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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How faith inspired Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery
After director Rian Johnson finished making “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” he didn’t really know how to follow it up. So he decided to bang out a really...
Silvana Estrada on the difficult road to making her 2nd album
For her sophomore release, Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada intended to write an album that showcased her sense of humour. But after experien...
Yungblud and Steven Tyler tried to outdo each other in the studio
It’s been a banner year for Yungblud, the English rock star who just released a joint EP with Aerosmith, titled “One More Time.” He also recently pick...
If you had one day to pack up your life, what would you bring?
Canadian photographer Kayla Isomura has a question for you: if you were forced to quickly leave your home with only one day’s notice, what would you b...
Why bill bissett rejects conventional language in his poetry
In 1968, Jack Kerouac called Canadian poet bill bissett one of the greats. At the time, bill was an icon of the counterculture movement in Vancouver....
Choclair says Canada “second-rated” itself in rap
Choclair was a high school student in the ’90s when he started spending his nights making hip-hop music with future stars like Kardinal Offishall, Jul...
Noah Reid believes in the magic of a big ol’ Christmas sing-along
For Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek, Outer Range), there’s nothing better than singing with a big group of people. The actor and musician sits down with Tom...
Maggie O’Farrell on the tragedy of Hamnet
When novelist Maggie O’Farrell learned that Shakespeare had a son who died just a few years before he wrote “Hamlet” — and that history books barely m...
Rogers v. Rogers is like the Canadian version of Succession
The Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Michael Healey (The Master Plan, The Drawer Boy) is putting a Canadian corporate drama front and centr...
The Dears almost quit the band several times
Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak are a husband-and-wife duo who lead the acclaimed Montreal rock band The Dears. In the early 2000s, they put a he...
Mark Critch wants Trump to know he isn’t sorry
After years playing U.S. President Donald Trump on the news parody show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” comedian Mark Critch has come up with a few ideas...
Dav Pilkey came up with Captain Underpants in the 2nd grade
When author Dav Pilkey was in the second grade, he started drawing cartoons in his notebook. He ended up naming them “Captain Underpants” and “Dog Man...
Cœur de pirate’s most toxic relationship is with anxiety
On her seventh and latest album, “Cavale,” the award-winning Quebecois artist Cœur de pirate explores her longest and most toxic relationship — with a...
Easy Rawlins exists to testify about Black history in America
Walter Mosley has been writing Easy Rawlins detective novels for more than 40 years now. The National Book Award-winning author joins Tom Power to tal...
How the 1992 cod moratorium led to the rise of Newfoundland music
This year, musician Con O’Brien is celebrating 35 years with his band the Irish Descendants. They’re local legends in Newfoundland and Labrador, but t...
Why we still need classical music
Earlier this year, violin virtuoso Joshua Bell gave a TED Talk asking the question, do we still need classical music? Joshua is performing in Canada t...
Heather Ogden on dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy
For more than 20 years, Canadian ballet dancer Heather Ogden has been performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the enduring Christmas classic “T...
How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand
One night, Jenn Harper had the most vivid dream of three smiling Indigenous girls covered in colourful lip glosses. That dream, along with her newfoun...
Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly
After 45 years together, the Canadian band Rheostatics decided they needed a new challenge. So they enlisted the help of Rush’s Alex Lifeson, who join...
Chantal Kreviazuk is reclaiming her most famous hits for other artists
Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk is known for her distinct voice and gift for writing songs rooted in honesty and vulnerability. It’s a ta...
The joy of gay, smutty TV
After helping make some of the most successful TV shows out of Canada ever — “Letterkenny” and “Shoresy” — Jacob Tierney figured he was done telling s...
Meadowlarks is a family drama about the 60s Scoop
In the new film “Meadowlarks,” four Cree siblings separated at birth as a result of the Sixties Scoop reunite for a week in Banff, Alberta. Tasha Hubb...
Why Nia DaCosta wants to see Black women behaving badly on-screen
When the filmmaker Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) was growing up, she says she only saw Black women portrayed in...
The Barr Brothers had to get honest with themselves
The Barr Brothers are a Montreal band who are back with their first new album in eight years, “Let it Hiss.” Brad Barr joins Tom Power to share how ge...
Joe Hill’s new novel is in conversation with dad Stephen King’s work
Acclaimed bestselling horror writer Joe Hill (Heart-Shaped Box, NOS4A2, Locke & Key) is back with his first novel in nearly a decade, “King Sorrow.” H...
Remembering Jimmy Cliff
Today, we’re remembering Jamaican musician and trailblazer Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81. A few years ago, the Grammy-winning reggae legend join...
Gerry Dee’s dad was obsessed with serial killers
Gerry Dee was a Toronto high school teacher when he started moonlighting as a comedian more than a decade ago. Now, he’s the host of “Family Feud Cana...
Meredith Moon found her voice busking
When she’s up on stage, Meredith Moon comes across as a confident, powerful performer. But when she was growing up, she struggled with stage fright. T...
William Prince on his new music, the Opry and all things Winnipeg
On his latest album, “Further From the Country,” William Prince moves away from his usual country sound into new sonic territory. Known for his intima...
Tom Allen’s new book is an almanac for classical music lovers
For decades, Tom Allen has been boosting the nation's knowledge of classical music. He’s the host of the CBC music show “About Time,” as well as a mus...
How Nattie Neidhart revolutionized women’s wrestling
Even though she’s a descendant of the biggest wrestling family of all time — including legends like Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith and Jim "the...
Yukon Blonde on the grounding power of being in a band
Anyone in a band will tell you it’s like being in a family — a dysfunctional family. But somehow, against all odds, the Canadian rock band Yukon Blond...
Elizabeth McGovern sheds light on the real Ava Gardner
Oscar-nominated actor Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, Ragtime) is perhaps best known for her role as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham on the accl...
Q Live! Part Two
This is the second half of “Q Live in St. John’s” (search for Part One if you missed the first half), which took place at the historic St. John’s Arts...
Robert Plant isn’t precious about the past
A few years ago, Robert Plant thought he was done making records. But the former lead singer of Led Zeppelin discovered he still had at least one more...
Julianna Riolino is leaning into her confidence as an artist
After a period of personal growth, loss and change, Canadian singer-songwriter Julianna Riolino is bringing some hard-won confidence to her sophomore...
How Kathy Reichs changed the face of crime fiction
For three decades, crime writer and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs has been writing novels that bring the science behind solving crimes to the f...
Living Hour captures what yearning sounds like
The Canadian shoegaze band Living Hour just released their new album, “Internal Drone Infinity.” Many of the songs on the album are steeped in the lif...
Q Live!
Last week, we took the show on the road all the way to Tom Power’s hometown of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador! This special live taping of “Q”...
Elle Fanning calls herself a "nepo sister”
Elle Fanning is an A-list actor who calls herself a "nepo sibling.” When she was just two years old, she appeared in her sister Dakota Fanning’s movie...