Midweek | Fall 2025 - Episode 7 | November 12, 2025

We’ve reached the final third! Veterans were top of mind and top of show this week. On Remembrance Day, reporter Matthew Garwolinski visited the Canadian War Museum and host Holly Joth-Smith attended Carleton University’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Both heard stories of family connections, wartime valour, and why we honour the occasion.Zoe Pierce then sat down with the head of Carleton University’s College of Humanities, Shane Hawkins, to discuss the University of Ottawa’s recently-suspended honours program in Greek and Roman studies, and whether the same could happen at Carleton. Midweek’s Allie Cruzado joined Joth-Smith and co-host Alex Scott in studio to talk about how two recent typhoons are hitting close to home for Filipinos, in Ottawa and Manila alike. Reporter Marilyn Madlion spoke to a local Black entrepreneur about how the closure of one business during the COVID-19 pandemic spawned a hub for Ottawa’s Black community and its artisans.Pierce returned with the success of a recent musical fundraiser for youth mental health, and its planned second iteration next year. Also in fundraising, Cruzado dropped into the United Way’s garage sale at Carleton, with money set for various causes across Eastern Ontario. Joth-Smith wasn’t the only host to attend an event this week––Scott attended Ottawa’s climate change preparation panel and took listeners through what they need to know about the city’s mitigation plans and how they can prepare for extreme weather events.With the Minoshkite Indigenous Music and Arts Festival back for a third year this week, reporter Clarisa Gonzalez had more on what makes it an important part of Ottawa’s cultural landscape. Scott then presented his interview with one of the leaders of a cycling advocacy group protesting provincial Bill 60. The legislation is aimed at building new homes and infrastructure more quickly, but has drawn heavy criticism for measures making it easier to evict tenants and harder to build bike lanes, among other issues.Closing out the show and completed just in time, Joth-Smith and Pierce joined forces for an interview with Sky News Africa journalist, Yousra Elbagir, ahead of her talk at Carleton. Elbagir will give Carleton’s annual Peter Stursburg Foreign Correspondent Lecture on Nov. 13, addressing selective empathy for Sudan. As we wrapped our show, one Midweek reporter made a startling discovery: four people wearing the same outfit! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.