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Q with Tom Power — 1000 episodes
Gary Oldman’s one acting pet peeve
Le Ren ‘felt like a loser’ for loving bluegrass
How one flick from Jesus led Ins Choi to his calling
Kofi refuses to choose between being a musician and a pro athlete
Zorga Qaunaq is a recovering people pleaser
When his son had brain surgery, Spencer Burton found hope in music
Philip Akin isn’t here to mentor you, he’s here to radicalize you
How Beverly Hills, 90210 changed Kathleen Robertson’s life overnight
Why Caity Gyorgy likes to ‘rage bait’ her pianist Mark Limacher
Rick Campanelli on MuchMusic, his gambling addiction and recovery
Anthony Hopkins thinks we all think too much
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth grew up on Son of a Critch. Now it’s time to say goodbye
Andrea Martin on SCTV, Broadway and embracing your inner clown
For Bob Odenkirk, embarrassment can be a good thing
This poet’s new collection is a love letter to Toronto
New Music: Emily Steinwall
Lana Condor visualized her way to some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises
How MuchMusic inspired TyriqueOrDie to change his sound
Sami Landri says she’s always ‘been a contrarian to the core’
New Music: SNACKTIME
Agatha's Almanac: The art of slow living
New Music: Michaela Slinger
Thundercat: ‘Writing with Mac Miller was a glorious day’
Will Forte on the movie Hollywood tried to bury
Slushy Noobz and the art of being ‘chalant’
Sara Bareilles is embracing the ‘grief exorcism’
What do punk and folk music have in common? Mama’s Broke explain
Remembering Dolly Parton
Fiver is ‘cleaning house’ inside and out
For Jean-Michel Blais, pianos are excellent secret keepers
Tracy and Martina go from Cape Breton to the ‘promised land’
The Tragically Hip: Fulfilling a friend's last wish to go on tour
This play mashes up a British Restoration comedy with an Asian rom-com
How this country singer learned to finally love his voice
Laura Marling is in her Raffi era
American Girl in Italy: The story behind the iconic photo
Hanumankind brings a global influence to his rap music
How Skiifall got Virgil Abloh’s seal of approval
Hannah Einbinder knows Hacks will follow her for life
Sara Porter breaks up with the sun on stage
Whitehorse: Your favourite Canadian musician’s favourite musicians
Naomi Sharon on being the first woman signed to Drake’s OVO Sound
Megan Park wants TV to take Gen Z seriously
New Music: Kiwi Jr.
Candi Staton is finally getting her flowers
Why this artist chose to highlight Arab designers at the Met Gala
Melissa Auf der Maur on Hole’s chaos — and its genius
Les Louanges found a better version of himself as a caregiver
How Stevie Wonder helped Glenn Lewis feel closer to his father
Vijay Gupta: Playing Beethoven on Skid Row
DerRic Starlight wants to get the first Indigenous puppet on Sesame Street
Maddy Kelly’s dream job? Hosting the Oscars while pregnant
Dawoud Bey turns his lens toward landscapes that hold Black history
Little House on the Prairie reboot doesn’t skip over Indigenous history
A fake David Lee Roth changed her life
Reneltta Arluk on the artist as nomad
What does Alzheimer's look like? This cartoonist drew from her experience
Common shares the advice that changed his life
New Music: sundayclub
Constance Wu says her confidence is hard-earned
New Music: Moira & Claire
Getting to Know Q: D.W. Waterson
Some run away and join the circus. Carisa Hendrix built her own
Remembering Oliver Jones, a Canadian jazz legend
Acting like a maniac never gets old for Weird Al
Why this director tapped into feminine energy for his new film
Ron Funches on his post-Traitors autism diagnosis
Rebecca Northan wants you to give yourself permission to play
Luke Wilson reflects on his comedic chemistry with Will Ferrell
How this artist created the “moccasin gaze” genre
He didn’t know he was auditioning for Avatar: The Last Airbender
New music: Elysia Biro
Shania Twain takes Timmins, Ontario with her everywhere she goes
Three Days Grace embraces the term “Divorced Dad Rock”
How one man went from corporate recruiter to protest photographer
How this music director keeps classical music alive
Why this playwright thinks kids’ worldviews are a superpower
Celebrating 25 years of Wet Hot American Summer
The Succession showrunner on writing about wealth and power
Her music was suddenly a huge hit. But this Canadian musician felt isolated
Why this musician recorded Newfoundland's rural church organs
Why Zoe Whittall changed her name to write romance novels
How did Cape Breton become part of a drug smuggling ring?
