{"id":29722,"date":"2017-04-03T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=29722"},"modified":"2017-04-02T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T04:44:07","slug":"the-strait-and-narrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/04\/03\/the-strait-and-narrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Vancouver Speaks: A New Podcast Lets Residents Tell Their Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/spacingmedia.com\/spacingvancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/features\/indepth_feature-VAN.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a new podcast in your life? How about one with a local flavour? In&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\/the-strait-and-narrows\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Strait and Narrows\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 an exciting new six-episode podcast series \u2013 host Melissa Bruntlett journeys beyond the confines of Vancouver and collects residents\u2019 stories from across the entire region. These narratives reveal the surprising successes, failures, hopes, and struggles that are rarely discussed in traditional media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The topics include food, art, immigration, jobs, housing, and transportation. Each episode is soundtracked by a local musical artist, such as Port Moody folk rocker&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregdrummond.com\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Drummond<\/a>, WCMA Urban Artist of the Year&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmorinmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Morin<\/a>, Surrey-born spoken word artist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kimmortal.com\" target=\"_blank\">Kimmortal<\/a>, and soulful Haida-Tsimshian siblings&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sistersays.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sister Says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bruntlett\u2019s family, like many, moved to Vancouver ten years ago, and didn\u2019t know much about the surrounding municipalities. Throughout the series, she learns why people move here, how recovering addicts give back through farming, how people are fighting unaffordability, and that everyone just wants their family to be safe and happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>I would have never known moving here would inspire such love&nbsp;for local food,\u201d Bruntlett says of her experience in the food episode. \u201cMeeting the people who make that possible has given a whole new meaning to my morning smoothie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The podcast started when former city councillor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pricetags.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon Price<\/a>&nbsp;approached&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\" target=\"_blank\">Modacity<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 a local media production company \u2013 with the idea to raise awareness about the difficult issues that Metro Vancouver faces heading into the 2017 provincial election.<\/p>\n<p>Modacity and its creative team liked the idea of producing something beyond the usual Vancouver-centric stories. The team decided to try the podcast format. It was an enormous undertaking that took over a year to write, record, and edit.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of that year, the team was fortunate enough to interview local leaders such as Agricultural Land Reserve Founder&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\/the-strait-and-narrows\/episode-1-locally-grown\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Steves<\/a>, Kwantlen First Nation\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\/the-strait-and-narrows\/episode-2-finding-home\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Dandurand<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\/the-strait-and-narrows\/episode-4-the-daily-grind\" target=\"_blank\">Adam and Brent Mills<\/a>&nbsp;of Four Winds Brewing Co.<\/p>\n<p>But one of the most memorable moments came when they sat down with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\/the-strait-and-narrows\/episode-3-from-a-to-b\" target=\"_blank\">Shirley Chan<\/a>, who \u2013 in the fall of 1968, at the age of just 21 \u2013 organized her Strathcona community against a proposed freeway that would have divided and devastated the city forever. \u201cThey may have lost the memory, but they enjoy the legacy,\u201d reflects Chan in episode three.<\/p>\n<p>Stories from our neighbours about the city we live in can be heard or downloaded at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modacitylife.com\/the-strait-and-narrows\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Strait and Narrows\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;page, or via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/the-strait-and-narrows\/id1200334755\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/modacity\/the-strait-and-narrows\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>, or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/listen#\/ps\/Iss3lktw5y252ebwmgrjmsx4v4u\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow the podcast&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/straitnarrows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/straitnarrows\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. New episodes are released every two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Chris Bruntlett<\/strong> is the co-founder of <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/12\/27\/book-review-great-city-maps\/modacitylife.com\"><em>Modacity<\/em><\/a><em>, a communications and marketing firm focused on inspiring healthier, happier, simpler forms of urban mobility through words, photography, and film.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a new podcast in your life? How about one with a local flavour? In&nbsp;\u201cThe Strait and Narrows\u201d&nbsp;\u2013 an exciting new six-episode podcast series \u2013 host Melissa Bruntlett journeys beyond the confines of Vancouver and collects residents\u2019 stories from across the entire region. These narratives reveal the surprising successes, failures, hopes, and struggles that<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/04\/03\/the-strait-and-narrows\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Metro Vancouver Speaks: A New Podcast Lets Residents Tell Their Stories&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8222,"featured_media":29741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11233,6670],"tags":[11611,11711,317,11710,214],"class_list":["post-29722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-engagement","category-history","category-politics","tag-food","tag-freeway-fight","tag-housing-2","tag-podcast","tag-vancouver-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Metro Vancouver Speaks: A New Podcast Lets Residents Tell Their Stories - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/04\/03\/the-strait-and-narrows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Metro Vancouver Speaks: A New Podcast Lets Residents Tell Their Stories - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Looking for a new podcast in your life? 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