Today on the show we are joined once again with the incredibly multi-talented musician and visionary STORRY. Last year we caught up with her around the release of her album "CH III: The Come Up" and this time around we talk about the incredible stuff she made over the year, connecting her past as a sex worker with her music, creating live experiences, and he recent Juno nomination in the same category beside one of her childhood heroes Celine Dion.

Episode 139 featuring STORRY

Today on the show we are joined with Selina Rose! Selina is an author, life coach, master of meditation, nutritionist, and someone who I am now referring to as my Guru! In this episode we dive deep into themes of personal growth, self care, the layers of hidden philosophy in Winnie the Pooh, and even do a quick meditation session near the end.

Episode 147 featuring Selina Rose

Today on the show we are joined with singer/songwriter Brooklyn Doran. She has recently released her new single titled "Fuck That Guy" that is now available everywhere, and alongside of talking to her about the track, we dive into her backstory of becoming an musician, chat about video games, and take a very honest, deep, and introspective look on struggles, victories, and all that is in between on the rollercoaster which is the path of an artist.

Episode 155 featuring Brooklyn Doran

Today on the show we are joined with singer/songwriter Bruno Capinan. Bruno released a beautiful new album titled "Tara Rara" that is inspired from the roots of Brazilian ancestors while thematically taking you through a journey of love and pain. Also in this interview we talk about Bruno's journey in life, growing up not feeling like a man or woman, evolving the confidence to embrace the identity of a non binary person while learning how to express their true self through art, music, and day to day life. Bruno is a prime example of the amazing journey one can take by unapologetically embracing your true self.

Episode 170 featuring Bruno Capinan

Today on the show we are joined with our nations voice of the planet, the legendary David Suzuki! Currently David and the CBC are on the verge of releasing a brand new documentary titled Apocalypse Plan B that airs this Friday at 8PM (And will be available afterwards on the CBC Gem streaming service). Around hearing about this documentary that David claims is one of the most important films he ever worked on, we learn about how he became a TV personality by accident, how the mainstream media distracts us from critical issues, human ego causing global demise, our unnatural evolution, growth of technology, dangers of misinformation, artificial intelligence, SEX ROBOTS!, and so much more. If you only know David Suzuki from television this may be one of the most candid interviews you ever heard in his career.

Episode 182 featuring David Suzuki

Today we are joined Belgian/German hardcore scene legend Paddy of the band NASTY! In the next 24 hours of this episode drop they will have released their latest album "Heartbreak Criminals" that we got to listen to early and it blew our f**kin balls off! Must hear if you're into heavy music. Around Paddy telling us about the making of the album, he explains what this band meant to the past 20 years of his life, the crazy live experience of NASTY, and leaves us with advice for new upcoming bands.

Episode 198 feat NASTY - 20 Years of Hardcore!

Today we are joined with Daniela Pagliarello and Aisha Evelyna who are the writers, directors, and staring actresses of the multi-award winning web-series The Drop. Alongside hearing about how they met, and how this satire on modern day culture in the city of Toronto came to be, they share some game on screen writing, directing, acting, and how to take a big idea and bring it to life.

You can WATCH all 4 episodes of The Drop right now on the NARCITY YouTube Channel!

Episode 213 featuring The Drop

Today we are joined with the legend and black metal pioneer Ihsahn (of Emperor!) around his new self titled solo album that is an absolute cinematic soundscape that combines the influences orchestral film scores, story telling, and his natural expression of extreme metal. Ihsahn has a brilliant mind and authentic approach to his creative process since he set out on his musical journey in the early 90's. It was an absolute pleasure to pick his brain, learn about his philosophies of being an artist, and lets us know after all these years "Is he still having fun making music?"

Episode 217 featuring IHSAHN (Emperor)

Today we are joined with actress/screenwriter Sara Waisglass from the hit Netflix series Ginny & Georgia and the ever so beloved Degrassi (The Next Generation/The Next Class). She is currently the co-star alongside SNL's Michaela Watkins in a brand new film titled SUZE that is hitting theatres this week. Alongside talking about the film and her iconic roles throughout her career, we also take a some time to chat about life, what it's like to have over 2 million Instagram followers, and managing your mental health while being in the public eye. 