André Sills on finding the humanity in Othello’s tragedy
Mae Martin on the movie they reluctantly walked out of
Before k.d. lang, before Peaches, there was Carole Pope
Is Evanescence’s new album their best work yet?
Oyin Oladejo on the healing power of Medusa’s rage
Jack Innanen is dying to play a young Chris Hadfield
Why Gail Maurice cast her own mother in a film inspired by her life
Anna Lambe thought TV was superficial until she found its power
New Music: True Mountain Laurel
Q Live in St. John’s!
What it was like singing backup for Céline Dion
Even bbno$ finds bbno$ to be too much sometimes
Tom Green on Tony Hawk, gaining a mule’s trust, and coming home to Canada
Carley Fortune’s adaptation non-negotiable? Keep the story in Canada
A cartoonist documents a chapter of queer American history
In a rare English interview, Diljit Dosanjh sits down with Q
New Music: Georges E. Sioui
When this Broadway vet won a Tony, she thanked her babysitters
Klô Pelgag on motherhood, creativity and francophone music in Canada
Breaking the silence on sexual abuse in the classical world
New Music: THEHONESTGUY
He’s produced for Taylor, Lana and Lorde. Now he’s telling his own story
How a cold call to Wyclef Jean led to a dream coming true
How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand
Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly
Natalia Lafourcade needed to escape her fame. She moved to Ottawa
Why there’s a six-year waitlist for these banjos
How Tatiana Maslany’s “fraudulence” helps her acting
New Music: MICO
You may not know her name, but Steve Carell calls her a “secret weapon”
What’s in Vince Gill’s 50-year archive?
Behind the scenes of the Canadian Heritage Minutes
What happens when women are called crazy?
You don’t have to overcome stage fright to be a comedian
Audrey Hobert wrote hits for her best friend. Now she's telling her own story
How to write poetry about religion, the pandemic and garbage
How to keep all your old friends together: advice from Broken Social Scene
New Music: Wintersleep
What does Canada actually sound like?
New Music: Bye Parula
Don’t we all need a ‘stupid’ comedy right now?
Why everyone should hear Minnie Riperton’s music
Can music destroy the idea of time?
New Music: Joel Plaskett
How Katherine LaNasa turned a hard year into an Emmy win
RAAHiiM left church behind, but he’s still moved by the spirit
Andrea Martin on SCTV, Broadway and embracing your inner clown
Punk rock was his training ground for a life in politics
The surprising connection between Parks and Rec and Widow’s Bay
Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love and how Mother! destroyed her
Prison didn’t up his rap game. Having a daughter did
Vittorio Angelone doesn’t want anyone to enjoy his stand-up show
Kane Parsons on being the youngest director in A24 history
Is Waiting for Godot the greatest creative achievement ever?
New Music: Daniela Andrade
Colm Tóibín on why writers imagine evil
He felt like he didn’t belong on screen. Now, he’s hosting Canada’s Oscars
Julie Kim couldn't express herself. And then she found comedy
How this choreographer is making ballet for everyone
Howie Mandel says fame is bulls--t
New Music: Laura Roy
Robby Hoffman’s unconventional path to comedy
Sheng Wang on the art of being present and writing a good joke
Boots Riley wants his art to inspire mass movements
Devin Cuddy on name-dropping Canadian cities in his music
Stratford Festival’s Antoni Cimolino loves Shakespeare “more than ever”
What Grey’s Anatomy taught Louisa Levy about showrunning sexy hockey romances
How learning the tabla awakened Jasmeet Raina’s creativity
Arizona O’Neill on drawing organs and making peace with her past
What Bruce Allen learned from managing the biggest names in Canadian music history
Chloe Tang went from working security at a music venue to playing it with Dua Lipa
King of Soca Machel Montano on the history of Carnival around the world
How this self-taught musician turned her passion into billions of views
Why you should take children’s books seriously
How to turn toxic masculinity — and Elon Musk’s satellites — into poetry
How Kathy Reichs changed the face of crime fiction
Mental health comes first for this music manager
How the dance floor got Arlo Parks out of her head
Looking for a sign to chase your dreams? Aysanabee is it
Directing made this actor writhe in a chair — from excitement
Burnt out, this country star found inspiration at an airport
Josh Groban’s dad gave up music. Now, they’re recording together
Dumb Crush have Had It with hustle culture
Why Arkells still want to play small venues — like a strip club
This filmmaker will teach you how to swallow a sword
Ziggy Marley is making music to please the angels on Brightside
This artist turns the thankless work of motherhood into vibrant art
Riz Ahmed says the only way through shame is laughter
Jeremy Dutcher worked with improvisers to score this thriller
Firefighter, naval officer, musician: the many lives of Kashus Culpepper
Why starring on The Pitt has made this Canadian actor more neurotic
Introducing: The Big Five with Tom Power and Donovan Woods
Kacey Musgraves shares her secret weapon for songwriting
Cat Clyde is done with apologizing for being a woman
This Montreal DJ’s weirdest gig? A Russian mob island castle
Banned in Iran, one singer found her voice in Canada
Why people want Peter Capaldi to tell them to “f–k off”
This artist takes “listen to your heart” to a whole new level
“Modern Whore” is Playboy if it was run by the Bunnies
Thrifting and old-school hip-hop inspired Cadence Weapon’s latest album
Beef creator Lee Sung Jin on the argument that inspired Season 2
This choreographer wants to dismantle the myth of the “responsible genius”
“It was like magic”: Ringo Starr on his psychic connection with his fellow Beatles
This filmmaker gets how hard it is to make a movie about mental health
Why Jean Yoon is playing a pre-teen character in her 60s
Why *did* American Pie drive the Chevy to the levee?
