Canadian Women's Foundation
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Feminist conversations with practical moral weight.
Alright, Now What? centers long, reflective conversations with advocates, educators, athletes, journalists, and people with lived experience. Its episodes move from personal history toward practical questions about safety, justice, leadership, and power.
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Alright, Now What? is a feminist interview series built around the movement from awareness to action. It sounds patient. Episodes give guests the space to connect memory, work, and social analysis without rushing them toward a tidy lesson. A survivor of long-term intimate partner violence reflects on isolation, family response, language, and what support can mean when someone is finally ready to leave. That conversation is grave and grounded. Other episodes widen the frame through anti-racism education, women’s sport, climate leadership, Indigenous storytelling, anti-poverty organizing, and culturally responsive support for women and gender-diverse people. The show’s best moments often come when a guest explains how a public issue first became personal. Then the conversation turns outward. Selam Debs speaks about equity, backlash, rest, and the need to examine racism and bias with a critical lens. Olivia Ho considers sport as a place where confidence, access, storytelling, and accountability all matter. Diana Fox Carney brings climate, economic decision-making, leadership, and social impact into the same room. Farkhunda Muhtaj connects soccer, resettlement, advocacy, and the power of role models for girls and young people. Esther Enyolu’s episode foregrounds intersectional, anti-racist, feminist support shaped by lived experience and frontline work. Angela Sterritt’s conversation treats storytelling as a matter of power, compassion, accountability, and colonial violence. Paul Taylor brings values-based leadership down to resources, community, and collective action. The series is not detached. It is also not sentimental. Its editorial strength is the way it holds personal pain and structural critique together, then asks what listeners, institutions, and communities owe one another next.
Made for: For listeners drawn to feminist leadership, survivor advocacy, anti-racism, community care, and social justice work told through reflective interviews. It suits people who prefer nuance and lived experience over fast opinion.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by letting guests build long arcs from personal experience to public responsibility. It keeps systemic issues close to real choices: how to respond, how to lead, how to share power, and how to support people without reducing them to a cause.
Gender equality and justice, where we live, work, learn, and play is the goal, and it makes life better for everyone. Our podcast, Alright, Now What?, remains a space where we ask How do we move from awareness to action?, but this season we’re also Shifting the Story. Through powerful storytelling, expert interviews, and bold conversations, we’ll highlight community-based solutions, uncover systemic barriers, and explore what true equity can look like, especially for those who are too often silenced or overlooked.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It makes gender justice concrete by tracing how power, support, and accountability operate in everyday decisions and public institutions.
Alright, Now What? keeps asking what action looks like after a principle has been stated. Interviews led by Canadian Women's Foundation presenters connect gender justice to places where power becomes tangible, including the soccer pitch, climate decision-making, the workplace,…
A soccer pitch becomes a classroom in what solidarity costs when inspiration turns into resettlement work.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A survivor-centered conversation that turns painful experience into plainspoken guidance on how to respond.
Bernadette's account gives the conversation its weight. It does not linger on harm for its own sake; it follows how emotional, verbal, and physical abuse shaped daily life, then turns to the harder work of answering someone who has finally spoken up.
A direct episode that links lived experience, rest, and anti-racist action.
The episode moves cleanly from equity as an idea to equity as practice, with Salam Debs tying her experience as a Black Ethiopian woman in Canada to anti-racism and anti-oppression work.
A clear look at sport as belonging, confidence, and whether support is real.
Olivia Ho and Rachel Leslie treat sport as a question of belonging. The discussion returns to what it means to be one of the only girls on the field, then follows that experience into programs that help young women feel safe, empowered, and seen.
A thoughtful climate and equity conversation that links leadership to the systems people actually live inside.
Diana Fox Carney brings a grounded, international perspective to leadership, climate action, and economic justice, drawing on work across Africa, the UK, and Canada.
A grounded story about soccer, refugee roots, and choosing service over convenience.
This episode traces Furkana Moutaj from her family's refugee roots into work shaped by leadership, advocacy, and responsibility. Soccer is not background noise here; it opens onto community and purpose, and that leads into support for girls, families, and refugee communities.
