Apisheesh is a monthly interview podcast where Omushkego (Swampy Cree) host Lenny Carpenter shares his journey to learn his Cree language through interviews with fluent speakers and other resources. Lenny aims to understand the words of his late mooshoom (grandfather) found in recordings.
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CBC interview about Apisheesh
Episode 3: Robert Nakogee
Welcome to the Apisheesh podcast website!
Episode 2: Jocelyn Cheechoo
Episode 1: Angela Shisheesh
Introducing Apisheesh: A Cree Learning Podcast
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CBC interview about Apisheesh
Wacheyek, I was recently contacted by CBC Sudbury's Up North afternoon program about the podcast and they interviewed me. The segment aired this afternoon (Nov. 7, 2025)! Listen to the segment where I talk about finding my mooshoom's recordi…
Welcome to the Apisheesh podcast website!
Wacheyek (greetings all), Welcome to the website for Apisheesh: A Cree Learning Podcast, a central place for all of our episodes plus extra and supplementary materials. On the website, you can: Find all the episodes and links to podcast…
About the Host
Lenny Carpenter
Host / Producer / Composer
Lenny is an Omushkego (Swampy Cree) writer, musician, and filmmaker based in Timmins, Ontario. A member of Attawapiskat First Nation, he grew up in the James Bay community of Moosonee before relocating to Timmins during his high school years. He has worked in media as a reporter/editor/publisher with Wawatay News, a reporter intern at CBC Thunder Bay, and the Indigenous Reporters Program manager at Journalists for Human Rights. He graduated from Confederation College's Film Production program in 2011. He was most recently a Gladue Writer and Gladue Manager with Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services.