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 Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some cannabis tea with agent and manager Alix Kazman (Fountainhead Talent) to discuss misconceptions about being an agent, scary movie recommendations, and an allergic reaction that changed her career path. After studying theatre at Dalhousie University, Alix decided performing was not for her, but she still loved the entertainment industry. She worked in make-up and special effects for 7 years until she woke up one morning with a severe allergic reaction to, what she later found out was, a common ingredient in make-up. This abruptly ended her make-up career, forcing her to make a professional pivot. From there she worked in casting for a while before finding a home at Fountainhead Talent as a talent agent and manager. She also happens to be my agent! Does she still want to be my agent by the end of this interview? Let’s find out! lol
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Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some Red Stripe Jamaican beer with writer and comedian Shohana Sharmin (Finders Grievers, Dead Parents Society) to discuss the pressure to stay relevant, toxic positivity and her podcast Finders Grievers. Shohana is an alumnae of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Emerging Creators Unit and was a receipt of their 2020 Queer Emerging Artists Award. She is also an alumna of the Second City’s Improv and Longform Conservatories and a former Featured Player at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. She is a producer, writer and performer behind the dark sketch comedy revue Dead Parents Society, which won the Audience Choice Award at the 2020 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Her podcast Finders Grievers, a happy-ish podcast about sad things is an incredibly intimate and entertaining podcast on grief, and is available on The Sonar Network.
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
Instagram: @liquidcouragepodcast
Twitter: @liquidcourage
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
Email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Find The Liquid Courage Podcast on Patreon! www.Patreon.com/LiquidCouragePodcast
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Shohana Sharmin: @soleahm
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some dirty vodka martinis (thanks Tito’s!) with screenwriter, actor Kristy LaPointe (Yoga 101, Let’s Do This, Spilling Eve) to discuss puns, the entertainment industry’s obsession with youth, and the writing process. Kristy is the writer and star behind CBC Comedy’s comedy series Yoga 101 available to watch at cbc.ca. Her first feature screenplay Let’s Do This, which she co-wrote alongside her husband Chris, was selected for the Breaking Through the Lens program, the Harold Greenberg funding, and was optioned for development! Kristy hosts her own podcast Spilling Eve, a weekly podcast that celebrates and breaks down each episode of the amazing dark comedy series Killing Eve. She also has her own plant-based food blog where she shares delicious plant-based meals that she loves to help fight fucked-up diet culture while encouraging others to do the same.
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
Instagram: @liquidcouragepodcast
Twitter: @liquidcourage
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
Email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Find The Liquid Courage Podcast on Patreon! www.Patreon.com/LiquidCouragePodcast
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Kristy LaPointe: @kristylapointe
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some oat milk chai lattes coke with actor, comedian Rakhee Morzaria (What We Do In The Shadows, Note To Self, Run The Burbs) to discuss hustling vs. hustle culture, the creative process, and how fucked up adolescence can be! Rakhee is the creator behind the digital series Note to Self which was nominated by both the Canadian Screen Awards and the Canadian Comedy Awards, and is currently available for stream on CBC Comedy. You can catch Rakhee performing in shows like Private Eyes, FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, The Parker-Andersons, and Tallboyz. Since recording, it was officially announced that not only was Rakhee in the writer’s room for Andrew Phung’s new TV series Run the Burbs (which we chat about in this episode) but she will also be acting right alongside Andrew as his wife in the show!
*This conversation was recorded May 20th 2021
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
Instagram: @liquidcouragepodcast
Twitter: @liquidcourage
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
Email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Find The Liquid Courage Podcast on Patreon! www.Patreon.com/LiquidCouragePodcast
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Rakhee Morzaria: @rakheecola on insta & twitter
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
Wednesday Oct 06, 2021
In today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some Malibu rum and coke with comedian Courtney Gilmour (Just for Laughs, LOL Network, Humour Resources) to discuss her experience on the road performing stand-up, her podcast Rated Ex, and we play Marry-Fuck-Kill-Date with Twilight’s Bella and Edward and Fifty Shades of Gray’s Anna and Christian. Courtney was featured in the JFL42 festival 2 years in a row, she won the JFL Homegrown festival earning her the opportunity to film her comedy set for Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, and she was invited to record her comedy set for The Howie Mandel All Stars Gala airing on The CW Network. NOW Magazine named her “one of the top 10 stage artists to watch” and her solo Fringe show Congratulations! Stories of Achievement, Embarrassment, & Self-Worth debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival so successfully that the show is now in the works for becoming a published book! Courtney co-hosts the podcast My Rated Ex alongside her real life ex-boyfriend where they review and rate fictional relationships. You can catch her on-screen in Jon Dore’s new comedy Humour Resources on CBC Gem.
The Liquid Courage Podcast:
Instagram: @liquidcouragepodcast
Twitter: @liquidcourage
YouTube Video Episodes & more!
Email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com
Find The Liquid Courage Podcast on Patreon! www.Patreon.com/LiquidCouragePodcast
Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira
Courtney Gilmour: insta @courtneyjgilmour / twitter @courtneyugh