Season 2, E11: Unpacking Why Copaganda is Dangerous with Journalist Reina Sultan
Media featuring cops has been a staple of North American film and television culture. Heck, who didn't grow up watching Law and Order on A&E? However, during the George Floyd protests, copaganda was identified as a widespread tactic of the police and media. For this week's episode, we have invited Reina Sultan, a Lebanese-American Muslim freelance journalist and one of the co-creator of 8 to Abolition to chat about what the hell is copaganda and how we can be more critical of the media we consume.
Season 2, E3: Low Brow Takes on High Brow Culture: The Oscars Take Down with Danita Steinberg
We're back for our third full-length episode of S2! For our very first Low Brow Takes on High Brow Culture takedown episode, Ama and Ameema have invited on former co-host and fellow podcaster from the show We Really Like Her, Danita Steinberg to discuss all things Oscars 2022.
Season 2, E2: OK, But Why Is Queer Reality Television So Bad with director/writer Topher Cusumano
In the second full-length episode of season two, Ama & Ameema invite the iconic writer/director of LGBTQ+ reality shows such as Hot Haus and Slag Wars, our favourite sex-positive daddy (and soon to be yours!) Topher Cusumano.
Episode 07: Fatphobia in the Media with Ann Pornel
Off the top, Ama & Danita chat about the upcoming Canadian election, the internet's reaction to Lorde's new album, and Taylor Swift TikTok (a.k.a SwiftTok). Then, Ama is joined by Ann Pornel, comedian and co-host of The Great Canadian Baking Show, to talk about diet culture, plus-size fashion, fat representation on television, and the most superior form of potato.
Episode 06: Toxic Celeb Culture with Stacy Lee Kong
Off the top, Ama & Danita share another hopeful #FreeBritney update before taste testing Paris Hilton's new Netflix show, Cooking With Paris.
Then, Ama is joined by Stacy Lee Kong, writer, editor, cultural critic, and founder of Friday Things to examine our complicity in the media's victimization and villainization of young female celebrities in the 90s and early 00s.