How US politics shapes the discourse around what we see onscreen, and Daniel Caesar's new album episode artwork

EPISODE · Oct 29, 2025 · 24 MIN

How US politics shapes the discourse around what we see onscreen, and Daniel Caesar's new album

from Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

With the new film ‘A House of Dynamite’ and season 3 of the ‘The Diplomat’ streaming now on Netflix, Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by culture critics El Jones and Kathryn VanArendonk to look at the ways political thrillers are being received amidst our real world geo-political tensions. And CBC Music journalist Natalie Harmsen talks about the new album from Juno and Grammy-Award-winning R&B star Daniel Caesar, and how it reflects a more spiritual state of mind.  Fill out our listener survey: https://cbc.ca/CommotionSurvey 

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