Feb 8, 2021
Alanna O’Reilly is a podcaster, a choreographer, a barista, and much more. Alanna hosts the Dystopian Telephone Podcast (an existential comedy podcast for the new renaissance), and has choreographed projects yet to be staged due to covid. Alanna’s pronouns are she and her.
On this extended episode of Hat Collecting, Lacey talks to fellow podcaster and show host Alanna O'Reilly about the genesis of creative projects, being a 'multipotentialite', how and why low wage and frontline workers are severely under appreciated, adhd, polyamory, trauma, and more!
TIMESTAMPS
Lacey was on Alanna's podcast recently, episode 9 of the Dystopian
Telephone Podcast (00:45)
Where did you grow up? (01:18)
Biggest misconception about that place? (02:08)
Lacey talks about an article about creative millennials moving away
from Toronto to smaller cities around southern Ontario that are
more affordable and how she could see herself also doing that
eventually (02:55)
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (04:40)
How did you get into the things you do? (06:45)
Lacey and Alanna discuss being a "multipotentialite" aka
'renaissance soul' aka 'scanner' aka 'dilettante' (13:00)
What was one of the biggest obstacles for you to getting to where
you wanted to be sooner? (17:00)
The original genesis of Dystopian Telephone, a very cool multimedia
art project (18:44)
What would you say is the biggest misconception about your job(s)?
(24:04)
Lacey and Alanna rant about the misconceptions about and disrespect
towards 'low wage / unskilled' labour (27:35)
When you were a kid, what did you want to be or do when you grew
up? (29:02)
What age were you when you felt you'd found the path that felt
right for you? (32:20)
What was the last playful or silly thing you did on purpose that
didn't involve children and what was the last act of self care that
you did for yourself, no matter how small? (37:12)
What is the last new thing you learned, and what is something that
you would still like to learn? (39:15)
What are your two most dissimilar 'hats'? (43:36)
What is your schedule like and do you have a peak time of day?
(47:46)
What is a positive or silver lining that has resulted in your life
specifically because of the DISRUPTION from the pandemic?
(50:20)
Have you dealt with any disabilities or mental health issues in
your life and how have you worked through them? (55:34)
Can you give an example of a close relationship that supported you
and one that didn't? (01:03:59)
What is something big that you failed at in your life, but you
learned a valuable lesson from it, and what was the lesson?
(01:09:44)
What advice would you give to a teenager? A 30 year old? A
grandparent? (01:14:40)
The guest asks me a question - what piece of advice do you give
that you're not good at taking yourself? (01:17:35)
The ring theory of trauma recovery (01:18:52)
Are there any specific causes or charities that you'd like to raise
awareness of? (01:23:00)
Plugs! (01:25:44)
The Traditional Hat Sign Off (01:28:28)
Remember to head over to https://www.patreon.com/artemiscreates
to access the bonus episode!
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Charities and Causes:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.io
https://linktr.ee/NationalResourceList
https://unistoten.camp/support-us/donate
https://foodnotbombs.net/new_site/
https://www.youthline.ca
https://www.translifeline.org/
https://www.360kids.ca
https://threshold.us/c/cancelprime/amazon-alternatives
http://www.not-amazon.ca
http://sistering.org
http://downiewenjack.ca
http://twelvedonations.org
http://linktr.ee/peoplespantryto
http://www.friendsofruby.ca
http://nwrct.ca
http://www.canadianwomen.org/signal-for-help/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/27/how-to-avoid-amazon-the-definitive-guide-to-online-shopping-without-the-retail-titan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.kiva.org
https://www.native-land.ca