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What’s in Vince Gill’s 50-year archive?

2

Behind the scenes of the Canadian Heritage Minutes

3

What happens when women are called crazy?

4

You don’t have to overcome stage fright to be a comedian

5

Audrey Hobert wrote hits for her best friend. Now she's telling her own story

6

How to write poetry about religion, the pandemic and garbage

7

How to keep all your old friends together: advice from Broken Social Scene

8

New Music: Wintersleep

9

What does Canada actually sound like?

10

New Music: Bye Parula

11

Don’t we all need a ‘stupid’ comedy right now?

12

Why everyone should hear Minnie Riperton’s music

13

Can music destroy the idea of time?

14

New Music: Joel Plaskett

15

How Katherine LaNasa turned a hard year into an Emmy win

16

RAAHiiM left church behind, but he’s still moved by the spirit

17

Andrea Martin on SCTV, Broadway and embracing your inner clown

18

Punk rock was his training ground for a life in politics

19

The surprising connection between Parks and Rec and Widow’s Bay

20

Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love and how Mother! destroyed her

21

Prison didn’t up his rap game. Having a daughter did

22

Vittorio Angelone doesn’t want anyone to enjoy his stand-up show

23

Kane Parsons on being the youngest director in A24 history

24

Is Waiting for Godot the greatest creative achievement ever?

25

New Music: Daniela Andrade

26

Colm Tóibín on why writers imagine evil

27

He felt like he didn’t belong on screen. Now, he’s hosting Canada’s Oscars

28

Julie Kim couldn't express herself. And then she found comedy

29

How this choreographer is making ballet for everyone

30

Howie Mandel says fame is bulls--t

31

New Music: Laura Roy

32

Robby Hoffman’s unconventional path to comedy

33

Sheng Wang on the art of being present and writing a good joke

34

Boots Riley wants his art to inspire mass movements

35

Devin Cuddy on name-dropping Canadian cities in his music

36

Stratford Festival’s Antoni Cimolino loves Shakespeare “more than ever”

37

What Grey’s Anatomy taught Louisa Levy about showrunning sexy hockey romances

38

How learning the tabla awakened Jasmeet Raina’s creativity

39

Arizona O’Neill on drawing organs and making peace with her past

40

What Bruce Allen learned from managing the biggest names in Canadian music history

41

Chloe Tang went from working security at a music venue to playing it with Dua Lipa

42

King of Soca Machel Montano on the history of Carnival around the world

43

How this self-taught musician turned her passion into billions of views

44

Why you should take children’s books seriously

45

How to turn toxic masculinity — and Elon Musk’s satellites — into poetry

46

How Kathy Reichs changed the face of crime fiction

47

Mental health comes first for this music manager

48

How the dance floor got Arlo Parks out of her head

49

Looking for a sign to chase your dreams? Aysanabee is it

50

Directing made this actor writhe in a chair — from excitement

51

Burnt out, this country star found inspiration at an airport

52

Josh Groban’s dad gave up music. Now, they’re recording together

53

Dumb Crush have Had It with hustle culture

54

Why Arkells still want to play small venues — like a strip club

55

This filmmaker will teach you how to swallow a sword

56

Ziggy Marley is making music to please the angels on Brightside

57

This artist turns the thankless work of motherhood into vibrant art

58

Riz Ahmed says the only way through shame is laughter

59

Jeremy Dutcher worked with improvisers to score this thriller

60

Firefighter, naval officer, musician: the many lives of Kashus Culpepper

61

Why starring on The Pitt has made this Canadian actor more neurotic

62

Introducing: The Big Five with Tom Power and Donovan Woods

63

Kacey Musgraves shares her secret weapon for songwriting

64

Cat Clyde is done with apologizing for being a woman

65

This Montreal DJ’s weirdest gig? A Russian mob island castle

66

Banned in Iran, one singer found her voice in Canada

67

Why people want Peter Capaldi to tell them to “f–k off”

68

This artist takes “listen to your heart” to a whole new level

69

“Modern Whore” is Playboy if it was run by the Bunnies

70

Thrifting and old-school hip-hop inspired Cadence Weapon’s latest album

71

Beef creator Lee Sung Jin on the argument that inspired Season 2

72

This choreographer wants to dismantle the myth of the “responsible genius”

73

“It was like magic”: Ringo Starr on his psychic connection with his fellow Beatles

74

This filmmaker gets how hard it is to make a movie about mental health

75

Why Jean Yoon is playing a pre-teen character in her 60s

76

Why *did* American Pie drive the Chevy to the levee?

77

Chase Infiniti studied cults to prepare for The Testaments

78

Why are there so many Marys in the Bible?

79

How Dorothy Grant became a matriarch of Indigenous fashion

80

Edwin Raphael wrote his new album in his sleep

81

Why Montreal is the (unrequited) love of Chandler Levack’s life

82

This song will make you want to call your mom

83

Why this artist believes Indigenous stories are Canada’s DNA

84

Scrubs has a “no a–hole” policy to thank for its success

85

Maren Morris’s Dreamsicle is more than just a divorce album

86

These choreographers are making the invisible visible through dance

87

Piano virtuoso Lang Lang on the teacher who didn’t believe in him

88

Folk trio The Pairs don’t write songs with perfect endings

89

Superstar producer Greg Wells on his hitmaking career

90

The Dears almost quit the band several times

91

Mark Critch wants Trump to know he isn’t sorry

92

Jacob Collier moves toward restraint and limitation on his new record

93

Tenille Townes returns to her own intuition on her new song Enabling

94

Dan Levy almost left Hollywood to open a hotel in Italy

95

Nina Lee Aquino on "getting her teeth kicked in" for theatre

96

Q Live at the Junos: Part 2

97

Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists

98

How Magi Merlin created her own kind of “broken R&B”

99

Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice and his love of Canada

100

Chantal Kreviazuk is reclaiming her most famous hits for other artists

101

Amanda Peet asks the hard questions about facelifts, validation and death

102

How Adam Sturgeon went from being a pro hockey player to a rock musician

103

Shamier Anderson says he was born to play Ben Johnson

104

Charlotte Cornfield cried when she heard Feist's vocals on her song

105

Why electronic band Holy F believes you can make music out of anything

106

Playwright Marlene Ginader wants to diversify serial killing

107

How leaving finance for acting changed Sterling K. Brown’s life

108

Q Live at the Junos

109

Is there anything Mae Martin can’t do?

110

A.C. Newman reflects on endings after a sobering year for The New Pornographers

111

Melissa Auf der Maur on Hole’s chaos — and its genius

112

This dad turned his toddler’s stories into viral hits

113

How Good Kid built a band with the internet — and what AI means for music

114

Tomson Highway and Patricia Cano on their decades-long creative partnership

115

Tedy is unapologetic about money and ambition

116

Forget kindred spirits — Project Hail Mary’s Lord and Miller are kindred weirdos

117

At the height of pop stardom, Tate McRae is learning how to stay present

118

Morgan Neville tells Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles story

119

You know J.S. Bach — but what about his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach?

120

Sindhu Vee on grief, reinvention and comedy

121

It’s a movie about killing your father — but that’s not what will haunt you

122

How a fatal skin disease is fueling Eddie Vedder’s fight

123

How Jeff Norton created Netflix’s latest teen drama about figure skating

124

Hanumankind brings a global influence to his rap music

125

Ian Tuason haunted his own home when making his new film

126

Lia Pappas-Kemps on why songwriting is like fortune telling

127

Dominique Fils-Aimé isn’t finding peace, she’s building it

128

Why Iggy Pop commemorated Canadian electronic music pioneer Nash the Slash in a song

129

Ronnie Burkett gives Shakespeare the puppet treatment

130

Kate Hudson: Aging and self-image, Almost Famous & her foray into music

131

St. Catharines’s own Ira Parker created A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

132

Stephen Colella and Karen Gilodo on the enduring magic of Robert Munsch

133

‘Feeling tears roll down my face’: The dance floor experience that changed Harry Styles

134

Never mind method acting. Baz Luhrmann is a “method director”

135

Director Emma Higgins reimagines teen girl fandom as a horror film

136

Ashton James reimagines a cult classic with his performance in Youngblood

137

Oscar-nominated animator Chris Lavis on the magic of stop-motion

138

Merkules is on tour with Snoop Dogg and doing songs with Shaquille O'Neal

139

How a Yale professor ended up in two of the year’s biggest movies

140

Ian Thornley didn’t see himself as a frontman, but his bandmates did

141

How a midlife crisis led Julia Dault to embrace the hyper-local

142

Hilary Duff is reclaiming her past as Lizzie McGuire

143

Jully Black is touring Canada’s most beloved intimate venues

144

Gorillaz on how loss and a trip to India inspired their new album

145

Montreal hip-hop group Muzion on bringing Haiti to the world

146

At 85, Candi Staton is living her best life

147

bbno$ on his journey from internet success to mainstream hitmaker

148

Reggae legend Leroy Sibbles is a “have been, not a has been”

