Mark Leiren-Young
@leirenyoung.bsky.social
🐋 📚 🏆 Author, playwright & hockey nut in Canada Host @SkaanaPod https://leirenyoung.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/leirenyoung 🇨🇦
I've been answering this question daily - often several times a day - since Playing Shylock's #off-Broadway debut was announced. And yeah, the "choice" was heartbreaking, but it has never really felt like a choice. open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Give My Regards to (off) Broadway - Because I'm Not Going
Why I'm not in New York watching the incredible Saul Rubinek in my play, Playing Shylock
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November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I've been answering this question daily - often several times a day - since Playing Shylock's #off-Broadway debut was announced. And yeah, the "choice" was heartbreaking, but it has never really felt like a choice. open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Today's @theglobeandmail.com! Of course the moment this goes live today the line I should have added to this hits me like a lightning bolt... "I can imagine @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social reading this budget thinking... I climbed the CN Tower for this?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Today's @theglobeandmail.com! Of course the moment this goes live today the line I should have added to this hits me like a lightning bolt... "I can imagine @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social reading this budget thinking... I climbed the CN Tower for this?" www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Brian Lilley and I had big fun talking
Greener Than Thou, eco-politics and what's left of the left for the @nationalpost.bsky.social Full Comment Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
Greener Than Thou, eco-politics and what's left of the left for the @nationalpost.bsky.social Full Comment Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
Cautionary tales from a refugee of NDP and Green party ecopolitics
Podcast Episode · Full Comment · 2025-11-03 · 49m
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Brian Lilley and I had big fun talking
Greener Than Thou, eco-politics and what's left of the left for the @nationalpost.bsky.social Full Comment Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
Greener Than Thou, eco-politics and what's left of the left for the @nationalpost.bsky.social Full Comment Podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
Thrilled to share the scoop on my new book about #cdnpoli and eco-politics
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My New Book - Greener Than Thou - In Stores Today
Surviving the Toxic Sludge of Canadian Eco-Politics
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November 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thrilled to share the scoop on my new book about #cdnpoli and eco-politics
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Wow. Tonight in New York. First preview! Congrats and thank you Martin Kinch & Saul Rubinek
October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Wow. Tonight in New York. First preview! Congrats and thank you Martin Kinch & Saul Rubinek
Thankful for the chance to connect with the legendary Ric O'Barry for @skaana.bsky.social before his upcoming visit to #Victoria. We talked about captivity, sanctuaries, The Cove, The Dolphin Project, Watching Flipper watching Flipper on TV and soooooo much more tinyurl.com/dolphinric
Flipper Trainer Ric O'Barry on his journey from SeaWorld to Sanctuaries
And the scoop on his Victoria fundraisers to save dolphins
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October 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Thankful for the chance to connect with the legendary Ric O'Barry for @skaana.bsky.social before his upcoming visit to #Victoria. We talked about captivity, sanctuaries, The Cove, The Dolphin Project, Watching Flipper watching Flipper on TV and soooooo much more tinyurl.com/dolphinric
Remembering Moby Doll - the #killerwhale whale who changed the world on the anniversary of his death in 1964 #orca @skaana.bsky.social
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Remembering Moby Doll
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World Drowned on Oct. 9, 1964
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October 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Remembering Moby Doll - the #killerwhale whale who changed the world on the anniversary of his death in 1964 #orca @skaana.bsky.social
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Happy World #Octopus Day! 🐙🐙🐙 open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...
Happy World Octopus Day
Arming you with all the octopus news!
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October 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Happy World #Octopus Day! 🐙🐙🐙 open.substack.com/pub/skaanapo...
Happy World Octopus Day 🐙🐙🐙 To celebrate I'm talking all things octopus - including the flapjack and the glass octopus and octopus taking over the world - on CFAX today at 8:50 am PST www.cfax1070.com
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October 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Happy World Octopus Day 🐙🐙🐙 To celebrate I'm talking all things octopus - including the flapjack and the glass octopus and octopus taking over the world - on CFAX today at 8:50 am PST www.cfax1070.com
I'm sure no one will disagree with my take on the @nhlcanucks.bsky.social prospects. For fans of @edmontonoilers.bsky.social the Toronto Maple Leafs, the @winnipegjets.com etc - aside from just trashing my list, let's see the ten reasons this is your year. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/why-this-i...
