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Slo Pitch creators and stars Gwenlyn Cumyn and Karen Knox join Peter Knegt for the season premiere of Here & Queer.

Slo Pitch creators and stars Gwenlyn Cumyn and Karen Knox kick off the sixth season of Here & QueerPeter Knegt · CBC Arts · Posted: Oct 29, 2026 2:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoText to Speech Icon

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Gwendolyn Cumyn (left) and Karen Knox are the guests on the sixth season premiere of Here & Queer.Gwendolyn Cumyn (left) and Karen Knox are the guests on the sixth season premiere of Here & Queer. (CBC Arts)

Here & Queer is a Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series hosted by Peter Knegt that celebrates and amplifies the work of LGBTQ artists through unfiltered conversations.

Here & Queer is back for a sixth season, and its first guests are some heavy hitters: Gwenlyn Cumyn and Karen Knox, the co-creators and stars of the very here, very queer new Crave series Slo Pitch.

Cumyn and Knox sit down with Here & Queer host Peter Knegt to discuss taking inspiration from Letterkenny and Trailer Park Boys, their 15-year creative partnership, and the show’s journey from web series to Crave. Plus, they reveal how Elliot Page helped bring the show to television and why they’re excited about the future of Canadian comedy.

Watch the whole episode below:

WATCH | Gwenlyn Cumyn and Karen Knox on Here & Queer:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Peter Knegt (he/him) hosts the Canadian Screen Award-winning talk series Here & Queer, produces the essay series Emerging Queer Voices and co-writes the column Holding Space with Anne T. Donahue. His previous work at CBC Arts included writing the LGBTQ-culture column Queeries (winner of the Digital Publishing Award for best digital column in Canada) and spearheading the launch and production of series Canada’s a Drag, variety special Queer Pride Inside, and interactive projects Superqueeroes and The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry. Beyond CBC, Knegt is also the filmmaker of numerous short films, the author of the book About Canada: Queer Rights and the curator and host of the monthly film series Queer Cinema Club at Toronto’s Paradise Theatre.