May 1, 2018
My guest today is Ashley Botting. Ashley is an
alumna of Toronto’s Second City Mainstage, and has starred
in The Second City Guide
to the Symphony,
Cam
Baby, and
One Night
Only. Ashley has been a
talking-head on CTV News Channel’s Straight Talk segment with Sandie Rinaldo. She is also a
regular panelist, writer, and guest host on CBC Radio One’s quiz
show, Because
News. As a writer, she
has penned episodes for PBS’ Odd Squad, Nickelodeon’s upcoming Zoofari and pieces for NOW Magazine, The Toronto Star,
TheLoop.ca, and was
shortlisted for The CBC
Canada Writes: Bloodlines prize. She’s won three Canadian Comedy Awards and been
nominated for three Dora Awards. On this episode, we discuss our
similarities: our challenges with faith, our experiences growing up
with one Jewish and one non-Jewish parent, and our experiences with
improvisation.