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Met Radio's Sarra Gillani covers the 2026 Breakthrough Jazz Artist Award presented at the Toronto Jazz Festival.

July 3, 2026 - This week, listeners take a dive into the world of one of Toronto Metropolitan University’s rooftop gardens through host Claire Van De Weghe’s interviews with program supervisors. She speaks to farm Manager Arlene Thorness about the essential role these gardens play in keeping visitors healthy, happy, and culturally fulfilled. Program coordinator Nicole Austin discusses how the gard...

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews artist, comedian, and teacher Tiggz. He is known for his work with the Hip-Hop Headucatorz, a collective of DJs, producers, emcees, breakers, and graffiti artists who are also teachers. https://www.instagram.com/erctigz/ https://hiphopheaducatorz.com/

June 26, 2026 - Host Claire Van De Weghe speaks to Toronto 2SLGBTQIA+ activists and organisers about city-based event Abolition Pride on this special Pride episode, an alternative to mainstream festivities that many community members feel have ignored the needs and wants of queer attendees. Starting with a conversation with the founder of the event, Angela Bain, this story explores the event’s his...

A round up of funding opportunities for youth in the arts, skill-building workshops, and exhibition opportunities, and based on the June 19th, 2026 ArtReach Post-It Newsletter. Website: www.artreach.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/artreachtoronto/ ONTARIO COMMUNITY CHANGEMAKERS GRANT https://ontariocommunitychangemakers.org/apply-now/ CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: HERITAGE TORONTO AWARDS https://www.heri...

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews Canadian author and police officer Mike Walton. Walton wrote the fast-paced action-thriller “APOK” book trilogy. The book series follows the chaotic journey of Colonel Miguel Mejia, code-named "APOK", a former military special operative turned police officer. https://michaelwalton.ca/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actor Carlos Palacio. He has been on TV soap “Beyond the Gates”, and made guest appearances on “Will Trent” and “RJ Decker”. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9563508/ https://www.instagram.com/carlose.palacio/?hl=en

Met Radio’s Donovan Lacroxi interviews Pablo Jerry. Jerry has balanced multi-hyphenate roles across film and television, working as an actor, producer, and editor. https://www.instagram.com/paulcjerry/ https://www.tiktok.com/@paulcjerry

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews artist KingDarius TheGreat. KingDarius TheGreat (formerly Joe Gator) is an Atlanta-based rapper and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the hip-hop group C-Side. https://www.instagram.com/king_darius1st/

Met Radio's Donovan interviews actor Gio Perez. He is a martial artist, actor and the host of MA Talk. https://www.facebook.com/gioperezofficial/

Friday, June 19th, 2026 -- Host Claire Van De Weghe speaks with local architect Charles Hazell about the struggle between affordable housing and architectural heritage in West End neighbourhood The Junction. Plus, Mia Johnson interviews community members about their feelings on Toronto establishment Sneaky Dee’s potential demolition after the plot was purchased by developers. Rogene Teodoro has th...

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews Los Angeles-based actress, content creator, and social media personality Skyla Lynne.

Met Radio's Amanda Shekarchi is joined in studio by Saskatchewan-based Afrobeats artist, Rooky Kamiz. They talk about Rooky’s experience performing in Toronto for North by Northeast (NXNE) for the first time. Rooky reflects on growing up in Nigeria and his move to Canada and how those places influence his music. We also break down some tracks from his latest album "Of Chaos & Cotten Candy."

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actor and author Jock McKissic. He has released a book "50 Principles to Thrive in Life".

Met Radio's Amanda Shekarchi talks with Tyson Ray Borsboom who recently released his album These Days. This album is a collection of songs reflecting on Tyson‘s past few years and experiences. We dive into the production process, collaborating, with other musicians, and breakdown a few of the songs, including the title track.

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi chats with the entrepreneur and founder of Rico’s BBQ. The Hickory and Original sauces are available now! https://www.instagram.com/p/DZD041BmUG-/

A round up of funding opportunities for youth in the arts, skill-building workshops, and exhibition opportunities, and based on the June 5th, 2026 ArtReach Post-It Newsletter. Website: www.artreach.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/artreachtoronto/ CANNONBURY FOUNDATION - SPRING GRANT https://www.cannonburyfoundation.com/spring-grant 2026 SILVERFISH ARTIST AND WRITER PROGRAM https://silverfish.digi...

Met Radio's Amanda Shekarchi interviews multi-instrumentalist artist and producer, June Thrasher. They discuss his synthwave influences and touring. His latest EP "Prairie Thrash" is out now!

Met Radio's Sarra Gillani talks with filmmaker Shane Belcourt about his documentary Ni-Naadaamadiz: Red Power Rising. While this conversation was originally recorded after the world premiere of the film at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, the film is once again screening in the city as part of the ImagiNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival. You can catch it in theatres at TIFF Lightbox...

Met Radio's Karen and Kinza spoke to Fierce & Fabulous Expos' creator Velvet Code ahead of the Expo to talk about what it's like to curate an event like this, the local drag scene and what to look forward to at the Expo. The Fierce & Fabulous Expo is this Saturday, June 6th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. To learn more visit: https://www.fierceandfabulousexpo.com/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actress Leslie Sheri. https://stan.store/GreaterThanCinema https://www.instagram.com/greaterthancinema/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews Ryan Hamilton from Yow! Wings. Located in Brampton, the restaurant is experimenting with many different flavours of wings. https://yowwings.ca/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews artist, teacher and creative writer, Jon Corbin. https://joncorbin.bandcamp.com/

A round up of funding opportunities for youth in the arts, skill-building workshops, and exhibition opportunities, and based on the May 22nd, 2026 ArtReach Post-It Newsletter. Website: www.artreach.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/artreachtoronto/ UPCOMING WORKSHOP: GRANT WRITING FOR ARTS PROGRAMMERS https://www.artreach.org/workshops GREENHOUSE THEATRE - EARTHVERSE MUSIC RESIDENCY https://greenho...

Met Radio's Sarra Gillani interviews Andrea Ramolo, founder and artistic director of Our Music Festival.