The Radio FWD Podcast

I sit down with my Best Friend and movie lover Michael Galaid to discuss our picks for the 2026 Oscars. Tell us your picks in the comments below!Radio FWD is University of Toronto, Scarborough’s student-run, not-for-profit Radio Station! You can find our latest events, articles, and studio production on our website: radiofwd.comCheck out what Radio FWD has brewing at all of our socials:WE ARE NOW...

Product Manager and co-host of the Bay Street Video Podcast, Mark Hanson, joins the Radio FWD Podcast to discuss the DTV series classic, Turbulence! We talk at length about Turbulence 1 and 2, what it was like to fly pre 9/11, and what its like working at a video store in the year 2026. Also, could you land a plane with instructions from the control tower?Check out Bay Street Video and their...

Senior Manager of TIFF's Film Reference Library, Natania Sherman, joins the Radio FWD Podcast to discuss the work that goes into archiving the largest and most prestigious film festival in North America, and one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world. We also discuss their favourite artifacts and how TIFF safely stores over 2000 film reels and 35/70mm prints.Check out the...

RANGE Magazine Film Editor Prabhjot Bains and Film Programmer Marc Basque join Shawn Gouralnik and the RadioFWD Podcast to discuss and RANK our favourite films of 2025! We also talk about our favourite Documentaries, how 2025 was as a film year, and more.Check out Prabhjot's work...

Comic artist and film fanatic Nathan Gelgud joins the RadioFWD podcast to discuss his newly released book, Reel Politik, a collection of daily comics about four movie theatre clerks who (try to) start a Revolution. Check out Nathan's new book here:https://drawnandquarterly.com/books/reel-politik/Check out Nathan's work here:https://nathangelgud.com/https://www.instagram.com/gelgud/?hl=en

Hosts of the Toronto-based film podcast Sleazoids, Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller, join the RadioFWD Podcast to revisit their very first episode on Wes Craven's sophomore effort The Hills Have Eyes, talk about how the podcast got its start, and that time Uwe Boll yelled at Josh on Twitter. Check out the Sleazoids podcast here:https://www.sleazoidspodcast.com/Check out Josh's links...

Programmer of the Eyesore Cinema screening series Cillian Me Softly and writer/editor Leslie K. Hatton joins the RadioFWD podcast to discuss one of host Shawn Gouralnik's favourite films of all time, Danny Boyle's sci-fi/horror masterpiece Sunshine. We talk about Microcinemas, Cillian Murphy's beautiful eyes, and what we would've done aboard the Icarus II. Check out Leslie's socials...

DJ/Producer and Video Essay creator RamonPang joins the RadioFWD podcast to discuss Autechre's latest tour, what it's like running a record label, and why Skrillex is owed some apologies. Check out Tabula Rasa records here:https://www.tabularasarecords.com/Check out RamonPang's work here:https://ramonpang.com/https://beacons.ai/ramonpang

RANGE Magazine film editor Prabhjot Bains and RadioFWD Music Manager Zachary Osborn joins the Radio FWD podcast to talk about our time at TIFF 2025. We talk about our favourite films of the festival, memorable moments, and some stinkers to avoid. Check out Prabhjot's work here: https://linktr.ee/prabhjotbainscritic...https://readrange.com/category/film-tv/

Revue Cinema Programmer for Black Belt Cinema, Graphic Designer and Zine editor Brandon Lim joins Radio FWD to discuss the direct-to-video Canuxploitation film Expect No Mercy, shot on our very own UTSC campus. We talk about the film in detail, our love of Scarborough, and how a stunt damaged dozens of windows on campus.You can find Brandon's work at the historical Revue Cinema...