Chase Infiniti studied cults to prepare for The Testaments
Why are there so many Marys in the Bible?
How Dorothy Grant became a matriarch of Indigenous fashion
Edwin Raphael wrote his new album in his sleep
Why Montreal is the (unrequited) love of Chandler Levack’s life
This song will make you want to call your mom
Why this artist believes Indigenous stories are Canada’s DNA
Scrubs has a “no a–hole” policy to thank for its success
Maren Morris’s Dreamsicle is more than just a divorce album
These choreographers are making the invisible visible through dance
Piano virtuoso Lang Lang on the teacher who didn’t believe in him
Folk trio The Pairs don’t write songs with perfect endings
Superstar producer Greg Wells on his hitmaking career
The Dears almost quit the band several times
Mark Critch wants Trump to know he isn’t sorry
Jacob Collier moves toward restraint and limitation on his new record
Tenille Townes returns to her own intuition on her new song Enabling
Dan Levy almost left Hollywood to open a hotel in Italy
Nina Lee Aquino on "getting her teeth kicked in" for theatre
Q Live at the Junos: Part 2
Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists
How Magi Merlin created her own kind of “broken R&B”
Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice and his love of Canada
Chantal Kreviazuk is reclaiming her most famous hits for other artists
Amanda Peet asks the hard questions about facelifts, validation and death
How Adam Sturgeon went from being a pro hockey player to a rock musician
Shamier Anderson says he was born to play Ben Johnson
Charlotte Cornfield cried when she heard Feist's vocals on her song
Why electronic band Holy F believes you can make music out of anything
Playwright Marlene Ginader wants to diversify serial killing
How leaving finance for acting changed Sterling K. Brown’s life
Q Live at the Junos
Is there anything Mae Martin can’t do?
A.C. Newman reflects on endings after a sobering year for The New Pornographers
Melissa Auf der Maur on Hole’s chaos — and its genius
This dad turned his toddler’s stories into viral hits
How Good Kid built a band with the internet — and what AI means for music
Tomson Highway and Patricia Cano on their decades-long creative partnership
Tedy is unapologetic about money and ambition
Forget kindred spirits — Project Hail Mary’s Lord and Miller are kindred weirdos
At the height of pop stardom, Tate McRae is learning how to stay present
Morgan Neville tells Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles story
You know J.S. Bach — but what about his cousin Johann Ludwig Bach?