Sara is also an advocate with the Unsinkable mental health support group, and here is a link to their resources if you feel in need to check that out - https://www.weareunsinkable.com/

Also want to remind you today that YOU ARE LOVED!    
 
Suze will also be hitting theatres across Canada on February 23rd and across North America on March 1st.

Ep 219 featuring Sara Waisglass (Ginny & Georgia/Degrassi/SUZE)

Today we are joined by Jon Elmaleh of Toronto's Alt-Punk/Post Hardcore act Napoleon. They have just released a brand new EP "Dear God" based on his personal experiences of seeing people in his life use their religious beliefs for evil. Beyond hearing how the band came to be and the evolution of their sound, Jon explains how he felt vulnerable taking this direction with their latest project and almost rewrote all the lyrics. This story is a true example of how projecting your truth and sticking to what's in your heart can unexpectedly connect with people who may not have the voice to do so themselves.

Ep 241 featuring Napoleon (Jon Elmaleh)

Today we are joined once again with the beautiful badass Charlotte Kirk to talk about her brand new film Duchess (Directed by Neil Marshall of The Decent, Hellboy, Game of Thrones). Around getting a behind the scenes look into this film, we get to hear about her embracing the world of action and future projects alongside legends such as Dolf Lundgren and Michael Jai White. Like always we dive into some beyond the surface subjects too such as vulnerability as a working actress, finding inspiration, and advice for actors trying to take a step into the film industry.

Episode 243 featuring Charlotte Kirk (Duchess Film)

Today we are joined with Juha Raivio the founding member of Swallow The Sun to celebrate their 25 year legacy in music. STS always made the music they wanted to make, and we learn through Juha's spirit that keeping true to yourself can withstand the test of times despite ever changing trends and closed minded critics. We also hear about the music writing process leading up to their latest upcoming album release "Shining" which opened up the topics on the affects on ones mental health, using the source of real life pain into your artistic expression, and how if he took the approach of their previous album (Moonflowers) that "He would have blown his brains out". We appreciate Juha for being an absolute open book to us in this conversation and around what we explained, this chat isn't all doom and gloom and filled with many moments of laughter and inspiration from the Swallow The Sun journey.

Episode 244 featuring Swallow The Sun (Juha Raivio)

Today we are joined with director Peter Lepeniotis to get a behind the scenes look into R.L. Stine's latest film "ZOMBIE TOWN" that features mega legends such as Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase! Also around hearing about how Zombie Town came to be, we take a dive into Peter's amazing history as a legend himself in the animation world. His work spans across some of the most iconic films such as Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, Madagascar, Casper (1995) and so much more. We also learn about how he transitioned from an animator into the directors chair with his hilarious squirrel film "The Nut Job" and leaves us with amazing advice for fellow creators who are trying to bring their big ideas to life.

Episode 246 - R.L. Stine's Zombie Town

Today we are joined with Tribulation's founding member Adam Zaars to get some insight on their 20 year legacy as a band and their brand new album "Sub Rosa In Æternum" that dropped this past week. We personally think the album is a modern goth-rock/metal masterpiece and thoroughly geeked out hearing the influence and story behind them taking a different direction towards their latest work. Truly an ever evolving group and Adam leaves us with advice for any aspiring bands and musicians. 


Episode 247 featuring Tribulation (Adam Zaars)

Today we are joined with Director/Photographer Ashlea Wessel to talk about her journey into making horror films. She recently had two of her short films in "Creepy Bits 2" at the Blood In The Snow film festival in Toronto, and around hearing about her creation process she gives us some advice for any aspiring filmmakers. Ashlea is truly a well of knowledge, experience, and good vibes! We thoroughly enjoyed this chat.

