Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

Olivia Rodrigo’s third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, begins with a love story, and ends with a break up. Music critics Melissa Vincent and Niko Stratis join guest host Amil Niazi to dig into the new record, which includes a rare feature from The Cure’s Robert Smith.

Plus, Elamin is joined by culture critic and publicist Dalton Higgins to look back on the legacy of Monica Lewis aka ‘The Matriarch of Eglinton West’ and how Monica’s Beauty Supply became a culture hub in Toronto’s Little Jamaica neighbourhood, while making Canadian hip-hop history in the process.

Film critics Radheyan Simonpillai, Adam Nayman and Ashley Ray join Elamin Abdelmahmoud to weigh in on Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi epic, Disclosure Day, RuPaul’s drag action comedy Stop! That! Train!, and the controversy surrounding the Obsession art director who went viral for revealing she made less than $7,000 working the low-budget horror hit, which is expected to make over $250 million at the box office.

This year’s World Cup is the biggest in FIFA history, with 48 countries playing 104 matches across 16 cities. And for the first time ever – it’s being hosted by three countries: Canada, the United States and Mexico. And while this World Cup was supposed to represent a massive show of unity, it has become something else altogether. Soccer fan and Commotion host Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by three people who are part of CBC's World Cup coverage: Shireen Ahmed and John Grant in Toronto and Zameer Karim in Vancouver.

This year’s World Cup is the biggest in FIFA history, with 48 countries playing 104 matches across 16 cities. And for the first time ever – it’s being hosted by three countries: Canada, the United States and Mexico. And while this World Cup was supposed to represent a massive show of unity, it has become something else altogether. Soccer fan and Commotion host Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by three people who are part of CBC's World Cup coverage: Shireen Ahmed and John Grant in Toronto and Zameer Karim in Vancouver.

It's not often you have this kind of Cinderella story in the Canadian book world. Carley Fortune's debut novel came out in 2022. Since then, she's written four more romances and all five are bestsellers. Now her debut novel is a tv series on Prime Video. Romance fans CT Jones and Jessica Sorrentino chat with Elamin Abdelmahmoud about 'Every Year After' and how the setting of Ontario's cottage country is just as important as the love story.

Plus, Anderson .Paak’s debut feature film as a director, K-Pops!, honours both his own Korean heritage and his son’s love for K-pop. The film, starring both him and his son, takes place on the set of a reality show in Seoul where teenage singers are competing to debut as K-pop idols. Khadija Morong, from the YouTube channel K-pop with Khadija, shares all her thoughts on the movie and soundtrack with Commotion host Elamin Abdelmahmoud.