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Climate Change and Other Small Talk


13 episodes


Full cast Multigenre Anthology Audio Drama


Synopsis:

Feeling overwhelmed by the looming threat of climate change? We’ve got you! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time. Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly. It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the climate crisis. There will be weird sound effects. An angry panda running a submarine. And a 500-year-old tree that… well we can’t give the rest away. But you could visit www.ClimateChangeAndOtherSmallTalk.com for some more information. Launching Earth Day - April 22nd - subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode. Learning about how to survive the apocalypse has never been so fun.


Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Anthology

Writing: Scripted

Voices: Full cast

Genres: Multigenre

Completion status: Not applicable

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Episodes:

In The Dumps

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

A father takes his eleven-year-old son on a road trip to protest decades of environmental racism in their rural Black Nova Scotian community. They shift between playful and serious as they discuss ways of bringing about meaningful change, in the wake of the Africville apology.

In The Dumps was written by Shauntay Grant. Find the transcript here

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

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Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written by SHAUNTAY GRANT

Directed by MIKE PAYETTE *

 

Starring:

JACOB SAMPSON as Dad *

NY LANGDON as Nate 

with

LILIONA QUARMYNE as Mom

BEN STONE as the Security Guard *

 

Sound design, music and audio mixing by JACKSON FAIRFAX-PERRY

 

Dramaturgy by JACOB SAMPSON and MYEKAH PAYNE

 

Episode Produced by ZUPPA and with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Episode Producer & Production Manager BEN STONE

 

Recording engineers:

Nate, Dad and The Security Guard were recorded at VILLAGE SOUND, by Sound Engineer BEN CREELMAN

Radio Announcer and Mom were recorded at JACKSON FAIRFAX-PERRY’s home studio

LUKE BATIOT


* Jacob Sampson and Ben Stone are members of ACTRA Maritimes and were engaged under Music Code 2011

* Mike Payette is a member of The Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and was engaged under the D.O.T. Agreement

 

Special thanks to Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax Culture and Events, ACTRA Maritimes, and the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association

 

In the Dumps was produced in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Mi’kma'ki (Nova Scotia), the territory of the Mi’kmaq.

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


Ride or Die

Wed, 7 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Though Win and his Grams are growing weary of life in a temporary camp, they never tire of each others' jokes. In a world of floods and fires, they are family, and Win will get his Grams to her lucky spot at bingo through hell and highwater.

Ride Or Die was written by Tara Beagan. Find the transcript here.

 

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written by TARA BEAGAN

Directed by PATRICK BEAGAN

Starring:

DUSTIN FRANK as Win

TRACEY NEPINAK as Mums

MICHELLE THRUSH as Michelle 

Sound design and music composition by MADDIE BAUTISTA

Episode Produced by DOWNSTAGE THEATRE with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Recording engineer and Dialogue Editor BRIAN BERGUM 

Artistic Director for Downstage CLARE PREUSS

Managing Director for Downstage and Episode Producer DANIELLE WHYTE

Associate Producer for Downstage BIANCA MIRANDA

Community Programs Director for Downstage ELSHA YEYESUSWORK

Production Manager and Technical Director for Downstage ADAM KOSTIUK

Special thanks to Lacey Hill for the use of her song “Love Wins,” and to Downstage’s funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Calgary Arts Development and the Rozsa Foundation.

In the spirit of reconciliation, the Downstage team acknowledges that they live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina, and the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations including the Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley Nations. This is also home to the Métis Nation (Region number 3), and all people who make their homes in Moh’kinsstis and the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.

 

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Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


To Best The Beast

Wed, 31 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

A day in the lives of Mayor Toad, big boss Peahen and a hard-working assistant Ant. They launch a clean energy project designed to better lives. But when Tortoise asks some difficult questions about who gets the benefits and who feels the impacts, sparks are sure to fly.

To Best The Beast was written by Krishnee Bhotooa. Find the transcript here.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

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Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written by KRISHNEE BHOTOOA

Directed by ASHISH BEESOONDIAL

Starring: 

YAKSHINEE PURHOOA as Tortoise

SONIA MAISSIN as Mrs Peahen

ASHISH BEESOONDIAL as Ant

ESTELLE LASÉMILLANTE as Mayor Toad

Sound design, audio mixing and recording engineer KOOSHAL DWARKA 

Additional audio mixing RICHARD FEREN

Episode produced by CAUDAN ARTS CENTRE with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

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Rolling Hills, Green Pastures

Wed, 24 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Esperanza Soto welcomes new recruits to a U.S. drone centre. Run entirely on wind energy, the centre is part of the U.S. Army’s Green Military Movement. One of the drone operators is a climate refugee from Vancouver. What choices will she make when climate refugees attempt to cross the border from Mexico?

