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Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud — 650 episodes

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The Tragically Hip - 10 years after their final show, and the film Camp Miasma

2

The rise of surveillance chic, and Caitlin Clark's 1st Canadian WNBA game

3

The cultural legacy of Sade Adu

4

Queen Mab is a darkly funny tale about postpartum psychosis, and Vogue's bland September Issue cover

5

The Bourdain biopic 'Tony' is a satisfying 'one perfect summer' movie

6

Why are older filmmakers obsessed with Gen Z's sex lives? And, Zuckerberg's AI manifesto

7

Sterling Point, and the Canadian Museum of History's controversial new guide: an AI chatbot

8

Is the age of influencers over? And, the worst concert trend ever

9

Furious hits hard at a post-Epstein world, and how paintings from this Canadian art gallery ended up at Value Village

10

Ariana Grande's new album and the public scrutiny about her body

11

What happens if people stop reading, and the video game Big Walk

12

Ted Lasso, and why BTS won't submit their album to the Grammys

13

Why so many songs this summer are bummers

14

The best audiobooks for your summer road trip

15

Weekly Wrap: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Johnny Depp's return, and remembering Glen Hansard

16

Is Christopher Nolan's screenwriting 'abysmal'? + Fantasia Film Festival

17

The Polygamist is sparking conversations, and Mary Beth Barone's comedy special

18

A Tribute to Canadian Jazz Legend Oliver Jones

19

Restaurant Impossible returns to TV, and Tyla's new album A*Pop

20

Weekly Wrap: New music from Shania Twain, Charli XCX, and The Strokes

21

The music of climate change grief

22

The cultural impact of couple's therapist Esther Perel, and Clement Virgo's film Steal Away

23

Why are celebs playing music trivia? And, Anya Taylor Joy's new TV show Lucky

24

A Messi end to the 2026 World Cup

25

WEEKLY WRAP: Does 'The Odyssey' deliver?

26

How Climate Change is Threatening our Music Festivals

27

Why Brittany Allen submitted herself for an Emmy nom + Canada's newest music prize!

28

Why has this World Cup been so racist? + Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

29

The Tomi Adeyemi film controversy and why Jay-Z's NYC shows this weekend were a big deal!

30

Weekly Wrap: Son of Sara + Emmy nominations + Marc Messier

31

Little House on the Prairie confronts its racist past + Ray-Ban Meta glasses

32

The Invite is hilariously awkward, and big news for Raptors fans

33

Why film lovers are fighting to save this one lab + the end of physical Playstations

34

World Cup recap + the Taylor & Travis wedding

35

FRIDAY WRAP: Canada joins Eurovision, new Madonna album, new Carole Pope doc

36

NTBTSTM makes its Korean debut! + Did The Bear land its finale?

37

The Canadian artists dominating 2026 (so far)

38

What the Jackass movies teach us about male friendship, and Glenn Lewis' new album

39

Why Supergirl crash landed at the box office, and an NFB film collection in France

40

The CN Tower's hold on pop culture

41

How Siphe November changed ballet in Canada, and a floating convenience store goes viral

42

Young people are leading Quebec sovereignty's new cultural wave, and Clive Davis

43

Canada is locked in on the World Cup, and a strange music heist

44

Do we really need another Toy Story movie, and why some are going analog

45

Weekly Wrap: new Zoon album, Polaris Music Prize, Oliver Tree's death

46

How the Knicks' win is landing in this political moment, and Widow's Bay

47

The Griffin Poetry Prize, and no more Hockey Night in Canada on CBC

48

What a new Indigenous dating show gets right, and the Banana Man saga

49

Olivia Rodrigo's new album, and how a matriarch's beauty shop became a hub for Canadian hip-hop

50

Friday wrap: Spielberg's Disclosure Day, RuPaul's Stop! That! Train!

51

The World Cup is starting and the vibes are off

52

Carley Fortune owns summer romance, and Anderson .Paak’s K-pop movie

53

Questlove’s new documentary and Steph Curry’s new sneaker deal

54

Heated Rivalry gets a musical parody, the Tony Awards, and remembering Buffy star Anthony Head

55

Friday wrap: Obsession, Cape Fear reboot

56

Two GOATs return: The Jay-Z and Serena Williams comeback

57

Does this Canadian military recruitment ad remind you of Call of Duty? And Pop Culture Jeopardy!

58

How one short story got a lot of writers talking about AI, and the series Destination: Oshawa

59

The Canadian Screen Awards, and Backrooms and the rise of YouTubers jumping into Hollywood

60

A bad week for AI

61

Why hockey romances are taking over television, and Hacks ends

62

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, and why Olivia Rodrigo's babydoll dress makes people feel uneasy

63

Shein buys sustainable fashion brand Everlane, and the Griffin Poetry Prize town hall

64

The Enhanced Games is a 'love child of the manosphere,' and remembering cellist Cris Derksen

65

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is over. What now?

66

Talking about revenge in I Love Boosters and Is God Is, and how women are driving F1's popularity

67

The Boys series finale: Did it stick the superhero landing?

68

Iceman, Maid of Honour, Habibti — are we ready for a Drake summer?

69

The lore behind Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano's 17-second fight

70

What TV is getting right — and wrong — about sex work

71

Wrap: Cannes, and The Sheep Detectives

72

Who brought the heat to Kevin Hart’s roast? and Hallmark's mahjong whitewashing controversy

73

Why the Outlander fandom is niche but loyal, and how cozy games are changing gaming

74

Make no mistake, the Canadiens are Quebec's team, and 'Marty, Life is Short'

75

The Tragically Hip musical is full of courage — and grace, too

76

Weekend Listen: The Big Five with special guest Elamin

77

Wrap: Masculinity in Half Man, Lord of the Flies and The Bear

78

Let's go Toronto Tempo! and is M.I.A. a MAGA provocateur or misunderstood?

