Stories from the Hart

In this instalment of our series on student organizers, Hart House Student Podcaster Muzna sits down with the founder and director of the Prevention Empowerment Advocacy Response Project (PEARS) for survivors at the University of Toronto, Micah Kalisch. Micah shares their experience creating a peer-led, grassroots support organization while still an undergraduate student, the need to be nimble and...

In this installment of our series on student organizers, Hart House Student Podcaster Muzna sits down with Etienne Oshinowo, the President of the Black Students' Association at U of T. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s4ep5

In this installment of our series on student organizers, Hart House Student Podcaster Muzna sits down with Jadine Ngan, Editor-in-Chief of The Varsity, U of T's tri-campus newspaper. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s4ep4

In this installment of our series on student organizers, Hart House Student Podcaster Muzna, sat down with Alicia Corbiere, one of the Marten Clan leaders of the Indigenous Students Association at U of T St. George. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s4ep3

Hart House Podcaster Muzna sits down with fellow students Beatriz, Cindy, Aimi, Khaleda, and Rodrigo to celebrate the women who inspire and teach them, each and every day, and on International Women's Day. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s4ep2

In this conversation with Hart House Hip Hop Community Connector Marcus Singleton, aka iomos marad, we focus on his start with music and Hip-Hop, the tape that changed his life, his personal journey growing up in Chicago, and how he defines Hip-Hop. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s4ep1

In honour of Asian Heritage month, in which we cast a spotlight on the words and voices of GTA artists from the Asian Diaspora. This segment features Eric Wang, poet and recent graduate of UTSC. Eric joined us over Zoom to read us his poem Weatherman Elegy, a poem of mourning he wrote after realizing how many years it's been since he flipped open the Weather Channel. Transcript URL: https://ha...

In honour of Asian Heritage month, in which we create a spotlight on the words and voices of GTA artists from the Asian Diaspora. This segment features Patrick Debelen, poet, storyteller, educator, and filmmaker. Patrick tells us about his connection to community, here in Canada and in the Philippines, and the power and importance of being loud about mental health and loss, especially as a male-id...

In honour of Asian Heritage month, in which we cast a spotlight on the words and voices of GTA artists from the Asian Diaspora. We talked to Sheniz Janmohamed over zoom from her home in the GTA. She traces her ancestral roots through Kenya, back to Kutch, Gujarat, in India. Sheniz reflects on what it means to be disconnected from her ancestral homeland, living on a land that isn't traditionall...

In this episode, Claire speaks with 3rd year international student Kristal across a 7-hour time difference and halfway around the world. They talk about the upbeat, bouncy Bang, by AJR and why this song has been a go-to support for Kristal, not only through quarantine, but also through the transition to adulthood. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep1-kristal

Fourth year student Lisa talks about her passion for Afrobeats and how this music brings her SO MUCH JOY and keeps her dancing and moving through the good times and the tough times each day brings. Lisa talks with Claire about a fave song, Wait by DJ Neptune ft. Kizz Daniel. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep2-lisa

Claire sits down with special guest and sister, Katherine, to discuss "The Weight" by The Band. They end up discussing the dynamics of living with family during the pandemic. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep3-Katherine

Hart House podcasters Claire, Sheilah, and Saba discuss their Pandemic Playlist picks, and why music matters to them. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep4-podcasters-picks

Follow Your Art is the last in our 2 part series on Oasis Skateboard Factory, a Toronto District School Board school where students earn credits towards graduation by designing and making skateboards, and managing their own skateboard brand. In this episode, our podcasters talk with OSF students CJ, Will, Stellan, Maggie, Tyler, Otis and Kioni and ask them, "Do you see yourself as an artist?&...

The ocean’s rising, do you give a shit? Written, produced, edited and hosted by the Undeniable, Elijah “Lilo” Miller, a grade 12 student in Toronto, this piece asks interviewees, the audience and the podcast's creator to think critically about what we’ve all been avoiding: how are we dealing with climate change, and do we even care when it feels so overwhelming? Transcript URL: https://harthou...

Oasis Skateboard Factory buzzes with energy, music pumps from a laptop in the corner and young folx are scattered throughout the space building skateboards, drawing, or helping each other pull a stencil. Silkscreen machines bump up against power tools tools, spraycans, skatedecks, stickers and tee-shirts. This organized chaos is a studio, a factory, a community... could it also be a school? In thi...

On today's episode, Jerico and Sheila sit down with Jenny Blackbird, a Nehiyaw and Finnish-Canadian artist, musician, community advocate, and U of T Student Life coordinator at Indigenous Student Services, to talk about building community and the importance of remembering our own humanness. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep4

What exactly is a learning strategist or a peer mentor? Meet Jasjit and Adela, and listen in as they explain the role of Academic Success at U of T, and interrogate the concept of academic success in the university. In the process, they share practical tips and resources for improving students' academic experience, highlight disparities in the learning experience for marginalized students, and...

An intimate and cosy episode about your very own Stories from the Hart podcasters, Claire, Jerico and Sheilah, who are meeting for the first time, in-person, to introduce themselves to each other and you, our listeners. They talk about how they got into podcasting, what podcasts they listen to, and what they are passionate about. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep2

Claire interviews U of T students Joe and Adil about their unconventional pathways to university, and what they've learned about education, life, and themselves along the way. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/s2ep1

Claire introduces the "Our Pandemic Playlist" podcast series, and calls on U of T students to submit stories and songs.

The Hip Hop Education team brings the man in background in front of the mic on this week’s episode featuring behind the boards legend David Strickland. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/twmr55

Come join our last producers’ roundtable of the season as we look back on this past year of collaborating together and daydream about what comes next. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/twm54

Sabrina Brathwaite revisits tape that she collected while attending a conference in South Africa exploring mental health on global campuses. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/twmr53

Rebekah ponders what it would be like to leave voicemails for her dog Dede who consistently fails to pick up the phone. Transcript URL: https://harthouse.ca/stories/podcast/twmr52