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Singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton is either the most famous person you've never heard of, or the most anonymous rock star on the planet.

Academy award-winning actor Christopher Plummer joins Tom Power for a conversation about his upcoming performance with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Today on q: fashion designer Anna Sui, throat singer and electronic music artist​​​​​​​ Riit, Todd Mayfield tells his father Curtis Mayfield's story, author and poet Morgan Parker.

Bands including the Beatles and the New York Dolls inspired legendary designer Anna Sui, whose work is the subject of a major design retrospective at New York's Museum of Arts and Design.

Inuk musician Riit drops by the q studio to perform some new songs from her debut album, ataataga.

Author and poet Morgan Parker joined Tom Power in the q studio to talk about her two most recent books, a YA novel called Who Put This Song On? and a poetry collection called Magical Negro.

The life of soul music icon Curtis Mayfield is told through the words of his son.

Riit is a talented throat singer from Pangnirtung, Nunavut who now calls Iqaluit home. She's gearing up to release her debut album, which is filled with pop lyrics in Inuktitut, throat singing and even field recordings captured from around Nunavut.

Today on q: actor and singer Lea Michele, q books columnist Jael Richardson, Mac DeMarco’s gateway to the music of Haruomi Hosono, country music star Orville Peck.

The actor and singer just released a new Christmas album called Christmas in the City, which is a love letter to the place that raised her, New York City.

As the gift-giving season is now upon us, q's books columnist stops by with a list of her favourite books from the past year.

Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco gives us a gateway to Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono, who's been a huge influence on his music.

The mysterious country singer known as Orville Peck is writing the most honest music of his career despite the fact that he sings lonesome old-time country songs under a mask.

The famed street artist makes a potent statement about homelessness in the new Birmingham work.

Today on q: film and TV composer Mark Korven, hip hop veteran Sophia Chang, Parasite director Bong Joon-ho.

Award-winning film and TV composer Mark Korven dropped by the q studio to demonstrate how his "Apprehension Engine" creates the sound of nightmares.

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho tells us what inspired him to make a thriller about income inequality, and why wealth can make monsters of us all.

Sophia Chang worked with the Wu-Tang Clan on a number of projects, including running record labels and managing members RZA, GZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard (ODB). She tells the whole story in her new memoir, The Baddest Bitch in the Room.

Mo Guzman thought he was being filmed for a documentary, but some holiday elves had a different plan for the subway musician.

Today on q: songwriter Justin Tranter, q screen panel with David Dennis Jr. and Kathleen Newman-Bremang, actor Beverly D'Angelo, actor Antonio Banderas.

Songwriter Justin Tranter just received the ACLU Bill of Rights Award for their LGBTQ activism. They're the first gender non-conforming honoree to receive the award.

On this week's screen panel, culture critic David Dennis Jr. and Refinery29's Kathleen Newman-Bremang unpack what HBO's Watchmen is doing differently in how it deals with race.