79

The Onion wants to take over InfoWars, and how the Venice Biennale reflects arts and politics

80

This year’s Met Gala is so polarizing, and why Canadian film 'Blue Heron' is one of the best movies of 2026 so far

81

Why is Hollywood afraid of putting rom-coms in theatres? And how local festivals get squeezed by FIFA

82

Friday wrap: The Devil Wears Prada 2, Megan Thee Stallion & Klay Thompson break up & Kacey Musgraves

83

Romance novels are hotter and more Canadian than ever

84

Ontario's crackdown on ticket reselling, and a new U.K. comedy takes aim at the World Cup

85

A tradwife influencer time travels to 1855 in Yesteryear, and Charli XCX says the dance floor is dead

86

How 'Michael' broke the box office but flattened his legacy

87

Drake’s Iceman sculpture, and why hip hop still needs him

88

Why we're emotional about Celine Dion's comeback

89

Is Beef season 2 cooked? And, a tribute to Nevon Sinclair

90

Memes are the propaganda of the U.S.-Iran war

91

Do people really like Geese or is it just marketing? And, Bollywood loses a giant, Asha Bhosle

92

How 'Mile End Kicks' got 2010s Montreal right!

93

'Famesick' and Lena Dunham's polarizing pop legacy.

94

And the winner of Canada Reads 2026 is...

95

Afrika Bambaataa's problematic hip-hop legacy + What's driving Canada's current box office boom?

96

What DTF St. Louis says about male bonding + How K-pop's Plave are taking the virtual band to new levels!

97

Euphoria is back! + Justin Bieber returns to Coachella

98

Artemis II is a vision of humanity we need right now

99

The Summer House scandal, and a bittersweet K-Pop shakeup

100

How Epstein became a meme, and Dan Levy's series Big Mistakes

101

The big twist in The Drama, and should theatres get rid of age-based ratings?

102

The Ben Johnson story arrives on TV, and Canadian music history you won't find on the internet

103

Who gets to write working class stories in Canada?

104

Tomson Highway's Rose, and the Goo Goo Dolls become the epitome of 90s nostalgia

105

Broadway play Giant explores Roald Dahl and his antisemitism, and Riz Ahmed in Bait

106

How Black & Jewish-America shaped pop music as we know it

107

Who showed up at this year's Junos and what it tells you about this moment

108

Weekly Wrap: Robyn, Jack Harlow & Raye

109

Why did the Bachelorette cast Taylor Frankie Paul? And Dhurandhar 2

110

The Hannah Montana special, and the Lindy West fiasco

111

Hamilton is hosting a big awards show amid a crisis. Plus, the Peaky Blinders movie

112

At last, the return of BTS. Does Arirang deliver?

113

Weekly wrap: Project Hail Mary, The Things You Kill & AI Val Kilmer

114

Do we care that 'Love Story' blurs fact with fiction? And, the country musical 'Shucked'

115

Did we need to know Banksy's real name? And, the heist game 'Relooted'

116

Louis Theroux's 'Inside the Manosphere,' and the Canadian horror film 'Undertone'

117

The Oscars were last night!

118

Weekly wrap: Oscar predictions!

119

Will Ticketmaster face accountability for the 'broken' concert industry? And, The President's Cake

120

Why are we seeing more book bans? And, Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign

121

Spotify is cracking down on AI streams, and the unexpected joy of Angine de poitrine

122

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns her Toronto film critics award, and Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!

123

Weekly Wrap: Harry Styles’ ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ and BLACKPINK’s ‘Deadline’

124

How 'Rap Essentials' changed Canadian hip hop, and why we can't stop watching Friends Keep Secrets

125

Nova Scotia's proposed arts cuts hit deep, and Scream 7

126

A new Bruno Mars album, and F1's Drive to Survive is back

127

Industry S4 finale, and why are Canadian films struggling in theatres?

128

50 seasons of Survivor

129

Will the courts agree that social media is addictive? And, Stan Douglas's 'Tales of Empire' exhibit

130

Eric Dane's powerful final message on Famous Last Words, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finale

131

In the wake of the BAFTA's controversy, what does accountability look like?

132

Olympics wrap + Space Cadets review

133

Weekly Wrap: women's hockey, American vs Canadian Olympic ads, and the Wasserman fallout

134

How Rev. Jesse Jackson shaped culture, and new music from Jill Scott and J. Cole

135

Does Tyra take enough accountability in the ANTM docuseries?

136

Ben Bankas and why outrage comedy sells, and Is Fanfiction about real people ethical?

137

Feist and Wolf Parade are capturing the hearts of younger fans, and how Quebec rap group Muzion changed hip-hop

138

Weekly Wrap: Wuthering Heights, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and James Van Der Beek

139

The fake immigration prank going viral + the legacy of Steve's Music

140

Queer romance Montreal, Ma Belle shows the city like never before, and the red carpet belongs to Chappell Roan

141

Springsteen, Jesse Welles, and protest songs that connect us to this moment

142

Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl Halftime show, and Aquakultre's album and why it's important to know your history

143

Weekly Wrap: Charli XCX's The Moment, the Safdie brothers controversy, and Tate McRae's Olympic ad

144

The Muppets are back, and the symphony and pro-wrestling are the perfect marriage

145

Why so many people are obsessed with the Heated Rivalry fleece, and podcasts arrive on Netflix

146

What Nike got wrong about its MLK tribute shoe

147

Bad Bunny wins big and brings politics to the Grammys

148

How Catherine O’Hara made the whole world laugh

149

Friday Wrap: Send Help, Kanye West's apology, and Juno nominations

150

Bridgerton S4, and how Star Trek and Game of Thrones are trying to land new audiences

151

How dystopian art helps us understand Minnesota

152

The rise of stylists, and why we need jazz-pop right now

153

The streamer iShowSpeed toured across Africa. How did it land?

