{"id":2496,"date":"2026-06-18T13:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:06:36","slug":"e500-the-grand-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamietennant.ca\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/e500-the-grand-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"E500 The Grand Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">And here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There&#8217;s not much I can write here that I don&#8217;t say somewhere on this sprawling live episode of GET LIT. A few things I might have left out include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">the fabulous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jesrose.ca\/\">Jessica Rose<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/gritlit.ca\"><strong>GritLit <\/strong><\/a>Artistic Director, is the introductory voice and kind soul who agreed to let me do a final episode live<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">the excellent George Elchuk, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cfmu.ca\">CFMU <\/a><\/strong>staffer and member of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rexforddrivemusic\/\">Rexford Drive<\/a><\/strong>, did a great job mixing and mastering the live session to be more pleasant on your ears<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">the award presenter is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thesil.ca\">Silhouette<\/a><\/strong> newspaper editor, pal and musician <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewmrozowski.square.site\/the-artist\">Andrew Mrozowski<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I&#8217;m unclear who <em>all <\/em>the audience member questions were from so I&#8217;ll identify none of them (sorry&#8230;but if you know, you&#8217;ll <em>definitely <\/em>know)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">this took a few takes, because I welled up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">So listen in! We have wonderful guests including guest host <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/garybarwin.com\">Gary Barwin<\/a><\/strong> (I mean, I&#8217;m hosting too&#8230;it&#8217;s hard to explain) and the Triple A team, as I was annoyingly calling them &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amyjonesauthor.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"amyjonesauthor.com\">Amy Jones<\/a><\/strong>,<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amandaleduc.com\"> Amanda Leduc<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/anujavarghese.com\">Anuja Varghese<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s a fun conversation. I&#8217;m proud to leave GET LIT on a note like this. Thanks for all the kind words, all the conversations, and all the ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GET LIT will continue to post the episodes missing from podcast platforms (about E10 to E149) so in a way&#8230;we&#8217;re still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Until the next project&#8230;thanks for listening! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">-Jamie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GET LIT E500 GRAND FINALE JUNE 18 2026 by James Tennant\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2341113185&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And here we are. There&#8217;s not much I can write here that I don&#8217;t say somewhere on this sprawling live episode of GET LIT. A few things I might have left out include: So listen in! 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