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This is VANCOLOUR

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This is Vancouver’s bona fide culture and politics podcast. Hosted by Mo Amir, parse through the relevant issues with the city’s most colourful personalities. With its heart on its sleeve and caution thrown to the wind, this is a podcast that is provocative, informative, and sometimes emotional. This is VANCOLOUR

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Nov 6, 2026

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#120 - Sophie Lui | 呂婉謀 (Global News BC) 12.04.2021

Sophie Lui is one of Vancouver's most iconic broadcasters, with over twenty years of experience. She is the co-anchor of the Global BC News Hour since 2015. She is also the co-founder, producer, and host of the travel program, “Get Lost”, which explores international destinations recently hit with war, natural disaster, or political strife and why it is safe - and beneficial - to travel to those p...

#119 - Dan Fumano (The Vancouver Sun / The Province) 05.04.2021

Dan Fumano is a journalist for The Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers, covering municipal affairs in Vancouver. This episode accompanies Episode #118 with City of Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart.

#118 - Kennedy Stewart 29.03.2021

Kennedy Stewart is the Mayor of Vancouver, as elected in October 2018.

#117 - Garth Mullins (Crackdown) 22.03.2021

Garth Mullins is the host and executive producer of Crackdown, a podcast where drug users cover the war on drugs as war correspondents. Garth is a harm-reduction activist, award-winning journalist, writer, broadcaster, and musician.

GYST with Megan Edwards (Fate & Destiny) 15.03.2021

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. Megan and Mo discuss fate and destiny, how their dating lives have flipped, and Mo’s magical odyssey with a Balinese healer coming to fruition over four years after the fact.

#116 - Laurel Collins (NDP) 08.03.2021

Laurel Collins is the federal NDP Member of Parliament for the riding of Victoria, British Columbia as first elected in 2019. She is the NDP Critic for the Environment and Climate Change, in addition to the NDP Deputy Caucus Chair.

#115 - Aaron Gunn 03.03.2021

Aaron Gunn is an independent journalist and commentator whose videos have garnered over 50 million views online. He was a spokesperson for BC Proud and has worked for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation where he became the Executive Director of the Generation Screwed initiative. Aaron and Mo are both celebrating their birthdays (March 3) with the release of this episode.

#114 - Markiel Simpson (BC Community Alliance) 22.02.2021

Markiel Simpson is a member of the steering committee for the BC Community Alliance, a local non-profit organization that is dedicated to dismantling systemic racism. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Vancouver Hub and the Lower Mainland’s representative for the BC NDP’s Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour Committee.

#113 - Ravi Kahlon (BC NDP) 16.02.2021

Ravi Kahlon is a Canadian Olympian and British Columbia Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the BC NDP in the riding of Delta North. Currently, Ravi is the B.C. Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery, and Innovation.

#112 - Colleen Hardwick 08.02.2021

Colleen Hardwick is a Vancouver City Councillor representing the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) party, as first elected in 2018. (Photo Credit: Dan Toulgoet / Glacier Media)

The Dash with David Eby 03.02.2021

This is VANCOLOUR’s Mo Amir crashes “The Dash with David Eby” podcast! For more, you can listen to “The Dash with David Eby” on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher. David Eby is the Attorney General of British Columbia who appeared on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode #56 in November 2019.

#111 - Jason Tetro (Super Awesome Science Show — SASS) 01.02.2021

Jason Tetro is the host of the Super Awesome Science Show (SASS) podcast from Edmonton, Alberta. Jason’s book “The Germ Code” was shortlisted as the Book of the Year by Science Writers and Communicators of Canada. His other book, “The Germ Files”, appeared on the Globe & Mail’s national bestseller list. A regular contributor to Huffington Post Canada and a regular guest on CKNW 980AM Global News,...

GYST with Megan Edwards (New Year's Resolutions) 31.01.2021

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. Megan and Mo discusses lessons around New Year’s Resolutions, including goal setting and toxic positivity. 2021 may be the year they get their sh!t together!

