The More the Merrier with donna g
Episodes
tmtm 8 March 2026 Focus on TO Short Film Festival with Steve Veale, Catherine Dulude and Jimena Ayala
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Focus on T.O. Short Film Festival (March 18-21) with Steve Veale, festival director and filmmakers Catherine Dulude (55 Years Apart) and Jimena Ayala ...
tmtm 1 march 26 Guest: Alexandra McDonald (YOUNGBLOOD)
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra McDonald and I discuss how she went from taking to the ice when she was a five-year in PEI to landing on the stages of the Toronto Internati...
tmtm 22 Feb 2026 Guests: Wendy Jones (Pan Fantasy) + Sistah Lois remembers Calypso Monarch Sheila Lady Pearl Robinson
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) celebrates Black History Month 2026 by recognizing Wendy Jones of Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra as Canada's Ambassa...
tmtm 22 Feb 2026 Guests: Wendy Jones (Pan Fantasy) + Sistah Lois Remembers Lady Pearl
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) celebrates Black History Month 2026 by recognizing Wendy Jones of Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra as Canada's Ambassa...
tmtm 15 Feb 26 Guest: Ravyn Wngz "The Black Widow of Burlesque"
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be "The Black Widow of Burlesque"? I find out the layered implications of this moniker from the "widow" herself, ...
tmtm 8 Feb 2026
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My chat with Tanisha Taitt Artistic Director of Cahoots Theatre and founder of Stakes and Embers Production+ Abigail Whitney actor director producer o...
tmtm 1 feb 26 Guest: Sophia Walker ('Eureka Day') and Fabienne Colas (Toronto Black Film Festival 2026)
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Black History Month! In 2026, we celebrate a 30-year milestone for this important commemoration, welcoming two remarkable women in stage and fil...
tmtm 18 Jan 26: Steven Elliott Jackson, Playwright 'A Question Of Character' (a Stakes and Embers/Minmar Gaslight production)
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How and when can you separate the artist from the art? My chat with renowned playwright, Steven Elliott Jackson about his work A Question of Character...
tmtm 11 Jan 25 Aural Pleasure: audiobooks, music, and spoken word
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Aural Pleasure: audiobooks, music, and spoken word
tmtm 4 dec 25 MUSIC! and Spoken Word!
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I don't often get a chance to play more than one or two selections of music so I'm happy to have the chance to share this curated cross-genre ...
tmtm 28 Dec 25
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode reflects what 'The More the Merrier' is all about: film, theatre, and the arts at large. I've chosen and edited three ...
tmtm 21 dec 25 Poetry Rountable Re: Up:Rising: A Collection of Rebellious Imaginings from Authors with Lived Experience of Mental Health & Addictions
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poetry Roundtable re: 'Up:Rising: A Collection of Rebellious Imaginings from Authors with Lived Experience of Mental Health & Addictions'K...
tmtm 7 dec 25 Audiobook Selections
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Audiobook selections. My TBR list is growing! Help me whittle it down. Have a listen and let me know which ones you've read. I'll take it off ...
tmtm 30 Nov 25 Guests: Laurie Evan Fraser and Jacinto Salcedo (Upper Canada Choristers)
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conductor, composer and Artistic Director of the Upper Canada Choristers, Laurie Evan Fraser and producer and singer, Jacinto Salcedo (UCC/Cantemos) j...
tmtm 23 Nov 25 Guest Patrick Shannon (dir. SAINTS and WARRIORS)
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My chat with director, Nang Ḵ’uulas Patrick Shannon, about his award-winning documentary 'Saints and Warriors' screening November 26, 7pm ...
tmtm 16 Nov 25 Guest: Playwright, Kanika Ambrose (Moonlight Schooner) + Jade Elektra and Sistah Lois (Mingle with The More the Merrier)
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two-time Dora Award Winner, Kanika Ambrose joins me again to talk about her second play running this month in Toronto, Moonlight Schooner.Then I'm...