Ten reasons this is the season the Canucks are winning the Stanley Cup
Including... Hughes, Demko, Lankinen and all the Petterssons
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October 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'm sure no one will disagree with my take on the @nhlcanucks.bsky.social prospects. For fans of @edmontonoilers.bsky.social the Toronto Maple Leafs, the @winnipegjets.com etc - aside from just trashing my list, let's see the ten reasons this is your year. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/why-this-i...
The best thing about #orcas being declared the icons of BC by CBC was the idea that it might shine a light on how to save them. Salmon expert Misty MacDuffee from @raincoast.org on how this iconic community can survive Bright Extinction @skaana.bsky.social skaanapod.substack.com/p/how-to-sav...
How to Save the Southern Resident Orcas - With Misty MacDuffee
And the latest on the southern residents, humpbacks, octopuses and more in our ocean news update for Sept. 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The best thing about #orcas being declared the icons of BC by CBC was the idea that it might shine a light on how to save them. Salmon expert Misty MacDuffee from @raincoast.org on how this iconic community can survive Bright Extinction @skaana.bsky.social skaanapod.substack.com/p/how-to-sav...
Orcas in Alberta! If you're in Alberta... The coolest gig I’ve ever had was writing the orca exhibit for the Royal BC Museum - Orcas: Our Shared Future. The exhibit is touring everywhere. It’s currently at the Royal Albert Museum in Edmonton royalalbertamuseum.ca/visit/exhibi...
ORCAS at the RAM
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September 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Orcas in Alberta! If you're in Alberta... The coolest gig I’ve ever had was writing the orca exhibit for the Royal BC Museum - Orcas: Our Shared Future. The exhibit is touring everywhere. It’s currently at the Royal Albert Museum in Edmonton royalalbertamuseum.ca/visit/exhibi...
BC politics is never boring. Apparently, no party in the province seems to be a fan of leaving the results of their leadership races to those silly members. Some thoughts on the BC Greens debate and their Trumpian voter verification fiasco. open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
Do the BC Greens Want a Part-Time Party Leader?
Also... do they really want everyone to vote?
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September 18, 2025 at 3:52 AM
BC politics is never boring. Apparently, no party in the province seems to be a fan of leaving the results of their leadership races to those silly members. Some thoughts on the BC Greens debate and their Trumpian voter verification fiasco. open.substack.com/pub/leirenyo...
@nhlcanucks.bsky.social star Evander Kane hits a high note with Bryan Adams @ Rogers Arena. youtube.com/shorts/9Da1M...
Vancouver Canuck star Evander Kane hits high note with Bryan Adams at Rogers Arena
YouTube video by Mark Leiren-Young
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September 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
@nhlcanucks.bsky.social star Evander Kane hits a high note with Bryan Adams @ Rogers Arena. youtube.com/shorts/9Da1M...
After years of being a fan of @lizgilbert.bsky.social - and interviewing "Liz" for @vancouversun.bsky.social in 2011 - I took a fantastic workshop with her in Vancouver this summer. Some thoughts on writing, loving & workshopping with The Dalai Gilbert tinyurl.com/lovewrite
Eat, Pray, Love, Write with Liz Gilbert
Thoughts on and from a weekend in Vancouver with the iconic author and creativity guru
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September 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
After years of being a fan of @lizgilbert.bsky.social - and interviewing "Liz" for @vancouversun.bsky.social in 2011 - I took a fantastic workshop with her in Vancouver this summer. Some thoughts on writing, loving & workshopping with The Dalai Gilbert tinyurl.com/lovewrite
I just read that we lost the legendary actor Graham Greene. I was lucky enough to work with him on a couple of CBC variety series where he got to show off his fun/funny side. I had a blast jamming with him on this sketch. youtu.be/0vIYGKFszgU
Legendary actor Graham Greene smoking on CBC's Terminal City (1998)
YouTube video by Mark Leiren-Young
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September 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I just read that we lost the legendary actor Graham Greene. I was lucky enough to work with him on a couple of CBC variety series where he got to show off his fun/funny side. I had a blast jamming with him on this sketch. youtu.be/0vIYGKFszgU
Some thoughts on the BCGreen leadership race & the impressive campaign of @emilylowan.bsky.social Really interesting comments on this one popping up under the story on Substack - also getting a lot of emails & messages about this one. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/why-im-sur...