149

Jesse Mockrin is reframing the lost stories of women in historical art

150

Director Oliver Laxe says Sirāt was written on the dance floor

151

Two weeks before thyroid surgery, Koladae wrote “a song to survive”

152

Suzy Eddie Izzard is bringing honour to the women of Hamlet

153

From stage fright to stage presence, Zochi is evolving

154

Peaches honed her punk chops singing for kids

155

Scott Turner Schofield is “Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps”

156

Comedy icon Dave Foley is a hockey fanatic

157

Make art and suffer better with Boy Golden

158

Kris Bowers says connecting to childlike wonder leads to your best work

159

Laila Biali on her unexpected Grammy journey

160

For comedian Laura Ramoso, impressions are a form of love

161

Natasha Mumba wants to change theatre’s “single narrative” about Africa

162

Natalie MacMaster on family, love and Cape Breton fiddle music

163

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Q Interview

164

Joan Chen is embracing her second act

165

Before stand-up, Wally Baram wanted to be a cowgirl

166

Aquakultre’s 1783 album celebrates Black history in Nova Scotia

167

Teagan Johnston turned her imposter syndrome into art

168

How Katherine LaNasa turned a hard year into an Emmy win

169

RAAHiiM left church behind, but he’s still moved by the spirit

170

Akinola Davies Jr. turned a childhood memory into an acclaimed film

171

The wild story behind Canada’s cult classic Project Grizzly

172

Why Tantoo Cardinal wanted to play an ostracized “witch"

173

How a trip to Guinea changed Elladj Baldé’s outlook on figure skating

174

Tanya Tagaq’s new stage show is a conversation with the future

175

Why Marina Zenovich went toe-to-toe with Chevy Chase

176

Bruce Liu thinks piano is still just a hobby

177

Remembering David Ruben Piqtoukun

178

Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland are on a lifelong creative adventure

179

Remembering Catherine O'Hara

180

Why Bruce McCulloch thinks you should embrace dark humour

181

Softcult ask their audience to join them on a journey of empowerment

182

James Acaster almost quit comedy because of his audience

183

Tania Willard wants to take you beyond the art gallery

184

Rachel Reid promises she’s reading your Heated Rivalry emails

185

Despite an Oscar nod, Hubert Davis still feels like an emerging filmmaker

186

Canada's first lady of musical theatre is still a child at heart

187

Jafar Panahi was inspired by Tehran’s political prisoners

188

Elle Fanning calls herself a "nepo sibling”

189

The unmasking of the once-anonymous Ghost

190

The Testament of Ann Lee is redefining the musical

191

Wesli’s music pays homage to his Haitian roots

192

Jennette McCurdy on female rage and forgiving your past self

193

How do roadside attractions shape our cultural narrative?

194

Jodie Foster feels like a different actor performing in French

195

Katie Tupper steps off the track on her debut album Greyhound

196

For George Takei, coming out has been a lifelong process

197

Spencer Badu is taking homegrown fashion global

198

Nat & Alex Wolff helped each other get through childhood fame

199

Why don’t we know more about this Canadian violin prodigy?

200

Sally Wainwright on her new menopausal punk TV drama

201

SNFU is Edmonton’s punk rock success story

202

Once a DJ, Stan Douglas uses art to remix history

203

Endless Cookie is a psychedelic family portrait of two half-brothers

204

It took María Zardoya 10 years to become an overnight success

205

Lee Byung-hun on fate and his accidental acting career

206

Rose Byrne is always looking for a joke

207

Jessie Reyez got everything she ever wanted — but it came with a cost

208

Jane Siberry did pay-what-you-want music before Radiohead

209

Zacharias Kunuk’s films will be studied 100 years from now

210

Why Bells Larsen decided to sing duets with his past self

211

She wrote Eat, Pray, Love. But Elizabeth Gilbert had more healing to do

212

How Phil Hanley’s severe dyslexia fuels his comedy

213

Anoushka Shankar wants you to hear the sitar differently

214

The highs and lows of the Guess Who

215

Mark Ronson looks back at his rise in the ’90s DJ scene

216

Phil Rosenthal is the luckiest person in the world

217

Atsuko Okatsuka was technically kidnapped by her grandma

218

Sandra Oh wants to know what you’d sacrifice to save the planet

219

The pressure of being a Palestinian American comedian

220

Why Anne Murray said no to Hollywood

221

Yanic Truesdale was told he spoke too quickly after Gilmore Girls

222

For Deepa Mehta, the whole point of filmmaking is to “start a dialogue”

223

Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme and the loneliness of chasing success

224

Sacha on her Grand Ole Opry debut

225

Vince Gilligan is over anti-heroes

226

Sterlin Harjo was roasted for being a genius

227

James Cameron says AI will never replace actors and artists in his films

228

David Soren is ready to draw his “invisible” disease

229

Will Arnett always intended to be a dramatic actor

230

Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland

231

Wagner Moura wants to cure Brazil’s political “amnesia”

232

Rachel Cousins is letting go of pop perfection

233

Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice & his love of Canada

234

Nicole Ariana’s latest song is “a warm hug” to her past self

235

Time hasn’t passed for the voice of SpongeBob

236

Hildur Guðnadóttir is trying to slow down time with her new album

237

For Leon Thomas, making R&B music is a responsibility

238

How faith inspired Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery

239

Silvana Estrada on the difficult road to making her 2nd album

240

Yungblud is looking for “depth not dopamine”

241

If you had one day to pack up your life, what would you bring?

242

bill bissett: The Canadian story of one of Jack Kerouac’s favourite poets

243

Choclair says Canada “second-rated” itself in rap

244

Noah Reid believes in the magic of a big ol’ Christmas sing-along

245

Maggie O’Farrell on the tragedy of Hamnet

246

Rogers v. Rogers is like the Canadian version of Succession

247

The Dears almost quit the band several times

248

Mark Critch wants Trump to know he isn’t sorry

249

Dav Pilkey came up with Captain Underpants in the 2nd grade

250

Cœur de pirate’s most toxic relationship is with anxiety

251

Easy Rawlins exists to testify about Black history in America

252

How the 1992 cod moratorium led to the rise of Newfoundland music

253

Why we still need classical music

254

Heather Ogden on dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy

255

How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand

256

Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly

257

Chantal Kreviazuk is reclaiming her most famous hits for other artists

258

The joy of gay, smutty TV

259

Meadowlarks is a family drama about the ’60s Scoop

260

Why Nia DaCosta wants to see Black women behaving badly on-screen

261

The Barr Brothers had to get honest with themselves

262

Joe Hill’s new novel is in conversation with dad Stephen King’s work

263

Remembering Jimmy Cliff

264

Gerry Dee’s dad was obsessed with serial killers

265

Meredith Moon found her voice busking

266

William Prince on Neil Young, the Opry and all things Winnipeg

267

Tom Allen’s new book is an almanac for classical music lovers

268

How Nattie Neidhart revolutionized women’s wrestling

269

Yukon Blonde on the grounding power of being in a band

270

Elizabeth McGovern sheds light on the real Ava Gardner

271

Q Live! Part Two

272

Robert Plant isn’t precious about the past

273

Julianna Riolino is leaning into her confidence as an artist

274

How Kathy Reichs changed the face of crime fiction

275

Living Hour captures what yearning sounds like

276

Q Live! Part One

277

Elle Fanning calls herself a "nepo sibling”

278

Amaarae’s new album is dedicated to kids who don’t fit in

279

Before acting, Sydney Sweeney considered becoming a professional boxer

280

Comedian Benny Feldman is his own heckler

281

How a 2-second clip led to Stephan James's biggest role

282

Brendan McLeod honours the soldiers who fought at Vimy Ridge

283

Alex Cuba’s newest album is a thank you to his ancestors

284

James Barker Band revisits their hometown in new album One Of Us

285

Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists

286

The Hello Crows on reconnecting with their Indigenous heritage through music

287

Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love and how Mother! destroyed her

288

This play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation

289

Bahamas isn’t sure if this is his 2nd last album — but he’s not ruling it out

290

Audrey-Anne Bouchard creates theatre performances you’re not supposed to see

291

Rochelle Jordan is rewriting her story and reclaiming her power

292

Lee Lai finds her voice in Cannon

293

Elijah Woods says don’t be afraid to be cringey on the internet

294

Begonia is the same flamboyant performer onstage and off

295

There’s nothing spooky about Shad’s new album

296

Harris Dickinson on his directorial debut and playing John Lennon

297

Maren Morris’s Dreamsicle is more than just a divorce album

298

These choreographers are making the invisible visible through dance

299

Colin Farrell plays a desperate gambler in his new movie

300

How three Toronto filmmakers made the scariest movie of 2025

301

Judd Apatow takes comedy seriously

302

Why Renée Fleming had her brain scanned while she imagined singing

303

50 years of Rocky Horror with Patricia Quinn

304

Christian McBride almost reunited The Police

305

Skye Sweetnam’s journey from teen pop star to hard rock frontwoman

306

Steve Martin and Alison Brown on their love of the banjo

307

Superstar producer Greg Wells on his hitmaking career

308

Jafar Panahi was inspired by Tehran’s political prisoners

309

Tanveer Alam on what Kathak and ballet have in common

310

Piano virtuoso Lang Lang on the teacher who didn’t believe in him

311

Folk trio The Pairs don’t write songs with perfect endings

312

Ryan Reynolds on John Candy’s impact and legacy

313

After winning the Polaris Prize, Debby Friday bet on herself

314

Jeff Wall says beauty isn’t what you think it is

315

What’s poetry’s role in the housing crisis?

