Episode 501 - Interview With Taes Leavitt!

Amazing interview with Taes Leavitt! Taes Leavitt has spent the last 15 years creating empowering television and stage content for youth as half of the Juno Award-winning and Canadian Folk Award-nominated children’s music duo, Splash’N Boots. As “Boots”, Leavitt has co-written and co-produced 13 original studio albums (over 150 songs), winning 2 Juno Awards and receiving 8 nominations for her work. Splash’N Boots have delivered over 5,000 musical performances throughout North America, the Middle East, Australia, Europe and the Caribbean, collaborating with internationally renowned musicians and performers such as Alice Cooper, Brett Kissel, Sharon and Bram, The Wiggles, and The Strumbellas. Since 2014, Leavitt has created, written, and performed 100 episodes of the music-based pre-school TV show The Big Yellow Boot, now airing in 8.5 million homes on Treehouse TV and Disney Canada. As an expert in youth entertainment, Leavitt is regularly called upon to write, produce and direct original segments for television, including work on iconic children’s entertainment property Sesame Street. Her newest venture is The Big Heart Journey, a musical mindfulness program that helps foster and support resilience in children. Since 2019, The Big Heart Journey has delivered programs in partnership with non-profit organizations such as MusiCounts, Autism Canada, Save the Children, Dreamy Kids and Insight Timer.