Why I'm Sure BC's Next Green Leader is 24-year-old activist Emily Lowan
And what that means for the BC political scene
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September 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Some thoughts on the BCGreen leadership race & the impressive campaign of @emilylowan.bsky.social Really interesting comments on this one popping up under the story on Substack - also getting a lot of emails & messages about this one. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/why-im-sur...
Octopus selfies. iconic orcas and super sockeye news…
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An octopus shoots a selfie, sockeye salmon are back in BC & orcas are officially iconic
Skaana's Ocean News roundup for August, 2025
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August 31, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Octopus selfies. iconic orcas and super sockeye news…
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Wow. So this is happening. playbill.com/article/saul...
Saul Rubinek Will Star in New York Premiere of Playing Shylock
Martin Kinch will direct Mark Leiren-Young's one-person drama.
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August 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Wow. So this is happening. playbill.com/article/saul...
A few hundred years ago, the editor at Calgary’s long-defunct Swerve Magazine asked me to write something about, “the most influential book I read as a kid.” This was my answer. What’s yours? leirenyoung.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
What was the most influential book you read growing up?
My answer: Spider-Man comics. Yours?
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August 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A few hundred years ago, the editor at Calgary’s long-defunct Swerve Magazine asked me to write something about, “the most influential book I read as a kid.” This was my answer. What’s yours? leirenyoung.substack.com/p/the-most-i...
The timing couldn’t be better because last month 31 scientists from Canada, the US and Europe released a report listing all the things we can and should be doing to save the critically endangered southern resident orcas - the true icons of this iconic species. skaanapod.substack.com/p/british-co...
British Columbians Choose Orcas as Our Icon in Great CBC Symbol Clash
So that means it's time to share our home with them... right?
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August 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The timing couldn’t be better because last month 31 scientists from Canada, the US and Europe released a report listing all the things we can and should be doing to save the critically endangered southern resident orcas - the true icons of this iconic species. skaanapod.substack.com/p/british-co...
Excited to be back on @cfax1070.bsky.social tomorrow (Friday, Aug 15) at 4 with Ryan Price. This week's topic is gonna be octopuses - like the octopus who borrowed someone's camera and started filming... who is almost as cool as Rambo, the New Zealand octopus octographer 🐙 @orcabook.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Excited to be back on @cfax1070.bsky.social tomorrow (Friday, Aug 15) at 4 with Ryan Price. This week's topic is gonna be octopuses - like the octopus who borrowed someone's camera and started filming... who is almost as cool as Rambo, the New Zealand octopus octographer 🐙 @orcabook.bsky.social
I have to share this - a chance to vote for orcas: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Search for B.C.'s Best Symbol: Championship final — Totem Poles vs. Orcas | CBC News
Two iconic symbols of this province. Which one will British Columbians vote as the best?
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August 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I have to share this - a chance to vote for orcas: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What is this American way that right-wing critics think Superman represents? Asking for a Canadian friend. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/its-a-bird...
August 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What is this American way that right-wing critics think Superman represents? Asking for a Canadian friend. leirenyoung.substack.com/p/its-a-bird...
If you saw the #fantasticfour movie - and didn’t know anything about the comic - did you get that The Thing was Jewish or just think he was crushing on Natasha Lyonne?
August 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you saw the #fantasticfour movie - and didn’t know anything about the comic - did you get that The Thing was Jewish or just think he was crushing on Natasha Lyonne?