A heads up that this episode contains military violence, so keep that in mind when deciding when and where to listen.

Rolling Hills, Green Pastures was written by Carmen Aguirre. Find the transcript here.

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

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Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written and directed by CARMEN AGUIRRE

Starring: 

MONTSERRAT VIDELA SAMPER as Esperanza Soto

LILI ROBINSON as The Drone Operator 

CHARLIE DEMERS as The Floor Supervisor and Friend

 

Sound design and music by JOELYSA PANKANEA 

Episode Produced by ELECTRIC COMPANY THEATRE with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Episode Producers CARLA RITCHIE and NATALIE LEFEBVRE GNAM

Episode Production Manager CARLA RITCHIE

Audio mixing by HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Recording engineer MONARCH STUDIOS 

Special thanks to BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver Cultural Services, Canada Council for the Arts, Monarch Studios, and Progress Lab

Electric Company Theatre acknowledge the unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. As artists who live, work and create on these lands, Electric Company strives to be allies with, to learn from and to acknowledge the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

 

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Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


Sympathy for Miss Waters

Wed, 17 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

A real estate agent manages to sell a coastal mansion, even though waves will eventually lap into the bedroom - "It’s a soundtrack to sleep by”. What lengths will the realtor go to after she's fired for selling it way below price? And who was the mysterious buyer? 

Sympathy for Miss Waters was written by Bruce Gibbons-Fell. Find the transcript here.

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written and Directed by BRUCE GIBBONS FELL

Starring: 

CAMILA LE-BERT as Marina Marino

Sound design, music, audio mixing and recording engineer  BENJAMIN MCCARTHY 

Episode Produced by COCODRILO TRISTE with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Episode Producer and Production Manager BRUCE GIBBONS FELL 

Special thanks to CARLOS BRIONES

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


How Nanna and Pop Learnt About Climate Change (The Hard Way)

Wed, 10 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Nan and Pop are horrified to learn about climate change from their granddaughter. Should they get their hearing aids adjusted or did she just talk about cows farting? 

How Nanna and Pop Learnt About Climate Change (The Hard Way) was written by Marie Munkara. Find the transcript here.

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written by MARIE MUNKARA

Directed by RACHAEL CHISHOLM

Starring: 

MARIE MUNKARA as Nanna

PETE HAYES as Pop

RACHAEL CHISHOLM as Daughter

NYASHA OGDEN as Granddaughter

 

Sound design, music, audio mixing and recording engineer MATTHEW CUNLIFFE

 

Episode Produced by DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Episode Producers ANNA WEEKES and TANIA LIEMAN

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


Does the Sky Fall on Everyone

Wed, 3 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

A showdown between an environmental activist and a local community leader overseeing the felling of a 500 year old tree. Who will have the last word?

Does the Sky Fall on Everyone was written by Pyemwa Deshi. Find the transcript here.

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written by PYEMWA DESHI 

Directed by  OMOYE UZAMERE

Starring: 

TAIWO AJAI-LYCETT as the olive tree

DEYEMI OKANLAWON as Nanpet 

OMOYE UZAMERE as Delphine 

With additional voices by CHIOMA B.B.B. OKPALA, OSAYI UZAMERE, AITUARI OGIAMIEN, VICTORIA WYA, TONI THOMAS, CHUBB OKOBAH & PYEMWA DESHI 

Sound Design, music and recording engineer CHUBB OKOBAH 

Episode Produced by THESPIAN MUSE PRODUCTION COMPANY with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Episode Producer OMOYE UZAMERE 

Episode Production Manager ADAOHA NJEMANZE

Episode Production Assistant GIFT OKPA FRANCIS 

Special thanks to NOVVA MEDIA, NUUGAME ENTERTAINMENT, HOMEGROWN OZONE, OREDO ENTERTAINMENT.

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


Nothing Happens

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Somewhere in the Indian Ocean, a nuclear submarine carries out a deterrence patrol. Bizarre new orders arrive and two sonar operators must face existential threats. Will they rise to the challenge, or are they in over their heads?

Nothing Happens was written by Ram Ganesh Kamatham. Find the transcript here.

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Written by RAM GANESH KAMATHAM

Directed by PUJA SARUP

Starring (in order of appearance):

ALISTAR BENNIS as Petty Officer Joseph "Josh" Joshi

DILNAZ IRANI as Lieutenant Commander Pooja "Angry Panda" Panda

NAKUL BHALLA as Rear Admiral Amar "Ackbar" Anthony

Sound design, music and audio mixing by VARRUNN BANGERA

Episode Produced by QTP ENTERTAINMENT PRIVATE LIMITED (India) with support from SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS

Episode Producer and Production Manager TORAL SHAH 

Recording Studio OCTAVIUS (Mumbai/Bombay)

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

 

Direct MP3 link


Absolutely Nothing Of Any Meaning

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

A couple leave outraged reviews about products delivered by Amazon, while climate chaos swishes into their home. Their responses to their escalating crisis become increasingly absurd, topped only by the absurdity of Amazon’s tactics to thwart them.

