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A look at the titles that Sarra is excited to watch at TIFF 2025. Originally broadcasted on September 2, 2025.

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actress Sissy Pomplin. https://www.sissypomplin.com/

Friday, January 9, 2026 — In this episode, host Gabriel Hilty reports on the TTC 2026 budget passed on Wednesday. It includes a fare freeze and fare cap from September. Transit commentator Steve Munro says it makes few changes to service, and a budget crunch lies in the near future. Kinza Zafar revisits an interview with MP Jenny Kwan who introduced the no more loopholes act, aiming to restrict Ca...

Interview: Ivars Taurins by Met Radio 1280 AM

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews a representative from Orkin Canada to speak about Toronto being crowned Canada’s rattiest city. https://www.orkincanada.ca/

Met Radio's Amanda Shekarchi interviews artist Luke Elliot.

Met Radio's Amanda Shekarchi interviews actress and musician, Devin Cecchetto.

Met Radio's Amanda Shekarchi interviews artist Roux.

Met Radio's Rojhin Taebi interviews Toronto-based artist Nardos Almaz.

Friday, January 2, 2026 — In this episode, host Gabriel Hilty is joined by the Local Journalism Initiative's journalist at Met Radio Mia Johnson, along with host of the Intersection Kinza Zafar. Met Radio's news team discusses news in 2025, and what they've learned reporting for community radio in Toronto.

Met Radio's Donovan Interviews actress and lifecoach Jennifer Rosario. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0741042/

Friday, December 26, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriel Hilty reports on the Allan Gardens food bank as part of Met Radio's holiday programming. Food bank usage has spiked since 2019, and the food bank has served over 63 thousand in 2025. Due to a redevelopment of the property, it will be forced to close in 2026 and doesn't yet have a place to go.

Friday, December 19, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriel Hilty reports on breaking updates from the Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union TMSU, which has an independent investigator looking at whether two student groups violated their policies. It follows a Nov. 5 off-campus event where the Students Supporting Israel group hosted an Israeli soldier, who physically confronted protesters. Kinza Zafa...

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actor Jeff A. Smith. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9652032/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews Rafiq Omair. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafiqomair/?originalSubdomain=ca https://thevarsity.ca/2024/09/29/spotlight-engineering-student-rafiq-omair-on-the-dream-lab/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actor and dancer Andre Bellos. https://www.andrebellos.com/media-kit

Friday, December 12, 2025 — In this episode, host Gabriel Hilty reports on Mayor Olivia Chow's proposal to introduce fare capping on the TTC meaning riders won't pay after a number of rides per month. It is planned to be set at 47 rides in 2026, and lower to 40 in 2027. Post-secondary students are set to be left out of the changes, advocacy group TTCRiders explains the impacts and shortcomings of...

Met Radio's Rojhin Taebi interviews Hamilton-based band Superstar Crush.

Join Liliana Perez for an interview at Versatile Barbershop on St. Clair Ave W. to hear about the craft of barbering and how the shop has evolved through its decades of operation in Toronto.

Friday, December 05, 2025 — In this episode, host Kinza Zafar reports on the University of Guelph cancelling a Palestinian solidarity conference, and the conference proceeding anyways with the help of the local community. Gabriel Hilty reports on the TMSU and the latest findings of over $1.4M in financial mismanagement by prior union execs by an independent accounting firm. Manju Boopathiraj has t...

Met Radio's Sarra Gillani reviews Manok (dir. Lee Yu-jin) and Fucktoys (dir. Annapurna Sriram). Both films were part of the 2025 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival line up!

A round up of funding opportunities for youth in the arts, skill-building workshops, and exhibition opportunities, and based on the November 24th, 2025 ArtReach Post-It Newsletter. Website: www.artreach.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/artreachtoronto/ Call for Submissions - Artreach’s Community Arts Programming Grant https://www.artreach.org/programgrant JAYU Festival of the Arts https://www.jayu...

Met Radio's Donovan interviews Alexander Whitfield, founder of WhitMedia Studios and the podcast Hustle Over Everything. WhitMedia Studios is located in Oshawa, Ontario. Hustle Over Everything talks about business trends and entrepreneurship.

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews actor and dancer Ihar Yakimau. He is set to appear in the movie “Short Fuse”. https://www.iharyakimau.com/

Met Radio's Donovan Lacroxi interviews comedian and actor Jeremy Scippio. He has a comedy special coming out soon! http://jeremyscippio.com