REBEL ARTISTS THROUGH TIME
Rebel Artists Through Time (RATT) is a podcast about creative work from the inside out.
Each episode brings artists, performers, and cultural makers into thoughtful conversation—across mediums and generations—to explore collaboration, process, and what it takes to keep making meaningful work in a shifting world.
RATT looks backward to understand what still matters and forward to confront what’s changing, with a focus on the choices and tensions that shape creative lives today.
Unscripted. Unrushed.
A coffee shop conversation with artists—
where the work, not the hype, takes the lead.
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Latest Episodes
E13: Tich The Watchman – Art Can Feed Without Killing
Mar 8, 2026
E12: At the Threshold: Invisible Work & Becoming in Theatre
Feb 5, 2026
E11: Pink Floyd and the Sound of the Beyond
Jan 19, 2026
E10: Presence, Responsibility, and the Art of Seeing People
Dec 29, 2025
E9: Rob Stimpson — Photographer of the Polar Frontiers
Dec 18, 2025
E8: Collingwood Creates – How Art Builds Community
Oct 27, 2025
E6: Magical Bones – Dance, Illusion, and the Art of Breaking Boundaries
Oct 1, 2025
E5: Melly Mel – Dancer, Spirit in Motion
Sep 23, 2025
Talking George Lucas – The Rebel Who Built New Worlds
Oct 13, 2025
E4: Ernest Hemingway – The Lost Generation’s Rebel
Sep 15, 2025
E3: Tarantino – The Rebel Who Rewired Cinema
Sep 1, 2025
E2: Jerry Lee Lewis — Follow That, Fucker
Sep 1, 2025
Meet The Hosts
RATT… T-A… T-A
Dawson DeGraaf
director | cinematographer
In Toronto
Dawson DeGraaf is a Canadian director and cinematographer currently based in Toronto. Born in 1998, he began his journey in film at a young age and has since worked on a range of productions across genres and formats. While contributing to commercial and creative projects as a filmmaker, he continues to develop his own work—travel and lifestyle content captured cinematically and shaped into immersive, story-led experiences.
“While other kids watched movies, I was glued to the DVD extras. Give me grainy behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards, weird on-set chaos… I was all in. RATT is my grown-up version of that obsession: digging into the messy brilliance of artists who broke the mold. Luckily, I’ve got Sebastian to stop me from narrating an entire director’s commentary in real time.”
Sebastian Ellis
Singer-songwriter | musican
In Paris
Sebastian Ellis is an English-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician currently based in Paris, France. Born in 1998, he started his journey as a musical artist in 2014. Since then, he has recorded three albums, sung with orchestras in Toronto, toured the Canadian East Coast, and played in clubs and festivals in France. Nowadays, he performs rock ‘n’ roll and swing music for French audiences, and is moving his original music into the realm of country and folk.
“I grew up chasing melody, mischief, and the thrill of saying something through music. RATT lets me do the same—only now, I get to explore the minds of creatives who made magic, ruffled feathers, and occasionally set their careers on fire. Every episode is like pulling up a barstool with another rebel soul. Also, someone has to keep the tempo around here.”