Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
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Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Big laughs. Smart takes. Every day. Commotion is where you go for thoughtful and vibrant conversations about all things pop culture. Host Elamin Abdelmahmoud calls on journalists, critics, creators and friends to talk through the biggest arts & entertainment stories of the day, in 30 minutes or...
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Friday Wrap on: Wake Up Dead Man, and Quentin Tarantino trash talks Paul Dano
Critics Roxana Hadadi, Angelo Muredda and Jackson Weaver chat with guest host Radheyan Simonpillai about the new Knives Out movie 'Wake Up Dead Man,’...
The best in Canadian music in 2025
CBC Music’s Natalie Harmsen, culture writer Riley Yesno, and Walrus writer Erin Macleod reflect on the big albums, trends, and challenges that defined...
How Frank Gehry's love of art showed up in the buildings he created, and S2 of For The Culture
Remembering Frank Gehry – one of the most famous architects of the last half-century, who had an improbable path to global stardom. Elamin Abdelmahmou...
Club Chalamet and can fandom actually go too far, and iHeartRadio stands up to AI
Club Chalamet is a Timothée Chalamet fan club started by Simone Cromer. Elamin is joined by pop culture writers Kayleigh Donaldson and CT Jones to dig...
50 Cent's new Diddy doc is wiiild, and what to make of Canada's revolving door of Heritage Ministers
With the Netflix release of the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs docu-series ‘The Reckoning,’ executive produced by 50 Cent - Elamin is joined by entertainment repo...
Friday Wrap on: Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Jay Kelly
Three new movies illuminate what it means to be an absent father: Joachim Trier's movie 'Sentimental Value,' Chloé Zhao’s film 'Hamnet,' and Noah Baum...
How Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) brings Inuit storytelling to the big screen, and Broadway shows at the movies
Zacharias Kunuk’s films are legendary for the way they show the beauty of Canada’s North and the richness of Inuit culture. His latest film 'Uiksaring...
How RapCity connected Canadians through hip-hop
With pioneering MuchMusic program ‘RapCity’ having its 35th anniversary celebrations this year, Elamin is joined by the show's original creator and pr...
The gay hockey romance Heated Rivalry is lusty, horny, and real, and why Claire Danes' face has the internet talking
Imagine this: Two of the best hockey players on the best teams in the NHL are arch-rivals on the rink. Off the ice: they’re lovers. That’s the premise...
Choclair’s first album in 20 years, Trump really wants Rush Hour 4
Choclair’s first full length album in 20 years - veteran music critic Dalton Higgins and Canadian music industry veteran Craig ‘Big C’ Mannix join Ela...
Jesse Wente on Thomas King and finding hope in a hard moment
For decades, Thomas King was considered to be one of the most prominent Indigenous authors and creators, so news that he has no Indigenous ancestry ca...
Why you can't tell the story of reggae without Jimmy Cliff, and Stranger Things S5
With the recent passing of reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, Elamin Abdelmahmood is joined by University of West Indies professor Sonja Stanley Niaah and cul...
What happens when an author who claimed he was Indigenous, now says he isn't?
Cree journalist Michelle Cyca and Anishinaabe/Mohawk writer Kim Wheeler assess the fallout from award-winning author Thomas King’s recent admission th...
What Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue says about masculinity in this moment, and Tobias Jesso Jr.'s new album
Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue is always a barometer for the year’s hottest celebrities, especially ahead of Oscar season. Well, this year -- for the f...
How Trugoy the Dove shows up on De La Soul's new album, and the UK wants to ban for profit ticket resales
De La Soul is back with a new album, 'Cabin In The Sky.' It's the group's first album in eleven years, and the first since the death of one of De La S...
FRIDAY WRAP on Wicked: For Good, Michelle Obama's comments on Black hair, and Mariah Carey
Elamin is joined by culture critics Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Sarah-Tai Black and Syrus Marcus Ware to discuss ‘Wicked: For Good,' the controversy arou...
Why this season of The Morning Show is the most outrageous yet, and the allure of Paul McCartney
With the season four finale of The Morning Show out now, Elamin Abdelmahmoud speaks to TV critic Emily Longeretta and comedian Cassie Cao about why th...
Nardwuar’s timeless appeal, and the magic of the Now You See Me franchise
Nardwuar the Human Serviette made a name for himself on MuchMusic, interviewing artists and surprising them with deep cut facts. Now he's selling out...
Should you read it before you watch it?
