People Like Me

About People Like Me

The People Like Me Podcast explores many facets of the human experience by way of conversation. Host, Leah E. converses with her peers as they share niche and relatable experiences varying from mental health, and popular culture, to identity, relationships, and more!

Publisher

Leah E.

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Feb 2024

Latest episode

25 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

16 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Jul 2026

   For People Who Hate/Love Caribana

   In this episode I interview Alexis (@omgisthatlexx) about the historical significance of Caribana in Toronto, Carnival in the diaspora and the politics of playing mas here vs internationally, queerness in carnival, and where Caribana is going in the future! This was such a fruitful discussion I am so excited to share with y'all! HEADS UP: Consent and harassment in party spaces is discussed in this episode on a surface level, no personal stories are shared. (41 min - 44 mins). 0:00 - 0:24 - content-heads up! 0:24 - 8:00 Alexis on her research, and Vincy + Jamaican 08:30 - Rita Cox, The history of Caribana in Toronto 14:15 - Where did Carnival begin? 17: 30 - The Commercialization of Caribana 19:20 - The Sexualization of Mas Costumes 25:00 - Why Do People Hate Stormers? 29:40 - How do we Make the history more accessible? 32:00 What are Mas Camps? Politics in Playing Mas 37:00 Queerness in Caribana, Consideration, and Consent 48:12 Where Do You See Caribana Going In The Future?

2. 

   3 Jul 2026

   For People Who Stopped Posting

   In this episode @Julesfromtheconcrete and I share our thoughts about social media activism. 0:00 intro 3:00 Glee as the beginning of activism? 6:20 sociopolitics in cosplay 7:10 "its too much" 11:10 "if you don't post you dont care" 13:40 our struggles are interconnected 18:40 the roles we all play in liberation 20:20 positives of social media activism 26:20 challenges of social media 27:40 the echo chamber 31:20 The context of disability 32:40 where do. you see social media activism going? 33:46 is social media actually changing people's minds? 36:00 The ego in posting

3. 

   10 May 2026

   For People Who Consider Motherhood

   In this episode I chat with my sister Alyssa, and my two cousins, Tarika and Philly about motherhood. 0:00 - Guest Introductions 3:50 - "This or that": Mom Edition 6:40 - Is Motherhood Hard? Social Media vs Real Life 10:00 - Having a kid in 2026 vs. our parents' generation 15:50 - Losing Yourself in Motherhood 20:00 - How many kids are too many? 23:00 - Jamaican/Ghanaian/Black Family Experiences 28:00 - What your kids teach you, breaking generational traumas 33:00 - Gentle Parenting Perspectives 37:00 - The importance of a support system 41:15 - How much money do you need to save for a kid? 43:00 - What to expect from your partner? 46: 00 - Were your kids planned? 51: 00 - Black Maternal Health 53:00 - Favourite thing about being a mom

4. 

   10 May 2026

   For People Who Love Music

   I chit chat with my music buddies Sineet and Peter about alll things r&b and music related. 0:00 - Intros 5:00 - This or that: R&B Edition 9:20 - Where did your love for music begin? Habesha and Nigerian Influences 17:50 - Why do you listen to music? 19:25 - Music for travelling (hack!) 21:45 - What is your fav genre of music? 24:35 - "low vibrational music" 27:00 - Can you separate the art from the artist? 29:30 - Fav song from 2016 31:20 - How Tiktok has changed music? 34:30 - Why is music not sticking? 41:30 - AI music (scaryyy) 43:40 - Sineet and Peter get CALLED OUT 45: 00 - New fav artist

5. 

   8 May 2026

   For People Still Living in 2019

   In this episode Jack (@mascblocwr) and Kemora (@moratalks) and myself talk about how COVID is still impacting the masses regarding masking, desirability politics, disability justice, and sooo much more. And don't forget to find us @peoplelikmepod on Instagram/Tiktok! 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - How have you changed since covid began, where are you now? 9:20 - Do you call yourself "Covid Cautious?" 18:00 - Desirability and Covid 22:00 - Masking and Entertainment 25:00 - Are Covid Cautious Communities "Too Angry?" 33:00 - Masking and Intersectionality/Race 35: 00 - Positive Stories With Masking 40:00 - Who's fault is it that we're still dealing with covid? 45: 00 - Making Covid Awareness more accessible? 51:00 - Final thoughts for People Still Living like it's 2019

6. 