#110 - Katrina Chen (BC NDP) 25.01.2021

Katrina Chen is the Minister of State for Child Care in British Columbia since 2017. First elected as a B.C. Member of the Legislative Assembly in 2017, Minister Chen represents the BC NDP in the riding of Burnaby-Lougheed. She was also a school trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education and for over a decade, she worked in provincial and federal constituency offices. Her father was a City Councill...

#109 - Amanda Watson (The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety) 18.01.2021

Dr. Amanda Watson is a lecturer of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Her research interests include reproduction, media representations of maternal labour, the politics of family, and the formation of self and identity in Western culture. Her first book, The Juggling Mother: Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety, is available now.

#108 - Jen St. Denis (The Tyee) 11.01.2021

Jen St. Denis is a Vancouver-based journalist covering the Downtown Eastside for The Tyee. Throughout her career, she has also covered housing, economics, business and politics. Her work has appeared in Star Vancouver, The Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Business in Vancouver, The Vancouver Courier, and CTV News Vancouver. She was previously featured on This is VANCOLOUR in a Colourful Call segment i...

#107 - Brittlestar (Stewart Reynolds) 04.01.2021

Brittlestar (or, Stewart Reynolds) is a Canadian social media celebrity and artist whose content has generated 500-million views across Vine, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Hailing from Stratford, Ontario, he is known as the Internet’s Favourite Dad.

GYST with Megan Edwards (Negative Feedback) 28.12.2020

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. As bonafide Vancouver D-Listers, Megan Edwards (Virgin Radio) and Mo Amir (CKNW, Vancouver is Awesome) discuss what they’ve learned about receiving negative feedback online.

#106 - Tamara Taggart 21.12.2020

Tamara Taggart is an award-winning Canadian broadcasting icon and community leader. She has volunteered thousands of hours in the community, sat on the boards for several non-profit organizations, and advocated for the well-being of children and people with disabilities. She once co-hosted Live! With Regis and Kelly. She’s well-known for her time as a popular news anchor at CTV. She is also the ho...

#105 - Bowinn Ma (BC NDP) 14.12.2020

Bowinn Ma is the twice-elected BC NDP British Columbia Member of Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. In November 2020, she was appointed the BC Minister of State for Infrastructure. Bowinn was first featured on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode #77.

#104 - Joanna Chiu (Toronto Star) 07.12.2020

Joanna Chiu is the world famous, Vancouver-based National Correspondent for the Toronto Star focused on Canada-China relations and current affairs. She was the Beijing-based correspondent for Agence France Presse (AFP), the world’s oldest news agency and the China and Mongolia correspondent for the top German news agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). In Hong Kong, she reported for the South Chin...

#103 - Teresa Campbell (La Lupa Via) 30.11.2020

Teresa Campbell is a full-spectrum doula (including her work as a death doula and grief guide) for over twenty-five years with a focus on birth, death, loss, and trauma. An activist, celebrant, and director of yoga and doula teacher trainings locally and internationally, hosting workshops, ceremonies, retreats and mentorships through La Lupa Via. She first appeared on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode...

GYST with Megan Edwards (Dating in the Pandemic) 25.11.2020

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. It was bound to happen! As two alumni of First Dates Canada, we finally get to dish on dating, particularly dating during a pandemic. We share our personal experiences and dish on a few friends too!

#102 - Amy Chan (Renew Breakup Bootcamp) 23.11.2020

Amy Chan is the founder (and Chief Heart Hacker) of Renew Breakup Bootcamp, a retreat that takes a scientific and spiritual approach to dating and relationships. She is also the the Editor-in-Chief of Heart Hackers Club, an online magazine that focuses on the psychology behind love, lust, and desire. A modern-day Carrie Bradshaw, Amy has been featured on Good Morning America, Vogue, Glamour, Night...

#101 - Neetu Garcha (Global News BC) 16.11.2020

Neetu Garcha is the current news anchor for Global BC Morning News. She is a multimedia journalist who has been with Global News since 2013 across several desks in the Okanagan to Vancouver Island to Metro Vancouver. She is also the 2008 Miss Penticton.

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