Elamin Abdelmahmoud is the host of Commotion, CBC Radio’s daily arts, pop culture and entertainment show, and a former culture writer for BuzzFeed News. His memoir, Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces, was named a 2022 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. The former host of CBC’s Pop Chat, he was a founding co-host of the CBC Politics podcast Party Lines and is a contributor to The National’s At Issue panel. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Globe and Mail, and others. When he gets a chance, he writes bad tweets.