Someone immortal
Pauline, 91, gradually disappears. Names and faces escape her, her memory leaves her. Caught up in an intuition, his granddaughter, the actress Camille Paré-Poirier, decides to record it. From 2016 to 2020, Camille archives their exchanges like photos in an album. The confused speeches and the sudden clearings, the tender words and the bursts of laughter they steal from time. In the second episode, the health emergency is declared. Pauline is just a voice on the phone. These finely chiseled snippets of conversation serve as a narrative framework for Someone immortal, a moving podcast on the expectation of mourning and ordinary death. The miniseries, directed by Julien Morissette (Daniel Bélanger: Dreaming Again, McGarrigle Radio Time) and produced by Transistor Media, was the subject of a listening session at the Casa d’Italia last Thursday, in partnership with the Cinéma Public.
Limited Capacity
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Limited Capacity
Those who liked Black mirror will devour the latest CBC proposal, Limited Capacity. The podcast (English-speaking, it should be noted) is reminiscent of the popular Netflix series with its corrosive humor, twisted twists and technodystopian tales. A Zoom room that answers everything that is said there. A war of memes that takes a dramatic turn. An influencer page that hides a terrible secret. The series, an original idea of Rob Norman, comes in six short stories of technological slippages. In this ultra-connected era (hello, telecommuting!), Limited Capacity blurs the lines between thriller, satire and documentary.
Under the cap
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Under the cap
What effects will climate change have on viticulture? Is the local a passing fad? What is light glass? In his very first podcast, Under the cap, the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) invites industry players to its microphone to discuss issues that interest (and concern) wine lovers. Environment, local purchase: the first three episodes of the series propose possible solutions for a greener and more resilient wine industry. Alcohol-free wines, the deposit and trades of the SAQ are among the next themes of the series. Each episode is consumed in less than a quarter of an hour, perfect for an aperitif. Available on the SAQ website and on the main listening platforms.
Dialogues
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Dialogues
Series Dialogues, whose last activities date back to 2019, unveiled in December four new episodes with Joséphine Bacon, Michel Marc Bouchard, Kim Thúy and Michel Tremblay. Presented by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the series of interviews offers those who have missed them discussions recorded in front of the public at the Grande Bibliothèque and in which the artists open the doors to their creative universe. Thus, the Innu poets Joséphine Bacon and Marie-André Gill discuss the transmission of indigenous knowledge and the writer Kim Thúy delivers a declaration of love for the French language. New: each episode now opens with a preface by cultural host Nicolas Ouellet.