Below the Radar
290 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAmplifying ideas that fly below the radar. We talk environmental and social justice, arts, culture, community-building and urban issues with featured guests.
This podcast is produced by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement as a part of our Knowledge Democracy Project @ 312 Main — encouraging the meaningful exchange of ideas and information across communities.
Hosted and currently produced by:
Am Johal
Joey Malbon
Julia Aoki
Kathy Feng
Samantha Walters
Visit our website for archived audio and video recordings of our public events: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/library.html
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Episodes
Clowns on Acid — with Kira Nova
April 23, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBArtist and comedian Kira Nova joins us this week on Below the Radar. Alongside our host Am Johal, they chat about growing up in the circus, clowning, experimental pedagogy, and Kira’s psychedelic clown workshops. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/240-kira-nova.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/240-kira-nova.html Resources: Kira’s In...
Ass Power — with Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim
April 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.3 MBThis week on Below the Radar, we’re joined by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim, co-creators of the participatory videogame performance asses.masses. The show recently wrapped up a run at Vancouver’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Patrick and Milton discuss the show’s development, videogames as performance, and what they’ve discovered as they’ve toured the piece. Find out more and get tickets for their upcoming performances at https://www.assesmasses.work/performances Full episo...
FCAT After School: Clowning, Failing, and Re-enchanting the Everyday with June Fukumura
April 03, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThis week, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at FCAT After School. FCAT After School is a podcast project led by student hosts from across SFU’s Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology speaking with alumni about their career journey since graduation. You’ll hear stories of and advice for traditional and unconventional career paths across communication, interactive arts and technology, contemporary arts, publishing and digital media. What does it mean to fail and succeed at the s...
The Art of Love, Hypnosis, and AI — with Ania Malinowska
March 26, 2024 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, we’re joined by Ania Malinowska, hypnotherapist, cultural theorist and Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. We discuss Ania’s scholarly practice, love, and how Ania found herself being trained in hypnosis. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/238-ania-malinowska.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-enga...
Community-Centred Curating — with Moroti George
March 12, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBCurator, writer, and educator Moroti George joins our host Am Johal on this episode of Below the Radar. Moroti is the curator at The Black Arts Centre in Surrey, BC and the Director/Curator of Gallery Gachet in downtown Vancouver. Together, they chat about how Moroti became interested in the arts, their experience working in two different art spaces, and their approach to curating in Greater Vancouver. s Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-ra...
Glen Clark: Main Street vs. Howe Street — with Glen Clark
March 05, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Glen Clark, who was formerly premier of British Columbia, as well as president and chief operating officer of the Jim Pattison Group in Vancouver. Glen discusses his political career, from his time in labour movements to the legislative assembly, and further on to how he exited politics and got into working with corporate titan Jim Pattison. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-th...
Radical Futurisms — with T.J. Demos
February 27, 2024 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThis week on Below the Radar, we are joined by T.J. Demos, Professor in the Department of the History of Art and Visual Culture at University of California, Santa Cruz, and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies. Together, they chat about TJ’s book, Radical Futurisms: Ecologies of Collapse, Chronopolitics, and Justice-to-Come. They also discuss the question of climate justice in visual culture, green capitalism, and fossil fascism. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...
Unhingedness — with Sanem Güvenç
February 13, 2024 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThis week on Below the Radar we’re joined by Sanem Güvenç, a scholar, psychoanalyst, and university professor, as well as co-president of the Vancouver-based psychoanalytic society Lacan Salon. Together they discuss friendship, authoritarianism, teaching, and how Sanem reads the works of various philosophers, with a focus on how she got into Lacan. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/234-sanem-guvenc.html Read the tr...
How to Live at the End of the World — with Travis Holloway
January 30, 2024 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBThis week on Below the Radar, we are joined by Travis Holloway: a poet, translator, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Farmingdale, and author of the book How to Live at the End of the World: Theory, Art, and Politics for the Anthropocene (Stanford University Press, 2022). Am and Travis discuss noticing patterns in contemporary art making during the climate crisis. Travis also shares about translating the work of philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, the importance of friendship with all living ...
Fire Weather — with John Vaillant
January 16, 2024 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, we’re joined by John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast. Fire Weather is a national best selling book about the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, North America's oil industry, and our new century of fire, which has only just begun. Our host Am Johal and John discuss how John approached the subject, the process of collecting and weaving stories from Fort McMurray, and how the book has been received. John will be joining us for a free public...