Sindhu Vee on grief, reinvention and comedy
It’s a movie about killing your father — but that’s not what will haunt you
How a fatal skin disease is fueling Eddie Vedder’s fight
How Jeff Norton created Netflix’s latest teen drama about figure skating
Hanumankind brings a global influence to his rap music
Ian Tuason haunted his own home when making his new film
Lia Pappas-Kemps on why songwriting is like fortune telling
Dominique Fils-Aimé isn’t finding peace, she’s building it
Why Iggy Pop commemorated Canadian electronic music pioneer Nash the Slash in a song
Ronnie Burkett gives Shakespeare the puppet treatment
Kate Hudson: Aging and self-image, Almost Famous & her foray into music
St. Catharines’s own Ira Parker created A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Stephen Colella and Karen Gilodo on the enduring magic of Robert Munsch
‘Feeling tears roll down my face’: The dance floor experience that changed Harry Styles
Never mind method acting. Baz Luhrmann is a “method director”
Director Emma Higgins reimagines teen girl fandom as a horror film
Ashton James reimagines a cult classic with his performance in Youngblood
Oscar-nominated animator Chris Lavis on the magic of stop-motion
Merkules is on tour with Snoop Dogg and doing songs with Shaquille O'Neal
How a Yale professor ended up in two of the year’s biggest movies
Ian Thornley didn’t see himself as a frontman, but his bandmates did
How a midlife crisis led Julia Dault to embrace the hyper-local
Hilary Duff is reclaiming her past as Lizzie McGuire
Jully Black is touring Canada’s most beloved intimate venues
Gorillaz on how loss and a trip to India inspired their new album
Montreal hip-hop group Muzion on bringing Haiti to the world
At 85, Candi Staton is living her best life
bbno$ on his journey from internet success to mainstream hitmaker
Reggae legend Leroy Sibbles is a “have been, not a has been”
Jesse Mockrin is reframing the lost stories of women in historical art
Director Oliver Laxe says Sirāt was written on the dance floor
Two weeks before thyroid surgery, Koladae wrote “a song to survive”
Suzy Eddie Izzard is bringing honour to the women of Hamlet
From stage fright to stage presence, Zochi is evolving
Peaches honed her punk chops singing for kids
Scott Turner Schofield is “Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps”
Comedy icon Dave Foley is a hockey fanatic
Make art and suffer better with Boy Golden
Kris Bowers says connecting to childlike wonder leads to your best work
Laila Biali on her unexpected Grammy journey
For comedian Laura Ramoso, impressions are a form of love
Natasha Mumba wants to change theatre’s “single narrative” about Africa
Natalie MacMaster on family, love and Cape Breton fiddle music
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Q Interview
Joan Chen is embracing her second act
Before stand-up, Wally Baram wanted to be a cowgirl
Aquakultre’s 1783 album celebrates Black history in Nova Scotia
Teagan Johnston turned her imposter syndrome into art
How Katherine LaNasa turned a hard year into an Emmy win
RAAHiiM left church behind, but he’s still moved by the spirit
Akinola Davies Jr. turned a childhood memory into an acclaimed film
The wild story behind Canada’s cult classic Project Grizzly
Why Tantoo Cardinal wanted to play an ostracized “witch"
How a trip to Guinea changed Elladj Baldé’s outlook on figure skating
Tanya Tagaq’s new stage show is a conversation with the future
Why Marina Zenovich went toe-to-toe with Chevy Chase
Bruce Liu thinks piano is still just a hobby
Remembering David Ruben Piqtoukun
Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland are on a lifelong creative adventure
Remembering Catherine O'Hara
Why Bruce McCulloch thinks you should embrace dark humour
Softcult ask their audience to join them on a journey of empowerment
James Acaster almost quit comedy because of his audience
Tania Willard wants to take you beyond the art gallery
Rachel Reid promises she’s reading your Heated Rivalry emails
Despite an Oscar nod, Hubert Davis still feels like an emerging filmmaker
Canada's first lady of musical theatre is still a child at heart
Jafar Panahi was inspired by Tehran’s political prisoners
Elle Fanning calls herself a "nepo sibling”
The unmasking of the once-anonymous Ghost
The Testament of Ann Lee is redefining the musical
Wesli’s music pays homage to his Haitian roots
Jennette McCurdy on female rage and forgiving your past self
How do roadside attractions shape our cultural narrative?
Jodie Foster feels like a different actor performing in French
Katie Tupper steps off the track on her debut album Greyhound
For George Takei, coming out has been a lifelong process
Spencer Badu is taking homegrown fashion global
Nat & Alex Wolff helped each other get through childhood fame
Why don’t we know more about this Canadian violin prodigy?