154

Friday Wrap: Canada Shore, Oscar noms and the Beckham family drama

155

Revealing the 2026 Canada Reads books and champions

156

Why are we yearning for 2016? and Hilary Duff's comeback

157

The rise of Penske Media Corporation, and The Testament of Ann Lee

158

The Pitt is back, and A$AP Rocky too

159

Friday Wrap: The Bone Temple, The Traitors, Dragon's Den patty controversy

160

How betting has infiltrated entertainment, and the tumultuous revamping of CBS

161

The Giller jury will be booksellers this year, and remembering Grateful Dead's Bob Weir

162

Why this Canadian orchestra is ditching NDAs in cases of sexual misconduct

163

All the tea on this year's Golden Globes, and S4 of Industry

164

The Heated Rivalry Obsession

165

Are TV writers dumbing down the dialogue we hear on TV? And the CFNY radio doc

166

Nicki Minaj's turn towards Trump, and Adin Ross comes after Doechii

167

The memeification of the Venezuela crisis, and Jim Henson's Labyrinth turns 40

168

Are we in for an AI cultural reset this year?

169

What's new in music in 2026?

170

What we're watching in 2026: The Pitt S2, lots of Canadian movies and more

171

Fashion wins and misses in 2025

172

The biggest pop culture moments of 2025

173

How riot grrls were replaced with girl power you could buy [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

174

What our shrinking attention span means for arts and entertainment [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

175

Mariah Carey's new album, and why she's still one of the most iconic singers of our time [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

176

How NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts became a hub for Black pop [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

177

How Kent Monkman creates new conversations about art and Canada's past [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

178

Friday wrap on: Avatar 3 and new Disney/OpenAI deal

179

The Geese divide + best new Xmas albums!

180

Remembering Rob Reiner, and the 2025 shows and films you might've missed

181

What Rogers V. Rogers play tells us about Canada in this moment

182

Has parodying the Toronto accent gone too far, and the cultural impact of the Shopaholic series

183

Friday Wrap on: Wake Up Dead Man, and Quentin Tarantino trash talks Paul Dano

184

The best in Canadian music in 2025

185

How Frank Gehry's love of art showed up in the buildings he created, and S2 of For The Culture

186

Club Chalamet and can fandom actually go too far, and iHeartRadio stands up to AI

187

50 Cent's new Diddy doc is wiiild, and what to make of Canada's revolving door of Heritage Ministers

188

Friday Wrap on: Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Jay Kelly

189

How Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) brings Inuit storytelling to the big screen, and Broadway shows at the movies

190

How RapCity connected Canadians through hip-hop

191

The gay hockey romance Heated Rivalry is lusty, horny, and real, and why Claire Danes' face has the internet talking

192

Choclair’s first album in 20 years, Trump really wants Rush Hour 4

193

Jesse Wente on Thomas King and finding hope in a hard moment

194

Why you can't tell the story of reggae without Jimmy Cliff, and Stranger Things S5

195

What happens when an author who claimed he was Indigenous, now says he isn't?

196

What Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue says about masculinity in this moment, and Tobias Jesso Jr.'s new album

197

How Trugoy the Dove shows up on De La Soul's new album, and the UK wants to ban for profit ticket resales

198

FRIDAY WRAP on Wicked: For Good, Michelle Obama's comments on Black hair, and Mariah Carey

199

Why this season of The Morning Show is the most outrageous yet, and the allure of Paul McCartney

200

Nardwuar’s timeless appeal, and the magic of the Now You See Me franchise

201

Should you read it before you watch it?

202

Did The Grey Cup meet this Canadian moment? + new Eddie Murphy doc

203

Friday wrap on The Running Man, The Office Movers and Christy

204

Pluribus is the best thing on TV right now, and GTA 6 delay

205

How Margaret Atwood's memoir changes the way we see her books

206

How creative artists fight back after getting ripped off

207

From the charts to podcasts, the state of rap in 2025

208

Friday wrap on All's Fair, Die My Love, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

209

BONUS Sombr and the debate over concert criticism

210

The memes of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and Canada in Eurovision?

211

Canadian literary festivals are having urgent conversations, and Rosalia is redefining global pop stardom

212

Halo is coming to PlayStation. Are the console wars over?

213

The heartbreak of fandom and why it's about more than baseball

214

Friday wrap on Welcome to Derry, Bugonia, and Dream Eater

215

BONUS How Misty Copeland changed ballet

216

Lily Allen goes all in on her divorce album

217

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

218

Does ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ actually deliver?

219

Why baseball isn't just 'America's game' and Vybz Kartel in Canada at last

220

Friday wrap on 'Nobody Wants This' S2, 'Blue Moon' & Blue Jays World Series fever

221

Why Gwyneth Paltrow’s reaction to a new biography is off-brand, and the surprising ennui of Pokemon Legends: Z to A

222

The Perfect Neighbor does true crime differently, and Who Killed the Montreal Expos?

223

ChatGPT turns to erotica, and why we love art heists

224

How Trump's politics are shaping fashion, and Tame Impala's new album

225

Weekend Listen | Forged: The true story behind the Norval Morrisseau art fraud

226

Friday wrap on After The Hunt, Kiss of The Spider Woman, and Frankenstein

227

How Marc Maron's WTF podcast changed the game? + Why is Rush back!

228

D'Angelo's impact on music and pop culture, and the new podcast -- Forged

229

Controversial 'Slave Play' production hits Toronto + Sora 2 backlash

230

We like you too, John Candy

231

Roofman, Lurker, and how believable is the dog in the thriller Good Boy?

232

The doubt surrounding Amy Griffin’s memoir The Tell, and what MTV’s Catfish taught us about the Internet

233

Mariah Carey's new album, and why she's still one of the most iconic singers of our time

234

The pressure on writers to write the next bestseller, and the Japanese film Demon Slayer

235

The Riyadh Comedy Festival, Electronic Arts, and why Saudi Arabia is investing in culture

236

Taylor Swift beefs with Charlie XCX on Life of a Showgirl, and Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl

237

Only Murders in the Building, Hacks -- is Hollywood getting aging right?

