
Episode #10 – Sook-Yin Lee
For the final episode of Season #1, Mark speaks to artist, musician, media personality, writer and cultural agitator Sook-Yin Lee. She offers ideas about the growing pains of an arts community in flux and the goals behind her deep dive into artistic censorship in “UnSafe”; her Canadian Stage produced hybrid documentary/theatre piece that is spurring on big conversations.
Also, Sook-Yin reflects on complicated family life and the move from her suburban immigrant upbringing to her ramshackle teenage years on the streets of Vancouver.
Plus, she recounts her time hosting DNTO on the CBC, and her breakthrough as a VJ on MuchMusic including stories about The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Moses Znaimer & Denise Donlan.
All that, and big ideas on sex, nudity, diversity, appropriation, censorship & even reverse colonialism.
This episode is brought to you by The Royal Conservatory of Music & Koerner Hall, Superframe Framing Services, Red Eye Media, and Saulter Street Brewery.