New series joining the 2025-26 AMI-audio schedule as of Sept. 2, include:

Reflections, Tuesday-Friday at 1 p.m. ET

Hosted by Ramya Amuthan (Kelly & Ramya), Reflections listens in on how we make sense of the world, through conversation and the lens of the lived experience of the disability community, weaving our questions with your stories. Contributors to Reflections include Kelly MacDonald, Grant Hardy, Joeita Gupta, Beth Deer and Nisreen Abdel-Majid. Available as an audio podcast.

Disability Rights, and Wrongs: The David Lepodcast 

In this audio podcast, outspoken disability rights advocate David Lepofsky  and AMI’s Jacob Shymanski welcome guests to discuss the latest in disability rights…and wrongs.

Returning programming on AMI-audio:

Voices of The Walrus, Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday at 8 a.m. ET

Veteran radio broadcaster Roger Ashby takes you into the pages of The Walrus, with a chorus of vibrant voices bringing to life essays and fiction from some of Canada’s best writers. Available as an audio podcast.

My Life in Books with Red Széll, Monday and Thursday at 8 a.m. ET

Join broadcaster Red Széll for My Life in Books with Red Széll, featuring one-on-one interviews with audiobook authors who discuss their life, works and three books that have resonated with them. Available as an audio podcast.

Maclean’s Magazine, Tuesday and Friday at 8 a.m. ET

Anastasia Maclean and Paul Berry present a selection of feature articles from the most recent edition of Maclean’s.

The Guardian Daily, daily at 9 a.m. ET

Hosted by Mike Ross, listen for a selection of feature articles from The Guardian, a British daily newspaper with a distinctly international outlook  focused on politics, economics and environmental issues.

The Globe and Mail Today, daily at 10 a.m. ET

Corinne Van Dusen and Matt Speirs deliver the Canadian news, editorials and business, sports and entertainment stories pulled from the latest edition of The Globe and Mail.

The Washington Post This Week, daily at 11 a.m. ET

Shawn Lavigne and Paul Berry read American news and opinions from the latest edition of The Washington Post.

Double Tap, daily at noon ET

Tune in daily for new episodes of Double Tap for discussions, led by Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, on news, reviews and technology stories of interest  to people who are members of the blind, partially sighted and disability community. Also available as an audio podcast and video podcast on YouTube.

Audiobook Café (formerly AMI Audiobook Review), Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. ET

Host Jacob Shymanski keeps you up to date with the latest audiobook releases and literary news, sharing in-depth conversations with authors, narrators and industry experts. Available as an audio podcast.

Para Sport Nation, Sunday, Monday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m.  ET

Para Sport Nation is where elite competition meets real stories from the  world of Para sport. Hosted by Paralympian Nathan Clement and AMI’s Alex Smyth, each episode dives into the athletes, events, and moments shaping adaptive sport in Canada and beyond. Also available as an audio podcast and video podcast on YouTube.

AMI-tv

Highlights of AMI-tv’s upcoming fall programming include:

September

Our Community returns Thursday, Sept. 4, at 9:30 p.m. ET to AMI-tv and AMI+ 

Celebrating its 10th season on AMI-tv, the Golden Sheaf Award-nominated Our Community highlights the people, places and organizations that have made life more enjoyable for Canadians with a disability. Organizations featured in the 12-episode 10th season include Vancouver’s All Bodies Dance project, Ontario’s WindReach Farm and Saskatchewan’s Prairie Branches.

Desert Racers debuts Friday, Sept. 19, at 9 p.m. ET on AMI-tv

Bruce Cook, the star of AMI’s IndieFEST award-winning By Hook or By Cook, is back with the brand-new six-episode series Desert Racers, exclusively on AMI-tv. Jimmy Diaz, a small-town Baja dreamer, teams up with the paraplegic daredevil to take on the most grueling off-road race in  the world: The Baja 1000. Desert Racers is produced by Render Digital Media. 

October

Game Changers returns Thursday, Oct. 2, at 9 p.m. ET to  AMI-tv and AMI+

Each episode of Game Changers finds Dave Brown in his element, visiting stunning locales while spending the day chatting with notable Canadians. Upcoming guests in the 20-episode, second season include Mary Walsh (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Olympic gold medal-winning  hockey goaltender Sami Jo Small, comedian Courtney Gilmour, Barenaked Ladies’ Kevin Hearn, hockey analyst and internet personality Steve Dangle, Gavin Crawford (Because News) and professional race car driver Marie-Soleil Labelle. Game Changers is produced by FRANK Digital.

