Unreserved
CBC
Named one of Audible's Best Canadian Podcasts of 2025. Join Rosanna Deerchild every Friday for vibrant conversations with our cousins, aunties, elders and heroes. Rosanna guides us on the path to better understanding our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations.Our award-winning show is rooted in radio, where we’ve spent the last decade becoming a trusted space for Indigenous-led conversations.We are based in what is now known as Canada. Rosanna hails from O-Pipon-Na-Piwan Cree Nation at South Indian Lake in northern Manitoba, and now lives and works in Winnipeg (Treaty 1).
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Oct 31, 2025 • 45min
A podcast and a film share twisted truths
Legendary Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau is at the centre of what might be the biggest case of art fraud in the world. On the new podcast Forged, Siksika artist Adrian Stimson dives into the dark and layered story behind it. Rosanna gets the real scoop on what he learned about the fakes. Plus, Rosanna speaks with two filmmakers who are shifting the lens in their new adaptation to bring an authentic Inuit perspective to a strange piece of Canadian history.
Oct 29, 2025 • 28min
Introducing | Forged: The true story behind the Norval Morrisseau art fraud
Join musician Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies as he dives into the shocking world of art fraud linked to Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau. After purchasing what he thought was an authentic painting, Kevin faces a crisis when its authenticity comes into question. The investigation leads him into a dark underbelly of the art world, unraveling a massive forgery scheme. Discover how one painting ignited a quest that goes beyond personal ownership, shedding light on a larger cultural and financial fraud.
Oct 24, 2025 • 51min
The Haunting of Unreserved
In Mi’kmaq Spirit Talker Shawn Leonard’s experience, ghosts and spirits aren’t actually all that scary. As a psychic medium he likes to show people how their loved ones who have passed still walk with them. On this spooky season edition of Unreserved, Rosanna speaks to Shawn and other lovers of the supernatural – from ghost hunters to scary story-tellers – about the lessons we learn from our connections to the spirit world.