238

Mae Martin's twisty new series Wayward & Patrick Watson's album Uh Oh

239

How Kent Monkman creates new conversations about art and Canada's past

240

Heavyweight returns, the Williams sisters' new podcast & Sweden leaves Abba out of its cultural canon

241

One Battle After Another, and the release of the thriller series The Savant is delayed

242

What does the end of Bad Bunny's residency mean for Puerto Rico? And a new Fela Kuti graphic novel

243

Kimmel retuns to late night, what did he say?

244

Football/horror film Him, Black Rabbit, and MJ The Musical

245

Cardi B is back with Am I The Drama?, and Waiting for Godot is having a moment

246

How Kimmel's suspension over Charlie Kirk comments sparked a debate about free speech

247

Does Task have what it takes to become HBO's Sunday night hit?

248

BONUS: Yves Jarvis, and the Polaris Music Prize at 20

249

Remembering Robert Redford, and the uncertain future of Ssense

250

Why Lilith Fair's legacy still matters today

251

TIFF IN 12: Hamnet wins People's Choice and is TIFF too celebrity focused?

252

The Pitt and The Studio win big at the Emmys, and TikTok's The Great Lock In

253

TIFF IN 12 big performances, and It Was Just An Accident and No Other Choice have their moment

254

Ed Sheeran's new album Play, and the Spinal Tap reunion

255

Is the cyberbullying doc Unknown Number exploiting its young subjects, and DC's Peacemaker

256

TIFF in 12: Blue Heron, Modern Whore, and more from the Canadian line up

257

TIFF in 12: The Road Between Us - a controversial film gets its world premiere

258

How does TIFF build on its legacy?

259

TIFF in 12: Is Tuner a People's Choice pick, Frankenstein, and awkward Q&As

260

Joni Mitchell's new jazz compilation, and Roy Jones Jr. posts about his returned gold medal

261

TIFF IN 12: Big surprises, Elvis Presley in Concert, and Oscar buzz for Sydney Sweeney

262

Giorgio Armani, Chloe Malle, and why New York Fashion Week will be unlike any other

263

TIFF IN 12: John Candy, Chandler Levack's moment, and Sydney Sweeney

264

Why divorce movies are lightening up

265

SNL's cast shakeup, and Canadian animation company Nelvana shuts down new studio productions

266

TIFF IN 12: The festival turns 50. Where's all the buzz?

267

Alberta pauses its book ban, so now what? and the reality series KPOPPED

268

Remembering Graham Greene, and fall TV shows you need to watch

269

What our shrinking attention span means for art and entertainment

270

Sabrina Carpenter and The Beaches are back, Taylor Swift's engaged

271

Can you really be in love with ChatGPT? And CBC's French-English remakes

272

What does the show Surrounded tell us about rage bait culture

273

How the shutdown of TikTok Canada affects artists, and the buzz around Tell Tale Harbour

274

Can a dating show bring new fans to the U.S. Open, and Mac DeMarco's new album

275

KPop Demon Hunters sing-along takes over theatres, and Ne Zha 2 is here

276

Spike and Denzel reunite on Highest 2 Lowest, and Oasis cover bands

277

Edinburgh Fringe breakdancing hit parodies one Olympian's journey

278

Jaws turns 50

279

Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION turned her into an icon

280

Howard Stern's notorious shock jock legacy

281

What Sex and the City's legacy tells us about ourselves

282

South Park, Marc Maron & Trump-era comedy + the buzz around Maria Reva's Booker Prize longlisted novel

283

The Lil Tay OnlyFans debate, and where are the older Indigenous theatre stars?

284

'Alien:Earth' has landed & the worst song ever?

285

The Murder, Mystery & Makeup series + Disney's 'Eyes of Wakanda'

286

Summer Bummer (via Switched on Pop)

287

Is 'Weapons' horror flick of the year? & the buzz around 'Shook'

288

The Maybe Happy Ending controversy, and Chappell Roan has new music

289

BONUS: Why did the Nelk Boys talk to Benjamin Netanyahu?

290

The Naked Gun, Happy Gilmore 2, and the summer of the comedy reboot

291

Musicians are changing the conversation about Gaza

292

What makes a good road trip playlist?

293

The Sydney Sweeney jeans controversy & more!

294

The new BTS Army documentary, and should Sean Feucht still play in Canada?

295

Why Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau's dinner date matters, and Fringe Festival standouts

296

Why the Canadian story Washington Black is produced by Americans, and The Masterplan Show is cancelled

297

Hulk Hogan's contentious legacy

298

The Fantastic Four is back + remembering two 80s tv icons

299

BONUS: The legacy of Ozzy Osbourne, Prince of Darkness

300

The end of the Giller Prize? + Colbert vs Trump vs Latenight

301

TSITP finale + when concerts & climate change collide!

302

Substack's rise & a tribute to poet/activist Andrea Gibson

303

Colbert cancelled, Eddington and the viral Coldplay couple

304

A Luigi Mangione murder-musical and Quebec's Polaris Prize takeover

305

Justin Bieber's surprise album and the cost of celebrity

306

Superman reboot reactions + peak Labubu

307

Our reaction to the Love Island USA season 7 finale

308

Clipse is back, Ye's controversial world tour & Drake's Iceman cometh

309

Lena Dunham's Too Much, Prada's sandal scandal and South Asia's influence on fashion

310

An Afro-Indigenous family defends their farm in dystopian thriller 40 Acres, and the sleeper hit KPop Demon Hunters

311

What went wrong with 'eat the rich' TV, and Kesha's new album

312

Broadway's Hamilton turns 10

313

How Sorry, Baby is redefining the post-MeToo film, and Jurassic World Rebirth

314

BONUS: Anna Wintour's legacy

315

The Diddy verdict, plus Beverly Glenn-Copeland's kids' show Caring Cabin

316

Timbaland’s troubling stance on AI, and F1 is Brad Pitt's biggest opening weekend ever

317

Redefining what counts as a Canadian literary classic

318

Does Squid Game get the ending it deserves? And why Elio is struggling in theatres

319

Springsteen's lost albums and Lorde reinvents herself on Virgin

320

The Bear is back, and what would reality TV be without queer and trans people?

