Best Catherin Skinner Podcasts (2025)

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Staying Here with Joe Lapinski 56:07

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Joe Lapinski is a songwriter, producer, performer, and soundscape designer based in St. Catharine’s, Ontario. His fourth full length album ‘New Day’ was released earlier in 2025 and we sit down to talk about music and mental health. This open-hearted conversation covers finding deep, lasting love, building a family, and confronting trauma to show u…

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Embracing the Unexpected with Eve Atoms 58:31

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Eve Atoms is a Niagara Region poet, songwriter, spoken word, and experiential artist. In this soul-connected conversation, we visit so many topics that resonate deeply; motherhood and the necessity of self-care, balancing a demanding career and creative life, spiritual agency, integrating Jedi wisdom, and the healing power of the forest. Eve asks t…

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The Leadership of Helping with Rick McLean 52:47

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Rick McLean is singer/songwriter who lives in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada. He is Anishinaabe, Odawa Wolf Clan, with roots in Wikwemikong Manitoulin Island. Rick is also a professor of Indigenous Studies at Mohawk College, a traditional knowledge keeper, sweat lodge conductor and pipe carrier who graduated from Brock University. His facili…

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The Language of Waiting with Courtney Tudman 54:33

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In this episode, I sit down with Niagara Falls poet Courtney Tudman, who I discovered amidst the pandemic and whose work I quickly came to love as a source of incredible grounding and hope. Courtney and I have the most beautiful conversation in what feel to me like a reflection of souls. We chat about big childhood emotions, finding our writerly vo…

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Standing Up on Things and Singing with Katey Gatta 49:01

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Katey Gatta is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Welland, Ontario here in Canada. These days, she’s performing under the moniker Sleepy Jean, turning out tunes that are best described as spaghetti western infused Americana that reimagine the sounds of yesteryear in a blend all their own. In this conversation, Katey and I chat about growing up …

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Humbled to the Ground with Aaron Berger 53:54

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The following episode deals with the subject of suicide. Please take any necessary care of yourself before listening. Aaron Berger is a singer/songwriter who was born in raised in Niagara Falls Canada. He's also one of the most generous and encouraging artists I know, and I credit him with nudging me towards my own artistic pursuits over the last s…

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Flowing Precisely with The P.O.E 1:07:50

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James Owen Brown is a poet, spoken word artist, and songwriter who performs under the alias The Poetically Organized Entity, or the P.O.E. Our conversation looks at the roots of his lifelong love affair with words and rhythm, the harrowing experiences of his childhood, and his adult commitment to cultivating joy, a sense of playfulness, and embraci…

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Learning Life Choreography with Laurel Minnes 55:55

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Laurel Minnes is an award-winning singer/songwriter who lives in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada. She’s also the front woman for the post-modern harmonic choral collective Minuscule, an experience of music that is equal parts joyful and soul-wrenching. Full disclosure, I’m a total fan girl, so just having her agree to be a guest on the show wa…

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Dealing With Social Isolation 6:37

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One of the topics that keeps coming up in Season One of Soft Opening is the importance of community. The opposite of community is social isolation which can lead to loneliness. Both have been found to have a significant impact on mental health, particularly on feelings of depression and anxiety. We’ve seen a slow return to social engagement in this…

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Finding Ways to Share Goodness with Brandon Agnew 48:25

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Brandon Agnew is a Niagara based singer songwriter who has a deep appreciation for the value of life. A shocking experience of grief in his youth led to his first moment of using creativity as a tool to bring community together, and this valuable lesson in healing through sharing stories has continued to inform his creative collaborations. Brandon …

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Welcome to Soft Opening 3:50

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In a time when the media is drowning in images of war, greed, and oppression and an opioid and mental health crisis is unfolding in our city, how do we keep reaching for light? Soft Opening is a podcast recorded in Niagara Falls, Canada that explores the connections between art and healing, and between vulnerability and creativity. Created and host…