Episode 248 feat Director Ashlea Wessel on THE ART OF HORROR

Today we are joined with filmmaker Jeff Finn around the release of his brand new docuseries (and what he considers his life's work) Before The End: Searching for Jim Morrison that takes a deep dive into the mysterious nature of Jim's death, while also featuring some of the most candid interviews you will ever hear from the people who were actually a part of Jim Morrison's life. Around getting this extremely in depth look into the legendary front man of The Doors you will see some of the most remarkable things unfold for Jeff in real time on his journey that causes him to hire detectives, private investigators, professionals in forensics, and much more to piece together some insane discoveries. This is the ultimate documentary for any music lovers who are also into true crime! 

Episode 251 feat Director of "Before The End: Searching For Jim Morrison"

Did you know that "Night of the Living Dead" creator and the king of zombie horror genre George A Romero wrote an entire script that was intended to be the very first Resident Evil film? We are joined by director Brandon Salisbury who masterfully broke down the whole story and first draft of the script in his new documentary titled "GEORGE A ROMERO's RESIDENT EVIL". Alongside giving him praise on his film that any fan of either side of this coin should check out, we hear about his own history with the Resident Evil franchise and personal connection to the legacy of George A Romero.


Episode 252 featuring GEORGE A. ROMERO's RESIDENT EVIL (Documentary)

Today we are joined with singer/songwriter Kasey Karlsen of Deadlands around the release of their brand new debut EP titled "SEVEN". The absolute hype of this release is astronomical and it is amazing to pick Kasey's brain at such an exciting time in her career. She shares with us how she used to rock out in her bedroom and dream about being in a band as a kid. We also learn how she found her voice and became a jack of all trades "Swiss Army Knife" of metal vocals and styles. Deadlands also recently dropped a single with The Pretty Wild and we get a behind the scenes look into that song Kundalini and making that music video with a bunch of live snakes. Lots of insight, laughs, and Kasey leaves us with advice for any aspiring vocalists wanting to turn their music into a profession.

Episode 269 featuring Kasey Karlsen of Deadlands!

Today we are joined with one of Canada's finest emcee's Shad around the release of his brand new album Start Anew. This piece has incredible depth about life itself and opened up the doors for a highly layered interview. Around the music we talk battle rap, the power of individuality, and the multiple lessons he learned on his journey hosting the Netflix series Hip-Hop Evolution. 

Episode 276 featuring SHAD K ! (Start Anew and Netflix Hip-Hop Evolution)

Today we are joined with Martin McPhail who is one 3rd of the Juno Award winning, blockbuster film & trailer scoring trio BLITZ//BERLIN. Martin and the gang went from being a humble Canadian punk band to setting the sounds of some of the biggest franchises (Alien Earth, Top Gun Maverick, GOT: House Of Dragons, Bladerunner 2049, Far Cry 6 x Stranger Things, AND MORE). We learn about his latest work in "Silent Night, Deadly Night" that is hitting theatres on December 12th while getting a fascinating look into the process of scoring a major top secret Hollywood trailers before the release. From getting an email from Tom Cruise to collaborating with Slash (Guns N Roses) for the latest Deathstalker movie, Martin is full of awesome stories, great insight, and awesome vibes.

Episode 279 featuring Blitz//Berlin (Martin Macphail)

Today we are joined with Neil Osborn of the legendary 54-40 to chat about their brand new album Porto and reminisce on some of their past greatest hits. We also get a fascinating look into Neil's songwriting influence connecting to Carl Jung's dream interpretation and how he took a nightmare about the apocalypse and turned it into an amazing tune. In the end it is not all doom in gloom as we both came to the conclusion of if there was ever a massive society collapse, there will still be music.

Episode 280 featuring 54-40 (Neil Osborn)

Today we have a one on one chat with Chase Wilson from Ov Sulfur about the making of their brand new album Endless that combines and breaks all tropes of the Deathcore, Black Metal, and Metalcore genres. Alongside that we learn about his head tattoo that was inspired by the 2015 Robert Eggers film "The Witch", how he immortalized his grandfather who passed at the end of their recent single Wither, and that one of our favorite moments of the album is actually a secret nod to the band Creed!?!

Episode 281 featuring Ov Sulfur (Chase Wilson)

Today we are joined with UK singer/songwriter Kezia Gill. She has a brand new album titled "All On Red" dropping on January 23rd that covers themes of betting on yourself, following your intuition, and even just drinking some f**kin whiskey! Kezia got an infectious spirit that is super fun and introspective. We had a great time hearing about her journey into music and a whole bunch of other topics.