Sally Wainwright on her new menopausal punk TV drama
SNFU is Edmonton’s punk rock success story
Once a DJ, Stan Douglas uses art to remix history
Endless Cookie is a psychedelic family portrait of two half-brothers
It took María Zardoya 10 years to become an overnight success
Lee Byung-hun on fate and his accidental acting career
Rose Byrne is always looking for a joke
Jessie Reyez got everything she ever wanted — but it came with a cost
Jane Siberry did pay-what-you-want music before Radiohead
Zacharias Kunuk’s films will be studied 100 years from now
Why Bells Larsen decided to sing duets with his past self
She wrote Eat, Pray, Love. But Elizabeth Gilbert had more healing to do
How Phil Hanley’s severe dyslexia fuels his comedy
Anoushka Shankar wants you to hear the sitar differently
The highs and lows of the Guess Who
Mark Ronson looks back at his rise in the ’90s DJ scene
Phil Rosenthal is the luckiest person in the world
Atsuko Okatsuka was technically kidnapped by her grandma
Sandra Oh wants to know what you’d sacrifice to save the planet
The pressure of being a Palestinian American comedian
Why Anne Murray said no to Hollywood
Yanic Truesdale was told he spoke too quickly after Gilmore Girls
For Deepa Mehta, the whole point of filmmaking is to “start a dialogue”
Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme and the loneliness of chasing success
Sacha on her Grand Ole Opry debut
Vince Gilligan is over anti-heroes
Sterlin Harjo was roasted for being a genius
James Cameron says AI will never replace actors and artists in his films
David Soren is ready to draw his “invisible” disease
Will Arnett always intended to be a dramatic actor
Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland
Wagner Moura wants to cure Brazil’s political “amnesia”
Rachel Cousins is letting go of pop perfection
Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice & his love of Canada
Nicole Ariana’s latest song is “a warm hug” to her past self
Time hasn’t passed for the voice of SpongeBob
Hildur Guðnadóttir is trying to slow down time with her new album
For Leon Thomas, making R&B music is a responsibility
How faith inspired Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery
Silvana Estrada on the difficult road to making her 2nd album
Yungblud is looking for “depth not dopamine”
If you had one day to pack up your life, what would you bring?
bill bissett: The Canadian story of one of Jack Kerouac’s favourite poets
Choclair says Canada “second-rated” itself in rap
Noah Reid believes in the magic of a big ol’ Christmas sing-along
Maggie O’Farrell on the tragedy of Hamnet
Rogers v. Rogers is like the Canadian version of Succession
The Dears almost quit the band several times
Mark Critch wants Trump to know he isn’t sorry
Dav Pilkey came up with Captain Underpants in the 2nd grade
Cœur de pirate’s most toxic relationship is with anxiety
Easy Rawlins exists to testify about Black history in America
How the 1992 cod moratorium led to the rise of Newfoundland music
Why we still need classical music
Heather Ogden on dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy
How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand
Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly
Chantal Kreviazuk is reclaiming her most famous hits for other artists
The joy of gay, smutty TV
Meadowlarks is a family drama about the ’60s Scoop
Why Nia DaCosta wants to see Black women behaving badly on-screen
The Barr Brothers had to get honest with themselves
Joe Hill’s new novel is in conversation with dad Stephen King’s work
Remembering Jimmy Cliff
Gerry Dee’s dad was obsessed with serial killers
Meredith Moon found her voice busking
William Prince on Neil Young, the Opry and all things Winnipeg
Tom Allen’s new book is an almanac for classical music lovers
How Nattie Neidhart revolutionized women’s wrestling
Yukon Blonde on the grounding power of being in a band
Elizabeth McGovern sheds light on the real Ava Gardner
Q Live! Part Two
Robert Plant isn’t precious about the past
Julianna Riolino is leaning into her confidence as an artist
How Kathy Reichs changed the face of crime fiction
Living Hour captures what yearning sounds like
Q Live! Part One
Elle Fanning calls herself a "nepo sibling”
Amaarae’s new album is dedicated to kids who don’t fit in
Before acting, Sydney Sweeney considered becoming a professional boxer
Comedian Benny Feldman is his own heckler
How a 2-second clip led to Stephan James's biggest role
Brendan McLeod honours the soldiers who fought at Vimy Ridge
Alex Cuba’s newest album is a thank you to his ancestors
James Barker Band revisits their hometown in new album One Of Us
Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists
The Hello Crows on reconnecting with their Indigenous heritage through music
Jennifer Lawrence on Die My Love and how Mother! destroyed her
This play looks at how Columbine and 9/11 haunted a generation
Bahamas isn’t sure if this is his 2nd last album — but he’s not ruling it out
Audrey-Anne Bouchard creates theatre performances you’re not supposed to see
Rochelle Jordan is rewriting her story and reclaiming her power
Lee Lai finds her voice in Cannon
Elijah Woods says don’t be afraid to be cringey on the internet
Begonia is the same flamboyant performer onstage and off
There’s nothing spooky about Shad’s new album
Harris Dickinson on his directorial debut and playing John Lennon
Maren Morris’s Dreamsicle is more than just a divorce album
These choreographers are making the invisible visible through dance
Colin Farrell plays a desperate gambler in his new movie
How three Toronto filmmakers made the scariest movie of 2025
Judd Apatow takes comedy seriously
Why Renée Fleming had her brain scanned while she imagined singing
50 years of Rocky Horror with Patricia Quinn
Christian McBride almost reunited The Police
Skye Sweetnam’s journey from teen pop star to hard rock frontwoman
Steve Martin and Alison Brown on their love of the banjo
Superstar producer Greg Wells on his hitmaking career
Jafar Panahi was inspired by Tehran’s political prisoners
Tanveer Alam on what Kathak and ballet have in common
Piano virtuoso Lang Lang on the teacher who didn’t believe in him
Folk trio The Pairs don’t write songs with perfect endings
Ryan Reynolds on John Candy’s impact and legacy
After winning the Polaris Prize, Debby Friday bet on herself
Jeff Wall says beauty isn’t what you think it is
What’s poetry’s role in the housing crisis?