321

Kids protest ICE on Roblox, and a tech CEO pays to conduct Toronto Symphony Orchestra

322

Should Robbie Williams' and Adrien Brody's art be hanging next to Basquiat?

323

The new Pride doc 'Parade', and is Hollywood pushing back on intimacy coordinators?

324

Weekend Listen: Scaachi Koul calls herself a professional ex-wife

325

Aysanabee & Bambii release their sophomore records, plus Haim's I Quit

326

Two Indigenous artists talk about AI's cultural possibilities, and 28 Years Later

327

New doc relives Rob Ford's crack cocaine scandal, and Empathie is must-watch TV

328

Two Toronto hip hop fans react to Kendrick's shows in the 6

329

Call Her Daddy's Alex Cooper built an empire out of girls' locker room talk

330

Let's talk about new music from Neil Young, Benson Boone & Sabrina Carpenter

331

Should you watch it: Materialists, Boxcutter and How to Train Your Dragon

332

A tribute to Brian Wilson, and why Endless Cookie is delighting audiences

333

The intense fandom of the Oilers, and remembering Sly Stone and MuchMusic VJ Juliette Powell

334

HBO's Mountainhead tells us something about Trump, Musk, and the L.A. protests

335

Malcolm X at 100: how his legacy has been celebrated and co-opted in pop culture

336

The summer of Addison Rae is here

337

Guillaume Côté takes his final bow with the National Ballet, and why TikTokers are pretending to be AI

338

What is considered 'age appropriate' in school libraries, and the sitcom Adults

339

What should be allowed to count as CanCon?

340

How NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts became a hub for Black pop

341

Karate Kid: Legends, and the summer movies we're excited to see

342

The reaction to Ms. Rachel posting about children in Gaza

343

Judy Blume's Forever gets a TV series, and what's with all the Bella Ramsey hate?

344

The buzz around the TV show Overcompensating, and the comedy series 0-60 Driving Academy

345

Welcome to Wrexham's success, and why Andy Shauf's songwriting connects

346

Is this really the last Mission: Impossible?

347

The Diddy trial so far, and the new dark comedy Friendship

348

Late Bloomer comes into its own in season 2, and Lido Pimienta's new album La Belleza

349

The best films and biggest flops at Cannes 2025, and Austria upsets Sweden for Eurovision win

350

How riot grrls were replaced with girl power you could buy

351

Morgan Wallen and Maren Morris return, Lana Del Rey gone country

352

Emily Henry's wild popularity, and the Hudson's Bay Company's art collection

353

Is Andor the best thing to come out of the Star Wars universe, and Black fans are breaking up with K-pop

354

How did 6ixBuzz get so influential, and Atlantic Canada gets its first Indigenous music label

355

Are fans ready for Arcade Fire's big return, and the Golden Globes honour podcasting

356

The internet is going wild for the new pope, and the popularity of 'Italian brain rot'

357

Do we still need gendered awards categories, and Maple Leaf Pro wrestling is back

358

From The Archives: A searching conversation with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha

359

Canadian film creators respond to Trump's tariff threats, and Scaachi Koul's AI generated biography

360

Highlights of the 2025 Met Gala, and Niko Stratis's new book

361

The Rehearsal, and how Nathan Fielder leans into the absurd

362

The new PUP album, and the legacy of Canadian pop-punk

363

Love on the Spectrum, and how Down With Webster went viral

364

Does nice reality TV make for good TV? And Juilliard plans to go tuition-free

365

What does the election tell us about Canadian culture right now?

366

Was the 4chan hack a good thing for the internet, and the FOLD turns 10

367

Cronenberg's film The Shrouds, and the obsession about box office numbers for Sinners

368

How this Canadian election is playing out in online media

369

BONUS: The second and final season of Andor is here

370

The return of Black Mirror, and will Meta have to sell Instagram?

371

Conclave, The Two Popes, and how the Pope shows up in pop culture

372

Why we love to gossip — and why that's not a bad thing

373

Ryan Coogler's Sinners is a masterpiece, period

374

Is it safe for trans artists to tour the U.S., and Canada's contribution to dancehall

375

Canadian movies are better than ever. Why can't you find them easily?

376

Does The Handmaid's Tale still meet the moment?

377

The Last of Us S2 is here, and NCT Mark’s solo album finally dropped

378

Viola Davis as President in G20, and the rom-com A Nice Indian Boy

379

Is Wayne Gretzky still a Canadian hero?

380

How doctors and nurses feel about medical dramas, and why Village Keeper became one of this year's most celebrated Canadian movies

381

Bon Iver’s influence, and why everyone is still talking about Adolescence

382

Did the slow burn of White Lotus S3 pay off, and the latest on AI fashion models

383

Do we need a Minecraft movie? And Val Kilmer's best performances

384

BONUS: Nintendo Switch 2 arrives

385

New series Dying for Sex and the surprising truths about a terminal cancer diagnosis

386

Remembering Bishop Brigante, and the Studio Ghibli memes made by ChatGPT

387

Trump's Kennedy Center takeover, and why some are paying $1000 to see Denzel Washington in Othello

388

Sum41, Anne Murray, Nemahsis, and Canadian pride at the 2025 Junos

389

Should Canadian musicians tour in the U.S.?

390

How the trade war could affect Canada's book industry, and Family Guy is a gateway to Anne Murray

391

A new Hunger Games novel, and an update on No Other Land

392

How The Studio pokes fun at the inner workings of Hollywood, and the new memoir The Tell

393

The Severance finale, and why you kind of recognize every actor in The White Lotus

394

The whole Snow White controversy explained, and the winners of Canada Reads

395

What happened to The Hudson's Bay Company?

