode I’m in a conversation with a wonderful writer, Kim Spencer, whose debut novel, Weird Rules to Follow (Orca Book Publishing), is now available to be ordered at Orca Book. Kim’s successes include her debut novel receiving a Kirkus Starred Review, a story being published in 'Filling Station' magazine and shortlisted for the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association Award, being selected as a mentee by the Writers Union of Canada for BIPOC Writers Connect, as well as for ECW’s BIPOC Writers Mentorship Program. Kim is from the Ts’msyen Nation in northwest BC and currently lives in Vancouver, BC.

You can read more about Kim and her upcoming novel in BC Book World's autumn issue and the following social media links:

a. https://kimspencerwrites.wordpress.com/about/
b. twitter: @kspencerwrites
c. instagram: @kimspencerwrites
 
#Indigenous #BIPOC #literary #art #writer #indigenous #diversity #inclusion #YA 

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:01:37 -0700 Meharoona Ghani, CFUV Meharoona Ghani, CFUV 2218 In this episode I’m in a lively conversation with wonderful writer, Kim Spencer, whose debut novel, "Weird Rules to Follow," is available to be ordered at Orca Book Publishing. We had a revealing conversation about how Kim became a writer, how she questioned whose rules are writers following, decolonizing the page, and fulfilling a dream that each Indigenous youth can find themself on the page and in other's stories. Each Indigenous youth matters. In this episode I’m in a lively conversation with wonderful writer, Kim Spencer, whose debut novel, "Weird Rules to Follow," is available to be ordered at Orca Book Publishing. We had a revealing conversation about how Kim became a writer, how she questio #Indigenous #BIPOC #literary #art #writer #indigenous #diversity #inclusion #YA Guest: Kim Spencer, Writer No Episode 2: Making Opera Accessible 2 2 Episode 2: Making Opera Accessible full 762a5fa8-09e5-4bc8-864f-ef9043845460 https://share.transistor.fm/s/897363f5 In this episode I'm in conversation with the beautiful Jacqueline Ko, soprano, a multi-award-winning soprano based in Vancouver and the founding artistic director of Opera Mariposa, Canada's first fully disability-led and run opera company. Listen to the journey, the vision and the dream of making opera accessible. An inspirational story about art, accessibility and inclusion.  

Find out more at:  

  1. https://operamariposa.com/ 
  2. twitter: @Opera Mariposa 
  3. instagram: https://www.instagram.com/operamariposa/ 
  4. facebook: https://www.facebook.com/operamariposa 
  5. youtube: https://www.youtube.com/operamariposa 

To get in touch, reach Opera Mariposa by email at info@operamariposa.com

Episode Transcript

]]> In this episode I'm in conversation with the beautiful Jacqueline Ko, soprano, a multi-award-winning soprano based in Vancouver and the founding artistic director of Opera Mariposa, Canada's first fully disability-led and run opera company. Listen to the journey, the vision and the dream of making opera accessible. An inspirational story about art, accessibility and inclusion.  

Find out more at:  

  1. https://operamariposa.com/ 
  2. twitter: @Opera Mariposa 
  3. instagram: https://www.instagram.com/operamariposa/ 
  4. facebook: https://www.facebook.com/operamariposa 
  5. youtube: https://www.youtube.com/operamariposa 

To get in touch, reach Opera Mariposa by email at info@operamariposa.com

Episode Transcript

]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:07:24 -0700 Meharoona Ghani, CFUV Meharoona Ghani, CFUV 1805 In this episode I'm in conversation with the beautiful Jacqueline Ko, soprano, a multi-award-winning soprano based in Vancouver and the founding artistic director of Opera Mariposa, Canada's first fully disability-led and run opera company. Listen to the journey, the vision and the dream of making opera accessible. An inspirational story about art, accessibility and inclusion. In this episode I'm in conversation with the beautiful Jacqueline Ko, soprano, a multi-award-winning soprano based in Vancouver and the founding artistic director of Opera Mariposa, Canada's first fully disability-led and run opera company. Listen to the #accessibility #art #disability #inclusion #diversity #opera #music No Episode 1 1 1 Episode 1 full 5d2b9805-8773-4fb6-b24b-f614f28234f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bc13ebd9 Host Meharoona Ghani has a conversation with Nicola Watts, CFUV Operations Director about what's behind Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts - the meaning, the dream. 

]]> Host Meharoona Ghani has a conversation with Nicola Watts, CFUV Operations Director about what's behind Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts - the meaning, the dream. 

]]> Mon, 16 May 2022 13:04:53 -0700 Meharoona Ghani, CFUV Meharoona Ghani, CFUV 1246 Host Meharoona Ghani has a conversation with Nicola Watts, CFUV Operations Director about what's behind Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts - the meaning, the dream. Host Meharoona Ghani has a conversation with Nicola Watts, CFUV Operations Director about what's behind Raining Revolution: JEDI in the Arts - the meaning, the dream. Arts, Artists, Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, Design, New Media, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Innovation No