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Killed to DeathShohana Sharmin Sicilia and Dr. McShammonUofT grad student and PhD candidate Louise Farmer (Shohana Sharmin Sicilia) talks about her research in Fisheries and Natural Sciences, and her one lake fact. Along with 80 year old Dr. McShammon, they try to figure out what happened to another researcher, killed in the lab, after working late one night, there. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2023-08-1158 min

My Mum Made Me (mom, relationships)Shohana Sharmin on finding funny in death, coming out to her mum and teaching us how to grieve (mom, relationships)Shohana SharminDeath isn't scary to Shohana. She faced her mum's passing by starting a podcast about grief (Finders Grievers) and an on-stage comedy revue "Dead Parents Society". She is resilient, she is brave and she is a brilliantly witty queer Muslim woman of colour who talks openly and with words of wisdom about her mum's passing six years ago. More about ShohanaShohana Sharmin is a Bangladeshi-Canadian emerging comedian, writer and theatre artist. Born and raised in Bangladesh, Shohana is a proud Muslim queer woman of colour. She is a recipient of the 2020 Queer Emerging Artist Award at Buddies in Bad...2023-05-3049 min

My First Sketch190 Anesti DanelisThis week, Josh talks to Anesti Danelis about Edinburgh Fringe, gaining confidence as a solo act, and pandemic electronic music. Anesti is performing multiple times at Toronto Sketchfest. Starting with the Opening Night Gala Thursday, March 9 at Theatre Centre, starting at 7pm; Saturday, March 11 at Comedy Bar at 7pm along with The Nitro Girls from New York City; and the Shot Live Special at Theatre Centre Tuesday, March 14, at 7pm along with Shohana Sharmin and Gillian Bartolucci. The Shot Live Special will actually stream live, so you can watch it from wherever you are. torontosketchfest.com for all the information...2023-03-0257 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 01. A Manifesto for Healing (with Robbie Ahmed)This week, Shohana sits down with writer and musician Robbie Ahmen to discuss navigating grief, queerness, and a radical manifesto for healing. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Robbie Ahmed: Robbie is a musician and a writer whose work covers topics of immigration, spirituality, trans rights, mental health, and healing. He has played at Toronto’s Storyteller’s Festival, Naked Heart Festival, Pride Toronto, Gladstone hotel, Soulpepper Theatre, Sellers & Newell & Queer Collective Tiny Desk series, California State University & the Handlebar. Robbie has also contrib...2022-03-1743 min

Finders GrieversSeason 2 Launch: A Relatable NightmareWe’re back! A whole new season of Finders Grievers starts today. Catch up on Season 1, and subscribe (and even leave a review if your heart so desires) Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2022-01-2707 min

Break A Wish93 – Best Wishes – FoodWe are joined by Shohana Sharmin and Trevor Campbell to debate “Would you rather never get hungry/can’t starve or never have food taste less than delicious?” Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-11-2924 min

The Liquid Courage PodcastEp. 39 - Shohana SharminIn today’s episode, Amanda sits down over some Red Stripe Jamaican beer with writer and comedian Shohana Sharmin (Finders Grievers, Dead Parents Society) to discuss the pressure to stay relevant, toxic positivity and her podcast Finders Grievers. Shohana is an alumnae of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Emerging Creators Unit and was a receipt of their 2020 Queer Emerging Artists Award. She is also an alumna of the Second City’s Improv and Longform Conservatories and a former Featured Player at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. She is a producer, writer and performer behind the dark sketch comedy revue...2021-11-181h 39

Finders GrieversSeason Finale: A Happy-ish Sad SeasonIt’s the season finale of this happy-ish sad first season of Finders Grievers! We will be back with an all new season in January 2022. Until then, take good care of yourselves and we’ll see you soon. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-10-0806 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 10. Your Second Life (with Mugabi Byenkya)This week, Shohana sits down with writer, poet, and occasional rapper Mugabi Byenkya to discuss lessons in manhood, health insurance, and the unlikely possibility of keeping your loved ones around forever. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Mugabi Byenkya: Mugabi Byenkya is an award-winning writer, poet and occasional rapper. He was born in Nigeria, to Ugandan parents and is currently based in Kampala. Mugabi was longlisted for the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award in 2015. His essays and poetry have been published in The Good Me...2021-09-2343 min

