Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeekly Wrap: Harry & Meghan + Hayden Panettiere + the Benny Blanco controversy
Commotion guest host Amil Niazi is joined by culture critics Pablo The Don, Reanna Cruz and Jay Smooth to discuss Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's retu…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Tragically Hip - 10 years after their final show, and the film Camp Miasma
Today marks ten years since The Tragically Hip bid farewell after their final concert in Kingston, Ontario. Music journalist Vish Khanna and music cr…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The rise of surveillance chic, and Caitlin Clark's 1st Canadian WNBA game
If you’ve noticed more celebrities wearing those AI glasses or wondered why Palantir – the software company ICE uses to help identify people for depo…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The cultural legacy of Sade Adu
With Sade being inducted into this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Elamin is joined by Professor Mark Anthony Neal, DJ Lynnée Denise & Sade superfan…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Queen Mab is a darkly funny tale about postpartum psychosis, and Vogue's bland September Issue cover
The group chat dives into Emily McBride's debut novel Queen Mab, a story about a new mom who becomes convinced her baby has been replaced by a change…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The Bourdain biopic 'Tony' is a satisfying 'one perfect summer' movie
Anthony Bourdain was a hero of the hole in the wall. The celebrity cook and TV host reached cult status for exposing people to kitchen culture, new c…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Why are older filmmakers obsessed with Gen Z's sex lives? And, Zuckerberg's AI manifesto
Two new movies, One Night Only and I Want Your Sex, are generating a lot of conversation about Gen Z and sex right now. Both filmmakers, Will Gluck a…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Sterling Point, and the Canadian Museum of History's controversial new guide: an AI chatbot
Sterling Point is a new drama from Amazon Prime about a group of teenagers spending a summer in cottage country. Culture critics CT Jones and Jackson…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Is the age of influencers over? And, the worst concert trend ever
A sign declaring “no influencers” in a Nantucket store recently unlocked a lot of strong feelings online around influencer fatigue. Internet culture …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Furious hits hard at a post-Epstein world, and how paintings from this Canadian art gallery ended up at Value Village
The crime drama Furious follows two women: a serial killer targeting powerful men from her past and the FBI agent tasked with tracking her down. TV c…
3 weeks, 6 days ago