396

Netflix's Adolescence and the radicalization of boys, and change at Loewe and Balenciaga

397

Come From Away hits different now, and HBO's The Pitt

398

How does Top Chef: Destination Canada represent our food?

399

Watch or skip: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Can I Get a Witness? & The Electric State

400

Does algospeak like 'seggs' and 'unalive' affect free speech? And the blockbuster Ne Zha 2

401

Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17, and the problem with Law & Order Toronto's episode about encampments

402

Tory Lanez and the politics of recording an album in prison

403

Does it make sense to revoke Buffy Sainte-Marie's Juno Awards and Polaris Prizes?

404

Lady Gaga returns with pop album, Mayhem

405

How can artists meet Canada's new patriotism moment?

406

Small Achievable Goals and menopause on the screen, and G-DRAGON's big comeback

407

Meghan Markle’s big rebrand, and Anora’s portrayal of sex work

408

Anora wins big, and other big moments and snubs from the Oscars

409

P.K. Subban and the state of the NBA, and the new doc series Court of Gold

410

Is the pop culture narrative about the ideals of journalism still true? And the show 'A Thousand Blows'

411

Can fashion shows meet the moment? And Xavier Trudeau's new song

412

What the new Amazon deal means for 007, and China's Korean culture ban

413

Will Tate McRae's new album launch her onto pop's A-List, and Christie's first all-AI art auction

414

The race for Best Picture and the politics of Oscar campaigns

415

Kennedy Center cancellations, and the film Morningside

416

The White Lotus S3, and hockey nationalism

417

Captain America: Brave New World is a mess

418

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

419

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

420

Where do we go from here with Kanye West, and the season finale of Mo

421

Two new docs spotlight Jamaican music, and the Juno noms are out

422

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

423

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

424

The global struggle to hold back American cultural dominance

425

Trinidad Killa and an Inuit slur, and BookTok hit I Who Have Never Known Men

426

Boycotting America and the meaning of cultural resistance in Canada

427

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

428

Highlights and big moments of the 2025 Grammys

429

Emilia Pérez star embroiled in controversy over offensive tweets, and The Weeknd's new album is here

430

YouTube star Ms.Rachel's move to Netflix, and highlights of Sundance 2025

431

How Tom Green changed TV

432

Rebecca Yarros dominates with Onyx Storm, and a new Broken Social Scene documentary

433

The Brutalist's AI accent controversy, and rewatch podcasts

434

Oscar noms are out, SZA and Keke Palmer's buddy movie, Mac Miller's new record

435

Canada Reads 2025 books reveal

436

Is Spotify good for music? And the Australian Open serves animated tennis

437

The cultural significance of Trump’s inauguration

438

TikTok’s uncertain future and Severance season 2

439

Remembering David Lynch, The Last Show Girl, and the Robbie Williams biopic

440

Why everyone is raving about Nickel Boys and how Neil Young tried to change streaming

441

Why aren't more TV shows and movies taking on climate change?

442

'The Culture' exhibit and how hip-hop is valued in major art institutions

443

The end of fact checking on Meta, and the future of social media

444

Bad Bunny's new album, and how the relationship between artists and fame has changed

445

How the comedy series North of North depicts Inuit culture in a new way, and the latest Wallace & Gromit movie

446

What Justin Trudeau’s relationship with pop culture tells us about the moment

447

WWE's flagship show Monday Night Raw enters its Netflix era

448

Awards season kicks off with surprise wins at the Golden Globes

449

What Bob Dylan experts are saying about A Complete Unknown

450

Beyoncé at the Grammys, Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl: The music stories we're watching for in 2025

451

What we're watching in 2025: Severance, Star Trek and more

452

Canadian literature's tumultuous year

453

Celebrating L.M. Montgomery's 150th and the many lives of Anne Shirley

454

The most underrated movies and TV shows of 2024

455

Squid Game is back at last — but can season 2 deliver on expectations? (No spoilers)

456

Does Get Millie Black get Jamaica right?

457

The big stories in fashion that shaped 2024

458

The winners and losers of pop culture in 2024

459

How YouTube is changing kids TV, and why authors are still boycotting the Giller Prize

460

Balatro and the highs and lows of gaming in 2024, and Jamie Foxx's Netflix special

461

Canadian music in 2024 and who ruled our playlists

462

Snoop Dogg teams up with Dr. Dre again, and why The Brutalist is getting awards season buzz

463

What Hawk Tuah and the tradwife trend tell us about the internet in 2024

464

The potential consequences of the Jay-Z allegations, and the TV adaptation of Interior Chinatown

465

One year after the Buffy Sainte-Marie investigation, what has changed for Indigenous artists?

466

The online reaction to the suspect in the insurance CEO killing, and Interstellar is back in theatres

467

How the Eras Tour changed everything – for Taylor, and for the music industry

468

The maple syrup heist TV show, and what makes a Christmas movie work

469

What Disney gets wrong about Moana

470

Brain rot and this moment in online culture

471

Why some Canadian screenwriters are pushing back against AI, and Dune: Prophecy is here

472

How AI is shaping the future of book publishing, and the Céline Dion musical Titanique

473

Does Moana 2 deliver on the hype, and viral celebrity lookalike contests

474

The barriers facing Canadian Black artists, and Silo season 2 is here

475

Kendrick's surprise album, and Drake's surprise legal action

476

Why people can't stop talking about Emilia Pérez

477

Our relationship with 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', and Rust premieres

478

Gladiator II and Wicked are finally here

479

Shawn Mendes leans into folk on comeback album

480

My Old Ass charms audiences, and do we still need the Sexiest Man Alive?

481

Author Ian Williams on the Giller Prize and navigating the tensions in CanLit

482

Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson, and Say Nothing and its depiction of the Troubles

483

What happens when Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to town?

484

Are reality shows keeping their contestants safe, and what X looks like post-election

485

What the Grammy nominations tell us about pop music right now, and the Megan Thee Stallion documentary

486

Heretic gives us a sinister Hugh Grant, and Somebody Somewhere's final season

487

Filmmaker Steve McQueen tackles race and class in World War II film Blitz

488

What Yellowstone tells us about America right now

489

Tyler the Creator at the top of his game, and My Dead Mom

490

What Trump's win says about pop culture's role in Presidential races

491

The brilliance of Quincy Jones

492

Kamala Harris on SNL, Tom Hanks's new film Here and the Hallmark Christmas movie season has started

493

Three CBC defenders respond to calls to defund the CBC

494

Tony Hinchcliffe and mixing comedy and politics, and Indigenous horror

495

Three critics on the future of the CBC

496

The legacy of Vince Carter, and the backlash to WWE's Bad Blood

497

Beyonce at the Kamala Harris rally, and a new Martha Stewart documentary

498

Does the Vatican thriller Conclave preach to our times, and Hasan Minhaj's Netflix special

499

The horror movies haunting our spooky season

500

Why Andrew Garfield's sincerity is working

501

Anora is already an Oscar frontrunner, and Fan Bingbing’s return to acting

502

How The Daily Wire's film Am I Racist? shapes the culture war, and Han Kang's translation

503

How Liam Payne's death has been covered

504

Two Palestinian artists reflect on how the war has affected their art

505

Dragons' Den goes viral over boba tea, and Culinary Class Wars

506

Who gets to claim Fred Perry? And The Franchise

507

K-os's iconic album Joyful Rebellion turns 20

508

Alfonso Cuaron's new show Disclaimer is finally here, and Ali Wong's new special

509

Kamala's interview on Call Her Daddy, and the Slow Horses finale

510

The Tragically Hip docuseries and who defines the legacy of the Hip

511

Mustafa's new album, Dunya, is a masterpiece

512

Jewish creators reflect on Oct. 7 and how art shapes memory

513

The film Saturday Night, and SNL's ongoing identity crisis

514

Wrestling with Vince McMahon's legacy, and The Death Tour brings wrestling to the north

515

Ellen DeGeneres' farewell to comedy, and the steamy new medical drama Doctor Odyssey

516

How the TV series So Long, Marianne reimagines the muse, and a new South Asian category at the Junos

517

How Indigenous Futurism is changing the conversation

518

Megalopolis is divisive, and the return of George Clooney and Brad Pitt

519

What the Diddy allegations mean for the music industry, and the allure of The Wild Robot

520

What Will & Harper gets right, and how Sally Rooney became a brand

521

Trudeau's late-night TV debut with Stephen Colbert, and the adaptation of My Brilliant Friend

522

Mr. Beast's reality show is a mess, and the dominance of Penguin Random House

523

How The Substance tackles aging in Hollywood, and Katy Perry's messy album rollout

524

The exploitation of Black artists, and recycled red carpet looks

525

HBO's The Penguin is finally here, and LL Cool J's new album

526

How an onstage fight ended the Jane's Addiction reunion tour, and how is Raygun ranked No.1?

527

Highlights from the 2024 Emmys, and a surprising winner at TIFF

528

Beyoncé’s CMA snub, Kendrick at the Super Bowl, Linkin Park’s new singer

529

TIFF in 12: The controversy over the Russians at War documentary

530

TIFF in 12: The profound horniness of Babygirl, and the dilemma of Canadian movies

531

The eliminated Juno categories, and The Perfect Couple on Netflix

532

TIFF In 12: How body horror shows up in films like Nightbitch, The Substance, and The Shrouds

533

Why the U.S. presidential debate made for great TV, and Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala

534

What the Netflix movie Rebel Ridge gets right, and the fight to release The Apprentice

535

TIFF in 12: Emilia Pérez is the surprise at the festival, and The Bibi Files documentary

536

How APTN changed Indigenous film and television

537

TIFF In 12: Rad & Teri's chaotic weekend, Anora, and Paying For It

538

What you need to know about TIFF 2024, and Beetlejuice returns

539

The controversy surrounding ELLE Canada’s list of influential Canadian women

540

The English Teacher tackles woke culture in the classroom, and a new era in MILF cinema

541

The brilliance of Pachinko, and champion eaters Chestnut and Kobayashi go head-to-head

542

All the fall TV shows you need to know

543

Why is Ronald Reagan so hard to capture in film? And, Only Murders in the Building returns

544

The Paralympic Games start in Paris, and Netflix's Worst Ex Ever

545

What we can learn from the end of Bennifer 2.0, and the surprising history of Krautrock

546

Don't look back in anger: the Oasis reunion is happening. How we got here.

547

Why don't men read fiction, and are the Gwyneth Paltrow ski trial plays actually good?

548

The Crow reboot, and what Lil Jon, Jason Isbell and the DNC performances mean for the election

549

How racism shows up on book covers and what this says about the publishing industry

550

Chappell Roan, Halsey, and when fan culture goes too far

551

Looking back on the legacy of daytime TV pioneer Phil Donahue

552

Anna Marie Tendler's new memoir digs deep into her own mental health and past relationships

553

Post Malone's turn towards country music, and the Eras Tour resumes again

554

The backlash towards that John Krasinski Rogers ad, and Tyler Perry's latest film

555

The rise and fall of 90s TV psychic Miss Cleo, and the Kneecap movie

556

It Ends With Us and the Colleen Hoover fandom, and Industry’s season 3

557

A star-studded Olympics wrap

558

Why celebrities are celebrating Vybz Kartel's prison release

559

Will Kamala's Hollywood glow hurt her on election day, and the prison drama Sing Sing

560

Dirty Pop doc and the fraud behind your favourite 90s boy bands

561

House of the Dragon finale, and why everyone is talking about Didi

562

How The Matrix shaped our relationship to technology and politics

563

Some fans are mad that Robert Downey Jr. is back as Doctor Doom. Will it pay off for Marvel?

564

How Cigarettes After Sex became the cult band of the moment,and why surfing is so boring to watch on TV

565

How streaming and TikTok have changed the Olympics

566

Commotion Introduces | Olympic FOMO: Canada's Golden Girls

567

NewJeans, Hybe, and the battle at the heart of K-pop, and Rema's new album HEIS

568

How Miranda July's All Fours became the book of the summer, and College Football 25

569

Can Deadpool and Wolverine end the Marvel slump? And the return of the Olympics

570

Childish Gambino's new album, and a look at Donald Glover's career

571

Apple's streaming service has the best shows, why is no one watching? And K-pop goes primetime

572

Kamala Harris and the meme campaign, and breakdancing at the Olympics

573

Twisters makes Glen Powell a star, and the millennial midlife crisis

574

The photo of Trump’s assassination attempt, in pop culture and memes

575

Katy Perry's botched comeback, and the New York Times best books of the 21st century

576

Dozens of Canadian writers protest the Giller Prize’s relationship with Scotiabank

577

Eminem's legacy and the death of Slim Shady

578

American politics is broken, what's the role of late night and political satirists?

579

Is Nicolas Cage's Longlegs the scariest movie of the year so far?

580

Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us video, and Hollywood turning its back on Biden

581

Like many of her characters, Alice Munro betrayed her own daughter

582

How Despicable Me became a juggernaut franchise, and Emma Stone's freak era continues in Kinds of Kindness

583

Why some artists are turning to OnlyFans

584

The year in music so far, and what is the song of the summer?

585

Is Will Smith's comeback complete?

586

Why Fancy Dance is a turning point for Indigenous cinema

587

Kanye gutted a house by a famous architect, and The Last Timbit musical

588

Carley Fortune brings out Canada's romantic side

589

The Bear is back, what does it tell us about friendship?

590

How Slave Play changed the conversation around theatre, and Céline Dion's new doc

591

How Joni Mitchell shaped how we talk about music

592

A new podcast about the internet's most viral moments, and why aren't people wearing headphones?

593

Living in Charli XCX's Brat world, and how the alt-right is co-opting dance music

594

Bonus: How to celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day all summer long

595

Remembering Donald Sutherland, highlights at the Indspire Awards and the new cheerleading movie Backspot

596

What Hollywood gets wrong about age-gap relationships, and the new Black Barbie documentary

597

How Tubi became a streaming giant, and A24's film Tuesday

598

Celebrating Céline Dion ahead of her upcoming documentary

599

Getting ready for summer theatre season, and Wu-Tang Clan's rare album finally sees the light

600

Does Inside Out 2 make puberty fun? And the new action/comedy Hit Man

601

Presumed Innocent and why everything seems to be getting a reboot

602

Does the true crime genre do justice to the story of Reena Virk's murder?

603

How a lawsuit could change the future of reggaeton, and the new doc How Music Got Free

604

Why are women still underplayed on Canadian radio? And Netflix's Dancing For the Devil

605

New Alec Baldwin reality show and "Wah Gwan Drake?"

606

The fight to make orchestras and music schools safer for women

607

What does the popularity of Tires on Netflix tell us about comedy?

608

Celebrating the Nelly Furtado-sance, and the Big Cigar

609

Is this the best season of Hacks yet? And a CSA recap

610

Ilana Glazer's new movie Babes, and Lizzo's name-drop on South Park

611

From Jennifer Lopez to The Black Keys, why aren't concerts selling well?

612

What's the way out of Hollywood's box office crisis?

613

Can 50 Cent be trusted with the upcoming Diddy documentary? And Netflix's big bet on Korean TV

614

The finale of the Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, and the King’s portrait

615

Did Apple Music's list of 100 Best Albums make you mad?

616

How Black Twitter changed the culture

617

Billie Eilish is a different kind of pop star

618

Megalopolis, Furiosa, and all the highlights from Cannes 2024

619

How Stax Records changed music forever

620

Bridgerton is back, and why no one seems to like the Amy Winehouse movie

621

Can Oprah make amends for her role in popularizing diet culture, and the new X-men '97 adaptation

622

Remembering Alice Munro

623

What needs to change when the WNBA comes to Canada, and soap operas done TikTok style

624

The most political Eurovision in recent memory, and Randy Travis's AI song

625

Baby Reindeer's real Martha speaks, and that Apple ad

626

Misogynoir underscores the Drake and Kendrick beef, and John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in L.A.

627

Is the music industry built for mothers?

628

The 2024 Met Gala highlights and Luxe Listings Toronto

629

The Fall Guy and the future of the blockbuster

630

Anne Hathaway's Idea of You, and Dua Lipa's star moment

631

Did Kendrick win the beef? And Seinfeld says the 'extreme left' killed comedy

632

MAILBAG: The Tortured Poets Department and this moment in Taylor Swift

633

What happens to TikTok now? And the new Bon Jovi docu-series

634

Why Burton Cummings is trying to stop his old band from playing his songs

635

Why people can't stop thinking about Baby Reindeer, and the plight of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

636

Weinstein's court win, and Zendaya's moment in Challengers

637

Commotion Introduces: Split Screen: Kid Nation

638

The lasting influence of soul artist Jackie Shane

639

Unpacking the Shōgun finale, and can we Scrabble Together?

640

Do true crime stories help or exploit? And unpacking Drake's new diss track

641

How theatres are being tricked by AI, and the dark comedy The Sympathizer comes to TV

642

Diving into Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department

643

An Israeli artist's statement on the world's biggest art stage

644

Civil War is at the top of the box office, but what is it trying to say?

645

How covering O.J. Simpson reshaped entertainment

646

Kill Tony is one of the biggest comedy shows right now, and The People's Joker is finally out

647

Fallout, Netflix's Ripley, and J.Cole's diss track saga and whether artist rivalries make for better art

648

Scoop and the interview that ended Prince Andrew’s career

649

Where did all the blunt cultural criticism go?, and trouble in the small press world

650

WrestleMania 40 was a turning point for WWE