The Liquid Courage Podcast
Actor and comedian Amanda Pereira uses some liquid courage (aka her guest‘s favourite drink) to help her connect with female and non-binary creatives in the entertainment industry that she admires.
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Episodes
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some yummy ruby grapefruit Palm Bays with actor, improvisor, and writer Ann Pornel (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Baroness Von Sketch Show, The Beaverton) to discuss dating during quarantine, how doubting yourself benefits the patriarchy, and what sacrifices she’s had to make for her career. Ann is a three-time Second City mainstage alumni (Come What Mayhem, Everything is Great Again, Party Today Panic Tomorrow) and is a member of Second City’s first show to feature an all female-identifying cast She The People. You can see her on screen in the newest season of Ghost Bff, created by the incredible Vanessa Matsui, and you can see her improvising every Wednesday night in The Oval airing at 9:30pm EST on Bad Dog TV. She is so freaking fabulous that the designers at Rue 107 named a skirt after her, the Pornel skirt…no big deal.
The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Ann Pornel: insta @glampornel / twitter @annpornel
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some cold beer with actor, writer, and comedian Erica Gellert (The Sketchersons, JFL42, Tom & Erica) to discuss what it’s like to be a part of The Sketchersons, why she regrets getting one of her tattoos, and how important it is to remember that you can always change your mind! She is a writer and performer of The Sketchersons, a Canadian Comedy Award-winning comedy sketch collective that holds their infamous Sunday Night Live show every Sunday night. She is one half of the award-winning sketch comedy and improv duo Tom & Erica, one third of the all-female comedy trio Low Rise Queens, and last year her solo sketch show debuted at the Toronto Sketch Festival. Oh, and she’s a huge fan of wigs.
The Liquid Courage Podcast: inta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Erica Gellert: insta @ericagellert / twitter @ericagellert
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some refreshing Tequila sodas (with lime!) with comedian, writer, actor, and improvisor Natalie Metcalfe (If I Could #Throwback Time, The Adventures of Tom Shadow, CBC’s CANAdoDAday) to discuss valuing your creative uniqueness, her fear of being a bad friend, and how much she loves to be in control. She is a current Mainstage cast member of The Second City Toronto, a CANAdoDAday writer for CBC Kids, and a Co-writer/performer of the Canadian Comedy Award-winning musical comedy The Adventures of Tom Shadow. She performs in the Award-nominated improv show HookUp, currently airing every Thursday night on Bad Dog TV’s YouTube channel, and you can check out her monthly produced sketches on her Instagram, Twitter and Facebook!
The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Natalie Metcalfe: insta @nana_metcalfe / twitter @nanametcalfe
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.
**Note: While editing this episode I realized that during the conversation I used the phrase “bottom of the totem pole”, and I’d like to acknowledge that in doing so I’m ignorantly appropriating Indigenous culture. Rather than edit it out, I want to take ownership of using the phrase and work to do better.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a cold can of White Claw with writer, longform improvisor and Founder of The Assembly comedy school Martha Stortz (blogTO, The Assembly, holder of a Masters of Information Science) to discuss the joy in fucking up a performance, how The Assembly came to be, and her infamous poker face. Under regular circumstances you can catch Martha performing, teaching, and coaching comedy all over the city but, for now, check her out on TikTik instead! She is an immense fan of pug dogs, has failed her drivers tests multiple times, and is a prospective GI licensee.
The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Martha Stortz: TikTok @champagnepuppy69
The Assembly: www.theassemblyimprov.com / @theassemblyimprov
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a cold glass of oat milk with actor, comedian, writer, and content creator Isabel Kanaan (CBC’s Air Farce, CTV’s Hudson & Rex, Hallmark’s Good Witch) to discuss the importance of befriending yourself, how her identity as a Queer person wasn’t taken seriously, and how she discovered her greatest muses to be her family. She is a member and a creator of the award-winning Tita Collective, a group of multidisciplinary Filipino artists based out of Toronto, and she is a (hilarious) force on Tik Tok! Check out the Tita Collective’s podcast Chicka Chicka on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!
The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Isabel Kanaan: insta @isabelkanaan / tiktok @izzykayeh
Chika Chika Podcast: @tita.collective / www.titacollective.com
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.