Way back in 1988, guitarist Rik Emmett stunned fans when he left the successful Canadian rock group Triumph to pursue a solo career. He left many questions on the table in the wake of his departure, most of which he answers in Chapter 5 of his

A Conversation With Jane Harbury

Feb 20th, 2024 47m 48s

Jane Harbury has been a beloved figure in the Canadian music industry from her days washing dishes at Toronto's legendary Riverboat Folk Club to acting as publicist to some of the world's most revered musicians. A couple years ago I met Jane fo

Jeff Woods Wants To Turn You On

Apr 19th, 2023 38m 3s

Welcome to episode 50! When I started this podcast I had no idea whether anyone would listen or how far I’d be able to take it and yet, here we are. For this episode I reached to an old friend, Jeff Woods, to talk about his longtime love affa

Story Coaching with Erin Rodgers

Mar 13th, 2023 30m 34s

We all tell stories in our daily lives. Some are just the mundane answers to the question "How was your day?" But others are the stories we use to try to entertain or convince people of something. Whether it's a sales person presenting a produ

The Science of Sneakers with Gordon Valiant

Nov 16th, 2022 26m 1s

Gordon Valiant is a bio-mechanics engineer and 30+ year veteran at Nike where he helped develop ground breaking athletic footwear. In this episode of The Creationists, Gordon talks about what goes into the research and development of new produ

Rock Journalism with Tim Sommer

Jul 27th, 2022 1h 14m

Tim Sommer has had a remarkable life in the music industry. He became a rock journalist at the age of 16 writing for Trouser Press and then as the New York correspondent for Sounds Magazine in the UK. He was the first American to interview U2 a

Do What You Love, Love What You Do with Tim Pierce

Jun 15th, 2022 34m 48s

There’s that old saying “Do what you love, love what you.” When Tim Pierce moved to LA from Arizona, he hoped to make a living as a professional musician not knowing the path that lay ahead. It took a decade of hard work but he eventually beca

Living a True North Life with Bernie Finkelstein

Apr 5th, 2022 1h

I think that it's probably fair to say that Bernie Finkelstein is one of the architects of the Canadian music industry. He's well known as the founder of True North Records and for managing people like Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan, and Dan

Imperfectly Kind with Julie Adam

Jan 25th, 2022 41m 29s

One of the reasons that I started The Creationists podcast was in hopes of inspiring listeners to explore their own creativity. Over the past two years, I think that we've all come across friends and acquaintances who have finally taken the plu

Sub Pop Records with Jonathan Poneman

Jan 12th, 2022 50m 59s

I've worked in the music business for over half my life. One of the great privileges is to hear an amazing unknown artist and then have the opportunity to introduce them to the world. So I can only imagine what Jonathan Poneman was feeling the

Creating Live Sound with Doug McClement

Nov 24th, 2021 43m 30s

Over the course of his 45 year career, Doug McClement has established himself and his company, LiveWire, as the go to for capturing live audio on location for broadcast or recordings. He’s had a number of dream gigs over the years but in 2010 w

Chronicling the Life of Massey Hall with David McPherson

Oct 20th, 2021 39m 43s

Toronto’s Massey Hall joins Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall as one of the world's classic concert venues. But as author David McPherson discovered while researching the history of Massey, the hall has hosted plenty o

Creating Triple Bogey Beer with Geoff Tait

Sep 29th, 2021 30m 20s

In the early 2000's, Geoff Tait was running his fashion forward golf apparel company Quagmire. The business was flying and Geoff was hanging out at the Masters with golf icons Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus and partying with Kanye, Jay Z and

Still Life with Kurt Swinghammer

Sep 14th, 2021 47m 56s

In the late 1980s and early 90s, Kurt Swinghammer’s artwork became synonymous with the city Toronto as well as the Canadian hip hop scene. Art critics dubbed it neo-primitive and his abstract work could be found on radio station logos, busines

Reinvention with Rik Emmett

Sep 1st, 2021 40m 39s

As a member of the Canadian rock trio Triumph, Rik Emmett has sold millions of records and toured the world performing for millions more. Since leaving Triumph in 1988, Rik has enjoyed a successful solo recording career and, until recently, spe

One Billion Streams with Josh A

Aug 24th, 2021 34m 29s

How did his music get to one billion streams?Why is he not interested in signing with a record label?Why won't he show his face in photographs?People are motivated to create for many different reasons. For some, it’s merely self-satisfaction an

World Creativity and Innovation Day with Marci Segal

Jul 13th, 2021 34m 58s

Marci Segal was the first Canadian graduate of the International Center for Studies in Creativity program at the state university in Buffalo. She has the distinction of being the first creativity specialist hired on staff at an international ad

Creating The Liquor Vicar with Vince Ditrich

Jul 6th, 2021 37m 25s

Anyone who knows Vince Ditrich probably knows him as the merry mirthmaking drummer of Canada’s wildly popular Celtic rock band Spirit of The West. With the days of long haul touring behind him, Vince has settled into a much quieter life on the

Creating a Mockumentary with Justin McAleece

Jun 29th, 2021 34m 2s

If you been listening to The Creationists for a while, you know that I like to ask my guests about the inspiration for their creations. Sometimes it's a lightning bolt of imagination that gets a creation started, but sometimes it comes out of t

Creating a Performance with Eric Samuels

Jun 22nd, 2021 57m 7s

Though I’ve known Eric Samuels for several years, I never really knew the many roads he’s travelled to get to where he is today. When I first met Eric he was one of Canada’s leading radio programmers. I thought he was a little buttoned up the

Bonus

Kitchen Tips with Roger Mooking (Bonus Episode)

Jun 15th, 2021 16m 37s

In the previous episode of The Creationists, I talked to celebrity chef Roger Mooking about his passion for music and cooking and how he was able to make a success of two careers. As the main cook in our household, I thought I would take advant

Creative Cooking with Roger Mooking

Jun 8th, 2021 36m 21s

Not much in life beats the combination of music and food and both have been passions at the centre of Roger Mooking’s life. I first met Roger Mooking when he was a member of Bass is Bass and I worked at Warner Music Canada. Bass is Base was the

Creating Ingenuity with Taryn Bailey

Jun 1st, 2021 27m 45s

Imagine if you worked with a team for several years on creating a thing and then that thing couldn’t even be tested properly until almost a year after it was completed. And now, imagine that you can’t even see if your creation works in real ti

Creativity and the Brain with Anthony Brandt

May 25th, 2021 36m 53s

Up until now, I’ve interviewed a variety of guests about their creative process and the road they travelled to get to where they are. As a change of pace, I thought that it would be interesting to explore our brain’s relationship to creativity

Creating The Rock 'N' Roll Archaeology Project with Christian Swain

Feb 17th, 2021 41m 25s

This is the final episode of Season Three of The Creationists and since this season featured a series of music related interviews, I thought it only appropriate to include an interview with Christian Swain who, along with his longtime friend Ri