316

Rose Byrne is always looking for a joke

317

Classical superstar Ludovico Einaudi on The Summer Portraits

318

Remembering D'Angelo

319

Nicholas Sparks teams up with M. Night Shyamalan

320

Leith Ross on grief, community and showing up even when it’s hard

321

Blue Rodeo look back on 30 years of Five Days in July

322

Natalie MacMaster on family, love and Cape Breton fiddle music

323

Dropkick Murphys stand up for themselves — even if they lose fans

324

Wolf Alice realized they were dreaming too small

325

katherena vermette on being a descendant and a future ancestor

326

Geddy Lee recalls the Rush show he'll never forget

327

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane sings like Sinatra

328

How a banned sex scene led Robert Lantos to build a Canadian film empire

329

Why PIQSIQ wrote a song about Mahaha, the Inuit tickling demon

330

Alex Edelman says good comedy shouldn’t be funny all the time

331

How To Sing For Money? Ask Maggie Andrew

332

Don’t ask Cillian Murphy what his movies are about

333

Alyson Stoner on the cost of child stardom

334

Benny Safdie tells the inspiring story of a loser

335

Gustavo Gimeno on Igor Stravinsky’s 1967 Toronto curtain call

336

For Tantoo Cardinal, there’s no turning back

337

He used to steal his mom’s copies of Vogue — now he works there

338

How losing his voice made Patrick Watson a better singer

339

Why Sebastian Gaskin started embracing his Indigeneity in his music

340

Scarlett Johansson was “humbled” directing Holocaust survivors

341

“Having the space to fumble" shaped Hanorah’s music

342

Sterlin Harjo was roasted for being a genius

343

Amy Millan had to break up with her guitar

344

Brett Goldstein is obsessed with love stories

345

Akinola Davies Jr. turned a childhood memory into an acclaimed film

346

Rachel Bobbitt’s debut album is an emotional homecoming

347

Mark Ronson looks back at his rise in the ’90s DJ scene

348

Toni Collette acted her way into appendix surgery as a kid

349

How Joan Shelley found inspiration in Toronto’s frigid winter

350

Zosia Mamet was in a Nyquil-induced haze when she auditioned for Girls

351

This musical is a digital detox for our brains

352

Sarah McLachlan on the legacy of Lilith Fair (Live)

353

Why Blair Underwood leads with his humanity

354

Euphoria’s Barbie Ferreira on becoming an indie cinema darling

355

How Tim Key got Carey Mulligan in The Ballad of Wallis Island

356

Bob Odenkirk says embarrassment is sometimes a good thing

357

Basia Bulat found inspiration in video games and Polish disco music

358

Why adapting Stephen King’s bleak novel The Long Walk was so hard

359

Playwright Makram Ayache is telling the queer stories he never had

360

Susan Aglukark was “truly afraid” to open wounds with her music

361

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Q Interview

362

Jen Sookfong Lee explores the body horror of motherhood

363

Sister Ray trades rejection for joy on their new album Believer

364

Why Anne Murray said no to Hollywood

365

Catherine Hernandez wants you to ask for help

366

Théodore Pellerin on playing a fame-obsessed lurker

367

Billy Idol should be dead — thankfully he's still alive to tell you his story

368

Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes on being an outsider

369

How Kathleen Edwards learned to tell hard truths

370

Caity Gyorgy breaks down her approach to scatting

371

What made Graham Greene an icon? Talent, discipline and luck

372

Why Stellan Skarsgård doesn’t give his kids acting advice

373

Gabrielle Drolet is finding new ways to create with chronic hand pain

374

The Beaches are embracing their messier side

375

At the height of her career, Melanie Fiona lost her voice

376

Alana Bridgewater on playing jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald

377

The creator of BoJack Horseman is back with a new series

378

Some might call artist Shirley Moorhouse a late bloomer

379

Ikky wants Canadians to open their minds to Punjabi music

380

How music helped Billianne find herself after being a teenage wallflower

381

Jon Batiste proves he’s the “king of cold calls”

382

Patrick Tarr’s debut novel puts a supernatural spin on WWII history

383

John Fogerty reveals the origin of CCR’s Fortunate Son

384

How Crystal Shawanda found her peace through song

385

Comedian Andrew Barr is literally running on the treadmill of addiction

386

How theatre helps us feel less alone in our personal muck

387

Why Seán Devlin made a comedy with Typhoon Haiyan survivors

388

Haviah Mighty is feeling lucky

389

Sarah Harmer uses her voice for something bigger than music

390

Rick Astley doesn’t have an attitude about Rickrolling — anymore

391

Ribbon Skirt found inspiration in renewing her antiquated “Indian” status card

392

Maggie Kang didn't know a movie could be as popular as KPop Demon Hunters

393

Tiny Horse didn’t mean to become a band

394

TOBi knows you have to be vulnerable to tap into your strength

395

Bob Dylan couldn’t have written Ada Lea’s new single

396

Fortune Feimster uses standup as therapy

397

How 5 solo artists came together to create the self-produced girl group NADUH

398

How Mustafa kept his faith through devastating loss

399

Washington Black explores joy as a form of resistance

400

LU KALA is the next big Canadian pop star

401

The high stakes of reimagining Anne of Green Gables

402

Kristin Scott Thomas made a movie inspired by memories of her dads

403

d'bi.young anitafrika on 20 years of The Sankofa Trilogy

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Why Dana Sipos wrote a love song to her friends

405

Honey Jam founder Ebonnie Rowe walks it like she talks it

406

Anjulie’s pop star dream had to die so she could start again

407

How BAMBII went from DJing to producing her own music

408

Devon Healey wants to leave you with “a little speck of blindness”

409

Severance stars Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry

410

How a chance encounter at a truck stop got AHI into songwriting

411

After winning the Polaris Prize, Debby Friday bet on herself

412

Shook is sort of like a Toronto version of Good Will Hunting

413

Abraham Anghik Ruben preserves his life and culture through sculpture

414

How an edible changed Charlie Houston’s life and career

415

Prabal Gurung explains why Kamala Harris’s pockets matter

416

Cate Blanchett forgot the sound of her real voice

417

Heather and Arizona O'Neill find a bit of magic on the Montreal Metro

418

How Brian Tyree Henry overcame his imposter syndrome

419

The pressure of being a Palestinian American comedian

420

Angélique Kidjo’s life and work is defined by one thing: freedom

421

Thriller writer Ruth Ware has never done a sequel — until now

422

Robby Hoffman’s unconventional path to comedy

423

Yves Jarvis gave himself a concussion making music

424

Remembering Ozzy Osbourne

425

Joseph Kahn on Ick, music videos and the magic of '80s horror flicks

426

Blake Shelton fell back in love with music, all thanks to Post Malone

427

Saya Gray on her debut album and gigging as a teen with a fake ID

428

Why Rhys Darby thinks robots can’t do stand-up comedy

429

Jessica B. Hill’s childhood dream came true

430

Zarna Garg treats comedy as a business, not an art form

431

Why Josh Homme wanted to perform inside the Paris Catacombs

432

Little Simz split with her producer. Now she’s unstoppable

433

How Stratford’s Richard Manuel became a rock and roll legend

434

Nathan Fillion was a shy comic book kid. Now he stars in Superman

435

Why PIQSIQ wrote a song about Mahaha, the Inuit tickling demon

436

Simple Plan was both loved and hated for being pop-punk

437

How Tarralik Duffy uses pop art to show her memories of Nunavut

438

Steph Tolev wants to make farting less shameful for women

439

The forgotten history of classical music among the Labrador Inuit

440

How Emma Donoghue’s new musical stands up for immigrants then and now

441

The dark side of writing a life-changing hit

442

Finn Wolfhard's childhood 10-year plan worked out

443

Jason Mantzoukas wants to be the ugly American villain

444

Evan Redsky is exploring the cosmos

445

Atsuko Okatsuka was technically kidnapped by her grandma

446

This play is an adaptation of the longest poem ever written

447

How The Young and the Restless led to more Black women becoming doctors

448

The Bear's Liza Colón-Zayas on the “cult” that tried to brainwash her

449

For George Takei, coming out has been a lifelong process

450

Phil Rosenthal is the luckiest person in the world

451

This post-apocalyptic thriller is a love letter to the director’s mom

452

Why Stephan James is “at risk of being great”

