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“Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast” covers migrant worker issues in Canada
June 13, 2021By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Made in Canada: an agricultural podcast delves into the issues migrant workers face in Canada. Written and narrated by Pedro Chamale, SFU alum and co-director of rice & beans theatre, the podcast offers first-and-second-hand accounts of the injustices workers experience. I spoke with Chamale to learn about what inspired the podcast and what listeners can take away from it. Chamale was inspired to create Made in Canada by a play he worked on with Derek Chan, his company partner. The play mentioned migrant workers, and hearing about their experiences in the show made Chamale curious…
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SFU alum Harpo Mander on empowering young women in business
June 9, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate At the heart of the Brown Girl Guilt (BGG) podcast is the desire to establish a strong community of women. SFU alum Harpo Mander is the founder of BGG and one of the recipients of…
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SFYou: Stacey Copeland on the sounds of queer feminism on the airwaves and in academia
May 31, 2021by Emma Jean, Peak Associate Name: Stacey Copeland Pronouns: she/her/hers Department affiliation: School of Communication Hometown: Barrie, Ontario Occupation: Full-time PhD candidate, supervising podcast producer Fun fact: Copeland is a huge fan of the Xena Warrior Princess franchise. “So…
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“The Hafu It” podcast educates others on the experiences of mixed-race Japanese Canadians
May 16, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate This May, Vancouver is celebrating Asian Heritage Month with a full list of cultural programming. Running until June 10, the 25th annual explorASIAN Festival features museum and art exhibitions, podcasts, performances, and more. One of…
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Jeff Cooper, creator of “The Mixd Project,” highlights Black-mixed folks’ experiences
March 21, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate On the evening of March 10, Vancouver creative Jeff Cooper gave a virtual presentation called Mixd: The past, the present and the future of Black folks of mixed race. Cooper’s seminar-style presentation connected the…
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“Full of Chit-Chat” features lightness and substance with community leaders
March 14, 2021By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer The interview podcast format is as old as the podcast itself, repeated countless times by a whole host of curious interviewers. As a result, any podcast that comes along in that format and still stands…
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“Tipsy Taho” podcast promotes Filipino culture and diversity
February 27, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate Editor's note: For clarity, this piece has been modified to acknowledge that utang na loob can have different meanings to different communities. A late-night Zoom call started it all. After Rio Therese Capistrano, Thea Marie…
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Podcasting Your Research paves a pathway to a new audience
November 17, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer Academia and podcasting have a similar problem: unless you’re involved in them, they seem incredibly intimidating to get into. With academia that’s mostly true; a number of economic, systemic, and personal reasons make it inaccessible…
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This Sounds Serious: Grand Casino bets on a pitch-perfect parody podcast
November 3, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer If you’ve stumbled onto any podcast streaming service in the last five years, you’re bound to have seen a variety of podcasts with ominous names investigating true crime cases. With the abundance of nervous journalists…
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Toast the spirits in your building with horror podcast Demons and Bellinis
October 25, 2020By: Kelly Chia, Peak Associate Demons and Bellinis is a podcast started by two SFU students, Molly Lorette and Ashley Smith, in 2018. Demons and Bellinis is a project where the two long-time friends talk shit about demons — and at 32…
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