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Oliver Jones: A Canadian jazz legend turns 90
The Canadian jazz pianist Oliver Jones turns 90 today. Tom visits Oliver at his home in Montreal to talk about his legacy in Canadian music, his rela…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Quick Q: Enuka Okuma on her film Out Come the Wolves
In the new film “Out Come the Wolves,” all of our greatest fears about being stranded — and hunted — in the wilderness come to life. The Canadian wri…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Yann Martel: Life of Pi and the case for being a bit less reasonable
Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel “Life of Pi” has been adapted into a Tony award-winning play that’s on stage now in Toronto. The bestselling…
1 year, 8 months ago
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MJ Lenderman: Blending humour and sadness on his new album
Since releasing his critically acclaimed album “Boat Songs” in 2022, the singer-songwriter MJ Lenderman, also known as Jake Lenderman, has been getti…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Paula Abdul: Music video history, Janet Jackson & American Idol
In the late ‘80s, Paula Abdul helped define what a pop star could be, from dance to music to performance. If you were watching music videos at that t…
1 year, 8 months ago
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k.d. lang: How she broke the mold of country music
Though she’s been called Canada’s original cowboy punk, k.d. lang has had a long and complex relationship with country music. When she got her start …
1 year, 8 months ago
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Tim Burton: Making Beetlejuice’s long-awaited sequel
As a visionary director and self-professed loner, Tim Burton has spent decades channelling the angst and loneliness he felt as a child into hit movie…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Catherine O'Hara: Moira Rose and Delia Deetz walk into a room…
Thirty-six years ago, Catherine O'Hara stepped onto a movie set and fell in love with a production designer who would later become her future husband…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Dame Evelyn Glennie: Why she wants to teach the world to listen
Dame Evelyn Glennie is the only deaf musician to ever win a Grammy (which she’s done twice) and the first person to create and sustain a full-time ca…
1 year, 8 months ago
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Amber-Sekowan Daniels: Telling a coming-of-age story through an Indigenous lens
Amber-Sekowan Daniels is the creator of the new Crave series “Don't Even,” which follows two best friends in late ‘90s Winnipeg as they face uncertai…
1 year, 8 months ago