Absolutely Nothing Of Any Meaning was written by Sunny Drake. Find the transcript here.

Climate Change and Other Small Talk is  a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the carbon footprint and lost luggage. Audio dramas from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as explore our climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Sign up for our newsletter to get bonus content including discussion guides and a listening party hosting guide: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- CREDITS ---

Absolutely Nothing of Any Meaning

Written by SUNNY DRAKE

Directed by WEYNI MENGESHA

 

Starring:

ANAND RAJARAM

LIISA REPO-MARTELL

and BAHAREH YARAGHI as Amazon

 

Sound design and music by RICHARD FEREN and OLIVIA SHORTT

Dramaturgy by KATHLEEN FLAHERTY, WEYNI MENGESHA and DONNA-MICHELLE ST. BERNARD

 

Episode produced by WHY NOT THEATRE and SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS with the generous support of SOULPEPPER THEATRE

Episode Producer: MICHELLE YAGI

Episode Production Manager: CRYSTAL LEE

Audio mixing by HEATHER BROWN

Recording engineer MATT RIDEOUT

Special thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council, The Arctic Circle Residency Program and fellow residents, Climate Change Theatre Action, ACTRA Toronto, Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, Volcano Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Chantal Bilodeau, Chanelle Gallant, Alex Kelly and Isaac Lev Szmonko.

This episode was recorded in Tkaronto, Toronto, which is Dish With One Spoon territory, the territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


Welcome. Buckle up!

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

This weekend on Earth Day, April 22nd - we’re dropping the first-ever episode of Climate Change & Other Small Talk! Sunny talks about the 9 stories created by our fantastic international teams. Expect serious themes wrapped in enjoyable stories to ease us into them. In fact, the series is way more fun than dying in the apocalypse. Promise.

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Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

 

Direct MP3 link


Sneak Peek

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Climate Change. Wait, don't curl up into a ball of stress! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time.

Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly. It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the climate crisis.

There will be weird sound effects. An angry panda running a submarine. And a 500-year-old tree that… well we can’t give it all away, but listen to this sneak peek to get an idea! 

Subscribe now to get the first episode when we launch on Earth Day, April 22nd!

Sign up for the Sunny Drake Productions newsletter to get tips for hosting your very own listening party, insights from behind the scenes, a discussion guide and ideas to support climate equity in your community. 

 Learning about how to survive the apocalypse has never been so fun.  

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

Direct MP3 link


Our Origin Story

Wed, 8 Mar 2023 17:15:00 +0000

Meet our lead creative, Sunny Drake, and find out how he got the idea to start a theatrical podcast about climate change. 

Climate Change And Other Small Talk launches on Earth Day - April 22nd. Subscribe to our newsletter at ClimateChangeAndOtherSmallTalk.com or wherever you get your podcasts, so you never miss an episode.

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast. 

Direct MP3 link


Climate Change And Other Small Talk

Wed, 8 Mar 2023 16:15:00 +0000

Climate Change And Other Small Talk is a worldwide tour for your ears - minus the jetlag, carbon footprint and screaming kids. Stories from 9 creative teams around the globe will entertain as well as uncover what has gotten us into this climate crisis. And maybe even what could get us out.

Subscribe now to get the first episode when we launch on Earth Day, April 22nd!

Sign up for the Sunny Drake Productions newsletter to get tips for hosting your very own listening party, insights from behind the scenes, a discussion guide and ideas to support climate equity in your community. 

 

--- FOLLOW US---

Follow Sunny, the series creator, on Instagram: instagram.com/sunny_drake

Follow Sunny Drake Productions on Facebook: facebook.com/sunnydrake.creations

Twitter: twitter.com/sunny_drake

 

--- SERIES CREDITS for CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER SMALL TALK ---

Created by SUNNY DRAKE

Produced by SUNNY DRAKE PRODUCTIONS in association with WHY NOT THEATRE

Lead Producers: FANNY MARTIN and NAJLA NUBYANLUV

Concept Dramaturg: KEVIN MATTHEW WONG

Impact Producer & Climate Dramaturg: CHAPRECE HENRY 

Communications Producer: DANIELA GERSTMANN 

Central Audio Producers: HEATHER BROWN and RICHARD FEREN

Series funders: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council

See our website for full credits - it truly does take a village to raise a podcast.

 

 

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