Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWeinstein's court win, and Zendaya's moment in Challengers
Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Jackson Weaver, and Hanna Flint respond to news that Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was overturned by a New York ap…
1 year, 11 months ago
Commotion Introduces: Split Screen: Kid Nation
The controversial reality TV show known as ‘Kid Nation’, which borrowed its premise from Lord of the Flies, was cancelled shortly after its 2007 debu…
1 year, 11 months ago
The lasting influence of soul artist Jackie Shane
A new documentary tells the extraordinary story of Jackie Shane, a trailblazing transgender singer from the south, who had a flash of fame in Toronto…
1 year, 11 months ago
Unpacking the Shōgun finale, and can we Scrabble Together?
As the epic series "Shōgun" airs its final episode on Disney+ this week, TV critics Inkoo Kang and Kaiya Shunyata talk about what sets this adaptatio…
1 year, 11 months ago
Do true crime stories help or exploit? And unpacking Drake's new diss track
It's been ten years since the first episode of the hit podcast Serial came out, and we've been riding this wave of true crime entertainment ever sinc…
1 year, 11 months ago
How theatres are being tricked by AI, and the dark comedy The Sympathizer comes to TV
Guest host Ali Hassan speaks with theatre critic Aisling Murphy to talk about her recent article in The Toronto Star where she outlines how some thea…
1 year, 11 months ago
Diving into Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department
Culture critics Tyler Foggatt, Cassie Cao and Adam Sternbergh join guest host Ali Hassan with their thoughts on the latest album from Taylor Swift an…
1 year, 11 months ago
An Israeli artist's statement on the world's biggest art stage
The 60th annual Venice Biennale opens this weekend, but one exhibit will be closed to the public. Ruth Patir, the artist representing Israel, is refu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Civil War is at the top of the box office, but what is it trying to say?
Culture critics Rad Simonpillai and Omar El Akkad unpack Alex Garland’s new film "Civil War."
1 year, 11 months ago
How covering O.J. Simpson reshaped entertainment
In the wake of O.J. Simpson's death last week, writers David Dennis Jr., Jael Richardson, and Eric Harvey reflect on how O.J.'s murder trial in 1995 …
1 year, 11 months ago