tmtm 9 Nov 25 Guests Kanika Ambrose (The Christmas Market) + Marc Starbuck on Film Noir Faves
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two-time Dora Award winner (our place, Truth) Kanika Ambrose joins me to talk about her latest play, 'The Christmas Market.'DESCRIPTION: "...
tmtm 2 Nov 25 Reel Asian Film Festival: Min Sook Lee (There are no words) + Timothy Yeung (Finch & Midland)
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Directors Min Sook Lee (There are no words) and Timothy Yeung (Finch & Midland) talk about their respective films screening at the 29th Reel Asian...
tmtm 26 Oct 25 Topic #TIFF50 Faves & Feelings
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Movie lovers Gordon G and Anne Gallagher and I chat about dinner if their highlights of #TIFF50 and share their respective feelings about how the Toro...
tmtm 19 Oct 25 Guest: Volker Bertelmann (Academy Award Winner) on scoring Ballad of a Small Player (#TIFF50) + Michael McGowan, director, Still Mine (#TIFF2012)
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catching up with Volker Bertelmann, Academy Award-winning composer (All Quiet on the Western Front) about scoring the new Edward Berger film, Ballad o...
tmtm 12 Oct 25 Guests Leslie Ann Coles (The Female Eye Film Festival) + J. Christian Hamilton (Indie filmmaker)
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience is the word that connects my two guests today, Leslie Ann Coles, the founder and executive and artistic director of The Female Eye Film Fes...
tmtm 5 Oct 25 Guests Jibola Fagbamiye & Conor McCreery (Fela) + TIFF50 coverage w/Karla Badillo (dir. OCA)
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full show with an interview I conducted at the Toronto International Film Festival with Mexican director Karla Badillo about her gorgeous and thoughtf...
tmtm 28 sept 25 Guests: Brandon White and Shannon Mills (Theatre of the Damned) + Jade Elektra (CANFAR's doc Stills Here)
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TALES OF THE DAMNED - Guests: Brandon White and Shannon Mills join me to talk about forming Whitemills Theatre Company and the challenges and delight ...
tmtm 21 sept 25 TIFF50 Coverage: Dustin O'Halloran, composer Eleanor the Great + star and filmmakers of A Sámi Wedding
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join me as I reunite with Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composer Dustin O'Halloran to discuss his creative process behind the sco...
tmtm 7 Sept 25 TIFF50 Coverage Guests: Tyler Mackenzie Evans (Sea Star) and Kalainithan Kalaichelvan (Karupy)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Mackenzie Evans joins me to discuss Sea Star, where he focuses on a grown Black Caribbean man overcoming his fear of swimming. Then, Kalainithan...
tmtm 7 Sept 25 TIFF50 Coverage Guests: Tanya Talaga (Ni-Naadamaadiz Red Power Rising) and Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of #TIFF50 Coverage Guests: Tanya Talaga (Ni-Naadamaadiz Red Power Rising) and Lucía Aleñar Iglesias (Forastera)
tmtm 31 August 25 Guest: Lisa Haller, Atlantic International Film Festival
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Haller, Interim Executive Director / Director of Programming for the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF) joins me to talk about the New W...
tmtm 24 august 25 Guest: Brennan Clost (The Legacy of Cloudy Falls, Loathe Thy Neighbor) + Libby and Kanopy offerings
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The focus of today's show is film. I'll be welcoming dancer, actor, and producer Brennan Clost to my show for the very first time. You might k...
tmtm 17 august 25 Guests David and Sydney Dacks ,(Intersection Festival) + Spoken Word and Audiobooks
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David and Sydney Dacks are chat about 'Radio Active Community' part of the Intersection Festival. The performance takes place on August 30 at ...
tmtm 10 august 25 Revisiting Favourites from TIFF 2019
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting Favourites from TIFF 2019 with frequent guest, Heidy M, and Daniel Garber of CIUT's Critic's Circle and Cultural Mining.