See How We Run! Learning from Fireweed — with Sarah Common and Cait Hurley
December 19, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBOn this episode of See How We Run! we’re joined by Hives for Humanity’s co-directors Sarah Common and Cait Hurley to talk about the history of the apicultural organization, its evolution from a supportive prevocational training program to a Community Supported Apiculture model, and the ways they are centering their relationship to the plants and soil in the Hastings Folk Garden in their work. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast...
See How We Run! From a Place of Care — with Asia Jong and Vitória Monteiro
December 12, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBOn this episode of See How We Run!, we’re joined by two cultural workers: Asia Jong, an emerging curator, arts facilitator and who was one of the co-organizers of Ground Floor Art Centre, a collectively-run DIY gallery, studio and project space with a focus on supporting early emerging artists; and Vitória “veto” Monteiro, an emerging visual artist, arts facilitator, and current Board President of grunt gallery and Acting Curator of Learning and Engagement at the Contemporary Art Gallery. ...
See How We Run! Art as Agency, Autonomy and Community — with Demi London and Moroti George
December 05, 2023 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBOn this episode of See How We Run! we’re joined by Gallery Gachet’s executive Director Demi London and artistic director Moroti George to talk about the evolution of Gachet’s approach to supporting artistic creation and exhibition, in ways that are accessible to and supportive of people facing systemic barriers and social marginalization. We speak about the ways the gallery’s programming and operations changed over time in response to shifts in funding, space and the needs of the community, a...
See How We Run! Backstage Spaces — with Alen Dominguez and Caitlin Jones
November 28, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBOn this episode of See How We Run! we’re joined by Neworld Theatre’s managing director Alen Dominguez and consultant Caitlin Jones to talk about Progress Lab 1422’s Backstage Spaces report. Progress Lab is a building in East Van that is a dedicated performance creation space and home to a collective of renowned theatre and dance companies, who collaboratively run the space with their nonprofit tenants’ board C-Space. The Backstage Spaces report provides an understanding of the issues perfor...
See How We Run! Conversations with Arts and Cultural Workers
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBWelcome to See How We Run! An original Below the Radar mini-series featuring conversations with arts and cultural workers in Vancouver. In this first episode, co-hosts Julia Aoki, Kathy Feng, and Samantha Walters introduce the series and what’s to come. In each episode, they’ll speak to artists, consultants, administrators, and advocates about how art and culture is made and sustained in Vancouver. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-p...
Paramedic for the Arts — with Norman Armour
November 07, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBThis week on Below the Radar, we’re joined by Vancouver legend Norman Armour, a curator, consultant, producer, director, actor and non-profit arts specialist with over 35 years of experience. Norman discusses his experience co-founding the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, his storied career in the Canadian arts scene, as well as his health. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/226-norman-armour.html Read th...
Extreme Inequality in Canada — with Alex Hemingway
October 31, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBAlex Hemingway, Senior Economist and Public Finance Policy Analyst at the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), joins Am Johal on this episode of Below the Radar. They discuss the Canadian housing crisis, the misclassification of independent contractors in the gig economy, and the CCPA’s report promoting a wealth tax. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/225-alex-hemingway.html Read the trans...
The Reason for Reason — with Samir Gandesha
October 24, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBThis week on Below the Radar, we're joined by Samir Gandesha, Professor in the Department of the Humanities and the Director of the Institute for the Humanities at Simon Fraser University. In this conversation, Samir and Am discuss the importance of challenging ideas in academia, how family trauma has impacted his perspective, and the long history of the Institute for the Humanities–leading up to the celebration of the Institute's 40th anniversary in October 2023. Full episode details: https...
Platforms, Power, and Politics — with Bruce Mutsvairo
October 17, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBBruce Mutsvairo, Professor of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, and a 2023 SFU CERi researcher-in-residence, sits down with Am Johal to discuss his journey from journalism into academia and the state of journalism in Africa. He and Am also discuss the complexities of citizen journalism in relation to influencers, especially in the context of transparency, misinformation, and inequality. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-rada...
Beyond Extinction — with Ali Kazimi
October 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Ali Kazimi, director and winner of the 2019 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts. Ali shares with Am how he got into filmmaking, his experiences of discrimination when arriving in Canada, and his path into the production of his various films, such as Continuous Journey, Narmada, Random Acts of Legacy, and his latest film, Beyond Extinction. In talking about his film, Shooting Indians, created in collaboration wi...