Feminist activist profiles, a Sex and the City rewatch, and book club talk in one feed.
Ira Glass frames weekly theme-driven segments spanning family secrets to Portland's protest conflict.
Shankar Vedantam unpacks the psychology behind relationships, careers, and money through researcher interviews.
David McRaney interviews researchers on cognitive bias, motivated reasoning, and why minds change.
Ryan Holiday pairs daily Stoic lessons with long-form guest conversations at his Texas bookstore.
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
This episode of 'Alright, Now What?' presents a rerun from the 'Signal for Help' podcast, produced with the Canadian Women's Foundation, in which Bernadette — a survivor of 30 years of intimate partner violence — describes her experience and her current work as a court support services coordinator at Alice House in Nova Scotia.
Rachel Leslie of the Canadian Women’s Foundation speaks with Selam Debs, an anti-racism educator, anti-oppression coach, and one of four winners of the 2026 Feminist Creator Prize.
Rachel Leslie speaks with Olivia Ho, founder of The Give and Grow and one of four winners of the 2026 Feminist Creator Prize.
Mitzi Hunter welcomes Diana Fox Carney for a special Season 8 conversation.
Furkana Moutaj reflects on how her family’s refugee roots shaped her sense of purpose.
This episode features an interview with Esther Enyolu discussing how her experiences as an immigrant woman and frontline work inform intersectional, anti-racist, and feminist approaches to supporting women and gender-diverse people through community-led solutions.
Host Shagani Hampram interviews journalist Angela Starrett about Indigenous storytelling, colonial violence, and the path to equity.
This episode features an interview with Paul Taylor, an anti-poverty activist and social justice leader, discussing values-driven leadership, equity, and collective action for meaningful change.
This episode explores economic abuse and financial safety for survivors, featuring an interview with advocate Mezzi.
This episode explores grassroots care and reconnecting with self and community through an interview with an Indigenous wellness practitioner.
An interview with empowerment speaker Michelle Osborne about feminist entrepreneurship, authenticity, and community.
This episode features journalist Jana Pruden discussing gender-based violence and the justice system, emphasizing ethical storytelling and actionable steps for change.
This episode features an interview with Blessed Brooks, founder of Canada's first yoni spa, discussing her entrepreneurial journey, challenges faced by feminist entrepreneurs, and how to stay rooted in purpose.
This episode features an interview with Jenn Harper of Cheekbone Beauty, discussing Indigenous entrepreneurship and her role as a gender equality changemaker.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender equality and justice with Jenna Barnable, a multiply disabled feminist inclusion advocate.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender equality and justice with guests, exploring systemic barriers and community-based solutions in Canada.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender equality and justice with Alicia Torrey, exploring changemaker types and the need for ongoing action beyond awareness.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender equality and justice with expert Alex Favreau, focusing on gender-based violence and systemic barriers.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender equality and gender-based violence with a guest, focusing on moving from awareness to action.
This episode discusses gender digital harm and the work of the Canadian Women's Foundation with guest Susie Dunn.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender equality and justice with Monica Bankiri, exploring how to move from awareness to action.
Host Andrea Gunraj discusses gender-based violence and systemic barriers with Dr.
This episode features an interview with Hilary LeBlanc, a winner of the Canadian Women's Foundation's Feminist Creator Prize, discussing her work in sharing stories from marginalized communities and promoting gender equality in Canada.
This episode explores the connection between power over land and bodies, and discusses feminist climate action in Canada.
This episode examines how the model minority myth impacts women and gender justice, featuring journalist Prachi Gupta.
This episode features speakers from the Walrus Talks on gender-based violence, exploring solutions and allyship to end abuse.
This episode features speakers from the Walrus Talks on gender-based violence, exploring allyship and solutions to end abuse.
This episode explores the prevalence of gender-based hate and abuse online and discusses strategies for prevention and action.
This episode explores the experiences of Black women and gender diverse people in digital spaces, focusing on online hate, harassment, and systemic racism.
This episode explores digital hate and harassment faced by women and gender-diverse content creators, discussing systemic roots and strategies for change.