This special takes listeners through the ten albums nominated for the grand prize, with commentary from Polaris jurors and CBC Music hosts. Natalie Harmsen speaks at the 1:45 mark about Charlotte Day Wilson's album, 'Alpha.'

Ghanaian-British pop sensation Bree Runway is tackling stigma within the music industry and using it to fight against a much bigger cause: colourism. She’s using her celebrity status to empower Black women and bringing genre-bending musical styles more into the mainstream.

Pop culture journalist Natalie Harmsen breaks down why are artists are disregarding the Grammys and the obstacles they are facing.

Listen to this episode from New Theory Radio on Spotify. At 70:30 we are joined by music journalist Natalie Harmsen to talk about Bryan Adams and his controversial Instagram post which was considered racist and xenophobic. We explore the validity of this, and whether this will have an impact on his long-tenured career. We also discuss how this further exposes an ugly under-belly of racism/xenophobia that's existed in Canada for quite some time.

Maisonneuve is proud to announce that we're up for eight nominations at this year's National Magazine Awards! Natalie Harmsen is nominated in Personal Journalism for "Broken Up."