Inner Work

Shame and Honour are heavy words that can carry a lot of power. Yasmine and Uswah talk about their experiences with cultural shame and the ways communities can use honour to empower people.

In Season 2's premier episode, we dive into how lonely tokenism can make you feel, and how belonging is one of the most powerful emotions to think about when it comes to representation.

In the last episode of Season 1, Yasmine and Uswah talk about positionality using Ally Squared's Grocery Store analogy. 

In an individualistic society, how do we build collective consciousness and community care? Yasmine and Uswah interview Kamil Ahmed from Community Fridge KW about exactly how to do so.

Yasmine and Uswah take live listener questions about equity and allyship.

Celina Cesar-Chavannes joins Yasmine and guest host Sumaya to talk about why representation isn't enough. Celina shares her experiences as a Black woman in White-dominated leadership spaces and gives some advice on how to be unapologetically yourself.

Yasmine and Uswah use intentionality to create goals for active allyship. They should how to use intentionality effectively, and how to avoid performative activism.

We sometimes talk about issues without giving equal weight to solutions. Join Yasmine and Uswah as they interview Leah Gazan, a Member of Parliament, activist, and educator. Leah talks about her fight for Guaranteed Livable Basic Income in the House of Commons and the impact it would make in building equitable futures. 

Karens are White women who weaponize their Whiteness to oppress and attack racialized people. Join Yasmine and Uswah as they interview Justine Abigail Yu from Living Hyphen about Karens and their negative impact on society. 

Rayne Fisher-Quann led Ontario's largest walkout in protest of budget cuts to sex education and Indigenous curriculums in public schools. Yasmine and Uswah talk to her about front-line activism, the depiction of young activists as martyrs, and the future of resistance after COVID-19.