Welcome back - I’m so glad you’re here. This is the first episode in a 3-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros from across North America!  This episode features type designer and educator, Leo Vicenti . Leo is an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver whose research approaches indigenous language preservation, revitalization, and the return of these languages to everyda

It’s a big book day! Today I sit down with two authors with two new books on two interrelated topics. David Berry (H ow Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists ) and Raymond Biesinger ( 9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off: An Informal Self-Defence Guide for Independent Creatives ) are here with me today. David Berry  profiled and critiqued the book, film, music and theatre scenes for a local alt-weekly, and then nationally for the National Post, and has contributed essay

If you’re a frequent listener of this podcast, you may recall an episode released earlier this fall: Episode #273 - On a Trip with Amanda Breeze of TRIPPER Magazine . Without knowing it at the time, episode 273 marks the start of a little experiment—a journey down the rabbit hole. Each conversation in this series connects in unexpected ways; each new episode spurring a new line of inquiry, like a tunnel turning off in a different direction, each with an origin that’s traced b

Today’s guest and her team’s most recent book project is truly emotional and inspiring. As always, this episode is not sponsored, however I do want to disclose that I received an advance copy of the book and after experiencing it, I absolutely had to chat with our guest about the incredible technology, typography, and hope behind this project. In this conversation, you’ll hear from Rachel Arthur, Founder and Editor of boom saloon , “an independent publisher dedicated to democ

Welcome back everybody!  We’re 6+ weeks into the fall semester and I have the great pleasure of teaching my first podcasting course at Toronto Metropolitan University! The course is called MDM Podcast Lab: Design, Develop Distribute  with around 20 students actively working to create their own podcasts. It’s been so much fun to imagine what a more linear path to podcasting than my own experience would look like, and build a workshop-style course to help guide digital media st

We’ve come so far in this series and I’m thrilled that you’ve been along for the ride. I really, truly, unequivocally believe this...

I invite you to close your eyes.  Imagine yourself as a kid, a fresh box of crayons in one hand and a colouring book in the other. You...

Failure has a lot to teach us. We can learn far more from a failed experience – whether large or small, big F “Fail” or little f “fail” – than a perfectly smooth, frictionless experience will ever make possible. I stumbled upon a post on social media recently (by someone named @brightwanderer) about their perspective on “success” and “failure”. It was a breath of fresh, “muddy middle” air in a sea of right and wrong. Here's what they said: “I think a lot about how we as a cul

Today is the day! Brave Creative Human: Embrace Failure, Reframe Imposter Syndrome, and Be Unapologetically You is now available in...

One of my very favourite ways to produce creative work is when it unfolds naturally, like a constant flicker of ideas lighting each step...

Zines! Zines! Hooray for Zines!  From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about the exciting medium of...

Welcome to a 4-part publishing series all about the world of zines! From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll...

Happy Friday and welcome to a thought-provoking and potentially paradigm-shifting conversation with James McCrae , author, poet, and...

I’ve been fascinated by the concept of biomimicry for years and years. Biomimicry helps uncover natural answers to human problems because...

Today we have the one, the only, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. , an American printer and book artist who has been puttin’ ink on paper since...

Talk Paper Scissors meets...Talk Paper Scissors?! Today’s guest is internet artist, Nolen Royalty . He's interested in getting strangers...

Could you collaborate to make an award-winning professional short film with a team from start to finish in just 48 hours? Our guest today...

Welcome to episode 250 of Talk Paper Scissors!  For whatever reason, 250 feels like a big milestone. I started this podcast 5 1/2 years...

Have you ever dressed up as a life-sized paper doll, used a typewriter in a public bathroom or traveled to multiple continents to learn...

Welcome to the family!  Today’s guest is Rosie Meleady, Irish author and my first cousin once removed! She made six figures as an Indie...