Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIt Ends With Us and the Colleen Hoover fandom, and Industry’s season 3
Sadaf Ahsan and CT Jones join Elamin to discuss the box office hit It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, based on Colleen Hoover…
1 year, 7 months ago
A star-studded Olympics wrap
The Summer Olympics in Paris had something for everyone – even if you couldn’t care less about sports, the memes were golden and the celebrities were…
1 year, 7 months ago
Why celebrities are celebrating Vybz Kartel's prison release
Culture critics Dalton Higgins and Danae Peart and DJ and MC Walshy Fire join guest host Rad Simonpillai for a conversation about one of dancehall mu…
1 year, 7 months ago
Will Kamala's Hollywood glow hurt her on election day, and the prison drama Sing Sing
Celebrities are lining up to show their support for Kamala Harris, but will those endorsements translate into votes? Brea Baker joins Commotion guest…
1 year, 7 months ago
Dirty Pop doc and the fraud behind your favourite 90s boy bands
Music journalist Maura Johnston joins guest host Rad Simonpillai to talk about 'Dirty Pop,' a Netflix documentary that explores Lou Pearlman's life, …
1 year, 7 months ago
House of the Dragon finale, and why everyone is talking about Didi
Guest host Rad Simonpillai is joined by culture critics Sean T Collins and Alison Herman to respond to the season finale of HBO’s ‘House of The Drago…
1 year, 7 months ago
How The Matrix shaped our relationship to technology and politics
With this year being the 25th anniversary of the release of The Matrix, Elamin is joined by film critics Bilge Ebiri and Rad Simonpillai to look at i…
1 year, 7 months ago
Some fans are mad that Robert Downey Jr. is back as Doctor Doom. Will it pay off for Marvel?
Elamin is joined by CBC sports journalist Shireen Ahmed, culture critic Mel Woods and the CBC's senior entertainment reporter Eli Glasner to talk abo…
1 year, 7 months ago
How Cigarettes After Sex became the cult band of the moment,and why surfing is so boring to watch on TV
Music journalists Suzy Exposito and Reanna Cruz unpack the unlikely success of Cigarettes After Sex, the enigmatic and extremely chilled Texan indie-…
1 year, 7 months ago
How streaming and TikTok have changed the Olympics
How are you watching the Summer Games in Paris? You’ve got streaming platforms offering more live coverage than ever, and Olympians are creating thei…
1 year, 8 months ago