Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIs Spotify good for music? And the Australian Open serves animated tennis
Elamin Abdelmahmoud chats with Liz Pelly, author of '‘Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of The Perfect Playlist’ and music critic Ian Ka…
1 year, 2 months ago
The cultural significance of Trump’s inauguration
The day after Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 47th President of the United States, culture critics Vinson Cunningham and Tyler Foggatt join…
1 year, 2 months ago
TikTok’s uncertain future and Severance season 2
The future of TikTok is in limbo. After going dark in the U.S. for several hours over the weekend, it’s back, for now. Vass Bednar joins Elamin to ta…
1 year, 2 months ago
Remembering David Lynch, The Last Show Girl, and the Robbie Williams biopic
Film critics Rad Simonpillai, Kristy Puchko and Hanna Flint discuss the legacy of David Lynch, and review the new films, 'The Last Showgirl' starring…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why everyone is raving about Nickel Boys and how Neil Young tried to change streaming
Film critics Sarah-Tai Black and Jackson Weaver discuss the new film adaptation of Colson Whitehead's book ‘Nickel Boys’ with Elamin Abdelmahmoud and…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why aren't more TV shows and movies taking on climate change?
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have many people thinking about climate change. So why aren’t we seeing more TV or film addressing this pres…
1 year, 2 months ago
'The Culture' exhibit and how hip-hop is valued in major art institutions
Elamin is joined by hip-hop academic Mark Campbell and emcee/academic Galac to discuss the Art Gallery of Ontario’s first international hip-hop exhib…
1 year, 2 months ago
The end of fact checking on Meta, and the future of social media
Mark Zuckerberg's decision to get rid of fact checking on all of Meta's platforms is being called an extinction-level event for the idea of objective…
1 year, 2 months ago
Bad Bunny's new album, and how the relationship between artists and fame has changed
Culture writers Niko Stratis, Matthew Ismael Ruiz, and Reanna Cruz join the Commotion Group Chat to discuss Puerto Rican rap icon Bad Bunny’s new alb…
1 year, 2 months ago
How the comedy series North of North depicts Inuit culture in a new way, and the latest Wallace & Gromit movie
Inuk writer Napatsi Folger and Swampy Cree filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne discuss the new sitcom North of North, a comedy about a young Inuk mother in th…
1 year, 2 months ago