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    <itunes:title>Desmond Cole visits The Champagne Room : Journalism Today, Strip Clubs and more!</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Join us as we sit down with filmmaker and producer Blake Mawson to discuss his unique approach to storytelling, the art of drag performance, and his journey into directing horror cinema. We explore how he uses genre as a tool for deeper social commentary and hear his thoughts on queer representation in film. Plus, a special check-in with his mom!🍾🥂🍾🥂  Join our patreon for the FULL uncensored cut patreon.com/strippernews ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jay Baruchel — How to Train Your Dragon, Blackberry, Goon — steps into The Champagne Room. And he didn't come alone.  His wife Rebecca Baruchel Dunham is in the room too, and the two of them together are a completely different interview than anyone expected. The girls put the lovebirds in the velvet hot seat and talk the infrastructure holding Canadian creatives back, why Jay keeps choosing to work here when Hollywood keeps calling, and what the industry gets wrong about audiences north of th...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:title>Author Téa Mutonji visits The Champagne Room | Lap Dances, Sobriety, Writing &amp; more</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Welcome to The Champagne Room, Téa!  Téa Mutonji is a celebrated poet and fiction writer based in Toronto. Her debut collection of short stories, Shut Up You’re Pretty was nationally recognized, winning both the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award and the Trillium Book Award. Téa received the Jill Davis Fellowship at New York University where she is completing her MFA in fiction. She is currently celebrating her debut novel- My Person and balancing being Toronto's sweetheart.   Téa gets int...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Welcome to the Champagne Room - Bruce! Bruce sat down with dancers Tony and Nikki to talk about his film discography, strip club experiences, Incel-ebrities and more! Bruce LaBruce is a Canadian filmmaker, artist, photographer and queer icon based in Toronto. He is notable for being a pioneer of the queercore punk rock movement. His films include Raspberry Reich, the Misandrists and most recently The Visitor.  Watch the full uncensored episode on our Patreon. Censored video interview ava...]]></itunes:summary>
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