Q with Tom Power
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Q with Tom Power
Five days a week, Tom Power brings you candid conversations with the artists shaping our culture. Whether he’s chatting with A-listers or rising stars, his disarming warmth and meticulous research always gets below the surface, bringing us deeper into the art and lives of today's most compelling mus...
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Colin Farrell plays a desperate gambler in his new movie
In his new movie, “Ballad of a Small Player,” Colin Farrell (The Penguin, The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges) plays a gambling addict who’s not adve...
How three Toronto filmmakers made the scariest movie of 2025
Horror master Eli Roth has called the new Canadian-made found footage film “Dream Eater” one of the scariest he’s ever seen. Directed by Toronto’s Jay...
Judd Apatow takes comedy seriously
Writer, producer and director Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People) is truly a comedy legend. He’s behind some of the most su...
Why Renée Fleming had her brain scanned while she was singing
It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine, but there’s an ever growing case that it might in fact be music. Over the last decade, Renée Flemi...
50 years of Rocky Horror with Patricia Quinn
She’s ready to do the time warp again! Fifty years ago, Patricia Quinn played the maid Magenta in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” She joins Tom Power...
Christian McBride almost reunited The Police
Christian McBride is a nine-time Grammy-winning bassist and composer who’s known for his prolific career across jazz and other genres. His new big ban...
Skye Sweetnam’s journey from teen pop star to hard rock frontwoman
As a teenager, Canadian singer Skye Sweetnam was on track to be a major pop star. She opened for Britney Spears before she'd even put out a record. Bu...
Steve Martin and Alison Brown on their love of the banjo
You might know Steve Martin as a comedy legend, but he’s also a serious musician. If you know his early comedy albums, like “A Wild and Crazy Guy,” yo...
Superstar producer Greg Wells on his hitmaking career
Greg Wells is a Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and mix engineer who was recently made a Member...
Jafar Panahi was inspired by Tehran’s political prisoners
This year, Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for his extraordinary new film, “It Was Just an Accident,” which he shot secretl...
Tanveer Alam on what Kathak and ballet have in common
Tanveer Alam is a Toronto-based dancer and choreographer who specializes in Kathak, a style of Indian classical dance that traces back to the 18th cen...
Piano virtuoso Lang Lang on the teacher who didn’t believe in him
You don’t become one of the most successful pianists of our time without a lot of practice. That’s something Lang Lang knows all about. Six years afte...
Folk trio The Pairs don’t write songs with perfect endings
What happens when you start to feel anxiety and self-doubt in the middle of chasing your dreams? The Canadian folk trio The Pairs don’t necessarily ha...
Ryan Reynolds on John Candy’s impact and legacy
Vancouver's own Ryan Reynolds (Dead Pool, Free Guy) is one of the biggest movie stars in the world. But these days, he's using his voice to talk about...
After winning the Polaris Prize, Debby Friday bet on herself
Back in 2023, Debby Friday won the prestigious Polaris Music Prize for her debut album, “Good Luck.” When she sat down to write her next record, it wo...
Jeff Wall says beauty isn’t what you think it is
Jeff Wall is one of the most influential photographers of our time. His photos have sold for millions at auctions, he’s an Officer of the Order of Can...
What’s poetry’s role in the housing crisis?
In her latest poetry collection, “Wellwater,” Canadian poet Karen Solie takes a hard look at climate grief and economic anxiety. Her opening poem, “Ba...
Rose Byrne is “always looking for a joke”
Before cementing her status as a bonafide comedic talent, Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids, Neighbors) was known for more dramatic roles. Now, the Australian a...
Classical superstar Ludovico Einaudi on The Summer Portraits
Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is a powerhouse in classical music. As one of the most streamed classical artists of all time, his atmos...
Remembering D'Angelo
Today we’re remembering the Grammy-winning R&B and soul singer D’Angelo. The musician’s family confirmed in a statement today that he died following a...