453

How Jully Black uses her singing “superpower” to advocate for others

454

Don’t call Jan Lisiecki a child prodigy

455

How Sorry, Baby takes a nuanced look at sexual assault

456

Stephen Graham Jones is reinventing the vampire

457

Weekend Listen: Ocean Vuong finds beauty in a fast food shift

458

Jerry Bruckheimer knows how to build a summer blockbuster

459

U.S. Girls' Meg Remy is finally rooting for herself

460

Anar Ali quit her corporate job and created a hit cop drama

461

Tanika Charles confronts her complicated family relationships

462

How to Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell

463

How Refused’s New Noise became a global hit after the band broke up

464

Misty Copeland honours trailblazing Black ballet dancer Raven Wilkinson

465

Ribbon Skirt found inspiration in renewing her antiquated “Indian” status card

466

Why the director of Materialists quit her past job as a matchmaker

467

Lido Pimienta and Owen Pallett march to their own beat

468

For Tantoo Cardinal, there’s no turning back

469

This driving school sitcom is a celebration of Black culture in Nova Scotia

470

Domee Shi on Elio, aliens and one-dimensional moms

471

Playwright Tim Crouch doesn’t want his actors to hear this podcast

472

Joshua Jackson had to make a tricky transition before Dawson’s Creek

473

Endless Cookie is a psychedelic family portrait of two half-brothers

474

Owen Wilson’s childhood was a real-life buddy comedy

475

Comedian Malik Elassal on why it's important to make fun of everything

476

Adam Duritz wrote a song about wanting to be famous — and it came true

477

What made Graham Greene an icon? Talent, discipline and luck

478

How Boxcutter celebrates Toronto, hip-hop and young artists

479

What if Macbeth was set in the world of biker gangs?

480

Why Robert Adam won’t be singing their queer country music in the U.S.

481

Alessia Cara is an introvert in an extrovert’s industry

482

What made Oscar Peterson so exceptional

483

Teddy Swims was terrified to shift away from covers

484

Alicia Moffet's pop career had a few false starts

485

Hannah Moscovitch is trying to unredact her life

486

How writing about love is similar to writing about murder

487

Cynthia Erivo says her new album makes her feel “totally naked”

488

Katie Tupper says that songwriting helped her settle into her identity

489

“It becomes more personal as you go along” — Wes Anderson on creating films about family

490

Christopher Stowell on the future of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

491

Suddenly struck by pain, Gabrielle Drolet learned to write and draw again

492

Savannah Ré bet on herself, and it led to a creative breakthrough

493

Rebellious and reflective, Billy Idol looks back on a life in music

494

Dawn Macdonald on the mess and beauty of growing up in the Canadian North

495

Losing her voice taught Melanie Fiona to speak up for herself

496

The wrestling saga at the heart of The Halluci Nation’s new EP

497

Wiz Khalifa found peace in not needing praise

498

Sofi Tukker: The electro-pop duo on their Brazilian influences & new album Bread

499

Quick Q: Jonah Yano on his 30-minute improvised experimental noise music piece

500

Lara St. John: Exposing sexual abuse in classical music with a new doc

501

Garfunkel & Garfunkel: Their father-son album & reconciliation with Paul Simon

502

Quick Q: Ombiigizi explore the feeling of shame on their sophomore album

503

Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood, her DIY punk roots and foray into Americana

504

Haley McGee: How hospices, mystics and trips to the cemetery inspired her work

505

Bill T. Jones: His incredible life in dance and groundbreaking work with Keith Haring

506

Phil Wizard: Overcoming self-doubt to win gold at the Olympics

507

Francis Ford Coppola: Megalopolis and becoming Michael Corleone

508

Arooj Aftab: Pioneering Pakistan’s DIY music movement

509

Nava Mau: Baby Reindeer, her Emmy nod & her work with LGBTQ+ survivors

510

Sean Wang: How his film Dìdi puts a spin on the classic coming-of-age story

511

Victor Garber: Why there’s still one thing left on his acting bucket list

512

Maisy Stella: My Old Ass and giving advice to your younger self

513

Jovanni Sy: Revisiting Arthur Miller’s Chinese staging of Death of a Salesman

514

Paula Abdul: Music video history, Janet Jackson & American Idol

515

Cillian Murphy: Small Things Like These and his life post-Oscar win

516

Hangama Amiri: Using textiles to stitch together her memories of home

517

k-os: The 20th anniversary of his iconic album Joyful Rebellion

518

Brenda Lee: The story behind her smash hit Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

519

Tim Burton: Making Beetlejuice’s long-awaited sequel

520

k.d. lang: How she broke the mold of country music

521

Omar Apollo: God Said No, his acting debut and hot sauce

522

Quick Q: Mattea Roach on Jeopardy! and their new show Bookends

523

Robert Eggers: Why bringing Nosferatu back to the screen has been his life’s dream

524

Lauren Collins: From Degrassi to her new series My Dead Mom

525

Heather Ogden: Dancing The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy

526

Suki Waterhouse: Making the pivot from actor to musician

527

Lin-Manuel Miranda: How a talk with George Lucas changed his perspective on success

528

Quick Q: The Sheepdogs on their 20 years as a band

529

Cher: The difficult reality behind the scenes of The Sonny & Cher Show

530

Remembering percussionist Zakir Hussain

531

Michael Healey: His stage satire about the failure to build a smart city in Toronto

532

D.D. Jackson and George Elliott Clarke: Can any poem be turned into music?

533

Gwen Stefani: No Doubt’s early days and her new album Bouquet

534

The OBGMs: How therapy shaped their new record

535

Snotty Nose Rez Kids: Why they believe in a Red Future

536

Jane Schoenbrun: I Saw the TV Glow and their ‘90s TV obsessions

537

Dennis Lyxzén: When your song becomes a big hit after the band breaks up

538

Remembering poet Nikki Giovanni

539

Elif Shafak: What being prosecuted for her novels taught her about freedom of expression

540

Clairmont the Second: How his album full of fear, loss, and paranoia ends in triumph

541

Valdy: The Canadian folk music legend reflects on his 50-year career

542

Patrick Nichols: What it’s like to photograph the Toronto hip-hop scene

543

Margo Martindale: How she turns sweet characters into "sticky" ones

544

Michael Ross Albert: Why the nightmare of buying a home inspired his new play

545

Alan Cumming: What connects him to a New Brunswick ad man

546

Julian Taylor: Why he needed to go inward to write his new album

547

Taylor Tomlinson: Her early days on the Christian comedy circuit

548

Ryan Ofei: Why some people think Christian music isn’t marketable

549

Fortune Feimster: Joyful comedy and how Chelsea Handler gave her her first big break

550

Quick Q: Klô Pelgag on motherhood, creativity & francophone music in Canada

551

John Adams: Classical music’s role in telling contemporary stories

552

Allan Louis: What it means to be the first Black actor to lead My Fair Lady

553

Shelley Niro: Why it’s time for new images of Indigenous womanhood

554

Quick Q: Jeremie Albino on working with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys

555

Anna Sui: Why we're so nostalgic for the authenticity of the ‘90s

556

Quick Q: Dorothea Paas on her new album Think of Mist

557

Oliver Jeffers: How the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives

558

Benjamin Von Wong: Why art is a key player in the survival of our planet

559

Paris Hilton: Fame, mental health & the abuse she endured as a teen

560

Tokyo Police Club: Why the band is saying goodbye

561

Henry Winkler: How being diagnosed with dyslexia liberated him

562

Payal Kapadia: Her big win at Cannes for All We Imagine as Light

563

Malcolm Washington: The weight of legacy & carving your own path

564

Sameer Farooq: Why flatbread belongs in a museum

565

Barry Sonnenfeld: The best gossip from his decades in Hollywood

566

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: Mixing Haida art with Japanese manga

567

Q Introduces | Personally: Short Sighted

568

Leon Bridges: Returning to his Texas roots on his new album

569

Graham Isador: Why he made a podcast to explain what vision loss feels like

570

Maggie Rogers: Songwriting, Divinity School & conquering her inner critic

571

Eve Hewson: Bad Sisters and the boom of Irish art

572

Samuel D. Hunter: Fatherhood, male friendship & hope for the future

573

Fat Mike: The end of NOFX

574

Quick Q: Logan Staats on meeting Taj Mahal, creative freedom & his song Deadman

575

Anna Marie Tendler: Why she left John Mulaney out of her new memoir

576

Wolf Castle: On the wake-up call that led to his new album

577

Cillian Murphy: Small Things Like These and his life post-Oscar win

578

Quick Q: Jennifer Castle shares how her song got featured on The Bear

579

Steve McQueen: His new film Blitz & how it tells a different kind of war story

580

Naomi Snieckus & Matt Baram: Their new show about memories, grief & “big stuff”

