The Elemnt: Recent Episodes
The Elemnt
The Elemnt is all about having conversations with artists, community members and entrepreneurs about the intersections of identity and activism and how it comes together to influence a collective culture. Hosts Taman & Gurjoat keep it real while bringing you the tea.
In anticipation of Sikh Heritage Month, Shamsher Singh from the UK, Navjyot Kaur and Deep Singh from California hop on to talk about why we need to globally advocate for abolition and how the movement is integral to our Sikh identity.
Hailing all the way from Windsor, Brampton's very own fitness coach extraordinaire, Tejnoor Kaur hops with one half of The Elemnt, Taman to talk about body shaming and acceptance in todays world.
A Friend and Educator from NYC, Faizah Khan hops on with us to chat about the idea and concept being gentle with ourselves. How to balance the negative emotions with positive self-talk and patience for our being.
Pearly B joins us to chat about what exactly is sisterhood? How do we work back from generations of trauma and internalized misogyny to create and strengthen bonds between women.
Loveleen Kaur joins us on The Elemnt to talk about the Ford government's continued failed attempts at limiting the spread and what the dangers of covid policing hold especially for black, indigenous and people of colour. We also jump into the topic of advocacy shaming. What does it truly mean?
Behind every movement and revolution are historians and artists documenting them. This week we explore Punjab's history of revolutionary songs with the phenomenal Harjot Ghuman-Matharu!
Maham Sheikh joins us on the elemnt to chat about the importance of mindful meditation, energy and how to not let the patriarchy get us down!
Harman from @brown.journals joins us on the elemnt to talk about the importance of using social media as a tool of activism and organizing. In a world where everything is censored, how do we get the real news out there.
Hosts Taman and Gurjoat sit down with artist and author Noyz to chat about his new book and supporting soundtrack Keep Moving On. We chat about the inspiration behind this book, the process and some of the stories!
Hosts Gurjoat and Taman talk about the racist slander that is being used to describe what is the lack of adequate health response to the Covid Pandemic in Brampton. With cases on the rise, why isn't the government mandating sick days or investing more in health care. Brown Girl Tokes joins the hosts to talk about what it means to be selfish and why as women of colour we need to take ownership of the concept and apply it to our lives.
Manvinder Kaur Gill joins us on The Elemnt to talk about the idea of the Punjabi communities reliance on alcohol addiction as a coping mechanism for trauma. We deep dive into alcoholism and learn about some amazing resources like ASRA: The Punjabi Alcohol Resource that Manvinder co-leads.
Dr. Madhur Anand, an academic and award winning writer joined us over the summer on The Elemnt to talk about her new book, which is a must read. The experience of displacement because of colonization and then settling into another colonial state is something most South Asian immigrants can relate too and how it impacts the future generations is an entire exploration of its own.
Co-director, Steeven Toor, of the award winning film, Uproar, joins us to talk about Bill 21, the process of making the film and the important message of bringing to light the deeply entrenched systemic racism that Quebec so readily denies and how it impacts people of religious minorities.
We sit down with the phenomenal long time Toronto activist Mita Hans to talk about intergenerational trauma and how we carry that with us and how we can start to work through it.
In this first podcasted episode of their show The Elemnt, Taman Atwal and Gurjoat Gill breakdown what they have been doing for the past two years over the radio and what direction they are focusing in on. This episode is the groundwork to what is to come with future shows and podcast specials.
The Elemnt is a platform to delve into deeper conversations on how identity and lived experiences intersect with how we view activism.