Shaping the Narrative

This episode is all about Film and TV quiz questions, testing our knowledge on BIPOC pop culture. We thought we’d close this season in a fun and new way with a free movie quiz. We will test each other and our audience with film and tv questions specific to BIPOC pop culture. Get your popcorn ready and keep your hand hovered over the buzzer!

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This episode is all about the meaning of Black love in storytelling. The portrayal of Black love in storytelling and Hollywood in particular has evolved over the years. We discuss how we view Black love and relationships, why Black love is important, the power of Black love on the screen and our favourite Black love stories.

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This episode is all about reimagining the Sex in the City reboot. Sex in the City was one of the biggest tv shows of the late 90s-early 200s, whether you loved it or hated it you knew about it. In this episode, we chat about what the show got right and what it might’ve gotten wrong as well as how we’d reimagine the original and the new Sex in the City.

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This episode is all about book adaptations and diversifying white books for film and TV. You probably don’t realize how many of the movies and tv shows you watch actually started off as books or screenplays! We chat through some of our favourite book adaptations, the best movie adaptations of books and book to tv adaptations. 

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This episode is all about TV shows with Black female leads. We answer who was the first Black female lead on TV? And how does Hollywood portray the single Black female? We also chat about how other diverse women are portrayed on TV and whether or not we are seeing a shift. 

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The New York Times Best Sellers List is the pinnacle of best selling book lists in North America. How did this iconic best sellers list begin and how do they figure out what books make it onto the list? In our season 1 finale, we dive into the history of the NYT best sellers list, their trade secret of compiling the list and ways some authors play the system.

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Nekesa Afia is a local Toronto author who is currently working on her mystery novel series. We recently read the first book in her series "Dead Dead Girls" in the Cove Collective Book Club, in this episode we give you a sneak peek at what these book club discussions look like.

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In this episode the author mentioned she wrote her first novel during National Novel Writing Month, check out NaNoWriMo and start your next month today! 

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Horror movies have alway been very white with any BIPOC characters usually killed off within the first few minutes. In this episode we chat about how this genre in general could be more diverse, why Jordan Peele and the movie Get Out are so brilliant, and how the true crime genre can be problematic and harm the BIPOC community.

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It seems like every week, a different celebrity announces that they've started a book club. In this episode we chat about their relevance, which celebrity book clubs we follow (looking at you Oprah) and how celebrities have more power to bring books to the big screen.

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THE PODCAST IS BACK!! and we are here to chat about all things storytelling. Listen to learn about why we took a break and where we're headed. 

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