Episode 282 featuring Kezia Gill

Today we are joined with film director / Canadian broadcast legend Sook-Yin Lee to reflect on her past Much Music adventures and her current movie "Paying For It" that hits select theatres this week. Along with some of the thematic narrative of this film it really opened us up to hear a lot about her journey of both film directing and becoming one of the most beloved music VJ's that hit all of our television screens across the nation.

Episode 283 featuring Sook-Yin Lee (Much Music & Paying For It)

Today we are joined with actor Herman Tommeras and director Emma Higgins to get a behind the scenes look into their new psychological thriller SWEETNESS. This film is absolutely crushing with the critics and gives us a bit of a modern vibe of Stephen Kings Misery story (with the roles of a pop rock star held captive by an obsessive fan). Layers of character depth with real life themes of mental health, toxic fandom, artist exhaustion, vices, and much more made this a great conversation around the film itself. We thoroughly enjoyed this flick and after this interview we gained even more layers of appreciation for it. 

Episode 284 featuring SWEETNESS Film (Actor & Director)

Today joining us all the way from Portugal we are graced with the mysterious presence of one of our new favorite metal music acts Gaerea! They are on the verge of releasing their new album titled Loss that is dropping on March 20th that I can only describe as a cinematic experience. We take a deep dive into learning about the raw beauty of this piece and how the band has evolved to break traditional boundaries of the genre to unshackle their artistic expression and creative freedom. What we love the most about this interview is how it continues to go deeper as the themes of the album brings up real life topics such as managing grief, shattering vulnerability, and authentically making art from the core of your soul. I feel like this is a great interview for both long time and new Gaerea fans to get to know a bit more about the man behind the mask.

Episode 285 featuring GAEREA! Evolution of Sound, Loss, and Shattering Vulnerability

Today we are joined with writer/director/producer/creative genius Patrick Maloney! Pat has produced comedic content for Vice, Funny or Die, and his multi million viewed youtube channel Random at Best. Around talking about his path into the entertainment industry, we go off the rails and cover many other awesome topics like float tanks, true ghosts stories, the Niagara Region, the Toronto legend known as Zanta and more!

Episode 38 featuring Patrick Maloney (Vice, Funny or Die, RAB)

Today on this very special episode we are joined with Yuan Jing who is a real life Shaolin Warrior Monk. We talk about his upbringing/training in China to moving to Toronto to teach at the Buddhist Temple and the contrasting pace from his homeland to the city. This talk covers so many subjects such as the art of kung fu, meditation, mental health, how the Shaolin are portrayed in North American entertainment, and much more.

Episode 114 featuring Yuan Jing (Shaolin Warrior Monk)

Today on the show we get a quick interview with Robby Baca from Indianapolis prog-metal band The Contortionist just moments away from playing a sold out show at The Phoenix. We chat it up about his experience on tour with Devin Townsend, their latest EP Our Bones, history of the band finding their sound, random insights from podcast/books he has been consuming, and how their cover of Smashing Pumpkins "1979" made me have a further appreciation for the deeper lyrical aspects of that song.

Photo Cred: Brad Ardley (Check out https://www.bradardley.com/ for amazing concert photos and content).

Episode 117 feat. Robby Baca (The Contortionist)

Today we are joined with Johannes Eckerström of the Swedish theatrical heavy metal band Avatar. If you never seen or heard Avatar before, all I can say is it's an absolute SPECTACLE. We hear all about their humble beginning to the monster this band has become.

Episode 124 featuring Avatar (Johannes Eckerström)

Today on the show we are joined by 3 time cancer survivor, soccer player/hip hop artist Tymaz "The Warrior". He takes us on his journey from being diagnosed with his illness and his uphill climb that lead to his most recent single "Told You" that he dedicates to all the doctors and nurses that told him he could never recover like he has. This episode is full of inspiration and perspective to appreciate good health and never take that blessing for granted.

Episode 131 featuring Tymaz The Warrior

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