Nazanin Afshin-Jam: Human Rights Activist & Miss World Canada

On a winter day in Vancouver six years ago, Nazanin Afshin-Jam sat in front of her computer. The 24-year-old had recently competed for the title...

V. Nice: Douglas Coupland And Gregor Robertson Introduce The V-Pole

Cellphone towers, parking meters, wi-fi terminals, streetlights, community message boards - there are a lot of tall installations cluttering up the view in any city...

Barry Gibb Pays Tribute To His Brother Robin

Barry Gibb hasn't commented publicly about the loss of his brother Robin, instead he posted a video montage entitled: 'Bodding', which was...

What Makes A Song Historic?: Donna Summer, Sugarhill Gang, Prince & More

The U.S. Library of Congress has announced a list of the songs and sounds that will be inducted into the National Recording Registry this year. The historic...

Dominic Monaghan On Shooting Lord Of The Rings

When Dominic Monaghan landed a role in the Lord of the Rings franchise, he embarked on an epic adventure to New Zealand for several pretty formative years...

Calvin Trillin On Being Funny

Calvin Trillin joins George to talk about animals, politicians, and why it's not always easy to be funny. Calvin's most recent book...

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Kevin Newman On Lionel "Big Train" Conacher

Journalist Kevin Newman tells the story of a Canadian paragon of athletic and political excellence...

Banks, Campolo, Richler Giveaway

We had some heavyweight authors drop by the studio over the last week, including Russell Banks, Tony Campolo and Noah Richler...

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT GOTHS

We celebrated World Goth Day with our friend Liisa Ladouceur, author of 'Encyclopedia Gothica' as she broke down the essentials...

MY DEFINING MOMENT: Tracey Ferguson

Yesterday marked the 100 day countdown to the London 2012 Paralympic Games and one of the athletes representing our glorious nation is Tracey Ferguson...

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Jonathan Torrens On The Avrocar

Actor Jonathan Torrens tells us about the time that Canada tried to make science-fiction real (ish)...

Dominic Monaghan : From Hobbit To Lost Boy To Successful Actor

So, you remember that crazy little fella Merry Brandybuck from Lord of the Rings? In a trilogy that intense, that epic (and that long), Merry was the comic...

Calvin Trillin : Don't Call Him A Foodie

You can call Calvin Trillin a humourist or a satirist, an adventurous eater, certainly a poet but don't call him a foodie. Calvin Trillin is less interested...

Russell Banks on Turning Novels into Movies

Author Russell Banks talks about the process of adapting his acclaimed novels for the big screen. Right now he's working with Genie Award-winning...

Alan Doyle On The Changing Face Of Newfoundland

Twenty years after he got his start playing in the rowdy pubs in St. John's, Alan Doyle is one of the most recognizable and enduring voices in Canadian music...

IMAGES OF THE DAY: Rallying For Gay Rights In Tehran

Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are all subject to horrific punishment inside the Islamic Republic of Iran...

VIDEO OF THE DAY: 'Sports-ageddon' Time-Lapse

Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Kings, Lakers and Clippers played six games within 72 hours in front of 110,000 fans at the Staples Center. It was an unprecedented...

BEST JOKE EVER: Arthur Simeon

Comic Arthur Simeon riffs on some of the complications that he has faced in the dating game as an African immigrant...

Nearly A Quarter Of U.S. Teens Are Diabetic Or Prediabetic

Diabetes is on the rise in the U.S.: a new study in the journal 'Pediatrics' states that nearly one quarter of U.S. teens are now diabetic or prediabetic...

Victoria Day Recovery Tips With Alan Doyle

With the long weekend coming to an end, Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle reveals some of his Victoria Day Recovery Tips in a segment we like...

May 20, 2012

It's the long weekend and we've gathered a musical celebration of sorts. We remember the Queen of Disco, spin some exclusive unheard Joey Ramone and run through...

BAFFIN ISLAND FLICKS: Dr. Jane Goodall, Ken Dryden, Rossif Sutherland, Sarah McLachlan & Manoj Sood

You're stranded on a barren island up north. No one is coming to save you. So here's the obvious question: which movie do you take with you...

Russell Banks : A Pulitzer-Nominated Writer Of Grit & Vision

While growing up poor in Massachusetts in the 1950s, the son of an abusive, alcoholic father who left when he was just 12... it's unlikely that author...

Alan Doyle : Great Big Boy On Bridge

When Alan Doyle was 15-years old, he made the biggest purchase of his young life; he borrowed 300 bucks from his teacher and bought himself a guitar...

Slash On Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell And David Bowie

Legendary guitarist Slash looks back on his relationship with Michael Jackson, and reflects on some of the celebrity musicians that were...

SOAP BOX: John Fraser

Journalist John Fraser can't defend a foreign Royal Monarch ruling Canada, instead his definition of Canada is: the Crown of Canada...

Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of Rick Hansen's Man In Motion Tour Tomorrow

It's been 25 years since Rick Hansen finished his Man in Motion World Tour, on May 22, 1987. The original tour, which took Rick all the way around the globe...

Slash: Fret Board Master & Top Hat Aficionado

If Saul Hudson had never earned the nickname "Slash", never met a guy named Axl Rose, never joined a band called Guns N' Roses, never put on a top hat...

Noah Richler : Literary Illustrator Of Canada

It could be intimidating: being a writer and having a Dad like Mordecai Richler. After all, Mordecai was one of the country's all-time great novelists...