Making Legible These Lives — with Angela Aujla
October 03, 2023 19:17 - 42 minutes - 39 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, Angela Aujla, visual artist and Professor of Sociology at Georgian College, sits down with Am Johal. Angela shares her career transition into the visual arts, while continuing to draw upon her academic background in Sociology and Anthropology to influence her mixed-media works. Angela also discusses the influences and inspiration of her art exhibition, My Grandmother’s Dress. The episode ends on a meaningful conversation about the complexities of diaspora...
Nasty Performances — with Ryan Tacata
September 26, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBThis week on Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Ryan Tacata, Assistant Professor of Performance at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Together, Am and Ryan discuss his performance residency at the Libby Leshgold Gallery, and methods of designing pedagogy for contemporary performance education. Ryan also shares how he started in live performance and some of the various artists who have inspired him. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement...
Almost Brown — with Charlotte Gill
September 19, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, Charlotte Gill, author of the books Ladykiller and Eating Dirt, sits down with Am Johal to explore her latest book, Almost Brown, which shares her experience growing up as a mixed-race child in a multi-cultural/religious household. Charlotte describes the family dynamics that led her Punjabi father to marry her English mother and become estranged from his father, and in turn, the process that led Charlotte to becoming estranged from her own father. The epis...
Fascist Strongmen — with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
September 12, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBRuth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, joins Am Johal to discuss the pertinent topic of fascism and how political figures use and promote the image of “strongmen'' in their pursuit of power. Am and Ruth explore the modern political environment through Ruth’s book, Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present, linking the style of Mussolini to politicians like Berlusconi, Orban, and Trump, and the process by which they become more corrupt, more reliant on ...
Late-Fascism — with Alberto Toscano
September 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBCritical theorist Alberto Toscano sits down with Am Johal to discuss the emergence of critical theory alongside fascism's rise in the 1920s and 30s. He speaks of Georges Sorel as a politically radical figure from the time period, highlights the role of political violence in the emergence of fascism, and delves into contemporary American currents of fascism – particularly focusing on the racialized form of state terror present in the United States. From there, Alberto discusses the concept o...
Below the Radar — Fall 2023 Kick-Off
August 29, 2023 21:30 - 6 minutes - 5.54 MBBelow the Radar is returning from our summer break, bringing you 15 new conversations from an eclectic range of guests. We have invited local and international academics and artists to speak on topics ranging from continuing and emergent forms of fascism, and expressions of diasporic narratives and experiences in literary, visual, and moving image arts, to citizen journalism in Africa and shifting dynamics of labour in an increasingly casualized economy here in BC. We’re also delighted to br...
A Partition Story — with Bill Sundhu
May 30, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBA family journey that spans three generations. This week on Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Bill Sundhu, a human rights & criminal justice lawyer. Bill shares the remarkable story about his parents' arrival in Canada following the partition of India, and how an interview with his mother led to them reconnecting with her sister in Pakistan. Am and Bill also discuss growing up in Williams Lake, Punjabi diaspora, and the lasting legacy of the partition. Full episode details: htt...
Public Collisions — with Jorge Amigo
May 23, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week on Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Jorge Amigo, the head of cultural programming at the Vancouver Public Library. Together they discuss the power of library public programs, some of Jorge’s past public projects, as well as how the urban design of Vancouver relates to social isolation, and potential paths towards cultivating more friendships. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/215-jorge-amigo....
Reflecting on Brain Surgery — with Dr. Gary Redekop
May 16, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBHead of the departments of surgery at both the Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, and Am Johal’s former brain surgeon, Dr. Gary Redekop, joins Am on this episode of Below the Radar. Dr. Redekop and Am discuss advancements in medical procedures, how patients and medical practitioners experience surgery differently, and the relationship between neuroplasticity and human resilience. This episode explores the importance of preventative care, and celebrates our am...
Building Bridges, From Vancouver to Rwanda — with Lama Mugabo
May 09, 2023 07:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by Lama Mugabo, founding director of Building Bridges with Rwanda, a campaign manager with the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, and a member of the Hogan’s Alley Working Group. Together, they discuss local training and advocacy programs for people with lived experience of homelessness and other marginalizing barriers, Hogan’s Alley Society’s advocacy in Vancouver’s historically Black neighbourhood, and Lama’s capacity building an...
Reflecting on a Life in Community Development — with Michael Clague
May 02, 2023 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with Michael Clague, a community developer who has spent decades connecting underserved people to much-needed supports and programming. They begin by discussing Michael’s early service work as a UBC student, and move into conversation about the BC labour movement, community arts programming, and Michael’s new book, titled So, How Have I Been Doing At Being Who I Am?: At 82, A Life In Progress. Full episode details: https://www.sfu....
