Matt Hertendy from the New Theatre of Ottawa company joins us on this episode. Listen now to learn about some of the things that go on behind the scenes of building a company, and everything Matt and his team is working on!      Related StoriesOttawhat 144 – Matt Hertendy - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - EnclosureOttawhat 5 – Becca Hrab - Enclosure 

Ottawhat? - An Ottawa podcast

Ottawhat 144 – Matt Hertendy

On this week’s show, we met Nathan and Natania, the co-founders of Stars In A Jar, a charity helping to connect child cancer survivors with young cancer patients.      Related StoriesOttawhat 143 – Nathan Adolphe and Natania Abebe (Stars In A Jar) - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - EnclosureOttawhat 5 – Becca Hrab - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 143 – Nathan Adolphe and Natania Abebe (Stars In A Jar)

Our guest this week is Zoe Towne, a local musician and actor who is keeping busy selling out venues like Live on Elgin with her bands, Jumpin’ Joe Flash and Valois.      Related StoriesOttawhat 142 – Zoe Towne - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - EnclosureOttawhat 5 – Becca Hrab - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 142 – Zoe Towne

This week’s episode features Ewan Reid, President and CEO of Mission Control Space Services. We learned about his work on the Space Shuttle program, the transition to starting his own space services company, and his other athletic and theatrical accomplishments.      Related StoriesOttawhat 141 – Ewan Reid (Mission Control Space Services) - EnclosureOttawhat 125 – Greg Houston - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 141 – Ewan Reid (Mission Control Space Services)

In the debut episode of 2018, we met Jumpin’ Joel Flash, who with his band the Magic Machine are releasing their very first single The Rain at a ‘mega-party’ at Live on Elgin on February 16th.      Related StoriesOttawhat 140 – Jumpin’ Joel Flash - EnclosureOttawhat 127 – Charlie Hoppner - EnclosureOttawhat 129 – Maeve Montgomery-Lalonde - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 140 – Jumpin’ Joel Flash

On the show this week, we met Patrick Rock, winner of Season 5 of the singing competition The Shot this summer.      Related StoriesOttawhat 139 – Patrick Rock - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - EnclosureOttawhat 5 – Becca Hrab - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 139 – Patrick Rock

Tuong La has a LOT going on. In this episode, we try to get to the bottom of what sustains all his jobbies (jobs/hobbies), including podcasting, video production, improv comedy, and much, much more!      Related StoriesOttawhat 138 – Tuong La - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - EnclosureOttawhat 5 – Becca Hrab - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 138 – Tuong La

Ruth Kwan grew up in Ottawa studying music, and is back in town now after spending four years touring across North America with The Phantom of the Opera.      Related StoriesOttawhat 137 – Ruth Kwan - EnclosureOttawhat 127 – Charlie Hoppner - EnclosureOttawhat 129 – Maeve Montgomery-Lalonde - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 137 – Ruth Kwan

On the show this week, we met the founder of Nora Swimwear, Ashley Lemmon. Hear all about her time in England, her experience starting a business and helping other women do the same, and all the work that goes in to making a clothing line.      Related StoriesOttawhat 136 – Ashley Lemmon - EnclosureOttawhat 121 – James Fitzgerald (Tespa Carleton) - EnclosureOttawhat 122 – Marc Evans - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 136 – Ashley Lemmon

This week’s show features Ottawa’s premiere scrunge band, Josephine Leone. We’re joined by Val, Mike, and Pete to discuss the process of making their new EP, and everything that goes along with doing that entirely on their own.      Related StoriesOttawhat 135 – Josephine Leone - EnclosureOttawhat 4 – Zach Hayes - EnclosureOttawhat 5 – Becca Hrab - Enclosure 

Ottawhat 135 – Josephine Leone

In this episode, we met with John Girgis, who came to talk about Biotown, an open-access, DIY biology lab located right in downtown Ottawa.      

Ottawhat 134 – John Girgis

On the show this week, part owner of Yuk Yuks Ottawa, Dan Shields, is our guest. We talked about a little of everything in this one, including Dan’s favourite sport, basketball, and how Ottawa has changed in the last several decades.      

Ottawhat 133 – Dan Shields

This week’s episode features Becca Alkerton, a born and raised Ottawan who currently calls Hintonburg home. We talked about Capital Pride, some cool charitable organizations around the city, and Becca taught us how to tie a bowtie!      

Ottawhat 132 – Becca Alkerton

This week’s podcast features Mariam Zohouri, community leader for Mealshare in Ottawa and Montreal. Mealshare works with local restaurants across Canada to provide food to children in the city who otherwise might not eat anything.      

Ottawhat 131 – Mariam Zohouri

On the show this week, we met Gary Sisson, owner of Garaoke Karaoke and DJ Services, who has been serving the National Capital Region’s Karaoke needs for over 20 years.      

Ottawhat 130 – Gary Sisson

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