20260509: May 09, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

This monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian,...

20260411: Apr 11, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

This monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian,...

20260314: Mar 14, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

This monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian,...

20260214: Feb 14, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

This monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian,...

20260110: Jan 10, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am

This monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian,...

Death as a Natural Transformation with Claude Schryer, Azul Carolina Duque, Kenneth Newby and Wendelin Bartley: Dec 13, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Guest Host Claude Schryer from the conscient podcast has invited three Canadian sound artists to have a discussion in response to the phrase, ‘death as a natural transformation of energy and conscious...

20251108 - Artists and Climate Change - Conscient interviews with Joan Sullivan and Tina Pearson: Nov 08, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Today we are featuring two interviews from the Conscient podcast series. Conscient is produced by Claude Schryer in Ottawa. It revolves around conversations with artists about the climate emergency. T...

20251011 - Rani Jambak Performance with the Kincia Aia: Oct 11, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s show we feature sound art works by two Indonesian sound artists. The hour will conclude with selections from Gardika Gigih’s Mikrokosmos series of works, but the majority of the show will f...

20250913 - Rani Jambak interviewed by apè aliermo: Sep 13, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

apè aliermo from VenusFest in Toronto interviews sound artist Rani Jambak. Jambak’s music is influenced by the many traditions and musical cultures that can be found in Minangkabau and her birthplace...

20250809 - River Agency with Annea Lockwood: Aug 09, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Composer Annea Lockwood talks about her work with river sounds throughout her 50 plus years of composing. Her sound map installations of the Housatonic, Danube and Hudson Rivers (and others she has ma...

20250712 - Voice of the Water with Eric Powell: Jul 12, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Does water have a voice? On today’s show we explore that question through listening to underwater sounds and Darren Copeland’s conversation with sound artist Eric Powell. In his sound installation l...

20250614 - Vibro-Tactile Art with Satoshi Morita and Ricardo Huisman: Jun 14, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

This is the first of two episodes about vibro-tactile artworks. These are artworks that are centred in sound, but the sound medium bypasses the cochlea and transmits to listeners directly through the...

Remembering Andra McCartney with Hildegard Westerkamp, Wendalyn Bartley and Gayle Young: Jun 02, 2025: 3pm - 4pm

In this edition of Making Waves we pay tribute to the work of the late Andra McCartney who died in 2019. She was a composer, radio artist, educator, biographer and musicologist active in Canada in the...

20250510 - Remembering Andra McCartney with Hildegard Westerkamp, Wendalyn Bartley and Gayle Young: May 10, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

In this edition of Making Waves we pay tribute to the work of the late Andra McCartney who died in 2019. She was a composer, radio artist, educator, biographer and musicologist active in Canada in the...

20250412 - Marieke Van de ven and composing with Sand: Apr 12, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s show we are going to listen to the long form sound art composition Zand by Dutch sound artist Marieke Van de ven. And after listening that host Darren Copeland will have a conversation wit...

The City of Sighs by Alexis O'Hara: Mar 13, 2025: 9pm - 10pm

Alexis O'Hara performs her work The City of Sighs and discusses her live performance practice with Darren Copeland. The City of Sighs is a piece for solo vocals and live electronic processing. In it...

20250308 - Pigeon Band and Ensign Peak: Mar 08, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s show we listen to two works that capture animals and environments in interesting and unique ways. Both works come from the 19th edition of the Deep Wireless Radio Art Compilation, which is...

Performance of Tree Frog Radio by Ben Donoghue: Feb 08, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

Today's episode is from a live performance of Tree Frog Radio by Ben Donoghue that took place on February 1, 2025. Tree Frog Radio in the Northern Gulf Islands is an unique underground FM radio initia...

20250111 - Omar Reyna's Sounds of Turbulence: Jan 11, 2025: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s episode of Making Waves we will be listening to “Non-predictable” by Omar Reyna. Afterwards we will talk to Omar about his piece which is included in the soon to be released 19th compilatio...