Colonial Lives of Property — with Brenna Bhandar
April 25, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBThis week on Below The Radar, Am Johal is joined by author and associate professor at the Allard Law School at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Brenna Bhandar. She and Am discuss her research into property, property law, and their relationships to histories of colonialism and racial formations. Brenna offers insight into her book Colonial Lives of Property: Law, Land, and Racial Regimes of Ownership. Brenna also talks about gaining an interest concerning the issues of Indigenous dispos...
Critical Hope — with Kari Grain
April 18, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDr. Kari Grain is a research associate at the Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERI) and writer of the book, Critical Hope: How to Grapple with Complexity, Lead with Purpose, and Cultivate Transformative Social Change. On this episode of Below the Radar, Kari joins our host Am Johal, to discuss how the seemingly conflicting frameworks of criticalness and hope are both vital to systemic change, as well as the importance of emotions such as anger and grief, and the influence of Gloria An...
Choreographing: Motion, Material, and Parallel Living — with NiNi Dongnier
April 11, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week our host Am Johal is joined by NiNi Dongnier, an interdisciplinary choreographer and dancer, and Assistant Professor in Dance at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Together they discuss NiNi’s training and artistic experiences across Inner Mongolia, Beijing, New York, and now Vancouver. Am and NiNi also talk about interdisciplinary collaboration and pedagogy. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/209-nini-...
What Are Our Supports? — with Joni Low
April 04, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBIndependent curator and Vancouver based writer, Joni Low joins our host, Am Johal, on this episode of Below the Radar. They discuss Joni’s book, What Are Our Supports?, including the various contributors to the anthology, and the modes of support local artists find and create. Am and Joni explore artistic practices and the different potential futures which artists are inviting into the city and the world. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-...
Enchantment, Criticism, and the Activation of Art — with Yani Kong
March 28, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBThis week on Below the Radar, our host Am Johal is joined by writer, editor, and SSHRC Doctoral Fellow of Contemporary Art at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, Yani Kong. Am and Yani discuss Yani’s graduate research exploring enchantment and how she got into her work writing arts criticism. They also talk about Canadian art at the 2022 Venice biennale and the relationship between public art and real-estate development in Vancouver. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-offic...
Strange Joy — with Erika Latta
March 21, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBArtistic co-director and co-founder of the WaxFactory, and Assistant Professor in Theatre Performance at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts, Erika Latta, sits down with Am Johal to explore her journey as a theatre-maker – from her memorable experiences touring throughout Europe, pushing platforms in the mud for site-specific work with Begat Theater, or now, working with SFU theatre performance students on their upcoming production of Strange Joy. Erika also speaks about growing up in the...
Film and the Political — with Nadia Shihab
March 14, 2023 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBArtist, filmmaker, and Assistant Professor for the School of Contemporary Arts, Nadia Shihab, sits down with Am Johal to explore her path as a filmmaker. Nadia begins by sharing her university days as an Iraqi student at the University of Texas, feeling a personal sense of loss from the war, and burnout from her student activism within a conservative state. She speaks of this as the inspiration for her first film, I Come from Iraq. Nadia also explores the inspirations and meanings of her ot...
Ukraine: Dispatches from a Place of Imminence — with Svitlana Matviyenko
March 07, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBOur host Am Johal is joined this week by Dr. Svitlana Matviyenko, Professor of Critical Media Analysis in SFU’s School of Communication and Associate Director of The Digital Democracies Institute. Svitlana talks about her experiences living in Ukraine over the past year, documenting a rising militarization and being attentive to the social changes that war imposes. Am and Svitlana also discuss the asymmetrical cases of misinformation between Ukraine and Russia, as well as how the invasion has...
Ukraine: Dispatches from the Place of Imminence — with Svitlana Matviyenko
March 07, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBOur host Am Johal is joined this week by Dr. Svitlana Matviyenko, Professor of Critical Media Analysis in SFU’s School of Communication and Associate Director of The Digital Democracies Institute. Svitlana talks about her experiences living in Ukraine over the past year, documenting a rising militarization and being attentive to the social changes that war imposes. Am and Svitlana also discuss the asymmetrical cases of misinformation between Ukraine and Russia, as well as how the invasion has...