tmtm 27 July 25 Guest: Dr. Jules Arita Koostachin, dir Angela's Shadow
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Director, Dr Jules Arita Koostachin joins me to talk about her latest film 'Angela's Shadow' screening at the Carlton Cinema for one week ...
tmtm 20 July 25 Jennie Bovard (Pretty Blind) + Suvi West and Anssi Kömi (HOMECOMING)
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The hilarious, Jennie Bovard joins me to chat about starting in AMI+ tv 's 'Pretty Blind' Canada's first TV show about a blind woman w...
tmtm 6 July 25 Guest: Heidy M on 40 Acres + Alexandra Ramires (dir. Tie(Elo)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Frequent collaborator, Heidy M joins me for a discussion of the film '40 Acres' by R. T. Thorne, starring Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greye...
tmtm 29 June 25 Spotlight on 8 Toronto Fringe Festival productions
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They want YOU! These 8 productions tell you why you should go and see their shows at this year's Toronto Fringe Festival. The Fringe is Ontario...
tmtm 22 June 25 Guest: Heidy Me and I on '28 Years Later' & 'Ballerina' + dir. Daniel Borgman on 'RESIN' (TIFF 2019)
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heidy M, creator of hyemusings.ca and frequent collaborator on tmtm joins me to chat about '28 Years Later' and 'Ballerina.' Heidy is...
tmtm 15 June 25 TIFF 2019 interviews w/Ricardo Darín (Heroic Losers), Zaidah Bergroth Maria's Paradise) and Grímur Hákonarson (The County)
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Archival Episode: Revisiting TIFF 2019 Guests: Actor, Ricardo Darín ('Herioc Losers', Argentina), Director, Zaidah Bergroth ('Maria's...
tmtm 8 June 25 Guest: Writer/director Christine McLean on her doc 'Dad Bods' (for CBC's The Nature of Things) + Plus 2SLGBT+ Audiobooks
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christine McLean is a documentarian, broadcaster and academic based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This is her third episode for CBC's The Nature of Thi...
tmtm 25 may 25 Guest: Actor David Lopez on being a Swing for the Toronto production of the Tony Award-winning musical, A Strange Loop + Music and Spoken Word
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fundraising is vitally important to keep CIUT 89.5 FM running and to ensure that I can continue to introduce you to fabulous people doing their thing ...
tmtm 18 May 25 Inside Out/ Hot Docs Coverage: Colette Johnson-Vosberg (Unlabelled) + Noam Gonick & Justine Pimlott (Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival 2025 coverage with Colette Johnson-Vosberg about her film 'Unlabelled.' The film explores the diverse storie...
tmtm 11 may 25 Hot Docs 2025 Guests: Sinakson Trevor Solway (dir. Sisikakowan: The Blackfoot Man) + Serville Poblete (dir, King's Court)
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show features interviews with two National Film Board documentaries recently screened at Hot Docs, the Canadian International Documentary ...
tmtm 4 may 25 Guests: Laurie Evan Fraser and Jacinto Salcedo (Upper Canada Choristers) + Heidy M, Arts and Culture Writer (Hyemusings)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie Evan Fraser, artistic director of the Upper Canada Choristers, and singer/poet Jacinto Salcedo, coordinator of Cantemos, join me to discuss the...
tmtm 20 april 25 Guest: Sarah Kambe Holland (Egghead & Twinkie) + Angels in the dark (Wireless Theatre Company Limited)
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Kambe Holland is the writer and director of a clever coming-of-age teen comedy called Egghead and Twinkie. In the film, Twinkie—freshly out of...
tmtm 13 april 25 Guests Nik Sexton and Sean Dalton (SKEET) + Catherine Bourgeois (Cis-characters in search of an author)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning director, Nik Sexton and Canadian Screen Award nominee, Sean Dalton (former drummer for The Trews) and I have a good chat about the film...
tmtm 6 april 25 Guest: Alphonso King Jr (aka Jade Elektra aka DJ Relentless) on Top Star Live 2025
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My featured guest today is the dynamic Alphonso King Jr. Alphonso is an HIV/AIDS activist and public speaker, aka drag queen Jade Elektra and aka DJ R...
