by chanel | Feb 10, 2026 | Podcast, Side by Side
Today’s guest is documentary filmmaker and founder of Cloudstreet Media, Rheanna Toy. She has worked as a producer, director, and editor on films that have screened at festivals across North America, with her debut short “Serisa 26” winning the Audience Choice Award... by chanel | Dec 25, 2025 | Podcast, Side by Side
In this final episode of 2025, we are discussing the Canadian hockey romance TV series Heated Rivalry, with returning guests Tara Edwards, Erika Smith, and Eri Zhang. Leading up to the season one finale, we deep dive inside the TV adaptation and book series, and... by chanel | Nov 19, 2025 | Podcast, Side by Side
Today’s guest is kids’ TV writer and creator, Margaret Hoffman. She has written for Sesame Workshop (Esme and Roy, Sesame Street Digital), Netflix (The Cuphead Show!), Sid & Marty Krofft (Mutt & Stuff), Lilypad Library, and Hellosaurus. She’s also... by chanel | Oct 21, 2025 | Podcast, Side by Side
Today’s guest is Mordy Levine, the co-author of The Beginner’s Guide to Karma: How to Live with Less Negativity and More Peace alongside Lama Lhanang Rinpoche. Lama Lhanang Rinpoche was born in the Amdo region of historic Tibet and received a traditional monastic... by chanel | Oct 10, 2025 | Podcast, Side by Side
Today’s guest is Léa Taranto, a disabled Chinese Jewish Canadian writer who lives with OCD and comorbid disorders, and the author of the debut YA novel A Drop in the Ocean. In this episode, we explore how she transformed her early experiences and diaristic writing... by chanel | Aug 26, 2025 | Podcast, Side by Side
Today’s returning guest is pop culture commentator, Twitch streamer, and cybersecurity analyst Tara Edwards. In this episode, we discuss two films that have come out this year, both of which carry a culturally specific lens centered around demons, sinners, and music:...