Tales under the cat tree

Ep74: Dogs Playing Dead and BioWare Closes

Dogs play to escape a Cthulhu inspired haunted mansion in a new party game by ex-BioWare and ex-Metal Head game developer Tobyn Manthorpe and BioWare…

Oct 26 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

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Ep73: Dan Moore of Sheavy and Wizards of Kaos

From opening for the Blue Oyster Cult to writing an album in 19 days; these are the stories of Dan Moore and Johnny Nolan in our history of…

Oct 12 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana and Johnny Da Fink

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September 2026

Ep72: Not lost in translation with Anna-Maija Ihander

How do sex scenes written in English translate into Finnish? Let’s talk to Anna-Maija Ihander about translating fiction to Finnish.

Sep 28 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

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Podcast moves to bi-weekly

Tales under the cat tree, the podcast edition, will be published every two weeks begining September 28

Sep 21 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

Ep71: Are we back to the 1920s? A conversation on German politics in 2026

In western countries from USA to Germany, is politics going back to the 1920s? This is a conversation about Germany, right and left wing politics, and…

Sep 14 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

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Ep70: Reliving student journalism in the 1990s

What happens when you put hundreds of student journalists in the middle of winter somewhere in Canada? We explore Canadian University Press and student…

Sep 8 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

33:30

August 2026

Ep69: (Reprise) BioWare Stories Parts 1 & 2

This week I am back in Edmonton spending time with some of my BioWare friends. So let's reprise some BioWare Stories from floods to game launches.

Aug 31 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

52:02

Ep68: Magical Realism with Shannon Patrick Sullivan

Mathematician by day, writer by night, come meet Shannon Patrick Sullivan as he contends with finishing his second novel.

Aug 24 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

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Ep67: Into The Great with Elliot Blake

An alien invasion is the backdrop for a story of love, destiny, and choosing the life you want to live when the world around you seems beyond your…

Aug 17 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

35:11

Ep66: How propaganda helped create modern Germany - Part 2

Part 2 of our dive into so-called "black propaganda" during World War II. Dr. Erwin Warkentin and I dive into how the propaganda used during and after…

Aug 10 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana and Erwin Warkentin

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Ep65: How porn and fake news helped defeat the Nazis - Part 1

Today, Dr. Erwin Warkentin goes into how the Allies in World War II used porn and so-called "black propaganda" tactics to bring about the end of the…

Aug 3 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana and Erwin Warkentin

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July 2026

The things we leave behind

An autobiographical reflection on the day I found out my father had passed away

Jul 27 • Duleepa Wijayawardhana

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