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Q with Tom Power
Five days a week, Tom Power brings you candid conversations with the artists shaping our culture. Whether he’s chatting with A-listers or rising stars, his disarming warmth and meticulous research always gets below the surface, bringing us deeper into the art and lives of today's most compelling mus...
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For George Takei, coming out has been a lifelong process
George Takei is one of America’s most beloved actors and activists, known best for playing Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise. Last year, he relea...
Spencer Badu is taking homegrown fashion global
Fashion designer Spencer Badu is known for making structured, genderless garments that have been worn by the likes of A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar. E...
Nat & Alex Wolff helped each other get through childhood fame
Actor and musician siblings Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars) and Alex Wolff (Hereditary, Old) have been living and breathing music near...
Why don’t we know more about this Canadian violin prodigy?
In her new film, Measures for a Funeral, director Sofia Bohdanowicz blends fiction with documentary to tell the forgotten true story of Canadian violi...
Sally Wainwright on her new menopausal punk TV drama
Sally Wainwright, the acclaimed British TV creator behind shows like Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax, is back with a new series called Riot Wom...
SNFU is Edmonton’s punk rock success story
Back in the 1980s, Edmonton birthed one of the most influential Canadian punk bands of all time: SNFU. For most of its existence, twin brothers Marc a...
Once a DJ, Stan Douglas uses art to remix history
Stan Douglas, one of Canada’s most internationally renowned artists, is widely known for “remixing history” — restaging and reframing social and polit...
Endless Cookie is a psychedelic family portrait of two half-brothers
Imagine taking your favourite family memories and spinning them into a full-length movie. That’s exactly what the Toronto filmmaker Seth Scriver has d...
It took María Zardoya 10 years to become an overnight success
María Zardoya is the lead vocalist of the band The Marías, which broke through last year to become an indie pop phenomenon. With more than 35 million...
Lee Byung-hun on fate and his accidental acting career
Acclaimed actor Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game, KPop Demon Hunters) has done a lot to pave the way for Korean films in Hollywood — but he never set out to...
Rose Byrne is always looking for a joke
Before cementing her status as a bonafide comedic talent, Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids, Neighbors) was known for dramatic roles. The Australian actor combi...
Jessie Reyez got everything she ever wanted — but it came with a cost
Juno-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez blew up nearly 10 years ago with a song called Figures. With her powerful voice, she eventually a...
Jane Siberry did pay-what-you-want music before Radiohead
Canadian singer Jane Siberry is a free spirit in every sense. From distributing her own music to touring fans’ living rooms, she’s spent four decades...
100 years from now Zacharias Kunuk’s films will be studied
Film legend Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) has made more than 30 films and documentaries over his career — almost entirely in Inuktitut...
Why Bells Larsen decided to sing duets with his past self
On Bells Larsen’s stunning album Blurring Time he has an unlikely collaborator — himself. Bells is a trans man and he first recorded the album in his...
She wrote Eat, Pray, Love. But Elizabeth Gilbert had more healing to do
When Elizabeth Gilbert published her memoir Eat, Pray, Love 20 years ago, she set off a tourism boom of solo travellers inspired by her search for sel...
How Phil Hanley’s severe dyslexia fuels his comedy
Canadian stand-up comedian Phil Hanley has lived with severe dyslexia for so long he can’t see life any other way. But what once held him back as a ch...
Anoushka Shankar wants you to hear the sitar differently
When Anoushka Shankar was in Goa a few years ago, she wrote down four words: “Three chapters, three geographies.” That note has been the inspiration f...
The highs and lows of the Guess Who
Sixty years into their career and one intense legal battle later, Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman of the Guess Who have finally won back the rights...
Mark Ronson looks back at his rise in the ’90s DJ scene
Nine-time Grammy winner Mark Ronson is responsible for producing some of the biggest pop songs of the last few decades. He’s worked with the likes of...
Phil Rosenthal is the luckiest person in the world
Phil Rosenthal is the creator, writer and executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. But after the...
Atsuko Okatsuka was technically kidnapped by her grandma
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka is able to make the most difficult life experiences seem funny. In her latest stand-up special, Father, she takes a look at h...
Sandra Oh wants to know what you’d sacrifice to save the planet
This year, Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy) received critical acclaim for her role in the Canadian indie film “Can I Get a Witness?” It’s set i...
The pressure of being a Palestinian American comedian
Mo Amer is a Palestinian American comedian who puts himself at the heart of his work, using his own lived experiences to fuel his comedy. But with the...
Why Anne Murray said no to Hollywood
Anne Murray definitely got her flowers in 2025. This past September, the Canadian icon returned with her 33rd studio album, “Here You Are,” which feat...
Yanic Truesdale was told he spoke too quickly after Gilmore Girls
Montreal’s own Yanic Truesdale has become a beloved actor all around the world, particularly for his role as Stars Hollow’s passive aggressive hotel c...
For Deepa Mehta, the whole point of filmmaking is to “start a dialogue”
The award-winning Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter Deepa Mehta has redefined both Canadian and Indian cinema with her bold and groundbreaking films...
Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme and the loneliness of chasing success
After the success of “Uncut Gems,” director Josh Safdie is back with “Marty Supreme” — his first film without his creative partner and brother, Benny....
Sacha on her Grand Ole Opry debut
For the rising Canadian country music star Sacha, 2025 has been a very big year. She released her incredible debut record, “Woman in the Mirror,” she...
Vince Gilligan is over anti-heroes
Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) is back with a new show, “Pluribus,” which he describes as a post-apocalyptic zombie tale with a twist...
Sterlin Harjo was roasted for being a genius
As a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the MacArthur Genius Grant), you could say filmmaker Sterlin Harjo is a certified genius. He...
James Cameron says AI will never replace actors and artists in his films
For three decades, director James Cameron (Titanic, The Terminator) has dedicated much of his creative life to the “Avatar” franchise. Now, he’s back...
David Soren is ready to draw his “invisible” disease
David Soren is a Canadian director and story artist who’s worked on beloved animated films like “Shrek,” “Chicken Run,” and the “Captain Underpants” m...
Will Arnett always intended to be a dramatic actor
Art imitates life for Canadian actor Will Arnett (Arrested Development, BoJack Horseman) in “Is This Thing On?” — a new film about a middle-aged man a...
Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland
Before he was the frontman of Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle spent a decade working as a tour guide in Newfoundland and Labrador. Now, after years as a mus...
Wagner Moura wants to cure Brazil’s political “amnesia”
Already a household name in his home country of Brazil, Wagner Moura (Narcos, Civil War) is building an international profile as a politically engaged...
Rachel Cousins is letting go of pop perfection
Rachel Cousins has always had a voice that could stop you in your tracks, but on her new album, “What Hasn’t Killed Me,” the St. John’s singer-songwri...
Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice & seeing the Rat Pack naked
After 70 years in the music industry, Paul Anka has more than 900 songs to his credit. The prolific Canadian songwriter is also the only artist in his...
Nicole Ariana’s latest song is “a warm hug” to her past self
If you looked at Nicole Ariana’s career, you might be surprised to hear that she was feeling a bit like an imposter. Nicole was traveling all over the...
Time hasn’t passed for the voice of SpongeBob
Tom Kenny has been the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999 and he still thinks it's the greatest job in the world. As the Bikini Bottom crew emb...