Friday, August 30, 2024. In today's episode we are talking Fan Expo and TMU Freshman Orientation! Met Radio's Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator and reporter Daniel Centeno covered Fan Expo this past week here in Toronto.  Fan Expo is Canada's largest comic, sci-fi and gaming convention, a perfect place for … cosplaying! Daniel spoke to some attendees about the art of cosplaying and what makes it so special for them. We also learned a bit more about this year's Toronto Metropolitan University's Freshman Orientation from Fernanda O'Neill, who's working with the Equity and Outreach team at TMU's Recreation department.

Friday August 23, 2024. In today's episode host Mariana Schuetze spoke to Elizabeth McIsaac, President of Maytree, about the un/SHELTERED: Toronto Design Challenge, encouraging participants to come up with creative solutions to address the city's housing crisis. Mariana also spoke to Darren Greer, an author and multidisciplinary artist and clinical case manager at Alpha House Toronto, a mental health and addiction recovery community addressing the needs of men and non-binary people. Alpha House is putting together a fundraising event in September with a showcase of Darren's art.

Friday, August 16, 2024. Met Radio's Radio Producer, and this week's guest-reporter for The Final Word, Sarra Gillani, talked to Caliber Funk, a local jazz/funk band. In this interview, they talk about their work, their experience playing the Beaches Jazz Fest StreetFest and their recent rebrand when they went from being called Accolades to Caliber Funk.

Friday, August 2, 2024. Today's episode is all about climate initiatives. The City of Toronto announced this June the winners of the fourth annual Women4ClimateTO pitch competition. Ten local entrepreneurs pitched their climate-related initiatives to a panel of judges for a chance to claim the first prize of twenty thousand dollars and two secondary prizes of five thousand dollars each. Katherine Festeryga is the winner of this year's competition, with her project Edie Farming, which will happen right here in Toronto. The Final Word reporter Paula Zeballos spoke to Katherine about her win, Edie Farming and what got her started in climate activism.

Friday, July 26. For today's episode The Final Word's reporter Lamar McIntosh speaks to Arinola Olowoporoku, an arts and cultural producer for the Harbourfront Centre, about the 26th edition of Island Soul, a lively summer weekend celebrating the rich legacy of Caribbean music, art, performance and food starting on Aug. 1.  Host Mariana Schuetze interviews Nathi Zamisa, co-executive director of HOUSECanada, a group of student advocates, researchers, and housing developers. The Final Word's reporter Lois Yoo has the top news of the week.

Friday, July 19, 2024. On this week's The Final Word show, we heard from Margaret McGuffin, CEO of Music Publishers Canada on this year's edition of the Women in the Studio National Accelerator. This is an initiative, now in its sixth year, created to foster the professional growth and advancement of talented producer-songwriters from across Canada. The Final Word also spoke to one of this year's participants, Toronto-based artist, producer and audio technician Samantha Selci. The Final Word reporter Daniyah Yaqoob has this week's top stories.

Friday, July 12, 2024. For this week's The Final Word, host Mariana Schuetze and reporter Karen Young review four Toronto Fringe Festival shows (Painting By Numbers, The Bluffs, Bus Stop and Sheila: The Musical). The Final Word reporter Rogene Teodoro interviews Spencer West on this year's Toronto Disability Pride March and The Final Word reporter Lamar McIntosh has this week's top news.

Friday, July 5, 2024. For this week's The Final Word, host Mariana Schuetze, interviews the team behind When You Close Your Eyes, Makeshift Company's debut production. Makeshift Company is a Toronto-based musical theatre company aiming to facilitate the expansion of the Canadian musical theatre canon by developing and deepening new works in the early stages of development. For this episode, The Final Word spoke to Ally Chozik, Makeshift's Artistic Director, Jessa Richer,  Makeshift's Associate Artistic Director and Josie Smith, who played Vera in When You Close Your Eyes.

Friday June 28, 2024. For this week's episode, The Final Word host Mariana Schuetze spoke to NFB Collection Curator Camilo Martin Florez on the NFB's Canada Day film collection, highlighting movies from all over Canada. Mariana also interviewed climate activist Vanessa Gray, to learn a bit more about the Unite the Swifties for Climate Justice campaign that gives climate-conscious Canadians a chance to win Eras Tour tickets. The Final Word reporter Daniyah Yaqoob has this week's top news.

This week, The Final Word’s reporter Rogene Teodoro talks about summer events in the city, and also interviews Toronto's annual Mermaid Ball organizer, James Zirco Fisher. Shaden Aly has the top news of the day.