In 2019, the Skidegate Haida Immersion Program (S.H.I.P) submitted a request to the Queen Charlotte Village Council to change the name of Queen Charlotte back to the ancestral "Daajing Giids." Daajing Giids, in the Haida language, means roughly "the hat of a child of a chief." Daajing means "hat," whereas giids means "child," but according to GwaaGanad (a member of SHIP), "giids" is an honourable term, so it likely means the child of a chief." Listen to the attached audio clip to hear the member...
Jun 23, 2022•38 min
Gavin Smith is a man of passion and restraint. By day, he works to transform the legal landscape through his work in environmental law. His slight physique and quiet voice might conjure ideas of a bike-riding gentle soul, book smart and funny if you corner him at an event. Maybe you think he closes his eyes when he really likes a song, or feels the power of a bassline run through him. Well, if that’s what you think, I think you might’ve thought right. Gavin’s musical stylings venture from soft, ...
Jun 22, 2022•20 min
What is the origin of the Jiggle Jiggle song you keep hearing on Tik Tok? Beside the Music: Viral Songs Explained
Jun 20, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Jun 06, 2022•29 sec
What are you thinking How are you feeling What have we done to each other? New show intro for I Digress, April 2022
May 13, 2022•44 sec
Apollo Ghosts formed in 2008, and their live show currently features Amanda Panda on bass, Adrian Teacher on guitar and vocals, and Dustin B on Drums. Their latest album Pink Tiger , is a 2-part, 22 song epic. Part 1 (Pink) is an intimate home recording with themes that grapple with loss, illness, death, and memory. Part 2, (Tiger) is an exuberant indie-garage rock celebration of the persistence of friendship, music and hope. Apollo ghosts draw on a long history of independent and locally focuse...
Apr 14, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Band dynamics. Ouch. interviews are: Brennan Anderson (Town Council) Glen Ingram (Your Favourite Band) Live Davesy (Your Favourite Band) Pammer (Your Favourite Band) Liliana Dragowska Featuring Lust for Life by Girls
Mar 21, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Godspeed, Space Train 3.
Mar 19, 2022•58 sec
Tune in to SPTR for the hottest tracks. Space Train is your best bet on a Saturday night in Smithers.
Mar 12, 2022•35 sec
EarthChild is the solo act from hip hop artist Travis Hiebert. Travis is Cree Nehiyawak Metis, and adopted Wet'suwet'en. He is best known for his work in the hip hop duo Mob Bounce (whom the Snotty Nose Rez Kids champion in numerous interviews). EarthChild's music is political, uplifting, exuberant, and catchy. If you want an example of that, check out his single Feel The Vibe , it became an instant jam in my playlist. The song at the end of the interview is Fail / Fall with Manitoba artist Stun...
Mar 10, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Jessica Rampling is the lead singer of the Prince George / Haida Gwaii band APPLES. APPLES is noise/rock/sax grunge and I loved seeing them live at a outdoor show in the summer of 2021 called Future Fest. Their album is called About The Future and it released this year, in 2022. Check out their music here: https://soundcloud.com/apples-music The song at the end of the interview is Called Grace off their album About The Future.
Mar 10, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2
You'll tune in to the entire frequency but you only need the EDGE
Feb 22, 2022•1 min
Good luck getting rid of that God-awful earworm. Mullholland Drive parody for a birthday.
Feb 08, 2022•2 min
Fast one.
Jan 25, 2022•45 sec
Prettay prettay prettay sad
Jan 24, 2022•40 sec
Can you believe Leo called?
Jan 24, 2022•14 sec
As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a DJ.
Jan 24, 2022•3 min
For I Digress, my weekly radio show on Smithers Community Radio
Dec 21, 2021•35 sec
By Charles Diggins For my radio show I Digress on Smithers Community Radio
Dec 21, 2021•2 min
Having some fun for my radio show (i Digress) for the holidays!