581

Marcel Dzama: Ghosts of Canoe Lake & his newfound love for Tom Thomson

582

Ian Williams: Courageous conversations, cancel culture & taking risks

583

Sean Baker: How a Canadian sex worker’s memoir helped shape Anora

584

Laila Biali: Wintersongs & the car crash that dashed her dream at 15

585

Sindhu Vee: Her move from investment banking to stand-up comedy

586

Saul Rubinek: How Playing Shylock critiques cancel culture in the arts

587

Jason Reynolds: On writing a tender love story from a teen boy’s POV

588

Andrea Bocelli: On his 30 years in music & the singers he admires most

589

JoJo: The trauma of child stardom & how she lost control of her career

590

k-os: The 20th anniversary of his iconic album Joyful Rebellion

591

Tia Wood: Finding her own sound in her musical family

592

Lindsay Ell: Authentic songwriting, fusing genres & playing guitar for Shania

593

Tegan and Sara: On the catfishing scheme that’s haunted them for 15 years

594

Brendan McLeod: On honouring the soldiers who fought at Vimy Ridge

595

Jenny Slate: How her new book tackles motherhood and self-criticism

596

William Stanford Davis: His 40-year path to Abbott Elementary

597

Riley Keough: Finishing her mom Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir

598

Elle Mills: YouTube burnout, social media’s shelf life & her pivot to directing

599

Matty Matheson: His journey as a chef, from culinary school to The Bear

600

Isabella Rossellini: Conclave, Catholicism & the family business

601

Paul Gilligan: How his childhood fear of Jaws inspired his new graphic memoir

602

Keith Morrison: On his stepson Matthew Perry's life and legacy

603

Ali Abbasi: Why Trump has condemned his new film The Apprentice

604

Quick Q: Billianne on how one comment from Taylor Swift changed her life

605

Q Introduces | Céline: Understood

606

Kaniehtiio Horn: Channeling her rage into Seeds, her directorial debut

607

Maev Beaty: The veteran Canadian actor takes on My Name is Lucy Barton

608

Nada Surf: Matthew Caws on Nada Surf's unexpected and beautiful career

609

Stars: On 20 years of love and Set Yourself on Fire

610

Mikey Madison: Anora and her strikingly nuanced portrayal of sex work

611

Andy Jones: How his deeply personal one-man show helped him grieve his son

612

Florence Pugh: How making We Live in Time changed the way she lives her life

613

Jae and Trey Richards: Their new comedy series The Office Movers

614

Heather Graham: Chosen Family and her estranged relationship with her parents

615

The Reklaws: Honouring their late mom on their new EP

616

Cameron Crowe: His lost Tom Petty film

617

Quick Q: Reuben and the Bullhorn Singers on what happens after truth and reconciliation

618

Jelly Roll: From incarceration to country music stardom

619

Quick Q: Tafari Anthony on the heartbreak that inspired his debut album

620

Cate Blanchett: Rumours, Disclaimer & forgetting the sound of her real voice

621

Amanda Peters: Why she calls her new book her “training wheels”

622

Tobias Jesso Jr.: How Adele changed the course of his career

623

Phil Wizard: Overcoming self-doubt to win gold at the Olympics

624

Jason Reitman: How guest writing for SNL inspired Saturday Night

625

Larissa FastHorse: The Thanksgiving Play satirizes good intentions gone wrong

626

Law Roach: Meet the “image architect” behind Zendaya, Celine Dion & more

627

Janelle Niles: Why Canada needs more pointed political comedy

628

Victor Garber: Why there’s still one thing left on his acting bucket list

629

Quick Q: How Patrick Watson channeled Leonard Cohen without imitating his sound

630

Kelsey Grammer: Why Frasier is more than just his most famous role

631

Carrie-Anne Moss: The Matrix and her new movie about a zombie-like pandemic

632

Ezra Koenig: Vampire Weekend is all grown up

633

Quick Q: How meditation helped Dylan Sinclair make his debut album

634

Liza Colón-Zayas: Finding family and stability on The Bear

635

Leif Vollebekk: How he literally dreamt up his new album

636

Nuno Bettencourt: The secret to a great guitar solo

637

Nemahsis: Why her label dropped her & her music video in the West Bank

638

Dr. Shirley Cheechoo: Why overcoming the residential school legacy is the job of warriors

639

Francis Ford Coppola: Megalopolis and becoming Michael Corleone

640

Marek Tyler: How his family — past and present — became his musical collaborators

641

Liane Moriarty: What would you do if someone predicted your death?

642

Lucius: Why these two best friends re-recorded their breakout album

643

Steven Soderbergh: Making a haunted house thriller from the ghost’s POV

644

Chris Abraham: Why Rosmersholm — a political drama from 1886 — feels so timely

645

Elliot Page and Dominic Savage: Improvising a film about coming home

646

Maisy Stella: My Old Ass and giving advice to your younger self

647

Eve: Her new memoir, Ruff Ryders & hip-hop's double standard

648

Stephan Moccio: How isolating in the woods helped him make his best music yet

649

Omar Apollo: God Said No, his acting debut & hot sauce

650

Quick Q: Jim Bryson on getting The Tragically Hip to rehearse + his new music

651

Joseph Kahn: Ick, music videos & the magic of ’80s horror flicks

652

Mick Jackson: Threads at 40 — his realistic imagining of nuclear annihilation

653

Miranda Lambert: Postcards from Texas and why losing is sometimes for the best

654

Quick Q: T. Thomason is telling his truth and confronting transphobia through song

655

Kathryn Hahn: Her path from theatre kid to comedy best friend to Marvel star

656

Cody Lightning: From being a child actor in Smoke Signals to making a mockumentary about it

657

Kate Hudson: Aging and self-image, Almost Famous & her foray into music

658

Quick Q: New music from Softcult

659

Chloë Sevigny: Why she never let her It Girl status define her

660

Matthew Rankin: Universal Language combines classic Iranian cinema with Winnipeg

661

The Tragically Hip: A new doc gives an inside look at the band’s rise to fame

662

Quick Q: Caity Gyorgy breaks down her approach to scatting

663

Oliver Jones: A Canadian jazz legend turns 90

664

Quick Q: Enuka Okuma on her film Out Come the Wolves

665

Yann Martel: Life of Pi and the case for being a bit less reasonable

666

MJ Lenderman: Blending humour and sadness on his new album

667

Paula Abdul: Music video history, Janet Jackson & American Idol

668

k.d. lang: How she broke the mold of country music

669

Tim Burton: Making Beetlejuice’s long-awaited sequel

670

Catherine O'Hara: Moira Rose and Delia Deetz walk into a room…

671

Dame Evelyn Glennie: Why she wants to teach the world to listen

672

Amber-Sekowan Daniels: Telling a coming-of-age story through an Indigenous lens

673

RZA: Wu-Tang Clan and his debut classical album

674

Boman Martinez-Reid: Why he’s testing out every genre of reality TV

675

Ethan and Maya Hawke: Flannery O'Connor, ambition & the writer's controversial legacy

676

Valley: Making their most authentic album yet

677

Dan Levy: Living with self-doubt & breaking expectations after Schitt's Creek

678

Queen Priyanka: The queen is back with her debut album Devastatia

679

Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism, leaving bad relationships & music as a mantra

680

Nina Lee Aquino: Her haunting new play Snow in Midsummer

681

Matt Johnson: BlackBerry & the future of Canadian film

682

Lisa Loeb: Her new kids’ album & 30 years of Stay (I Missed You)

683

Karan Aujla: Overcoming tragedy to become a history-making global superstar

684

Mattea Roach: Jeopardy! and their new gig as the host of Bookends

685

Sheryl Crow: How AI is crushing the spirit of music

686

Quick Q: Bibi Club on their creative and romantic partnership

687

Tom Selleck: His “accidental” acting career, Magnum, P.I. & Friends

688

Jovanni Sy: Revisiting Arthur Miller’s Chinese staging of Death of a Salesman

689

Anna Marie Tendler: Her new memoir & leaving John Mulaney out of it

690

Luna Li: Her dreamy new album When A Thought Grows Wings

691

Josh Ramsay: Marianas Trench, the hero’s journey & Call Me Maybe

692

Kiesza: Her massive hit Hideaway & the traumatic brain injury that halted her career

