SADCAST: a podcast featuring stories, art, and design from "No Fun City".

Our 100th episode, a year in the making! Carolyn Nakagawa was our esteemed guest, and chatted with us about her creative life as a poet, playwright, and researcher. You can preorder her book Asahi: Japanese Canadian Baseball Heroes from your favourite bookstore, available in November 2026! More on what she’s up to can be found at cynakagawa.com.Come swing by and say hey at the Word Vancouver literary festival, this Saturday, September 19th! Kristi will be at UBC Robson from 11am-5pm chatting with the local readerly and writerly community for a special upcoming episode. Word Vancouver is free to attend, and there’s an excellent lineup of panels, workshops, and vendors (including local writing institutions, independent publishers and booksellers, and artists) to see all day. Full schedule here: https://www.wordvancouver.ca/main-day-events-2026Local music feature: “Aqua e’ Coco” by Empanadas IlegalesTheme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠Kimmortal***Know someone we should talk to, or have music we can feature? Reach out to [email protected]***Get more SAD, support local media!SAD Mag // SAD Online // Merch // Events

Writer Kaile Shilling joins us to talk about expanding community with those who are often intentionally excluded, evolving personal perception and perspective, and the incredible power of sauna.[Light warning for loud excitement (!!!) over fluffy preteen chickens!]SAD Mag and SADCAST will be at Word Vancouver on September 20th, come check out our collage workshop and a live episode recording 🥳 Local music feature: “Clarity” by Francis ArevaloTheme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠KimmortalKaile's photo is by Rachel Lando***Know someone we should talk to, or have music we can feature? Reach out to [email protected]***Get more SAD, support local media!SAD Mag // SAD Online // Merch // Events

Sometimes, summertime SADness means sweet and silly nostalgia. In this episode, Kristi catches up with fashion designer Evan Clayton, as they chat about aging, his upcoming collection, and why mall drag is so good.Local music feature: “BROWN SKIN” by JordelTheme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠Kimmortal***Know someone we should talk to, or have music we can feature? Reach out to [email protected]***Get more SAD, support local media!SAD Mag // SAD Online // Merch // Events

Nothing wrong with being Bad or SAD - but we’re still looking for something “rad” to complete the trifecta. Bad Academy’s Amanda Kao sat down to talk with us about belonging, burnout as a canon event for community organizers, and taking the leap to build something new.Tickets still available to attend SAD Mag’s launch party for issue 38 - get ‘em here!Local music feature: “Avalanche” by Marin PatenaudeMarin will be appearing at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival on July 19th, more info here.Theme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠Kimmortal***Know someone we should talk to, or have music we can feature? Reach out to [email protected]***Get more SAD, support local media!SAD Mag // SAD Online // Merch // Events

Did you know we’re all soup? This week we’re recapping a wonderful conversation with Anjalica Solomon, about creative balance, how they show up for their craft and community, and the flexibility of success and consistency.Listen to their new poem “Apocalypse Reimagined”, the final piece of their forthcoming book Apocalypse Joy (September 2025, Write Bloody North), available now on all streaming platforms.Local music feature: “Gher Bede (La Sanguijuela)” by Empanadas Ilegales Empanadas Ilegales’ upcoming album Sancocho Trifásico will be released on June 6th, and you can get tickets to the release party at the Hollywood Theatre here!Theme and interstitial music: “⁠Sad Femme Club⁠” by ⁠⁠Kimmortal***Know someone we should talk to, or have music we can feature? Reach out to [email protected]***Get more SAD, support local media!SAD Mag // SAD Online // Merch // Events