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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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Mark Ronson looks back at his rise in the ’90s DJ scene
Nine-time Grammy winner Mark Ronson is responsible for producing some of the biggest pop songs of the last few decades. He’s worked with the likes of...
Phil Rosenthal is the luckiest person in the world
Phil Rosenthal is the creator, writer and executive producer of Everybody Loves Raymond, one of the most successful sitcoms of all time. But after the...
Atsuko Okatsuka was technically kidnapped by her grandma
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka is able to make the most difficult life experiences seem funny. In her latest stand-up special, Father, she takes a look at h...
Sandra Oh wants to know what you’d sacrifice to save the planet
This year, Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy) received critical acclaim for her role in the Canadian indie film “Can I Get a Witness?” It’s set i...
The pressure of being a Palestinian American comedian
Mo Amer is a Palestinian American comedian who puts himself at the heart of his work, using his own lived experiences to fuel his comedy. But with the...
Why Anne Murray said no to Hollywood
Anne Murray definitely got her flowers in 2025. This past September, the Canadian icon returned with her 33rd studio album, “Here You Are,” which feat...
Yanic Truesdale was told he spoke too quickly after Gilmore Girls
Montreal’s own Yanic Truesdale has become a beloved actor all around the world, particularly for his role as Stars Hollow’s passive aggressive hotel c...
For Deepa Mehta, the whole point of filmmaking is to “start a dialogue”
The award-winning Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter Deepa Mehta has redefined both Canadian and Indian cinema with her bold and groundbreaking films...
Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme and the loneliness of chasing success
After the success of “Uncut Gems,” director Josh Safdie is back with “Marty Supreme” — his first film without his creative partner and brother, Benny....
Sacha on her Grand Ole Opry debut
For the rising Canadian country music star Sacha, 2025 has been a very big year. She released her incredible debut record, “Woman in the Mirror,” she...
Vince Gilligan is over anti-heroes
Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) is back with a new show, “Pluribus,” which he describes as a post-apocalyptic zombie tale with a twist...
Sterlin Harjo was roasted for being a genius
As a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the MacArthur Genius Grant), you could say filmmaker Sterlin Harjo is a certified genius. He...
James Cameron says AI will never replace actors and artists in his films
For three decades, director James Cameron (Titanic, The Terminator) has dedicated much of his creative life to the “Avatar” franchise. Now, he’s back...
David Soren is ready to draw his “invisible” disease
David Soren is a Canadian director and story artist who’s worked on beloved animated films like “Shrek,” “Chicken Run,” and the “Captain Underpants” m...
Will Arnett always intended to be a dramatic actor
Art imitates life for Canadian actor Will Arnett (Arrested Development, BoJack Horseman) in “Is This Thing On?” — a new film about a middle-aged man a...
Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland
Before he was the frontman of Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle spent a decade working as a tour guide in Newfoundland and Labrador. Now, after years as a mus...
Wagner Moura wants to cure Brazil’s political “amnesia”
Already a household name in his home country of Brazil, Wagner Moura (Narcos, Civil War) is building an international profile as a politically engaged...
Rachel Cousins is letting go of pop perfection
Rachel Cousins has always had a voice that could stop you in your tracks, but on her new album, “What Hasn’t Killed Me,” the St. John’s singer-songwri...
Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice & seeing the Rat Pack naked
After 70 years in the music industry, Paul Anka has more than 900 songs to his credit. The prolific Canadian songwriter is also the only artist in his...
Nicole Ariana’s latest song is “a warm hug” to her past self
If you looked at Nicole Ariana’s career, you might be surprised to hear that she was feeling a bit like an imposter. Nicole was traveling all over the...
Time hasn’t passed for the voice of SpongeBob
Tom Kenny has been the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999 and he still thinks it's the greatest job in the world. As the Bikini Bottom crew emb...
Hildur Guðnadóttir is trying to slow down time with her new album
Grammy and Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl, Tár) is behind some of the most interesting film and TV scores in recent years...
For Leon Thomas, making R&B music is a responsibility
Leon Thomas has been working in the entertainment industry since he was just a kid. He got his start on Broadway, performing in “The Lion King” when h...
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...