693

MacKenzie Porter: The heartbreak of trying to make it in Nashville

694

Keysha Freshh: Her new album Pretty Boys Break My Heart

695

The Beaches: How everything needed to fall apart for everything to come together

696

Lucky Daye: Pushing the boundaries of R&B

697

Nava Mau: Baby Reindeer, her Emmy nod & her work with LGBTQ+ survivors

698

Sean Wang: How his new film Dìdi puts a spin on the classic coming-of-age story

699

Fat Mike: The end of NOFX

700

Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee: Jackie Shane’s fascinating story

701

Fede Álvarez: Behind the scenes of Alien: Romulus

702

Vinessa Antoine: Her new role on Plan B

703

Carley Fortune: Leaving journalism to become a romance novelist

704

Chris Stein: Blondie, his relationship with Debbie Harry & the ugly side of rock 'n' roll

705

Tommy Tiernan: Stand-up, Derry Girls & the price of authenticity

706

Quick Q: New music from Ruby Waters

707

Elin Hilderbrand: Why she’s retiring from writing summer beach reads

708

Quick Q: New music from Wild Rivers

709

Clarence Maclin: From 15 years in Sing Sing to starring in a movie about it

710

Kenzie Allen: Her complex relationship to figures like Pocahontas

711

Shakira: Going to hell and back for her new album

712

Alan Doyle: Welcome Home, Great Big Sea’s early days & 30 years in music

713

Anne Michaels: Her new novel Held & the unexpected reason she’s so private

714

Quick Q: Bye Parula shares the story behind Q's theme music

715

Orville Peck: Feeling like an outsider & finding his home in country music

716

Quick Q: Zehra Naqvi reads from her debut poetry collection

717

Jasmeet Raina: Overnight internet fame, his Sikh faith & his new show Late Bloomer

718

Quick Q: Hana Shafi on the power of everyday interactions with strangers

719

Josh Hartnett: Shedding the heartthrob label

720

Elijah Wood: Child stardom & his new movie Bookworm

721

Sarah McLachlan: Fame, stalkers & her biggest hits

722

Quick Q: Emily Austin on rewriting parts of the Bible through a queer lens

723

Keanu Reeves & China Miéville: Their new novel The Book of Elsewhere

724

Qasim Khan: Taking on the role of Hamlet

725

Karen Robinson: Her starring role on Law & Order Toronto

726

Marigold Santos & Rajni Perera: Their epic new exhibit in Montreal

727

Jelly Roll: From incarceration to country music stardom

728

Quick Q: Donovan Woods returns with his 7th studio album

729

Noah Kahan: Stick Season, authenticity, TikTok & lying to therapists

730

Quick Q: Randell Adjei on what artists and Olympians share in common

731

Chromeo: Adult Contemporary, growing up & staying funky in your 40s

732

Ian Harnarine: How Trinidadian doubles inspired his film about family legacy

733

Brittany Howard: Leaving Alabama Shakes, What Now & rehearsing in haunted houses

734

Naomi Jaye: Darkest Miriam & the inner life of a public librarian

735

Maya Rudolph: Loot, SNL, Bridesmaids & her cool parents

736

Will Butler: Stereophonic, writing ‘70s music & exploring thorny relationships in bands

737

G-Eazy: Freak Show, his struggle with fame & losing his mom

738

Allison Au: Migrations, her family history & what we mean by the idea of home

739

Liza Colón-Zayas: Finding family and stability on The Bear

740

Luke Gilford: Writing a queer cowboy love story without tragedy

741

Osgood Perkins: Longlegs, Nicolas Cage & making the scariest movie of the year

742

PJ Morton: Cape Town to Cairo & the life-changing trip to Africa that inspired it

743

Jim Cuddy: His new solo album, relationships & songwriting

744

Quick Q: John Carter Cash on his father Johnny Cash's new posthumous album

745

Stephen Graham Jones: X-raying the slasher genre

746

Gregory Oh: Celebrating mistakes with Lessons in Failure

747

Jennifer Esposito: How her film Fresh Kills brings a new perspective to the mafia genre

748

Quick Q: Shy Kids on their new single & winning the Prism Prize’s Hi-Fidelity Award

749

Trey Anastasio: Phish’s 40-year friendship, the key to improvisation & why we need live music

750

Jason Hopley & Jamie Shannon: Nanalan’s viral TikTok success

751

Wanda Koop: Her passion for painting, her new exhibit & how to engage with art at a gallery

752

Camila Cabello: Her new album and dealing with online comments

753

Nemahsis: Her debut album, why her label dropped her & shooting a music video in the West Bank

754

Darius Rucker: Hootie & the Blowfish and his latest country record

755

Waxahatchee: Her DIY punk roots, foray into Americana & new album Tigers Blood

756

Quick Q: Maggie Andrew on her debut EP Day Job

757

Tom Green: His comedy career, surviving cancer & coming back to Canada

758

Quick Q: How Fawn Parker’s poetry explores the complexity of grief

759

William Stanford Davis: His 40-year path to Abbott Elementary

760

Old Man Luedecke: His banjo-free album & lessons from scallop fishing

761

Green Day: Dookie, American Idiot, and why their album Saviors is the best they’ve ever recorded

762

Kapwani Kiwanga: Combining history and art at the Venice Biennale

763

June Squibb: On starring in her first leading film role at 94

764

Alexandra Stréliski: Fighting cynicism, burnout & hearing her music at the Oscars

765

Carol Burnett: Climbing the Hollywood sign, getting her first laugh & having fun at 90

766

Meghan Fandrich: Devastating wildfires, moving forward after tragedy & healing through poetry

767

Sam Smith: Gloria, self-love & why queer joy can feel radical

768

Quick Q: Jennifer Castle shares how her song got featured on Season 3 of The Bear

769

Karan Aujla: How he overcame tragedy to become a history-making global superstar

770

Jodie Comer: The Bikeriders, accent training, and her path to acting

771

Brendan Healy: The Inheritance, learning from the past, and how to stage an epic 7-hour play

772

Jamie Fine: Her new EP, starting fresh as a solo artist, and blowing up in South Africa

773

E.R. Fightmaster: Grey’s Anatomy fame and their new EP

774

Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us, overcoming stage fright, and working with Taylor Swift

775

Quick Q: Dominique Fils-Aimé on releasing her first song in French

776

Dr. Shirley Cheechoo: Why overcoming the residential school legacy is the job of warriors

777

Remembering Donald Sutherland

778

Lily Gladstone: Life post-Killers of the Flower Moon & her new film Fancy Dance

779

Elisapie: How translating pop and rock hits into Inuktitut helped her heal

780

Paul Scheer: Joyful Recollections of Trauma, the cycle of abuse, and how improv saved his life

781

Quick Q: Weyni Mengesha on updating A Streetcar Named Desire for 2024

782

Chappell Roan: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, perseverance, and the freedom of drag

783

Miles Greenberg: Working with flesh, Marina Abramović, and his physical journey in art

784

Dallas Smith: His switch from rock to country, his old band Default, and why he hasn’t moved to Nashville

785

Katori Hall: Telling Tina Turner’s story in The Tina Turner Musical

786

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Stretching into dramatic work, therapy with her mom, and her new film Tuesday

787

Walter Scott: Why he’s saying goodbye to Wendy, his most famous creation

788

Ally Pankiw: Comedy and tragedy, depression snacks, and her new film I Used to Be Funny

789

George McWhirter: The art of translation and his Griffin Poetry Prize win

790

Remembering Françoise Hardy

791

Kamasi Washington: Fearless Movement, fatherhood, and his biggest jazz influences

792

Ahmed Moneka: His debut album, Afro Sufi music, and the death threat that forced him to seek asylum in Canada

793

deadmau5: His accidental EDM career, 25 years in music, and why he wears a giant mouse helmet

794

Sin Wai Kin: How sci-fi and drag changed their art and helped them realize their true identity

795

George Clinton: Funkadelic, James Brown and Kendrick Lamar

796

Haley McGee: How hospices, mystics and trips to the cemetery inspired her new solo show

797

Kiesza: Her massive hit Hideaway and the traumatic brain injury that halted her career

798

Jessi Cruickshank: Why getting real about motherhood is good for some laughs

799

Huey Lewis: How to make a radio hit, hearing loss, and his new Broadway musical

800

Quick Q: Bibi Club on their creative and romantic partnership

801

Devery Jacobs: Her path to acting, storytelling as activism, and her grueling years as a gymnast

802

Arooj Aftab: The allure of the night, pioneering Pakistan’s DIY music movement, and her new album

803

Dan Brown: His journey from failed musician to bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code

804

Billy-Ray Belcourt: His debut short story collection and writing about queer, Indigenous love

805

Denis Villeneuve: Dune 2, his vision for the sci-fi epic, and how the film reflects issues in the world today

806

Matt Johnson: BlackBerry, what happens when an outsider filmmaker goes mainstream, and the future of Canadian film