Break A Wish84 – Everyone Is QueerWe sit down with Shohana Sharmin and Trevor Campbell to discuss the wish “I wish everybody was queer” which for some reason means some discussion of RuPaul’s Drag Race is mandatory. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-09-2045 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: When September EndsThis week, we’re talking about… Green Day? Rock on and tune in. 🎧 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findersgrievers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soleahm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-09-1603 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 09. Quantum Grief (with Trevor Poelman)This week, Shohana chats with writer and creator Trevor Poelman to discuss Bible college, sad shopping trips, and finding hope in unlikely places. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Trevor Poelman: Trevor Poelman is a writer, video essay creator, and podcaster. He created the Belief it or Not Podcast in 2018 and started doing video essays on YouTube in 2020. Trevor wrote and directed two critically acclaimed plays at the Toronto Fringe Festival. He also created a couple less well-received web series’. Instagram: @fin...2021-09-0934 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Blank SpaceThis week, we drew a blank. What did we fill it with? Listen to find out. 😶 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findersgrievers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soleahm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-09-0209 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 08. Game Seven (with Guled Abdi)This week, Shohana sits down with writer and comedian Guled Abdi and they chat about Groot vs. Baby Yoda and grieving during a pandemic. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Guled Abdi: Guled Abdi is a comedian, writer and 1/4 of the multi award-winning sketch troupe TallBoyz II Men. He’s performed at OFF-JFL, Montreal Sketchfest and the Toronto Fringe Festival. You can catch Guled on TallBoyz on CBC Gem or at random bars you didn’t know had a comedy show. Insta...2021-08-2637 min

NostalgiqueIncubus (ft. Shohana Sharmin)We’re joined by writer, comedian, and thespian Shohan Sharmin this week to talk about Incubus! We talk about being weird teens, being sent away to boarding school, and why the hell do we all relate to Incubus! Listen to her podcast Finders Grievers which is also on the Sonar Network. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-08-231h 13

What She Said!Inspiring Today's Youth, Kitchen Therapy, Laughter Through Tears, And Job Fortune TellingErica Ehm, the voice of a generation of teens in the 80s joins me to discuss how her new Inside Out Initiative aims to give a voice to the teens of today, with the acadeME Bootcamp that is running from August 30 to September 3rd online, This empowering 5 day bootcamp is an introduction to the academe framework that help teens design the life the way they want to. This week’s for RBC’s She’s the Boss Segment we’re talking to Meg Tucker from Cook with Meg. When Covid struck, Meg brought her years of experience and talents together through...2021-08-2155 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Grief is the CalendarThis week, we’re talking dates dates dates. Not the cute and flirty kind, just the calendar kind. 📅 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findersgrievers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soleahm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-08-1906 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 07. YOLO (with Ayaka Kinugawa)This week, Shohana sits down with musician and comedian Ayaka Kinugawa and they chat about sad Mardi Gras, Drake lyrics, and the meaning of life. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Ayaka Kinugawa: Ayaka is a Japanese musician based in Toronto and is actively involved in the comedy scene. She is a musical director at the Second City Toronto and has toured across the US, including sold out performances at the Kennedy Centre. She also composes music for multiple live and film productions and...2021-08-1254 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Grief TomatoesThis week’s minisode is all about tomatoes. That’s it, that’s the minisode. 🤷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findersgrievers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soleahm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-07-2906 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 06. Cycle of Lives (with David Richman)This week, Shohana sits down with David Richman, author of “Cycle of Lives,” to discuss what he learned about grief and loss while cycling 4700 miles across the US. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About David Richman: David is an author, public speaker, philanthropist, and endurance athlete whose mission is to form more meaningful human connections through storytelling. In his first book, Winning in the Middle of the Pack, he discussed how to get more out of ourselves than ever imagined. With Cycle of Lives...2021-07-2254 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Procrastinators AnonymousThis week’s minisode is for all the procrastinators out there. Don’t worry, this is a safe space. Listen and subscribe! Do it now, not later. Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-07-1505 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 05. Back to the Futile (with Daphney Joseph)This week, Shohana sits down with actor, comedian and writer Daphney Joseph to talk about the struggles of having the world’s best moms: the disciplining, the dating advice, and well… the dying. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Daphney Joseph: Daphney Joseph is bilingual actor, comedian and writer originally from Montréal. She graduated from the Conservatory at the Second City Training Center and joined their EdCo cast while teaching improv workshops in English and French. She’s part of the inaugural Featured P...2021-07-0858 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Dead Pets SocietyThis week’s minisode is NOT about the Robin Williams movie… but you already knew that, right? Listen and subscribe, poets. Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-06-2406 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 04. Dad’s Sweater Weather (with Allana Reoch)This week, Shohana sits down with comedienne and writeress Allana Reoch to discuss the far-reaching impacts of grief – on our careers, our relationships, and most importantly, our closets. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Allana Reoch: Allana Reoch is a comedienne and writeress who has written for CBC Radio, CTV’s The Comedy Network, CBC, and The Second City Mainstage. She is a five-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee, a Canadian Screen Award nominee and winner of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award...2021-06-1856 min

