Friday Special Blend
Friday October 31st, 2025 with Susan Johnston. Micah Petti.
Halloweeeen.

In our first hour, Ottawa author Christian McPherson joins us to talk about his newest book, Screaming Obscenities from the Sky. “Weird! Raging! Grotesque! Screaming Obscenities at the Sky is a wildly playful and irreverent mixed-media take down of our fucked-up reality. In his collision of demented doodles and uncensored autobiographical verse, Christian McPherson disgorges blasts of anger, despair, and love.” – DS Stymeist, author of ‘Cluster Flux’ What if Mad Magazine had an unholy lovechild with Salvador Dali and that child was raised on heaping doses of psychedelia and biting political satire. Well, you wouldn’t even be scratching the surface of Christian McPherson’s Screaming at the Sky. One part graphic novel, told through an intimate, cerebral narrative and one part artistic madness that leaves one longing for more. In our second hour, legendary Friday Special Blend alumni host Bob LeDrew returns to talk about a much-missed part of Ottawa’s retail scene which is making a comeback of sorts this holiday season. The Ottawa Mennonite Church is hosting Ten Thousand Villages Cobourg and Bunyaad Rugs for a two-day sale November 7-8. WHERE: Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1830 Kilborn Avenue, Ottawa WHEN: 3-8 pm Friday, November 7; 10 am-4 pm Saturday, November 8. At 08:30, Jen Hunter joins us to talk about TEDx Mechanicsville, taking place Saturday November 1 at Bayview Yards. The organizers aim to celebrate the spirit of innovation, resilience, and community that defines this historic neighborhood. It serves as a tribute to the past, present, and future of Mechanicsville and by extension Ottawa, embodying the ethos of ideas worth spreading within the context of its rich cultural heritage and local significance.