Rhetoric, Media & Professional Communications major Antoan Graham joins us in the studio to unpack the impact of language in our communities. Drawing from personal experiences, we explore the impact language has on our mental wellbeing.

Spoken word performance artist, Anto Chan joins poet & journalist Marcus Roi Medford, aka Mars the Poet and co-hosts Leen & Iman to speak about poetry, love, creative practice and healing. Featuring special performances from Anto Chan’s solo show, “Love So Far"

In a city like Toronto, gentrification plays a huge role in the loss of spaces for underrepresented artists. Zanette Singh from CUE joins us to discuss the importance of preserving DIY art spaces for our communities. We also highlight the #SaveTheMOEG campaign that aims to prevent the Margin of Eras Gallery from shutting down due to funding cuts.

In an in-depth interview with Marcus Roi Medford (@marsthepoet) & Iman (@sudaneeyaa), we explore the contrasting experiences of Blackness. Leen Amarin facilitates the conversation on what it means to be Black in the West vs. the Global South.

The question we explore in this week's episode is whether cancel culture is a real thing, or if it is a product of social media activism? We also ask ourselves if it is productive. Community organizer and space-maker John Smith joins us in the studio to address the controversies behind "cancelling" those in our communities.

In our premiere episode, co-hosts Leen & Iman are joined by poet, journalist and music enthusiast Marcus Roi Medford (a.k.a Mars the Poet), to discuss the ways music has cultivated our healing processes.