On this week’s two-part episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Floyd Kane, the creator, showrunner and executive producer of Diggstown. Diggstown is an authentic legal drama that highlights the very real inequities that exist in the Canadian legal system and has never shied away from delving into issues of class, race, and gender, even changing policy in the process. 

For example, after years of lobbying, last season’s birth alert storyline helped to call enough attention to the issue that a few weeks following the broadcast, the province of Nova Scotia dropped the controversial practice; one of the last Canadian provinces to do so.

Throughout our conversation, Kane shares why he created Diggstown and what he hopes we pull from it, the complexities of Marcie Diggs and her fellow castmates, and his thoughts on Canada’s media landscape for Black entertainment professionals. We even pan the idea of a Canadian House of Cards with a Black male lead…

Be sure to watch Season 4, available now on CBC and CBC Gem.

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