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Kenzie Allen: Her complex relationship to figures like Pocahontas
The Haudenosaunee poet Kenzie Allen has a complex relationship to stereotypical Indigenous figures like Tiger Lily and Pocahontas. But in her debut b…
1 year, 7 months ago
Shakira: Going to hell and back for her new album
Shakira is back with her first new album in seven years, “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” which details her tumultuous breakup with her ex-partner and the…
1 year, 8 months ago
Alan Doyle: Welcome Home, Great Big Sea’s early days & 30 years in music
Newfoundland’s own Alan Doyle is one of Canada’s great songwriters. He sits down with Tom to celebrate the release of his 20th album, titled “Welcome…
1 year, 8 months ago
Anne Michaels: Her new novel Held & the unexpected reason she’s so private
Anne Michaels is an award-winning Canadian poet and novelist whose long-awaited third novel, “Held,” has just made the Booker Prize longlist. The sto…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Quick Q: Bye Parula shares the story behind Q's theme music
If you listen to this podcast regularly, you might be familiar with our theme music. But it's not a track we commissioned for the show, it's actually…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Orville Peck: Feeling like an outsider & finding his home in country music
The Canadian country singer Orville Peck has been steadily on the rise since the release of his debut album, “Pony,” in 2019. With the release of his…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Quick Q: Zehra Naqvi reads from her debut poetry collection
This past spring, the Canadian writer Zehra Naqvi released her debut poetry collection, “The Knot of My Tongue.” She tells guest host Talia Schlanger…
1 year, 8 months ago
Jasmeet Raina: Overnight internet fame, his Sikh faith & his new show Late Bloomer
From 2009 to 2018, Jasmeet Raina was known online as Jus Reign. His viral videos about being a first generation Indo-Canadian millennial amassed more…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Quick Q: Hana Shafi on the power of everyday interactions with strangers
Hana Shafi is a Canadian illustrator, essayist and poet whose new book, “People You Know, Places You've Been,” takes readers on a journey from public…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Josh Hartnett: Shedding the heartthrob label
Between 1998 and 2002, Josh Hartnett was an inescapable presence on the big screen. During that time, he became a teen heartthrob with films like “Th…
1 year, 8 months ago