The Firecracker Department
Award-winning actor Naomi Snieckus (Second City, Disney’s Zombies) is getting real with fellow artists about their struggles, successes, and everything in between. A new episode is out every 2 weeks.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 238
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The Blaze Sessions Season 1 Trailer
Amanda Brugel finds beauty in her daily “delights”
The incomparable Amanda Brugel should truly be recognized as an artistic chameleon. With her seamless ability to transition from comedy to drama - in roles like Karina Duff on Pretty Hard Cases …
Rong Fu
Our guest this week is Chinese-Canadian actor, writer - RONG FU!
Rong was born in Qin-an, China and was raised in Toronto, Canada. She knew at a young age that she wanted to be an actor and started …
Sally Shaar
Veronica Martin
Our guest this week is Greater Toronto-based Coach and Consultant, Crafter, Cook, Sewist, Bread Baker, Head of our Mentorship Department, Facilitator of Firecracker Artists Way Programme and Actionee…
Kathleen Harquail
Our guest this week is Toronto-based policy advisor, workplace consultant, change maker, film producer AND Firecracker Actioneer and part of our mentorship department - KATHLEEN HARQUAIL!
Kathleen ha…
Laura Terruso
Our guest this week is screenwriter, director and producer LAURA TERRUSO!
Laura is a graduate from NYU’s graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Her feature film debut as writer, dire…
Teresa M. Ho
Mae Martin
Our 150th guest this week is London-based award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer MAE MARTIN! Mae began doing comedy at the age of 13 and dropped out of school at 15 to pursue c…
Lisa Berry
Our guest this week is Toronto-based actor, writer, producer, mindfulness and meditation coach and teacher LISA BERRY! Let’s celebrate LISA’s Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Lead Performa…
Agam Darshi
Our guest this week is Los Angeles-based, born in England, raised all over Canada, award-winning actor and filmmaker AGAM DARSHI!
You may recognize Agam from her role as Radha in Oscar-nominated dir…
Shasha Nakhai
Our guest this week is Toronto-based award-winning producer, director and storyteller SHASHA NAKHAI! Shasha’s storytelling work has taken her all over the world, like the Hawaiian coastline in THI…
Martha Chaves
Our guest this week is Toronto based award-winning comedian, actor, activist, emerging playwright and podcaster - MARTHA CHAVES!
Martha describes herself as, “the most famous LGBTQ-Nicaraguan-Canadi…
Susan Messing
Our guest this week is Chicago-based award-winning actor, improviser, comedian and teacher SUSAN MESSING! Susan is a New Jersey native and a graduate of Northwestern University’s Theatre School. She…
Liesl Lafferty
Our guest this week is Vancouver-based scriptwriter, story editor, award-winning director AND our co-head of our Writing Department LIESL LAFFERTY! Liesl focuses mainly on creating and developing new…
Nelu Handa
Our guest this week is Toronto-based screenwriter, producer and actor NELU HANDA! Nelu wrote for and performed on multiple seasons of award-winning comedy series including: CTV and HULU’s JANN, PBS…
Jasmine Renée Thomas
Our guest this week is Toronto-based actor and professional dancer JASMINE RENÉE THOMAS! You may recognize Jasmine from her starring role as Stacey in Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 1, 2 and 3. By the age o…
Alanis Obomsawin
Our first guest of 2022 is singer, songwriter, artist, director, producer, one of Canada’s most distinguished filmmakers and member of the Abenaki Nation ALANIS OBOMSAWIN! Her 53rd film in her 54 yea…
Kylee Russell
Our guest this week is California-based actor, singer, songwriter and dancer KYLEE RUSSELL! She starred as Karin Daniels in Disney Channel’s “JUMP IN!”, along side HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL’s Corbin Bleu a…
Reel Women's Network Spotlight: Joanne Hock
Our 13th Reel Women’s Network spotlight guest is North Carolina-based, award-winning writer, director, producer and cinematographer - JOANNE HOCK! She directed features including: THE ULTIMATE LEGAC…