Love in Public

When she was seven, Léral wanted to be a rockstar. On this Tiny Desk-style episode, she graces us with a live set in studio and shares her thoughts on making music, navigating Vancouver's indie scene, and finding her voice.

Join Abril and Smilla for a Fundrive-themed live radio special... they chat about the history of Valentine's Day, expanding definitions of love, and what it means to participate in affection every single day of the year.

What makes an artist? How can we write, sing, dance, and paint with total abandon? In this episode, we chat with Tessa Mok and Aleeza Yusuf about creativity, self-portraiture, the icks of constructing a personal brand, and reconnecting with our five-year-old selves.

How has a uniquely Western culture of conforming affected our relationships to our own bodies? In this episode, we dive deep into a conversation about plastic surgery, colonial beauty standards, and the Instagram face with essayist Kia Heryadi.

What can voicemails tell us about the people we know and the people we love? In this episode, we chat with audio storyteller and writer Violet Myles about voice-based communication, our love for radio, and magically mundane art.

Welcome to season 2! We're landing criss-cross-applesauce on the colorful mat of your kindergarten classroom. This season, we’ll be connecting with creatives across disciplines— musicians, performers, artists, essayists, storytellers in every sense —to explore the makers and the movements that inspire them.... cannot wait to have you join us for this next instalment of episodes!

Will Shelling and Julia Burnham join us for our season finale, in which we speak about constellations of care, imposter syndrome, and what it means to show up for the people in our orbit.

On our penultimate episode of season 1, Dr. Ainsley Carry chats with us about what home means to him, his mixed feelings about in-person learning, and his recent journey uncovering the hidden story behind campus monuments.

Phebe Ferrer and Dr. JP Catungal speak with us about Filipinx migration, the politics of care, and one Vancouver neighborhood that has become the heart of the Fil-Can community.

On our fourth episode, we speak with Coral Santana about sexuality and social justice, what it’s like to grow up mixed race, and the tiny revolutions we can make towards more conscious consumption.

UBC alumnus Leor Elizur speaks with us about all things intersectionality, including her experiences co-founding a new psychology club on campus and her musings on what community-building looks like during a pandemic.

On our second episode, we speak with Pheroze Unwalla and Natalie Armendariz about UBC’s brand new Middle East Studies program, how your high school history class failed you, and the importance of mentors in isolating times like these.

Tune into a conversation with Danni Olusanya on the future of student journalism, anti-black racism on university campuses, and must-read literature on our positionality to the stories we tell.