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“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”.

“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir featuring Fiona Forbes! Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. Fiona Forbes is a legendary and award-winning TV host and producer, content creator, storyteller, and media training coach based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Tamara Taggart is an award-winning Canadian broadcasting icon, community leader, and busy working mom. She has volunteered thousands of hours in the community, sat on the boards for several non-profit organizations, and advocated for the well-being of children and people with disabilities. She once co-hosted Live! With Regis and Kelly. She’s well-known for her time as a popular news anchor at CTV. In 2015, she was awarded British Columbia’s highest honour, The Order of British Columbia. She is married to 54-40/Matthew Good Band guitarist, Dave Genn, with whom she has three beautiful children.

Jody Wilson-Raybould (also known by her Kwak’wala name, Puglaas) is the independent Member of Parliament for Vancouver-Granville. A lawyer by profession, she was a provincial Crown prosecutor in Vancouver. She was also the BC Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and a two-term elected Councillor for the We Wai Kai Nation. In 2015, she became the first Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. She was named Canada’s “Newsmaker of the Year” by The Canadian Press.

Andrea Jin is a stand-up comedian based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. She was a contestant on SiriusXM’s Top Comic Competition and she also appeared on Just For Laugh’s Northwest Festival, where she was featured on the Best of the West Compilation album, alongside fellow “This is VANCOLOUR”-alumni Sophie Buddle and Julie Kim. She is also the host and producer of the podcast, “I F****d Up with Andrea Jin”. Her debut comedy album is slated for a 2020 release.