What’s Your Idea
Featured interviews
Artists, editors and writers, business owners, and generally interesting people discuss the ideas that inspired the product or project of their choice in long-form conversations that are then edited from the transcription. These conversations are intended to be informative, honest, and inspiring for anyone driven to bring their ideas to reality.
How two decades of building her online presence helped Erin Brenner write the book on freelance editing
An interview with editor Erin Brenner, the acclaimed author of the book The Chicago Guide to Freelance Editing.
The journey to celebrating the unfettered creativity of the movies and the people celebrating them: My conversation with Chris Haskell
An interview with podcast host, writer, and cinephile Chris Haskell from They Live By Film and Punk Vacation.
Thinking for the faces about to be born: My conversation with Daniel Coleman on the ideas in his book “Grandfather of the Treaties” (part two)
My conversation with author and professor Daniel Coleman focusing on the themes of his book Grandfather of the Treaties (2025). This is the second part of a two-part conversation.
The journey of learning from the place where you live: My conversation with Daniel Coleman on the writing of his book “Grandfather of the Treaties” (part one)
My conversation with author and professor Daniel Coleman on his book Grandfather of the Treaties (2025). This is the first part of a two-part conversation.
The science of grief and birds: Carolyne Van Der Meer on her book “Birdology”
My conversation with poet, author, and journalist Carolyne Van Der Meer on her chapbook Birdology (2025).
Sharing her stories, and theirs too: My conversation with Hollay Ghadery on “Widow Fantasies”
My conversation with author Hollay Ghadery about her short story collection Widow Fantasies (2024).
“Can I do that? You can do whatever you want”: My conversation with Hollay Ghadery on her poetry collection “Rebellion Box”
An interview with author and poet Hollay Ghadery about poetry collection Rebellion Box (2023). We discuss the book’s development, writing, and editing process and her favourite poets and poems from the collection.
Serving the Venn diagram of Canadian movie lovers and collectors: My conversation with Pascal Fortin from Rough Cut Video
An interview with Pascal Fortin, the owner of Rough Cut Video, Canada’s boutique Blu-ray retail store.
The stories we tell ourselves, the stories we are told, and those too often untold: My conversation with Hollay Ghadery about her memoir “Fuse”
An interview with author and poet Holaly Ghadery about her memoir Fuse (2021). We discuss the book’s development, writing, and editing process and her approach to honesty and truth.
The unusual vulnerability of washing a stranger’s feet: My conversation with author Catherine Bush
Our conversation with Catherine Bush, the Canadian author of the story story collection Skin and five other novels.
Uplifting young voices to create change: My discussion with co-editors Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew about “A Thousand Tiny Awakenings”
Our conversation with Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew, the co-editors of their anthology A Thousand Tiny Awakenings, which collects the voices of young artists in the pursuit of advocacy and activism.
Integrity, flexibility, and diverse funding: Iryna Baturevych’s insight on persevering for success
A conversation with Iryna Baturevych, co-founder of Chytomo, the Ukrainian arts and culture platform dedicated to promoting Ukrainian literature.
Patricia MacDonald’s essential advice on building a freelance editing business by choosing a niche
Our conversation with Patricia MacDonald, a Canadian editor who specializes in editing books about sports and athletes. We discuss how she built her business and the key factors that drove her success.
“Woman, Life, Freedom”: How Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom developed their feminist poetry anthology
Our conversation with Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom, the co-editors of the poetry anthology “Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution”
Gael Spivak’s transformation of the communications plan for the ISO plain language standard
Our interview with Gael Spivak, with a focus on her idea to establish communication guidelines during the process of publishing the ISO plain language standards, and how that transformed the publication process.
Victoria Narizhna from Kovyla Publishing on the inspiration for “Stories from Ukraine” (Part three of three)
Part three of our interview with Victoria Narizhna, the founder and editor in chief of Kovyla Publishing. Kovyla Publishing is a a new Ukrainian publishing house focused on new Ukrainian voices.
Victoria Narizhna from Kovyla Publishing on the inspiration for “Stories from Ukraine” (Part two of three)
Part two of our interview with Victoria Narizhna, the founder and editor in chief of Kovyla Publishing. Kovyla Publishing is a a new Ukrainian publishing house focused on new Ukrainian voices.
Victoria Narizhna from Kovyla Publishing on the inspiration for “Stories from Ukraine” (Part one of three)
Part one of our interview with Victoria Narizhna, the founder and editor in chief of Kovyla Publishing. Kovyla Publishing is a a new Ukrainian publishing house focused on new Ukrainian voices.