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 he became Disc-Connected: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea 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”: What’s the idea with Chris Haskell (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.”…: What’s the idea with Chris Haskell (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?: What’s the idea with Gary Tooze 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: What’s the idea with Erin Brenner
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: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea with Carolyne Van Der Meer
My conversation with poet, author, and journalist Carolyne Van Der Meer on her chapbook Birdology (2025).
Sharing her stories, and theirs too: What’s the idea 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”: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea 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: What’s the idea 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 with “A Thousand Tiny Awakenings”: What’s the idea with Connor Lafortune and Lindsay Mayhew
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.
The story of Chytomo: What’s the idea with Iryna Baturevych
A conversation with Iryna Baturevych, co-founder of Chytomo, the Ukrainian arts and culture platform dedicated to promoting Ukrainian literature.
How to build a freelance editing business by choosing a niche: What’s the idea with Patricia MacDonald
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.
How they developed their feminist poetry anthology “Woman, Life, Freedom”: What’s the idea with Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom
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: What’s the idea with Gael Spivak
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.