Friday, May 16, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriela Ponte speaks with filmmaker Eisha Marjara about her film Am I The Skinniest Person You’ve Ever Seen, featured on the National Film Board’s Asian Canadian Perspectives Channel. Then, we hear from Alpha House’s fundraising coordinator, Jack Wiley, about the recovery centre’s latest project, the Step-Up House.

Friday, May 9th, 2025 — In this episode, we spoke with The Canadian Canoe Museum’s Executive Director Carolyn Hyslop and Curator Jeremy Ward about their Builders in Residence program. We also spoke to Pinock, a canoe builder who is part of the program about the significance of this for him. Then, host Gabriela Ponte interviews Curation and Programming Lead Mitra Fakhrashrafi about the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, which is on throughout the entirety of May. And finally, we’ll hear from Youth and Education Educator Breanne Keil about Ocean Wise’s immersive Sea Dome experience tour.

Friday, April 25th, 2025 — This episode is part of the #AltElxn 2025 national election project, coordinated by the NCRA/ANREC. This initiative is supported by the Covering Canada: Election 2025 Fund, in partnership with the Public Policy Forum, Rideau Hall Foundation, and the Michener (MISSIONER) Awards Foundation. This episode was also broadcast on the Local Journalism Initiative’s platforms. With limited seats in Parliament— we asked candidates what keeps them motivated to run. With a focus on Toronto-Centre, we bring you interviews from third-party candidates in a moment. This show will also include a discussion on some of the top issues on the federal election trail and what voters are hoping will be addressed in their ridings. A disclaimer that this content reflects local perspectives and does not imply endorsement of any political party.

Friday, April 17th, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriela Ponte is joined by Special Advisor to the National Leadership Team of Scouts Canada Kaelem Moniz and Canada’s Forest Trust Corporation founder and CEO Gary Zed to discuss Scouts Canada’s 2025 Scoutrees fundraiser.

Friday, April 4th, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriela Ponte interviews Real Estate and Mortgage Institute of Canada CEO and President Joseph White about a recent survey. And then, we learn about the migrant care workers and home workers pilot program application process and how it really went down from Migrant Workers’ Alliance for Change organizer Jhoey Dulaca.

Friday, March 28, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriela Ponte speaks to Director General of the Collectif Social Collective Gisele Pouhe Njall about the more than 150 Canadian bars and nightlife spaces that have adopted the ‘Order an Angelot’ program. Then, we play you an interview with the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Managers of Research and Policy, Octavia Andrade-Dixon and Abishane Suthakaran, about a recently published report.

Friday, March 21. 2025 — In this episode, we have another segment from our graduate J-School students and a piece from Met Radio’s intern, Delroy Davidson, on the TTC’s latest fare expansion changes

Friday, March 14, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriela Ponte speaks with Toronto Metropolitan University graduate Stella Kulagowski about her burlesque, drag, song, and immersive theatre adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story, The Masque of the Red Death. Then, an interview with Beverlee Rasmussen, a Canadian small business expert, about how small businesses can monopolize on the tariff war.

Friday, March 7, 2025 — In this episode, the Final Word is once again joined by J-School graduate students with the latest in news. Then, host Gabriela Ponte interviews Canada Revenue Agency’s Ontario Region Communications Manager Zachariah Fernandes about the imminent tax filing season. And finally, we speak with filmmaker Laurie Townshend, whose film was released as an ode to International Women’s Day on March 8th. Listen below.