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Wednesday, May 12, 2021: Jake Tapper, Mosha Lundström Halbert and more
Today on Q: CNN news anchor Jake Tapper, Q fashion contributor Mosha Lundström Halbert, Inuk curator and art historian Heather Igloliorte.
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CNN's Jake Tapper on his new book, his Manitoban cousins and his tweets about Canada's slow vaccine rollout
CNN news anchor and novelist Jake Tapper joined Q’s Tom Power to talk about his new thriller, The Devil May Dance.
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How TikTok has upended the fashion industry
Q fashion contributor Mosha Lundström Halbert tells us why TikTok influencers are replacing the role of fashion editors and runway shows. She also talks about the death of skinny jeans.
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How the Winnipeg Art Gallery is changing the conversation around Inuit art with its Qaumajuq art centre
Inuk curator and art historian Heather Igloliorte talks about her work as one of the main advisors to the Winnipeg Art Gallery's brand new Qaumajuq art centre — the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art in the world.
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New doc Fanny: The Right to Rock celebrates the history of the pioneering all-female band
Guitarist June Millington reflects on her time in the band Fanny — one of the first all-female rock groups to be signed to a major label — and how she feels about their story finally being told in the documentary, Fanny: The Right to Rock.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021: James Acaster, Aminder Dhaliwal and more
Today on Q: comedian James Acaster, actress Jayne Eastwood, cartoonist Aminder Dhaliwal.
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How the worst year of James Acaster's life led to his new comedy special
British comedian James Acaster talks about his new comedy special, Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, in which he opens up about his personal life, breakups and breakdowns.
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Songs for a pandemic: Music that has gotten Canadians through
From Mary J. Blige to Joni Mitchell, here’s a playlist of healing tracks recommended by people across the country.
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In her latest graphic novel, Aminder Dhaliwal uses cyclopes as a metaphor for racism
Canadian cartoonist Aminder Dhaliwal turns funny illustrations into sharp social commentary. In her new graphic novel, Cyclopedia Exotica, she uses the mythic cyclops as a surprising metaphor for racism.
Jayne Eastwood on the joys of playing a shockingly shameless senior citizen
The prolific Toronto-born actress joined Tom Power live in the q studio to discuss her 50-year acting career and her starring role in Hey Lady!, a new CBC comedy series.
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Monday, May 10, 2021: John Legend, Tracey Deer and more
Today on Q: singer-songwriter John Legend, director Tracey Deer, actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, actor Alan Alda.
John Legend on how George Floyd's murder is spurring change, and how people can help
The music icon and father of two also says celebrities need to inform themselves before speaking out.
New film confronts the Oka Crisis through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl
Beans, which just premiered at TIFF, is partly based on the childhood experience of filmmaker Tracey Deer.
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Meet Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the Canadian star of Mindy Kaling's Never Have I Ever
Actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan shares how she beat out more than 15,000 others for the lead role of Devi in Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix show.
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Alan Alda has the answer for better understanding each other
Famed actor Alan Alda delves into his fascination with science and communication in his new book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on my Face?
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Friday, May 7, 2021: Julia Michaels, Q This music panel and more
Today on Q: singer-songwriter Julia Michaels, Q This music panel A. Harmony and Vivek Shraya, folk musician No-No Boy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead.
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'I'm a deep feeler': Pop singer Julia Michaels makes her album debut
Julia Michaels was an in-demand pop songwriter for stars like Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber when she decided to step into the spotlight herself. She's released her first album, Not In Chronological Order, which is about all the strange emotions that love can inspire.
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Artists are preparing for the return of live music. How will concerts look?
The Q This panel looks at the possible return of venue concerts and the different pandemic safety measures being discussed.
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Julian Saporiti's No-No Boy project turns Asian American history into song
Indie rocker Julian Saporiti has written an ode to stories from Asian American history for his folk album, 1975.
Colson Whitehead waited 16 years to write The Underground Railroad
The best-selling author opens up about the story he waited years to write.
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Thursday, May 6, 2021: Sonia Manzano, Randell Adjei and more
Today on Q: Emmy award-winning cast member and writer of Sesame Street Sonia Manzano, Ontario's first Poet Laureate Randell Adjei, showrunner of the new Netflix series Shadow and Bone Eric Heisserer.
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Sesame Street's Sonia Manzano reflects on the groundbreaking children's show
Sonia Manzano talks about her decades-spanning role as Maria on Sesame Street. The Emmy Award-winning cast member and writer is featured in the new documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street.
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Randell Adjei believes in the resilience and community of poetry
Ontario's first Poet Laureate Randell Adjei reflects on his journey to the present moment, and the bar he hopes to set in his new position.
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Showrunner Eric Heisserer on bringing fantasy worlds to the small screen
Showrunner Eric Heisserer has a reputation for choosing notoriously difficult stories to adapt. His latest is the epic fantasy series Shadow and Bone, which is being touted as the next Game of Thrones.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021: Marianne Faithfull, Dot-Marie Jones and more
Today on Q: singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull, filmmaker Loretta Sarah Todd, musicians Tim Fletcher, Mike Small and Tyler Kyte, actress and world champion arm wrestler Dot-Marie Jones.
