Hi everyone, I hope you're well. I have got a bit of a flurry of episodes happening at the moment,

and today as a special episode for the first ever Truth and Reconciliation Day, I'm grateful to be

able to chat with Danielle Paradie, an indigenous journalist from Edmonton, Alberta.

Now, Danny describes herself as a Méti Prairie girl.

We'll chat about that. And she's researched and helped me write several Canadian true

crime episodes, including the Mayerthorpe tragedy and Saskatoon freezing deaths. And we have more

with her in the works. We have tried several times to have a chat after an episode, but this is the first time

we've been able to synchronise our schedules. As well as Truth and Reconciliation Day,

we'll also be chatting about the Miranda Peter episode, a bit of a discussion about the

concept of justice and storytelling. Danny will be telling us what she's been writing about

and what she's doing

and more. See the show notes for approximate timestamps and all the links to the things that we talk

about. So without further ado, hello to Danielle Paradie. Hi, Christy. How are you? I'm great. How are you?

Oh, great, great. Now, Danny, as we were talking about earlier, you

are a prolific writer and creator, and you have a special interest in indigenous and women's

issues. You've written pieces for Shadalain, Canada land, and more. And I want to know,

what's your background? How on earth are you so productive and how can I steal some of your energy? It's so funny to hear somebody else say that

I think that I feel the same way about a lot of other people. So if that makes you feel better,

I'm just pretending to have it all together.

And I don't have it anymore together than anyone else.

As to my secret,

I think just sort of like a constant feeling of guilt that I carry around

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