MY DEFINING MOMENT: Spencer West

Spencer West of Me To We tells his story of the moment on a trip to Kenya that shaped his perspective...

VIDEO OF THE DAY: 'Game of Thrones' Theme Played By Machines

They may not be state of the art these days, but old-school floppy drives and computer equipment can still be put to good use...

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Danielle Duval

On Friday's show, Danielle Duval performed a fresh and fierce rendition of 'Day Becomes Night' from her debut LP 'Of The Valley'...

IMAGES OF THE DAY: Classic Video Games In Real Life

In the old days, video games tended to be ... a little flat: Pong, Pac-Man and Space Invaders all played out in two dimensions...

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Artist John Baldessari, As Described By Tom Waits

How do you know you've made it as an artist? There's probably no single answer to that question. But if Tom Waits is narrating a whimsical documentary...

Marine Die-Ology? Biologists Say Underwater Species Are In Trouble

According to marine biologist Callum Roberts, the oceans have changed more in the last 30 years than in all of human history before...

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Cathy Jones On Charles Vance Millar

Childless man with thirty-six children, how does that work? Comedian Cathy Jones tells the story of the Canadian financier and perhaps the funniest...

Monday: Slash & Noah Richler
Tuesday: Alan Doyle & Russell Banks
Wednesday: Dominic Monaghan & Calvin Trillin
Thursday: Olympia Dukakis & Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Friday: Best of the Week & Wintersleep

NOT SO AWESOME THING OF THE DAY: What's With The Website For North Korea?

Sometimes you come across things that are just ... unlikely. Like the official webpage of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea...

Tony Campolo On Jesus And Homosexuality

Tony Campolo is one of America's most influential and controversial Evangelical Ministers. He calls himself a Red Letter Christian; meaning he feels...

WEB EXCLUSIVE: John Edward Does A Psychic Reading Of The GST Studio Audience

In the middle of his interview with George, psychic medium John Edward felt a strong pull to a couple of people in our studio audience. And so, with the audience's...

John Edward On Witnessing Inappropriate Moments On The Other Side

If you're a psychic medium who can see what the dead are up to.....do you ever see anything inappropriate? In this clip...

Canadian Comedy Legend Mike MacDonald Needs Your Help

Mike MacDonald is known for being funny, but a medical condition is forcing him to be very serious indeed...

BEST JOKE EVER: Jess Salomon

It turns out that even in lesbian relationships size matters, according to Jess Salomon. She'll be performing at the Montreal Improv

SOAP BOX: Water By The Numbers With The Water Brothers

Alex and Tyler Mifflin, a.k.a. The Water Brothers, dropped by the show a while back to break down the reality of how Canadians use water...

THE LIST: Stephen Davis' Top Five Rock Bio Pics

Author Stephen Davis runs down his all-time favourite rock biopics. He's arguably the best known rock biographer on the planet...

FULL INTERVIEW: The Dictator

'The Dictator' hit theatres worldwide yesterday, and in a Canadian exclusive, George sat down with Supreme Leader Admiral-General Aladeen...

RIP Donna Summer

Donna Summer, who was known as the Queen of Disco, passed away today at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer...

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Jonathon Young On Public Nudity

Actor Jonathon Young bridges the gap between Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace' and dropping trou...

Yannick Bisson On Why Montreal Rocks

Wishing Montreal a happy 370th birthday, Yannick Bisson of 'Murdoch Mysteries' clarifies what makes the city so great...

John Edward: Bestselling Author And Self-Proclaimed Psychic Medium

One of the most enduring obsessions of the living is death. That question, "What happens to us after we die?" has captured the human imagination since forever...

Tony Campolo: The Surprising Evangelist

Tony Campolo says that mixing government with religion is like mixing ice-cream with horse manure: while you won't ruin the horse manure, you'll definitely...

Adrian Grenier On 'Entourage: The Movie' And The Appeal Of Documentaries

If you follow Adrian Grenier on twitter, you might have seen his tweet earlier this afternoon. Adrian was in the red chair talking about the possibility...

Nahlah Ayed On Her Relationship To The Middle East

Nahlah Ayed spent seven years working as a reporter in the Middle East. For her, it was a return to a region she had come to resent...

John Irving On Opponents Of Gay Marriage

John Irving's new novel 'In One Person' tackles one of his fundamental themes: intolerance of sexual difference. So we asked John...

UPDATE: UN Right To Food Envoy Wraps Up His Mission In Canada

The United Nations' special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier de Schutter, just completed an 11-day investigation into food security in Canada...

Celebrating Jim Henson: Master Of Muppets

Today marks 22 years since Jim Henson's untimely passing. He was the mind and voice behind many characters including Kermit the Frog, Ernie...

Mind Over Muscles: Controlling A Robot Arm With Only Her Brain

For the last 15 years, Cathy Hutchinson has not been able to move her arms or legs. But now, thanks to a new robotic arm that she can control with her mind...

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CANADA: Sandy Hawley On Secretariat

Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley tells us about a champion's final bow. From one of Canada's greatest race-riders that our country...

Eureka Moments With Jonah Lehrer

With all great ideas, there has to be a moment of inspiration, the challenge is getting there and understanding where it comes from...

IMAGES OF THE DAY: Shelves Of Death

If the thought of a giant skull constantly staring at you from your wall sounds unappealing, you may not have seen these shelf creations...