Episodes

  • S2 Ep7: Mikelle Sasakamoose, Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation

    S2 Ep7: Mikelle Sasakamoose, Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
    Jun 19 2025
    **WARNING: This podcast contains discussion of sensitive topics. Listener discretion is advised.**

    "We want people to be able to enjoy and celebrate our culture, our rich and vibrant cultures—plural—and languages...that's really what I see June and National Indigenous Peoples Day being about."

    In honour of June being National Indigenous Peoples History Month, our newest Apple Box Talks podcast features local activist and school board trustee Mikelle Sasakamoose—the first ever Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for the City of Burnaby. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk.

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    50 mins
  • S2 Ep6: Marnie Gee, BC Film Commissioner, and Leslie Wootton, Screen BC Executive Director

    S2 Ep6: Marnie Gee, BC Film Commissioner, and Leslie Wootton, Screen BC Executive Director
    May 22 2025
    "Our job is to make sure that it's a world-class experience to film in British Columbia...we're 'shot locally, seen globally.'"

    Today, we're joined on the Apple Box by two leaders in the BC motion picture industry: BC Film Commissioner Marnie Gee, and Screen BC Executive Director Leslie Wootton. For a deep dive into some of the behind-the-scenes collaboration it takes to bring productions to our province, pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

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    56 mins
  • S2 Ep5: Spencer Chandra Herbert, BC Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport

    S2 Ep5: Spencer Chandra Herbert, BC Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport
    Apr 16 2025
    Joining us today on the Apple Box is BC's Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport, Spencer Chandra Herbert. First elected provincially in 2008 as the youngest MLA in the Legislature, the Minister is now the representative for Vancouver–West End, and has been a long-term advocate for renters' rights, environmental stewardship, and protections in the BC Human Rights Code for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

    Plus, the Minister has a deep-rooted connection to the BC motion picture industry — as a child, he was a background extra on the set of Legends of the Fall! Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!
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    20 mins
  • S2 Ep4: Don Ramsden, Former 891 President

    S2 Ep4: Don Ramsden, Former 891 President
    Apr 2 2025
    **WARNING: This podcast contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised.**

    Today, April 2, marks the 63rd anniversary of the founding of IATSE 891! To commemorate this day, we are joined on the Apple Box Talks podcast by former 891 President, Don Ramsden. Having served as President in three separate stints over the course of three different decades, Don shares some of the foundational stories of how he helped shape the Union into what has become today. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!
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    46 mins
  • S2 Ep3: Jillian Arnold, IATSE 695

    S2 Ep3: Jillian Arnold, IATSE 695
    Mar 13 2025
    Jillian Arnold started her career working in aerospace for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and is now the first female president in IATSE Local 695's ninety-year history, and the chair of the IATSE Artificial Intelligence sub-committee. Ahead of being the keynote speaker for the IATSE 891 AI Day of Learning and Engagement, Jillian joins us from a remote Apple Box to talk all things AI and technical solutions in the motion picture industry.

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    53 mins
  • S2 Ep2: Gladys Tong, G Creative

    S2 Ep2: Gladys Tong, G Creative
    Feb 27 2025
    "Some people say AI is not really artificial, it's actually alien. Alien intelligence. It's not something that we know. It's not like a tool that we've seen before. It has a little bit of an agency...it has a different component to it that I think is creating the fear. And I don't think fear is a bad thing."

    With credits to her name such as The Last of Us, Deadpool 2, and Star Trek Beyond, we are joined on the Apple Box by industry leader Gladys Tong. Gladys entered the motion picture industry through the phone book — and now works within the intersection of human-computer interaction in the world of film. With a discussion spanning Star Trek, video playback, and the future of AI, this is an episode you don't want to miss. Pull up an Apple Box and let's talk!

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    57 mins
  • S2 Ep1: Justin Barnes, REEL Green

    S2 Ep1: Justin Barnes, REEL Green
    Jan 30 2025
    We are back with Season 2 of Apple Box Talks! To kick it off, we interview Justin Barnes, REEL Green Lead at Creative BC. With a background in environmental economics, Justin talks about REEL Green's efforts in moving the needle when it comes to sustainability in BC motion picture — with a full transition to battery technology as the ultimate goal. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!
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    28 mins
  • S1 Ep27: Lorraine Carson - Costume

    S1 Ep27: Lorraine Carson - Costume
    Dec 26 2024
    "Costumes are the first people to meet the actors. The relationship between the costume designer and the costume team and the actor is vital — it has to be harmonious." Lorraine Carson is a 40-plus year Costume department member at IATSE 891, with credits to her name, such as Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, Bag of Bones, To All the Boys 2, and Pirates of the Caribbean 5. Come behind the scenes of the Costume department, pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

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    39 mins