20241214 - Lake Composition by Ben McCarthy and April Martin: Dec 14, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s show we will be listening to Lake Composition by Ben McCarthy and April Martin and we will also be talking to them about the piece after we listen to it.Lake Composition is a work made for...

Mark Timmings and Brady Marks on The Wetland Project: Nov 09, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Mark Timmings and Brady Marks from The Wetland Project in British Columbia speak to Host and NAISA Artistic Director Darren Copeland. The Wetland Project is an exploration of a 24-hour field recording...

20241012 - Colin Frank and Machine Hums: Oct 12, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

How can video games be a tool for exploring machine hums and drones? That is one of the subjects we are exploring today on Making Waves with host Darren Copeland. Colin Frank is a percussionist, comp...

Sonic Hugs with Colin Black: Sep 14, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

Today’s episode highlights the Sonic Hugs collection curated by Colin Black. Sonic Hugs features nine Australian composers and sound artists that were invited to create original radio art pieces that...

Roots that Braid Themselves with Christine Charette: Aug 10, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s show we feature multi-disciplinary artist Christine Charette and her performance Roots that Braid Themselves. Christine Charette lives in the Almaguin Highlands region of Ontario. Her perf...

Susan Frykberg, Jim Montgomery, Tina Pearson: Jul 13, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

This episode of Making Waves reflects on the life and work of Susan Frykberg (1954-2023). It begins with a radiophonic series of pieces she made called The Audio Birth Project and features an intervi...

Spring Soundscapes from the Almaguin Highlands: Jun 08, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

On today's show we listen to spring soundscapes from the region of Canada where "Making Waves" is produced. This year and last year, residents of the Almaguin Highlands region in Northern Ontario had...

What exists is in the signal? with Martin Rodriguez, Kat Estacio, Dale Bazar and AJ Cornell: May 11, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

This episode features pieces by Martin Rodriguez, Kat Estacio, Dale Bazar, and AJ Cornell that convey emotions and meaning through the ethereal world of electronic sound and electromagnetic energy. To...

Radio Art Sound Images with Cláudio De Pina, Bekah Simms, and Keith de Mendonca: Apr 13, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s show we listen to three radio art pieces: Neurotransmits by Cláudio De Pina, String Pulse by Bekah Simms, and London Punch by Keith de Mendonca. All three artists join host Darren Copeland...

VLF Radio with Dan Tapper: Mar 09, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

This episode features a conversation with Dan Tapper about his interest in VLF. VLF is Very low Frequency Radio or what is often referred to as Natural radio because it makes audible to human ears the...

Robert Normandeau on the late Francis Dhomont: Feb 10, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s episode of "Making Waves," Montreal acousmatic composer Robert Normandeau talks about his late mentor Francis Dhomont. Dhomont came to Montreal from France in the late 1970’s where he compo...

History of Art's Birthday with Hank Bull, Elisabeth Zimmermann, and Ward Weiss: Jan 13, 2024: 11am - 11:59 am

On the 17th of January one million and 61 years ago someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water and Art was born. Making Waves starts off the New Year of 2024 looking back at the history of ce...

Curating from a 12 Word Sentence with Christof Migone: Dec 09, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

On this edition of Making Waves, host Darren Copeland has a conversation with Christof Migone about his unique series of curated broadcasts organized around a 12 word sentence - "You and I Are Water E...

Kelly Ruth Weaves Music and Art Together in Second Life: Nov 11, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Today’s show features Kelly Ruth from Edmonton who has adapted her skills as a weaver, visual artist and musician to make live sound art performances on the digital multimedia platform of Second Life....

A Conversation with Don Ritter about "O telephone": Oct 14, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Host Darren Copeland talks with Canadian interactive media artist Don Ritter for this episode of Making Waves, which is also available as a video podcast on the NAISATube YouTube channel. Don Ritter'...