tmtm 23 march 25 Guests: Karen Chapman (Village Keeper) and Kevin Matthew Wong (Benevolence)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning writer and director, Karen Chapman shares her journey of making 'Village Keeper', a family drama set in the Lawrence Heights com...
tmtm 16 March 25 Guests: Directors Laurie Townsend (A Mother Apart) and Megan Wennberg (Dances with Cranes)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm reunited with two documentary filmmakers today. I first interviewed director Laurie Townshend (A Mother Apart) along with her subject Staceyan...
tmtm 2 March 25 Guest: Rosamund Small (Performance Review) + A spotlight on Beah Richards (Oscar Nominee, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner)
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I chat with playwright and actor Rosamund Small about her latest work, Performance Review, presented by Outside the March Theatre Company. The solo pe...
tmtm 23 Feb 25 Guest: Abigail Whitney (MacBitches) + Oscar chat with cinephiles Gordon Gingras and Anne Gallagher
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm welcoming back for the second time actor, playwright, director, and international model Abigail Whitney.The last time she was here, we talked ...
tmtm 16 Feb 25 Guest: Alica Hall, Exec. Dir. Nia Centre for the Arts + Music and Spoken Word by Black Women
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alica Hall, the Executive Director of Nia Centre for the Arts shares some of the incredible programs they offer to Black youth, artists, and the commu...
tmtm 9 Feb 25 Guest: Award-winning Actor, Peter Fernandes ("Juicy', Fat Ham) + Audiobooks for Black History Month
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning actor, Peter Fernandes talks about his journey as an actor and playing 'Juicy' in Fat Ham. Fat Ham by James IjamesA Canadian Sta...
tmtm 2 Feb 25 Guest: Illustrator, Deena Pagliarello aka DeenaDraws + Audio Comedy 'Time Travel Inc' (Wireless Theatre Ltd)
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, Deena Pagliarello aka Deena Draws joins me to discuss her journey from Fine Arts to Illustration, shares some educational tools for emerging ...
tmtm 26 Jan 25 Guests: Director, Alison Duke, Oscar-nominated director Nebojša Slijepčević and a Review of Mike Leigh's Hard Truth
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm joined by director Alison Duke of Oya Media, who shares insights into her work on the documentary Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy S...
tmtm 19 Jan 25 Guests: Amélie Martyn (Other Desert Cities) + Dj Relentless (Pink Cinema)
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I have back-to-back interviews with Amélie Martyn, a young producer working on the play Other Desert Cities, running from January 22 to February 2, 2...
tmtm 5 Jan 25 Guests: Soprano Denise Williams (Ahmal and the Night Visitors) + Heidy M on recent films
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Soprano, Denise Williams and I chat about the reducing space for the Arts in schools, founding No Strings Theatre to fill the gap and the upcoming con...
tmtm 29 Dec 24 Guest: Jennifer Adcock on In With the Old (Discovery +) episode The Lunenburg Schoolhouse + Our Miss Brooks (classic radio)
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have the pleasure of chatting with writer/director Jennifer Adcock about Discovery networks' In With the Old, where she chronicles the journey o...
tmtm 22 Dec 24 What Are You Watching w guests Neil Armstrong and Anne Gallagher + Gordon Gingras and Heidy M
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas/Holiday movies can be anything you choose, according to my guests. Journalist Neil Armstrong discusses the TV series Get Millie Black and re...
tmtm 15dec24 Guest:Nadine McNulty (Batuki Music Society) on Juno Award-winning Okavango African Orchestra + a Story by Comfort Iyase Ero
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nadine McNulty, the Artistic Director of Batuki Music Society and I discuss the formation of The Juno Award-winning Okavango African Orchestra and the...
tmtm 8 Dec 24 Winter/Holiday Audiobooks from Romance to Thrillers to Biographies
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's going to be your next listen? I play a selection of audiobooks set during Winter/Holiday season and through in a could off new tunes by Ale...
