The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war

Why students harmed by addictive social media need more than cell phone bans and surveillance: Is a cell phone ban, along with increased surveillance, the right way to deal with the impact of addictive and harmful technology in classrooms? by Don’t Call Me Resilient

37 min listen

From stereotypes to sovereignty: How Indigenous media makers assert narrative control: Indigenous media in North America have rapidly expanded over the last 30 years with Indigenous media makers gaining greater control of their own narratives, including the ability to subvert colonial representations. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

42 min listen

Asylum seekers from Gaza and Sudan face prejudiced policies and bureaucratic hurdles: Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced by discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

39 min listen

Beyonce's joyful 'Cowboy Carter' honours legends and challenges a segregated industry: Today's episode is about Beyonce's new album, Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé’s country-inspired album has caused a stir because the country music scene has long been white dominated, with a history of segregation that has erased its Black roots and gatekept it from Black artists. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

41 min listen

Colonialists used starvation as a tool of oppression: Vinita speaks to two famine scholars about the use of starvation as a tool in the colonizer's playbook through two historic examples - the decimation of Indigenous populations in the Plains, North America and the 1943 famine in Bengal, India. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

31 min listen

Starvation is a weapon of war and Gazans are paying the price: Vinita speaks with Hilal Elver, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and current research professor of Global Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara, about the looming famine in Gaza after months of Israeli attacks. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

33 min listen

Nine years after #OscarsSoWhite, a look at what's changed: It’s been nine years since #OscarsSoWhite called out a lack of diversity at the Oscars. Has anything changed? Prof. Naila Keleta-Mae and actress Mariah Inger unpack the progress in the entertainment industry. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

31 min listen

Don't Call Me Resilient Season 7 Trailer: Today, we launch our trailer for a new season of Don't Call Me Resilient, our podcast that takes on the ways racism impacts our biggest news stories and also permeates our everyday lives. The DCMR team has been busy prepping new episodes and next week, we start releasing episodes for season 7, taking our anti-racist lens to the news unfolding around us and the issues occupying a lot of our minds these days. From big cultural moments, like the Oscars to the scary spread of AI and the ongoing impacts of climate change, to the devastating war in Gaza: we’ll be on it, in our signature way. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

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'American Fiction,' is a scathing satire that challenges pop-culture stereotypes of 'Blackness': In this episode, Prof. Vershawn Ashanti Young of the University of Waterloo and Prof. Anthony Stewart of Bucknell University join forces to break down the many layers - and Black stereotypes - in the new satirical movie "American Fiction," based on the novel "Erasure" by Percival Everett. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

31 min listen

The Conversation Weekly: Kenya at 60 -- the patriotic choral music used to present one version of history: We’re bringing you an extra episode this week to share an interview from The Conversation Weekly, our sister podcast from The Conversation. As Kenya marks 60 years of independence, The Conversation Weekly explores how much one song can tell you about the politics of a new nation. Hosted by Gemma Ware at The Conversation UK, The Conversation Weekly is a show for curious minds. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

23 min listen

Dear politicians: To solve our food bank crisis, curb corporate greed and implement basic income: With food insecurity at an all-time high and food banks buckling under high demand as we head into this holiday season, Prof. Elaine Power of Queens University says we need to instead focus on long-term solutions that tackle the issue at its root. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

42 min listen

Why are school-aged boys so attracted to hateful ideologies?: Vinita explores why racist, homophobic and sexist attitudes are increasingly showing up in school-age boys - and what we can do about it. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

39 min listen

The potential of psychedelics to heal our racial traumas: Clinical psychologist and professor Monnica Williams is on a mission to bring psychedelics to therapists' offices to help people heal from their racial traumas. To do this, she's jumping over some big hurdles. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

29 min listen

Palestine was never a ‘land without a people': Modern settlers to Palestine viewed the desert as something they needed to “make bloom.” But the land was already blooming, thanks to Palestinian agricultural systems that have long been overlooked by colonial powers. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

41 min listen

State of Georgia using extreme legal measures to quell ‘Cop City’ dissenters: Legal experts express their worry that the "doubling down" on Stop Cop City demonstrators who are opposed to a giant police training facility could undermine the right to protest. Kamau Franklin, one of the leaders of the Stop Cop City movement and a lawyer himself, and Zohra Ahmed, a professor of law at the University of Georgia talk about the situation, and why so many people are watching it. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

32 min listen

How journalists tell Buffy Sainte-Marie’s story matters – explained by a '60s scoop survivor: Lori Campbell, a '60s Scoop survivor and a VP at the University of Regina, challenges the CBC’s motives in their exposé on the questionable Indigenous roots of Buffy Sainte-Marie, legendary singer-songwriter. She asks: was the story in service of truth and reconciliation or a sensationalist headline? Campbell also highlights the turmoil the story is causing, especially in Saskatchewan-based Indigenous communities. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