Borderline Mapping with Jessica Thompson: Sep 09, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Jessica Thompson is a Canadian media artist working in sound, performance and mobile technologies. NAISA is presenting an adapted version of her project Borderline which maps sound data onto economi...

Insect Sound Reception and Resonant Tubes: Aug 12, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

This episode of Making Waves features an interview with Kristine Diekman and Ben Pagac about the sound making and sound reception of insects along with recordings of their installation Secret Receptio...

Importance of Environmental Sound with Alëna Korolëva, Mike Hoolboom and Heather Frise: Jul 08, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Sound from the natural world and the urban environment are not background sounds for film and other experiences but rather they are sounds rich in associations and meaning. They are deserving of foreg...

Almaguin Highlands Community Soundscapes: Jun 10, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s episode of Making Waves you will hear soundscape recordings made in the Eastern part of Parry Sound District of Ontario or what is locally known as the Almaguin Highlands. NAISA invited lo...

Reveil 10 in Review with Dawn Scarfe, Maria Papadomanolaki and Grant Smith: May 13, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

For today's edition of Making Waves we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Reveil - the 24 hour dawn chorus broadcast that took place Saturday May 6, 2023 - by mixing sounds from the broadcast with a di...

Faisal Karadsheh, Anton Pickard, Juro Kim Feliz: Apr 08, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

This episode of "Making Waves" replays the online listening gathering "Remote Connections" presented by NAISA for the Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art on March 4, 2023. Included on...

Remote Connections with Prachi Khandekar and GOODW.Y.N.: Mar 11, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Today's episode of Making Waves focuses on two artists from the Deep Wireless 17 Radio Art Album. Darren Copeland talks to Nicole Goodwin in New York who under the name GOODW.Y.N. and with the help of...

I am Calling Home with Geronimo Inutiq: Feb 13, 2023: 3pm - 4pm

On today’s episode of Making Waves we will share broadcasts from the Northern Virtual Broadcast Service led by Geronimo Inutiq as part of his project "I am Calling Home". Inutiq will be visiting NAIS...

I am Calling Home with Geronimo Inutiq: Feb 11, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

On today’s episode of Making Waves we will share broadcasts from the Northern Virtual Broadcast Service led by Geronimo Inutiq as part of his project "I am Calling Home". Inutiq will be visiting NAIS...

Michelle Wilson: Jan 14, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

The 17th edition of the Deep Wireless Radio Art Album will be released in February and we will listen to "Fuori è dentro" by Giuseppe E. Rapisarda to begin this episode. After that we will play a doc...

Aki Onda's Radio Spirit: Jan 07, 2023: 11am - 11:59 am

Despite consisting of one continuous radio feed recorded in Seoul, South Korea, the hypnotic texture of this 52 minute recording is one of many starting points for considering the spiritual basis of A...

Hector Centeno: Dec 10, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am

In today’s show Hector Centeno discusses his piece Space_03 which was commissioned by NAISA. Space_03 is derived directly from an attentive and phenomenological exploration of a specific geographical/...

Julie Andreyev and Simon Lysander Overstall: Nov 12, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am

Vancouver-based artists Julie Andreyev and Simon Lysander Overstall are featured in this episode of Making Waves. They have been collaborating on a variety of ecologically focused new media and sound...

20221008: Oct 08, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am

This monthly program is produced by New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA). The program features selections from the NAISA archives and is produced by Darren Copeland, NAISA Artistic Director. NAISA is a...

More Soundportraits by Jørgen Teller: Sep 10, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am

This month on Making Waves we continue listening to more in the Soundportraits series by Jørgen Teller from Denmark. Soundportraits are impromptu pieces made through one-on-one chance encounters. Jor...

Soundportraits with Jørgen Teller: Aug 13, 2022: 11am - 11:59 am

Today’s show is about sound portraits. A sound portrait is like a caricature made from a brief encounter in a public place - only that instead of creating a visual likeness of a person, a musical and...