Beyond Culture

This three-part episode is a conversation between the Beyond Culture crew and Jermaine Kamunga about racism, police brutality, and the recent protests. In this second part, we talk about the New York stop and frisk policy and its lasting effect on the relationship between the police and African Americans. Furthermore, we discuss the history of civil rights protests in America.

This three-part episode is a conversation between the Beyond Culture crew and Jermaine Kamunga about racism, police brutality, and the recent protests. In this first part, we address the killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the police-involved killing of George Floyd. Furthermore, we address the facts around policing in America as well as the policy of carding in Canada.

This week’s episode features Canadian professional soccer player and artist Daniel Kinumbe (@daankeen). Daniel signed his first MLS contract in 2018 with the Montreal Impact. During the 2019-20 season, he helped the Impact capture the Canadian Championship and was invited to the MLS Homegrown game which features the best young players in the league. Daniel is currently playing for the Halifax Wanderers in the CPL and is an active member of Canada’s U23 roster.

This week’s episode features Noah Merriby (@noahmerriby). Noah is a marketer, educator, entrepreneur, author and public speaker. We discussed his ventures such as starting his own marketing agency, writing books, and writing best-selling courses on Udemy.

This episode features a local Toronto OB nurse. In order to keep the nurse anonymous as per her request, we asked her questions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and transcribed her answers. In this episode, we will be reading and discussing her responses. We covered the level of PPE at her hospital, the morale amongst nurses, the effectiveness of social distancing, the conditions required to safely reopen the economy, and much more!

This two-part episode is a conversation between your co-hosts Abel and Yvan about the democratic primary. In this second part, we discuss the sexual assault allegation brought forth by Tara Reade against the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. We also discuss Joe Biden's denial of the allegations, the media's coverage of the allegation, the perceived hypocrisy of democrats in judging sexual assault allegations and the broader consequences for the Me-Too movement.

This two-part episode is a conversation between your co-hosts Abel and Yvan about the democratic primary. In this first part, we discuss the democratic primary, from the Iowa caucuses to both Super Tuesdays. We also discuss Joe Biden's resurgence in the race, the conversation about party unity, Bernie Sanders' endorsement of Biden, Obama's role in the primary, and the reasons why Biden ultimately won.

Today's episode is a conversation with Toronto based sports photographer Moustapha Youssouf (@capturedbyma). Moustapha specializes in athlete editorials and concept creation. Moustapha’s passion for basketball has allowed him to work with some of his favourite brands and athletes. He also coaches our high school basketball team, Le Collège Français. We also discuss his professional relationship with NBA players such as Serge Ibaka and his experience coaching our former high school basketball team.

In this episode, the Beyond Culture crew talks to Muktar @muktar_abdi, Gilbert @gilbert.kabulo, Issa @id.visuals, and Prince @kamungaprince about the NBA in this time of crisis. We discuss Rudy Gobert's actions, the likeliness of resuming the NBA season, the death of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, Giannis vs LeBron, and much more!

In this episode, the Beyond Culture crew talks to political science student Rafael Valentini (@rafa_valentini ) about the current state of Venezuela, life before the humanitarian crisis, socialism and cronyism, International intervention and much more.