Dec 21, 2021•2 min
‘ French Onion Spook’ was original story written by Pam Haasen and Naomi Kavka. French Onion spook was produced and voiced by Pam Haasen, with additional voices from Carmela and Mystery Man from Safeway Smithers. The instrumental music in this show is by Pulse Emitter and humanfobia. Happy Halloween! Bearly Made It is a hair-raising tale of a hiker BARELY making it out of a in-tents situation, submitted by Matthew Simmons....
Nov 01, 2021•25 min
Kuun Jaadas is good at talking. Adeana Young, which is her English name, has been making a name for herself as a powerful force in Haida politics. She received a lot of attention as the spokesperson for the G̲aandlee Guu Jaalang, or the “daughters of the rivers” when they announced on July 9 that two luxury sport fishing resorts have disrespected Haida law and jurisdiction , and are putting island residents at risk by reopening despite the ongoing Council of the Haida Nation (CHN) state of emerg...
Aug 25, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 1
It's so exciting! A super rare fungi was discovered in our northern neck of the woods (literally) here in BC. Near Huble Homestead, a historical site about 40 km north of Prince George in Northern BC, someone spotted a very strange looking fungi (see episode photo) and it turns out that it's never been documented to have existed in the entire province of British Columbia. Needless to say, this has been a very exciting week for botanists and mycological nerds. Listen to my interview with UBC's Bo...
May 20, 2021•14 min
In the final episode of Sea Change , Pam Haasen talks with Rosemary Ommer, the retired Executive Director of Coasts Under Stress , an organization that researches the ways in which changes in society and the environment in coastal British Columbia and coastal Newfoundland and Labrador. Rosemary has a simple message to share about securing a future for both of our coasts in Canada: think small. Make little changes that can effect positive results in order to change policy and protect the ecology ...
May 06, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Today’s guest is someone who’s name came up in internet searches I did about seaweed / seaweed research / women in science. Funnily enough, it was Dafne Romero Salazar, my guest from episode 2 of Sea Change, who told me that I really had to speak to Dr. Maycira Costa about the research she’s been doing. During her time at Uni of Vic, Dr.Costa has built the SPECTRAL lab, for investigating spectral characteristics of the Earth’s surface Dr Costa’s latest research is to discover and digitize the pr...
Apr 26, 2021•27 min
This podcast is about the coast of British Columbia and the way that people live on it. Today's guest, Eva Hill's perspective is one that actually fell in my lap, and I’m so thankful to have this addition: that, of someone who just lives, doesn’t study or wax philosophical about the relationship of kelp to people, she just goes out there and lives it! In this episode of sea change, you’ll hear Eva’s stories of her children and husband, and of picking seagull eggs for her father in-law. Stories o...
Apr 26, 2021•25 min
Episode 4 is host and producer Pam's conversation with educator, influential community member, fisher, and Gitga'at First Nation councillor Cameron Hill. Listen to Cam's stories of harvesting seaweed in Txalgiuw (Hartley Bay, British Columbia) as a child and his hopes for the future generations of eco-conscious citizens of BC and the world.
Apr 15, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In episode 3, host Pam Haasen spoke with "The Godfather of Cultivation" Louis Druehl. He has written multiple books about seaweed, including titles like Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast and Cedar, Salmon, and Weed, a fictional story written about a town much like Bamfield, where he resides. Louis has been featured in TIME, acknowledging the sheer amount of research and innovation he has contributed to understanding seaweed and kelp farming. Louis Druehl is also a Pr...
Apr 08, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This is the first BVFMS newsletter podcast for March 2021. In this episode, we take a look back since the last Midsummer Music Festival in 2019 and bring you up to speed. New board, no festival, and new Virtual Coffeehouses. Interviews: Karen Diemart Nicole Widen Hosted by P.S. Haasen
Apr 01, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Episode 2 features Dafne Romero-Salazar, owner and operator of North Pacific Kelp Wild Foods Inc. on Haida Gwaii. Dafne has a rich background as a filmmaker and mushroom hunter. Her life is anatomy, food science, art, film, history, and of course, kelp. I spoke with Dafne about how she went from Mexico to Canada, and why she fell in deep (get it?) with seaweed. Sea Change is a series of 7 interviews with scientists, food harvesters, families, activists, and authors who have devoted their life to...
Apr 01, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 2
