What Should We Call This?

A daughter gathers the fragments of Partition stories shaped by silence, survival, and the long shadows of Mountbatten, Radcliffe, and Gandhi. In “Memory Keeper” an Episode of  Memoirs of A Lost Home , Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj sits with her father to uncover the untold truths of the day his family was forced to flee for their lives.

In this episode, we pull up a chair and settle in with the remarkable Maya Bruck — designer, thinker, and someone who has thought more carefully about the meaning of home than almost anyone we know. We wander through unexpected territory together: the sudden vertigo of letting go of homeownership, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air plot twists in real life, the Japanese philosophy of Shinto, and what archite...

“Phone Calls and Motherhood” explores life on a First Nations reserve, and how that experience influenced one mother’s decision to move to the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In this episode, Jennifer B.S. Williams uncovers her mother’s story, and reflects on how it is shaped by cultural identity and the concept of home.

Ever wonder what more there is to yoga beyond downward facing dogs, headstands, and Namastes? Well, you’re in the right place! Join me, Roshni Riar, host of “Restorative Remedies,” where we do deep dives into yoga history, uncovering the true roots of yoga, while bringing in South Asian perspectives, voices, and lenses to the conversation. In our first episode, “A Severed Limb,” we talk about what...

Stories of place and identity can carry knowledge across generations. From Haida mythology comes a transformation story about how the Trickster, Raven, seeing a world without light, hatches a daring plan. Introduced by Shae-Lynn Pearson, and discussed with Kennedy Jones, from Skidegate, in Haida Gwaii.

 Imagination, something that somehow gets buried under the weight of being an adult. In this episode, I move from childhood games on bedroom floors to rolling dice at a D&D table, exploring how play, writing, and work shape the way we tell stories and picture the world, and how that connects to who we are. Through a few conversations and some wandering curiosity, the episode circles the questi...

What is it about the horrifying, often grotesque, settings of survival horror games that I find so intriguing? This was the motivating question behind my foray into the frightening. Join me as I discuss the environmental storytelling of popular horror video games with three guests new to the genre. Together, we experience the settings of Silent Hill f, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and Silent Hill 2...

On the weekend of May 24, 1986, a birthday party on Fleming Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland, took an unexpected turn when a police raid led to multiple arrests -- an event later dubbed, tongue firmly in cheek, “The Fleming Street Massacre". Hosted by Robbie Thomas, an influential figure in the local arts community whose legacy still lingers, the story of the gathering has since drifted int...

Escaping the Alt Right is a fictionalized conversation based on my true story. Everyone wishes they could talk to their teenage self and set them straight, but what if your teenage self was part of one of the earliest waves of modern Facism? In this conversation between past and present, we will look at what recovering from dangerous ideals really looks like, and while this may begin as an intervi...

Hello Again is a three-person monologue about the whirlwinds of grief and every complicated feeling surrounding it. It's here to be with you; to laugh, to cry, to remember. This podcast episode aims to give a voice to grief, even though nothing will ever properly encapsulate it. My friends, Claire and Kennedy, join me in telling stories about our grandparents. In bits and pieces, as best they...

"Across Seas, Tortilla" is for anyone who's ever had to prove their relationship to a government, navigate immigration paperwork, or spend two years loving someone 8,000 kilometres away. As a Taiwanese-Canadian writer and her Spanish fiancé make a tortilla together, they also revisit the long-distance chapter that almost broke them: the Hollywood strike, the lost visa, the Kafkaesque...

Join host Cory Cardinal as we explore the powerful connection betweenart and identity. Gather your materials and follow soothing, step-by-step guidance to create awork of art that is uniquely your own. Along the way, Cory shares personal anecdotes thatreveal how art invites us to expose the deepest parts of ourselves – and why vulnerability canbe both meaningful and liberating.

"Behind the Counter" is Kevin So's exploration into the convenience store his family runs. Through interviews with his parents, he explores his family's history, their journey of immigration, and how their life experiences influence the foundation of his entire life. Personal anecdotes flesh out the rich living history of the life his parents have lived and the lessons they will...

Welcome to Fashion Killa! A podcast where fashion is fun, feasible & not-so-fast. In this episode, Harman will take you into the closet of a twenty-something outfit connoisseur: Valeska. Not only have Harman and Valeska known each other since they were kids, they have the outfits to prove it. Tune in to listen to part 1 of the series: friendship through the ages. To better support Indigenous y...

“Where’s My Pony Club?” follows Maya in a short exploration with her group of friends as they discuss and try to answer the question as to why alternative spaces seem to draw in a predominantly queer crowd. Listen to conversations revolving around space, belonging, and discovering self within local queer venues in Vancouver!

For John, therapy is a safe place, but sometimes safe places are disguised as something more sinister. This episode of What Should We Call This? is a narrative piece that explores the idea of identity, what it means to express yourself, and what happens when technology tries to do the same. The use of strong language is advised.

"Something's Cooking!" is intended as the first episode of a podcast called Communi-tea. Each episode of Communi-tea would explore a different way that people are building community in a generation that is made to believe community is dead. Through narration, interviews, and a few audio skits, the episode "Something's Cooking!" explores the kitchen as a space for community building in Gen Z cultur...

Tune into Oi In Lin’s fiction piece, “Anecdote Hour,” a local radio talk show in the curious town of Dawnby! Featuring special community announcements, call-ins from the townsfolk, and super fun tunes, get ready to immerse yourself in a world that’s both familiar and strange.

Join Kar-Lai Yuen for a session at the dojo! Get ready to meet her friends the karate punks, find out who they are, what inspired them to step inside the dojo, and what keeps them coming back. Explore this unique place, its many rituals, and how identity and community come together.

In “Campfire Songs,” Hailey Clark has a conversation with pop-rock Vancouver songwriters— Alanna and Brianne Finn-Morris of the band Fionn— by a crackling campfire. In this intimate chat, the twin-sister duo reminisce about their nostalgic music memories, share honest songwriting advice, and tell us about the places that sparked their love of music. The band shares a campfire song from their own r...

Join Mina Han as she discusses the varied nature of depression, the stigma that surrounds it, describes some of its common symptoms… and makes a tasty depression dessert! (If you or someone you know needs help, visit https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm to find a hotline geared to your situation and geographic location)

Greetings, adventures! Fancy an exploration quest through the Griffon’s Nest Tavern and the Irving Academy of Magic, do you? Grab your headphones and dive right in to save UBC from a mysterious time spell! You best be quick; the clock’s ticking. Campus Clock Catastrophe is an interactive fantasy fiction podplay piece inspired by Dungeons and Dragons. This episode by Michelle Bettauer focuses on a...

 In this episode, Salem Farmer explores the world of autistic representation in media using Netflix's show "Heartbreak High" as a blueprint for positive representation.

Listen in as two UBC creative writing students, Audrey and Lester, workshop a short fiction piece — with only a minimal amount of buffoonery. (By Audrey Wahking) Follow along and read the full piece here: https://tinyurl.com/DeathToYourDarlingsExcerpt

“Food for the Soul” is an episode created for the UBC Creative Writing student podcast by Kaitlyn Luk Cheng, who says, "Coming from a culture where eating is embedded in bringing people together, I wanted my interviewees to reflect on that aspect and see how it filtered into other aspects of their lives." In this episode, we explore how the Filipino culture has been brought to Canada, ac...