Ouimet Presents

This podcast discusses suicide in a graphic manner and may be disturbing to some listeners. This is a first person narrative documentary created by Help Text founder Emma Payne. It was originally produced in 2017. In 2002, colleague and friend…

We talked about lines in the sand. But I was so busy looking forward to see the lines, I didn't realize they were under my feet all along. So that's when I had the resolve to end my life. Ted…

The more I think about it, the more I understand that Pocket Girl started long before I began dating terrible men, flailing in my artistic career, or smacked hard into the wall of sexism. I was raised to not have…

In spite of all the suffering, this a fantastic time…to really think inwards and try to realize that there are so many things that we change. This is the first time since the industrial revolution that the whole world stops.Rogério…

If we could just somehow pause all rent, all mortgages and pause all interest for this time period, I think that could help everyone. Because then those small businesses won't be paying for a building that they can't run a…

People make documentaries, not for money, they make them for love because they're committed and have stories they want to tell and think they can make a difference...but it's very precarious work, always. And now this. Michelle van Beusekom Yellow…

Everyone has kicked in here....our doctors...all the health care professionals we've had any contact with...we were just so thrilled and we just felt so confident...you're so vulnerable in this state. And then when you have people who are saying, it's…

Part of my world is to experience it with my hands. And…it's very difficult for me to know what proximity I am to other people. A lot of times I will bump into somebody or I just won't be able…

In a sense we’re like pioneers. We’re figuring stuff out, like if you came to a new place, and you had to figure everything out. That’s an exciting time.Richard Smith Yellow Jack Podcast, Episode #2 (Ouimet Presents Episode #13) On…

At times like this it's important we take care of ourselves. We don't need to add stress...isolation in and of itself is stressful.ina fichman Yellow Jack Podcast, Episode #1 (Ouimet Presents Episode #12) On this first episode of the Yellow…

I've always thrived with change...I just was never looking forward to this kind of change. My Friend Ted, Episode #4 Ouimet Presents #11 This is the fourth episode in this series called My Friend Ted. Produced by Robert Ouimet. This…

I think I have to set a different bar for what hope is. My Friend Ted, Episode #3 Ouimet Presents #10 This is the third episode in this series called My Friend Ted. Produced by Robert Ouimet. Additional recording by…

There's more than one way to feel alone. It's not just about being the only one in a room. Vapid, life sucking relationships and friendships don't count as real human connection. Alexandra Carson Ouimet Presents:Podcast Ep. 9 ISBN: 978-1-926758-20-6  Show…

Sometimes I feel like maybe I needed this disease to learn what I was not able to learn myself. Ted in the front room My Friend Ted, Episode #2 Ouimet Presents #8 This is the second episode in this series…

There's some shit so egregious happening right now...which has eclipsed the fear of speaking up. I found this to be true, time and time again throughout my life, that it's only when the pain of not saying anything surpasses the…

I'm not going to say this time has been stolen from me. I'm just going to move on. It's what's going to happen whether I get frustrated or angry or not. Ted at home in New Westminster My Friend Ted,…

I've spent way too long trying to morph myself into someone I wasn't, so other people would like me. Litany of passive aggressive disasters behind me, I vowed to do the only thing I can and ever truly do well;…

Some really interesting clients have come to me because they’ve seen what I’ve done at the ABC and they've heard me at conferences and doing keynotes…and they're like “Oh, this could actually have an application for us”…it doesn’t matter what…

I think women, and anyone who has ever presented as female for that matter, know all too well how it feels to be told which pockets you will, and will not, inhabit. And frankly, I’m simply tired of keeping myself…

Having been a heroin addict is really good training for a career in the entertainment business. Anytime you think this is undignified or humiliating, I think back to borrowing money from my mom under false pretenses or stealing purses on…

@jamesgonzales1157 When I was growing up a lot of the photographs that are in an old cedar chest that I still have are all in black and white….going up until the mid 60s or so and going back as far…

Ouimet Presents is from the podcasting desk of producer Robert Ouimet in Vancouver. Expect to hear interviews with people Robert has run into over the years, as well a a dip into his podcasting vault to hear highlights from his…