Living HyphenOn GriefThe last year has been one of grieving for a lot of us. Whether we are grieving the loss of anticipated plans or the loss of income, our businesses, our jobs, the loss of touch and intimacy or, ultimately, the loss of our loved ones, the passing of millions of people all around the world with their own complex histories, joys, insecurities, hopes, and dreams, and flaws and everything in between — we dedicate this episode to all the ways and all the things we grieve. Featured in this episode: • Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch is a quee...2021-06-1628 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Hit Pause HereNeed a breath? Take one here. This week’s minisode is all about hitting pause… or wanting to, anyway. Listen, breathe and subscribe. Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Check out Stop Psychoanalyzing Me here: @stoppsychoanalyzingme Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-06-1008 min

Squirrel Talk!Drag Race Down Under | Family Resemblance! w/ Shohana Sharmin!The House Of Lix (Selena Vyle/Hillary Yaas) review the makeover challenge with special guest, Shohana Sharmin of Finders Grievers Podcast! They discuss talking about grief, share coming out stories and Hillary officially invites Shohana into her drag family! Follow along on instagram: @squirreltalkpodcast @findersgrievers Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-06-081h 36

The Bed Post PodcastShohana SharminThis episode, Erin talks to fellow Sonar podcaster Shohana Sharmin from Finders Grievers. They discuss why it's important to keeping talking about taboo topics, learning and growing sexually, and exploring queerness. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/2021-06-0659 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 03. ✨Grief vibes only✨ (with Tawny Platis)This week, Shohana chats about toxic positivity, hyper-specific support groups, and the link between grief and comedy with Tawny Platis, host of the dark comedy podcast “Death is Hilarious.” Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Tawny Platis: Tawny Platis is a voice actor, comedian, and influencer. She also created the Dirty Bits Podcast with her late husband, George. He passed away on November 8, 2019, in their home due to complications associated with a heart condition (hypoplastic right heart syndrome) and a respiratory disease (mycobacterium avium comp...2021-06-0347 min

Finders GrieversMinisode: Mom-mails (mom’s voicemails)It’s another mini-sode! And this one’s all about… voicemails? Umm wow, 1999 called and they’re not finishing this joke. Anyway – listen, enjoy and subscribe! Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-05-2709 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 02. Permission to grieve (with Catherine Hernandez)This week, Shohana sits down with award-winning author and screenwriter Catherine Hernandez to discuss embracing failure, tuning into our #Scorpio senses, and allowing ourselves to grieve. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Catherine Hernandez: Catherine Hernandez (she/her) is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is a proud queer woman who is of Filipino, Spanish, Chinese and Indian descent and married into the Navajo Nation. Her first novel, Scarborough, won the Jim Wong-Chu Award for the unpublished manuscript; was a finalist for the To...2021-05-2050 min

Spooked!Ep. 285 – Shohana SharminThe Spooky Tailor Today on Spooked! Cody wants to dress sharply, Damien spends his afternoons finishing up , and Shohana loves beautiful eggs. It’s all about finding the right threads, so get those measurements, try on some new jackets, and get ready to get Spooked! Follow us: Twitter: @Spookedpodcast Instagram @Spookedpodcast Email: Spookedpodcast@gmail.com Rate and Subscribe in a spooky way or something. Check out some merch: www.teepublic.com/user/spooked Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-05-171h 02