Rose Byrne is always looking for a joke
Classical superstar Ludovico Einaudi on The Summer Portraits
Remembering D'Angelo
Nicholas Sparks teams up with M. Night Shyamalan
Leith Ross on grief, community and showing up even when it’s hard
Blue Rodeo look back on 30 years of Five Days in July
Natalie MacMaster on family, love and Cape Breton fiddle music
Dropkick Murphys stand up for themselves — even if they lose fans
Wolf Alice realized they were dreaming too small
katherena vermette on being a descendant and a future ancestor
Geddy Lee recalls the Rush show he'll never forget
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane sings like Sinatra
How a banned sex scene led Robert Lantos to build a Canadian film empire
Why PIQSIQ wrote a song about Mahaha, the Inuit tickling demon
Alex Edelman says good comedy shouldn’t be funny all the time
How To Sing For Money? Ask Maggie Andrew
Don’t ask Cillian Murphy what his movies are about
Alyson Stoner on the cost of child stardom
Benny Safdie tells the inspiring story of a loser
Gustavo Gimeno on Igor Stravinsky’s 1967 Toronto curtain call
For Tantoo Cardinal, there’s no turning back
He used to steal his mom’s copies of Vogue — now he works there
How losing his voice made Patrick Watson a better singer
Why Sebastian Gaskin started embracing his Indigeneity in his music
Scarlett Johansson was “humbled” directing Holocaust survivors
“Having the space to fumble" shaped Hanorah’s music
Sterlin Harjo was roasted for being a genius
Amy Millan had to break up with her guitar
Brett Goldstein is obsessed with love stories
Akinola Davies Jr. turned a childhood memory into an acclaimed film
Rachel Bobbitt’s debut album is an emotional homecoming
Mark Ronson looks back at his rise in the ’90s DJ scene
Toni Collette acted her way into appendix surgery as a kid
How Joan Shelley found inspiration in Toronto’s frigid winter
Zosia Mamet was in a Nyquil-induced haze when she auditioned for Girls
This musical is a digital detox for our brains
Sarah McLachlan on the legacy of Lilith Fair (Live)
Why Blair Underwood leads with his humanity
Euphoria’s Barbie Ferreira on becoming an indie cinema darling
How Tim Key got Carey Mulligan in The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bob Odenkirk says embarrassment is sometimes a good thing
Basia Bulat found inspiration in video games and Polish disco music
Why adapting Stephen King’s bleak novel The Long Walk was so hard
Playwright Makram Ayache is telling the queer stories he never had
Susan Aglukark was “truly afraid” to open wounds with her music
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Q Interview
Jen Sookfong Lee explores the body horror of motherhood
Sister Ray trades rejection for joy on their new album Believer
Why Anne Murray said no to Hollywood
Catherine Hernandez wants you to ask for help
Théodore Pellerin on playing a fame-obsessed lurker
Billy Idol should be dead — thankfully he's still alive to tell you his story
Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes on being an outsider
How Kathleen Edwards learned to tell hard truths
Caity Gyorgy breaks down her approach to scatting
What made Graham Greene an icon? Talent, discipline and luck
Why Stellan Skarsgård doesn’t give his kids acting advice
Gabrielle Drolet is finding new ways to create with chronic hand pain
The Beaches are embracing their messier side
At the height of her career, Melanie Fiona lost her voice
Alana Bridgewater on playing jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald
The creator of BoJack Horseman is back with a new series
Some might call artist Shirley Moorhouse a late bloomer
Ikky wants Canadians to open their minds to Punjabi music
How music helped Billianne find herself after being a teenage wallflower
Jon Batiste proves he’s the “king of cold calls”
Patrick Tarr’s debut novel puts a supernatural spin on WWII history
John Fogerty reveals the origin of CCR’s Fortunate Son
How Crystal Shawanda found her peace through song
Comedian Andrew Barr is literally running on the treadmill of addiction
