Midweek
Wednesday November 26th, 2025 with Marilyn Madlion & Matthew Garwolinski
Fall 2025 - Episode #9

It’s a wrap—almost! Our final Midweek of the season walked before it could run. Reporter Zoe Pierce spoke to one of the leaders of a movement movement—”designed walking,” which combines route planning with storytelling, and social interaction. Then, the fallout of a racist act of vandalism at a grocery store in Ottawa’s Chinatown. Midweek’s Colson Swinarchin sat down with the head of the neighbourhood’s BIA to discuss how hateful acts hurt us all. In happier happenings, Pierce joined hosts Marilyn Madlion and Matthew Garwolinski to break down Carleton University’s historic women’s basketball win in Brazil this past weekend. The Ravens were undefeated through their entire International University Sports Federation three-on-three Basketball University World Cup run, becoming the first Canadian team to take home the gold. In other student news, Swinarchin returned with the head of a environmental activist group, which is getting young people involved with climate action through its annual summit at Carleton this weekend. Reporter Allison Young gave us the latest on Ottawa’s plans to bid on a private landfill in the east end from Capital Ward councillor Shawn Menard. Following a more than two-hour closed session council meeting, councillors voted to approve the bid just after the show ended. In an arts update, Midweek’s Clarisa Gonzalez joined our hosts in studio to break down how a local arts organization is challenging artistic ideals with more representative depictions of the human form. Going back to city hall, reporter Julie Chadwick had more on a simple ask from Ottawa’s finest. Firefighters are asking for just over $50,000 to put a washer and dryer in every fire station—something advocates say would greatly reduce their high risk of cancers and other occupational illnesses. In our last reporter deep-dive of the fall term, Madlion shone a light on a recent rash of kidnappings in Nigeria. Hundreds of schoolchildren and staff have been taken in recent weeks by a to-be-named extremist group. Taking things back to Ottawa, Midweek’s Hannah Daramola dove into the pile of clothes forming at the Carleton University Women’s Centre ahead of a winter gear swap. And in what might be a genuine first for the program, Garwolinski rounded out the season with an honest-to-goodness nature documentary about Ottawa’s raven-haired (and feathered, and beaked, and taloned) residents. Midweek will return with an all-new production crew in January.