   16 Nov 2025

   For People Who Need The Full Picture

   In this episode, Jessica Carmichael joins the People Like Me Podcast as she promotes her debut novel "The Full Picture". 0:00-09:00 Intro/ Who is Jessica Carmichael? 9:00 Do the Black girls need to leave Toronto to find love? 10:00 What were the steps you had to take to become an author? 23:35 Feeling “Ghanaian enough”, cultural dis/connections. 28:00 Osei vs Kelvin. 30:00 Do Romance Authors Find Love Easier? 33:00 Character development in The Full Picture. 36:00 Grief and Robyn’s Story 38:00 Detaching from The Full Picture as an author. 44:00 Where do you see The Full Picture in the future?

7. 

   27 Jun 2025

   For People Who Are Queer

   Host explores the multifaceted nature of queerness with Jam, discussing identity, representation, and personal experiences within the LGBTQ+ community in this interview.

8. 

   18 Jan 2025

   For People Who Like Season Finales

   The tables turn as Host Leah E. gets interviewed about the creation process of the “People Like Me Podcast” by her fellow family members (who are also podcast hosts). This episode is a live recording of the first ever People Like Me Party! Enjoy this recording full of laughs, introspection, and amazing audience participation!

9. 

   10 Dec 2024

   For People With Depression

   Kwasi Adu-Poku shares his personal experience with depression as a Black Ghanaian-Canadian, exploring the complexities and silver linings of mental health in this honest and relatable conversation.

10. 

    13 Oct 2024

    For People Who Please

    For People Who “Please”, PLEASE listen to my friend Mohammed and I as we journey through the ins and outs of People Pleasing, as two recovering people pleasers. We ventured into the complexity of our behaviours, and how familial, racial, and gendered aspects all play a role in our People Pleasing. What constituted this conversation was several online discussions about People Pleasing that I found to be one-dimensional. And so Mohammed and I took a holistic approach in dissecting the nuances of People Pleasing. We answer questions like “What does it mean to be in community with people pleasers?” and the longstanding question, “Is People Pleasing Manipulative?”. Mohammed’s background in Law and Gender Studies, and his desire to seek for the "why" of things, offered an in-depth feminist/sociological perspective on People Pleasing. Note: Our voices sounded unusually high in this episode? Idky! Also my friend Capucine was kind enough to support our conversation and gather her thoughts on the topic as well–so listen out for her voice!! Intro (0:00), Would You Rather: People Pleasing Edition (4:15), Culture and People Pleasing (6:30), Online #Discourse (9:20), The N word….”Nuance” (13:05), Definition of Fawning (15:40), Falling out over People Pleasing (19:00), The rules we make up as People Pleasers (23:00), Middle Child Plight (24:00), BOUNDARIES (27:00), Is there a solution to People Pleasing? (28:40), Being in Community (32:30), Is People Pleasing manipulative? (33:50), Women/Gender and People Pleasing (34:00) Advice Segment: Do we forgive cheating?! (38:15), Outro (43:20)

11. 

    13 Jul 2024

    For People Who Don't Know About The Tigray Genocide

    For people who may not know, or who want to know more about the Tigray Genocide, this is an episode encapsulating the current politics from the perspective of Delina, Snit, and Heaven. With the utmost vulnerability, the girls share their experiences as Tigrayan women living in the diaspora, what is happening in Tigray today, and what we can do to help. This episode is full of information, knowledge, personal anecdotes, hope, and care. Please engage with an open heart as we touch on one of the worst atrocities of the century. This episode does have volume issues, please expect overlapping sounds to subside around 6 minutes. Intro (0:00), What is happening in Tigray? (6:10), Why is it controversial to say “Genocide”? (11:35), Pretoria Agreement- TPLF and Ethiopia (14:40), Immigrant parents and generational healing (17:50), Identifying as Tigrayan vs. Ethiopian (23:22), Mixed Identity (26:55), How do we feel about Ethiopian people now? (28:00), Why African countries get left out of these conversations (32:50), Social Media Activism (33:50), Palestine, Congo, Sudan, and interconnected struggles (41:30), How do we help Tigray? (44:50), Having hope (43:35), Canada is also complicit (47:00).

12. 

    13 Jul 2024

    For People Who Are Jamaican-Canadian

    For people who are Jamaican-Canadian, please enjoy this fruitful conversation on all things Jamaican-Canadian. In this episode I sat down and spoke with my good-up friends (aka yaardies) Shana, Khadecia, and Nakyta and discussed our shared and differential experiences living in Canada as both Canadian-born-Jamaicans and Jamaican-born-Canadians. This is a culture-filled episode as we question and interrogate the ever-changing aspects of language, family, preservation, and community in the Jamaican-Canadian experience. This episode was recorded in early June, before the news struck regarding Hurricane Beryl. Please go to the @peoplelikemepod instagram bio to find out information on how you can help Caribbean countries recovering from the hurricane. Intro (0:00), How do you identify? (1:30), Game/Trivia (2:50), Growing up in Canada (8:40), Jamaican Community in Toronto/Toronto Slang (14:00), What makes someone Jamaican? (19:15), How do we keep our culture alive (22:00), Jamaican Women and losing accents (25:05), Is Patois a language? (33:00), Going back to Jamaica (37:04), The concept of community in Jamaica (39:30), Teaching Leah Patois!!! (42:36), Jamaica vs. The World (47:00).

13. 

    6 Apr 2024

    For People with Long Distance Besties

    For people with long distance besties this is for you! My friend Michelle moved to Los Angeles a couple years ago and I went to visit her and recorded this episode on our last night, and together we reminisced on EXTREMELY drunken nights and funny stories from our adolescence. Listen to two friends catch up on childhood/teenage memories, and about the requirements of not only a long distance friendship but friendships in general. Intro (0:00), how we met (1:00), getting out of Toronto (3:00), what healthy long distance requires (10:00), Michelle having THEE basement (18:00), THEE PARTY….(20:20), Another drunken night that solidified us (27:44), Michelle’s perspective of Leah (30:00), Why accepting love is so hard (31:00), people pleasing (34:31), Keeping up with friends + going ghost (36:50), The power of Vulnerability in friendships and life (40:22). Closing (42:57).

14. 

    6 Apr 2024

    For People Who Dance With Desirability in Mind

    For people who are Black Girl Dancers, who want to know more about Desirability Politics, colorism, or who simply enjoy any subject, please enjoy this interview-style episode about my cousin’s life as a Darkskinned-Black-Girl-Dancer. IG: @Moratalks discusses her experience as a Darkskin Black Woman in the professional dance space and how that intersects with Desirability (the way modes of oppression, like colorism, ableism, transphobia, classism etc. intersect and affect how one navigates social mobility). Listen to us chat about how media, institutions, and Kemora’s life are impacted by desirability. Intro (0:00), When did you know you could dance? (7:15), Being a Black Girl in the dance space (11:00), Racism & ownership in dance (14:30), Black in Post-Secondary Art Program (16:45), What is Desirability? (22:15), Colorism in Friendship (26:45), “Self-Love” as a solution? (30:00), Pretty Privilege (35:45), Executive Black People in the Dance world (42:35), Advice for Darkskin Black Girls who want to dance (47:00).

15. 

    6 Apr 2024

    For People who love “The Bear”

    For people who love(d) The Bear, listen to this episode as my friend Anam and I discuss FX’s hit show, The Bear! In a lengthy conversation about this hit television series, we offer our takes on our favourite characters, analysis of scenes and episodes, and our takes on the beloved showmances of season one and two. Given Anam’s background she offers a neuro-psychological perspective on characters like Carmy and Richie, and delves into what makes someone a movie-television fanatic like herself. It was a pleasure getting to chat In this episode you can find: Intro (0:00), character breakdowns (7:55) Syd-Carmy, (14:30), The Christmas Episode (16:00), thoughts on “Claire Bear”(21:45) Richie analysis (25:15), The Psychoanalysis of Carmy (34:40), Syd and Marcus (38:00), what’s next for the bear?(41:15), What TV/Film mean to Anam (45:40).

16. 

    19 Feb 2024

    People Like Me Trailer

    This is the official People Like Me trailer! The host, Leah E. outlines the upcoming developments of the podcast. This project will entail subjects of mental health, relationships, culture, media and more. Listen for a sneak preview of the show! Stay tuned for People Like Me episodes coming soon!

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 2 / 100

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YouTube

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