Angus and Sal look to give back to the community by getting gifts for the children of Super City….a week after Christmas. How will they accomplish this? Why with time portals of course.
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We are taking a half step back to Pride Rock to revisit the events of the original Lion King but through the eyes of two of our favourite Disney Sidekicks…
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This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and special guest James Hawes (@turrethousepressmtl) break down Stanley Tucci’s 1996 cult classic, Big Night! This iteration of the No Bad Food Food Film Festival gets into the push and pull between food as art and food as business, the immigrant experience and the emotional roller coaster of a particularly busy dinner service.
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This week, Kristina Forest joins us for a conversation about why she writes YA, how she started out, and where she gets her inspiration. We talk about preserving the things she loves in YA while adding the representation the genre needs, some of the books that have inspired her, and what it really means to write a coming of age story.
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In a land before time…
Dinosaurs? Overrated! Okay, maybe not completely because we actually did an incredible episode ranking Dinosaurs years ago…but there’s a whole world of amazing prehistoric creatures beyond the T-Rex. So join Tuong and PAL-eontologists Desiree Connors Warmington, Geoff McBride, and Catherine Ballachey as they journey back in time to an era ruled by some of the most fascinating creatures that roamed the Earth and rank Top 5 Prehistoric Animals.
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This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) talk about the Chickpea (or Garbanzo bean!)- where does this amazingly nutritious legume get its name? How come they’re so good for you? Where do Canadian chickpeas come from? And, of course, what’s the best way to combine chickpeas with mortadella, rice, and celery root?!
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This week is full of new stuff! We have a new host, Eunice Hong, and our first review of an upcoming release! We talk about the role of tropes in comfort reading, what makes an author an “automatic buy,” and how the YA landscape has improved since our highschool days.
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We are back on the Disney Homies train and raring to go to watch our next home video release in our series – the surprisingly good Lion King II: Simba’s Pride. Join us this week as we return to Pride Rock to see some old friends and get introduced to our new young & hopeful protagonist Kiara, while being swooned by the sexiest cartoon lion in all of movies – Kovu.
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This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and special guest David Flamm (@atiredskeleton) explore what makes the food in anime and manga look so delicious, why that matters, and why that’s less of a thing in Western cartoon culture! Also, what happens when cottage cheese, fennel, seafood and soya sauce enter the Random Meal Generator? Surprisingly good things!
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96. A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
This week, we plunge into some magical realism, exploring a world where sirens, merpeople, and gargoyles inhabit Portland. This book feels extremely relevant right now; we talk about the role of fantasy in social commentary, the current protests and police violence in Portland, and the cohesive look Morrow takes at misogynoir through her world building.
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