November

Got Game returns Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 9 p.m. ET to AMI-tv and AMI+

Hosted by Joshua Ang, the six-episode second season of Got Game explores coming-of-age in a board game café as six youths with disabilities share their stories in a round table discussion while playing inclusive tabletop games, recognizing the individualism of these youth aside from  their disability. Got Game is produced by Mountain Road Productions.

All AMI-tv originals are available post-broadcast on demand at AMI+.

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That call resulted in more than 275 pitches, which publisher Jesse Brown says is “expanding our own concept of what Canadaland can be.”

“We were overwhelmed by the number of amazing concepts we received. The shows we are set to release are the ones that we were most wild about and had to bring into the world,” said Brown, in an announcement from the podcast network.

Four new original series are set to be introduced over the next nine months including:

• Pretendians (premiering May 14), exploring Indigenous identity fraud, co-hosted by Robert Jago and Angel Ellis. 
• A Field Guide to Gay Animals (June 13) looking at sexuality and gender in the animal world, based on the finding that homosexuality has been documented in over 1,500 species. The series is hosted by animal enthusiasts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson.
• The Worst Podcast (Sept. 4), billed as Canadaland’s first celebrity podcast. Hosted by documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig, it invites comedians, pop stars, TikTok influencers, and others to share their worst failures and find some redemption in the telling. 
  
• The Copernic Affair (late 2024) revisits the French court’s pursuit of Lebanese-Canadian sociologist Hassan Diab, convicted in absentia of masterminding the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, despite proclamations he can prove his innocence. The first podcast investigation into the case is hosted by investigative journalists Dana Ballout and Alex Atack.

Canadaland has also secured the English-language premiere of the Prix Italia-winning Radio France podcast Inside Kabul on July 17, the harrowing story of two young women coming of age in the summer of 2021 as the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. As they contemplate their futures, Raha and Marwa exchange and record hundreds of voice notes with French journalist Caroline Gillet.

The network’s returning shows include a new offering of Commons dissecting what it means to be a worker, while canadaLANDBACK returns with stories of Indigenous people rising above their circumstances to positions of wealth, power, and influence. The slate will also see new seasons of The Backbench, CANADALAND, Short Cuts, Détours, and Wag the Doug.

“At a time when most podcast companies are cancelling shows and taking fewer chances, it feels great to bring some incredible new stories to the listeners,” said executive producer Julie Shapiro. “They’re very different from one to the next, but all offer smart, relevant, and innovative storytelling from talented teams that are sure to resonate with audiences in Canada and far beyond.”

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The Washington Post This Week, airing Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. ET, sees veteran AMI narrator Matt Speirs reading “a selection of the most thought-provoking perspectives” published by the newspaper.

Returning reading programs include The Globe and Mail Today (Monday-Friday at 8 a.m. ET) featuring Mike Ross and Corinne Van Dusen delivering news, editorials and business, sports and entertainment stories pulled from the latest edition of the national paper; Maclean’s Magazine (Monday-Friday at 9 a.m. ET) with Anastasia Maclean and Michael Wile; The Guardian Daily (Monday-Friday at 10 a.m. ET), hosted by Hannah Tausz and Laura Kirker, with The Guardian Long Read, diving into long-form pieces, airing at 10 a.m. ET on weekends; and Voices of The Walrus (Monday-Friday at 11 a.m. ET) featuring broadcaster Roger Ashby bringing to life essays, fiction, and poetry from Canadian writers.

Returning AMI-audio podcasts

Available on YouTube, returning AMI-audio podcasts include:

Low Vision Moments: Part story time, part comedy, part awareness-driven, the monthly Low Vision Moments with Jennie Bovard presents funny experiences that happen when you are blind or partially sighted.

Para Sport Update: From coast to coast to coast, host and paralympian Greg Westlake explores Canada’s para sports scene weekly and brings you the latest news from the world of adaptive sport.

Shaun of the Shed: Hosted by Double Tap‘s Shaun Preece from his shed, the monthly Shaun of the Shed gives those new to the world of technology a helping hand with everything from using a screen reader or smart speakers to unboxing and starting up a new computer.

The Pulse: Now entering its seventh season on AMI-audio, host Joeita Gupta leads a weekly in-depth discussion on issues impacting the disability community across Canada.

Tripping On Air: Fashion Dis host Ardra Shephard, along with Alex Hajjar, brings her confessional/informational blog, Tripping On Air, to the podcast airwaves where she speaks frankly about what it’s really like to live with MS.

“I’m very excited about the upcoming year on AMI-audio,” said Andy Frank, Manager, AMI-audio, in a release. “Adding The Washington Post This Week grows and further establishes AMI’s deep roots as a reading service and expanding our podcast library to YouTube has successfully introduced new and existing listeners to the incredible content we offer every day.”

Stream and learn more about AMI-audio programming at AMI.ca.

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