• David Carpenter on fishing and writing the stories in Welcome to Canada.
• Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo talks about writing the character-driven song, "Candice". [Broadcast version only.]
• Frank Gehry, famous Canadian-born architect, explains why he's reading Music Quickens Time by Daniel Barenbaum. [Saturday broadcast only.]
• Ian Brown recounts the story of raising Walker, a boy with a highly unusual genetic condition.
• Vincent Lam opens up about how Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures has been adapted for TV.

Music used in the broadcast version:

• "Bees" - Caribou, The Milk of Human Kindness


• "Candice" - Blue Rodeo, The Things We Left Behind


• "Dinah" - The Next Chapter Piano Orchestra


• "Suite 2: Gigue" - J.S. Bach, Sergei Istomin, Six Suites a Violincello


• "If It Be Your Will" - Leonard Cohen, Live in London