tmtm 1 dec 24 Guest: Double Juno Award-Nominee Alex Bird on Another Christmas Day album
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Bird of Alex Bird and the Jazz Mavericks joins me for an engaging conversation about the band's latest album, Another Christmas Day, which b...
tmtm 17nov24 Blood in the Snow Film Festival BITS w programmer HEIDY M + SUSPENSE! featuring Nancy Kelly as EVE
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arts and Culture writer and Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, Heidy M (hyemusings.ca) joins me to talk about the Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS)...
tmtm 10nov24 Focus on Movies w/Neil Armstrong, Anne Gallagher and Marc S.
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CIUT listeners and The More the Merrier supporters Neil Armstrong, Anne Gallagher, and Marc S. join me to talk about movies. Neil shares Black-focused...
tmtm 3nov24: Focus on CONCLAVE (TIFF 2024) w/Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Volker Bertelmann+ Heidy M and I discuss our love of this thriller
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've been away for the past several weeks due to the passing of my beloved mother, Joy Blackwood. She was my radio champion from my early days at ...
tmtm 6 Oct 24 Next Stages Theatre Festival Guests: Abigail Whitney (The Noose), Bonnie Duff & Michelle Blight (This Feels Like The End) Olivia Daniels & Ilana Khanin (I Was Unbecoming Then)
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're diving into the Toronto Fringe's Next Stage Theatre Festival, running from October 16th to 27th at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, located...
tmtm 29 Sept 24 TIFF 2024 Film Chat with Cinefile Gordon G
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frequent guest and tmtmwithdonnag longtime listener and supporter, Gordon G and I discuss some of our #TIFF2024 screenings.Special shout out to arts a...
tmtm 15 Sept 24 Guests: Isabella Cesari dir. Low Pay? Don't Pay', (Alumnae Theatre) + Fabian Stumm dir. 'Sad Jokes' (TIFF 2024)
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With the cost of living these days, do you ever feel like rebelling? Director Isabella Cesari and I discuss Low Pay? Don’t Pay!, a play about just t...
tmtm 8 Sept 24: #TIFF24 Coverage w/Frida Kempff and Josephin Neldén (The Swedish Torpedo) + Heidy M shares Canadian Film Spotlight
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
#TIFF24 coverage #TheSwedishTorpedo + Canadian films at TIFF in a segment by Heidy M of www.hyemusings.caI had the chance to chat with director Frida ...
tmtm 1 sept 24 Guests: Beza Hailu Lemma (dir) & Tamara Dawit (prod) on ALAZAR (@TIFF2024) + Audio Dramas from Wireless Theatre Limited
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Director Beza Hailu Lemma and producer Tamara Dawit (Gobez Media) join me to talk about their short film ALAZAR set in rural Ethiopia. A family grappl...
tmtm 25 aug 24 Guests: Shalan Joudry (Welima'q @TIFF24) + Martha Cooley and Lisa Haller (Atlantic International Film Festival '24)
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The focus today is film festivals. Up first, I'll be speaking to poet, playwright, oral storyteller, Shalan Joudry, whose beautiful short film, &#...
tmtm 11 Aug 24 Guests: Helen Juvonen and Tyler J Seguin (Isle of Demons ) + Jon Ornoy dir. Lost in the Shuffle
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From a Greek amphitheatre in Scarborough, Ontario, to a chateau in France today's show takes us on a journey through history, mystery, magic, and ...
tmtm 28july24 Female Eye Film Festival Guests: Megan Davis (Hemorrhage) + Tamara Scherbak (White Noise)
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Actress ('Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial,' 'American Horror Story') and screenwriter Megan Davis and I discuss her short film 'Hem...
tmtm 14 July24 Focus: The Female Eye Film Festival with founder, Leslie Ann Coles, Ilse Moreno, dir. 'of festival entry,'The Canadian Dream' + Revisiting Tiffany Hsiung's 'Sing Me A Lullaby' (TIFF2020)
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The focus of this show is women in film, more precisely those behind the lens and scenes of The Female Eye Film Festival. Up first is my chat with fes...
