Some new podcasts

Looking for some company while you walk the dog, hit the gym or do the laundry?

Here are three new episodes of podcasts made here in Newfoundland and Labrador. (From time to time, I’ll point to some good things to hear, read, see or experience.)

Adam Walsh — a friend, former colleague and intermittent trivia collaborator — has been fronting a recently launched podcast called This is Newfoundland and Labrador. This week’s edition features Mark Dobbin, and the focus is on the local tech sector.

Journalist Alex Bill and recovering retired politician Andrew Parsons have teamed up to produce a political podcast called The Honourable and the Hack. (The names are reversed for the title, btw.) The latest podcast features Kate Cadigan, who made history in the fall while becoming the youngest person ever elected to St. John’s council. Here’s the YouTube version of their conversation:

From politics to books… Esteemed author Trudy Morgan-Cole has for years been hosting a books-focused podcast called Shelf Esteem, which is one of my favourite podcast titles. (I’ve also been a guest on the show, talking with Trudy a couple of years ago about Sarah Polley’s Run Towards the Danger.)

The latest episode features Heather Barrett, the host of CBC Radio’s Weekend AM and the author of The Mill Girls, a book about young women who migrated from Newfoundland decades ago to work in the industrial mills of southwestern Ontario. Here’s their conversation: