IATSE 891 Presents: Apple Box Talks
IATSE 891 presents Apple Box Talks, the podcast where we talk to the artists, technicians, and stakeholders that make up the BC motion picture industry. From prep to post and everything in between, we are the union behind entertainment. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S2 Ep9: Rob Ashton, ILWU Canada President
**WARNING: This podcast contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised.**
With workers' rights and the labour movement in the news at the federal level, and with Labour Day on the hor…
With workers' rights and the labour movement in the news at the federal level, and with Labour Day on the hor…
00:51:10 |
Thu 21 Aug 2025
S2 Ep8: Barbara Lee, Vancouver Asian Film Festival Founder
"The work that we do is just talking about our value and our worth...supporting and empowering and elevating the Asian diaspora and the racialized diaspora in North America. And I'm not gonna wait fo…
00:40:58 |
Thu 17 Jul 2025
S2 Ep7: Mikelle Sasakamoose, Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
**WARNING: This podcast contains discussion of sensitive topics. Listener discretion is advised.**
"We want people to be able to enjoy and celebrate our culture, our rich and vibrant cultures—plural…
"We want people to be able to enjoy and celebrate our culture, our rich and vibrant cultures—plural…
00:49:56 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
S2 Ep6: Marnie Gee, BC Film Commissioner, and Leslie Wootton, Screen BC Executive Director
"Our job is to make sure that it's a world-class experience to film in British Columbia...we're 'shot locally, seen globally.'"
Today, we're joined on the Apple Box by two leaders in the BC motion p…
Today, we're joined on the Apple Box by two leaders in the BC motion p…
00:55:32 |
Thu 22 May 2025
S2 Ep5: Spencer Chandra Herbert, BC Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport
Joining us today on the Apple Box is BC's Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport, Spencer Chandra Herbert. First elected provincially in 2008 as the youngest MLA in the Legislature, the Minist…
00:20:01 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
S2 Ep4: Don Ramsden, Former 891 President
**WARNING: This podcast contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised.**
Today, April 2, marks the 63rd anniversary of the founding of IATSE 891! To commemorate this day, we are join…
Today, April 2, marks the 63rd anniversary of the founding of IATSE 891! To commemorate this day, we are join…
00:45:37 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
S2 Ep3: Jillian Arnold, IATSE 695
Jillian Arnold started her career working in aerospace for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and is now the first female president in IATSE Local 695's ninety-year history, and the chair of the IATSE…
00:52:46 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
S2 Ep2: Gladys Tong, G Creative
"Some people say AI is not really artificial, it's actually alien. Alien intelligence. It's not something that we know. It's not like a tool that we've seen before. It has a little bit of an agency..…
00:56:56 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
S2 Ep1: Justin Barnes, REEL Green
We are back with Season 2 of Apple Box Talks! To kick it off, we interview Justin Barnes, REEL Green Lead at Creative BC. With a background in environmental economics, Justin talks about REEL Green's…
00:27:58 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
S1 Ep27: Lorraine Carson - Costume
"Costumes are the first people to meet the actors. The relationship between the costume designer and the costume team and the actor is vital — it has to be harmonious." Lorraine Carson is a 40-plus …
00:38:54 |
Thu 26 Dec 2024
S1 Ep26: George Chapman - 891's first-ever Business Representative
In 2021, we sat down with the legendary George Chapman, IATSE 891's first-ever Business Representative, on our Apple Box Talks podcast. In memory of George's passing, we are releasing the episode now…
00:33:32 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
S1 Ep25: Todd Masters - Make-up
**WARNING: This podcast contains references to mature subject matter. Listener discretion is advised.**
This week, we're joined by the department who make the monsters monstrous and the wounds look …
This week, we're joined by the department who make the monsters monstrous and the wounds look …
00:48:40 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
S1 Ep24: Julie McHaffie - Hair
891 member Julie McHaffie claims that her work in the Hair Department is "50% skill, 50% personality," and, after joining our podcast to talk us through her motion picture career, we can see why! Jul…
00:52:41 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
S1 Ep23: Special Edition Education Series, Part 3: 891 Organizing Team
"What I am proudest of is that we were able to help these workers do what any workers can inherently do – come together and build worker power. The wins belong to the workers."
In the last part of o…
In the last part of o…
00:31:34 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
S1 Ep22: Special Edition Episode: Sustainable Production Forum 2024
In this special edition episode for the 2024 Sustainability Production Forum, we welcome to the Apple Box a group of sustainability champions in the BC motion picture industry.
We sit down with Kath…
We sit down with Kath…
00:34:16 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
S1 Ep21: Special Edition Education Series, Part 2: Julia Neville
In Part 2 of our Special Edition Education Series, we are joined on the Apple Box by long-standing 891 member and former IATSE International Rep. Julia Neville. As one of the few members who has part…
00:46:39 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
S1 Ep20: Special Edition Education Series, Part 1: Hermender Singh Kailley - BC Federation of Labour
"I'm not just going to go through this door into leadership and shut it behind me..."
Joining us on Apple Box Talks is the Secretary-Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour, Hermender Singh Kaille…
Joining us on Apple Box Talks is the Secretary-Treasurer of the BC Federation of Labour, Hermender Singh Kaille…
00:52:59 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
S1 Ep19: Laura Collini - Script Supervisors
"We see everything. We see it all and we hear it all," proclaims continuity extraordinaire Laura Collini. In this episode, Laura goes in depth on what it's like being a Script Supervisors member – so…
00:31:38 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
S1 Ep18: Sabrina Pitre - Editing
This week we sit down with award-winning member of the Editing department, Sabrina Pitre. With credits including Freaks, 50 States of Fright, and Sisters and Brothers, Sabrina takes us on a deep dive…
00:31:59 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
S1 Ep17: Jimmy Chow - Props
Welcome to the relaunch of Apple Box Talks.
As we prepare to bring you Season 2 in 2025, we're going back to our archives to bring you six previously unaired episodes from our first season in 2021. …
As we prepare to bring you Season 2 in 2025, we're going back to our archives to bring you six previously unaired episodes from our first season in 2021. …
00:47:05 |
Tue 30 Jul 2024
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