807

Quick Q: Frank Walker on his debut album Origin and putting a new spin on EDM

808

Patricia Field: Costume design, her NYC boutique, and dressing Sarah Jessica Parker

809

Ilana Glazer: Motherhood, loss, and her new film Babes

810

Lamar Johnson: The Last of Us, Brother, and being honoured at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards

811

Siphesihle November: On following his ballet dreams from South Africa to Canada

812

Quick Q: Nelly Furtado on why she took a break from music and what brought her back

813

Geoff McFetridge: Beastie Boys, skateboarding in Calgary, and designing for brands like Apple and Nike

814

Aminder Dhaliwal: A Witch’s Guide to Burning, burnout, and protecting your creativity

815

Tarsem Singh: On Dear Jassi and the real-life tragedy that inspired the film

816

Alexander Stewart: His pop music journey, the devastating moment his voice changed, and his debut album

817

George Miller: Furiosa, what Mad Max is really about, and his early career as an ER doctor

818

Jane Schoenbrun: I Saw the TV Glow, the trans experience, and their ‘90s TV obsessions

819

Ethan and Maya Hawke: On Wildcat and their love of Flannery O'Connor

820

Zainab Johnson: How some big plot twists in her life led to a career in comedy

821

Harlan Coben: After 80 million copies sold, the bestselling author still suffers from self-doubt

822

Quick Q: Canadian saxophonist and composer Christine Jensen on her new song Fantasy on Blue

823

Joyner Lucas: On his new album Not Now I'm Busy

824

Alana Yorke: Her near-death experience and new album

825

Laurie Anderson: AI and art, O Superman, and her prolific career

826

Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine and the Black origins of the banjo

827

Tom Selleck: His “accidental” acting career, Magnum, P.I., and his new memoir

828

Matthew Macfadyen: Playing desperate people and the success of Succession

829

Kathleen Hanna: Bikini Kill, the feminism of riot grrrl, and her new memoir

830

Quick Q: Don McKay on receiving the Griffin Poetry Prize’s Lifetime Recognition Award

831

Remembering Alice Munro

832

Serj Tankian: System of a Down, raising awareness of the Armenian genocide, and his new memoir

833

Quick Q: Billianne shares how one comment from Taylor Swift changed her life

834

Kevin Durand: On Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and going to “ape school”

835

Moya O'Connell: On directing Hedda Gabler — one of theatre’s most complex roles

836

Ncuti Gatwa: On becoming the first Black queer Doctor Who

837

Evany Rosen: On her new show Davey & Jonesie's Locker

838

Remembering Steve Albini

839

Laufey: On being called Gen Z’s jazz icon

840

Ryusuke Hamaguchi: How the music for Evil Does Not Exist came before the film

841

MacKenzie Porter: On the heartbreak of trying to make it in Nashville

842

Kuperman Brothers: On making their Broadway debut with The Outsiders

843

Jerry Seinfeld: Unfrosted, turning 70, and the Seinfeld finale

844

Quick Q: Softcult on their new EP Heaven

845

Béla Fleck: On tackling George Gershwin’s masterpiece Rhapsody In Blue

846

Carley Fortune: On leaving journalism to become a romance novelist

847

Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism, leaving bad relationships, and music as a mantra

848

Quick Q: Mark Clennon on his new film, HIV stigma, and the underbelly of Toronto

849

Charlotte Day Wilson: Cyan Blue, choosing music over hockey, and Patti Smith

850

Ari Kinarthy: On scoring his own legacy

851

Emily Henry: Bringing the romance novel into the age of dating apps and TikTok

852

Christian Sparkes: The King Tide and the darker side of Newfoundland and Labrador

853

Laura Ramoso: On going viral for doing impressions of her parents

854

Hangama Amiri: Using textiles to stitch together her memories of home

855

Richard Thomas: To Kill a Mockingbird and playing John-Boy on The Waltons

856

Justin Peck: Adapting Sufjan Stevens’s album Illinois into a Broadway musical

857

St. Vincent: All Born Screaming, oversharing, and working with Dave Grohl

858

Caitlin Cronenberg: Her eco-catastrophe film, photography, and her famous last name

859

Maya Rudolph: Loot, SNL, Bridesmaids, and her cool parents

860

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee: Jackie Shane’s fascinating story

861

Jimbo: Clowning, Drag Race, and winning for weirdos around the world

862

Sophie Nélisse: Irena’s Vow and what training as a gymnast gives her as an actor

863

Nikki Giovanni: Poetry, the birth of hip-hop, and why she genuinely wants to go to Mars

864

Zarrar Kahn: How his debut film depicts the horror of living in a patriarchal society

865

Jay Baruchel: Existential dread, optimism, and why he stayed in Canada

866

Alexandre Hamel: Why he’s out to prove that ice skating is an art

867

Noah Kahan: Stick Season, authenticity, TikTok, and lying to therapists

868

Quick Q: Cadence Weapon on his new album Rollercoaster

869

Tonya Williams: The Young and the Restless, Reelworld Film Festival, and her barrier-breaking work

870

Mick Jagger: Hackney Diamonds and more than 60 years of the Rolling Stones

871

Fred Nguyen Khan: The Sympathizer, training with Shaolin monks, and acting in Vietnamese for the first time

872

Deryck Whibley: Why Sum 41 is disbanding after 27 years

873

Leanne Toshiko Simpson: Why the rom-com is the perfect format to discuss mental illness

874

Alex Garland on his new film Civil War + Hamza Haq on how Transplant saved his career

875

Kyle MacLachlan: Fallout, David Lynch, and how he really feels about Dune

876

iskwē: The ‘gut-wrenching roller coaster ride’ of making her new album

877

Mike Post on writing some of TV’s greatest theme songs + Joel Plaskett’s new spoken word piece

878

Ian Williams on courageous conversations, cancel culture and taking risks + Magdalene Odundo on her life in clay

879

Rudy Mancuso: Música and what it’s like living with synesthesia

880

Dawn Landes: The Liberated Women’s Songbook and the history of women’s activism through music

881

Joan Baez: Folk music, “Bobby” Dylan, and what it means to have an honest legacy

882

Brendan Healy: The Inheritance, learning from the past, and how to stage an epic seven-hour play

883

Guillaume Côté on retiring from the National Ballet of Canada + TOBi on his big Junos wins

884

'I went to hell and came back from it': Shakira on the strength and resilience behind her new album

885

Ani DiFranco: Hadestown and her new chapter on Broadway

886

Mary Elizabeth Winstead: A Gentleman in Moscow, Ahsoka, and Scott Pilgrim

887

Shakira on the resilience behind her new album + Zehra Naqvi on her debut poetry collection

888

Katy O'Brian: From bodybuilding to starring alongside Kristen Stewart in the queer erotic thriller Love Lies Bleeding

889

Adaline: Making her EP Hymnal, and reconciling her queerness with her evangelical upbringing

890

Sheryl Crow: How AI is crushing the spirit of music, her new album Evolution, and speaking up through song

891

Roy Wood Jr.: Why he left The Daily Show and where late-night TV is headed

892

James Ehnes on the reality of being a child prodigy + How Caroline Rose found healing through their most vulnerable music to date

893

The Last Dinner Party: Opening for The Rolling Stones, starting out as a live act and their viral hit Nothing Matters

894

Zelda Williams: On grief, directing the camp comedy Lisa Frankenstein and embracing the unusual

895

Clement Virgo: Adapting Brother, directing The Wire and maturing as a filmmaker

896

Regina King: Playing Shirley Chisholm, almost becoming a dentist, and the meaning of success

897

Stephen Tayo: Shooting street style in Lagos and his photography philosophy

898

Kelvin Redvers: Making his thriller Cold Road, the future of Indigenous film, and getting kicked off the Cannes red carpet

899

Josh Homme: Queens of The Stone Age, Taylor Hawkins, and his debt to polka

900

Nelly Furtado: Getting a record deal at 20, writing her biggest hits, and her big comeback

901

Alexandra Streliski: Fighting cynicism, hearing her music at the Oscars, and being transformed by burnout

902

Carol Burnett: Climbing the Hollywood sign, getting her first laugh, and how having fun is still a priority at 90 years old

903

Évelyne Brochu: French Girl, what she learned from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and working with Denis Villeneuve

904

Emma Portner: How her latest choreography in Islands is subverting ballet gender norms

905

Justine Triet: Anatomy of a Fall, a marriage on trial, and the future of French cinema

906

Fawzia Mirza: The Queen of My Dreams, Bollywood, and why loving herself makes her a better filmmaker

907

How Es Devlin creates concert spectacles on stage + DJ Karaba on how giving up on one dream can open the door to another

908

Michael Keaton: Knox Goes Away, getting Al Pacino to star in his film, and what Mister Rogers was really like

909

Cody Lightning: From being a child actor in Smoke Signals to making a spinoff mockumentary about it

910

Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan: Merry and Pippin, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and their decades-long friendship

911

Hip-Hop Week: Maestro Fresh Wes, the godfather of Canadian hip-hop

912

Maestro Fresh Wes: His journey to becoming the godfather of Canadian hip-hop

913

Q Introduces: Who Replaced Avril Lavigne?

