Episodes

  • Hands Passing Forward: Cole
    Feb 24 2022

    Odette Auger interviews award winning Kwakwaka’wakw carver Cole Speck. He learned from elders and master carvers Wayne Alfred and Beau Dick. Cole talks about his deep love and respect for his culture, while exploring his bold contemporary style that is deeply rooted in tradition.

    Hands Passing Forward is an interview series created and produced by Odetter Auger. Opening Music by Johnny Hanuse. Funding by the First People Cultural Council and the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Special thanks to the Podcast From Hear workshop and Dan Peters of Spark Music.

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    43 mins
  • Hands Passing Forward: Jesse
    Feb 18 2022

    Odette Auger talks with contemporary Coast Salish carver Jesse Reclama. Jesse works full time as a carver and part time as a language teacher. We’ll hear about his passion, drives, and inspiration that flow into his craft, his work, and his teaching.


    Hands Passing Forward is an interview series created and produced by Odetter Auger. Opening Music by Johnny Hanuse. Funding by the First People Cultural Council and the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Special thanks to the Podcast From Hear workshop and Dan Peters of Spark Music.

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    1 hr
  • Hands Passing Forward: Pamela
    Feb 11 2022

    In this story, Ts'msyen audio storyteller Pamela Post talks about her heritage, her work, and projects.


    Hands Passing Forward is an interview series created and produced by Odetter Auger. Opening Music by Johnny Hanuse. Funding by the First People Cultural Council and the Community Radio Fund of Canada. SpecialThanks to the Podcast From Hear workshop and Dan Peters of Spark Music.

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    24 mins
  • Hands Passing Forward: Sosan
    Feb 4 2022

    This episode features Tla'amin weaver Sosan Blanely and Elder Elsie Pau. You will hear their conversation as they weave, visit, and share teachings. Hands Passing Forward is a series of interviews created and produced by Odette Auger.

    Opening Music by Johnny Hanuse. Funding by the First People Cultural Council and the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Special thanks to the Podcast From Hear workshop and Dan Peters of Spark Music.

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    42 mins
  • In Conversation with jaye simpson
    Nov 12 2021

    jaye simpson is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. simpson is a writer, advocate and activist sharing their knowledge and lived experiences in hope of creating utopia.

    they are published in several magazines including Poetry Is Dead, This Magazine, PRISM international, SAD Magazine: Green, GUTS Magazine, SubTerrain, Grain and Room. They are in two anthologies: Hustling Verse (2019) and Love After the End (2020). Their first poetry collection, it was never going to be okay (Nightwood Ed.) was shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award and a 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize Finalist while also winning the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry in English.

    they are a displaced Indigenous person resisting, ruminating and residing on xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nations territories, colonially known as Vancouver.

    CFUV 101.9 FM is a nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria Campus on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples.

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    32 mins
  • The Historical Natives presents: Tales of Sasquatch part 2
    Oct 29 2021

    Is Sasquatch a spiritual creature, or distant ancestor to humans, or connected to aliens? In this episode the Historical Natives delve into the stories, histories, and experiences of Sasquatch. Featuring guests, Eric Hunt, Noel Pootlas, Chuck John, and Elaine Kwandibens, hosts Josef Stafford and Mackenzie Taylor seek to find the answer to who Sasquatch is.


    The Historical Natives is a horror-themed podcast that covers Native American history, culture, language, and folklore. Founded by a sibling duo wanting to learn more about their culture, they create digital art and short stories to accompany their researched information.

    This podcast was created and produced by Mackenzie Taylor and Josef Stafford. It was created at CFUV with financial support from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organization mandated to provide financial support to nonprofit radio stations in Canada. CFUV is a nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria Campus on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples. Visit CFUVpodcasts.com or search for CFUV wherever you get your podcasts for more home-grown, cutting-edge content.

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    35 mins
  • The Historical Natives presents: Tales of Sasquatch part 1
    Oct 22 2021

    Is Sasquatch a spiritual creature, or distant ancestor to humans, or connected to aliens? In this episode the Historical Natives delve into the stories, histories, and experiences of Sasquatch. Featuring guests, Eric Hunt, Noel Pootlas, Chuck John, and Elaine Kwandibens, hosts Josef Stafford and Mackenzie Taylor seek to find the answer to who Sasquatch is.

    The Historical Natives is a horror-themed podcast that covers Native American history, culture, language, and folklore. Founded by a sibling duo wanting to learn more about their culture, they create digital art and short stories to accompany their researched information.

    This podcast was created and produced by Mackenzie Taylor and Josef Stafford. It was created at CFUV with financial support from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organization mandated to provide financial support to nonprofit radio stations in Canada. CFUV is a nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria Campus on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples. Visit CFUVpodcasts.com or search for CFUV wherever you get your podcasts for more home-grown, cutting-edge content.

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    29 mins
  • Wildflower In Bloom: A Chat With Catherine Lafferty Part 2
    Oct 15 2021

    Catherine Lafferty, whose Dene name is Katija is a Yellowknife Dene author, reporter, law student, and mother. She is the author of Northern Wildflower, published by fernwood in 2018, and Land-Water-Sky published by Fernwood in 2020. She writes for IndigiNews, the Tyee, the Briarpatch and other publications.

    In our conversations we explored four excerpts of her work: Northern Wildflower, Land-Water-Sky,This House is Not a Home and Firekeeper. In these pieces Catherine explores the concept of justice. In each story the different characters yearn for justice, are controlled by themes of injustice, endure injustices and reclaim justice, and wrestle with the personal responsibilities of what justice means.

    This podcast was created and produced by Catherine Lafferty and Cassidy Villebrun-Buracas. It was created at CFUV with financial support from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the only organization mandated to provide financial support to nonprofit radio stations in Canada. CFUV is a nonprofit radio station broadcasting from the University of Victoria Campus on the traditional, unceded, unsurrendered territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ and Lkwungen peoples. Visit CFUVpodcasts.com or search for CFUV wherever you get your podcasts for more home-grown, cutting-edge content.

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    52 mins