Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow this conductor is bringing Powell River, B.C. together with music
Many small communities across the country are struggling to survive as people age and their children choose big city life. Powell River, B.C. is tryi…
3 months ago
One word to describe 2025 politics? Our National Affairs Panel weighs in
As 2025 comes to a close, Canadian politics looks very different than it did a year ago. Prime Minister Mark Carney wraps up his first year in office…
3 months ago
The power of going ‘Against the Grain’ with Terry O’Reilly
Some of the biggest inventions in history started with someone being told they were wrong, and then not taking “no” for an answer. For Terry O’Reilly…
3 months ago
Margaret Atwood tells her own story
Writing has shaped Margaret Atwood’s life, from childhood poems about rhyming cats to watching The Handmaid’s Tale become “an approaching reality” in…
3 months, 1 week ago
How are you feeling about the economy and politics?
Shachi Kurl, the President of the Angus Reid Institute, a polling firm, join us to give us an insight into how Canadians are feeling about the econom…
3 months, 1 week ago
Jimmy Darts on the power of kindness
Jimmy Darts has become a social media star through his kindness videos. He has over 12 million followers and 400 million likes, just on his TikTok ac…
3 months, 1 week ago
Is there still hope for the climate?
It was another year of devastating floods, fires and other extreme weather events. The Trump Administration also levelled dramatic cuts to climate sc…
3 months, 1 week ago
Arundhati Roy: My mother and I were like two nuclear powers
Her mother Mary's death left acclaimed Indian writer, author of The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy feeling "unanchored in space with no coordinat…
3 months, 1 week ago
Would you become a living donor to a stranger?
One Canadian dies every two days waiting for an organ. Stephanie Azzarello feared she'd be one of them. For people waiting for a liver, like Azzarell…
3 months, 1 week ago
Susan Orlean: Why being curious gives you a richer life
Susan Orlean is the best selling author of seven books including The Orchid Thief and The Library Book, and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker…
3 months, 1 week ago