Episodes

It's a brand new episode of Friendless with your favourite host, James Avramenko, and his special guest actor and co-host of Two Bad Neighbours, Alan Johnson! They discuss the safety of high school drama class, The Simpsons p...

This week on Friendless, James unfriends musician and theatre-maker, Joanna Iles! They discuss river floats, raffle prizes, the anatomy of trust and so much more! Listen to Brain Bent Sign up for the Newsletter Listen to Rais...

This week on Friendless, James interviews comedy puppet master and JFL North producer superstar, Brandi Bee! They discuss comedy culture, doing mushrooms with Duncan Trussel, practicing your Oscar speech, the Tibetan book of ...

This week on a super-sized, extra special ONE-HUNDREDTH EPISODE of Friendless, James unfriends internet sensation, mozzarella stick aficionado, and virtuoso keyboard player The Bnoth aka Bryan Nothling! They discuss the wild ...

This week on Friendless, James unfriends host of The Breakfast Dish and Bridging the Gap - Karen Johnson-Diamond! They discuss the magic of theatre spaces, the improv routes of pro wrestling, breakfast profiling and so much m...

This week on Friendless James unfriends Vancouver-based film producer Jameson Parker. They discuss the elasticity of long-term friendships, making your own creative path, and peeping Toms!! Be sure to sign up for the Friendle...

This week on Friendless James unfriends stage manager and arts administrator Susan MIyagishima! They discuss the hidden infrastructures of arts organizations, finding connections in the oddest places, and do their best to avo...

This week on Friendless I unfriend intrepid comedian, musician, and one of my personal heroes Wes Borg! Wes and I talk about dismantling the competition of art, the recipe of good friendship, and just who really hurt us. All ...

This week on Friendless, James host's special guest Jelani Greynion aka Codename: JG. They discuss the genius of Emily Dickinson, the storytelling of Bob Dylan, the clarity of Lil’ Wayne, and so much more! Check out Jelani's ...

This week on Friendless, James has special guest actor, teacher, and science whiz Shaan Rahman! This episode discusses the culture shock of coming to Canada from Bangladesh, navigating theatre school, and the subtle art of ha...

This week on Friendless I have actress and producer extraordinaire Emily Piggford (The Umbrella Academy, The Sounds). We discuss the sex lives of vegetables, the joys of auditioning, Canadian apathy towards the arts, and so m...

This week on a very special episode of Friendless, I unfriend the incomparable playwright and co-creator of Atomic Vaudeville and Ride the Cyclone, Jacob Richmond! Jacob and I discuss the first time he was naked on the stage,...

This week on Friendless I interview and unfriend Daniel Johnston, Brewery GM and former roommate! Dan and I discuss roommates with benefits if benefits are wallowing in depression together, the unskilled labour of Artistic Di...

This week I’ve got a very special guest on the show lawyer, retired barista, and one of my sister’s best friends, Julia Katherine. Julia and I discuss the Vancouver Island culture of making friends, learning how to speak conf...

This week on Friendless I have special guest video game designer, illustrator, and my brother-in-law, Joshua Muise! Josh and I discuss the unexpected perks of working from home, jocks making video games, joining the Avramenko...

This week on Friendless I have on special guest, actor, director, historical interpreter, and professional drawer Dirk Van Stralen!! Dirk and I discuss giving art away, the power of the viewer, entangling self-worth with arti...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend Fringe Festival star and Travelling Wilbury S.E. Grummett aka Grumms! We chat about lockdowns in Australia, screaming at strangers to follow the arrows, lacking object permanence, trying to...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend UVic alum and charcuterie extraordinaire Jane Sanden! We discuss the perfect charcuterie board, Rocky Horror Picture Show, reintroducing ourselves after being deceived by beards, learning t...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend miniature painter, Theatre tech Swiss army knife, and music impresario, Jensine Trondson. Jensine and I discuss her miniature painting series, letting art be imperfect, how to be friends wi...

This week on Friendless, I welcome Bob "The Builder" Orlando, 3D printer technician, poker wildman, and Dungeon Master extraordinaire. Bob and I talk about the intimidation factor of ghost towns, 3D printing prosthetics, Vege...

This week's guest on Friendless is competitive swimmer turned standup comedian, Victoria's own Katie-Ellen Humphries!! We talk about theatre kids only being vulnerable when drunk, the superstars of Kaleidoscope Theatre, using...

This week on a very special episode of Friendless, my sweet wife Jennica returns in our attempt at a glimmer of levity in reflecting on the past year. We chat about regrettable quarantine purchases, the traumas of travel, lev...

This week on Friendless, I unfriend Tourguide to the stars and linguistic mage Sara Tuppen Veloso! We talk about day trips in Europe, learning languages for fun, the cultural resurrection of Love, Actually, that one James Bon...

This week I unfriend playwright and producer Geoffrey Simon Brown. We discuss adopting dogs, losing theatre work, founding the Major Matt Mason collective and the inevitable legal ramifications of the name, making friend list...