Nelson and Andrea from the News Collective joined Andre Goulet from Unrigged at Casa Del Popolo on Sunday June 21st during the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival to talk about the goings-on that provide the political backbone that holds up this legendary Montreal experimental music festival, now in its 26th year. They were joined by Rosie Long Decter (Maisonneuve/New Feeling), Nik Barry-Shaw (Council of Canadians), Ole Hendrickson and Conor Curtis (Sierra Club Canada), independent journalist Rachel Gilmore, and tech writer Paris Marx (Tech Won’t Save Us).

Nelson and Andrea from the News Collective joined Andre Goulet from Unrigged at Casa Del Popolo on Sunday June 21st during the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival to talk about the goings-on that provide the political backbone that holds up this legendary Montreal experimental music festival, now in its 26th year. They were joined by Stefan Christoff (Free City Radio), Kalden Dhatsenpa from CUTV, Katia Lo Innes from the Breach, Savannah Stewart from The Rover, and Niall Ricardo, the federal NDP president.

Alex Apostolidis (iWant2BeOnTV, Criminal Trap, Durex) does a Suoni Per Il Popolo Montreal Session – reviewing Suoni past, present, and future – taking calls and some personal picks in the lead up to “The Spelling Bee Of The Century” on Friday, June 26th, 2026.

Kiva Stimac, Artistic Director, and CKUT fav Alexis O’Hara joined us live in studio for the second of four Suoni takeovers to talk about this year’s 26th edition of this legendary experimental music festival, happening from June 16-28 this year on the Plateau. This episode featured a chat with members of the Smash the Patriarchy! show and a live performance by Jahsun & Engone Endong.

Kiva Stimac, Artistic Director, and CKUT fav Alexis O’Hara joined us live in studio for the first of four Suoni takeovers to talk about this year’s 26th edition of this legendary experimental music festival, happening from June 16-28 this year on the Plateau.

The whole cast of The Teachings made it to CKUT’s studios with their kids in tow to do an extra special live episode for our 2026 Funding Drive and beautiful chaos ensued.

A special broadcast by Samaa Elibyari and Amir, featuring Mitchell Plitnick (ReThinking Foreign Policy, Jewish Voice for Peace), Abdallah El-Arian (Georgetown University, Qatar), Yves Engler (Montreal activist), with sounds from Montreal downtown anti-war protest, compiled by Amir.

In this segment, we continue the conversation with Sage from the previous week. We talk about what the current picture looks like in terms of (lack of) spaces for expression and conversation, (lack of) representation and adaptability in mental and physical healthcare, and (lack of) representation in academia and research. We then look towards the future in terms of what we’d like to see changed and give our listeners calls to action on how to take part in the change we’d like to see.