33 min listen

Why the Israel-Gaza conflict is so hard to talk about: With the intensification of war in the Middle East, comes an intense polarization within our institutions. A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to discuss a way forward. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

37 min listen

How corporate landlords are eroding affordable housing -- and prioritizing profits over human rights: One factor driving the housing crisis, across the country, is a shift away from publicly built housing toward large corporate-owned buildings where, as today’s guest Prof. Nemoy Lewis puts it, "housing is treated as a commodity, not a human right.” by Don’t Call Me Resilient

38 min listen

Detangling the roots and health risks of hair relaxers: In this reflective and personal episode, Professor Cheryl Thompson of Toronto Metropolitan University and author of “Beauty in a Box” untangles the complicated history of hair relaxers for Black women - and the health risks now linked to them. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

28 min listen

Why are brown and Black people supporting the far right?: Prof. Daniel Martinez HoSang of Yale University explains the rising popularity of the far right with people of colour -- what he calls multicultural white supremacy. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

31 min listen

Inside the search for the unmarked graves of children lost to Indian Residential Schools: In honour of Truth and Reconciliation Day, we spoke with Terri Cardinal, who headed up one of the community searches for the graves of children who went missing while attending an Indian Residential School. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

40 min listen

Trailer - Don't Call Me Resilient S6: Get ready for a new season of Don't Call Me Resilient Sept. 28! Every week, host Vinita Srivastava dives into conversations with experts and real people to bring you the news, from an anti-racist perspective. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

2 min listen

Indiana Jones's last ride: A legacy to celebrate or bury?: The final Indiana Jones movie is coming out tomorrow. The fifth in a series over 42 years, many of its ideas are taken from 19th-century orientalist and racist archaeology. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

30 min listen

Widespread use of Ozempic for weight-loss could change how we view fatness: In this episode of Don't Call Me Resilient_we are joined by fat and disability studies professor, Fady Shanouda, who examines anti-fat bias in medicine. As the use of Ozempic, a drug for diabetes, slams into the mainstream as a weight-loss method, will the drug’s use impact our concept of fatness? And how does fatness intersect with race and class? by Don’t Call Me Resilient

28 min listen

Why preserving Indigenous languages is so critical to preserving culture: The revitalization of Indigenous languages is essential because language reflects philosophies that guide social, political, cultural and ecological relationships. As we look ahead to National Indigenous Peoples Day, Guest Host, Prof. Veldon Coburn speaks with Prof. Frank Deer, Canada Research Chair and associate dean of Indigenous Education at the University of Manitoba to tackle the issue of disappearing Indigenous languages and delve into how much more needs to be done to revitalize them and why doing so is critical. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

30 min listen

Indian PM Modi is expected to get a rockstar welcome in the U.S. How much is the diaspora fuelling him?: As Indian Prime Minister Modi makes his first official state visit to the U.S., we chat with UCSC professor Anjali Arondekar to help us sift through Modi's wild popularity and also his divisive tactics. With one of the highest remittance rates in the world, we ask, how important the global South Asian diaspora is to politics in India? by Don’t Call Me Resilient

34 min listen

A trans scholar and activist explains why trans rights are under attack: This year, there are more than 400 active anti-trans bills across the U.S. What do things look like in Canada? Are we a safe haven or are we following those same trends? To get a better understanding of trans lives and histories in Canada, we are joined by Syrus Marcus Ware, an artist, activist and assistant professor at the School of the Arts at McMaster University. Syrus is a co-curator of Blockorama/Blackness Yes! and a co-editor of Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

29 min listen

A 5th generation New Yorker reveals tales of Asian resistance since the 19th century: Author Ava Chin, a 5th generation New Yorker, traces the roots of today's high rates of anti-Asian violence back to 19th-century U.S. labour and immigration laws. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

36 min listen

Decolonize your garden: This long weekend, dig into the complicated roots of gardening: In this episode of Don't Call Me Resilient, we explore the complicated roots of the garden, including who gets to garden. We also discuss practical tips about what to plant with an eye to Indigenous knowledge. We speak with researcher Jacqueline L. Scott and also chat with community activist, Carolynne Crawley, who leads workshops that integrate Indigenous teachings into practice. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

31 min listen

More than 60 per cent of incarcerated women are mothers: The fastest growing prison population in Canada is racialized women. The trend may be connected to rising poverty rates and the criminalization of attempts to cope with poverty. by Don’t Call Me Resilient

34 min listen

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The chilling effects of trying to report on the Israel-Gaza war

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