This week we welcome Comedian Janelle Niles who tells us about her extraordinary journey from training to be a massage therapist during a pandemic, to becoming a comedy powerhouse in the indigenous comedy circuit in Canada. We chat about the new bounty of indigenous stories in modern television and film and how those voices need to be heard after being silenced for so long. We also discuss why celebrities might not be the best people to run an actual country and how renaming problematic terms by people who are unaffected by the cause they are championing might not always be a positive advancement. Janelle sprinkles love on My Name is Earl and Richard Jennings while pouring disdain over 'The Idol', the ill-advised reality TV show featuring The Weeknd. Please Follow us on Social Media (links below): All music written and performed in this podcast by Steve Otis Gunn. Please buy my book 'You Shot My Dog and I Love You' available in all good book shops, online and directly. Podcast Socials: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tvtimespod Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tvtimespod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@tvtimespod Twitter: https://twitter.com/tvtimespod Steve's Socials: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/steveotisgunn Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/steveotisgunn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steveotisgunn.antisocial Janelle's Socials Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janelle.niles TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@firstraysofthesunwoman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Niles.janelle Produced by Steve Otis Gunn for Jilted Maggot www.jiltedmaggot.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.