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Updated 11/07/2022

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Captain America: Brave New World is a mess

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ was supposed to be an exciting new chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Anthony Mackie starring as the first Black Captain America. Podcaster Ashley Ray, and film writers Adam Nayman and Kaiya Shunyata explain why the film is receiving such a harsh response from critics, and why it seemed doomed even before production completed.

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25 min
2 DAYS AGO

Dog Man, Paddington in Peru, and Lilly Singh's return to YouTube

Writer and culture critic Amil Niazi and entertainment reporter Teri Hart join Elamin Abelmahmoud to share their thoughts on the new kids' movies Dog Man and Paddington in Peru. And culture critic Jeevan Sangha talks about Lilly Singh's return to YouTube.

2 days ago

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25 min
5 DAYS AGO

Drake and PartyNextDoor's collab album, and Bridget Jones is back

Just in time for Valentine’s day, Hanna Flint, Mastermind and Jackson Weaver join guest host Rad Simonpillai to talk about ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ and Drake and PartyNextDoor's new album, ‘Some Sexy Songs 4 U.’

5 days ago

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27 min
7 FEB

The global struggle to hold back American cultural dominance

This week we’re talking about culture as a form of resistance and power against the backdrop of US tariff threats, and talk that Canada should become the 51st state. Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by culture critics Michelle Cho, Louise Bruton & Matt Amha to look at how places like South Korea, Ireland and Nigeria, have resisted American cultural influences, and are now cultural powerhouses exporting their own content to global audiences.

7 Feb

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25 min
11 FEB

An Update On Our Family reveals the troubling side of family vlogging, and Disco's Revenge is here

Parenting columnist Amil Niazi and author Jen Sookfong Lee join guest host Radheyan Simonpillai to discuss Crave’s 'An Update On Our Family', a three-part docu-series about the rise and fall of an influencer family called the Stauffers. Plus, former MuchMusic veejay Michael Williams shares his thoughts on the new documentary 'Disco's Revenge', which is a deep dive into the genre's history and legacy.

11 Feb

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24 min
10 FEB

How Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show landed, and remembering Irv Gotti

Culture critics Marlon Palmer, Matt Amha, and Pablo The Don join guest host Rad Simonpillai to break down Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime performance on Sunday. Also, they look at the legacy of Irv Gotti, the hip-hop producer and DJ who co-founded Murder Inc. Records. Gotti died on February 5. He was 54.

10 Feb

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25 min
5 FEB

Boycotting America and the meaning of cultural resistance in Canada

As tariffs still loom and Donald Trump keeps musing about Canada becoming the 51st state, what does cultural resistance look like? It’s a lot easier when you’re talking about shopping to buy Canadian and skip made-in-America. But how are we thinking about the pillars of national cultural identity: the music, movies, and TV we chose to consume? Columnist and chair of the Canada Council for the Arts Jesse Wente has been thinking a lot about this, not just lately, but throughout his entire life.

5 Feb

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28 min
4 FEB

Tariff uncertainty and what it means for Canadian studios and creators, and Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here

Though the proposed tariffs on Canadian goods that were supposed to take effect on February 3 have been momentarily paused for 30 days, the threat still looms over Canadian industries bracing for their impact. The Globe and Mail’s Film and Deputy Arts Editor Barry Hertz checks in to explain how they could affect the Canadian film and television industries, from production to consumer demand. Plus, culture writers Nicole Froio and Jackson Weaver discuss Fernanda Torres’s Oscar-nominated performance in 'I’m Still Here', a film set in the 70s amidst a military dictatorship in Brazil.

4 Feb

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26 min
3 JAN

What Bob Dylan experts are saying about A Complete Unknown

Music journalists Vish Khanna, Caryn Rose, and Ian Grant weigh in on the new biopic 'A Complete Unknown,' starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, and explain how the folk music hero has remained such a enigmatic and iconic figure in pop culture for over 60 years.

3 Jan

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44 min
17/01/2024

Jasmeet Raina: Overnight internet fame, misunderstandings about his Sikh faith, and his new show Late Bloomer

From 2009 to 2018, Jasmeet Raina was known online as Jus Reign. His viral videos about being a first generation Indo-Canadian millennial amassed more than 160 million views on YouTube and more than a million fans on Facebook. But one day, with no explanation, Jasmeet decided to walk away from the spotlight. Now, he’s back with a comedy series on Crave called “Late Bloomer.” Jasmeet talks to Tom about his hiatus, representing his Punjabi Sikh culture and faith on screen, and what his relationship with the internet is like now.

17/01/2024

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34 min

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Captain America: Brave New World is a mess

Dog Man, Paddington in Peru, and Lilly Singh's return to YouTube

Drake and PartyNextDoor's collab album, and Bridget Jones is back

The global struggle to hold back American cultural dominance

An Update On Our Family reveals the troubling side of family vlogging, and Disco's Revenge is here

How Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show landed, and remembering Irv Gotti

Boycotting America and the meaning of cultural resistance in Canada

Tariff uncertainty and what it means for Canadian studios and creators, and Fernanda Torres in I'm Still Here

What Bob Dylan experts are saying about A Complete Unknown

Jasmeet Raina: Overnight internet fame, misunderstandings about his Sikh faith, and his new show Late Bloomer

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