How theatre helps us feel less alone in our personal muck
Why Seán Devlin made a comedy with Typhoon Haiyan survivors
Haviah Mighty is feeling lucky
Sarah Harmer uses her voice for something bigger than music
Rick Astley doesn’t have an attitude about Rickrolling — anymore
Ribbon Skirt found inspiration in renewing her antiquated “Indian” status card
Maggie Kang didn't know a movie could be as popular as KPop Demon Hunters
Tiny Horse didn’t mean to become a band
TOBi knows you have to be vulnerable to tap into your strength
Bob Dylan couldn’t have written Ada Lea’s new single
Fortune Feimster uses standup as therapy
How 5 solo artists came together to create the self-produced girl group NADUH
How Mustafa kept his faith through devastating loss
Washington Black explores joy as a form of resistance
LU KALA is the next big Canadian pop star
The high stakes of reimagining Anne of Green Gables
Kristin Scott Thomas made a movie inspired by memories of her dads
d'bi.young anitafrika on 20 years of The Sankofa Trilogy
Why Dana Sipos wrote a love song to her friends
Honey Jam founder Ebonnie Rowe walks it like she talks it
Anjulie’s pop star dream had to die so she could start again
How BAMBII went from DJing to producing her own music
Devon Healey wants to leave you with “a little speck of blindness”
Severance stars Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry
How a chance encounter at a truck stop got AHI into songwriting
After winning the Polaris Prize, Debby Friday bet on herself
Shook is sort of like a Toronto version of Good Will Hunting
Abraham Anghik Ruben preserves his life and culture through sculpture
How an edible changed Charlie Houston’s life and career
Prabal Gurung explains why Kamala Harris’s pockets matter
Cate Blanchett forgot the sound of her real voice
Heather and Arizona O'Neill find a bit of magic on the Montreal Metro
How Brian Tyree Henry overcame his imposter syndrome
The pressure of being a Palestinian American comedian
Angélique Kidjo’s life and work is defined by one thing: freedom
Thriller writer Ruth Ware has never done a sequel — until now
Robby Hoffman’s unconventional path to comedy
Yves Jarvis gave himself a concussion making music
Remembering Ozzy Osbourne
Joseph Kahn on Ick, music videos and the magic of '80s horror flicks
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Phil Wizard: Overcoming self-doubt to win gold at the Olympics
Francis Ford Coppola: Megalopolis and becoming Michael Corleone
Arooj Aftab: Pioneering Pakistan’s DIY music movement
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Jovanni Sy: Revisiting Arthur Miller’s Chinese staging of Death of a Salesman
Paula Abdul: Music video history, Janet Jackson & American Idol
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Omar Apollo: God Said No, his acting debut and hot sauce
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Robert Eggers: Why bringing Nosferatu back to the screen has been his life’s dream
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Heather Ogden: Dancing The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy
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Michael Healey: His stage satire about the failure to build a smart city in Toronto
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John Adams: Classical music’s role in telling contemporary stories
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Amanda Peters: Why she calls her new book her “training wheels”
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Jason Reitman: How guest writing for SNL inspired Saturday Night
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Kelsey Grammer: Why Frasier is more than just his most famous role
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Leif Vollebekk: How he literally dreamt up his new album
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Francis Ford Coppola: Megalopolis and becoming Michael Corleone
Marek Tyler: How his family — past and present — became his musical collaborators
Liane Moriarty: What would you do if someone predicted your death?