There are lots of movies out now that were actually books first - Frankenstein, The Running Man, and Hamnet is coming soon. So we're asking the quest...
Did The Grey Cup meet this Canadian moment? + new Eddie Murphy doc
Morgan Campbell of CBC Sports and Sirius XM host Tara Slone give us their morning-after take on The Grey Cup and how it reflected this current pivotal...
Friday wrap on The Running Man, The Office Movers and Christy
Film critics Rad Simonpillai, Teri Hart, and Kaiya Shunyata join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss Edgar Wright’s reboot of Stephen King’s dystopian thri...
Pluribus is the best thing on TV right now, and GTA 6 delay
Entertainment writer Jackson Weaver and culture critic Kathryn VanArendonk talk with Elamin Abdelmahmoud about Vince Gilligan’s long-awaited show Plur...
How Margaret Atwood's memoir changes the way we see her books
A lot has been said about Margaret Atwood’s memoir ‘Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts’ since it was published last week, which makes sense, because she...
How creative artists fight back after getting ripped off
Montreal-based graphic artist Raymond Biesinger has a new book out called '9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off.' He describes it as an informal guide...
From the charts to podcasts, the state of rap in 2025
Hip-hop radio veterans Mastermind and Jay Smooth, along with music industry academic Michelle Santosuosso join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss the rise...
Friday wrap on All's Fair, Die My Love, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Critics Teri Hart, Roxana Hadadi and Jackson Weaver join guest host Amil Niazi to discuss the new Kim Kardashian legal drama ‘All’s Fair,’ and how mot...
BONUS Sombr and the debate over concert criticism
The recent TikTok drama between Sombr and one of his fans got a lot of people talking. The 20-year-old pop star responded to a 25-year-old fan after s...
The memes of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and Canada in Eurovision?
How did a song about a shipwreck become one of the biggest songs of Gordon Lightfoot's career? Music critic and writer Niko Stratis and writer Conor K...
Canadian literary festivals are having urgent conversations, and Rosalia is redefining global pop stardom
Literary festivals bring people together who love books, and they also move a bunch of merchandise. But what’s the deeper work happening here? Stephan...
Halo is coming to PlayStation. Are the console wars over?
Tech culture journalists Alyssa Mercante and Jonathan Ore join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about Xbox’s decision to make its exclusive game, Halo, ava...
The heartbreak of fandom and why it's about more than baseball
If the World Series showed us anything this year, it’s that the game was about so much more than baseball. Elamin Abdelmahmoud sits down with Morgan C...
Friday wrap on Welcome to Derry, Bugonia, and Dream Eater
Sonya Ballantyne, Beatrice Loayza and Laura Hall join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the horrifying return of Pennywise the clown in HBO’s ‘We...
BONUS How Misty Copeland changed ballet
Misty Copeland took her final bow last week, retiring from a 25 year career at American Ballet Theatre. A decade ago, she made headlines when she beca...
Lily Allen goes all in on her divorce album
Culture writer Olivia Petter, and music critic Reanna Cruz delve into Lily Allen’s new album ‘West End Girl’ with Elamin Abdelmahmoud and talk about h...
How US politics shapes the discourse around what we see onscreen, and Daniel Caesar's new album
With the new film ‘A House of Dynamite’ and season 3 of the ‘The Diplomat’ streaming now on Netflix, Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by culture critics...
Does ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ actually deliver?
Film critic Adrian Horton, music journalist Dominic Tardif, and podcaster Vish Khanna join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about the new Bruce Springsteen...
Why baseball isn't just 'America's game' and Vybz Kartel in Canada at last
It's game three of the World Series tonight. And no matter how it all ends, it's been an incredible post-season for Canadian baseball. Elamin Abdelmah...
Friday wrap on 'Nobody Wants This' S2, 'Blue Moon' & Blue Jays World Series fever
Globe & Mail film critic Barry Hertz, culture writer Anne T. Donahue, and CBC entertainment reporter Jackson Weaver join the Group Chat to discuss the...
Why Gwyneth Paltrow’s reaction to a new biography is off-brand, and the surprising ennui of Pokemon Legends: Z to A
Gwyneth Paltrow, the Oscar-winning actor, multi-millionaire founder and CEO of Goop and unofficial arbiter of gorgeous living, is upset about the way...
The Perfect Neighbor does true crime differently, and Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
'The Perfect Neighbor' is a new Netflix documentary about how a seemingly trivial neighborhood dispute turned into a tragedy. And the doc is told almo...