Hot Docs Podcast Festival

With:
• Garvia Bailey, award-winning journalist and co-founder of Media Girlfriends
• Nana aba Duncan, Media Girlfriends co-founder, Associate prof, Carty Chair of Journalism, Diversity and Inclusion Studies at Carleton University’s School of Journalism
• Hannah Sung, award-winning journalist and co-founder of Media Girlfriends
 • With special guest panelist Christabel Nsiah-Buadi, Lead, Sound Up: Behind the Mic (Spotify) and founder of The Cipher newsletter, which amplifies podcasts and audio creatives from Africa and its diaspora. 

With:
• Lydia Polgreen, Managing Director, Gimlet Media
• Connie Walker, Investigative reporter, host of Gimlet Media’s Stolen, previously: Finding Cleo (CBC)

With: 
• Julien Christian Lutz, aka Director X, filmmaker, music video director and Co-Founder/Managing Partner of Fela, new age production company creating globally celebrated content.
• Taj Critchlow, talent manager, producer, creative consultant and Co-Founder/Managing Partner of Fela.
• Jordan Sowunmi (Moderator), Lead, Music Editorial and Content Strategy at TikTok, co-founder of Boosie Fade and the podcast, Catch Up.

With:
• Chris Oke, Senior Producer CBC Podcasts
• Ilina Ghosh, Producer, CBC Podcasts

With:
• Fatima Syed, host, Canadaland’s The Backbench
• Jonathan Goldsbie, co-host of Wag the Doug podcast and editor at Canadaland
• Tiffany Lam, producer, Canadaland
• Kieran Oudshoorn (Moderator), Managing Editor of Podcasts, Canadaland

With:
• Tiffany Ashitey, Director of Partnerships, Acast USA 
• Trace Gaynor, Associate Partner Manager, Acast USA
• Becky Celestina, Partner Manager, Acast USA
• Sophia LePage, Associate Partner Manager, Acast Canada

With:
• Nick Estes, a journalist, historian, and host of The Red Nation Podcast. He is a citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
• Falen Johnson, award-winning playwright and co-host of CBC’s The Secret Life of Canada. She is Mohawk and Tuscarora (Bear Clan) from Six Nations Grand River Territory
• Ryan McMahon, award-winning Anishinaabe podcaster, journalist, and writer, and host of the Red Man Laughing and Thunder Bay podcasts
• Dr. Pam Palmater, a Mi’kmaw laywer, professor, and activist, and host of Warrior Life and Warrior Life Kids podcasts
• Narisa Ladak (Moderator), Creator Network Director, Acast Canada

With:
• Greg Brown, co-creator of AsapSCIENCE, co-host of Sidenote podcast
• Mitch Moffit, co-creator of AsapSCIENCE, co-host of Sidenote podcast
• Heather Gordon (Moderator), Managing Director of Acast Canada

With:
• Ira Madison III, television writer, host of Crooked Media’s Keep It!, former critic at The Daily Beast and GQ Magazine
• Vanessa Zoltan, CEO and Founder of Not Sorry Productions, host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Text
• Amil Niazi, showrunner, CBC’s Pop Chat

With:
• Marshall Lewy, Chief Content Officer at Wondery, overseeing Wondery and Amazon Originals
• Lindsay Michael, Manager of Podcasts for Amazon Music Canada
• Declan Moore, Head of International at Wondery

With Ngofeen Mputubwele, producer for The New Yorker Radio Hour and host of the Duolingo podcast.

With:
• Alix Spiegel, senior producer for This American Life, former host of Invisibilia
• Chris Berube (moderator), producer, 99% Invisible

With: 
• Eric Eddings, co-host of For Colored Nerds, Director of Lifestyle Podcasting at Stitcher/SiriusXM, and the former co-host of The Nod (Gimlet)
• Brittany Luse, journalist, podcast host, and cultural critic who’s writing has appeared in Vulture, Refinery29, Harper’s Bazaar. She is the co-host of For Colored Nerds and former co-host of The Nod.