Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTimbaland’s troubling stance on AI, and F1 is Brad Pitt's biggest opening weekend ever
With the public backlash to superstar producer Timbaland’s public support for AI-integrated music, guest host Rad Simonpillai is joined by music jour…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Redefining what counts as a Canadian literary classic
What is considered to be a Canadian literary classic? Has that changed? Has it remained the same? Authors Jael Richardson and David A. Robertson, and…
9 months ago
Does Squid Game get the ending it deserves? And why Elio is struggling in theatres
Culture critics Michelle Cho and Nicholas Quah join guest host Rad Simonpillai to talk about the final season of Squid Game, and whether its satire o…
9 months ago
Springsteen's lost albums and Lorde reinvents herself on Virgin
Culture writer Niko Stratis, podcaster Vish Khanna, and music journalist Carl Wilson join the Group Chat to discuss the mammoth new seven-disc Bruce …
9 months ago
The Bear is back, and what would reality TV be without queer and trans people?
Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by real life line cook and tv junkie Grace Onasanya and tv/film critic Rachel Ho to talk about the latest season of ‘Th…
9 months ago
Kids protest ICE on Roblox, and a tech CEO pays to conduct Toronto Symphony Orchestra
The very real showdown between protesters in LA and immigration agents is being re-enacted in the virtual world. Roblox — a video game used by 85 mil…
9 months, 1 week ago
Should Robbie Williams' and Adrien Brody's art be hanging next to Basquiat?
There are two celebrity art shows on right now that are getting a lot of buzz — but not necessarily for the right reasons. Elamin Abdelmahmoud talks …
9 months, 1 week ago
The new Pride doc 'Parade', and is Hollywood pushing back on intimacy coordinators?
Culture critics Syrus Marcus Ware and Tobin Ng join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the new doc 'Parade,' which explores the history of Pride parad…
9 months, 1 week ago
Weekend Listen: Scaachi Koul calls herself a professional ex-wife
After years in the Internet trenches, Scaachi Koul is no stranger to a good fight — but her latest essay collection is all about knowing when to walk…
9 months, 1 week ago
Aysanabee & Bambii release their sophomore records, plus Haim's I Quit
SiriusXM host/producer Kim Wheeler, culture writer Riley Yesno and music journalist Emilie Hanskamp join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss new albums fr…
9 months, 1 week ago