914

Diana Lee Inosanto: Ahsoka, transitioning from stunt performer to actor, and her connection to Bruce Lee

915

Allison Au: Migrations, her family history, and what we mean by the idea of home

916

Bill T. Jones: Working with Keith Haring, athletic sweat versus poetic sweat, and his incredible life in dance

917

Steve Patterson: The Debaters, what happens when a comedian becomes a dad, and why he’s making soap

918

Denis Villeneuve: Dune 2, his vision for the sci-fi epic, and how the film reflects issues in the world today

919

Kim Gordon: Sonic Youth, TikTok, and her new solo album

920

Shana Carroll: How to see circus as an art form

921

Olufikayo Ziki Adeola: Calling out Disney, Iwájú, and showing Lagos in the future

922

Chloé Robichaud & Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Days of Happiness, toxic family relationships, and making conducting believable on screen

923

Chelsea Peretti: Her debut film, women in comedy, and Hollywood's reaction to #MeToo

924

Mark Seliger: Oscar Party portraits, capturing someone's essence, and the stories behind his most iconic celebrity photos

925

Lily Gladstone: Working with Scorsese, breaking into Hollywood, and Killers of the Flower Moon

926

Tate McRae: Performing on SNL, her hit song Greedy, and not being judgmental of your art

927

Corb Lund: Remembering Ian Tyson, The Grand Ole Opry, and El Viejo

928

Jeremy Dutcher on the sound of grief + New music from Elliott Brood

929

Jacob Collier is tired of making music on his own + Emily Austin reads from Gay Girl Prayers

930

Kōji Yakusho: Finding happiness in simplicity, Perfect Days, and working with Wim Wenders

931

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee on collaborating with Margaret Atwood to create Zombie Blizzard

932

Karen Robinson: Law & Order Toronto, moving from Jamaica to rural Alberta, and naming her character after family

933

Adrian Glynn: Why it's important to know your grandparents' story

934

Alan Ritchson on Reacher, Ordinary Angels, and living with bipolar disorder + Meredith Hama-Brown on her film Seagrass

935

Pam Grier: How she became the queen of Blaxploitation film and Hollywood’s first female action hero

936

Alexandra Billings: Queen Tut, chosen family, and the evolution of trans representation in film and TV

937

Marlon Wayans: From Scary Movie and White Chicks to his new life as a stand-up

938

Kablusiak: The winner of the Sobey Art Award, one of Canada’s most prestigious visual arts prizes

939

Brittany Howard on leaving Alabama Shakes, What Now, and growing up in poverty + New music from Mumford & Sons

940

Adam Beach: Exile, Smoke Signals, and his journey to acting

941

Shea Couleé: The Love Ball, their dance record, and life after Drag Race

942

Chromeo: Adult Contemporary, growing up, and what it means to be funky as you approach middle age

943

Diane Flacks: Funneling her guilt into art and mining it for comedy

944

Daniel Caesar: Never Enough, the myth of success, and collaborating with Justin Bieber

945

The Beaches: How everything needed to fall apart for everything to come together

946

Seth Rogen: His love of pottery, The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down, and judging other artists’ work

947

Alan Doyle: Welcome Home, Great Big Sea’s early days, and his 30 years as a working musician

948

Paul Giamatti: The Holdovers, his Oscar nom, and reuniting with Alexander Payne 20 years after Sideways

949

Vince Staples: His new Netflix show, repping Long Beach, and luring Kawhi Leonard away from the Raptors

950

Reinaldo Marcus Green: One Love, what we get wrong about Bob Marley, and why being a pitcher makes you a better filmmaker

951

How Amanda Parris lost and found her way back to art + Turning the frustration of finding child care into music

952

Zach Woods: Public radio, The Office, and making fun of yourself

953

Sunny Drake: CHILD-ish, listening to kids, and hope for the future

954

Pablo Schreiber: Halo, being Canadian, and sleeping in for his first day on The Wire

955

Keyon Harrold: Jazz trumpet, star-studded collaborations, and his new album

956

Cole Sprouse on Lisa Frankenstein, child stardom, and death threats + New music from The Strumbellas

957

Molly Ringwald: ‘80s fame, why she took a step back, and her new role in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

958

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the PTSD-List, getting blacklisted by Hollywood, and starting a new chapter of her career

959

Supinder Wraich: Allegiance, Sort Of, and acting through Craigslist

960

Ilana Glazer: Life after Broad City, stand-up comedy, and making peace with her 30s

961

Domee Shi: Turning Red, normalizing puberty, and creating the first Pixar film set in Canada

962

Bob Geldof: Live Aid, staying hopeful, and the power of music to effect change

963

Spiritbox: Heavy metal, their first Grammy nomination, and collaborating with Megan Thee Stallion

964

Ronan Bennett: Top Boy, how Drake saved the gritty British drama, and his new novel based on the series

965

Daniel Schlusser and Scott Price: How their play draws parallels between the future of AI and the neurodivergent experience

966

Terrace Martin on his influences, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, and how music changed his life + bludnymph's cathartic toxic girl anthem

967

Daisy Ridley: Sometimes I Think About Dying and landing her first big role as Rey in Star Wars

968

Celine Song: Past Lives, rejecting clichés in modern love stories, and writing a story inspired by her life

969

Darius Rucker on Hootie & the Blowfish and his new country record + New music from Liza

970

How Kim Thúy was transported to her childhood for the filming of Ru + New music from Tafari Anthony

971

David Yee: How his “fascination of what’s difficult” helped him change the face of Canadian theatre

972

Tanya Tagaq: True Detective, the brilliance of Jodie Foster, and creating the series’ score

973

Jake Johnson on Self Reliance, getting fired, and New Girl + LU KALA has Nothing But Love

974

Ava DuVernay on her new film Origin + Amelia Curran pays tribute to influential songwriter Ron Hynes

975

June Clark: Unrequited Love, her relationship with the American flag, and the artistic appeal of rust

976

Sleater-Kinney: Little Rope, coping with grief, and the 30th anniversary of the band

977

Green Day: Dookie, American Idiot, and why their new album Saviors is the best they’ve ever recorded

978

Venus: The first Indigenous winner of Canada’s Drag Race

979

Nikki Giovanni: Poetry, influencing the birth of hip-hop, and why being talented means being lonely

980

Matty Matheson: The Bear, his passionate Emmys speech, and bringing his kitchen experience to the show

981

Jasmeet Raina: Overnight internet fame, misunderstandings about his Sikh faith, and his new show Late Bloomer

982

Hayley Williams: Getting Paramore back together, being a woman in the pop-punk scene, and why she’s “addicted to a survival narrative”

983

Ibrahim Maalouf: Pushing the boundaries of the trumpet, his father’s influence, and how music became a refuge to him

984

R.L. Stine: Goosebumps, writing advice, and how he stumbled into writing horror for kids

985

Vanessa Morgan: Riverdale, Wild Cards, and receiving death threats for her character's actions

986

Geoff McFetridge: Beastie Boys, skateboarding in Calgary, and designing for brands like Apple and Nike

987

D.J. Demers: How growing up hard of hearing and working in a used sporting good store inspired his new sitcom

988

Nicole Byer on how ADHD can help your comedy + Mark Critch pays tribute to his dad by impersonating him

989

Sydney Freeland: Echo, Marvel’s first “deaf Native American badass,” and the importance of getting a Chocktaw story right

990

Bruce Liu: The only Canadian to win the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition

991

Deantha Edmunds: The first Inuk professional opera singer, the Order of Canada, and the classical music of Labrador Inuit

992

Marcel Dzama: The fire that destroyed his early work, Group of Seven, and being drawn to nature in his new show

993

Colman Domingo’s journey from clown to playing civil rights leader Bayard Rustin + Kaia Kater’s new song The Internet

994

Dan Levy: Good Grief, living with self-doubt, and breaking expectations after Schitt's Creek

995

Jeffrey Wright on his connection to American Fiction & Jean-Michel Basquiat + Jordan Alexander's new song

996

Aurora James: Making AOC’s Tax The Rich dress, her memoir Wildflower, and using fashion as a tool for activism

997

Nick Green: How he’s helping destigmatize HIV/AIDS with his play Casey and Diana

998

Cynthia Nixon: The legacy of Sex and the City and the evolution of Miranda

999

Mick Jagger: The Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts, and the future of music

1000

Elizabeth Acevedo: Living wakes, family secrets, and why she’s been planning her own funeral since she was a kid