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Island Podcast Nominated For Canadian Podcast Awards

Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 7:32 AM

By Jay Herrington

An Island podcast has been nominated for Podcamp Toronto's fifth annual Canadian Podcast Awards, celebrating outstanding podcasts produced by Canadian podcasters, editors, and producers.

An Island podcast, airing here on The Raven, has been nominated for Podcamp Toronto's fifth annual Canadian Podcast Awards, celebrating outstanding podcasts produced by Canadian podcasters, editors, and producers.

Our Native Land host Tchadas Leo is both Indigenous and South American has been a Vancouver Island resident for the majority of his life.

He is a first year broadcast & journalism student and the host/producer of Our Native Land.

Tchadas has many year of experience in the multimedia and broadcast industry and enjoys finding stories and meeting new people.

He says he's been able to gain extensive knowledge in Indigenous topics from food, culture, art and more.

Podcamp Toronto Chair John Leschinski says nominees like Tchadas exemplify the wealth of talent in Canada and reflects the unique attitudes, opinions, ideas, values, and creativity of Canadians.

There were over 600 entries for the awards submitted across the country with winners to be announced this fall.

You can hear 'Our Native Land' starting this weekend on 100.7 The Raven, Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings.

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