Late Night Scrolling (Canadian pop culture stories and interviews with ProducerLiz)

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Is the internet in its messy era?

Take a look at the Billboard charts. DENIAL IS A RIVER by Doechii and MESSY by Lola Young are the biggest songs in the world, with lyrics about feeling like a walking contradiction and the plights of growing up in 2025.

It’s hitting different. Even IT-girls like Kylie Jenner, Issa Rae, and Sophia Ritchie are stamping their approval on with lip-syncs, viral dances and open mics.

Maybe we’re finally embracing the truth: behind every meticulously curated Instagram photo dump is a messy life. It’s raw, real, and worth celebrating.

That’s why I fell in love with CBC’s new smash-hit comedy NORTH OF NORTH, starring Anna Lambe (The Grizzlies, True Detective: Night Country) who plays a girl who is every girl:

“Siaja [is] a young Inuk woman who dreams of reinventing herself in her tiny Arctic community of Ice Cove, a town where everybody knows your business. After a spontaneous — and extremely public — exit from her marriage, Siaja finds herself navigating the unpredictable, and often hilarious, highs and lows that come with relationships, motherhood, a new job, and finding your way.”

CBC

A list of Siaja moments that made me go “yeah, that’s me” while watching the first two episodes:

* Trying not to cry parking your car while someone hot is watching

* Scream-singing Alanis Morisette in the car on the way to work

* Driving by your ex’s place to try and get your stuff back after a messy breakup

* Asking your friends if they think you’re a loser (spoiler: they don’t think that, they love you)

This list barely scratches the surface of relatable moments NORTH OF NORTH serves up, but they’re the moments I can give you without spoiling that moment in episode one*.

Enjoy this conversation with Anna Lambe. I’ll see you next time on LATE NIGHT SCROLLING

ProducerLiz

*The shock from THAT MOMENT rewired my brain to only be able to think about that moment for WEEKS after attending the premiere. After you watch, PLEASE come back to the comments and let me know if it shook you to your core, too.

This week on Late Night Scrolling, we catch up on the Canadian television shows ready to binge and add to your watch list, including The White Lotus, Yellowjackets, SNL50 and more. Plus, we eh or nay this week’s trending pop culture stories.

Then I chatted with the cast of Allegiance Season 2 about THAT shocking moment that kicked off the season, streaming now on CBC. You know Enrico Colantoni from English Teacher and Humane, Supinder Wraich from Sort Of and The 410 , and Samer Salem from The Expanse and The Boys. (Interview footage shot by Stef Maqz Creates https://www.instagram.com/stefmaqzcreates/)

PS: I’ve never been so excited to talk about Canadian pop culture with yall. The surprises we have coming your way over the next few months are going to blow. your. minds. I love making this content for yall, and every subscription, share, and paid subscription helps me make this happen — so THANK YOU for all the support, it doesn’t go unnoticed!

Until next time,

ProducerLiz XO

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In 2025, this song is coming back with a vengeance as an example of the thread that connects Canadian pop culture together.

I’m of course, talking about Stuttering by Fefe Dobson.

Is this the best pop song in Canadian history? I certainly think there’s an argument to be made for it. So in this week’s episode, let’s dive into why Stuttering might be the best representation of Canadian pop culture — our relationships with apologies, each other, and our elbows-up energy to the world.

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Welcome back to a special edition episode of Late Night Scrolling!

Canadian Screen Award season is upon us with hundreds of nominations dropping this morning, and I break it all down for you (and have a few breakdowns in the process) in this episode:

* We deep dive into the snubs and heartbreaks, the nominations that made me cry and cheer, and the A-listers who should be booking flights to Toronto (looking at you, Jeremy Strong! You have a shot being nominated without Kieran around!)

* Our friends from now 4x Canadian Screen Award nominated digital show EVERYBODY’S MEG stop by to react to their nominations and talk about Season 2 about to go into production.

* We also talk about importance of supporting mid-budget Canadian projects (SIDELINED, I’m looking at you!) and the recurring patterns of top-nominated shows getting cancelled (Run the Burbs, yall deserved better).

Let me know what nominations you want to hear more about over the coming weeks!

I’ll be back next week to recap JUNOs weekend — make sure you watch the awards this weekend so we can debrief together next week!

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This week on Late Night Scrolling, friend of the pod Max Farber AKA the CEO of Customer Service FARBSY stops by to talk about this week’s pop culture headlines, including:

* The best of the JUNOs, including Peach Pit and bbno$

* The shows taking over our tvs including The Pitt, Severance, The White Lotus and The Studio

* A very CanCon surprise at CinemaCon

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