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Chris Abraham: Why Rosmersholm — a political drama from 1886 — feels so timely
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Maisy Stella: My Old Ass and giving advice to your younger self
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Stephan Moccio: How isolating in the woods helped him make his best music yet
Omar Apollo: God Said No, his acting debut & hot sauce
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Joseph Kahn: Ick, music videos & the magic of ’80s horror flicks
Mick Jackson: Threads at 40 — his realistic imagining of nuclear annihilation
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The Tragically Hip: A new doc gives an inside look at the band’s rise to fame
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Oliver Jones: A Canadian jazz legend turns 90
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MJ Lenderman: Blending humour and sadness on his new album
Paula Abdul: Music video history, Janet Jackson & American Idol
k.d. lang: How she broke the mold of country music
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Matt Johnson: BlackBerry & the future of Canadian film
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Karan Aujla: Overcoming tragedy to become a history-making global superstar
Mattea Roach: Jeopardy! and their new gig as the host of Bookends
Sheryl Crow: How AI is crushing the spirit of music
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Quick Q: New music from Ruby Waters
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Sarah McLachlan: Fame, stalkers & her biggest hits
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Keanu Reeves & China Miéville: Their new novel The Book of Elsewhere
Qasim Khan: Taking on the role of Hamlet
Karen Robinson: Her starring role on Law & Order Toronto
Marigold Santos & Rajni Perera: Their epic new exhibit in Montreal
Jelly Roll: From incarceration to country music stardom
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Will Butler: Stereophonic, writing ‘70s music & exploring thorny relationships in bands
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Allison Au: Migrations, her family history & what we mean by the idea of home
Liza Colón-Zayas: Finding family and stability on The Bear
Luke Gilford: Writing a queer cowboy love story without tragedy
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PJ Morton: Cape Town to Cairo & the life-changing trip to Africa that inspired it
Jim Cuddy: His new solo album, relationships & songwriting
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Stephen Graham Jones: X-raying the slasher genre
Gregory Oh: Celebrating mistakes with Lessons in Failure
Jennifer Esposito: How her film Fresh Kills brings a new perspective to the mafia genre
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Jason Hopley & Jamie Shannon: Nanalan’s viral TikTok success
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William Stanford Davis: His 40-year path to Abbott Elementary
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Kapwani Kiwanga: Combining history and art at the Venice Biennale
June Squibb: On starring in her first leading film role at 94
Alexandra Stréliski: Fighting cynicism, burnout & hearing her music at the Oscars
Carol Burnett: Climbing the Hollywood sign, getting her first laugh & having fun at 90
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Sam Smith: Gloria, self-love & why queer joy can feel radical
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Karan Aujla: How he overcame tragedy to become a history-making global superstar
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Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us, overcoming stage fright, and working with Taylor Swift
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Paul Scheer: Joyful Recollections of Trauma, the cycle of abuse, and how improv saved his life
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Chappell Roan: The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, perseverance, and the freedom of drag
Miles Greenberg: Working with flesh, Marina Abramović, and his physical journey in art
Dallas Smith: His switch from rock to country, his old band Default, and why he hasn’t moved to Nashville
Katori Hall: Telling Tina Turner’s story in The Tina Turner Musical
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Stretching into dramatic work, therapy with her mom, and her new film Tuesday
Walter Scott: Why he’s saying goodbye to Wendy, his most famous creation
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Ahmed Moneka: His debut album, Afro Sufi music, and the death threat that forced him to seek asylum in Canada
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Dan Brown: His journey from failed musician to bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code
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Zarrar Kahn: How his debut film depicts the horror of living in a patriarchal society
Jay Baruchel: Existential dread, optimism, and why he stayed in Canada
Alexandre Hamel: Why he’s out to prove that ice skating is an art
Noah Kahan: Stick Season, authenticity, TikTok, and lying to therapists
Quick Q: Cadence Weapon on his new album Rollercoaster
Tonya Williams: The Young and the Restless, Reelworld Film Festival, and her barrier-breaking work
Mick Jagger: Hackney Diamonds and more than 60 years of the Rolling Stones
Fred Nguyen Khan: The Sympathizer, training with Shaolin monks, and acting in Vietnamese for the first time
Deryck Whibley: Why Sum 41 is disbanding after 27 years
Leanne Toshiko Simpson: Why the rom-com is the perfect format to discuss mental illness
Alex Garland on his new film Civil War + Hamza Haq on how Transplant saved his career
Kyle MacLachlan: Fallout, David Lynch, and how he really feels about Dune
iskwē: The ‘gut-wrenching roller coaster ride’ of making her new album
Mike Post on writing some of TV’s greatest theme songs + Joel Plaskett’s new spoken word piece
Ian Williams on courageous conversations, cancel culture and taking risks + Magdalene Odundo on her life in clay
Rudy Mancuso: Música and what it’s like living with synesthesia
Dawn Landes: The Liberated Women’s Songbook and the history of women’s activism through music
Joan Baez: Folk music, “Bobby” Dylan, and what it means to have an honest legacy
Brendan Healy: The Inheritance, learning from the past, and how to stage an epic seven-hour play
Guillaume Côté on retiring from the National Ballet of Canada + TOBi on his big Junos wins
'I went to hell and came back from it': Shakira on the strength and resilience behind her new album
Ani DiFranco: Hadestown and her new chapter on Broadway
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: A Gentleman in Moscow, Ahsoka, and Scott Pilgrim
Shakira on the resilience behind her new album + Zehra Naqvi on her debut poetry collection