This is VANCOLOUR

Mo calls Farhan Mohamed to find out how the COVID19 crisis is directly affecting him and his family.

Andrew Wilkinson is the Member of the Legislative Assembly in British Columbia representing Vancouver-Quilchena. He is the leader of the BC Liberal Party and currently serves as the leader of the Official Opposition in the BC Legislature.

Mo calls Fiona Forbes on Easter Sunday to ask her why Twitter trolls are calling her a fascist.

***This episode was recorded on March 6, 2020.Dr. Mark Tyndall is a professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health. He led the launch of the MySafe Project, the first biometric opioid dispensing machine in the world, as the latest harm reduction strategy in the ongoing opioids poisoning crisis. A perennial entry on Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 List (#6 in 2019; #7 in 2017), he is former Executive Medical Director of the BC Centre of Disease Control (BCCDC). He was first featured on This is VANCOLOUR in Episode 17.

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir featuring Flipout! Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. Flipout (Philip Cabrita) has been in the entertainment industry for over twenty years, best known for his legendary DJ skills. Amongst many career highlights, he has opened for Jay-Z, deejayed for KRS-One and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan, and performed at We Day. He hosts the 5 O’Clock Traffic Jam weekdays on Virgin Radio 945FM.

This episode of This is VANCOLOUR is lovingly dedicated to Shaheen Zafar (August 7, 1960 - March 11, 2010). 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.

Angela Sterritt is an award-winning journalist for the CBC, writer, artist, keynote speaker and a proud member of the Gitxsan Nation. She is also a reporter for CBC’s The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn. Her online and radio column for the CBC, “Reconcile This”, which explores tensions between Indigenous peoples and institutions in British Columbia led to many policy changes, including changes at the Ministry of Children and Family Development. She is currently completing a book about the missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada that weaves in her own story of surviving violence as an Indigenous girl.

Penny Daflos is an award-winning journalist and reporter for CTV News Vancouver, well known for her storytelling, scoops, and compassionate portrayals of complex news stories. She is also the producer and host of “BTS with CTV Vancouver” - a behind-the-scenes, unfiltered look at the stories behind the stories from the CTV Vancouver newsroom.

Tonye Aganaba is a singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-disciplinary artist whose new album “Something Comfortable” is a devotional endeavour inspired by their battle with multiple sclerosis. The album also serves as the score to “Afroscience”, an immersive performance and workshop series fusing live music, visual art, digital media, and story-telling to encourage a dialogue and action around identity, public health, and expression. Manjot Bains is a writer and creative entrepreneur who is the co-founder of ANARA, a sustainable home and apparel brand, and the co-founder of Jugni Style, a South Asian arts and culture magazine. She is the producer of the Nameless Collective Podcast. She was a former senior program advisor in the Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Sara Bynoe is an actor and writer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. She is best known as the creator/host/producer of “Teen Angst Night”, the first-of-its-kind, alternative comedy show where brave adults have shared their embarrassing teenage poetry, diaries, songs, letters, and much more since 2000. The show garnered national attention, which also led to Sara performing at the Latitude Festival in the UK and the Bumbershoot Festival in the US. She is also the creator and producer of “Say Wha?! Readings of Deliciously Rotten Writing”.