Vancouver, BC — CiTR & Discorder is excited to announce the release of 6 unique podcasts as a part of the second cohort of its Power in Voice podcast incubation program.
Power in Voice is an entry-level, educational program created to surpass traditional barriers to entry into the medium of spoken word radio and podcasting. In its first run, the program has provided space, support and resources to aspiring storytellers, podcasters, and radio artists.
From April-August 2025, each participant worked to produce a spoken word audio project of their choice. The result is a series of podcasts demonstrating a wide diversity of work, in genre, structure and content. Power in Voice offered these creators a space in which they could build their skills and confidence within a supportive environment, enabling them to tell their stories, in their words and on their own terms.
The podcasts released in September include:
Germ Girl: A creative non-fiction audio project exploring contamination and germs conceptually, how humans have evolved in their understanding of what disease-causing outside contaminants are, how to avoid them, and why we think we ought to? Highlighting perspectives from medieval historians, microbiologists, and community members invested in mental health.
Feeding Back: Investigating the Canadian Vampire: This essay explores Canada’s dual identity as both a settler-colonial and multicultural nation through its vampire narratives. By examining how these stories obscure, reflect, or embody colonial legacies, the host argues that the absence of a distinctly “Canadian vampire” is itself a symptom of the country’s ongoing struggle with critical self-reflection and reconciliation. The vampire figure serves both as a metaphor and a lens for analyzing national identity, as well as the host’s personal search for belonging in Canada.
The More Leg Room Podcast: An exploration of the Vancouver ballroom scene through the voices of its houses and those who walk independently. This series centers on the cultural, emotional, and personal histories of the people who keep the scene alive.
In Our Gaybourhood: Intersections: An oral history podcast chronicling the stories of 2SLGBTQIA+ activism in schools and communities of so-called British Columbia as a collective archive and as a foundation for local queer futurisms. Intersections is a 3-part series exploring and unpacking the accounts of BIPOC activists in aspirationally inclusive education and queer advocacy spaces.
Laughs In Queer: Laughs in Queer is an audio program exploring the quiet but quickly growing revolution in the stand-up scene of Vancouver, BC, where a collective of new open-mics are not including marginalized voices, but building around them at the core. Through live comedy, interviews, and archival recording, host Kay documents a new movement in comedy and the people at the centre making it happen.
The Law of Lazarus: A fictional audio drama about the Lazarus Effect: a phenomenon in which few months after someone dies, the deceased will return to speak with the person they want to talk to the most.The Law of Lazarus will explore how the world comes to learn and accept this new aspect of life.
A massive thanks to all of the facilitators who contributed to this program and who acted as guides and inspiration to the participants: Duncan McHugh, Hina Imam, Stephanie Kwetásel’wet Wood, Helena Krobath, Christine Mackenzie, and Alex De Boer.
If you would like to distribute these podcasts, speak with the Program Manager, or connect with any of the individual artists about their work, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
For more information, please contact:
Ciara Reid, Program Manager