tmtm 30 june 24 Spotlight on Toronto Fringe Festival
30 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
10 shows share WHY you should go see them at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Which one(s) will get your bum in their seat(s)? PLAYLIST LAL: 'Dead Hap...
tmtm 23june24 Guests Comedian Brian George (Roll With It) and Gord G on Queer classic films
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brian George, a self-described 'sit down comedian,' joins me to talk about his journey into acting and the series 'Roll With It' (Bell...
tmtm 16 June 24 2SLGBT Audiobooks
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about 2SLGBT+ audiobook memoirs you can grab on the Libby app.First up, we've got "Baggage" by Alan Cumming, and then ...
tmtm 9june24 Guests: Singer, cultural activist, Sonia Aimy + Co-directors Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge ('Red Fever' doc)
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've got interviews with Nigerian-Italian (and now Canadian) singer, songwriter, and actress Sonia Aimy, who will be launching her brand new album...
tmtm 2june24: Guests: Djennie Laguerre, Neil Armstrong, Gun Roze, Gyles, Alex Bird
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's special guests are actor and playwright Djennie Laguerre, writer and editor Neil Armstrong, street photographer Gun Roze, singer-songwrite...
tmtm 26 may 24 Guest: Dalton Harris (X Factor winner 2018) on Dalton's Dream doc
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I fell in love with Dalton Harris after seeing him in Kim Longinotto and Frank Murray Brown's documentary "Dalton's Dream." If you...
tmtm 19may24 Guests: Daren A. Herbert (Come Home-The Legend of Daddy Hall) + Colette Johnson-Vosberg (Unusually Normal)
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard of John 'Daddy' Hall, the Canadian centenarian who was part First Nations and part Jamaican, fought in the War of 1812, and was...
tmtm 12may24 Guests: Staceyann Chin and Laurie Townsend on bio-doc 'A Mother Apart' + Spoken Word & Audiobooks
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My interview with spoken word poet, writer, LGBTQ+ activist, and mother, Staceyann Chin, and director, Laurie Townshend. Staceyann is the subject of T...
tmtm 5may24 Guests: Dir. Laura Plancarte (Mexican Dream) + Laurie Evan Fraser and Jacinto Salcedo Upper Canada Choristers
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mexican director Laura Plancarte shares her reasoning behind making the collaborative documentary "Mexican Dream" with her subject, Maria Magd...
Hot Docs 2024 Coverage: Director, Jennifer MacArthur (FAMILY TREE) and co-directors, Jeff Orlowski-Yang & Sarah Keo (CHASING TIME)
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Coverage: interviews with director, Jennifer MacArthur (FAMILY TREE) and co-directors, Jeff Orlow...
tmtm 14 April 24 Topic: Art Gallery of Ontario on Strike + Revisiting Anna Magnani with James Quandt
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Art Gallery of Ontario workers are on strike. I'm joined by OPSEU Local 535 members,Mark Thornbury and Meagan Christou to talk about workers&#...
tmtm 7 April 24 Guest: Izad Etemadi on his various roles in Mad Madge (Rose Napoli) + Spoken Word and Music
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Izad Etemadi (Writer, Actor, Persian) joins me to talk about playing multiple characters in Rose Napoli's Mad Madge A Nightwood Theatre production...
tmtm 31 march 24 Guest: playwright Christine Quintana (El Terremoto) + Spoken Word, Poetry, music
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning Mexican-Canadian playwright, Christine Quintana and I discuss her work El Terremoto (World Premiere) at Tarragon Theatre, March 26 – A...
tmtm 17 march 24 Guests: award-winning m. nourbeSe philip Zong! and John Galway on the Toronto Irish Film Festival
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Author, m. nourbeSe philip on her seminal work Zong, celebrating its 15th anniversary, plus we reminisce about her as well-received children's boo...
tmtm 11 Feb 24: Featured Guest, Neil Armstrong, journalist, writer and editor
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Featured Guest, Neil Armstrong, journalist, writer and editor shares some of the books on his shelf for this #BHM #AfricanFuturesMonth focussed editio...
tmtm 28 Jan 24 Featured Guest, Gun Roze, Street-based photographer
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Street-based photographer, Gun Roze and I discuss past shows, his spotlight in Spectaculum Magazine, and his latest project, reimagining the male nude...