Finders GrieversMinisode: Eat the damn mayonnaise (with Jan Caruana)Surprise: It’s a minisode! This is not a full-length episode (that’s coming next week! Have you subscribed yet so that you don’t miss it?) We just wanted to share some bonus clips with you all today that we could not fit into last week’s show with Jan Caruana. Enjoy and subscribe! Instagram: @findersgrievers Twitter: @findersgrievers Email: findersgrievers@gmail.com Hosted by: Shohana Sharmin Instagram: @soleahm Twitter: @soleahm Guest: Jan Caruana Instagram: http://instagram.com/twolittlesandwiches Brought to you By...2021-05-1306 min

Self Esteem PartyShohana SharminOn this week’s episode, Alana talks to Shohana Sharmin (Finders Grievers podcast) talk about using comedy to cope with the grief of losing a loved one. Producer/husband/roommate Norm Sousa shares his experience about some bathroom bullies he ran into at a basketball game that hassled him about his outfit and how it put him at an all time low. Also, with a two year anniversary approaching, Norm and Alana have a huge laugh about how terrible marriage is during the pandemic. Check out our merch on TeePublic! We’ve got everything you coul...2021-05-1159 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 01. Fast Eddie (with Jan Caruana)This week, Shohana sits down with Canadian Comedy award-winning writer and performer Jan Caruana, to discuss singing in your sleep, audition angels, and writing happy comedy about sad things. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com About Jan Caruana: Jan’s career has been interesting and varied. She is a multiple Canadian Comedy Award winner and has performed across North America in a variety of comedy shows. A mainstay of many Toronto stages, Jan co-wrote and performed in the Second City Toronto’s critically and audi...2021-05-0654 min

Finders GrieversEpisode 00. Where to begin? (with Shohana Sharmin)In this episode, host Shohana Sharmin sits down with a very special guest – herself – to set the record straight: she does not have grief all figured out… and that’s okay. Throughout this upcoming season of the Finders Grievers podcast, Shohana will be interviewing some of her favourite people – writers, comedians, artists – about their thoughts and experiences of grieving. But first, it felt only fair for her to share her own experience: of loving, losing, and grieving her mother. Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-04-2841 min

Finders GrieversIntroducing Finders GrieversFinders Grievers is a podcast about grief, discussing the people we have lost, and the lessons we have picked up along the way. It’s an attempt to unpack the universally felt – rarely discussed – experience of grieving. Each week, host Shohana Sharmin will be sitting down with a guest – writers, comedians, artists – to discuss love, loss, and everything in between. Sometimes they’ll laugh, sometimes they’ll cry a little bit. Both are allowed. Being a full human experiencing the full range of human emotions? Very much allowed here. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2021-04-2803 min

You Made Me QueerEpisode 4: Shohana Sharmin Makes Me QueerWriter, comedian and theatre artist Shohana Sharmin talks laughing through your deepest grief, criminals with high ponytails and the latter days of Curious George. [Happy International Women's Day!]2021-03-0843 min

You Made Me Queer Presents: QueerialEpisode 4: Shohana Sharmin Makes Me QueerWriter, comedian and theatre artist Shohana Sharmin talks laughing through your deepest grief, criminals with high ponytails and the latter days of Curious George. [Happy International Women's Day!]2021-03-0843 min

Truths Be Told27 – Mommy MagicLindsay attempts to distract you from the stressful realities of the COVID-19 crisis with an episode all about motherly love. Lindsay and her guests explore the complexities of the mother-child relationship while also expressing gratitude for the women that reared so many of us. Guest include: Christy Bruce, Aurora Browne, Shohana Sharmin, and Elaine Gold. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network 2020-03-231h 45

Killed to DeathSam Burns, Shohana Sharmin And Principal McNowA corpse is found in a laser tag maze, and 3rd graders Spike and Jocelyn (Sam Burns and Shohana Sharmin) are the best chance at figuring out the mystery - they were the ones to discover the body, their moms run the laser tag facility, and one of them has a blanket filled with her acidic pee. Principal McDow McNow, one of the adults who follows them around, lends a hand to the investigation, and is a cool guy. They talk love, Eddie Murphy, and the fact all of them are wearing pants. Spike Like! Brought to you By: The...2017-06-0950 min