A producer’s main job is worrying, but once again Midweek worked out: budget insights, student protests, struggles to live in Venezuela, hopes for peace in Eritrea, a misfit who found his place in life, a stray who found a home, and — of course — a celebration of what it means to be Irish. All that and more on this Midweek!
This Midweek opened with a heavy heart as we heard tributes to Prof. Pius Adesanmi of Carleton University, killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia. But grief is but one part of life, and before this show ended, we’d also learned lots, gained helpful tips, and shared perhaps the most healing act there is: being taken for a walk by a dog.
This Midweek looked at coverups (of scandals and unsightly graffiti), learned about what life is like with auto-immune diseases, and found out how fan fiction can be reeeeeally bad but good at the same time. All that, plus flood warnings, basketball predictions, climate protests, and beer…for a good cause…
We expected to be a bit rusty after a two-week (intended and unintended) break, but the Midweek team shone as usual, putting together a show that opened with employment rights and labour strife and ended up with some sweet Valentine’s Day leftovers and some seeds to sow. Lot’s more in between!
For the first time ever, we’ve had to cancel an edition of the Midweek show on CKCU. A massive snowstorm forced Carleton University to close its campus this Wednesday, so our show can’t go on…sniff…
Producer Astara van der Jagt wielded her chalk wisely as she lined up our latest edition of Midweek, and the outcome was a rich mix of stories running from City Hall budget fights through powwows to…chocolate.