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A podcast about diverse stories the world over.
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Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Queer Eye in Japan (https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81075744) straddles a fine line between imposing an eminently Western view onto relationships and approaching their makeover subjects with compassion and a genuine desire to resolve their problems.
The Good Place (https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80113701) is on the surface a feel-good comedy, but it has interesting things to say about refashioning the Western storytelling structure based on conflict.
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Friday Nov 08, 2019
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Lin has enjoyed the Rice comedy show (https://www.vongshow.com), a monthly event ( https://www.facebook.com/events/545385056239991/) that showcases Asian stand-up comedians. With particular panache, the comedians present relatable aspects of the Asian immigrant experience in a hilarious way that made Lin vow she’ll be a regular from now on.
In the meantime, Margrit is re-living their youth by watching Daria on Crave (https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/daria). Pre-immigration Margrit learned from the show’s satire of stereotypical middle-class white American high-school experience. Instead of centering the usual popular-girl-with-an-athletic-boyfriend stereotype, Daria pokes fun at it by showcasing a proudly nerdy girl who bucks the pressures of conforming to the demands of high-school popularity.
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Friday Oct 25, 2019
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Lin introduces us to the Girls on Porn Podcast (https://headgum.com/girls-on-porn), which delivers matter-of-fact reviews, analysis, and interviews on porn, helping demystify the genre and identify feminist and ethical porn.
Margrit talks about two end-of-life stories: Emma Healey’s best-selling and award-winning Elizabeth Is Missing(https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/234846/elizabeth-is-missing-by-emma-healey) challenges both our prejudices and the mystery genre by showcasing a senior as narrator/detective who is gradually losing her memory. Steven Rowley’s best-selling Lily and the Octopus (https://www.stevenrowley.com/lily-and-the-octopus) centres on the relationship between a single man and his elderly dachshund, inviting us to ponder the meaning of family, love, and connection.
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Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Lin visits Plum Blossom from the Bitter Cold: Selections from the Chinese Canadian Archive (https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT407024&R=EVT407024). It is an exhibit featuring photographs, official documents, and journals of Chinese immigrants who lived in Canada hundreds of years ago.
Margrit ventures into a new genre with Wilder Girls by Rory Power (https://itsrorypower.com/books/wilder-girls/). A thriller/horror story, the novel comments on society's perception of young women, incarceration, and climate change.
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Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
We chat with USA Today bestselling author Tamsen Parker about writing political romance, ensuring diverse representation in publishing, and being an introvert in the era of personal branding. Warning: there’s a lot of honest talk, laughter, and even one F-bomb. Proceed at own risk.
Find Tamsen online at: http://tamsenparker.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tamsenparker
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamsenparker
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authortamsenparker/
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Friday Sep 13, 2019
Friday Sep 13, 2019
In this PODVERSARY!-Episode, we have a conversation about diversity, the pressure on successful marginalized people to represent their identity and educate the public, and the hierarchy between high and commercial art.
Lin brings up the sitcom Mr. Iglesias (https://www.netflix.com/title/80209013) and Margrit talks about the reality competition Blown Away (https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80215147) on Netflix.
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Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
Special guest, 'Nathan Burgoine, joins Lin and Margrit in this episode to chat about diversity in speculative fiction, found families, working with queer youth, and how to be better allies.
'Nathan Burgoine is a tall queer guy who mostly writes shorter queer stories, though he's somehow up to four novels now. Regardless of length, his happy place is queer stories with speculative elements. Light, his debut, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and his most recent, Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks, is a finalist for this year's Prix Aurora Award in YA. He lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his husband Dan and a giant husky floof named Max.
You can find out more about 'Nathan on his website (nathanburgoine.com), Twitter (https://twitter.com/NathanBurgoine), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/apostrophen/), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/apostrophen/).
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Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Lin raves about the ROM special exhibit Treasures of a Desert Kingdom: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India (https://www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/rajasthan). The exhibit features beautiful artifacts and opportunities for interactivity and learning about India’s rich history through one of its former kingdoms, Jodhpur.
Margrit recommends the short story collection Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (https://www.nanakwameadjei-brenyah.com/friday-black-1) that mixes speculative fiction with elements from popular TV shows to showcase pressing issues in contemporary US society and the world. Consumerism, racism, and violence all loom large in these short stories that manage to eschew hopelessness.
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Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
This special “WoS: Food Edition” episode centres on momos, the Tibetan dumplings that started it all. We chat about the tumultuous Tibetan history, its culinary traditions and diasporic influences, and we cap it all off by enjoying many delicious momos at the annual Momo Crawl (https://www.blogto.com/events/momo-crawl-to-2019-toronto/) organized by Students for a Free Tibet (https://www.sftcanada.org/) in Toronto’s Little Tibet. Brace for many happy-belly noises!
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Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
We chat with Dr. Ann Gagné (https://twitter.com/AnnGagne; http://allthingspedagogical.blogspot.com) about access and inclusion in post-secondary education and in the wider world. Ann contextualizes her doctoral research on how Victorians used touch and tactility as code for queer relationships. Ann’s reading recommendations include Zalika Reid-Benta’s Flying Plantain (https://houseofanansi.com/products/frying-plantain) and Jon Macy’s Teleny and Camille (https://northwestpress.com/shop/teleny-and-camille/).
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