What do two of Canada’s best known political podcasters have to say about the state of the world today?

Come find out by attending a LIVE podcast recording of Sandy and Nora Talk Politics. Through a mix of playful banter and incisive political analysis, Sandy and Nora take apart current events and shine a light on avenues for a better future. What’s more: the event will also feature live performances by internationally-renowned pianist John Kameel Farah!

Confused about the state of the world? Unsure where you should put your energy to make the change you yearn for? Come, spend the night, be inspired and leave with a renewed mission to fight for social change.

 ASL interpretation will be provided for this event.

        Childcare will be provided for this event. Please use this REGISTRATION FORM.

Sandy & Nora

Sandy and Nora Talk Politics is one of Canada’s premier news analysis podcasts. With more than 8000 listeners per weekly episode, Sandy and Nora have helped to influence how Canadians look at politics, society, the economy and social movements.

Sandy Hudson is co-editor of the bestselling anthology Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada (2020). Her writing can be found in The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, Maclean’s Magazine, The Huffington Post, Now Magazine, and FLARE Magazine.

Nora Loreto is the author of Take Back the Fight: Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age (2020), and From Demonized to Organized, Building the New Union Movement (2013) and is the editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media.

John Kameel Farah

John Kameel Farah is a Palestinian-Canadian composer and pianist whose work embraces aspects of Baroque and Early music, Improvisation, Middle-Eastern music and forms of Electronic music. He studied composition and piano at the University of Toronto, where he received the Glenn Gould Composition Award twice during his studies. In 2010, he became a member of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble, the oldest continuously active live-electronic performing group in the world. In Berlin, he frequently works with the Oriel String Quartet and the early vocal ensemble Vox Nostra. In 2016, he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for sound design/composition for his work with Peggy Baker Dance Projects. In 2023, he was invited as guest artist to perform with the iconic electronic band Tangerine Dream in Toronto.