Celebrating Interior Voices podcast as 75th episode launches

“We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of our past hosts, some that have participated today and some that were unable to make it, to communications staff and the incredible guests who have contributed their lessons learned for all of our listeners. Your contributions have not only enriched the podcast but have also underscored the importance of diverse voices in shaping our narrative and understanding within our health and wellness community."

“Here’s to the legacy of our 75th episode and to all those who have played a part in making this podcast a beacon of connection and insight, thank you! Thank you for all of your valuable insights, for continuing to inspire us in your post-podcast roles and beyond.” 

“The Podcast has strengthened the communications skillsets for those who have hosted and it’s fun. It’s fun because it’s organic and the hosts are there because they want to be. It feels real, and powerful.” - Kris Murray, founder and former co-host 

"Vanessa used to say all the time when we worked together, this is hard work, but it’s also heart work and I did put in a lot of time and it was [heart work], I loved the work and I loved the people I was working with and for and it was a real privilege to do it!" - Beth Blew, founder and former communications co-producer 

"We were all getting very similar questions in the different pockets of work that we were doing so we were like, ‘how can we streamline this so that it can reach many instead of ONLY the one-on-one conversations. How can it be expanded’ and that led to great conversations" - Vanessa Mitchell, founder and former co-host 

"At the time, Indigenous Partnerships was working on land acknowledgements. So we had (internally) colleagues going, how do I do a land acknowledgement and how do I get my tongue around all these place names and one of us, being an avid podcast listener, said how about a podcast? none of us had a clue how to do that and Beth was really the glue on that!" - Sheila Lewin, founder and former co-host 

“When Beth (communications support) left the organization, we took it on and you don’t realize how much is done by the communications person until you don’t have one.” - Nicole Taylor-Sterritt, former co-host 

"I just want to give a shout out, to not only Beth, but Vanessa, Sheila and Kris who are with us here too as kind of the trailblazers. And really everybody has a podcast off the side of their desks nowadays, and you really were doing something pretty incredible!" - Tracy Mooney, former co-host 

“My grandma would always tell me, ‘People will say that kids are meant to be seen and not heard but that’s not true. That’s not our way. That was something that was taught in residential schools and adopted into our communities.’ She told me my job as a kid, as a woman, as a person, as an Indigenous person WAS to speak up and to use my voice and to ask these questions… so I would.” - Victoria Jaenig, communications co-producer