This is VANCOLOUR
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
Latest episodes
Jul 25, 2022 • 1h 5min
#169 - David Eby (BC NDP)
David Eby is the outgoing Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing in British Columbia. He is currently running to be the next leader of the B.C. NDP and the next Premier of B.C.David Eby was featured on This is VANCOLOUR on Episode #56 and Episode #129.
Jul 19, 2022 • 41min
#168 - John Cullen (Blocked Party)
John Cullen is a Vancouver-based comic and curling commentator whose comedy albums “Most Likely To Be a Comedian” (2017) and "Long Stories for No Reason" (2020) topped iTunes charts and are available on Apple Music and Spotify. He has appeared at the Just For Laughs comedy festival and the Halifax Comedy Festival. He is also a contributor to CBC’s The Debaters. His latest album “Long Stories for No Reason” is slated for release in Fall 2020. He hosts two podcasts “Blocked Party” with Stefan Heck and “The P.O.D.Kast” with Bryan Quinby. John was also featured on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode #90 and Episode #37.
Jul 18, 2022 • 45min
#167 - Fiona Forbes
Fiona Forbes is a Leo Award-winning Canadian media personality and broadcaster. She previously appeared on This is VANCOLOUR on Episode #83.
Jul 4, 2022 • 35min
#166 - Kyle O'Reilly (AEW - All Elite Wrestling)
Hailing from Delta, B.C., Kyle O'Reilly is a professional wrestler for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Over the course of his career, he has competed in Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and WWE (NXT) winning various championships.
Jul 4, 2022 • 57min
#165 - Sam Cooper (Global News)
Sam Cooper is an award-winning and influential investigative journalist for Global News. His critically-acclaimed book “Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons, and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West” just printed its second edition in 2022.Sam Cooper previously appeared on This is VANCOLOUR on Episode #127 and Episode #142.
Jun 28, 2022 • 1h 21min
#164 - Garth Mullins (Crackdown Podcast)
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.He first appeared on This is VANCOLOUR on Episode #117 (March 22, 2021), which is re-uploaded in this episode.
Jun 27, 2022 • 51min
#163 - Jen St. Denis (The Tyee)
Jen St. Denis is a Vancouver-based journalist for The Tyee, covering housing and city issues with a focus on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. 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 Episode #108 (January 11, 2021).
Jun 27, 2022 • 2min
Cullen Commentary: Money Laundering in BC
“Cullen Commentary: Money Laundering in B.C.”A MOment on This is VANCOLOUR Sundays at 7pm on CHEK News
Jun 21, 2022 • 46min
#162 - Adam Olsen (BC Green Party)
Adam Olsen is the BC Green Party MLA for Saanich North and the Islands.
Jun 20, 2022 • 53min
#161 - JJ McCullough
JJ McCullough is a Canadian political commentator, professional YouTuber, and columnist for The Washington Post.
