b'MEDIUMS: INDIGENOUS VOICES IN MEDIAESSENTIAL READS AND PODCASTS BY INDIGENOUS AUTHORS AND STORYTELLERS BY ASHLEY ALBERTMUSICSomebody Else by AysanabeeAysanabee is an award-winning First Nations singer-songwriter from Sandy Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario. Some of his accolades include being longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize and winning three 2023 Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards. His debut album, Watin, also reached #1 on both CBC Music and Alternative Radio, making him the first Indigenous artist to reach #1 on any Mediabase chart. Aysanabees latest EP Here and Now features six new songs, including the hit single Somebody Else. Released in June 2023, the song digs into the theme of memory, which is a reoccurring theme in his songwriting. Somebody Else takes a deep dive into how two people in a relationship hold onto a memory of something that no longer exists. Here and Now has been nominated for a 2024 Ontario Folk Music Award for Album of the Year. BOOKMoon of the Turning Leavesby Waubgeshig RiceMoon of the Turning Leaves is the sequel to Waubgeshig Rices best-selling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, which is about a northern Anishinaabe community in a post-apocalyptic world after a mysterious catastrophe thrusts the entire world into anarchy. Moon of the Turning Leaves is set 12 years after the first book. Isolated from others and living in the bush, community members work to rekindle their Anishinaabe traditions and are stronger than ever. Elders warn that they cant continue living where they are forever since resources are starting to dry up. A scouting party sets out to see if their traditional home along the shores of Lake Huron still exists. Rice grew up on the shores of Georgian Bay in Wasauksing First Nation and currently lives in Sudbury. In addition to being an author, he is a language learner, listener, speaker and a martial artist. Author photo (c)James Hodgins, 2022.TVThunder Bayby Ryan McMahonThunder Bay is docuseries written, produced and co-directed by Ryan McMahon, an Anishinaabe from Couchiching First Nation. In the four-part investigative series, McMahon searches for truth in different tragedies in Thunder Bay, Ont. The series sheds light on the history of racism and how police inaction may have played a role in the deaths of Indigenous people over theyears. Thunder Bay is an adaption of McMahons true-crime podcast of the same name. The docuseries does a deep dive into the themes of how the forces of crime, corruption and colonialism put the lives of Indigenous youth at risk in Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay debuted in February 2023 on Crave. The series won four awards, including two Canadian Screen Awards and two Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards. McMahon is also known for bring a journalist, keynote speaker and a comedian. 38l I ssue1 2024/25C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne'