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Is Kelowna really the Jersey Shore of Canada?
Culture writers Amil Niazi, Mel Woods, and Hanna Flint join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to share their impressions of the show, and whether it accurately captures Canadian party life.
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Why are people yearning for 2016?
Culture critics Vinson Cunningham and Madison Malone Kircher talk about the trend, and what it tells us about our current cultural moment.
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Has Penske Media gotten too big?
Today on Commotion, guest host Radheyan Simonpillai speaks with entertainment media critics Jarrod Jenkins and Teri Hart about the rise of Penske Media Corporation, and the impact its acquisitions could have on entertainment journalism.
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Why The Pitt feels like 'a throwback show' in so many ways
Critics Nicholas Quah and Sophie Gilbert join guest host Radheyan Simonpillai to talk about how the show continues to use the emergency room as a setting for social commentary.
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How NPR's Tiny Desk became one of our favourite places on the internet
In a conversation recorded live in front of an audience at this year’s Radiodays North America conference, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud talks with series producer Bobby Carter about the journey of NPR's viral, stripped-down live performance series, Tiny Desk.
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Three movies in, has Avatar gotten Indigenous representation right?
Today on Commotion, film critics Jesse Wente, Sarah-Tai Black and Jackson Weaver join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss Avatar: Fire and Ash, the latest installment in James Cameron’s sci-fi action blockbuster franchise.
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Indie rock band Geese flew high this year. What’s behind the hype?
Today on Commotion, music journalist Emilie Hanskamp and CBC host Lisa Christiansen join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to explain how Geese took the music world by storm this year, and why not everyone understands the hype.
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Three TV shows and movies that should have gotten more love this year
Today on Commotion, critics Roxana Hadadi, Rachel Ho and Radheyan Simonpillai join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to make their pitch for the best things they watched this year that didn’t get enough love.
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Rogers v. Rogers talks ‘about power in Canada at the place where it happens’
Globe and Mail theatre reporter Aisling Murphy and culture writer Paul Wells join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about how a story about a dysfunctional family and a corporate succession battle became perfect theatre fare.
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Why not just anyone can use the Toronto accent for internet clout
Today on Commotion, culture critics Sandy Hudson and Matt Amha join guest host Radheyan Simonpillai to explain why this discussion around who gets to celebrate and monetize a local culture is more complicated than it might sound.