TM 21 Jan 24: Film chat Heidy M, Gordon G
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arts and culture writer, Heidy M (hyemusings.ca) and cinephile Gordon G are back on the show. We chat about recent films and a classic that will make ...
tmtm 7 Jan 24 Featured Guest: Sistah Lois
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 2024. The first show of the year features Sistah Lois (pronounced 'Loyce'), activist and edutainer, and my mentor from my early day...
tmtm 31 Dec 23: archival show featuring Rubble (play) Shalom Putti (doc) El Equipo (doc)
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A collection of three interviews from 2023: Doctor and playwright Suvendrini Lena on the Palestinian play, Rubble, Tamas Wormser on the Jewish doc, S...
tmtm 24 dec 23: music music music
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this all-music episode as we move towards the end of 2023😊Bahamadia, 'I Confess'Jill Scott, 'Easy Conversation'Kindred the Fa...
tmtm 17 dec 23: Canadian Audiobooks: Toronto Public Library/ Libby App
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please note: All samples played are limited to those available via Toronto Public Library using the Libby app. No copyright infringement intended. Mat...
tmtm 12 Nov 23 Guests: Philip Akin (The Lehman Trilogy) + Jérémie Abessira (European Union Film Festival)
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Theatre legend, Philip Akin joins me to talk about his directing take on The Lehman Trilogy at Canadian Stage + Jérémie Abessira, Executive Director...
tmtm 5 Nov 23 Guest director Michael Hidetoshi Mori (Rocking Horse Winner)+ Negro Spirituals
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
My chat with Tapestry Opera's Michael Hidetoshi Mori about directing the 60 minute opera "Rocking Horse Winner" based on D.H. Lawrence'...
tmtm 11 october 23 Guests: Kirk Cooper (DRIFF) + Heidy M and Gordon G (TIFF 2023 Faves)
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk Cooper joins me to talk about The Durham Regional International Film Festival + arts and culture writer Heidy M of hyemusings.ca and cinephile, G...
TIFF2023 Coverage: Hiam Abbas and dir Lina Soualem (Bye Bye Tiberias) + Sara Summa (Arthur and Diana)
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
#TIFF2023 coverage continues...I never dreamed that I would ever get the chance to interview Hiam Abbas, let alone meet her director daughter, Lina So...
tmtm 24 sept 23 TIFF2023 Coverage: Directors Hanna Slak (Not a Word) and Sara Margrethe Oskal (The Tundra Within Me)
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Toronto International Film Festival coverage with directors Hanna Slak (Not a Word) and Sara Margrethe Oskal (The Tundra Within Me).TIFF DESCRIPTIONSN...
tmtm 17 Sept 23 Guest director, Saffron Cassady
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At first, I was turned off by the subject matter of Designer $hit but after watching it and chatting with director, Saffron Cassady, I think this is a...
tmtm 10 september 23 TIFF coverage of In Flames (TIFF public) and The Umbrella Men Escape from Robben Island (TIFF Industry)
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"In present-day Karachi, a medical student struggles to keep her family together while being stalked by forces she can’t entirely understand....
tmtm 3 september 23 TIFF '23 Coverage: Carolina Markowicz (Toll), Ian Gabriel and cast (Death of a Whistleblower) and Stevie Salas (Boil Alert)
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I reconnect with director/writer Carolina Marcowicz (CHARCOAL TIFF '22) about the world premiere of her film, Toll (Pedágio), which tells the sto...