Podcasts about London, Ontario

"This is Almost 107, a Fanshawe College journalism student podcast. Get real." That line comes from a clip about Ontario's pandemic school closures. It also describes all of what London, Ontario plays on this page: a show made by journalism students at Fanshawe College and credited to 106.9 The X journalists. The scene is small. Nothing here covers city hall or the daily news. The show covers junior hockey, fashion and what happened to schooling after March 2020, and its own description says "Nothing is off limits."

What London is

London is a city in southwestern Ontario, on the Thames River between Toronto and Windsor. It takes both its name and its river's name from the English capital. It is one of the province's larger cities and a centre for education and health care, with Western University and Fanshawe College. It is nicknamed the Forest City, and its junior hockey team, the London Knights, plays in the Ontario Hockey League.

Closed schools, junior hockey and fashion's churn

The eLearning piece goes back to March 12, 2020. That day Ontario announced that publicly funded schools would stay shut for two more weeks after March break to limit the spread of COVID-19. The piece recalls students celebrating a break from lectures, studying and exam stress. Then it turns to what it calls "just one little problem": students didn't return to school.

"Journey To The OHL" is the most London-specific of the clips. In it, a London Knights play-by-play host talks about what helps players move up, beyond practice alone. "Fabric of Change" is about clothing. Lexi Saldana explains how fashion's constant reinvention leads to oversaturation and to sustainability problems.

What the titles range over

Almost 107's episode titles cover more ground than its clips. London itself comes up in "London car culture". Graduation gets a question of its own in "Shouldn't People be Happy about Graduation?", and online life appears in "Behind the Screen: What is it like to be a content creator?" and "Are video games becoming too competitive?". Titles such as "The hardest person to love" and "Coming out the Other Side" appear in the same list.

Where to start

• Hockey: Almost 107's "Journey To The OHL", with a London Knights play-by-play host on what moves players up beyond practice.
• Recent Ontario history: Almost 107's "The evolution of eLearning", which goes back to the March 2020 school closures and what followed for students.
• Fashion and sustainability: Almost 107's "Fabric of Change", with Lexi Saldana on oversaturation in an industry that keeps reinventing itself.

The London, Ontario feed on this page plays clips from Almost 107.