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.
From a single social media channel to the head of a podcast network: a conversation with Ryan Verrill (part six)
Part six of my conversation with Ryan Verrill, focused on his podcast network Someone’s Favorite Productions, the shows on the network, and his upcoming plans.
Creating The Physical Media Advocate: a conversation with Ryan Verrill (part five)
Part five of my conversation with Ryan Verrill, focused on his magazine The Physical Media Advocate.
Becoming someone’s favourite supplements producers: a conversation with Ryan Verrill (part four)
Part four of my conversation with Ryan Verrill, focused on how he started producing movie supplements and his insights on the boutique Blu-ray industry.
The adventure continues with the Shelf Shock Rewind Awards: a conversation with Ryan Verrill (part three)
Part three of my conversation with Ryan Verrill of Disc-Connected and Someone’s Favorite Productions, focusing on interviews and the Shelf Shock Rewind Awards.
Re-Connected live every Thursday: a conversation with Ryan Verrill (part two)
Part two of my conversation with Ryan Verrill, focused on his live show Re-Connected.
How he became Disc-Connected: a conversation with Ryan Verrill (part one)
Part one of my conversation with Ryan Verrill from Disc-Connected and Someone’s Favorite Productions. We discuss the origins of his channel and what influenced his ethos of integrity.
Delivering movie supplements with a healthy love of puns: my conversation with Will Dodson (part two)
In part two of my conversation with film professor Will Bering, we talk about Someone’s Favorite Productions, as well as his process for producing supplements to movies.
Delivering movie supplements with a healthy love of puns: my conversation with Will Dodson (part one)
The first part of my conversation with Will Dodson, in which we talk about how he got into movies and collecting and started producing physical media supplements.
And there was after “Action U.S.A”: Chris Haskell talks movies, Punk Vacation and They Live By Film (part two)
The second part of my interview with podcast host, writer, and cinephile Chris Haskell from They Live By Film and Punk Vacation.
There was before “Action U.S.A.”…: Chris Haskell talks movies, Punk Vacation and They Live By Film (part one)
Part one of my interview with podcast host, writer, and cinephile Chris Haskell from They Live By Film and Punk Vacation.
10,000 discs and more, but who’s counting?: Gary Tooze shares the story of DVDBeaver
My interview with Gary Tooze, the owner of the physical media review website DVDBeaver.
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.
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.