Supporting Indigenous Self-Determination Through Research — with Cliff Atleo
February 28, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week our host Am Johal is joined by Cliff Atleo, a scholar and professor in SFU’s School of Resource & Environmental Management. Am and Cliff discuss prioritising Indigenous communities' wants in environmental and economic movements, Cliff’s past work with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, and Iron Dog Books. Together they consider how to navigate institutional and governmental bureaucracy in matters of Indigenous governances, resource management, and research. Full episode details: ht...
Mixing Paint with Giant Cricket Bats — with Sirish Rao
February 21, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBFormer Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Indian Summer Festival and new Director of Public Engagement and Learning at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Sirish Rao, speaks with Am Johal about his previous work as a Himalayan mountain guide, as a book publisher in India, as well as his experiences with the Jaipur Literature festival and the Indian Summer Festival. This episode explores the creation of arts organizations to celebrate local and regional storytelling. Full episode details: https:/...
Racial Justice, Community Building, and Data — with June Francis
February 14, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with June Francis, a professor, researcher, and advocate for anti-racist and decolonial practices in universities, businesses, and governments. They discuss how gathering data about racism can be an important step toward equity and racial justice. June also describes her work in connecting Black and African Diaspora communities with institutions and legislators to enact systemic change. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vanc...
Art and the Spatial Logics of Colonialism — with Marianne Nicolson
February 07, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBOn this episode of Below the Radar, our host Am Johal speaks with Marianne Nicolson, an artist and activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations. They discuss ways that Marianne uses art practice to uphold Kwakwaka’wakw philosophies and resist settler-colonial fictions about Indigenous peoples. Marianne describes how her work challenges the colonial practice of treating Indigenous artmaking traditions as resources to be extracted. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...
Below the Radar — our upcoming 2023
February 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 minute - 1.49 MBOver the past 4 years, Below the Radar has grown to be the lively platform for sharing knowledge that it is now, with our 200th episode coming up next week. As we reach this milestone, we are also looking to move to a new seasonal release format, consisting of two 15-episode seasons per calendar year—one in the Spring and one in the Fall. In this short trailer, listen to our host, Am Johal, talk about the Spring season of Below the Radar, as well as a preview of some of our upcoming guests. ...
Live Recording: Voices of the Street Podcast at Horizons
January 17, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBIn the summer of 2021, Megaphone Magazine piloted its first podcast mentorship series, inspired by the writings and themes of the 2021 edition of the Voices of The Street anthology, “INSIDE we are all the same.” This special episode of Below the Radar is a live recording of a conversation between our teammate Paige Smith, Megaphone Magazine’s Julia Aoki, and Megaphone vendor and storyteller Yvonne Mark, as they discuss the creation of the Voices of the Street podcast, which was featured on ...
The Climate Imaginary: Earth Ethics, Spirituality, and Social Justice — with Karenna Gore
December 13, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBOn the seventh and final episode of The Climate Imaginary, a Below the Radar series, Am Johal is joined by Karenna Gore, the founder and executive director of Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. In their conversation, they discuss the intersection of environmental ethics and theology, the wisdom contained in tradition, and the need for a new relationship between humans and nature – one not based on domination. Through the contemplation of faith and ecological responsibiliti...
The Climate Imaginary: We Survived the Night — with Julian Brave NoiseCat
December 06, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBOn the sixth episode of our Below the Radar series: The Climate Imaginary, Am Johal is joined by journalist and researcher Julian Brave NoiseCat. Julian’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBC, and more. They discuss coming of age in a time of several prominent Indigenous movements that combined political and environmental activism, as well as Julian’s work in policy making for projects such as the Green New Deal. Julian also talks about the book he is working...
The Climate Imaginary: The Petroleum Papers — with Geoff Dembicki
November 29, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBOn the fifth episode of our Below the Radar series: The Climate Imaginary, our host Am Johal is joined by investigative climate reporter and author, Geoff Dembicki. In this conversation, they discuss Geoff’s upbringing around the tar sands in Alberta, Canada and how that led to his journalistic focus on climate. Geoff talks about his books, Are We Screwed? How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change (2017) and The Petroleum Papers (2022), and shares some of his research around ...
The Climate Imaginary: Planning for Community Resilience — with Andréanne Doyon
November 22, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBOn the fourth episode of our Below the Radar series: The Climate Imaginary, our host Am Johal is joined by Dr. Andréanne Doyon, Assistant Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. They talk about sustainability versus resilience, Andréanne’s journey from being a planning practitioner to an academic, and Andréanne’s research around climate planning. They also discuss the role of researchers and planners in the climate emergency, looking at alt...