The Liquid Courage Podcast
Want to laugh and feel inspired? Dying for insider tips on how to thrive in the Canadian entertainment industry?
This award-winning podcast brings you candid chats with the folks making Canada’s entertainment industry buzz—the wins, the struggles, and the lessons that can help you navigate and succeed. With the help of a little liquid courage, host Amanda Pereira asks the questions we’re all dying to know. Because thriving together feels better.
New episodes every other Wednesday!
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Episodes
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some Budweiser beer with stand up comic, sketch artist, improvisor, and TV writer D.J. Mausner (Baroness Von Sketch, Gary and His Demons, This House Has 22 Minutes) to discuss everything comedy, trying to decorate her apartment to convince people that she’s human, and boycotting Just For Laughs in protest to how the festival handled reported sexual assault and harassment. She is a current member of the Upright Citizen’s Brigade’s Characters Welcome cast, and on screen you can see her in HBO’s Insecure and CBC’s sketch series Tallboyz. In 2019, CBC named DJ one of fifteen Canadian Comedians to Watch, and NOW Magazine has dubbed her one of their Breakthrough Toronto Stage Artists of the Year. She has written for shows like This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Gary and his Demons, and the Baroness Von Sketch Show, which she won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, Variety, or Sketch Comedy.
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Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
D.J. Mausner: @djmausner on insta & twitter / www.djmausner.com
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some Guinness with actor, writer, and singer-songwriter Tricia Black (Second City Toronto’s Mainstage 83rd/84th Reviews, Kim’s Convenience, The Broken Hearts Gallery) to discuss figuring out your personal brand, our warped expectations of celebrities, and having shows shut down because of COVID. She was a cast member of Second City Toronto’s 83rd and 84th mainstage review, as well as their first-ever, all-female show, the award-winning She The People. She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner, and can be seen on screen in Kim’s Convenience, What We Do In The Shadows, and The Broken Hearts Gallery. She is also the Artistic Producer of a Broadway World award-winning theatre company Tweed & Company where she writes and composes new Canadian musical works. This summer Tricia launched her podcast One More Round with Tricia Black, a weekly comedy podcast where she sits down and has a drink (or two) with people she wants to get to know, people that inspire her, and friends who she adores. I had the pleasure of being a guest on her podcast, so go take a listen!
Tricia would like to highlight Egale. They are Canada’s leading organization for LGBTQI2S people and issues. They improve and save lives through research, education, awareness & legal advocacy. Find out more about Egale at www.egale.ca!
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
insta @liquidcouragepodcast
twitter @liquidcpodcast
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Tricia Black: @its_triciablack
Tweed & Company: www.tweedandcompany.com
One More Round with Tricia Black
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over pretty pink wine with writer, director, and comedic actress Trish Rainone (Pink Is In, My Roommate’s an Escort, V-Wars) to discuss filming in Sault Ste. Marie, accidentally taking edibles before performing stand-up, and what the hell ‘adorn’ means. In 2019 Trish started 180 Sisterhood Productions alongside producer Rebeka Herron, and in less than a year they already have a podcast underway and a handful of film credits including Milk, Diary of a Dangerchild, and An Isolation Dogumentary, all of which are currently in the film festival circuit. Their newest projects include a horror feature film and a music video for the upcoming single Honey by recording artist Jesse Merineau, which Trish co-directed and script wrote for. As a performer, Trish won Best Actress for her role in the film One Night Stand at the Crown Wood International Film Festival, and can be seen on Amazon Prime Video playing Top Dog in the award-winning series Pink is In.
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
insta @liquidcouragepodcast
twitter @liquidcpodcast
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email: podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Trish Rainone: @trishrainone1
180 Sisterhood Productions: Facebook / Instagram / Twitter
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some scotch/whiskey on ice with actor and writer Alice Moran (Sunnyside, Crawford, Man Seeking Woman) to discuss the true randomness of auditioning (a la The bird shirt), our Pokémon spirit animals, learning to sew masks during covid, and writing/performing in The Fifty Shades of Grey period Spank! Alice is an award-winning actor and writer originally from Edmonton, and now based in Toronto. At just 18 years old she began working at The Second City Toronto, where she created and filmed the sketch Hogwarts: Which House Are You? Which quickly reached over 3 Million views and was featured in The Huffington Post, CBC News, Topless Robot, and TIME. You can see her in shows like Man Seeking Woman, The Beaverton, and Sunnyside, which she also wrote for and won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series alongside her cast. More recently you can see her starring as Wendy in CBC’s Crawford, which won her a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Performance in a TV Series, and as Mary Jane in Decoys, now streaming on CBC Gem.
Warning: This episode includes swearing.
TW: domestic abuse, sexual assault, miscarriage
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
insta @liquidcouragepodcast
twitter @liquidcpodcast
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Alice Moran: @alicemoran / @alice_moran
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some straight vodka on ice with actor and filmmaker Knox (Slo Pitch, Barbelle, Letters to Satan Claus) to discuss portraying ex-lovers on scene, growing up Catholic, and the blurred lines between reality and fallacy online. Professionally known as Karen Knox, Knox is an actor and filmmaker based in Toronto. As an actor, she is best known for playing “Veronica” in the critically acclaimed and award-winning series Barbelle (KindaTV), and as “Boris” in the new comedy series Slo Pitch (OUTtvGo). This Christmas you can catch her playing “Holly Frost” in SYFI Network’s anti-Hallmark Christmas Movie Letters to Satan Claus. In January, Knox launched her film Cons and Pros, which she created alongside Gwenlyn Cumyn and J Stevens, on VICE.com. It’s a heist film within a heist, and I definitely recommend checking out both the film and the write up about it on VICE.com. And if you just need more Knox (!), check out her Autofiction blog on her website. I find the aesthetic so whimsically romantic, alluring, provocative, and a great little world of wonder.
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
insta @liquidcouragepodcast
twitter @liquidcpodcast
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Knox: @Knox.x.x.x on insta & twitter / www.karen-knox.com