Nicholas Sparks teams up with M. Night Shyamalan
You probably didn’t expect the bestselling author of “The Notebook” and the acclaimed director of “The Sixth Sense” to start working together, but you...
Leith Ross on grief, community and showing up even when it’s hard
Leith Ross is a Juno-nominated singer-songwriter whose music blew up on TikTok during the pandemic. Now, they’ve released their sophomore album, “I Ca...
Blue Rodeo look back on 30 years of Five Days in July
On the 30th anniversary of Blue Rodeo’s best selling album “Five Days in July,” bandmates Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor join Tom to recall how they found...
Natalie MacMaster on family, love and Cape Breton fiddle music
Natalie MacMaster is a virtuoso Canadian fiddle player from Cape Breton who’s brought traditional East Coast music to the rest of the world. She was n...
Dropkick Murphys stand up for themselves — even if they lose fans
For nearly three decades, Boston’s Dropkick Murphys have been the loud, proud voice of working class punk. They’re the kind of band that’s stood for s...
Wolf Alice realized they were dreaming too small
What do you do after you’ve released three albums that have all been nominated for or won the biggest music prize in your home country? Well, for the...
katherena vermette on being a descendant and a future ancestor
What does it mean to be a descendant and a future ancestor at the same time? In her latest book of poetry, “procession,” katherena vermette aims to an...
Geddy Lee recalls the Rush show he'll never forget
Two years ago, Rush frontman and bassist Geddy Lee joined Tom Power to talk about his memoir, “My Effin’ Life.” He discussed his experience as the son...
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane sings like Sinatra
Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted, American Dad!) is a man of many voices. For more than 25 years, he’s voiced Peter and Stewie Griffin, Brian the dog,...
How a banned sex scene led Robert Lantos to build a Canadian film empire
Canadian film mogul Robert Lantos has spent his career bringing Canadian movies and TV shows to the screen. In fact, some say he kick-started the whol...
Why PIQSIQ wrote a song about Mahaha, the Inuit tickling demon
What if the bad guy in your nightmare didn’t chase you, but tried to tickle you to death? That’s just one of the Inuit legends reimagined by the throa...
Alex Edelman says good comedy shouldn’t be funny all the time
Comedian Alex Edelman has had an exciting past couple of years. He won a Tony and an Emmy for his acclaimed Broadway show “Just For Us,” which then be...
How To Sing For Money? Ask Maggie Andrew
Maggie Andrew is one of the most exciting artists coming out of the East Coast right now. She drops by our studio to set up the title track off her ne...
Don’t ask Cillian Murphy what his movies are about
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer, Peaky Blinders) doesn’t like to do a lot of interviews — that’s what people say. The Oscar-winning Irish actor now stars...
Alyson Stoner on the cost of child stardom
Alyson Stoner is one of the most recognizable former child actors of the mid-2000s. They got their big break dancing in the music video for Missy Elli...
Benny Safdie tells the inspiring story of a loser
Celebrated filmmaker and actor Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems, Oppenheimer) did something outside his comfort zone when he made his latest film, “The Smashi...
Gustavo Gimeno on Igor Stravinsky’s 1967 Toronto curtain call
Back in 1967, Igor Stravinsky, the legendary classical composer, ignored his doctors’ advice and conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in what woul...
For Tantoo Cardinal, there’s no turning back
For more than five decades, Canadian acting legend Tantoo Cardinal (Dances with Wolves, Killers of the Flower Moon) has worked tirelessly to bring nua...
He used to steal his mom’s copies of Vogue — now he works there
As a kid growing up in Nipissing, Ont., Christian Allaire dreamed of being part of the glamorous world that he saw in his mother’s Vogue magazines. No...
Why Sebastian Gaskin started embracing his Indigeneity in his music
Sebastian Gaskin is a musician from Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Manitoba who fuses his culture with R&B, rock and pop music. Earlier this year, he join...