In this episode, I Interview Davinder a victim support worker and an outreach liaison at the surrey women's shelter. we discuss at length her childhood back in Punjab including the cultural traditions of that era while also speaking in depth about the core values that she learned from her parents. In addition, she speaks about the experience of immigrating to Canada during the first recent flux of Sikh Punjabi immigrants. Davinder also speak about her career path in social work and the key figures that were inspirations along the way.

On This episode, I get a chance to Interview Oliver who is the other co-owner of 2ND Degree Vintage. Oliver starts off the episode by sharing his childhood in Hawaii where he first encounters the concept of reselling second-hand clothing. we also talk about his ties to his Japanese heritage which he gets from his mother who immigrated to America in her 20s. As the episode progresses we dive deeper into Oliver's time at Uvic while he pursued a pre-med degree in Chem. Finally, He shares the career-altering decision of venturing into Clothes reselling Full time.

In this episode, I Interview Mr. Randhawa who has been Highschool Humanities and social justice teacher in Surrey BC for over a decade. We talk about Mr. Randhawa's Childhood living in Vancouver and about his parents who had a heavy hand in his curiosity for learning. As the conversation progresses we heavily focus on his journey as a Teacher and the things he's learned about the education system and the world throughout those years. Throughout the episode, Mr. Randhawa makes a clear connection between his life experience and the colonialist frameworks of Canada in the education system.

The search for the BEST spring roll begins with sampling spring rolls from 5 restaurants in Victoria and putting them through a rigorous evaluation process.

Restaurants sampled were: Pho Vy, Vietnam House, PhoWisdom, Saigon Char-Broil and Le Petit Saigon.

Connect on a deeper level with the BIPOC musicians featured in this episode. Each BIPOC musician explains the intention behind the creation of their song before you hear the song. This is a unique musical journey that may forever impact how you listen to these songs.
Guests featured in this podcast are:
-Pegah - (soundcloud.com/pegstarr) - "Liberation"
-Niloo - (@loo.ni.tunes) "Funny face"
-Nostic and Nicki (@nosticnicki)- "Kipus", "Extinction", "144, 000"
-Tea Fannie (@iamteafannie), and Miss Benzo (@iammissbenzo) - "Created from hate", "Bamn", "Qings cypher"

5 femme hip hop artists share their experiences dealing with discrimination in the Canadian music industry. Guests for this episode included: Momma Rude Gyal, Tea Fannie, Miss Benzo, Whirlybird and Pegah.

Find the episode guests online at:
Pegah (soundcloud.com/pegstarr)
Momma Rude Gyal (@mamarudegyal)
Tea Fannie (@iamteafannie)
Miss Benzo (@iammissbenzo)
Whirlybird (@whirlybirdrec)

This episode of Full Circle was created from interviews that were done with Artists who were featured in the Pulse Zine. The 2021 edition of the Pulse Zine from the Student's of Colour Collective was an audio project that celebrated 10 different BIPOC artists. Themes such as BIPOC representation in the arts, barriers to accessing the arts and art as a tool for decolonization are examined. Guests featured in this episode are: Camryn Chew, Karissa Chandrakate, Folakemi Olorode, Navjot Jassar, and Jasmine Blenman.

ÍY SȻÁĆEL HÁLE! Good day everyone! This episode is all about local indigenous food sovereignty. Peter Underwood and I have collaborated on this episode. We interviewed elders and community activists from the local communities of W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen. We learn about plants, medicines, clam harvesting, camas harvesting, plant restoration and more!