The Secret Life of Canada is a history podcast about the country you know and the stories you don't.
Here are a few episodes that deal specifically with the Blackness in Canada.
"Tune into this political podcast. Sandy and Nora Talk Politics is an experiment. Can radical politics be explained in digestible, engaging pieces?"
Below are a few episodes where Sandy and Nora discuss defunding the police and white supremacy.
Episode 99 – The economy is code for white supremacy
Episode 103 – abolish the police
Episode 104 – no police? No problem
Episode 105 – if white is a verb, Canadian media keeps whiting
The Globe and Mail's 2016 podcast series about race in Canada.
Still Processing comes from Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris through The New York Times. They discuss popular culture, sometimes with guests, with an intelligent and authentic approach.
A CBC politics podcast featuring the commentary of Rosemary Barton and Elamin Abdelmahmoud. Usually the two hosts discuss what the government's been up to lately and dig into one or two moments from the past week. These three episodes primarily focus on Black Lives Matter and anti-Black racism, though several episodes not listed also touch on the topic.
Exploring the Black diaspora, Hana Baba and Leila Day host this podcast of conversations and stories. They discuss what being Black means and how people dialog about Blackness.
1619 is an audio series from The Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery.
Radio Canada International has produced a series of vignettes spotlighting some of the black Canadians that have marked the country’s past, as well as those that are marking Canada’s present.
Equal Justice Initiative has documented the lynchings of over 4,000 African Americans between 1877 and 1950. In this series, hear how this era of racial terror lynchings continues to shape America to this day.
Witness Black History is a BBC podcast which offers interviews with people who were there at key moments in black and civil rights history.
Below are the three most recent episodes.
Ty Harper hosts this 4-part (plus a prologue and epilogue) series exploring the evolution and history of gender dynamics, hip-hop, Black culture, and R&B by dissecting important moments in Drake's career.
Elamin Abdelmahmoud hosts another podcast, this time focusing on big moments in pop culture. With a long list of informative guests, they dig into what's hot in pop culture, sharing opinions and laughs, but sometimes that entails touching on more serious topics.
"What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story".
Please find the three most recent episodes below.
"What Matters" combines documentary narrative with interviews to illuminate specific, timely issues, aiming to create safe dialogue to promote freedom, justice, and collective liberation."
Find the three most recent episodes below.
Reni Eddo-Lodge takes the topics she discussed in her book Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race further through a look at the history of anti-racist activism and how history has brought us to today's politics.
From the CBC, two friends (Isabelle Racicot and Martine St-Victor) discuss sports, media, and pop culture with guests through a Black Lives Matter lens.