Nov. 7, 2025

CBC interview about Apisheesh

CBC interview about Apisheesh

Wacheyek, 

I was recently interviewed by CBC Sudbury's Up North afternoon program about the podcast and the segment aired Nov. 7, 2025.

Listen to the segment where I talk about finding my mooshoom's recordings, the animal sounds in my episodes, my learning update, and my guests: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-84-up-north/clip/16180545-cree-language-learner-lenny-carpenter-shares-journey-podcast

Meegwetch to the Up North team at CBC Sudbury for reaching out and sharing my podcast and story!

-Lenny

Lenny Carpenter Profile Photo
Lenny Carpenter

Host / Producer / Composer

Lenny is an Omushkego (Swampy Cree) writer, musician, and filmmaker based in Timmins, Ontario. A member of Attawapiskat First Nation, he grew up in the James Bay community of Moosonee before relocating to Timmins during his high school years. He has worked in media as a reporter/editor/publisher with Wawatay News, a reporter intern at CBC Thunder Bay, and the Indigenous Reporters Program manager at Journalists for Human Rights. He graduated from Confederation College's Film Production program in 2011. He was most recently a Gladue Writer and Gladue Manager with Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services.

CBC Indigenous story on the podcast

I was recently interviewed by CBC Indigenous and the story was published today, just in time for Christmas! See story here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/apisheesh-cree-podcast-9.6994808 Thanks to Candace Maracle and the CBC Indigenous team f…

Article in TimminsToday.com

Last week, I was interviewed by TimminsToday.com reporter Marissa Lentz-McGrath and the article was published over the weekend. The story covers how I discovering the recordings, coming up with the name Apisheesh, selecting my guests, and hopes for…