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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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Why people want Peter Capaldi to tell them to “f**k off”
Scottish actor Peter Capaldi drops by the Q studio to talk about his hit Apple TV police drama Criminal Record. He shares stories from his more than 4...
This artist takes “listen to your heart” to a whole new level
British Columbia’s Ora Cogan just released a new record, Hard Hearted Woman. She tells Tom Power about her spiritual approach to songwriting and what...
“Modern Whore” is Playboy if it was run by the Bunnies
After being the lead sex work consultant on the film Anora, Andrea Werhun tapped that film’s writer-director Sean Baker to executive produce her new a...
Thrifting and old-school hip-hop inspired Cadence Weapon’s latest album
Cadence Weapon, the Edmonton-born, Polaris Music Prize-winning rapper, author and producer is back with his new album, Forager. It’s an exploration of...
Beef creator Lee Sung Jin on the argument that inspired Season 2
In Season 1 of Netflix’s dark comedy Beef, the show’s creator Lee Sung Jin found a winning formula: an escalating feud ignited by a single road rage i...
This ballet dancer wants to dismantle the myth of the “responsible genius”
Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe is a Canadian dancer and choreographer who brings First Nations storytelling to contemporary ballet. His new full-length...
“It was like magic”: Ringo Starr on his psychic connection with his fellow Beatles
At 85, Ringo Starr shows no sign of slowing down. The English musician’s new album Long Long Road is a return to country music — a genre he’s loved si...
This filmmaker gets how hard it is to make a movie about mental health
Canadian writer-director Sophy Romvari’s debut feature film, Blue Heron, follows a Hungarian-Canadian family as they relocate to Vancouver Island in t...
Why Jean Yoon is playing a pre-teen character in her 60s
American-Canadian actor Jean Yoon, best known for playing Mrs. Kim on the beloved series Kim’s Convenience, is back on stage in a new play. It’s calle...
Why *did* American Pie drive the Chevy to the levee?
P.E.I. actor and theatre director Mike Ross has been obsessed with the Don McLean song American Pie for decades. Now, he’s co-created a stage show abo...
Chase Infiniti studied cults to prepare for The Testaments
Following her buzziest — and busiest — awards season yet, Chase Infiniti is starring in Hulu’s The Testaments. Based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the...
Why are there so many Marys in the Bible?
When reading classic literature or watching Shakespeare plays, Erin Shields often finds herself drawn to the supporting characters we don’t hear much...
How Dorothy Grant became a matriarch of Indigenous fashion
Dorothy Grant’s work as a Haida fashion designer combines art, ceremony and history. Her designs have been shown everywhere from runways in Paris and...
Edwin Raphael wrote his new album in his sleep
Montreal’s Edwin Raphael has opened for acts like Noah Kahan, and earned millions of streams from audiences all over the world. But for his latest pro...
Why Montreal is the (unrequited) love of Chandler Levack’s life
Canadian filmmaker Chandler Levack’s debut film I Like Movies was a huge hit, earning praise from folks like Adam Sandler and establishing Chandler as...
This song will make you want to call your mom
There’s a very personal story behind P.E.I. singer-songwriter Jenn Grant’s new song, Jim Cuddy Dress. Jenn sits down with Tom Power in the Q studio to...
Why this artist believes Indigenous stories are Canada’s DNA
The Governor General’s Award-winning performing artist Sandra Laronde is bringing her novel She Holds Up The Stars to the stage. The story, about an I...
Scrubs has a “no a–hole” policy to thank for its success
The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning show Scrubs was special for the way it balanced comedy, satire and surrealism, all while being grounded in a very r...
Maren Morris’s Dreamsicle is more than just a divorce album
Nashville singer-songwriter Maren Morris is back with a new album, Dreamsicle. It’s her first release after her divorce last year, but it’s not just a...
These choreographers are making the invisible visible through dance
Or Schraiber and Bobbi Jene Smith are two of the most important names in contemporary dance. They’re also a married couple. Or and Bobbi join Tom Powe...
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...
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...
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 on...
Jacob Collier moves toward restraint and limitation on his new record
Jacob Collier is heading on tour with his latest album, The Light For Days. It’s a stark contrast to his last project, Djesse — a sprawling eight-year...
Tenille Townes returns to her own intuition on her new song Enabling
Growing up in Grande Prairie, Alta. and listening to her parent’s old record collection, Tenille Townes has always turned to music to make sense of th...
Dan Levy almost left Hollywood to open a hotel in Italy
Dan Levy is returning to TV with his new show Big Mistakes, which follows siblings who get mixed up in an organized crime ring. Dan joins Tom Power in...
Nina Lee Aquino on "getting her teeth kicked in" for theatre
The acclaimed theatre director Nina Lee Aquino joins Tom to talk about bringing Cicadas, a radio play she directed, to the stage, and why she wants to...
Q Live at the Junos: Part 2
Ahead of the 55th Juno Awards in Hamilton, Ont., Tom Power hosted a special live audience taping of Q at the historic Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton. In...
Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists
A new documentary shines light on the early years of the hugely successful Canadian wildlife painter Robert Bateman. The Art of Adventure peels back t...
How Magi Merlin created her own kind of ‘broken R&B’
Montreal artist Magi Merlin is carving out a sound all her own — blending punk, R&B, neo-soul and electronic music into what she calls “broken R&B.” W...
Paul Anka on My Way, giving the Beatles advice and his love of Canada
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...
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...
Amanda Peet asks the hard questions about facelifts, validation and death
Amanda Peet plays a character maybe a little bit too close to home in her new film Fantasy Life. The film brings up questions about aging, art and rel...
How Adam Sturgeon went from being a pro hockey player to a rock musician
When Adam Sturgeon was walking around his neighbourhood in London, Ont., he kept seeing all these construction signs saying “big changes are coming,”...
Shamier Anderson says he was born to play Ben Johnson
Canadian actor Shamier Anderson leads the new mockumentary series Hate The Player: The Ben Johnson Story. He and his brother, fellow actor Stephan Jam...
Charlotte Cornfield cried when she heard Feist's vocals on her song
Rolling Stone has called Charlotte Cornfield “Canada’s best kept secret.” But now, with the release of her sixth record featuring artists like Feist a...
Why electronic band Holy F believes you can make music out of anything
The Canadian electronic quartet Holy F has spent the last 20 years committed to making experimental music out of anything they can find, from toys to...
Playwright Marlene Ginader wants to diversify serial killing
Marlene Ginader’s new play is hoping to get more inclusion for minorities in a predominantly white space: serial killing. She tells Tom all about her...