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    THE IMPOSTER
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    Land of Filth n’ Honey
    Jess Salomon makes her comedy Great Again. Bruce McDonald goes to Washington. PJ Vogt inhabits a Weakerthans song. BJ Snowden loves Canada more than Canadians do.
    January 25, 2017
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    Jess Salomon used to be a UN war crimes lawyer. Now, she’s trying to get some regular comedy gigs in New York. She has videos of her stand-up on her website.

    Bruce McDonald is a filmmaker whose movies include Hardcore Logo, Highway 61 and Roadkill. His newest movie, Weirdos, will be in select theatres across Canada this spring.

    PJ Vogt hosts a podcast called Reply All. In one episode, he micro doses on LSD at work and in another he cracks open One Direction conspiracy theories.

    BJ Snowden is a songwriter living in Massachusetts. She writes songs about Canada, but also things like working as a school teacher and Judge Joe Brown. Here’s her video for “In Canada.”

    Music on this episode:

    “Sailin’ On” by Haolin Munk. Find more of their music here.

    “One Great City!” by The Weakerthans

    “In Canada” by BJ Snowden. Get the full album here.

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