Q with Tom Power

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Maya Rudolph: Loot, SNL, Bridesmaids, and her cool parents
April 25, 2024

Maya Rudolph has been a comedy staple on our screens for decades. She’s impersonated everyone from Donatella Versace to Beyoncé as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” and she’s played memorable

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee: Jackie Shane’s fascinating story
April 25, 2024

Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee are the directors of a new documentary about the late American R&B singer Jackie Shane. Jackie was a Black and trans woman who became popular in Canada a

Jimbo: Clowning, Drag Race, and winning for weirdos around the world
April 24, 2024

Jimbo the Drag Clown got a taste of revenge last year. After getting eliminated from the first season of Canada's Drag Race, she returned to win Season 8 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. In the

Sophie Nélisse: Irena’s Vow and what training as a gymnast gives her as an actor
April 24, 2024

The Canadian actor Sophie Nlisse (Yellowjackets) stars in the new film Irenas Vow, which tells the story of Irena Gut, a Polish nurse during World War II. Irena becomes a German army major's ho

Nikki Giovanni: Poetry, the birth of hip-hop, and why she genuinely wants to go to Mars
April 23, 2024

Considered one of the worlds greatest living poets, Nikki Giovanni carved out a revolutionary legacy during the civil rights era with poems that uplifted the experiences of Black Americans. Decade

Zarrar Kahn: How his debut film depicts the horror of living in a patriarchal society
April 23, 2024

For his debut feature film, In Flames, the Pakistani Canadian filmmaker Zarrar Kahn pulls inspiration from his experience living in Karachi as a child. The film is about a mother and daughter who

Jay Baruchel: Existential dread, optimism, and why he stayed in Canada
April 22, 2024

Its been more than two years since the series debut of We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel), and the Canadian actor, writer and director Jay Baruchel is still worrying about humanitys demise

Alexandre Hamel: Why he’s out to prove that ice skating is an art
April 22, 2024

Alexandre Hamel is a French Canadian former international-level figure skater and one of the artists with Le Patin Libre (Free Skate) the worlds first and only contemporary ice skating collectiv

Noah Kahan: Stick Season, authenticity, TikTok, and lying to therapists
April 19, 2024

Noah Kahan is one of the most successful singer-songwriters in the world right now, but it wasnt that long ago that he was writing his latest album, Stick Season, while isolated on a Vermont far

Quick Q: Cadence Weapon on his new album Rollercoaster
April 19, 2024

In the three years since Cadence Weapon won the Polaris Music Prize, the Canadian rapper has been working on his new album, "Rollercoaster, which comes out today. For this record, he was thinking