Q: The Podcast from CBC Radio
Summary: CBC Radio's Q is Canada's liveliest arts, culture and entertainment magazine. It's a smart and surprising tour through personalities and cultural issues that matter to Canadians. Hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, with his trademark wit and spontaneity, Q covers pop culture and high arts alike, with forays into the most provocative and compelling cultural trends. Q brings you big names, big ideas, and those paving the way in Canada's cultural community. Q is your cultural intervention!
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Podcasts:
From blockbusters like Independence Day to bloody revenge thrillers like Kill Bill, Fox has done it all. She talks to Tom Power about her new memoir in which she reveals the secrets to her success.
David Laderman, author of Driving Visions: Explore the Road Movie, gives us a gateway into the world of the road movie genre.
Author Salman Rushdie's latest book, The Golden House, is fiction but draws its inspiration from real-life events. The book, focusing on the wealthy Golden family, is framed by the presidency of Barack Obama and features an unconventional presidential run by a comic book supervillain.
Author Salman Rushdie says his book The Golden House predicted the 2016 U.S. presidential election better than he did. The q screen panel breaks down the latest in film and TV news. David Laderman, author of Driving Visions: Explore the Road Movie, gives us a gateway into the world of the road movie genre. Actor Vivica A. Fox shares the behind the scenes stories that made her a Hollywood success.
Eric Roberts reflects on his prolific acting career and discusses his latest film, Never Saw it Coming. The q music panel remembers Aretha Franklin and looks at an icon who just celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday. Michael Brook talks about inventing the infinite guitar, the instrument famously heard on U2's hit song, With or Without You. Toronto indie-folk band Great Lake Swimmers perform live in the q studio.
Michael Brook talks about inventing the infinite guitar, the instrument famously heard on U2's hit song, With or Without You.
On their new album, Great Lake Swimmers forgo an instrument they've relied upon for a decade and a half: the acoustic guitar. Today, they give a sneak preview of The Waves, The Wake live in the q studio.
Our q This music panel remembers Aretha Franklin and reflects on another musical icon who just celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday, Madonna.
This year alone, Eric Roberts has appeared in 20 films and TV shows, with another 49 projects ready to hit screens - and he's filming three more right now. He joins Laurie Brown to discuss his reputation as the Hardest-Working Man in Hollywood.
Beaverbrook Gallery's Tom Smart curated Mary Pratt's breakthrough national tour in 1995. He joins Laurie Brown to talk about Pratt's life and artistic legacy.
Aretha Franklin's longtime friend and collaborator, Narada Michael Walden, opens up about the singer's incredible legacy and sheds some light on what she was like in the recording studio.
Aretha Franklin has died in Detroit at age 76. Franklin's longtime collaborator H.B. Barnum, author Craig Hansen Werner, Grammy-winning musicologist Rob Bowman and Juno-award-winning artist Jully Black join us to remember the undisputed Queen of Soul.
We look back on Aretha Franklin's incredible legacy, her deep roots in the civil rights movements and her music. Beaverbrook Gallery's Tom Smart remembers his friend, the late Canadian artist Mary Pratt.
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu talks about bringing the hit novel to the big screen. Actor and activist Ta'Kaiya Blaney discusses the power of blending art with activism. Wayne Kramer of the MC5 reveals the secrets of Kick Out the Jams. Toronto rock band The Beaches perform three songs from their latest record and share how it all came together.
Guitarist Wayne Kramer breaks down exactly where the MC5's signature song came from, and what it means a half-century down the line.
