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The InfoDump

por Lela Fox-Doran

Educación Aficiones

Temporada 4

ENTIRELY CAPTIVATED BY CATEGORY E with Joey Dillane

In a brand new season from a brand new location, brand new friend and guest Joey joins Lela to talk life, death, experimentation, and the playing of it all in Belinda Cornish's Category E, a show he recently starred in. Going through pictures, props from the show, scripts, and Joey’s own experience in and around this production, he brings the characters of Filigree, Millet, and Corcoran back to life, and dissects them, and their world, in a much more humane and loving way. This show is unofficially sponsored by coyotes, Foxes, Dacin, and one individual Reuben Sandwich. Want to be on the show? Email me! lela.foxdoran@gmail.com

Temporada 3

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BLACKOUT

Fresh out of a blackout that affected much of Peterborough and the surrounding area for going into a week, Lela catches up on all the things they couldn’t do without power – washing laundry, cleaning dishes, computer work – in this good old regular yap session about what they could do without power. Grab your own crumpled laundry, or fill the sink with hot water, and join Lela in getting some of those missed tasks done, and maybe learn a thing or two to help you out the next time a blackout happens. This episode aired on April 4th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

TAKING TO THE TRAILS with Lauren Yandt

After a long hiatus, long-time friend of the show and repeat guest Lauren Yandt is back to talk about – you guessed it – the outdoors. But this time, The InfoDump is going off-roading. Taking to the trails of the environment centre on the Trent University campus, Lauren and Lela chat about birds and how to identify them, the times of year you are likely to find wildlife in the area, especially in early spring, and how the landscape evolves as the seasons pass. Finishing off the episode surrounded by chickadees, this episode is a great reminder that you should get out and see what’s happening outside. This episode aired on March 28th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

BUZZING WITH KNOWLEDGE with Emma Dickson

Calling in from across the pond, Lela is joined by Emma who chats about her experience in a very different field of study than Lela’s despite them having nearly the exact same educational background. Emma’s research is in flies. From determining post mortem interval, to what narcotics a person ingested before death, to where the body was moved from, forensic entomology is a wealth of information, and Emma is helping to lay the groundwork. Breaking down the process of identifying fly species, to rearing them, to how a research process can change over time given changing resources, and even to what to do when you finally let yourself leave the lab, this episode gives a raw, in-depth look at PhD work and the effort that goes into it. You can also help support Emma and her mum by checking out their business S&Em Designs! I apologize for the audio in this episode. Recording software did not like recording in-app audio for some reason. This episode aired on March 21st, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

SHOESTRING TRAVELLING with Carol-Ann Fox

Making the intro ID totally redundant, Carol-Ann is back, this time talking about travel in a different way; looking a bit further back in time than her Camino Santiago, Carol-Ann talks about the shockingly inexpensive trips she’s done with her kid (Lela). Sporting a resume of 3 weeks in Italy for $5k, and 3 weeks in Egypt for $8k (including all food, lodgings, travel/driving in-country, flights, daily excursions – literally every expense), this mother / kit duo talk cheap travel without compromising the experience or missing anything on their bucket lists. You can also follow their travel account on instagram to stay caught up on any future adventures: @travelling.kits This episode aired on March 14th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

TABLETOP STORYTELLING with Jacob Clyde

Rolling a +1 on their inspiration die and using that to summon a companion, which uses the help action, Lela gets to chat with Jacob about not only tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) and DMing them, but also using this as a method of storytelling rather than just gameplay. How do tropes help or hurt a story? Is railroading a plot point worth it? How does a level playing field of character weight translate into a novelized story? From the trials and tribulations of trying to create a cohesive storyline when a table of 5 people are telling it, and 1 person is “in control”, to the ups and downs of letting players take the reins of the story and watching magic happen, Jacob breaks down the beauty that can be created if you just trust the process and your players. This episode aired on February 21st, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

IMPROV 2: MARKY MARC BOOGALOO with Marc Ludwig and Mark Rostrup

In an episode very alternatively titled Marc/k 2: The Speed of Improv, Mark Rostrup is back in-studio, this time with his partner in crime, Marc Ludwig. Chatting long- and short- form improv, musical endeavours, muppets, and superheroes, Lela gets to take more of a back seat this episode as Mark and Marc do what they do best and riff off of each other in this equal parts silly and informative episode. Keep an eye out for Ball Pit Improv or Make Us Sing events at a theatre near you! This episode aired on February 7th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

UNSUNG THEATRE HEROES

Third times the charm in Lela’s third solo episode of the season, but it’s just in time as they cannot stop thinking about all the people you don’t see in theatre. Stagehands, techies, directors, all of them deserve their flowers and rarely do they get them to the extent they should. Doing their best job to do just that for several productions, along with doing some humble bragging about their old theatre company – Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company – Lela attempts to do just that: point out all the hard work they’ve seen people put into shows that so often goes unnoticed, but if it wasn’t there, the whole production would fall apart, if it even happened in the first place. This episode aired on January 21st, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

SO WHAT DO YOU DO FOR WORK?

In the second solo show in a row, Lela takes the opportunity to explain what it is they actually do for work (hint: it’s not radio). Spurred by a holiday season of meeting new people and having to find the quickest, simplest way to answer the question while still being accurate, this episode serves as the one hour breakdown Lela wishes they could have given. Forensic Biology background into lab technology, DNA work, and animal handling, this episode starts at the basics and builds in a (hopefully) easy to understand way so – hopefully – you’ll actually get what they do for work. This episode aired on January 14th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio at 92.7 CFFF FM! Support local radio!

NEW YEAR NEW SEASON

Starting the new year off on better spirits, Lela recaps the last two seasons of the show, the disappearance – or rather, lack of appearances – of new episodes online, the importance of taking care of your mental health, and what they’re excited to get into now that they’ve had a bit of a break. This episode aired on January 7th, 2025. Thanks to Trent Radio CFFF FM! Support local radio!

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