Table Talk with Dee Lysak
This podcast, Table Talk with Dee Lysak, invites you to the eastern shores of Lake of the Woods with miles and miles of shoreline, ancient rock, and 14,522 islands. This is the Laurentian Plateau. Imagine yourself here, sitting with friends and family, around a kitchen table: listening. The stories are mine, to write and to tell. And, the tales - mostly fact, some fiction are centred around all that it means to be Canadian in an ever-changing world. The past will help us know where we came from and the present will ground us in our shared reality. I trust the words, all knitted together, will illustrate the world we live in. And, if we choose to act - individually or collectively: we can imagine and build an even better one. Life moves so quickly. Thank you for spending some unhurried minutes, with me - Dee Lysak.
Episodes
16 episodes
A Letter to Lake Abernathy
For every person who has loved and lost. If you are feeling lonely, know that you are not alone. This episode is in loving memory of Peter Wiwcharyk, my grandpa and our time together, here on earth - on Lake Abernathy in Northwestern Onta...
Fire & Water, A Retrospective And An Invitation
This episode of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak takes us back in time with a retrospective, centred around the theme of water. It also comments on current events and the calamity and chaos of climate change. The larger over arching conversation...
Champagne Bubbles
My years are divided into two seasons: Camping and waiting for camping… For many months, here in Ontario’s North the colour white dominates. White is an achromatic colour, literally a colour without hue, that is a mixture of the frequenc...
Moose n' Fiddle Music Festival, 2024
And, 2-3-4…The first known music festival was the Pythian Games, a precursor of the Olympics, which was held from the late sixth century BC at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. A general celebration of all things beautiful, it included ...
Book Trading Posts
In Episode 2 of TABLE TALK with Dee Lysak, we explore the early days and milestones of the global movement, that we know as LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES. In the small communities of Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls, we have two "Book Trading Posts".
A Music Essay: I Need Angels
This music essay is the first episode in Season Two of Table Talk with Dee Lysak. In this episode we hear I NEED ANGELS by the incredible singer-songwriter, Adrian Sutherland. I was first introduced to the soulful wonder that is...
Porcupines & Ponies
The other night I said out loud, to no one in particular. You are a very cute platypus. To which Mary Anne replied. What platypus? I said, “the one hanging on my laptop”. She looked at me, perplexed and said: That is a p...
Creative Residencies in Northwestern Ontario
In the wilds of northwestern Ontario, creative residencies dot the landscape with hundreds of miles in betwixt and between. Rural and remote places are creating new pathways for discovery and exploration as artists travel from near and far away...
Shopping Local
Last week, I found the most incredible piece of art. It is a painting of a black bear cub on a tree, on a live edge wood plank. It is rustic and whimsical all at the same time. The colours of yellow, green and blue – simply pop! &nb...
Stories Around the Campfire
I so hope you enjoy this mix of fiction and fact, wrapped around the idea of telling stories around the campfire. The very idea of gathering dry wood, lighting a campfire and watching the flames dance in the dark of the night sky is synonymous ...
The Kitchen Party
The KITCHEN PARTY returns in 2021. Although we cannot gather at Caliper Lake Provincial Park in Nestor Falls, Ontario, Canada – we can still enjoy the sights and sounds of “this cool little festival at the lake”! A few summers ago… Roots ...
Blueberry Hill
This podcast might be the most personal one that I have written and recorded to date. You will hear references to my childhood and times spent picking berries with my Baba & Gido. If there is one memory, forever etched in time, ...
I Am A Settler
I Am A Settler is a story that looks at the past, the present and the future. In this story, we discover Turtle Island and how everything is interconnected! And, to illustrate the power of story we share a personal recollection of ...
CUPID the Deer
This is a story of how one whitetail deer caught the attention of the human race and in so doing, catapulted one deer, just one deer from Anywhere, Ontario, Canada into the hearts and minds of many. CUPID the deer created an ecosphere; of...
