The Ranger Cabin

Fireside chats hosted by Zac Whyte that explore identity through personal experiences. Keep your fire hot!

Episode 15 - Grant Shilling 10/05/2022

Episode 15 - Grant Shilling Today we sit fireside with street outreach worker, author, and community facilitator Grant Shilling to discuss solutions to the growing homelessness issues across Canada, using my hometown as an example. Grant is a warm spirit. We get a small snapshot of his childhood in Toronto, a story about smuggling surfboards into Gaza and caught up to his latest work on a small housing project for queer and Indigenous youth. Keep your fire hot! https://dawntodawn.org/ /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/24594258

Episode 14 - Chief Willie Sellars 07/18/2022

Episode 14 - Chief Willie Sellars Today we visit Secwepemc Territory with elected Chief Willie Sellars of Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) to learn about the start of their meteoric economic journey. In this episode we discuss WLFNs recent $135M settlement in Supreme court, and the Prime Minister’s recent visit to walk the grounds of St. Joseph’s Residential School. We talk economic growth and how this nation is working towards self-governance without relying on the treaty process. Let's keep our fire hot! /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/23771729

Episode 13 - Andrew Knight 03/09/2022

Episode 13 - Andrew Knight People are seeking their fame and fortune in the virtual world. This episode explores how blockchain, NFTs, and video game development are evolving our social interactions and our own identities. My guest Andrew Knight is a veteran of the video game industry who has worked around the world. He is currently a Development Director at Electronic Arts. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/22397411

Episode 12 - Matt Rader 10/19/2021

Episode 12 - Matt Rader So you want to be a poet? Matt Rader is a poet, fiction writer and creative writing professor at University of British Columbia. We discuss being a poet, parenthood, men's health and mindfulness. We keep our fire hot by discussing his new book Ghosthawk, a deeply personal volume of poetry and his fifth poetry publication. Ghosthawk is available October 31st, 2021 in Canada (Nightwood Editions) and early 2022 internationally. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/20867975

Episode 11 - Ocean Hyland & Jesse Recalma 10/14/2021

Episode 11 - Ocean Hyland & Jesse Recalma Linguists, artists and culture keepers Ocean Hyland and Jesse Recalma discuss their pursuit of keeping Indigenous languages thriving and using them to wake a sleeping language called Puntlatch. We discuss why individual languages are so valuable and explore Indigenous perspectives on the southern coast of Canada. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/20823392

Episode 10 - la̱lx̱sa̱n dala'ogwa Keisha Everson 09/05/2021

Episode 10 - la̱lx̱sa̱n dala'ogwa Keisha Everson There is so much knowledge hard-wired into languages and learning them is foundational to understanding any culture. la̱lx̱sa̱n dala'ogwa Keisha Everson offers her perspectives on language revitalization and completely shifts my understanding of the struggles that Indigenous learners and elders are having reclaiming their ancestral languages. Listening to this discussion will give you a deeper understanding of Indigenous perspectives around reclaiming language and keep your fire hot! /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/20375390

Episode 9 - Mo Moshiri 06/11/2021

Episode 9 - Mo Moshiri Mo Moshiri is most known as a MC/rapper and co-founder of the Vancouver hip-hop group Sweatshop Union. Mo was born into the Iranian revolution and escaped the country on a camel with his mother after his father was captured and imprisoned. Mo and I discuss his music, parenthood, navigating trauma and his spiritual journey to discover his identity. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/19438913

Episode 8 - Nanekawasis George Littlechild 04/13/2021

Episode 8 - Nanekawasis George Littlechild Between 1960 and 1990, over 11000 indigenous children in Canada were taken from their natural families and placed into foster care or adopted in a social welfare initiative later called The Sixties Scoop. Nanekawasis George Littlechild, a prolific indigenous artist, is one of those children. In this episode George shares the incredible life story behind his art. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/18709751

Episode 7 - Marc Mazzocchi 04/01/2021

Episode 7 - Marc Mazzocchi Marc Mazzocchi is a talented strength and conditioning coach, gym owner and competitive powerlifter. Today we chat about Marc’s journey and discuss identity traps, goal setting, physical and mental health, men’s testosterone levels and my gnarly misdiagnosed heart issue that was operated on twice in 2020. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/18568022

Episode 6 - Ian MacKay 03/18/2021

Episode 6 - Ian MacKay For over a decade Ian MacKay has committed himself to being in the middle of disaster response efforts around the world. In this episode Ian talks about his evolution as a naive nursing student in war torn DRC to the center of the Ebola crisis in Liberia where he and his team are later acknowledged as 2014 Time Magazine's Person of the Year. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/18375176

Episode 5 - Nalaga Avis O'Brien 03/07/2021

Episode 5 - Nalaga Avis O'Brien Nalaga Avis O'Brien is an indigenous cedar weaver who courageously shares her inspirational story of battling the repercussions of intergenerational trauma. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/18216464

Episode 4 - Wedlidi Speck (Part 3 of 3) 01/20/2021

Episode 4 - Wedlidi Speck (Part 3 of 3) Hereditary Chief Wedlidi Speck explains how a healthy potlatch system is an important step in the decolonization process. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/17614073

Episode 3 - Wedlidi Speck (Part 2 of 3) 01/19/2021

Episode 3 - Wedlidi Speck (Part 2 of 3) Hereditary Chief Wedlidi Speck explains differences between coastal indigenous culture and the rest of Canada. He also speaks about symbols and their sacred importance. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/17613437

Episode 2 - Wedlidi Speck (Part 1 of 3) 01/19/2021

Episode 2 - Wedlidi Speck (Part 1 of 3) Hereditary Chief Wedlidi Speck explains rights of passage and the importance of names, songs and feasts in west coast indigenous culture in Canada. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/17613383

Episode 1 - Megan Hanacek 01/18/2021

Episode 1 - Megan Hanacek Megan Hanacek is a badass mom, survivalist, professional forester and biologist who was a finalist on the History Channel's hit series Alone, on season 3. Megan reflects on the lessons she's learned from the experience. /episode/index/show/therangercabin/id/17597537

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