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 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.
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over her first ever Dark ‘n’ Stormy with writer, content creator, AD, and burrito enthusiast MK Morris (Baroness Von Sketch Show, The Next Step, Wishful Genies) to discuss mental health, where the left-over food from cooking shows ends up, and how there’s no such thing as wasted time. She is the creator of High Hallmark, a show about comedians getting high and watching Hallmark movies, and produces the monthly comedy show See You Next Tuesday at The Second City Toronto, with all proceeds going to the Redwood Women’s Shelter. While the show is currently on hiatus until it is safe to perform live again, MK encourages listeners to still consider donating to Redwood during this time (www.redwood.com), or donating to any charity that brings goodness into the world!
The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
MK Morris: @mk_morris
High Hallmark: @highhallmark
See You Next Tuesday: @seeyou_next_tuesday
The Redwood Women's Shelter: @theredwoodto
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.
**Note: This episode was recorded prior to May 25th 2020, and so the lack of acknowledgement or mention of the murder of George Flyod and the current Black Lives Matter movement is because these events had not yet taken place. However, police brutality and systemic racism against Black people in the States, and in Canada where I’m based out of, is not new. It’s not new to May 25th 2020. And so the lack of acknowledgement and initiative taken on my part around anti-racism prior to May 25th 2020 is a product of my own privilege and the blinders they allow me to have. I encourage you to explore and question what privileges you’re privy to, and what blinders you might have up as well. Please educate yourself, continue to educate yourself, take care of yourself, and take action. If you’re unsure where to start, I’ve compiled some resources in the link in my bio on Instagram @liquidcouragepodcast. If you’re still not sure where to start, send me a direct message and I’m more than happy to share the resources that have helped me so far. The stakes are much too high for any of us to actively choose ignorance.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over a glass of sweet sparkling wine infused with hibiscus flowers with actor, writer, and Twitch streamer Emma Carter (Beck and Call) to discuss quantum physics, email chain personality tests, and why telling everyone about your UTI is so important. Based out of LA, she is the hilarious and kind Twitch streamer EmmzyPlays, and can be seen performing comedy at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade and the Groundlings theatre…once it’s safe again to do so!
The Liquid Courage Podcast: insta @liquidcouragepodcast / twitter @liquidcpodcast / email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Emma Carter: insta @emmzy.c / twitch: @emmzyplays
*Warning: This episode contains swearing.
**Note: This episode was recorded prior to March 15th 2020 and, as such, does not reflect the current imperative social distancing measures due to COVID-19 nor does it acknowledge the unjust murder of George Floyd and the current Black Lives Matter movement.